Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - Page 2
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Yakuza Game Developer Working On New Games

Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator of Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza, is the head of R&D at SEGA. He’s got a real nose for game development. No wonder he’s hard at work on new titles.

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Paper Boy: The Movie

You know that Dig Dug “movie trailer” we ran the other day? It was for a competition, and after seeing it, one of the other entrants—Johann Wagoner—sent us his trailer. For Paper Boy, “the movie”.

AU Diary: Collector’s Edition, Really?

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The Metroid Prime Trilogy landed on my desk this morning. Curious, after hearing we’d been given an inferior version, I ripped open the package to find out exactly what’s inside our so-called Collector’s Edition.

In Real Life

Would You Prefer To Be Slapped Or Game With A Girl?

It’s your money — spent it the way you like. Newly opened Akihabara business “Cute Room” is offering otaku a bevy of girlfriend-like services that include playing video games, watching DVDs and playing board games with young female (paid) friends.

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Watch Aussie Celebs Try To Play Need For Speed: Shift

Kotaku AU

EA rounded up a bunch of Aussie sports and TV personalities to promote the recently released Need For Speed: Shift. The celebs had to race in the game and on a real race track.

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Tokyo Game Show 2010 Dates Don’t Bode Well

One of the problems with Tokyo Game Show 2009 is that the mid-September dates are just too close to the August Gamescom. If the TGS organisers, the CESA, were smart, they’d move the Japanese event to October like in 2008.

In Real Life

Tearing The PSPgo To Pieces, Just To See What Its Insides Look Like

Hardware destruction specialists iFixit are at it again. Fresh off tearing the PS3 Slim to pieces, they’ve now taken a screwdriver and a thirst for blood to the PSPgo, with surprisingly interesting results.

Reader Review: Sacred 2

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Do you have what it takes to get a review published right here on Kotaku? Ryan does, as he sets off to grind for one hundred hours.

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Real Racing Will Affect Gran Turismo

This August, Gran Turismo designer Kazunori Yamauchi did more than drive in Germany’s Nurburgring circuit, he finished first — his third race and first in an actual racing car. But what does this mean for Gran Turismo?

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Counter-Strike Creator Working On New Game

Minh Le is the co-creator of Counter-Strike, a game that even ten years on is still played by millions around the world. So when Le starts work on a new shooter, it’s probably worth a look.

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