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  Review: SteelSeries Shift Is A Mighty Morphin’ Power Keyboard

  SteelSeries takes a good idea and makes it even better with the SteelSeries Shift, a gaming keyboard with many different faces. Specs Price: $89.99 Platform: PC What’s in the box: Keyboard, standard keyset, instructions. The Basics Back in 2003 a company named Ideazon released the Zboard, a keyboard that allowed players to swap in and…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2010
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  Beware The Angry White Tea Party Of Video Games

  I have no idea who the Sarah Palin is of video games nor the Barack Obama of video games. But Gabe Zicherman, chairman of the Gamification Summit knows who the gaming Tea Party is: people who don’t like gamification. “These tea partiers are game designers,” Zicherman wrote earlier this week on the Huffington Post. “Their…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 9, 2010
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  Two Lovely Ladies Join The Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Lineup

  The roster for the eagerly-anticipated fighting game Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 expands today with a pair of warrior women representing both sides of the conflict: Storm and Crimson Viper. The X-Men’s Storm has been a staple in Capcom’s Marvel games from day one, bringing her weather controlling powers to bear on Capcom’s best ever since…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2010
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  Kotaku’s 2010 Gift Guide of Obscene Nicety and Sublime Naughtiness

  It’s that time of the year. Time for you to crack open the wallet for someone other than yourself. Sure you could use our reference guide of games and reviews to help you sort through what video games to give and what to avoid, but why not try something a little different. For the fourth…

  Kotaku Staff Published December 9, 2010
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  Killing Floor’s Twisted Christmas Special Has A Team Fortress 2 Surprise

  While the church downstairs prepares to celebrate the Christmas season, Tripwire Interactive has been busy creating an expansion for Killing Floor that lets you kill Santa Claus, along with a special present for fans of Valve’s Team Fortress 2. Killing Floor is a cooperative multiplayer Steam game that plays a little like Valve’s Left 4…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2010
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  First Live Demo of Uncharted 3 Hits TVs Nationwide Next Week

  Late Night with Jimmy Fallon will show off the first live demo of hotly-anticipated Playstation 3 exclusive Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception next Monday, Dec. 13. Show producer Gavin Purcell Tweets that developers Naughty Dog will be on hand to demonstrate the game to show host and gamer Fallon.

  By Brian Crecente Published December 9, 2010
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  Dial DC Universe Online Character Creation For Hero

  With Sony revealing yesterday that all PlayStation Plus subscribers are getting a download of the DC Universe Online beta for Christmas, it’s probably a good time to show you how character creation works in the super heroic MMO. Crecente talked us through character creation in DC Universe Online last week, and now we’re showing you…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2010
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  U.S. Pegs Kim Jong-Il’s Second Son As A Gaming Loser

  One son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is too busy playing video games to take over the country, according to a video game surprise found among the reams of U.S. government cables disseminated by the Wikileaks organization. In a September 2008 cable, a member of the U.S. consulate in Shanghai writes to the U.S.…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 9, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Watch your back as you talk about video games right here. Thanks to reader Orbitofglass for today’s image. Submit your best images to #TAYpics

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 9, 2010
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  Japanese Spider-Man Spins A Web Of Awesome

  To: Crecente From: Bash RE: The Mixer What you missed last night! Kinect Just Filed A Minority Report Resident Evil Is Still The Best-Looking Thing On The 3DS Cypress Hill “Singer” Suing Grand Theft Auto, Claims He’s The “Real” CJ Ending Leaked For StarCraft II’s Next Chapter? Far Cry Piracy Case Walking The Plank [Pic,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2010
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  Lawrence Of Arabia Inspires Next Year’s Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

  Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception will draw inspiration from the life of T.E. Lawrence’s days as an archaeologist in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula when it hits the Playstation 3 late next year, Entertainment Weekly reports. The magazine reports that the game will play with the theme of deception while also focusing on Nathan Drake’s…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 9, 2010
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  Disgaea 4 Makes A Tactical Decision For Cute

  Next February, tactical role-playing game Disgaea 4 will be released on the PlayStation 3. There will be a limited edition bundle. It will be cute. Very cute. Besides this figurine of Prinny-uniform wearing Disgaea 4 character Fuka, the ¥9,975 (US$119) bundle comes with an original soundtrack CD and a special booklet. The regular version of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2010
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  First Look At New James Bond Game Declassified?

  There’s chatter that Britain’s most famous secret agent is set to star in a stealth game. This might be footage of said game. The footage is from an artist’s demo reel and shows Singularity, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and, apparently, the upcoming James Bond game all edited together. (No, Hulk is not in the next Bond…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2010
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  Far Cry Piracy Case Walking The Plank

  Earlier this year, the US Copyright Group filed a lawsuit against 4,577 people it accused of pirating the movie Far Cry, a big screen adaptation of a 2004 PC shooter. In December, things aren’t going so well. A District Court judge has ordered that the case can only apply to defendants who lived in the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2010
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  Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Was A Long, Long Time Ago

  Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, travels back in time to the 1990’s while defending the abysmal sales of the latest Tony Hawk game, Shred. [image: Getty]

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2010
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  Nothing Says “Horror” Like “Wii Balance Board”

  The Wii Balance Board might not get much exercise outside of Wii Fit, but depending on how upcoming horror game Night of Sacrifice works out, that could change. Night of Sacrifice follows five college students as they visit an area where sacrificial offerings to the gods used to be practiced. The Wii Remote is used…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2010
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  This Space Marine Footage Feels Like A Punch In The Face [Update]

  We were tipped this trailer earlier today, which looks like it serves as a promo reel for Australian CG studio Plastic Wax. It’s for/from the upcoming Warhammer 40K game Space Marine, and it enjoys a spot of the ol’ fisticuffs. Plastic Wax are specialists in computer-generated animation with a long resume in the video game…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2010
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  Catherine’s Sexy Doesn’t Stop At The Game’s Cover

  Upcoming adult adventure game Catherine features two spicy covers: one for the PS3 and one for the Xbox 360. Those who pre-order the game will get a special “Sound Disc & Art Book”. The disc features classical arrangements by composer Shoji Meguro, a specially-designed booklet jacket and other illustrations. The Sound Disc & Art Book…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2010
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  Don’t Feel Guilty About This Fighting Figure

  A fighting game character with wings made out of life and death? Sounds like good material for an expensive action figure! This piece is Dizzy, a character from 2D fighting game series Guilty Gear. Available in April 2011, she’ll cost you around USD$115 from a toy importer (the figure is from Japan). She’s a little…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 9, 2010
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  Orange You Glad China Has A Giant Mecha?

  In summer 2009, Bandai Namco constructed an enormous, life-sized 59-foot-tall Gundam statue in Tokyo, following with an updated version earlier this year. China is working on one of it’s own, but don’t tell Namco Bandai. Apparently, a theme park in China’s Szechwan is constructing a slightly smaller Gundam-type statue of its own, in glorious orange.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2010