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  Live-Action Halo 4 Web Series Will Bring Master Chief To Real Life This Fall

  Microsoft may have derailed the Halo movie, but that won’t stop the publisher from bringing Master Chief to glorious live-action this year. Microsoft will launch a web-series called Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn this fall, Variety reports today The live-action series, composed of five 15-minute installments that will air on the networks Machinima and Halo…

  By Jason Schreier Published April 30, 2012
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  Uncharted Lead Designer Leaves Studio

  Naughty Dog lead designer Richard Lemarchand is leaving the studio to teach at the University of Southern California, where he’ll join the school’s Interactive Media Division. Lemarchand most recently served as co-designer on Uncharted 3. [Gamasutra]

  By Jason Schreier Published April 30, 2012
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  A New Ultra-Compact Gaming Laptop Rises

  When Alienware recently discontinued its M11x line of compact laptops, many feared the age of the 11-inch gaming machine had come to a close. Origin PC keeps the tiny dream alive with its EON11-S, so small it photographs well next to an Xbox 360 controller. A full-powered gaming PC in a tiny package, the EON11-S…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 30, 2012
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  Our Titanic First Look At God Of War: Ascension‘s Multiplayer

  I’m sitting in a cinema; the lights come up. The God of War: Ascension presentation is over. Amidst a hum of whispers and seat shuffles, there is a call for questions. Reluctantly I raise my hand. I’m handed a microphone. “Maybe I’m jet-lagged,” I begin, “but I’m a little bit confused…” No-one blames me. This…

  Mark Serrels | Kotaku AU Published April 30, 2012
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  Customize the Look of Your 3DS With a Whole New Midnight Purple 3DS

  Evoking images of lilacs, hyacinth and GameCubes, Nintendo’s Midnight Purple 3DS launches on May 20 in North America, giving fans another way to “customize the look of their systems”. Nintendo’s official announcement of this new Midnight Purple color scheme, joining red, blue, black, and pink on the market just in time for Mario Tennis Open,…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 30, 2012
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  A Paper Mario Automaton Won’t Kill its Masters

  Automatons can come in many shapes and sizes. You can get giant robots, who will one day rise up and kill us all, and you can get tiny little novelties, like this Paper Mario box. It’s not the most advanced thing in the world, but there’s a simple charm to it that makes it endearing.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 30, 2012
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  When Did Video Game Characters Start Looking This Damn Good?

  The correct answer, as EVE Online players already know, is last year, when an expansion to the game brought about avatars that must surely be the envy of every other video game involving human characters on the planet. The lighting helps, especially the way it reacts to their skin and hair (and the fact Dead…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 30, 2012
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  In a Perfect World, We’d be Able to Buy This Zelda LEGO

  Late last year, a man had an idea for a Zelda-themed LEGO set. I liked his work. But it was also a little basic. Now, a rival set has come along, with full plans for not just minifigs but playsets as well, and it is great Ragaru’s plans include large, detailed and impressive sets based…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 30, 2012
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  Dropping Game Jokes Into Porn Video Names is One Way to Make a Living

  Reader Samshel Darkspear has a rather interesting job. He freelances for porn sites. Not as a cameraman, or an actor, but for the actual sites. As a headline writer. It’s about the only writing you can do for a porn site these days (sorry literary fetishists!), I guess, but someone needs to do it, and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 30, 2012
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  What the Original Star Fox, Mega Man, Mother and Gradius’ Intros Would Look Like in HD

  YouTube user rickonami has done a wonderful thing. He’s remade the intro to Star Fox on the SNES, only now it’s in fancy HD, and includes some nods to the N64 game. If you like it, you should check out some of his other, similar attempts, like those for Mother and Gradius, which I’ve included…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 30, 2012
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  A Hearty Skyrim Style Meal For The Hungriest Dovahkiin

  I never eat food, or even bother picking up food while playing Skyrim, but S Galinsky does – he loves Skyrim food so much that he’s actually done his level best to recreate the foodstuffs you encounter in Skyrim into a hearty all-round meal. Should have just brewed a potion… But man, some of this…

  Mark Serrels Published April 30, 2012
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  TimeSplitters 4 is Not in Development

  There’s been teaser art for years. And even as recently as 2010, word that its creators were talking with publishers about releasing it. But in sad news for TimeSplitters fans, it seems the 4th game in the series is going absolutely nowhere. A Crytek UK spokesperson chatting with CVG has said the studio, formerly known…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2012
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  Tekken, Judge Gabranth and Assassin’s Creed III’s Ratohnhaké:ton Come to Life

  Welcome to Fancy Pants, Kotaku’s weekly roundup of the very best in cosplay from the past week. As the headline kinda spoils already, this week we’ve got someone dressing up as an Assassin from an Assassin’s Creed game that’s not even out yet. That’s how much cosplayers love Assassin’s Creed. There’s also a terrifyingly realistic…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2012
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  There’s a Portal Cartoon Being Made. It Looks Incredible.

  Given the fact Valve isn’t in the business of making its own animated films (outside of TF2 advertisements), fan Alex Zemke is doing his own Portal flick. And going by the screens he’s released so far, it looks as good as you’d hope the real thing to look. The movie is called Companionship, and before…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2012
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  The Most Amazing Portal, Halo & Metal Gear Toys You’ll Ever See

  Toy company threeA held a signing and showcase event over the weekend in Hong Kong, and present at the show were our first good looks at the studio’s upcoming Portal and Halo figures. We also get a look at their second Metal Gear effort as well, following on from the enormous Metal Gear Rex Halo…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2012
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  Time for a Snipe Hunt

  Sniper Elite V2 leads the hit list of retail releases for this week. Assuming all is well with the publisher, Awesomenauts is due on PSN and XBLA this week, too. Tuesday • Mortal Kombat (PS Vita) • Sniper Elite V2 (360, PS3, PC) • Forza Motorsport 4: May Top Gear Pack (360) • Awesomenauts (PSN)…

  By Owen Good Published April 29, 2012
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  Meet Nvidia’s New Flagship Card, the $999 GeForce GTX 690

  Capping off Nvidia’s tease from earlier in the week, the company has taken the wraps off the GeForce GTX 690, which will be out on May 3. Price? Oh, a mere $999. Calling it their new “flagship” card, Nvidia reckons performance from the dual-Kepler GPU -packing card equals that of two GTX 680s slung together…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2012
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  NBA Live Moves with a Purpose to Make You a Better Baller

  The NBA Live development team runs a weekly game of basketball at a rec center across the street from EA Sports’ studio in Orlando, Fla. When I visited a couple of weeks ago I was invited to join them. Absolutely, I replied, but deep down I was still a little hesitant. They’re good. Many of…

  By Owen Good Published April 29, 2012
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  Watch Prometheus’ Launch Trailer

  A small part of me knows it’s wrong to get excited about the trailer to a movie. After watching this, though, it is a very small part.

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 29, 2012
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  THQ Shovels Out Its Shovelware Division

  Continuing an internal reorganization that has seen casual titles tossed out in favor of a focus on more core video gaming titles, THQ has jettisoned its ValuSoft division. ValuSoft, per its name, was the publisher’s “value” label, which is a polite term for shovelware that grandmas bought from Walmart for their disappointed grandkids. Another budget…

  By Owen Good Published April 29, 2012