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  What Not To Do With Xbox 360 Avatars: Drugs, Decapitation, Fluids

  The Xbox 360’s avatars are a pretty stoic bunch, they just stand around all day doing very little. But game developers can put them into games as long as they follow Microsoft’s laundry list of what not to do. Among the acts that avatars can’t commit are dismemberment, decapitation, excreting obscene bodily fluids and drug…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 22, 2009
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  More Tekken 6 Characters To Look At

  Get to know Alisa Bosconovich, Lars Alexandersson, Marshall Law, Yoshimitsu, and Eddy Gordo, in this new set of character-highlighting screens from Tekken 6. The newer folks are nice and all, but I’ve always been partial to Eddy Gordo. By saying that, I am of course admitting that I suck at Tekken, but in my defense…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 22, 2009
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  The Nintendo Download: Random Monday Morning Goodness

  What this week’s Nintendo Download lacks in must-have titles it makes up for in sheer guts, with brain training, puzzles, a little golf, and a simulated planet all on offer. Of course, when I say lacking in must-have titles, that doesn’t mean completely bereft of them. The sole DSiWare title this week is Art Style:…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 22, 2009
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  New Wii, Wii Remote Colors In The Flesh

  Product renders and marketing shots are one thing. It’s another thing entirely to look at a consumer electronics product in the flesh. So let’s look at the new Nintendo Wii and Wii Remote colours! Both the black Wii (and its associated peripherals) and the blue Wii Remote (currently a Japan-only Club Nintendo contest prize) were…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  It’s officially summer. What games are you going to have fun, fun, fun with till your daddy takes the console away? Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 22, 2009
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  Tomorrow, Mini-Bash Is Six

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Can you believe it? I think he was three years old when I started writing for Kotaku. He’s doubled his age! For his birthday, he wants paper to make origami and an Optimus Prime — who he calls Opmis Slime — toy. What you missed last night This Is Not A…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2009
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  Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Coming to PSP

  Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the highest rated video game in the history of the DS, is coming to the Playstation Portable, Take-Two Interactive announced this morning. “We’re proud to extend this truly unique handheld Grand Theft Auto experience to PSP and offer a downloadable version of Chinatown Wars for PSPgo,” said Sam Houser, Founder…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 22, 2009
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  Beat The Heat With New Modern Warfare 2 Screenshots

  Some new screenshots of Modern Warfare 2 have been released. Most of the action seems to centre around the demo video we saw at E3, but there’s new stuff in there, including some hot skidoo action. The screenshots, over on Eurogamer Portugal, seem to be from a recent round of hands-on sessions for the European…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2009
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  A Crystal Clear Look Inside The DSi

  The Nintendo DSi comes in several colorful casings. But those don’t let you see what’s going on inside. You know, the hand held’s innards. This XCM Eye-Candy shell is a DSi replacement casing and comes with replacement buttons and a screwdriver. Yours for around US$30. Smooth Crystal [XCM via MAXCONSOLE via OhGizmo! via Newlaunches]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2009
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  British Sales Charts: If There’s Something Strange…

  For the week ending June 20, The Sims 3 remained atop the British sales charts. No surprises there. But at #4? There’s something interesting. Ghostbusters. On PS3. It’s interesting because when a multiplatform game launches in the UK, the 360 version anecdotally charts around at number 2-4, while the PS3 version charts 6-10. If the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2009
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  Dragon Quest IX Panic Starts Now!

  Reservations for the eagerly awaited DS role-playing-game Dragon Quest IX have started in Japan with some stores opening early. Above is a shop in Den-Den Town, Osaka’s version of Akihabara. It’s opening early at 8:00am — which of course isn’t midnight. In Japan, Dragon Quest IX goes on sale Saturday, July 11th. Expect lines. Long…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2009
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  The Real-Life Goro From Mortal Kombat

  Ah, the mighty Goro! Four arms, cheap moves, broken hearts. Ever wonder what he looks like in real-life? Wonder no more. While the rest of Mortal Kombat’s cast of in-game characters were digitised actors, Goro obviously wasn’t. He was, instead, a stop-motion miniature, whose moves were recorded on the 1990’s most cutting-edge recording equipment: a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2009
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  Microsoft Boss Apologizes For Poorly Chosen Words

  Late last week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stated that the new Xbox with a “natural interface” would be arriving in 2010. Microsoft spent the rest of the week putting out fires, saying that Ballmer was mistaken. Microsoft’s Director of Product Management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Aaron Greenberg told Kotaku “There will be no…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2009
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  This Is Not A Halo 3 Screenshot

  This looks like a screengrab from Halo 3’s Valhalla multiplayer map. But it’s not. It is, if you take a closer look, actually a fully-functional PC desktop. The radar monitors your outside temperature. The player indicators are links. The grenade icons launch programs. The ammo counters in the top-right show your unread emails and rss…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2009
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  Sony CEO Approved By Sony Board of Directors

  The Sony Board of Directors have approved 15 directors, including American Howard Stringer. Besides acting as chairman and chief executive, Stringer is taking an another title — president — as announced last February. Over 8,000 investors were in attendance at the annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo. Stringer told investors that the company was trying to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2009
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  Soviet-Era Arcade Museum Opens In Russia

  In Soviet Russia…they had video games. Not particularly special ones, mind you, but they had them. And those dusty old machines now have pride of place in a new museum in the Russian capital, Moscow. The Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines (the Soviet ethic lives on in the place’s name, then) is home to versions…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2009
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  Your Love Plus Virtual Girlfriend Experience Trailer

  Do know: the trailer is heavy on the Japanese language (it is a Japanese game). Konami’s upcoming DS dating sim Love Plus appears to be the most advanced dating sim to hit the platform. The first part of the game is standard fare: Players court three girls, trying to get them to fall in love.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2009
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  Shia LaBeouf Totally Hates The Wii

  Here’s a pleasant change from seeing your average celebrity gushing over a video game: seeing a celebrity troll on the Wii. Seems that while Shia LaBeouf – the star/destroyer of both the Transformers and Indiana Jones franchises – is a big-time gamer, he’s only a big-time gamer on the 360 and PS3. Which he seems…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2009
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  French Version of Arcade Mania Goes Gold

  Yes, we know, books don’t actually go gold like video games do. But still, publisher Pix’N Love got back its French language version of Arcade Mania back from the printer. Here are the Pix’N Love fellas checking out the book! Below, boozing it in celebration. Congrats, Pix’N Love! I’ll definitely toss up some pics when…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2009
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  The SEGA Honeymoon

  What better way to celebrate a lifetime of matrimonial commitment than with a honeymoon spent crawling through SEGA arcades? UK:Resistance reader “Radguy” did just that with his new bride. Went on a SEGA specific Japan honeymoon with my wife and sought out the great SEGA spots that we only get mere glimpses of on websites.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2009