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More Japanese retro gaming love on PSN.

#miccrosoft Tomorrow morning at 5AM Eastern Xbox.com will be going down. When it comes back, it'll have a fresh new look and some extra-added functionality. Let's take a look! More »

THQ's rights to the UFC license will remain Undisputed until 2018. The publisher announced today that it has extended its "exclusive, worldwide agreement" with Zuffa, LLC to create games based on the ultimate fighting franchise for the next eight years. The agreement grants THQ the option to create games for all consoles, PC, handhelds, mobile devices and social media. We can't wait to see someone gift us a "Punch in the Junk" on Facebook.

The deal's price tag wasn't shared publicly. Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter guesstimates: "[THQ] pay a percentage of sales against a minimum guarantee. My guess is that it's a 15% license, and that the guarantee is around $10 million a year."

The UFC license has been good to THQ, despite the decline in sales for the franchise's second iteration. THQ's current strategy to combat potential annual fatigue is to give the series a "longer development cycle," which means the next installment is expected to arrive sometime in the second half of 2011 at earliest.

Today is an exciting day for arcade shooter fans, because PlayStation Move’s new shooter, The Shoot, is now on store shelves across North America! Also available today is the PlayStation Move Shooting Attachment ($19.99) which lets you hold the motion controller like a pistol for a more immersive experience when playing games like The Shoot.

To get you amped up for the games release, we’re posting a demo of The Shoot later today on PSN. Check out the fast-paced shooting action today by sampling the Outlawed level before you buy the game.

For those of you who aren’t up to speed, The Shoot is a new game for PlayStation Move that lets you become the ultimate action movie hero. In order to earn that title, you’ll have to impress the director who’s cast you in his latest blockbuster.

Hit the studio lot and get ready to blast through elaborate sets featuring massively destructible environments. On location at the Haunted House Party, Outlawed, Robot Rebellion, Deep Perils and The Mob sets, you’ll be able to shoot out subway tiles, blast through warehouse windows and even trigger special effect explosions by firing at barrels of TNT. Then get down to serious business and take aim to annihilate sinister villains ranging from aliens to robots to zombies.

Accuracy is key in The Shoot if you want to keep the director happy. Use the PlayStation Move motion controller’s precision to take down your targets on cue, and you’ll earn special moves to help you pull off extreme action sequences. Stay sharp, because being a star on the set of The Shoot is a hazardous job. During your takes, you’ll have to hit your targets while dodging attacks from enemies as they throw knives, fire off rounds and launch missiles.

Prove that you’ve got the skills to make your movie a box office smash, and rise through the online leader boards. Then, share the spotlight by inviting a friend to get in on the fun and co-star in a co-op showdown.

We hope that you enjoy the demo on PSN, and be sure to pick up The Shoot and the Shooting Attachment for PlayStation Move today for the full experience.

Change history before it changes you.

Drawing and screenshot contest runs through Nov. 21, offers in-game and real-world goodies.

Enter the sweepstakes to win an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 & free game.

#callofdutyblackops The Jeep Wrangler Call of Duty: Black Ops Edition hits dealerships next month for a suggested retail price of $30,625 and $33,500. But why does it even exist? More »

Military shooter finds lots of fans on Facebook.

For as long as Super Meat Boy remains fresh in Xbox Live Arcade's refrigerated aisles, it will be "on sale" for 800 Microsoft points ($10). That's 33 percent off the regular 1200 MSP price. The sale will be for a "limited time only," so once Meat Boy starts smelling a little funky, he'll go back up to the originally intended price. Look for the game this Wednesday, October 20.

As we noted in our review, the game will put you through the grinder. So, take those five dollars you saved and invest in some tissues, 'cause you'll need something to wipe away the tears when Super Meat Boy carves off your rump and hands it to you.

Capcom and Level-5 team up for an unexpected crossover.

And the Level-5 hits just keep coming. In addition to Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright, the company also confirmed that its previously announced Time Travelers will indeed be released on the 3DS.

There aren't many new details about the game, with Siliconera reporting that a trailer was shown during Level-5's Vision 2010 event in Japan. The game apparently involves the exploits of a young girl and a terrorist, both of whom have knowledge of future events. The game will have an involving story and marks the first time that project collaborator Jiro Ishii has worked with CG instead of anime art or live actors. Release date and pricing are still trapped in the future for now. Head over to Famitsu for a handful of images.

#professorlayton Today in Tokyo, Fukuoka-based developer Level-5 held its annual press event. Kotaku Japan was in attendance as Level-5 revealed a handful of new titles. But what new titles? More »

Level-5 is expanding the Professor Layton franchise into 3D with the new Mask of Miracle, but that added dimension isn't the only expansion taking place in this game. During the Level-5 Vision conference, CEO Akihiro Hino announced that the new 3DS puzzle title will have daily downloadable puzzles for a year. Previous Layton games have had weekly puzzles available through the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. (And if you didn't know that, you suddenly have a bunch of bonus puzzles waiting in your Layton games!)

Hino also noted that Mask of Miracle was originally developed -- and announced -- as a DS game, but added, "We redid it from scratch midway through." He also revealed that the story takes place across two timelines, with a younger Professor Layton and the present-day (in the game's world) version both solving puzzles.

#lettertotheeditor Earlier this morning THQ confirmed that Patrice Désilets, the former creative director behind Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed series, was forming a new studio in Montreal for them. Désilets emailed an open letter to Kotaku to explain why. - Ed. More »

Time for another edition of PULSE, presented by the PlayStation Network. Join Christina Lee as we check out the new Medal of Honor which also includes Medal of Honor: Frontline, re-mastered exclusively for the PlayStation 3. MJ’s back! That’s Michael Jordan as a playable character in the new NBA 2K11. Plus, a look at the PlayStation Move titles The Shoot and TV Superstars.

We’ve also got the Top 10 downloads from recent weeks, and a look at “The Tester,” Season 2 trailer, which is available for download today (the Season Premiere is 11/2/10). From the Video Store, we preview Predators and the D.C. Comics anti-hero Jonah Hex.

Watch now above! Or download to your PS3 in full HD after today’s PlayStation Store publish.

#gt5 Upcoming PlayStation 3 racer Gran Turismo 5 may have been delayed again, but it's the game's technical performance, and not its punctuality, which has the series' creator Kazunori Yamauchi asking for your forgiveness. More »

Filed under: News, In The News, Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture In Minecraft, you can pretty much build anything, so some fans set out to ease the tension of waiting for Mega Man Legends 3 Project by creating a Mega Man Legends-based mod called Blockman Dash. Check out a tour of Apple Market past the break!

#politics When Australia is mentioned in the same breath as video games, most people's first thoughts are of something negative. Something unpleasant. So let's meet an Australian politician who's one of the good guys. More »

EA has what it deems to be an "epic" trailer for its Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 video game. More like: Harry Potter and the Revolving Door of Blastable Bad Guys: Part Pew-pew-pew

Get your body moving. No, really. Give it a shot.

Obsidian brings a little soul to the wasteland.

#patrice We told you this back in June, but it's today been made official: Patrice Désilets, the former creative director of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed series, has joined rival publisher THQ, and will be setting up a new studio in Montreal. More »

#crime In Dubai, customs officials have successfully blocked an attempt to smuggle over 48,000 counterfeit PlayStation games in the country. The value of the seized phony goods? Over US$1.3 million. More »

Though Catherine's intro movie consists mostly of credits, there's still enough dreamlike, surreal imagery, stylish Japanese hip-hop, and doddering bipedal sheep men for it to be worth your attention. For extra fun, you can look up all the names of the voice actors to determine how impressed to be.

#clips When someone says "it's a game of cat and mouse", this isn't what they're talking about. Though it probably should be. More »

#rockstar The dead walk the earth in the the zombie add-on for Red Dead Redemption, Undead Nightmare. While zombies are tres passe, Rockstar thinks it can put an original spin on them. Here's why: More »

If you're not bowled over by the latest trailer for Rock of Ages, then you might have too much appreciation for fine art. Also, the destruction of Michelangelo's "David" by Sisyphus' timeless rock in this latest trailer could be too much for your tender heart to bear, spectacular as it may be.

#pokemon Yesterday, a list of naughty words that can be entered in Pokemon: Black and White surfaced. Some of the words might be easy for Westerners to understand why they are considered offensive. Other words, less so. More »

#movies Although it's filmed entirely within Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV, don't expect this piece of machinima - called Mastermind - to be about guns, hookers or push-ups. More »