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  360 Update Brings Star Wars, BioShock Avatar Outfits

  While drumming up support for the new 360 avatar marketplace, Microsoft showed off how your little guy could dress up as a character from Gears of War, or Monkey Island. Turns out those were just the tip of the iceberg. Now that the marketplace is live, we can see that there are clothing options available…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2009
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  Deca Sporta Coming To DS

  Hudson’s Wii sports game Deca Sporta is flexing its way onto the Nintendo DS. Loosely translated to Deca Sporta Ten Sporting Events On The DS, the game features ten games on, well, the Nintendo DS. Those games feature ping pong, clay pigeon shooting, arm wrestling, golf, skydiving, climbing, bobsledding, rugby, kick volleyball and cheerleading. There…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2009
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  Pencils Out For This Street Fighter IV Concept Art

  With the game now out, there’s not as much work for the Street Fighter IV dev team to do over on the game’s official blog. So they’ve decided to start posting some concept art instead. Proper concept art, too, with pencils and sketchbooks and everything. Very nice stuff. Wish more developers did this, instead of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2009
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  Xbox 360 System Update Now Updating

  Microsoft’s Xbox 360 summer system update has gone live for all Xbox LIVE members. It’s a mandatory update. The update is being rolled out worldwide over the next few hours. Company spokesperson Major Nelson also points these three points out: • While you can browse and purchase Avatar items and full Xbox 360 games in…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2009
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  Microsoft: Halo Movie Still “On Hold”

  There was an enjoyable rumour posted over the weekend that a Mr. Steven Spielberg was currently in talks to produce the Halo movie. A movie Microsoft will only say is “on hold”. Responding to questions we had over the Spielberg rumour (and indeed the future of the movie itself), a Microsoft spokesperson told Kotaku: We’re…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2009
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  Risen Banned In Australia, “Sexual Activity And Drug Use” Cited

  Third person role-playing-game Risen from German developer Piranha Bytes has been refused classification in Australia. No reasons were initially given why the game has been banned Down Under. Kotaku Australia contacted Risen‘s Australian distributor Madman Interactive and were told that the country’s Classification Board felt the game contained “sexual activity and drug use related to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2009
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  EA Looking At Classic Bullfrog Titles, Though Not For “Remakes”

  Some of you may be too young to remember this, but back in the mid-90’s, Bullfrog were kings. Theme Park, Magic Carpet, Syndicate…everything Peter Molyneux‘s former studio released turned to gold. But then Bullfrog were sold to EA. And Molyneux went off and formed Lionhead. And…all people were left with was an innate desire to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2009
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  It Was Called Pac-Man Land

  Frito pie, Dr. Pepper and Six Flags Over Texas. Memories of my childhood growing up in 1980s Texas. And I have vague, vague memories of this: Pac-Man Land. Sure, these could be fuzzy memories of something I wish I would’ve have experienced between the ages of 5 and 7 years old, but here it is,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2009
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  People Buying Less, But Playing More (Wii Excepted)

  Times are tough. 2009’s gaming lineup isn’t as strong as 2007’s, or 2008’s. So people aren’t buying as many consoles as they used to. But those that already have one, well, they’re playing the crap out of them. Researchers Nielsen have conducted their latest study on people’s gaming habits, and have found that compared to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2009
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  This DIY Neo Geo Cabinet Is So Small, So Cute, So Amazing

  Modder Pocket Lucho is a mini-arcade cabinet modding genius. For the last five months, he’s been fine tuning his small-sized Neo Geo cabinet design. In the above clip, Lucho shows the fruits of his labor. *applause* Elotrolado via YouTube via Hack A Day via Gizmodo]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2009
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  DSi Selling Faster Than DS, Faster Than DS Lite, Faster Than Wii

  Because it’s still “just” a DS, there doesn’t seem to be as much buzz over the DSi as there was the last DS handheld revision, the DS Lite. Just because there’s no buzz, however, doesn’t mean the thing’s not selling. As we’ve told you the third iteration of the DS has already sold 6.86 million…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2009
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  “SEGA Is More Open To New RPGs Than Square Enix”

  Japanese game maker tri-Ace is famous for its Square Enix published games. Titles like the Star Ocean series and the Valkyrie Profile games have cemented tri-Ace’s reputation. But tri-Ace’s upcoming role-playing-game End of Eternity (Resonance of Fate in the West) is being published by SEGA, not Square Enix. Explains tri-Ace developer and EoE director Takayuki…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2009
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  Microsoft Responds To Crazy Games On Demand Pricing

  Microsoft’s Games on Demand pricing isn’t exactly consistent across this orbiting ball of dirt we all call home. What costs $20 in one place costs $40 (or sometimes more) in another. So we asked Microsoft, why the discrepancy? Microsoft HQ said the pricing decisions outside the US were the responsibility of that particular territory. So,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2009
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  Let’s Compare PSP And PC Versions of Erotic Game

  ToHeart2 on the go! The PC erotic game is coming to the PlayStation Portable — minus the underpants. Developed by Leaf, the game was originally released on the PlayStation 2. An adult 18-years-old-and-up version dubbed ToHeart2 XRATED was released in December 2005. ToHeart2 is arriving back on the PlayStation platform with ToHeart2 Portable. How do…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2009
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  Least We Know 2K Boston Aren’t Working On A Wii Party Game

  Normally, we wouldn’t care so deeply about merely the genre a developer was working on, but since the developer in question is 2K Boston – the team behind BioShock – yeah, we care. Because rumour has it – and has had it for a while now – that Ken Levine and crew are working on…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 11, 2009
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  You’re Gonna Need A Bigger Sign

  As seen at Shinjuku’s Yodobashi Camera by reader Chinpokomon.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 11, 2009
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  Bionic Commando Developers GRIN In Big, Big Trouble

  Poor GRIN. For a little while there, people were excited with the games the Swedish devs were putting out! Then they went and released some awful, awful games. And now they’re on the brink of oblivion. In the wake of a round of layoffs earlier this year, it’s now being reported that the company have…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2009
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  Valkyria In Bikinis, At The Beach, With Big Heads!

  SEGA PlayStation platform title Valkyria Chronicles is set in a fictional Europe during the 1930s during a fictional war. Like many games in Japan, the title has spun off a manga and an anime. A DVD of the anime comes with a special bonus clip called “A Day at the Beach.” War gets old, and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2009
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  Man Sets House On Fire Over Gundam

  A 29-year-old factory worker has been arrested for burning down his house after an altercation with his mother over manga/anime/video game franchise Gundam. Living outside Kobe, Japan, Yoshifumi Takabe is accused of dousing his room in kerosene and lighting it ablaze with a lighter after his mother disposed of his “precious” Gundam plastic model figurines.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 10, 2009
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  Games That Don’t Exist, But Should: Humping Robot

  This is, officially, hump-a-Wii day. First up was the patented hobby-horse-humper to which we all just went o_O. Last night, Robot Chicken put out this – Humping Robot on the Wii. It doesn’t exist, but I’d rather play it. I just … lose it when the … oh I can’t spoil that. Seventeen seconds –…

  By Owen Good Published August 10, 2009