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Kotaku Originals: Glum Assignments

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It wasnā€™t much fun reporting quarterly numbers that showed nearly every major name in games having a terrible time. Fortunately, Batman, Scribblenauts and A Boy and His Blob arrived to put a smile on everyoneā€™s face.

The week that was in Kotakuā€™s original reporting:

2009 San Diego Comic-Con Round Up

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Summer of Gaming

Libraries Got Game

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Features

Notebook Dump: The Limits Of Ninja Turtle Knowledge, An iPhone Adventure, And More

Jackson Explains How Fate Killed Halo And Gave Birth To District 9

Video Games Inescapable At Comic-Con

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Previews, Reviews, Hands-On and Impressions

Splosion Man Micro-Review: An Exploding Barrel Of Monkeys

Cursed Mountain Preview: Save Me, Science, Save Me
A Boy And His Blob Preview: You Will Fail

Scribblenauts Live Word-Test Preview: Just Say The Words [Concluded]

Batman: Arkham Asylumā€™s Subtle Evolution Adds Depth

Madballs inā€¦Babo:Invasion Micro-Review: Drives You Mad, Busts Your Balls

EyePet Impressions: There Is No Pet Actually On The Table, Folks

Frankenreview: Wii Sports Resort

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Review: Almost Half-Good

Hard To Resist Flinging The PSPgo, For A Good Reason

Streets of Rage Micro Review: Raginā€™ Hard

Borderlands Preview: It Shoots Rockets!

Gears of War 2: Dark Corners Micro-Review: Putting the Stealth in Curb Stomps

Wii Sports Resort Review: More Motion in the Ocean

Cursed Mountain First Look: Religion Is Scary

Little Kingā€™s Story Review: So Creative, So Hostile

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Coming Soon
The Great Nintendo Release Schedule, July 2009 Edition

Dark Void Delay Leaves Void In Fall Gaming Lineup

To Be The Joker On The PlayStation 3

Assassinā€™s Creed II More Vicious, Less Predictable Than Predecessor

Watchmen Artist Working On New Beneath A Steel Sky

The Complete Guitar Hero 5 Trackist

Uncharted 2 Update: Beta Lessons And Welcome Omissions

Is There Really A Twilight MMO?

PS3ā€™s EyePet Hits This Holiday, We Take It For a Virtual Walk

These Songs Will Be In Rapstar [Update]

How To Get To Hoth, If You Already Finished Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

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News

The Goal: To Make A Game That Does Hip-Hop Right

Hidden Square Enix Countdown Clock Art

Oh Yeah, Resident Evil 4 iPhone Now Available

Trophy Support For Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Will Precede Tatooine

Nintendo Breaks Its Silence About Silence

The King of Fighters XII Getting Online Patch

Ubisoft Plans to Have Piracy Solution in Place This Year

Punch-Out Devs Talk Graphics, Difficulty, Nixed Princess Peach Idea

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Numbers

Letā€™s Find Out How Many People Actually Use The PlayStation Network

New Life Sales For Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports

Capcom Quietly Reveals Bionic Commando Sales Data

But, How Did Capcom Do? Pretty Good.

Capcom Shipped A Million Copies Of Monster Hunter 3

U.S. DSi Launch Sales Slower Than DS Lite

Nintendo Reveals Lifetime Wii, DSi Sales Figures

How Did Nintendo Software Do? (Total Sales Are Down)

How Did Nintendo Hardware Do? (Total Sales Are Down)

Nintendo Sales Down 40 Percent

PS3, PS2, PSP Software Sales Down

Sony Game Business Sales Down 18 Percent

PS3, PSP Sales Down, PS2 Sales Up (?!)

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