Saturday, October 3, 2009 - Page 2
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Gearbox Learns The Hazards—And Benefits—Of Freelancing

Not only does Mike Neumann have a lot of loot to drop, he has a lot of loot to collect between now and Oct. 20, if Gearbox’s creative director intends to fulfil the promise he made on “Official Borderlands Preorder Day”.

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Dragon Age: Origins Character Creators Hits PCs Soon

BioWare will be releasing the Dragon Age: Origins Character Creator on October 13, letting PC gamers get over the game’s biggest hurdle, selecting just how muscle bound or minimally clothed you want your characters to be.

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Awesome Daring Escape Platformer Canabalt Comes To iPhone

Previously featured Hot Flashes candidate Canabalt can now be played on the go, thanks to the newly launched iPhone/iPod Touch version. It’s brilliant one-finger fun. It’ll cost you $4 more than the free version, but you can afford it. [iTunes]

Sims 3 World Adventures: Chopsticks, Mummies & The French

My addiction to the Sims series gives me a lot of tolerance for endless expansions and stuff packs that add new dimensions and new furniture to gameplay.

Hear Final Fantasy XIII’s English Voice Acting In New Old Trailer

How many times have you seen this Final Fantasy XIII trailer? This could easily be your third, but the addition of English language voice acting and lip synching make it worth watching again.

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Kotaku AU

Blimey, there’s a lot of video games to play right now.

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ESRB Descriptions Get Weird With Left 4 Dead 2

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board is home to invaluable information — and not just when they leak game details early. The ESRB’s typically sterile content descriptions are enormously entertaining, as proven by entries for Brutal Legend, Bayonetta and Scribblenauts.

In Real Life

Sonic Vs. Pac-Man Is Incredibly Unfair

From the creator of Contra Vs. Duck Hunt comes another incredibly mismatched mash up — Sonic the Hedgehog versus Pac-man. Well, Sonic versus Pac-man nemeses Inky, Pinky, Blinky and Clyde.

Notebook Dump: My Favourite Thing In Tokyo, Secrets Of Hollywood

There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter’s notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we?

Crazy Man Wanted God Of War III To Be An FPS

God of War III art director Ken Feldman says he lobbied the PlayStation 3 game’s director, Stig Asmussen, to consider switching the third-person hack and slash action game to be a first person shooter. Oh, Ken!

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