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  inFamous Review: It’s Electric

  InFamous is supposed to be super-hero gaming done right. It’s also the PlayStation 3 debut of one of the PlayStation 2’s most ambitious development studios. Nothing could go wrong, right? A PlayStation 3 exclusive from development studio Sucker Punch, InFamous charges that something besides the ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound or…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 25, 2009
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  If They Made A Wii R.O.B.

  Power Glove —> Wii Remote…. Power Pad —> Balance Board… NES Zapper —> Wii Zapper… R.O.B. —> ??? We are in a robot mood this week at Kotaku, the kind of mood that can make us miss the robots of yesteryear. Robots like R.O.B., the robot so cool that he could play the Nintendo Entertainment System…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 25, 2009
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  Augmented Reality Camera Game Coming to DSi

  Swedish-developed Ghostwire will let you use the DSi’s camera to hunt ghosts in the real world through augmented-reality gaming, developer A Different Game announced today. In the adventure title, gamers will use the DSi as a portal to the astral plane to find and collect ghosts that exist all around them. The game will also…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 25, 2009
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  Today Is Memorial Day, This Week Is Robot Week!

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Hope every one in the States is having a good Memorial Day weekend. This week here at Kotaku Tower is a very special week — ROBOT WEEK. Robots are great. We love robots. I love robots. I named one of my family members after a robot. That’s not a joke. That’s…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2009
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  Resident Evil 5 Sales Figures Get

  Speaking at the Reuters Global Technology Summit in Tokyo last week, Capcom CFO Kazuhiko Abe has revealed that Resident Evil 5 has sold just shy of 5 million copies worldwide since launch. Abe says that 4.4 million copies were sold worldwide in March, the month of the game’s release, while a further 500,000+ (Abe says…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2009
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  Let’s Talk Big Daddy Prototype

  We’ve already gotten the first third-person look at BioShock 2 Big Daddy — in the sequel players get to be this “new” Big Daddy. New to us, but not the in-game world. “The player doesn’t just play any Big Daddy, he plays a prototype Big Daddy — the very first one that was successfully created,”…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2009
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  Noby Noby Boy Sets Foot On Mars

  The nay-sayers were wrong. Noby Noby Boy‘s Noby Noby GIRL has over the weekend defied all the odds and, stretching her supple frame across the cosmos, touched down on Mars. With player numbers dropping only a month ago, it seemed as though this feat would never be accomplished. And really, it shouldn’t have been. Not…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2009
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  You Cannot Stop Mai Shiranui Figurines

  Another day, another Mai Shiranui figure. Make that, another two — this one has a limited edition color variation. Released this month, figure company Volks released this 180mm-tall Mai Shiranui Queen’s Gate version — yours for ¥8,000 (US$84.60). The blue version is the standard release, and the red version is limited edition. The King of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2009
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  Resident Evil 1 Shambles Onto The PSN This Week

  The first of Capcom’s motherload of PS1 re-releases for the PlayStation Network arrives later this week, with the debut of Resident Evil: Director’s Cut. It’ll be part of the PlayStation Store‘s regular weekly update on Thursday, May 28, and will cost $10. Resident Evil: Director’s Cut, an extended version of the original, was first released…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2009
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  Christian Bale, Screamer, Video Game Lover (Oh, And Actor)

  Christian Bale is best known for bananas at some cinematographer. He’s also an actor! And like millions and millions of people on Earth today, he loves video games. While promoting Terminator Salvation, Bale told PhilStar.com, “Yes, I do love video games. I played video games in my entire growing-up years. One of my favorites is…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2009
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  Xbox 360 Avatars Ready To Stand On Your Cake

  Since there are custom Mii cake toppers, you’d think there would be cutom Xbox 360 Avatar. There are. Design firm Paul Pape Desgins is creating Avatars (along with sculpted Miis) based on the images users send in. Each 4.5-inch, hand-sculpted cake topper Avatar is priced at US$100. Paul explains why: My Miis are created from…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2009
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  Robots We Love: Mega-Man

  He’s blue and sports an plasma-shooting arm cannon. He’s Mega-Man — aka “Rockman” in Japan. Designed by Keiji Inafune, the character debuted in 1987 in truly horrible localized box art. The game was hard, the music was great, and the robot was and still is fantastic. [Pic]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2009
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  New Modern Warfare 2 Screens

  Along with that snazzy new trailer, Infinity Ward also released some new screenshots for Modern Warfare 2. Sadly, only one of them features a skidoo.

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2009
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  Modern Warfare 2: Trailer The Second

  We’ve been seeing a lot of very short glimpses of Modern Warfare 2 lately, but tonight’s trailer, broadcast during the NBA playoffs, is a full two minutes.

  By Brian Crecente Published May 24, 2009
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  Nana

  To: Luke From: Owen Re: Dog About to Bite Man As a nine year old in 1982, I was a true child of the video game boom. The arcades consumed a lot of my interest and enthusiasm, but in a way that was hard for any tow-headed fourth-grader to relate to adults who had no…

  By Owen Good Published May 24, 2009
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  Week in Games: a Date of inFamy

  Playstation 3 exclusive inFamous is the AAA highlight for the coming week; it releases on Tuesday. Codemasters’ alternate-reality Damnation leads a light week for 360. For DS, I’m all about Imagine: Boutique Owner, baby. Also, for those who don’t know how to walk, there’s a game on the DS that’ll teach you how to do…

  By Owen Good Published May 24, 2009
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  Yanks Gate Crashing Canada’s 1 vs. 100 Beta

  Deux-deux-deuxs and Cuban cigars are joined by the 1 vs. 100 closed beta on the list of semi-forbidden indulgences Americans are sneaking from across the great northern border. Virtually of course. Update: The Canadian Beta closed tonight, rendering some of this moot. Sorry about that. Kotaku reader Tai Youkai Sama figured out how to do…

  By Owen Good Published May 24, 2009
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  Is your job cool enough to win you a brand new computer??

  Submit photos of the crazy grind that is your job to [email protected]. Show us that you’ve got the wackiest, most unique job out there and we’ll send YOU a brand new Dell XPS M1730 ( pictured here ), with a retail value of $1400! All entries must be submitted by 12:00PM EST on May 28,…

  By Chrissie Lamond Published May 24, 2009
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  Army Envisions Future with Master Chief-ified Soldiers

  Or, maybe they’re Mass Effect-ified. But the U.S. Army’s concept for a soldier in the year 2030 definitely looks video game-ified – especially with its strength-enhancing exoskeleton and … combat drugs? Maybe it’s Helghast-ified? The “Future Soldier 2030” being planned at the Army’s Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass., is the subject of much oohing-and-ahhhing…

  By Owen Good Published May 24, 2009
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  Signs of Snow in Downtown L.A.

  Last year this building – around the block from E3 – was plastered with Robert Downey Jr. in blackface for “Tropic Thunder.” Now it sports the visage of Bret Michaels Snow from Final Fantasy XIII. Pulling back (at bottom) we see Snow getting his Rock of Love on with Vanille and Lightning. As you can…

  By Owen Good Published May 24, 2009