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  Link Outfit Makes Cosplayers of Unwitting Infants

  This is one part dawwww, two parts badass. Part one, it’s an adorable infant’s Link costume. Part two: that’s a BABY BOTTLE QUIVER on the back. Part three: It’s made by someone called “UpKnitCreek.” Unfortunately, UpKnitCreek’s not making this available for general sale, as are most homespun game/geek items like this that we usually post.…

  By Owen Good Published August 6, 2009
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  GameStop Has A New Digital Media Man

  Game retailer GameStop is clearly taking the threat of digital distribution seriously, creating a new position within the company—General Manager, Digital Media—and putting Chris Petrovic to work on generally managing all that stuff. Specifically, Petrovic will “building on the company’s ongoing efforts to integrate digital media into the company’s multi-channel strategy, as well as overseeing…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2009
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  Wii Has A Monster Week In Japan

  Sales of the Nintendo Wii skyrocketed in Japan this week, nearly quadrupling its performance from the week prior, thanks to the release of a new, black version of the console and strong sales of Capcom’s Monster Hunter 3. According to Japanese sales tracker Media Create, Wii sales jumped from about 24,000 units last week to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2009
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  Spyborgs Combo System Delivers a Century Clubbing

  Spyborgs, Capcom’s remastered old-school brawler for the Wii, is promising old school brawler bona fides in the form of combo bonuses – going up to 100-plus hit combos for those talented enough. Capcom-Unity released this gameplay video, which in addition to showing, like, gameplay, also accompanied a 10-point breakdown of how to exploit Spyborgs’ combo…

  By Owen Good Published August 6, 2009
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  Gorgeous Wedding Gowns In (Or Inspired By) Video Games

  Weddings are a summer thing. June brides find happiness, there’s good weather for an outdoor wedding and the most popular month in America to get hitched is August, according to some sources. So what better way to celebrate the season of weddings than with a quick look at some of the best wedding dresses shown…

  By AJ Glasser Published August 6, 2009
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  Alice In Wonderland’s Mad Hatter Looks Down

  As seen in the video game adaptation of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Click to make it grow larger.

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2009
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  Fat Princess Strategies — Almost Good Enough To Eat

  While we’re waiting on a patch to fix some of the known issues with Fat Princess, the developer is placating us with cake strategies for success. Most of the “strategies” might seem simplistic and better suited to newcomers. But there’s some good-to-know stuff here, like this tidbit about the mini-map revealing alternate routes around choke…

  By AJ Glasser Published August 6, 2009
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  Gotta Catch Them All

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Egg Allergy Gone, Gone, Gone Tim sent over his column this morning. As usual it was quite lengthy, but man was it funny. It’s unfortunate that some people don’t get Tim. But I suppose, like a fine wine or meth, he’s an acquired taste. What you missed: The Everything Disease:…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 6, 2009
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  Red Faction: Guerrilla Builds On Wrecking Crew Mode With Update

  THQ has issued a new patch for its Martian hit Red Faction: Guerrilla, fixing bugs, tweaking multiplayer modes and adding a new Wrecking Crew mode. Finally, a chance to wreck things! That new Wrecking Crew “challenge mode” adds three rounds of distinct submode/weapon/backpack settings per level, also making Wrecking Crew available for single-player play. The…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2009
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  Old News ’94: Tim Schafer Ditching Ham Sandwich Puzzles

  It was just 15 years ago that designer Tim Schafer had to tell a reporter how one of his games differed from the other, and to do so he invoked the use of bread and mayonnaise. You are reading Kotaku’s once-weekly (thank goodness) journey back to yesteryear. This week, I wanted to find some old…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 6, 2009
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  See Guitar Hero: Van Halen In Action For The First Time

  The song list for Guitar Hero: Van Halen certainly seems strong enough, but what about the spandex rendering power of the Guitar Hero expansion? Can current generation console technology keep up with David Lee Roth’s bulging air splits? Unfortunately, that question is clearly answered in the debut trailer for Guitar Hero: Van Halen, which features…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2009
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  Summermodo Will Keep You Cool and Make You Cool This Summer

  What’s summer without a drivable beer cooler? Nothing, that’s what. Get the most out of your sun-loving days with Summermodo, a summer-gadgetry wonderland brought to you by Heineken Light. Check out Summermodo.

  By Chrissie Lamond Published August 6, 2009
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  PlayStation Store Update: Arkham If Ya Got ‘Em

  I’d think this week’s PlayStation Store update for North America is a little slim, but the Batman: Arkham Asylum demo and a new Call of Duty: World at War map pack destroy that theory. What this week’s new additions lack in quantity, they make up for in rabid anticipation. Because there’s also a Call of…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2009
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  When An Activision Boss Jokes About Raising Game Prices…

  Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is taking his daily bruising from gamers, this time for telling someone he’d raise video game prices if he could. But there’s a little more to the story. Kotick made the comment during a conference call between Activision Blizzard executives and financial analysts yesterday to discuss the company’s performance from April…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 6, 2009
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  Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Micro-Review: It’s Gonna Take You For A…Yeah

  Another classic 2D Capcom fighter is reborn, with the release of Marvel VS. Capcom 2 for Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Rather than give Marvel VS. Capcom 2 the full high definition makeover they did Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Capcom took a much simpler route in bringing the classic clash…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 6, 2009
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  The (Movie) Future Of Gaming Is Murderous And Natal-y

  The future of gaming, as envisioned by the September movie “Gamer” does not involve the happy playing of the Wii. Think more of The Running Man via Project Natal developed by a really rich guy. Walking to the subway yesterday, I spotted a poster for a movie called Gamer. And I discovered that it is…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 6, 2009
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  Ex-Halo Movie Director: It Would Be “Difficult To Revisit Halo” Film

  Neill Blomkamp was set to have his directing career start strong with a film adaptation of Bungie’s Halo. That movie is dead—but not for a lack of trying on Blomkamp’s part, who worked tirelessly on it for months. Blomkamp tells MTV that he “spent five months working on it, like, 24 hours a day” only…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2009
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  More Testers Wanted For League Of Legends

  While Riot Games‘ League of Legends is speeding towards a September release, the company still craves your testing acumen, and isn’t above bribing you with exclusive Champion skins. League of Legends is an online persistent massively-multiplayer real-time strategy title, and Riot Games wants to make sure they don’t flip the switch in September only to…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 6, 2009
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  What Wii MotionPlus Really Does For Red Steel 2

  I recently asked the creative director of Red Steel 2 what the required MotionPlus attachment adds to his Wii game. He asked me if I wanted the marketing answer or the technological answer. I wanted the technical answer, of course. But first Jason VandenBerghe, a man who was soon to impress me with the fact…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 6, 2009
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  Brutal Legend Lawsuit Settled, Free To Rock October

  Activision and Brutal Legend developer Double Fine Productions have reached a settlement over the release of the video game, wrapping up months of totally lame litigation and all but ensuring the game’s safe release this fall. According to a report from the Associated Press on the matter, Activision’s legal team informed a Los Angeles Superior…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 6, 2009