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  Natsume’s E3 Plans Much More Than Harvest Moon

  Natsume has revealed their full game line up for E3 2009, and this time around only 40% of the games have Harvest Moon in the title. By far the most exciting title Natsume will be showing at E3 is the long-awaited PlayStation 3 title Afrika, which we’ve been waiting for since the title was first…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2009
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  A Guided Tour Of Burnout Paradise’s Big Surf Island

  In the latest episode of Crash TV, Criterion takes us on a guided tour of Big Surf Island, the major chunk of new real estate coming to Burnout Paradise next month. After a year of driving around Paradise City, the prospect of new places to play is immensely inviting. The 45 new billboards and 75…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2009
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  Sega Wheels Out Sonic All-Star Racing

  Sega continues to milk their blue hedgehog for all he’s worth, with the announcement of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, which takes the world’s fastest video game character and puts him in a car. Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing, due out in 2010 for the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo DS, is just…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2009
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  Neo Steam Open Beta Full Steam Ahead

  Atlus Online throws open the doors to Neo Steam, launching the open beta test for their first massively multiplayer online offering. JoyImpact’s Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent is the first of many games to be available through Atlus’s online gaming and anime portal. Initially announced in February of this year, the game has passed through…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2009
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  Terminator Salvation Review: I Hate Robots

  Set in 2016 in a decimated Los Angeles, Terminator Salvation the video game is meant to connect the leap between Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation the movie. The third-person shooter has gamers taking on Skynet and its army of robots as they fight to save a group of soldiers lost behind…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 28, 2009
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  Night Elf Druid Bears Shall Look Like This

  Blizzard continues its slow reveal of the upcoming druid animal form changes for World of Warcraft, showing off what the fashionable Night Elf druid bears will be wearing next season. Like the new Tauren druid bear forms, the new Night Elf models are very reminiscent of the old, but they definitely aren’t exactly the same.…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2009
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  Xbox 360: More Than 30 Million Served

  Microsoft has announced that global sales of the Xbox 360 have now surpassed the 30 million mark, with the Xbox Live community swelling to 20 million active members, all swearing at each other. The new statistics arrive with the announcement of record growth for the console so far this year, celebrating a 28 percent jump…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 28, 2009
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  WowWee Robot To Delve Into Augmented Reality Gaming

  From a remote controlled dragonfly to their award-winning Robosapien, toy maker WowWee is the master of all things robotic, but the inspiration for their toy creations often come from the world of video games. “All of us are gamers, we all play video games all of the time,” said Davin Sufer, chief technology officer of…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 28, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Today is a day like no other day. It is a day to discuss video games in the comments section to this post. Bonus points if you use the word “literally” properly in your comment. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 28, 2009
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  Mini-Bash’s Favorite TV Show Is…

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Robots, Toys and E3 Yep, this. Kid loves this show, watches it everyday. It’s about a “cooking idol” whose name is “Main”. The show’s aimed at kids and actually teaches them basic recipes, which is good. It stars grade schooler Haruka Fukuhara, who sings and dances and voices the anime…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2009
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  The Many Automata of Richard Garriott

  Automata are self-operating machines, the original iteration of robots. These clockwork creations have fascinated me since I was a child. Richard Garriott, too, is fascinated with these machines, but he’s got the money to back up his interest. As part of KotakuRoboto, we asked Garriott if he would send over some pictures of his personal…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 28, 2009
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  Wolfenstein Will Be Out In August

  Activision’s latest attempt at re-igniting the public’s fascination with the Nazi occult will be put to the test this August, with the release of Raven’s Wolfenstein title for the 360, PS3 and PC. The game will be out on August 4, and while we wish it the best of luck, can’t help but yearn for…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2009
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  Army of Two, MGS 4, Others Added to PS3 Greatest Hits

  Sony today added six more Playstation 3 titles to their Greatest Hits library, dropping the price of the half-dozen to $30 each. Army of Two, Battlefield: Bad Company, Devil May Cry 4, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction all get the…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 28, 2009
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  Report: PS3 Slim Is Real, Won’t Be At E3

  Don’t expect the PS3 Slim at E3! According to website Ars Technica, it won’t be there. A “very well-informed mole” says that there won’t be a PS3 Slim announcement next week at E3, and that the console won’t be in stores until late summer or early fall. Why? “There are plenty of PS3 systems sitting…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2009
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  European PlayStation Blog Open For Business

  Poor Europe. Americans have long been spoiled with up-to-the-minute PlayStation info straight from the horse’s mouth, in the form of the PlayStation.Blog, while Europeans got…Three Speech. Yuck. Today, that changes! Yes, Three Speech’s final post has been to announce that the PlayStation Europe Blog opens for business today, having first been announced last month. It’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2009
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  Sony Japan Marketer Wants To Make Official Board On 2ch

  Times are changing. Marketing people are smart, they know things are different these days. These ad wizards are moving from traditional forms like print, TV and radio to the internet. In a recent interview, Sony Computer Entertainment Platform Promotion Chief Tetsuro Sakurai talked about how things are changing. Up until now, he said, advertising has…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2009
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  UFC Fighter Left Out Of UFC Game Because He Has…Big Hair

  UFC 2009 Undisputed is, by all accounts, a pretty great fighting game. Realistic, too. But there’s one thing missing from the game: renowned fighter Clay ‘The Carpenter’ Guida. And his giant hair. Believe it or not, Guida – who has an enormous lion’s mane stuck to his scalp – was apparently left out of the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2009
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  How Do You Promote The Last Guy Retail Launch?

  Yes, The Last Guy, you remember that? The PSN game that used real world overhead maps of Tokyo as players tried to save citizens from alien monsters. Well, the popular PSN game is getting a retail packaged version — on sale today. To mark the occasion, Sony held a food stall inspired demo station in…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2009
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  Gladiator Looks Like A Bloody Mess

  Here’s the first footage of Gladiator AD, High Voltage‘s new fighting game for the Wii. Bloody! Let’s just hope the MotionPlus-compatible gameplay is better than their grasp on history in that opening dialogue. More Gladiator A.D. Info

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 28, 2009
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  Answer Some Pre-Release Questions About Dragon Quest 9

  Japanese publisher Enterbrain doesn’t only publish magazines like Famitsu, but also does probing research. Earlier this week, Famitsu polled folks with a “Dragon Quest 9 Pre-Launch Awareness Survey”. It was mostly multiple choice with a few free response questions. Oddly, for the multiple choice question “Do you plan on buying Dragon Quest 9?”, there isn’t…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 28, 2009