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#5pb Last month, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima revealed that for his next game, he is deciding between an original text and the next MGS game. More »

#screengrab A cat resides in a non-functioning crane game. As seen on OMI. More »

#toys I've never been to Arnold Schwarzenegger's house for drinks and nibblies, but if I had, I bet I'd see one of these hanging over his fireplace. More »

#neongenesisevangelion While Gundam is getting a full 1/1 full-scale replica, Neon Genesis Evangelion has to settled for a 1/1 scale bust. Better than nothing! More »

#art Fashion based on Fallout 3? May sound a little dirty - and it is - but some people like it dirty. More »

Alien Swarm being released alongside source code for nothing on Steam.

#gameface Dead Rising 2 event companions. As seen by Kotaku Japan. More »

#msx Yup, this is a brand new Goonies game, called The Goonies 'R' Good Enough. There's a catch, though; you can only play it if you're in possession of a working MSX. More »

#book The pistol-heel-wearing heroine of self-titled action game Bayonetta is getting an art book. It's on sale! Let's have a look. More »

#screengrab By Alexander Quinn, via Tiny Cartridge. More »

#japan Enjoy mobile phone gaming? Don't mind looking like a goob? Have I got something for you. More »

#books Rockstar, the developer network behind games like Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, will be releasing a book collection next month cataloguing their history and artworks. It comes in three enormous hardcover tomes, and costs $450. More »

#blizzard On July 27, 2010, real-time strategy game StarCraft II is going on sale in over thirteen countries. There are more than thirteen countries on Earth. More »

As fate would have it, the San Diego Comic-Con has become a hotbed of game announcements and events for reasons we don't fully grasp just yet. That said, we'll be keeping an eye out for announcements from the show next week -- beyond the already expected reveal of 38 Studios' first title and that Spore action-RPG we've been hearing about, that is. In the meantime, check out what Big Download's been reporting on for the past seven days.

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How choice is a blessing and a curse for consumers and developers.

How choice is a blessing and a curse for consumers and developers.

How choice is a blessing and a curse for consumers and developers.

How choice is a blessing and a curse for consumers and developers.

Nothing quite says "I want to go to there" quite like James May's two-story Lego house. Sure, everything inside may be actually made of Legos rather than, say, actual stuff, but it's a house made of Legos! Isn't that enough for you? Oh, right, you might've come here for the Japanese hardware sales charts (which you'll find after the break), but we assure you the video tour of this house (also found after the break) is far more exciting.

Outside of looming legal battles and down year-over-year revenues, SouthPeak recently received a $10 million "asset-based line of credit" that extends until February 28, 2012, reports IndustryGamers, effectively replacing an $8 million line of credit previously secured. We're not quite sure what debtors will have to take from SouthPeak should the publisher not be able to repay the $10 million, though, as Majesco Entertainment apparently scooped up SP's biggest franchise in mid June, My Baby.

For what it's worth, SouthPeak chairman Terry Phillips said of the credit, "Securing this additional credit provides us with greater financial flexibility and presents a clear message to our investors that we are confident of our business prospects and growth opportunities over the near- and long-term." Here's hoping that Two Worlds 2 and Battle vs. Chess are enough to help the company get its feet back on the ground in the coming year.

#screengrab Seen by Kotaku reader spivak26. It's referring to this quote from the film. More »

#patch BioWare says a PC patch is due to arrive tomorrow for Dragon Age: Origins, and indicated the same thing is in the certification pipeline for PS3 and Xbox 360. It arrives on schedule and corrects a ton of things. More »

#twig A very slight slate of offerings this week: Trackmania Wii is the headliner, largely by default. A version also arrives for DS on Tuesday. Wednesday on XBLA, look for the indie offering Limbo, from Playdead. More »