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  Turn Your Car Into Pac-Man

  Waze is a free app for the iPhone that works like Wikipedia for street maps. And to encourage users to help the service grow, the owners have devised a cunning plan: get you playing Pac-Man with your car. Through Waze’s “Road Goodies” program, cherries will be scattered across the map for you to find, then…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  Square Enix Cuts European Jobs

  ‘Tis the season to be…unemployed, sadly, with Square Enix announcing today that job cuts are on the way for the company’s London studio. That’s Beautiful Game Studios, the developers of the Championship Manager series. A Square Enix statement reads “Our current business model does not allow us to compete in a fast-changing industry with any…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  All Of EA’s PC Games, 30% Off

  Thanksgiving sale alert: EA’s own online store will, until Monday, be selling every single PC game with a 30% discount. That’s every single game. Not just the crummy ones, or he old ones, or the crummy old ones, or the crummy new ones. All of them. So Dragon Age, Mass Effect, The Sims 3, Need…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  Red Dead Redemption Moseys On Into April 2010

  You can’t see, but if you could, you’d see that I just put down a red pen. I had been using it, over at my calendar, marking the entire month of April. Because that’s when Red Red Redemption is out. No idea when in April. If I’d known, I wouldn’t have had to circle the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  New Afterburner Game Coming To Home Consoles?

  Some classification board ratings – one in Australia, one in Korea – have revealed that Sega’s After Burner Climax is on its way to a video game console near you. Just which console is still up in the air. The Australian rating simply says “multiplatform”, while the Korean one was submitted by Sony Computer Entertainment.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  Custom Bayonetta “Figure” Gets The Outfit Right

  The actual, offical Bayonetta figure is a little…off. Something’s not quite right about her proportions. This custom “doll”, though, looks set to make amends. Remember, it’s a one-off custom, so forget about buying it. Just look, try and find a way to describe it that doesn’t use the word “doll”, admire how creator “Zin” got…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 26, 2009
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  Capcom Side-Scrollers Coming To Xbox Live, PSN

  Capcom announced today that two of their classic side-scrollers will be making a comeback, with re-releases of Final Fight and Magic Sword set to appear on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network next year. Unlike recent Capcom re-releases like Marvel v Capcom 2 and SSFIIHD, these won’t be completely overhauled for the current generation of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2009
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  Sync in Progress

  Kit-bashed Sega MegaDrive iPod dock. As seen on Wired, via Gizmodo.

  By Owen Good Published November 25, 2009
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  Who Likes Glowy Eyes? We Like Glowy Eyes!

  The life of a dragon slayer sounds pretty rough what with the slaying of dragons and all. But with glowing eyes and mind reading as side effect, it sounds like it could also be pretty nifty. Divinity II: Ego Draconis is a fantasy role-playing game where users start out in the shoes of a novice…

  By AJ Glasser Published November 25, 2009
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  Religious Criticism of Resident Evil Dignified With Response

  Generally, when dealing with religious kooks who allege your product promotes sin, exalts evil and is generally ungodly, PR 101 calls for a no-comment. Instead, Capcom’s responded to two UK ministers after they called out Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. Not sure who Bishop Bryant, Archdeacon Brian Smith or the Right Rev. (that’s right, Rev.)…

  By Owen Good Published November 25, 2009
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  Crackdown 2 Dev Wants Your Graffiti

  Developer Ruffian Games is calling for user-made “awesome” graffiti to include in their upcoming game, Crackdown 2, because they’re too lazy to make it themselves. Ten years have passed in Pacific City since the end of the last game, and so things are supposed to look a lot sketchier than they did back when everything…

  By AJ Glasser Published November 25, 2009
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  Virus

  To: Luke From: Crecente Trish’s almost new laptop was infected with a nasty virus this week called Security Tool. By the time I got involved it has deleted massive amounts of files, taken over the backups and had even started blocking other virus programs from running. I spent my down time yesterday and today manually…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 25, 2009
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  This Week In Video Game Comics

  Halo and a double-dose of Blizzard hit comics shops in the U.S. this week. Sadly, it’s a week without Sonic comics. But don’t be too sad about that. They’ll be back! Halo Helljumper #5 Written by Peter David. Drawn by Eric Nguyen. Summary Via Publisher Marvel Comics: Dutch and Romeo have gotten themselves into some…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 25, 2009
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  Steam Launches 5-Day 1-Day Holiday Sale

  Steam loves a good sale, so this holiday season they’ve packed five sales into one, with five different one-day sales running between now and November 30th, starting with savings on Dragon Age, Batman, and more. Steam kicks off the sale with a slightly longer one-day event, running from now until Friday morning at 8AM Pacific.…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 25, 2009
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  MTV: Rock Band Network To Be Fully Launched In Early 2010

  When last we covered details of MTV Games and Harmonix’s ambitious Rock Band Network, we reported that the service would go live in November. It’s not there yet. Today, MTV provided Kotaku an update. The Rock Band Network is a service that allows people to turn listenable music into music that is playable in Rock…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 25, 2009
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  Final Fantasy XIII 360 Twitter Prize Tweets Back At You

  Folks who participated in the Register – Tweet – Win Final Fantasy XIII event have unlocked a special prize for all Xbox 360 FF fans, and it tweets! Well, it warks. Square Enix and Microsoft set up the Register – Tweet – Win event earlier this month, and the retweeting goal has been reached, unleashing…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 25, 2009
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  Your Calls Suggesting The Games Of The Year

  I ran a 13-pound turkey home before taking your calls about what the best game of the year might be. What did you suggest? Download our down-to-the-wire podcast to find out. Most of the calls are in the latter half. And, this time, we went into overtime! Hosts: Brian Crecente and Stephen Totilo Music: Julie…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 25, 2009
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  Free Dragon Ball: Raging Blast DLC Every Two Weeks

  Starting with this week’s release of the Warriors on Earth Pack, Namco Bandai plans free downloadable content for Dragon Ball; Raging Blast every other week between now and April. The Warriors of Earth pack dropped yesterday on the PlayStation Network and tomorrow on the Xbox 360, bringing customized versions of Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu to…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 25, 2009
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  Zelda Developer Was Stumped By New Zelda Game’s Puzzles

  The next Zelda won’t be too easy for veteran players, the longtime head of the series’ development at Nintendo, Eiji Aonuma, recently told Kotaku. Plus, the new DS adventure will cater to Nintendo fan’s research-proven taste for independent women. In a brief e-mail interview with Kotaku in advance of the release of next month’s The…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 25, 2009
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  Your Winner of the PS3 & Energizer Power & Play Station Contest Is…

  Eric B.! (Not that one, though the thought of him writing a lengthy narrative about Madden 2008 tickles us.) Thanks to all who entered. Eric, may your controller stay charged for your next public battle, thanks to PDP and Energizer! **Eric B. not pictured. We don’t know who that dude is, but he captures the…

  By Chrissie Lamond Published November 25, 2009