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  You Got Good Hostess Bar Stories? SEGA Wants ‘Em

  SEGA isn’t just looking for actual bar hostesses (or hostess “types”) for an upcoming Ryu Ga Gotoku (AKA Yakuza). Oh no. SEGA is looking for night club cabaret stories. Starting today, SEGA is accepting nonfiction and fiction hostess club stories from pro and amateur writers via a special website Ryu-Story.com. Stories must be under a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2009
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  Now The 360 Gets An Expensive Logitech Guitar

  You’ve seen Logitech’s $200 guitar for the PS2 & PS3. It is not kidding around. Now see the 360 version, which courtesy of a hot orange paint scheme, is kidding around. It transforms the guitar from “menacing metal axe” to “hair metal plaything”, though really, the changes are only skin-deep. It’s the same professionally-built guitar…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2009
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  Thirteen Minutes of God of War III Gameplay Footage

  Click to view When is thirteen minutes of direct feed gameplay footage not enough? When it’s God of War III, that’s when. God of War III is expected to be out March 2010 in North America.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2009
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  You Will Be Sick Of Modern Warfare 2 By Christmas

  Call of Duty 4 sold, well, millions. So its direct sequel – Modern Warfare 2 – shouldn’t be too hard of a sell. Or, it wouldn’t be if the game was published by anyone else. But since it’s published by Activision, well… …like the headline says, you’re going to get sick of the sound of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2009
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  New Fallout 3 DLC Street Date Broken [Updated]

  Now, we usually hate posting when street dates are broken, because, you know, they usually get broken. Heck, so many get broken that someone really should register brokenstreetdate.com. Now, downloadable content, this is new. At time of posting, GameStop is already selling a retail packaged version new Fallout 3 DLC, Point Lookout. This downloadable content…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2009
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  8-Bit Movie Games We Wish Existed

  Pixelated Logan’s Run? So there. Apparently, there were plans to make a Logan’s Run game — not necessarily 8-bit— back in 2004, but those plans seem to have been scrapped. The movie’s remake was in development hell for years, but according to IMBD, it’s back in production. More Photoshops in the link below, including Repo…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2009
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  $300 Diablo Statue Rages Against Price (And Apples!)

  Here’s the finished version of that ridiculously expensive Diablo III statue we showed you a little while ago. It’s now available for preorder, with an expected release date of Q4 2009. Just look at how angry he is! Angry that he costs $300. Angry that he, like everything else in the game, is now in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2009
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  Hollywood Attempting Video Game Comedy With ‘Alt-Delete’

  The list of Hollywood attempts at trying to create serious and horrific video game themed movies seems to be increasing—see Gamer, Stay Alive—but one genre it may soon be tackling is comedy. According to a report from Variety, Warner Bros. is pursuing a sci-fi-comedy called Alt-Delete “in which two guys working for a publishing company…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 19, 2009
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  Empire: Total War Gets Update, New Units On Monday

  Empire: Total War is, regardless of its inherent excellence, in serious need of regular updates. And on Monday, it’s getting one, which will bring both a range of fixes as well as some “new” units. As we’ve covered, the “new” units are really just one new unit (Russian grenadiers) along with a range of individualised…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2009
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  BioWare Is Interested in Wii, Yo

  Canadian developers BioWare are best known for its console and pc role playing games like Mass Effect and Knights of the Old Republic. Big rpgs that run on big hardware. BioWare boss Ray Muzyka, “We’d be intrigued by the idea of developing on Wii but we have nothing to announce right now. We do have…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2009
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  Forza 3 Limited Edition Includes…Well, Not Much

  Forza 3 will cost you $60. But the Forza 3 Limited Edition will cost you $80. What’s jacking the price up by $20 get you? It doesn’t look like it gets you much at all. Those parting with the extra cash will receive: – a 2GB USB drive and a keychain, both “specially branded” (ie…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2009
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  Bizarre Creations: Racing Games Not Selling As Well As Expected

  Developer Bizarre Creations has made some terrific racing games. Take PGR, for example. Great game. Bizarre knows racing games. It also knows something else. According to Bizarre’s Ben Ward: I’m not going to mention numbers but not really, with the exception of Mario Kart, which has done very well because it’s a Mario Kart game.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2009
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  We Much Prefer Europe’s Wii Sports Resort Box Art

  As is often the case with the PAL market (see Ico & Resident Evil 4), European and Australian customers will be getting a cleaner, fresher rendition of Wii Sports Resort when it launches next month. While the US version looks…well, drab, the PAL art is literally a breathe of fresh air, doing a much better…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2009
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  Is Dragon Quest IX Co-Op WiFi or Local?

  There’s been some confusion about Dragon Quest IX co-op play. Is it local only or does it using Nintendo’s WiFi connection? Just imagine playing DQIX with faraway friends! Square Enix PR clears up the issue with this: “From the beginning of development, co-op play hasn’t been via WiFi, but rather DS wireless play.” So there…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2009
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  Big Warhammer Online In Little China

  GigaMedia and Mythic Entertainment are bringing Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau next week via GigaMedia’s FunTown game platform according to an EA press release. Interestingly enough, this announcement comes on the same day as a Rueters article reporting a new crackdown on “undesirable” online games in mainland China. According…

  By AJ Glasser Published June 18, 2009
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  America’s Army 3 Devs Let Go Day After Launch

  The Emeryville, California based development studio responsible for America’s Army 3 has been shut down, according to details forwarded to Kotaku by former staffers. That closing comes one day after the U.S. Army funded simulation officially shipped. According to ex-AA3 developers, the contract studio responsible for the latest America’s Army entry was shuttered due to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 18, 2009
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  And The Biggest-Selling Game Out Of E3 Might Be…

  With E3’s hype train having come, paused then rattled off into the sunset, gamers are free to weigh up the holiday season’s (and beyond!) planned releases, and make plans themselves. Like which of the games they’re going to actually buy. Market research firm Nielsen ran a poll between June 7-14, and asked a bunch of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2009
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  Microsoft: There Will Be “No New Console”

  Today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer indicated that the company would be releasing a new Xbox 360 in 2010, one featuring a built-in camera. That seemingly confirmed a new hardware configuration with the company’s Project Natal built-in. Microsoft’s official word? While Ballmer’s casual mention of a new Xbox 360 hardware iteration at the Executive’s Club of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 18, 2009
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  Play Zen Garden, Help Find A Cure For Cancer

  I don’t usually futz around with Facebook games too much — Neopets and Scrabble knock-offs notwithstanding — but Hive7’s Zen Garden donates 10% of profits to breast cancer cure research. Zen Garden is one of those social games that’s all about trading things for more things and buying virtual currency in order to buy more…

  By AJ Glasser Published June 18, 2009
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  Toothy Kid, Don’t Eat Your DSi!

  Today in Japan, McDonald’s is rolling out a Wi-Fi service today in its restaurants across the country. Here’s the television commercial. Fascinating. Customers who bring their DS units to McDonalds can download items and original content as well as play others via WiFi. Besides Pokémon mini-games and character downloads (Jirachi, anyone?), there are also McDonalds…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2009