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Sign Up Now for LittleBigPlanet Water Beta
Media Molecule has is now taking sign-ups to test the water they plan to bring into LittleBigPlanet. Here’s the announcement: Water is coming to LittleBigPlanet as part of an exciting new kit! It’s not just a saying you know – We really do need to test the water to make sure the new features all…
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BlizzCon Cosplay Round-Up: We’ve Got Purple Girl
A good photographer communicates what they are looking at through the pictures they take. I swear I was not stalking the purple Draenei girl. The difference between BlizzCon and your more general gaming conventions from a cosplay standpoint, is that there really is a whole lot less variety here. You’ve seen one attractive, six and…
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New Mass Effect Achievements Hint at DLC’s Arrival
Three new achievements are now listed for Mass Effect. Totaling 150 Gamerscore, their titles suggest an arena-type mission structure, and their existence suggest its delivery is imminent. Seemingly lost in the shuffle of a busy week, the new achievements, per Xbox.com: • Undisputed: Complete Ahern’s survival mission (50 Gamerscore) • New Sheriff in Town: Take…
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Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Seven Reasons Why a District 9 Game Would Be Awesome [Film School Rejects] Being a derivative FPS movie tie-in? Didn’t make the list. Warning, there…
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NVIDIA Bundles Batman with Graphics Card
I kinda missed the boat on this one back in Weekend Coupons. NVIDIA is offering a free digital download of Batman: Arkham Asylum through five online retailers, if you buy one of their select cards. I thought the catch was that you had to wait until Sept. 15 to claim your free game, but of…
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Lights Down Low for NHL 2K10
Ten new screens from NHL 2K10 went out the door yesterday, spotlighting pre-game festivities at four arenas, and closeups of some league standouts whose names you’ll be hearing quite a bit. This gallery shows you the dimmed lights in Columbus, Ottawa, Montreal and Pittsburgh (helpfully reminding us of their 2009 Stanley Cup Triumph). Closeups include…
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Chainsaw Finally Coming to Castle Crashers
The Behemoth confirmed yesterday that the long-awaited Chainsaw weapon will be part of an upcoming, yet undated, DLC. It’s “Necomantic,” boogie-woogie-woogie. The pack includes two new characters – the Necomancer (natch) and the Cult Minion. There will also be a new Animal Orb – the Dragonhead, and two weapons: the NG Skull Mace and the…
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BlizzCon Costume Contest: Jay Mohr Craves Blue Elf Sex
Comedian Jay Mohr was in rare form last night during the BlizzCon 09 costume contest, bringing new meaning to the phrase, “working blue.” The costume contest, much like the opening ceremonies earlier yesterday, was completely packed with Blizzard fans eager to see women painted blue, and the event did not disappoint. Drenai, Blood Elves, Night…
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Local Gym About to Get a Letter from Nintendo
Looking to buff up or slim down in Tucson? Check out WE-FIT. If you have trouble finding it, it’s the gym at 6437 N. Oracle Road – since that name might change in the future. Reader Martin sent us the link, and says the gym has been wallpapering local TV with ads. Good for them.…
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BlizzCon 2009: The Show So Far
With BlizzCon 2009 day two in full swing, let’s take a look at what went on during day one, from start to Cataclysmic finish. Day one of BlizzCon actually started with day 0, when we got a peek inside this year’s swag bag, revealing its full Space Marine, hand sanitizer glory. Between that and our…
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Analysts Get to Speculating on 360 Slim
This is like U.S. presidential elections. No sooner do we have a conclusion to a two-year orgy of rumor and speculation than another immediately begins. But a sampling of analysts turn up some who believe that, sure, Microsoft will follow suit with an Xbox 360 slimline design. The pros for such a move: If the…
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Aussie Prof Connects a Lot of Dots Between Games and Gamblin’
A study of young people who are also pathological gamers, sooprise, turns up a connection to video games, in a report on Australia’s ABC News. Notably, however, another researcher knocks down the suggestion of a causal link. Paul Delfabbro of the University of Adelaide led a team studying more than 2,500 Australian teens, more than…
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Weekend Reader: Questions Asked by a Virtual Jihadi
Typically, the controversy over “Virtual Jihadi” – a mod of a skin of 2003’s budget-bin jingoist shooter Quest for Saddam – deals more with free speech and abuse of authority rather than what the game asks its players to consider. Even without the actions of Troy, N.Y. officials against the mod’s creator, and those hosting…
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Why Blizzard Can’t Just Sell More BlizzCon Tickets
With BlizzCon tickets selling out within minutes again this year, fans wonder why the company doesn’t just sell more tickets. After yesterday’s opening ceremonies, the reason become abundantly clear. The picture above was taken holding my camera high amidst the press of bodies trying to either get in or out of the main hall. Some…
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World at War Map Pack 3 Surpasses … One Million Downloads
And that’s in its first weekend of availability. Activision announced yesterday that Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3 registered more than a million paid downloads through Xbox Live and PSN from Aug. 6 to Aug. 9. The seven-figure weekend brings to 6.5 million the worldwide downloads of World at War map packs,…
By Owen Good