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  Your Guide to Xbox 360 USB Drives

  Now that you can use a standard USB flash or hard drive with your Xbox 360 it’s time to figure out which is the best to use. Fortunately, Rooster Teeth’s Achievement Hunters rounded up a bunch of drives to test out how quickly they allow you to install games on them and if they impact…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 9, 2010
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  Nothing Says Good Morning Like Fresh Saw 2 Screens

  Perhaps fresh isn’t the best word for these screens of Konami’s sequel to the horror game based on the movie with a jillion sequels, but none of the other adjectives I considered were compatible with keeping down your breakfast. Jigsaw is back in Saw 2, another light-hearted romp exploring the joys of self-mutilation and preservation.…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2010
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  Gears 3 Reveal Spoiled, But There Is Another

  While the Xbox Live dashboard spilled the beans on Gears of War 3, according to CVG sources, Epic is also planning to reveal a shooter in development for EA later this month. Sources told CVG that Gears creator Epic Games originally planned on revealing this mysterious new EA shooter next week, only to have the…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2010
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  It’s All Good In The Mega Man Hood

  DeviantARTist Brendon Phillips’ Mega Man-inspired hoodie designs make me wish I could sew, as seen at DeviantART via Capcom Unity

  By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2010
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  Building A Friendlier And Safer Wii Gun

  1) Don’t call this device you use to go hunting on the Wii a “gun,” even if you hold it like one. 2) Don’t make it look like one either. Those are some of the notes that the creators of the “hunting controller” for the June-targeted Wii game Bass Pro Shops The Hunt worked with…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 9, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Who remember the last time a big video game announcement went as planned? Happens about as often as no one here comments about video games. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 9, 2010
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  Gamers of the iPhone, Your Attention Please

  It appears that the iPhone’s online identity crisis may be nearing an end, but at what cost? Earlier this week Apple unveiled a potential solution for one of the key issues that remain for gaming on their popular iPhone, iPod and iPad devices: The lack of a single cohesive online experience for playing games. The…

  By Brian Crecente Published April 9, 2010
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  I Don’t Want To See Car Death

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: One, Two, Three Tomorrow, Mini-Bash are going to go to the video store (remember those?) to rent a movie. He said he wanted to see a Mr. Bean video. (Kid loves Mr. Bean and has been calling his younger brother “Teddy” for the past week or so.) Mini-Bash really likes…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2010
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  Crysis 2 Preview: Two Ways To Save New York, New York

  According to Crysis 2, one of the biggest shooters coming to consoles and PCs this fall, there will be two ways to save the Big Apple in early September of 2023: Like a predator; or like a tank. Developers from German development studio Crytek came to the New York City of 2010 this week to…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 9, 2010
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  Sengoku Basara 3 On PS3 and Wii This Summer

  Capcom’s wildly popular historical action epic Sengoku Basara 3 has a release date for Japan. Would you like to hear it? Lean closer. July 29 The game will be released on the Nintendo Wii and the PS3. It will allow players to hack-and-slash a bunch of enemies and punch giant holes in the ground. As…

  Taro Kanemoto Published April 9, 2010
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  The Amazing Video Game Art Of Patrick Brown

  We’ve featured the art of Australian artist Patrick Brown a few times before here on Kotaku. But you know what? When someone has such a dense gallery of amazing video game art, a few times isn’t enough. So here’s a good look at some of Brown’s more recent works. While displaying an unhealthy obsession with…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2010
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  There Are Too Many Damn Video Games

  Ever get the feeling there are more games being released than you can even keep track of, let alone get your hands on? Don’t worry. It’s not your mind playing tricks on you. A story on Bitmob about “The Death of the Video Game Expert” carries with it an interesting chart, showing how many games…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2010
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  Bayonetta In 3D

  But you can’t play it. Sorry! The pistol-heeled action game was playable in 3D for at least one person – the game’s designer, Hideki Kamiya. Here he is, playing the game at the offices of Platinum Games, the studio behind the title. Bayonetta was released in October 2009 in Japan, and earlier this year in…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2010
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  Gears Of War 3, Coming April 2011

  Somebody at Microsoft appears to have flicked a switch a little early, with an advertisement appearing on the Xbox 360 dashboard tonight for Gears of War 3. There’s the trademark Gears of War logo, and a tagline that reads “The epic story concludes April 2011”. The ad appears to have jumped the proverbial gun, with…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2010
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  What’s With The Nuns, Japan?

  Whether it be action title Bayonetta, fighting game Guilty Gear or role-playing game Rune Factory, habit-wearing characters have made appearances in video games. Many Japanese games simply use nun accoutrements. But why? Nuns are part of the Japanese landscape. While they are not as readily visible in public as Buddhist priest zipping around on their…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2010
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  Plants vs…Aliens? No, That’s Not Right

  Man, I love me some Plants vs Zombies. Not sure how much I would have loved the game’s original premise, Plants vs Aliens, though. A post over on Ars Technica points out that, when it first began development, the hit tower defence game wasn’t about the eternal struggle between plants and the living dead. It…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2010
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  Love Plus Brought To Life With Cardboard And Cross Dressing

  Because what says “Love Plus” better than that? Japanese website Megwin.com (think Japan’s answer to Mega64) has created this send-up of Love Plus with a tune about always being with the game. The “girl” at the end does say, “I want to kiss”. The popular DS title is coming to the Apple iPad and iPhone/iPod…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2010
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  The Table Of Elements Now Features Tiberium, Imulsion

  Unless you make your living from science, a table of elements is a pretty boring thing. But not when it includes gaming concoctions like Imulsion (Gears of War), Tiberium (Command & Conquer) and Element Zero (Mass Effect). They and many more can be found on Russell Walker’s Periodic Table of Imaginary Elements, which also includes…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2010
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  F.3.A.R. Trailer Features Pregnant Lady Scary

  Click to view The debut trailer for the third installment in the F.E.A.R. franchise is largely life-action with a few flashes of footage of the game.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 9, 2010
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  Heavy Rain Sells A Million

  Outdoing early guesstimates on its retail performance, Sony’s PS3 thriller Heavy Rain has managed to sell over a million copies worldwide since launching in February. The game’s creator, David Cage, says pre-release estimates had the game selling only 200-300,000 copies. Which for a major first-party release with a big marketing campaign would have been a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2010