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  Sony Brings Sony Entertainment Network Online

  Sony is putting all its online services for music, movies, TV, and gaming under a single umbrella: Sony Entertainment Network. That means, the PSN is part of, ahem, SEN. The Sony Entertainment Network’s Music Unlimited offers over ten million tracks and multiple channels that can be accessed via PC, Android, Bravia TV, and PS3. Video…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2011
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  Look at All This Great Hair. Great, Fake Hair.

  Cosplay isn’t only about great costumes. It’s about hair, amazing hair. The more amazing the hair, the better. Osaka’s Lovepop Studio specializes in cosplay wigs. It’s a wig wonderland. The shop also sells various cosplay accessories, and there’s even a studio on site that includes backdrops, a sofa, and a bed. There are other geek-friendly…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2011
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  The 3DS Has a Multiplayer Secret

  Yesterday, ten free NES Virtual Console games were dispensed to 3DS owners who had purchased the hardware before the price cut. And it looks like those gamers won’t be playing their VC games alone. Pointed out by Kotaku reader Siegling, it appears you can switch from one player to two player controls, which would appear…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2011
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  The Amazing Concept Art of Deus Ex: Human Revolution

  It’s the flavour of the week here at Kotaku, and to echo Kirk’s glowing review, every second I’ve been awake and not working I’ve been walking up to people and saying hello there have yo-ELBOW KNIVES. So now is as good a time as any to look at some of the gorgeous concept art for…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2011
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  Tuck Into Four Minutes of Uncharted 3 Gameplay Footage

  There have been tiny bits of this sequence shown in previous trailers, but this new clip showing singleplayer gameplay from Uncharted 3 gives us the entire part where Drake learns the perils of flying economy. Uncharted 3 will be out in November 2011. Which is great! Because, you know, nothing else is coming out in…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2011
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  A Remote Controlled Airplane Took This Real Call of Duty Photo

  Call of Duty XP is an official COD gaming event that promises to do more than let players play Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer. They’ll also get a shot at running a real version of The Pit time course and experiencing the Scrapyard in-game map. Snapped by website Pro Paintball, this is an overhead shot of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2011
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  The Five Boroughs of the Mushroom Kingdom

  New York isn’t like other cities. It’s confined to a limited space, has clearly-defined areas and a multitude of rich and varied cultures. So saying it’s like a video game world isn’t drawing too long a bow. Neither is drawing the city in the style of Super Mario World, as Jesse Eisemann has done here.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2011
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  Sony Bringing A Buttload of New PS Vita Games to the Tokyo Game Show

  The Tokyo Game Show hasn’t kicked off yet, but if Sony’s unannounced line-up is any indication, you might as well call the show the PS Vita Game Show. Sony is bringing a bunch of titles to TGS, which isn’t that absurd. The Sony booth is always packed with games. What is worth noting is there…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2011
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  Was the Sony Takedown Looting Rioters or Professional Crooks?

  In early August, as riots raged through north London, the Sony Enfield distribution center burned. Three million CDs and tens of thousand DVDs were lost in the fire. At the time, it was said looters made off with game consoles. According to the Telegraph, evidence suggest that this wasn’t mere looting. This was a heist,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2011
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  The Gears of War Universe Explained In 1:17

  If you’ve missed the first two games in the series, and don’t have time to catch up on large necks and dead wives and giant worms, this new trailer for Gears of War 3 gets you instantly up to speed on humanity’s war against the Locust. It’s short. So short, in fact, you get to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2011
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  Manhandling the Sony Tablet and Explaining Its Fake Buttons

  Sony’s first new PlayStation tablet is going on sale later this month. To hold you over until then, how about some photos of the tablet and its clamshell cousin, in the flesh? Website Game Watch Impress got up and close with both tablets: the tablet-looking Tablet S and the DS-looking Tablet P. Both are PlayStation…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2011
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  Sony’s First PlayStation Tablet Out This Month, Costs $500

  To go with its PlayStation Phone, Sony will soon be releasing a pair of wild and wacky PlayStation-certified tablet computers as well. Which, as of today, have most of their release info locked down. The S1, which is the more traditional tablet of the two, will go on sale later this month for $500. It’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2011
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  He Wanted to Burn Them. Burn Them All Dead.

  Nico Nico Douga is one of Japan’s most popular video sites. Users broadcast livefeeds of everything from gaming events, underage dancing, to stupidity. But what went down last night in Tokyo’s Shibuya during a “Nico Live” event was terrifying. Named after the famous New York City landmark, Shibuya’s Chelsea Hotel is not a hotel, but…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2011
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  Mass Effect 3 Screenshots Don’t Take Shit from Mechs or Evil Space Robots

  So I saw Mass Effect 3 the other day in Germany, and wasn’t allowed to take pictures. No matter. Here are pictures of some of the stuff I saw, complete with giant MASS EFFECT 3 watermarks on them. Just in case you forgot what game we were talking about here. You can contact Luke Plunkett,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2011
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  The End is Nigh For LA Noire’s Developers

  Despite (finally) shipping a successful product, it seems allegations of shoddy work practices and claims that no major publisher would work with the team has brought about the end of LA Noire developers Team Bondi. A report on Australian business site Smart Company, citing Australian Securities and Investments Commission documents, says that the developers have…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2011
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  He Put Minecraft in Minecraft So You Can Play Minecraft While You Play Minecraft

  Hans Lemurson builds redstone computers in Minecraft, which led to the joking question of whether he could build one that plays Minecraft. Well, the answer is yes, sort of. This is a very crude 2D platformer that allows you to move around and modify terrain. “It’s not truly Minecraft, but it’s about as close as…

  By Owen Good Published September 1, 2011
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  What Makes the Mother Series so Great?

  They may not be chart-toppers – indeed, the third game has never even been officially released in the West – but the Mother/Earthbound series of role-playing games are some of the most revered and cherished of all Nintendo games (at least among certain cliques). There’s a very good reason why this is. And it has…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2011
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  Meet The Most Beautiful PS3 Of Them All

  Level-5 and Studio Ghibli’s Ni no Kuni may well be one of the prettiest games on the PS3 when it’s released, so it’s only fitting that its special edition console is just as easy on the eyes. This limited edition machine, which will be out on November 17 in Japan, will include a 160GB HDD…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 31, 2011
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  Sure, It’s Hype, but NBA 2K12‘s Latest Trailer is Still Pretty Badass

  This is all marketing, OK? This is a sizzle trailer, even if it is two-and-a-half minutes long and packed with gameplay (and one outstanding choice of music). But in addition to hyping the living hell out of NBA 2K12 it does offer a few things of value: One, a look at the presentation of old-time…

  By Owen Good Published August 31, 2011
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  The Screaming Trees

  Greetings, Kotaku readers. You’re welcome to join us in tonight’s open thread, where conversation not just about video games happens. But you can talk about video games if you’d like. We’re not going to rap your knuckles. This weekend’s going to be a little crazy for me, with Call of Duty XP happening nearby. There’s…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 31, 2011