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  Aion Prepares For The Assault On Balaurea

  Aion: Assault on Balaurea, will bring a level cap increase, functional in-game pets, new instances to explore, and more to NCsoft’s massively-multiplayer online role-playing game, but before it comes out, NCsoft hopes to lure old players back with update 1.9. Assault on Balaurea is the new name of Aion update 2.0, an expansion pack-sized chunk…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 24, 2010
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  How Jon Favreau Gets Ready to Shoot

  As seen on Jon Favreau’s Twitter

  By Lauren Orsini Published May 24, 2010
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  Why I Liked The Lost Finale, Haters Be Damned

  Lost went out, last night, like the first Star Wars movie, in the same excellent, sweet way. Beyond the defeat of a man in black, here was a group of friends, gathered joyously in a smiling, winking celebration of the bond that enabled them to triumph together. Star Wars: A New Hope ended with Han…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 24, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Start the new week right by talking more about video games. Right here. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 24, 2010
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  Fanatics Draw the Line For Super Mario Galaxy 2

  NEW YORK CITY – They were a line of two. William Francis and Julio Sarmiento took to the streets of Rockefeller Center Friday night to wait nearly 50 hours for a video game. They knew there was a good chance that if they showed up Sunday morning they’d still likely form the front of a…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 24, 2010
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  What’s It Like To Be Reviewed In Japan?

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Ahoy! Hope you are enjoying The Big Apple and all that it has to offer…and all it doesn’t! Previously, I did a post on Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential going on sale in Akihabara. Going on sale in Akihabara has been an honor. I remember the first time I visited Akiba all those…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2010
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  Halo Reach Dropping In September

  September 14 is Halo Reach launch day worldwide (except in Japan), according to an Associated Press report. Reach just enjoyed a popular and now-completed multiplayer beta. The game is Halo creator Bungie Studios’ last Halo project and likely one of the biggest Xbox 360 games of the fall. Future Halo projects are being developed under…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 24, 2010
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  Nintendo Isn’t Trying To Make Kiddy Games

  “Unless you’re careful, there’s a tendency for games like Mario that can be played by children to gradually become childish,” warns Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. “Those making the game tend to unconsciously make them that way.” According to to the famed game designer, the line “Where’d my mommy go?” was proposed for a Nintendo game.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2010
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  Little Girls Writes A Letter To Nintendo, Gets A Free DS?

  That’s what this letter seems to suggest, when a girl – forced to write a letter to a company for a school project – bugs Nintendo for a DS, and Nintendo obliges. At least, that’s what this exchange would have you believe. I have some doubts; there’s no photo of the DS, which is weird,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2010
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  Why Is This Blur Logo So Dang Familiar?

  Blur is a racing car game. It is made by Bizarre Creations, the studio behind racer Project Gotham Racing. As a racing game fan, I should be excited, but there is something that I cannot get out of my head. For me, I think 1993 – 1999 were some of the best years musically. Those…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2010
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  New Blur Ads Sell Fast Cars With Loose Women

  The latest American ad we saw for racer Blur used cartoons. It was pretty good! Know what they’re using in France? Sluts. It’s funny, I have no idea what they’re saying, and yet, I know exactly what they’re saying. This is what it would be like if the Need for Speed series never got any…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2010
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  This Evangelion Lunch Box Is Pricey

  Anime chain store Animate is offering a limited edition Neon Genesis Evangelion taimeshi bento. How much do you think this lunch would cost? It costs the equivalent of US$15. For a plastic Neon Genesis Evangelion lunch box, some chopsticks and tai-meshi (sea bream rice). Tai-meshi is pretty easy to make, and a tai-meshi lunch box,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2010
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  Sony: If It Didn’t Work On Wii, Don’t Try It On Move

  Sony’s PlayStation Move motion control peripheral has a lot in common with the Nintendo Wii, leading many to fear the PS3 is about to be inundated with crappy Wii ports. That would be a disaster for Sony, so thankfully the company is working actively with publishers to ensure that the first generation of Move games…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2010
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  Real Cosplaying Girl Versus Cardboard Cutout

  This isn’t just some lady. It’s Yuka Saito. As a third-year student at Gakushuin University, she was awarded a prize at the Miss Campus Queen pageant. She also models for Japanese fashion magazine CanCam. Here she is in Akihabara. She’s dressed as Sigyn Erster, a 25-year-old pistol wielding, science studying queen from manga/anime Broken Blade…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2010
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  Farmville Gets Official…Ice Cream & Slurpees

  Social gaming phenomenon/scourge Farmville is about to invade your personal space every time you walk into a 7-Eleven store, with publishers Zynga plastering 7000 stores with Farmville junk. Just like every trip into Facebook is interrupted by pointless crop growth updates, soon innocent pit-stops for chewing gum and Coke will be interrupted by a promotion…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2010
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  Nintendo Employee Arrested!

  Nintendo’s Jin Nakanose, 37, has been arrested by Kyoto Police for kicking the crap out of another driver at a strip shopping mall. On the afternoon of the 23rd of this month, Nakanose was waiting to get into a parking lot, when another driver (a 29 year-old male) pulled in front of him. Nakanose apparently…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2010
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  But What If Valve Made Modern Warfare 2?

  So Activision would ruin Team Fortress 2. Flip that around, though, and Valve could make amends for Modern Warfare 2 (click for full version). By Mustkunstn1k @ DeviantART

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2010
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  Who Wants Zombie Meat?

  Mmmm… Nothing says “yum” like the walking dead. Or eating the walking dead. De-licious. Spotted by website Pink Tentacle, here is some grayish-bluish “zombie meat” beef jerky which claims to be aged to dead perfection in the graveyard. It also claims to be “juicy”. (The fine prints points out that this is, yes, beef jerky.)…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2010
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  Ubisoft Ruins Prince Of Persia Box Art

  2003’s Sands of Time holds a special place in Prince of Persia fan’s hearts, its cheery tone and beautiful colours a pleasant break from the series’ usual browns and greys. Six years later, Ubisoft has gone and messed with this. How? By changing the game’s box art. Up top there is the original cover art…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2010
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  Maybe The Greatest Baseball Pitch You’ll See Today

  Politicians. Actors. Singers, too. What do they have in common with Xbox Japan mascot Sanrokumaru? They have all thrown out the first pitch at baseball games. Sanrokumaru stars in a new series of TV ads in which he and the rest of the “Xbox Mission Department” attempts to secure titles like the new Virtual-On for…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 24, 2010