Saturday, October 17, 2009 - Page 2
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SuicideGirls Release Dating Sim iPhone App

Alt porn outlet SuicideGirls is getting into the dating sim game, bringing its brand of “naughty, internet, art-sleaze superstars” (read: naked girls) to the iPhone with the app Seduce A SuicideGirl. It may be shallow, but it may also be brilliant.


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Limited Edition Xbox 360 Pad Is Either For Fallout Or Forza

The combination of carbon fibre styling and a giant red radioactive warning symbol can only mean one thing: GameStop and Microsoft have partnered for a limited edition Xbox 360 controller? Does that sound right?


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APB Closed Beta Is Go!

As promised, closed beta invites for Realtime Worlds’ massively multiplayer online cops and crooks game APB have been distributed to the registered masses. That means? Check your email!


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Notebook Dump: Missing High School

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?


In Real Life

Mortal Kombat Vs. Donkey Kong Continues Game Mash Up Tradition

After news that dozens of capable game developers have lost their jobs, a LOL-tastic video game mash-up—in this case, Mortal Kombat vs. Donkey Kong—can cheer us up. Oh, Scorpion! You ham!


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Romero’s Slipgate Ironworks Hammered Down, MMO Project Still On

Slipgate Ironworks, the game development company founded by ex-id Software, ex-Ion Storm designer John Romero, has been pared down by parent company Gazillion, Kotaku has learned, with the start up’s unnamed MMO still in development with a “smaller core team”.


What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Kotaku AU

Brütal Legend or Uncharted 2? Uncharted 2 or Brütal Legend?


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Wii, PS3 Sales In Dead Heat In Japan

This week’s report from Japanese sales tracker Media Create shows that recent price drops on Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3 are having nearly equal impact on sales of each console, a slight edge going to the PS3.


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Free Realms Holds Halloween Spooktacular

Many MMO games host special Halloween events, but only Sony Online Entertainment’s Free Realms has the guts to use the words Super Spooktacular, which is at least 10 times as awesome as a normal Spooktacular.


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Solution To Ubisoft Mystery Less Thrilling Than Surmised

Remember this mystery mailing I reported receiving yesterday? Your theories as to its true nature were, sadly, off the mark.