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  Grim Fandango Shoes Make Purple Sneakers Possible

  Purple sneakers? Hah. Nothankyou. Oh! Unless they’re custom purple Cons covered in Grim Fandango artwork. Now that, that we can consider. Reader Tonks – who also made those Noby Noby and Phoenix Wright kicks – sends us his latest work, showing that his love, like ours, is as strong as ever for Tim Schafer’s wonderful…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2009
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  Both Gears Of War Games Bundled With 360 Hardware

  Xbox Australia have just revealed this new Xbox 360 hardware bundle, which will include an Xbox 360 Pro along with a copy of both Gears of War and Gears of War 2. It’ll go on sale down under on June 4, and will retail for AUD$449 (USD$350). There’s no word on whether this will be…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2009
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  E3 Round Table: Sony’s Big Plans

  Over the past few week’s worth of Bonus Rounds, GameTrailers’ Geoff Keighley, Game Informer’s Andy McNamara, N’Gai Croal’s N’Gai Croal and Kotaku’s me sat down to talk third-party developers and Microsoft’s E3 plans. This week: Sony’s E3 plans. Bonus Round: Part Three

  By Brian Crecente Published May 25, 2009
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  Man Vs. Dog: Personal Trainer: Walking Grudge Match

  Personal Trainer: Walking may be built for humans, but the game also supports tracking your dog’s movements as well. The game comes with two digital pedometers, and it suggests clipping one on to your dog’s collar to monitor its walking habits. Of course, I had to turn that into a challenge. Last week I measured…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 25, 2009
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  Kotaku Robot Wars: The Beginning

  Kotaku’s newfound obsession with robots hs drawn mechanical video game characters from throughout time and space to do battle in the Robot Wars – and only you can decide who lives and who dies! The interspatial beacon high atop Kotaku tower has harnessed the power of our latest obsession, forging a temporal reality scoop that…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 25, 2009
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  Mega64: The Kojima Code

  We’ve all pondered the ominous clouds found in Kojima’s teaser…um clouds. Fortunately, Mega64 is here to set us all straight.

  By Brian Crecente Published May 25, 2009
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  inFamous Review: It’s Electric

  InFamous is supposed to be super-hero gaming done right. It’s also the PlayStation 3 debut of one of the PlayStation 2’s most ambitious development studios. Nothing could go wrong, right? A PlayStation 3 exclusive from development studio Sucker Punch, InFamous charges that something besides the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound or…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 25, 2009
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  If They Made A Wii R.O.B.

  Power Glove —> Wii Remote…. Power Pad —> Balance Board… NES Zapper —> Wii Zapper… R.O.B. —> ??? We are in a robot mood this week at Kotaku, the kind of mood that can make us miss the robots of yesteryear. Robots like R.O.B., the robot so cool that he could play the Nintendo Entertainment System…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 25, 2009
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  Augmented Reality Camera Game Coming to DSi

  Swedish-developed Ghostwire will let you use the DSi’s camera to hunt ghosts in the real world through augmented-reality gaming, developer A Different Game announced today. In the adventure title, gamers will use the DSi as a portal to the astral plane to find and collect ghosts that exist all around them. The game will also…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 25, 2009
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  Today Is Memorial Day, This Week Is Robot Week!

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Hope every one in the States is having a good Memorial Day weekend. This week here at Kotaku Tower is a very special week — ROBOT WEEK. Robots are great. We love robots. I love robots. I named one of my family members after a robot. That’s not a joke. That’s…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2009
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  Resident Evil 5 Sales Figures Get

  Speaking at the Reuters Global Technology Summit in Tokyo last week, Capcom CFO Kazuhiko Abe has revealed that Resident Evil 5 has sold just shy of 5 million copies worldwide since launch. Abe says that 4.4 million copies were sold worldwide in March, the month of the game’s release, while a further 500,000+ (Abe says…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2009
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  Let’s Talk Big Daddy Prototype

  We’ve already gotten the first third-person look at BioShock 2 Big Daddy — in the sequel players get to be this “new” Big Daddy. New to us, but not the in-game world. “The player doesn’t just play any Big Daddy, he plays a prototype Big Daddy — the very first one that was successfully created,”…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2009
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  Noby Noby Boy Sets Foot On Mars

  The nay-sayers were wrong. Noby Noby Boy‘s Noby Noby GIRL has over the weekend defied all the odds and, stretching her supple frame across the cosmos, touched down on Mars. With player numbers dropping only a month ago, it seemed as though this feat would never be accomplished. And really, it shouldn’t have been. Not…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2009
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  You Cannot Stop Mai Shiranui Figurines

  Another day, another Mai Shiranui figure. Make that, another two — this one has a limited edition color variation. Released this month, figure company Volks released this 180mm-tall Mai Shiranui Queen’s Gate version — yours for ¥8,000 (US$84.60). The blue version is the standard release, and the red version is limited edition. The King of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2009
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  Resident Evil 1 Shambles Onto The PSN This Week

  The first of Capcom’s motherload of PS1 re-releases for the PlayStation Network arrives later this week, with the debut of Resident Evil: Director’s Cut. It’ll be part of the PlayStation Store‘s regular weekly update on Thursday, May 28, and will cost $10. Resident Evil: Director’s Cut, an extended version of the original, was first released…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2009
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  Christian Bale, Screamer, Video Game Lover (Oh, And Actor)

  Christian Bale is best known for bananas at some cinematographer. He’s also an actor! And like millions and millions of people on Earth today, he loves video games. While promoting Terminator Salvation, Bale told PhilStar.com, “Yes, I do love video games. I played video games in my entire growing-up years. One of my favorites is…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2009
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  Xbox 360 Avatars Ready To Stand On Your Cake

  Since there are custom Mii cake toppers, you’d think there would be cutom Xbox 360 Avatar. There are. Design firm Paul Pape Desgins is creating Avatars (along with sculpted Miis) based on the images users send in. Each 4.5-inch, hand-sculpted cake topper Avatar is priced at US$100. Paul explains why: My Miis are created from…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2009
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  Robots We Love: Mega-Man

  He’s blue and sports an plasma-shooting arm cannon. He’s Mega-Man — aka “Rockman” in Japan. Designed by Keiji Inafune, the character debuted in 1987 in truly horrible localized box art. The game was hard, the music was great, and the robot was and still is fantastic. [Pic]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2009
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  New Modern Warfare 2 Screens

  Along with that snazzy new trailer, Infinity Ward also released some new screenshots for Modern Warfare 2. Sadly, only one of them features a skidoo.

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2009
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  Modern Warfare 2: Trailer The Second

  We’ve been seeing a lot of very short glimpses of Modern Warfare 2 lately, but tonight’s trailer, broadcast during the NBA playoffs, is a full two minutes.

  By Brian Crecente Published May 24, 2009