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  Gran Turismo 5 Gets Much Better, Just in Time for Forza 4

  While we’re still a week away from the big batch of downloadable content for Gran Turismo 5, the free 2.0 update drops today, delivering car interiors, 2011 NASCAR racers, and tons of fixes and tweaks, just in time to turn racing fans’ heads away from Forza 4 Available today as a free downloadable update, version…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2011
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  Star Wars Xbox Delayed, Microsoft Executes 320GB Star Wars Hard Drive Plan B

  For $130 this fall, owners of slim Xbox 360s can buy a 320GB hard-drive and get an excellent Star Wars game as a bonus. Microsoft said today that they’ll be selling a standalone 320GB drive this fall. Keeping with tradition, Microsoft is charging more for their Xbox 360 hard drive than other companies charge for…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 11, 2011
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  This Battlefield 3 Glitch Pits Man vs. Jet in an Unfair Dogfight

  Battlefield 3’s in beta, which means that bugs will pop up. This might be one of the more entertaining ones we’ve seen so far, where the plane being piloted disappear around the player. You’d think a guy floating in mid-air would be a sitting duck against a fighter jet, right? Wrong. UPDATE: Seems that this…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 11, 2011
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  Three Hours With the Surprisingly Ambitious (and Tougher) Assassin’s Creed Revelations

  I’m consistently impressed by Ubisoft’s apparent ability to crank out complete Assassin’s Creed games each year. When Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood was released a mere year after Assassin’s Creed II, many were expecting more of an expansion pack. What we got was a full-fledged game, the deepest and most involved Assassin’s Creed yet. After spending an…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published October 11, 2011
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  Here’s What You’ll Pay to be the (Officially Announced) Nightwing in Batman: Arkham City

  WBIE’s confirmed the existence of The Dark Knight’s acrobatic partner in Rocksteady’s upcoming sequel today . Like Robin and Catwoman, Nightwing will come with moves and gadgets unique to him, as well as “Wayne Manor” and “Main Hall” challenge maps. The press release announcing Dick Grayson’s playability notes that the Nightwing Budle Pack will be…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 11, 2011
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  It’s Not Easy Being a Video Game Equestrian

  A horse is a horse, of course; of course, unless that horses is ridden by commenter markandrovich1, in which case it becomes something of a liablity. Share your video game horse woes in today’s equine edition of Speak Up on Kotaku. Equine Trouble… As someone who has played thousands of video games in the arcades…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2011
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  Felicia Day Goes LARPing in Dragon Age: Redemption Episode One

  While the production values are fine, the acting solid, and the writing passable, the first episode of Felicia Day’s Dragon Age: Redemption web series still feels like a bunch of friends spending the weekend in the woods role-playing. Felicia can’t help it. It’s part of her charm that she comes across as the sort of…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2011
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  Walk Through More of Deus Ex: Human Revolution‘s Upcoming “Missing Link” DLC in This Video

  Have you noticed how Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s cyborg hero Adam Jensen is a little like Jesus? Think about it. He dies (mostly) and comes back to life and then goes aout dispatching the wicked. That’d make David Sarif kinda like God, wouldn’t it? And just like the Nazarean’s Lost Years, there’s a period of…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 11, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Can you paint with all the colors of De Blob? No? Well then just discuss video games here as much as you want. Thanks to reader Brian H. May for today’s image, and remember, when Fahey’s doing the TAY, De Blob always wins. Take a crack at being featured atop TAY some time this month…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2011
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  Rage: The Kotaku Review

  It doesn’t really hit me until about half way through the game. I’ve been spending so much time worrying over the trick of staying alive that I haven’t notice just how insignificant I am. It’s not until I’m sent on another armed errand, off to save a general from a federal prison, that I realize…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2011
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  Santa’s Village Is Ready to Ring in the Holidays

  It’s not yet Thanksgiving. Heck, Halloween is weeks away. Yet, select retailers in the U.S. are rolling out holiday decorations. And it’s not just the U.S. Select Japanese retail is also already selling Christmas trees. So why should an iOS app be any different? Santa’s Village from social game maker Making Fun was released in…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011
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  First Forza 4. Then, Tire Pressure.

  Motorsport | OSAKA, JAPAN: A copy of Forza 4 and a press kit landed on my desk today. Can’t wait to check it out. (Photo: Brian Ashcraft | Kotaku) Clive Owen’s Embarrassing Video Game Past British actor Clive Owen is a badass. A man’s man. He’s got a deep voice, a heavy face, and is…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011
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  Akira Gets a Biker Jacket. It Costs $900.

  To celebrate Akira‘s 30th anniversary, Bandai Namco is releasing a replica of the cow-hide leather jacket worn by Akira protagonist Kaneda. There’s also a black version, which is based on Kaneda’s jacket. It reads “2019 A.D. 28 Neo Tokyo”, with the number 28 referring to Kaneda’s test research number. It costs ¥69,800, which is a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011
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  New Black Wii Bundle for America

  Starting Oct. 23, Nintendo is releasing a black Wii bundle that includes New Super Mario Bros. Wii, a Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack CD, a black Wii-mote and Nunchuk. Yours for $149.99.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011
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  Put Your Vita in These

  The PS Vita has a beautiful OLED screen. You don’t chuck OLED screens in your backpack or your pocket! You need to put the Vita in a pouch. Or a case. Like these. Today, Sony revealed a handful of new PS Vita pouches and cases. There are white and blue carrying pouches, priced at ¥1,800…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011
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  Play Dirty Games on Your PS3

  Like really dirty games. You know, porn. Online retailer BD-Game is selling Blu-ray versions of adult PC games, meaning that the PS3 can play them. The adult games offered are hardcore. They include chesty sister wifey game Shimai Tsuma, the stomach churning Lolita-at-home title Hajimete no Orusuban, inevitable tentacle game Inda no Hime Kishi no…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011
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  Sony Still Figuring Out What To Do with UMDs

  In an interview with Dengeki PlayStation, Sony’s Yoshio Matsumoto said that the company is still looking into offering UMD owners the opportunity to re-download their games on the Vita for a special price. At last month’s Sony press conference, Sony also mentioned it was looking into a solution for UMD owners who want to experience…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011
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  The Art Of Gears Of War

  There’s an established, if corny description of the art of Gears of War: “destroyed beauty”. I don’t like typing it, I especially don’t like hearing it. Beauty doesn’t need to be defined like that because even the most smashed up thing in the universe can be beautiful if someone simply thinks it is Take the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011
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  It’s Battlefield 1942…2011, With Strategic Stuff to Boot

  For over a decade now, it’s been the holy grail of online gaming: combine a shooter and a strategy game in the one package and make it work. Many have tried, notably World War II Online, but none ever really got there. Heroes & Generals is trying to get there. In development at Reto-Moto, a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011
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  Six Seconds of a Halo Fan Film

  Did you blink? Well, you missed it. Halo: Helljumper is an upcoming fan-made web series that is slated to premiere next January. Hopefully each episode is longer than six seconds. To learn more about the web series and to see production stills, check out Halo: Helljumpers‘s Facebook page You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 11, 2011