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  May the Fourth Amazon Star Wars Deals Be With You

  Amazon.com is celebrating Star Wars Day with a day of deals on saga swag, including Star Wars: The Old Republic, Razer’s The Old Republic gaming mouse, and tons of collectible crap. Go look. [Amazon]

  By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2012
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  Now You’re Baking With Portals

  First off, wow. We’ve seen lots of Portal cakes floating around the Internet. Usually with expected taglines of “the cake is a lie.” But this cake is absolutely exceptional, and it’s certainly not a lie. It’s not often you find the famous Portal cake caught in the never-ending bounce between portals, a fun activity for…

  By Tina Amini Published May 4, 2012
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  Shigeru Miyamoto Explains Why the Vita Isn’t “a Very Strong Product”

  Given recent sales trends, Nintendo probably isn’t that worried about the PlayStation Vita posing any kind of a threat to their own 3DS. But that doesn’t mean that haven’t thought about Sony’s device. Over at Edge, an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto has the Nintendo game design legend praising the specs of the Vita but also…

  By Evan Narcisse Published May 4, 2012
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  The Authorized Story of the Next Aliens Video Game Will Change the Way We See Aliens and Alien3

  The much-hyped Ridley Scott movie Prometheus isn’t the only big Aliens-related project that might change the way we think of one of sci-fi’s best series. The next Aliens video game counts. It’s canon. And the people who are making it think it might finally solve some key mysteries in the film—and even make the films…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 4, 2012
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, games that aren’t even out yet? Knock yourselves out! The well-off gentleman of the 17th century gets…

  By Evan Narcisse Published May 4, 2012
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  The Elder Scrolls Online Now Has A Trailer

  There’s no gameplay in this new teaser for Bethesda’s upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game, but at least it sounds cool. The Elder Scrolls Online will be out next year for PC and Mac. Hopefully it’s not as generic as leaked details make it seem

  By Jason Schreier Published May 4, 2012
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  The Avengers Movie Pinball Table Transforms Earth’s Mightiest Heroes into Six Shiny Spheres

  I was going to headline this article “You’ve Seen the Avengers, Now Play With Their Balls”, but decided to be the better man, at least for a few seconds. Funny, I would have thought the Hulk’s would be bigger. Coming soon to Pinball FX 2 on the Xbox 360 and Zen Pinball 2 for the…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2012
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  Riot Closes “Bull****” League of Legends Exploit, Bans Hundreds of Players

  A small percentage of League of Legends players have been using an exploit that lets them cast powerful spells one right after another. The exploit let players add more points to the game’s Mastery system that would normally be allowed. But LoL developer Riot Games says such tactics are “bull****” and made moves to fix…

  By Evan Narcisse Published May 4, 2012
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  Company of Heroes 2 Begins War on Gaming Press

  Early this morning a delivery person showed up at my door with shocking news: HITLER BEGINS WAR ON RUSSIA. Either that was the world’s most delinquent paper boy, or THQ really wants us to get excited about Company of Heroes 2 Not only did THQ send me a FedEx wake-up call at 7AM, they also…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2012
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  Elegant Star Wars Cosplay, For a More Civilized Age

  Victoria “Scruffy Rebel” Schmidt is a cosplayer who, most of the time, devotes her time to dressing up as characters from the Star Wars universe. And she does a damn fine job of it. X-Wing pilots, prequel jedi, “set to stun” Leia, Han Solo’s kids, she covers all three eras of the Star Wars universe…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2012
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  These Video Game Shootings Might Gross You Out a Little

  The recently-released Sniper Elite V2 is, for want of a more in-depth review, a pretty lacklustre third-person stealth/action game punctuated by moments of extreme excitement. Those are the times you actually get to do some proper sniping. And, as you can see in this video (be sure to click the “HD” button first to see…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2012
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  One Man’s Quest to Redesign a Video Game

  Jet Moto, aka Jet Rider, is a bit of a cult classic from the PlayStation days. It did well enough to get a bunch of sequels, but even then, it’s been a long time since we’ve seen a new game in the series. Which has upset designer Ian Galvin, enough to drive him to imagine…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2012
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  Today is “International Day Against DRM”

  DRM, or Digital Rights Management, is the system whereby restrictions are placed upon the use of your content by the people who made or sold you said content. It affects all mediums, from e-books to movies, but it’s especially important/hated in the video game industry for the way it’s implemented on certain games, especially those…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2012
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  From EVE Online to…Deadwood?

  Andrei Cristea is a lead character artist at CCP, the developers behind EVE Online. You know those awesome human face screenshots we showed you the other day? That’s the team Andrei is on, with work pioneered by guys like Jeff Miller and Vigfus Omarsson. But pretty faces and hair aren’t all Andrei can do. So…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2012
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  First Elder Scrolls Online Details Make it Sound Like Just Another Fantasy MMO

  The issue of Game Informer packed with info on the newly-announced Elder Scrolls MMO is already in some people’s hands and, well, if you were hoping for a game that was basically Skyrim only with real people, you’re in for one hell of a disappointment. From everything contained in the article, it sounds like “Elder…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2012
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  You’re Now Drawing Ads in Draw Something

  Once was a time there were just normal ads in Draw Something. Now, thanks to research by the game’s new owners Zynga, you’re actually drawing advertisements. Having quietly tested the idea with more iconic brands like Nike, KFC and Doritos – “People loved to draw the Colonel and bags of Doritos”, says Zynga’s Dan Porter…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2012
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  Asshole Sims Won’t Let Fish Babies Sleep

  When Stephen said an eye needed to be kept out on the “Sims Gone Wrong” tumblr – showing the wonderful ways one of the biggest games on the planet can break – he wasn’t kidding. Hey, buddy. The fish baby is just trying to get some sleep. Don’t be a jerk. Just gonna sit here…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2012
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  PRESS ALL THE BUTTONS

  Stock images, TV, movies, they all usually shows people playing video games doing one of either three things: boasting like madmen, staring at a screen like a zombie or smashing something in frustration. The first and last are extremes for extreme people, and the middle is what happens when you play by yourself. What they…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2012
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  Tell EA What You Really Think of Origin

  Electronic Arts has run a surprisingly frank piece on the Origin blog, which basically amounts to “yeah, we know, this service isn’t that great, so tell us how we can fix things”. Which means we should all tell them how to fix things. But here’s the thing: let’s try and be adults about it, OK?…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2012
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  “Acclaimed Artist” Actually Just Stole Video Game Images, Printed Them Off

  So an “artist” by the name of Iani Papadopol recently held an exhibition in Romania called “UpDate 3D Loading”. It was a local hit because the “paintings” he showed off were, for a guy nobody had ever heard of, amazing. Turns out there was a reason for that. He’d stolen them. The images turned out…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 4, 2012