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  The Stalling Of An Anti-Bush Video Game

  Evocative and provocative, a game born of the anxiety about George W. Bush’s polices abroad would have included a Chinese invasion of the U.S. and the emotional journey of a soldier struggling over whether to flee military service. But the game was killed, not by politics but the popularity of the other game that developer…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2010
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  FlingSmash: It’s All In the Elbow

  The Nintendo representative demoing upcoming Wii title FlingSmash, kept describing the game as an “active sidescroller.” While I wasn’t exactly sure what to make of that genre tag, I did find myself recalling Super Breakout and Boom Blox while playing this fun, frenzied, sorta-pinball game. Playing as Zip, a cross between Pac-Man and a fuse-topped…

  matt cabral Published February 26, 2010
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  Shoot 1Up

  Mommy’s Best Games Shoot 1UP explores the idea of taking a traditional shooter and having the player control a whole fleet instead of a single craft. You control the fleet by expanding or collapsing the group formation. When you expand the group, you charge and unleash a super laser but at the expense of making…

  Kobun Published February 26, 2010
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  Free! Get Your Secret Armory of General Knoxx Here!!! (ALL CODES GONE)

  First-person, role-playing shooter Borderlands’ latest expansion pack hit the PC, Playstation Network and Xbox 360 this week. The Secret Armory of General Knoxx includes new weapons, vehicles, story line and 30 new villain types. It also increases the level cap to to 61. Now for some good news, bad news. We’ve got two dozen codes…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 26, 2010
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  Aion: The Official Magazine Packed WIth In-Game Goodies

  NCsoft reveals Aion: The Official Magazine, a monthly online publication that delivers the latest news, player guides, and community tips to Aion players to the tune of $3.99 an issue, with exclusive in-game items coming every month. The first issue of Aion: The Official Magazine hits the game’s official website next month, with 100 pages…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Aside from weekend TAY, this month’s Talk Amongst Yourselves image is done. So comment here about video games, but — also — please submit image suggestions for March. Good paintings with name and artist included, please. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 26, 2010
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  Disney Guilty Party: Family-Friendly and Fun…Really.

  Wii owners who have suffered through countless me-too mini-game collections and lame party games often consider the term “family-friendly” the kiss of death. But Wideload Games (Stubbs the Zombie), the studio recently acquired by Disney Interactive, is aiming to erase that stigma with Disney’s Guilty Party. The new, er, family-friendly entry is a who-done-it mystery…

  matt cabral Published February 26, 2010
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  It’s Friday…

  To: Crecente From: Bash RE: Libraries vs. Zombies You got plans? What you missed last night God of War III Blow Out Itagaki And Tecmo Settle Legal Brouhaha First Look At Transformers: War For Cybertron Gameplay Footage How Many Gigabytes Is FFXIII’s Xbox 360 Install? The Tester: Episode 2: The “Communication Breakdown” Liveblog: Barmy of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2010
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  This Week’s Creepiest Birthday Celebration

  No, make that this month’s. No, this year’s. Virtual idol Chihaya Kisaragi from Namco Bandai’s popstar sim franchise THE iDOLM@STER had her birthday on February 25. People on the Japanese internet celebrated. “Creepy” is a relative term, and these celebrations are not entirely serious — however, they do provide an opportunity for diehard collectors to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2010
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  What Better Way To Say Yakuza 3 Than With Yakuza Movies

  Just because the West isn’t getting in-game hostess bars that doesn’t mean it won’t be getting other cool things. You know, like yakuza movies. On March 5, SEGA will be co-sponsored a sneak peek at Yakuza 3 at San Francisco’s VIZ Cinema. Besides checking out the game, there will also be a reception and a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2010
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  Tekken Gets A Japanese Trailer

  Hollywood’s take on The King of Iron Fist Tournament hits theaters next month in Japan. The Japanese trailer is a slightly different edit of the U.S. trailer, minus all the “mom” references. Why you always gotta be talkin’ about Jin Kazama’s mom? Director by Dwight Little, the Tekken movie looks like…Tekken, the movie, complete with…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2010
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  Tokyo Game Show Dated, Should Be Moved

  To the chagrin of Kotaku, this year’s Tokyo Game Show will be in September. Such a bad idea. But hey, they’ve been doing this show for twenty years. So that must mean they know what they’re doing. This year is the show’s 20th anniversary, and The Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association, the TGS organizers, hope to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2010
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  Blizzard “Still Targeting First Half Of This Year” For StarCraft II

  After several false starts, years-in-development StarCraft II finally began closed beta testing. That probably means the game is still on track for release the first half of this year. Probably! “We were targeting three to five months for the beta, we’re really at a three month period of time for the beta at this point,”…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2010
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  Southeast Asia League Of Legends Get Sudden Ban Hammer Action

  Riot Games, the game company behind action role-playing game League of Legends, has signed a deal to get the game distributed in Southeast Asia. That’s good news, but it’s also bad news. Now, it’s more bad news than anything else. “Attention, League of Legends players!,” starts a message on the League of Legends forum about…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2010
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  Lara Croft Gets A Street

  Lucky her! Back in July, the city of Derby, UK asked for suggestions for new roads. After getting more than a hundred suggestions, the city council narrowed down the choices to eight, including Lara Croft Way. The BBC reports that other options were footballer Steve Bloomer and engineer George Sorocold. Those choices were voted on…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2010
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  Battle The Borg In Star Trek Online

  Here’s the trailer for Star Trek Online’s first major content update, in which the Borg decide to give the whole Borg Queen thing another try, since it worked out so well the last time. It’s good to see Cryptic making good on its promise of regular updates to the Star Trek Online, seeing as the…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 26, 2010
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  God of War III Blow Out

  This March, action game God of War III comes roaring on to the PS3. Big bosses and graphic pyrotechnics, the game looks big and bad ass. GTTV takes a look behind the scenes at Sony Santa Monica, new moves like “Battering Ram”, new weapons like Hermes’ Boots and spectacularly huge in-game battles with Leviathan and…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2010
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  Itagaki And Tecmo Settle Legal Brouhaha

  Game designer Tomonobu Itagaki and Tecmo have reconciled the lawsuit the former Team Ninja head filed in summer 2008. In an issued issued statement, Itagaki stated that the agreement was “mutual” and the settlement was “harmonious”. Itagaki also gave a “heartfelt thanks” for all the fans who continued to offer support and encouragement during this…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2010
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  Buggy Shooter Port Makes Game Exec Want To Die (Not Really Die!)

  DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label EXTRA, the Xbox 360 port by 5pb, was released with so many bugs that production was halted. It’s 2010, there’s still no patch, and now a game exec writes, “I want to die”. Cave’s bullet hell shooter DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou was ported to the Xbox 360 by Japanese…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2010
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  First Look At Transformers: War For Cybertron Gameplay Footage

  Cutscenes are nice and all, but gameplay is what we want to see. And gameplay is what we will see! Set before the Transformers had contact with Earth, multi-platform title War For Cybertron allows players to partake in the battle between Autobots and Decepticons. The game is being developed by High Moon Studios, best known…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 26, 2010