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  It’s Con Season

  To: Bash From: Crecente Our Comic-Con coverage is mostly wrapped up with Mike and Mike delivering a constant stream of gaming news from the more than 40 panels and oodles of games present at the show. We still have a few more to wrap up the week, but the bulk is done. What’s next? We’ll…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 27, 2009
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  How To Get To Hoth, If You Already Finished Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

  Veteran players of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed may have mixed feelings about a new Hoth level coming only to a new disc release of the game. But there’s a twist. A positive one. The new Hoth level, which brings one version of the game’s branching plot beyond a new downloadable Tattooine level to an…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2009
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  Uncharted 2 ‘Gold Rush’ Co-op Hands-On Impressions

  Naughty Dog was one of the few developers nice enough to show off something new at Comic-Con, giving us our first chance to play Uncharted 2: Among Thieves‘ recently revealed “Gold Rush” co-op multiplayer mode. How’d that go? Beautifully. “Gold Rush” is not unlike a blend of the Uncharted 2 multiplayer modes we played this…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 27, 2009
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  Little King’s Story Review: So Creative, So Hostile

  At last, a Japanese role-playing game on Wii that can spark thoughts of Pikmin and Psychonauts. But it’s also the first game to make this mild-mannered reviewer angrily throw his controller in about a decade. Shall we thank the people who make us the most creative games, for which there isn’t yet a mold? But…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2009
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  Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Dated And Detailed For America

  Tecmo has announced a late September release date for the PlayStation 3-exclusive Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, with a limited edition available at GameStop for those of you with excess monies. North America is beating Japan to the punch by a whole two days, with a release date of September 29th as opposed to Japan’s October…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2009
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  Dragon Quest IX Is Still Tops In Japan

  Square Enix’s Dragon Quest IX held onto its number one spot in its second week on sale in Japan, flirting dangerously close with 3 million copies sold in a rather short amount of time. Success! DQ IX easily outperformed the week’s second bestselling title, Konami’s baseball sim Pro Yakyuu Spirits 6 for the PlayStation 3,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 27, 2009
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  inFamous Sackboys Bring Good, Evil To LBP

  Not content to let Marvel’s heroes be the only super-powered super-beings in LittleBigPlanet, Media Molecule will be releasing Sackboy costumes based on its own super-dude, with a Cole MacGrath—star of inFamous—costume set due next week. LittleBigPlanet-eers can opt to go good or be evil with their Sackboy, as defined by the color of Sack MacGrath’s…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 27, 2009
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  Where Will You Preorder Champions Online?

  Cryptic has announced the preorder bonuses for their upcoming massively-multiplayer online superhero game Champions Online, with what you get depending on where you buy. No matter where you preorder Champions Online you’ll gain access to the open beta test on August 17th, 30 days game time, and five in-game microtransaction dollars, but after that it…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2009
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  Something Assassin’s Creed-y Set For Next Year

  Fans of Assassin’s Creed like to decode riddles, right? Then they’ll enjoy the cagey way the CEO of Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft described his company’s line-up for next year. On a call to address the company’s financial performance and explain the delays of four upcoming games, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot was asked to describe his…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2009
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  Lessons Learned From Iron Man: The Video Game

  Sega is quite aware that the first Iron Man video game it published wasn’t too warmly received by critics, something the developers of the second game based on the Jon Favreau films are trying to address. “The good news is that everyone in the known universe told us what was wrong with the first game,”…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 27, 2009
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  First Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Video Shows Killer Killstreaks

  Infinity Ward has released the first footage of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2‘s multiplayer action, revealing the customizable killstreaks players can equip after unlocking them. The debut killstreak bonus is amazing—an AC130 air strike. Yes, you’ll be able to whip out the laptop on the battlefield, then rain hell from above, all from the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 27, 2009
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  When A Real Band Tried Rock Band…

  It may be the Summer of Gaming here at Kotaku, but for many Brooklyn neighborhoods, the season’s long, hot days mean just one thing: weeks of non-stop band shows. No, not Rock Band — real bands. Is there common ground? Lingering sunlight and mild evening temperatures on weeknights make great excuses to drag happy hour…

  Leigh Alexander Published July 27, 2009
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  Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Hands-On At Comic-Con

  Activision brought a playable Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 to its Comic-Con get together this week, giving us our first hands-on opportunity with the sequel, which has changed developers from Raven Software to Vicarious Visions. While the gameplay is largely similar to the first, putting the player in control of up to four Marvel super heroes,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 27, 2009
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  DJ Hero Scores The Fresh Prince’s Other Half

  DJ Hero might be scoring quite a few new preorders with the news that DJ Jazzy Jeff is contributing his likeness and tracks to the game. While we kid DJ Jazzy Jeff for his ties to Will Smith’s Fresh Prince character, the man is actually a damn fine DJ, as well as a record producer…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2009
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  Ubisoft Plans to Have Piracy Solution in Place This Year

  Piracy has taken a hefty toll on Ubisoft, according to company head Yves Guillemot, but the developer and publisher say they are hard at work on a tool that should help reduce the negative impact. “Altogether on console, the piracy is low,” Guillemot said. “On the PC the piracy is quite a lot. We are…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 27, 2009
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  On Designing Red Steel 2’s Hero

  We’re all taking the news of Red Steel 2‘s delay pretty hard here at Kotaku Towers. Some of us were really looking forward to seeing the Wii MotionPlus put to use outside of sports games and mini-game collections. To make the wait go a little bit quicker—at least two minutes and thirty seconds worth of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published July 27, 2009
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  Punch-Out Devs Talk Graphics, Difficulty, Nixed Princess Peach Idea

  Few Wii games have been designed to please long-time Nintendo fans as much as the recent Wii Punch-Out!! Developers on the game recently explained to Kotaku just how the game came together, who did what, and what got left out. Punch-Out on the Wii was a collaboration between Nintendo’s Japan home office and Canadian studio…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2009
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  Coloring In Your City Of Heroes Powers

  During Comic-Con 2009 I got to spend some time hanging with NCsoft’s Matt “Positron” Miller, who walked me through how to show your true colors in the upcoming Issue 16: Power Spectrum update. According to Positron, power customization is something they’ve wanted to include in the game from the very beginning, only to have the…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2009
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  Kevin Conroy Doesn’t Remember Batman: Rise Of Sin Tzu

  I’m not sure if the fact that the voice of Batman, Kevin Conroy, not remembering doing the voice work for Batman: The Rise of Sin Tzu is a good thing or a bad thing. A roundtable discussion with the legendary voice of Batman kicked off on Saturday at Comic-Con with Conroy addressing the question, “Is…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2009
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  The Fat Princess Battle Begins This Week

  Hats will fly this Thursday afternoon, when Titan Studios’ Fat Princess finally waddles her way onto the PlayStation Network. The eagerly-awaited multiplayer game of fantasy combat and cake eating is coming with this week’s PlayStation Store update on the 30th, priced to move at $15.00. For those of you unfamiliar with the title, it’s a…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2009