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Some Details On the Wii U's Graphics Chip

Posted by Kotaku Jun 15 2011 05:30 GMT in Wii U

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#rumor Some specific details on the graphics chip powering the upcoming Wii U console have been reportedly obtained by Japanese site Game Impress Watch, who say that while it's running on "old" hardware, it still packs more of a punch than its current competition. More »

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ok

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Just Don't Smush the Girl, Okay?

Posted by Kotaku Jun 14 2011 12:00 GMT in Love Plus

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gigazine.net

#openwide Halls, maker of mentholated cough drops, is teaming up with dating simulator Love Plus for a product promotion. Love Plus character Nene Anegasaki appears on the packaging, but that's not all. More »

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Modern Warfare 3 Shoots the Lights Out on Jimmy Fallon

Posted by Kotaku Jun 14 2011 07:30 GMT in Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

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nbc.com

#modernadvertising As promised, Late Night host Jimmy Fallon has kicked off his video game week with footage of Modern Warfare 3. More »

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and nobody cares

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Is This Girl Real or Virtual?

Posted by Kotaku Jun 14 2011 06:00 GMT in Gaming News

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kotaku.com

#culturesmash For years, gamers have developed feelings for characters that don't exist in the traditionally tangible world. They might look real, but the characters are a composition of art and reality. They are virtual. More »

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*crag*you

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Turns Out Hideo Kojima HATES Metal Gear On the NES

Posted by Kotaku Jun 14 2011 06:30 GMT in Konami

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nintendopower.com

#regretsivehadafew The original Metal Gear may have been most famous on the Nintendo Entertainment System, but that's not the platform it was designed for. More »

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AGAIN? I JUST COMMENTED ON THE GONINTENDO ONE *CRAG* YOU *CRAG* YOU*CRAG* YOU *CRAG* YOU *CRAG*YOU*CRAG*YOU*CRAG*YOU GO SUFFOCATE ON A DICK

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The Wii U Might be a Little More Powerful Than we Thought

Posted by Kotaku Jun 14 2011 05:00 GMT in Wii U

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kotaku.com

#rumor Based on everything we saw at E3, Nintendo's new Wii U console didn't look any more powerful than an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. Now, though, some developers are apparently saying that's not the case! More »

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itt kotaku ignores the japanese garden demos and shows off their no journalistic merit

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Activision's Bobby Kotick Wants to Buy...MySpace

Posted by Kotaku Jun 10 2011 01:39 GMT in Gaming News

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reuters.com

#callofmyspaceelite According to "three people familiar with the matter", Reuters is reporting that a group of investors including none other than Activision boss Bobby "What, Me Worry?" Kotick is in talks to buy dying social networking site MySpace. More »

ahahahahahahahahahahahah

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Call of Duty: MySpace Warfare

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Activision Boss Refused Sneak Peak of Competitor's Battlefield 3

Posted by Kotaku Jun 09 2011 18:22 GMT in E3 2011

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computerandvideogames.com

According to CVG, Activision CEO wandered by the E3 booth of Battlefield 3, the regicidal threat to his company's own Call of Duty franchise, for a friendly look at the competition. He was denied. More »

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Hah.

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Farewell, GameCube, the Wii U Doesn't Play You

Posted by Kotaku Jun 08 2011 21:03 GMT in Wii U

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Speaking to Kotaku earlier today, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime revealed that while the Wii U will still be compatible with Wii software, its predecessor's backward compatibility with the GameCube will not be making an appearance. More »

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Kirby Wii is Exactly the Sort of Game I Want to Play on a Nintendo Console

Posted by Kotaku Jun 08 2011 01:40 GMT in Kirby's Return to Dreamland

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kotaku.com

#pinkthing Vibrant, colorful, and full of joy, Kirby Wii is exactly the sort of game experience I crave when I power on Nintendo's soon-to-be last generation system. More »

Oh my god that looks *crag*ing amazing why didn't they show that during the press confernence

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i mean after cod

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It's Double Sonic All the Way Across the Street

Posted by Kotaku Jun 07 2011 21:27 GMT in E3 2011

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#sonicgenerations There is more than one way to skate your way down a busy city street in Sonic Generations: 2D or 3D. Sega just gets a kick out of making trailers with two hedgehogs in them. More »

classic sonic never had a skateboard

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>City Escape remake
I didn't see that coming

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Is Nintendo's Next Console Called the Beem or is that Just One Man's Wishful Thinking?

Posted by Kotaku Jun 05 2011 19:03 GMT in Gaming News

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#wii2 We don't know the official name for Nintendo's next console yet, but consider "Beem" to be an unlikely candidate. Internet sleuths have been piecing together web registration details, and they thought, for a moment, that "Beem" is it. More »

thats pretty sexy

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looks a lot like the nes, probably won't happen.

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Check Out Conan O'Brien in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Posted by Kotaku Jun 05 2011 22:00 GMT in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

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gameinformer.com

#watchthis I wasn't aware Conan O'Brien was an unlockable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Well, that's because he isn't. This is a mod by user Ike_Lawliet that turns Snake into the Late Night host. He even does the string dance at the end of a round. [via GameInformer] More »

Conan looked cooler with the beard.

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indeed

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Tetris Hits the 3DS in October

Posted by Kotaku Jun 04 2011 03:00 GMT in Tetris

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#3ds Tetris, which skyrocketed to all-time popularity on Nintendo's first handheld, will be adapted for its latest. In a statement released today The Tetris Company said Tetris for the 3DS will be shown at E3 and will arrive on shelves in October. More »

this looks really damn complicated

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I even have that shit on my calculator

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Capcom: 'We Got it Wrong' on PC Super Street Fighter DRM

Posted by Kotaku Jun 02 2011 23:30 GMT in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition

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capcom-unity.com

#drm Capcom will remove the "limited offline" restrictions DRM places on the PC versions of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, saying its community convinced it that such measures meant legitimate users would have a worse experience than the pirates the DRM means to thwart. More »

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capcom admitted they're wrong
hooray

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Link is Dreaming of Some Creepy-Ass Pokémon

Posted by Kotaku May 30 2011 11:00 GMT in Gaming News

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kotaku.com

#fancypants Cosplay can be great when a piece is a painstaking recreation of the original. There is, however, nothing stopping it from being great when there's a bit of gender-bending going on, either. More »

what the *crag*

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No, there is nothing good with gender swapping video game characters. That's called ruining your childhood.

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How Pokémon Was Born From Bug Collecting and Asperger's Syndrome

Posted by Kotaku May 30 2011 04:00 GMT in Gaming News

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#totalrecall As the creator of Nintendo's Pokémon series, Satoshi Tajiri is one of the most important (if not well-known) developers working in video games today. More »

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Poland Gives President Obama The Witcher 2's Collector's Edition

Posted by Kotaku May 28 2011 18:46 GMT in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

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polygamia.pl

#swag President Obama, on a tour of Europe this week, stopped in Poland today to meet with Prime Minister Donald Tusk. As is customary, Tusk presented Obama with several gifts to commemorate his visit. One of those was the collector's edition of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. More »

"Assassins of Kings."
Poland is implying something.

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lol

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80,000 Screen Shots Later, Grand Theft Auto IV's Liberty City Gets Google Maps Street Views

Posted by Kotaku May 28 2011 02:00 GMT in Grand Theft Auto IV

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gta4.net

#neatthings Now you can cruise the seedy streets of Grand Theft Auto IV's take on Liberty City from the comfort and safety of your web browser, thanks to the efforts of GTA's most dedicated fans and some 80,000 screen shots. More »

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Sony Says It's Working on the PS4

Posted by Kotaku May 27 2011 01:30 GMT in Gaming News

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#yadontsay Asked to explain increased research and development costs, a Sony senior executive told investors that work PlayStation 3 successor is "already under way." More »

Now with even less games

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Sony better not be retarded and continue the naming trend. If the product is called Playstation 4 then it will fail. That is a fact.

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Eleven Million Deaths Have Never Looked so Beautiful

Posted by Kotaku May 27 2011 11:15 GMT in Just Cause 2

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rockpapershotgun.com

#watchthis Here are the deaths of eleven million Just Cause 2 games, caused by bodies smashing into solid ground, visualised on a map from the heavens. Please, watch it. More »

i dont get it

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apparently a lot of people die slamming into buildings

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Chinese Prisoners 'Forced' to Play Video Games, Farm Your MMO Gold

Posted by Kotaku May 26 2011 01:00 GMT in World of Warcraft

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guardian.co.uk

#hardlabor Inmates at China's Jixi prison labor camp are tasked with backbreaking, mind-numbing work: mining rock, carving chopsticks by hand, and assembly line work. Some are even forced to endure grueling video game play, farming for gold in online games. More »

the horror

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How unorthodox, I figured Korea would do something like this first.

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Watch a Woman Strip Naked Using Only Magic!

Posted by Kotaku May 23 2011 21:20 GMT in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

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kotaku.com

#ohwitcher2 I could tell there was a sex scene brewing in The Witcher 2 when Geralt of Rivia and his comely redheaded sorceress companion Triss stumbled upon this ancient Elven bathhouse, and I wasn't planning on sharing the resulting NSFW video. Then Triss tapped into the vast mystical forces of the universe to remove her clothing. More »

ok

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hm

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How Many Game References Can You Find in This Glorious Pixel Music Video?

Posted by Kotaku May 23 2011 19:20 GMT in Gaming News

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kotaku.com

#gamingiqtest Inspired by the 8-bit era of gaming, artist and animator Mike Scott created this astounding pixel music video for South African band Goldfish's song "We Come Together", riddled with references to classic video games. How many can you spot? More »

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Take-Two Game To Be Totally New MMORPG

Posted by Kotaku May 23 2011 11:20 GMT in BioShock

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4gamer.net

Today, Take-Two inked a deal with South Korea's XLGames to make one of the U.S. game company's titles into an MMORPG. Take-Two owns Rockstar Games (Grand Theft Auto) and 2K (BioShock). [via 4Gamer] More »

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A Bioshock MMO would be pretty sick

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Tesla Orchestra Gives an Electrifying Performance of the Zelda Theme

Posted by Kotaku May 21 2011 22:00 GMT in The Legend of Zelda

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teslaorchestra.com

#watchthis Sometimes called the Zeusaphone, a Tesla coil's musical application is well known and long admired. We've heard it with the Super Mario Bros. theme, now admire a high voltage performance of The Legend of Zelda's title theme by Tesla Orchestra, a group of coilers from the Case Western Reserve University student and alumni community. More »

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coolio

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Yes, This is Actually LittleBigPlanet 2

Posted by Kotaku May 20 2011 03:00 GMT in LittleBigPlanet 2

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kotaku.com

#watchthis More than four million levels have been created by the LittleBigPlanet 2 community, but few-if any-are like this: A first-person shooter apparently set inside a mecha suit. More »

is this actually playable?

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wat

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Duke Nukem Forever's 'Autopsy' Video Is Its Grossest To Date

Posted by Kotaku May 19 2011 22:40 GMT in Duke Nukem Forever

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kotaku.com

#nsfw There's no Duke Nukem Forever footage in this promo clip, but it's stuffed with the kind of crap expected of Duke Nukem. I won't spoil the surprises lodged within, but I will say that now, more than ever, I would like Duke Nukem Forever to ship. More »

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i feel like theyre going out of the way to be as over the top as possible

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Report: Sony PlayStation Network Password Reset Page Exploited, Customer Accounts Potentially Compromised

Posted by Kotaku May 18 2011 14:30 GMT in PlayStation Network

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community.eu.playstation.com

#itonlydoesoffline According to reports on Nyleveia.com, Eurogamer, and NeoGAF, Sony's PlayStation Network password reset system-the one just put in place after the PSN hack-has been compromised, allowing hackers to change a PSN password if they know your email and date of birth. Exactly the sort of information that was released in the original hack. More »

*facepalm*

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My reaction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpUKNOhPIGI

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Japan's Still Hot for Haruhi Games, But What About Steel Diver?

Posted by Kotaku May 18 2011 22:40 GMT in Gaming News

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kotaku.com

#bestsellers Now that Japan's game release schedule is back on, well, schedule, what are Japanese video game fans spending their hard-earned yen on? Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional for one thing. Haruhi Suzumiya games for two more. More »

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who cares

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