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  First Batch Of BlizzCon 2010 Tickets Hit eBay

  Blizzard’s first batch of tickets to BlizzCon 2010 sold out quickly yesterday. As expected, a nice chunk of them are now available on eBay for more than double the price. Now how much would you pay? BlizzCon tickets went on sale yesterday at 7 PM Pacific, and sold out moments later, which should come as…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2010
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  Egyptian Assassins And Other UbiWorkshop Teases

  The UbiWorkshop Twitter account sprung to life today, delivering this teasing glimpse of an Egyptian assassin from Polish artist Gabz, along with news of a secret project from acclaimed comic book artists Cameron Stewart and Karl Kerschl. “Oh, and before you ask, this has nothing to do with Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood,” Tweets UbiWorkshop, in response…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 3, 2010
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  Why Can’t We Make Another Shadow of the Colossus?

  I have a couple topics to write about boiling around in my head, but this one seems to be the most timely considering the rumor going around of a Shadow of the Colossus/Ico HD re-release next year. Shadow of the Colossus (and not Beatles Rock Band, inserting snarky jab at the New York Times here)…

  By Lauren Orsini Published June 3, 2010
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  One Year Later, Did These PS3 and PSP Promises Come True?

  The PlayStation people promise a lot of things. They did one year ago. Now those promises and plans are being checked, by me, to see which elements of their E3 2009 Sony hype came true and which did not. Sony is the third victim this week, following the Kotaku promise-checking of Microsoft’s E3 2009 festivities…

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 3, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Time to talk about video games. You can do it here! Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 3, 2010
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  Company of Heroes Online in Glorious Motion

  Company of Heroes Online isn’t just a straight remake of the original, addictive real-time strategy game, it takes that experience and fixes almost everything wrong with it. Not that Company of Heroes mulitplayer gaming was tragically broken. But as Tim Holman, Relic’s director of Company of Heroes Online said at a recent event for the…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 3, 2010
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  We’re giving away Call of Duty Codes Later Today

  Remember when I said we’d be giving away codes for Armored Core Last Raven Portable on Facebook today? Well, we’re also going to be giving away ten codes for the Xbox 360 version of the Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence DLC on Facebook as well today.

  By Brian Crecente Published June 3, 2010
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  Do You Live In Dallas? You Busy This Week?

  To: Crecente From: Bash RE: Quincy Not you Crecente. I know where you live. You live in Denver. Or so you say. Dun dun dun I live in Osaka, but I’m from Dallas. Got pinged today with word that at the A-Kon 21 convention in Dallas Japanese gaming circle Zero Zigen will be doing a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010
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  If Katamari Damacy Was Art Nouveau

  It would look like this. Artist Kate Elizabeth, an New Orleans-based illustrator, created this stunning piece. As website Boing Boing points out, here is the original sketch, and here is her animation process Impressive stuff. Bravo! [Alex Litel via Boing Boing]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010
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  Yes, This Is A Ferrari

  A Prism Magical itasha sports car as seen by AkibaOS

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010
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  Rapstar Out In October, Is On The Right Track

  Def Jam Rapstar, the hip hop karaoke title from 4mm Games, will be out on October 5 for the 360, PS3 and Wii. And it’ll live and die on the strength of its tracklist, which at the moment, looks…decent! In addition to the tracks we already know about, 4mm this morning revealed seven more, and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010
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  If Halo: Reach Was 3D, It Would Look, Well, Like This

  Killzone 3 is in 3D. Xbox counterpart Halo: Reach is not. But if it was? It’d look a little something like this. This clip is a fan-made job, taking some of Reach’s 3D screenshots (like, the rotating 3D kind) and making them..the other 3D. Like, the “has depth in front of your face” kind. God,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010
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  Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Is Part Pokemon. Wait, What?

  Originally, PSP title Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker was going to be named Metal Gear Solid 5. But it’s not. That doesn’t mean it is like the other Metal Gear games. According to Hideo Kojima, “nearly everything you can do with a portable system is in this game”. The game designer told game magazine PSM3…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010
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  Somebody’s Happy About Steam On Mac

  Reader Michael is so happy about Portal and Half-Life 2 coming to the Mac he sent us this picture. Seems Michael isn’t the only one happy about it! (Update – now available as a t-shirt!)

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010
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  PlayStation 2 Connection For Kylie’s Street Orgy?

  Popstar Kylie Minogue’s latest music video features a bevy of young, attractive people taking their clothes off and fondling each other. I remember the first time I saw it, back before it was a music video packed with underwear. And when it was a 2004 Cannes Festival winning PlayStation 2 ad. The ad was written…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010
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  This Wii Gun Might Not Be A Great Idea

  We’ve seen our fair share of Wii peripherals that are bad ideas. Saw one this week! Now let’s see another one. Look at it! You could rob a gas station with that thing, and nobody would bat an eye. “Inspired” by the famous Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun, it’s got a built-in speaker and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010
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  Visual Novel Ripped Off By Adult Game

  To Heart is a landmark in Japanese adult PC gaming. Released in 1997, the game is a visual novel and showed how adult themes could be woven into a moving story. It influenced a generation of visual novels. It spawned a sequel in 2004, ToHeart2, anime, manga and, now, a straight up rip off. Adult…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010
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  This Zelda Cosplay May Be Ill-Advised

  Yes, that’s right. This lady is dressed up as a character we know absolutely nothing about. Nothing! She calls it “The Spirit of the Master Sword”, taking a guess that the mysterious character from the concept art tease of the next Zelda game – unveiled at last year’s E3 – is just that. The spirit…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010
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  This Lady Looks Familiar

  On Friday, a new Swedish film opens in, wait for it, Sweden. The picture is a parody of cop shows and is called Kommisarie Späck (Detective Blubber). The lead female character doesn’t look like she’s from police dramas. She looks like she’s from video games. That’s Joanna Dark hair! You know, the fiery-haired heroine of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010
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  Don’t Expect Every Old PS3 Game To Go 3D

  There’s a good bet many classic PS3 games will be retrofitted to display in 3D. Just don’t go expecting every game to have come out since 2006 to get the treatment. “I’m sure we will [retrofit more games with 3D], as adding 3D to a game can make it a whole new experience,” Sony’s Simon…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2010