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Scrapped Halo MMO’s Title: ‘Halo Universe’?
8:30AM Owen Good | Dylan Cole, an artist formerly with Ensemble Studios, has on his personal Web site some concept pieces for a canceled Halo project that may or may not have been called “Halo Universe.” More »
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PS4 Concept: Spider-Man Font Fail
5:00AM Owen Good | Someone forgot to tell acclaimed designer Tai Chiem that Sony bagged the Spidey typeface with the PS3 Slim. But the rest of this concept – that means This Is Not Real – is super-futuristic cool. Wait, where’s the $US24 kickstand? More »
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6:30AM Michael McWhertor | Now that Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms appears to have become little more than vapour itself, the unreleased fruits of the game’s art staff have been posted online, ready to be picked over. More »
Duke Nukem Forever Screenshots, Artwork Rise From 3D Realms’ Grave
6:30AM Michael McWhertor | Now that Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms appears to have become little more than vapour itself, the unreleased fruits of the game’s art staff have been posted online, ready to be picked over. More » 
Take A Tour Of Microsoft’s Fake Retail Store
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | There are Apple Stores. So why not Microsoft Stores? It’s a good question. Turns out there is a Microsoft store. Only…it’s at Microsoft HQ, isn’t open to the public and isn’t even a real store. More »
The Gaming Laptop Of A Wealthy, Wasteful Future
3:30PM Luke Plunkett | Gaming on a laptop? It’s hardly ideal. But that’s going off the hardware limitations of 2008! By the distant future, who knows what gaming on a laptop will be like. Might even be like this. More »
Star Wars: The Old Republic – Concept Art vs Screens
11:40AM Stuart Houghton | These early screens and concept art trickled out of Lucasarts/Bioware’s steely grasp after their Big Announcement and Kotaku Jedi AJ Glasser uploaded them instantly using a combination of the Force Upload and a fast wifi link. This concept gallery shows early Jedi/Sith character designs, a nice view of Coruscant that wouldn’t look out of place in Episode 3 and two very similar monsters. More »Concept PSP2 designs from emerging Australian designer
12:52PM Seamus Byrne | Tai Chiem, an emerging Australian designer has given the concept treatment to the PSP, working up some ideas on an advanced PSP2. I’m a sucker for concept designs so how could we not share his ideas with y’all?
My design is set for the future using emerging technology. Featuring flexible OLED display that can be conveniently rolled out. An electric charge hardens the material. I’ve come up with an alternate method for the action buttons. Instead of pressing a button, you instead use the joystick. So instead of pressing, X O, etc, you push either up down, left, or right.
So would you like this as a PSP2? Or is there something not quite right? I’m sure Tai would be up for some feedback, so show us your own design theories in the comments. I can see a flaw in the joystick button system for games where you need combo presses, but I’m sure we’d all be happy enough to see the UMD go bye-bye. More pics after the jump, or check out Tai’s work here. More » 
