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You’re A Moustache Away From A Red Dead Redemption Cameo

3:40AM Mike Fahey | Grow a moustache for Movember, the annual month-long celebration of the moustache aimed at raising awareness of men’s health issues, and you and your ’stache could earn an appearance in Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption. More »
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Rockstar Challenges MySpace Music Artists To A Beaterator-Off

4:20AM Mike Fahey | Rockstar wants to see what MySpace Music artists can do with Beaterator, and they’re providing the PSPs, the games and a $US5000 prize for the best track. More »
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Rock Out on Rock Band To Win A Star Trek Screening

1:00AM Brian Crecente | Damn you April Fool’s Day, I actually thought this was a joke at first. But now, MTV and Paramount are really teaming up to cross-promote Star Trek with Rock Band. More »
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Find Body Parts, Win a Trip to Africa

8:04AM Brian Crecente | Hmm, I’m not sure if this is a great idea. To promote the upcoming release of Resident Evil 5, Capcom will leaving a trail of body parts through part of London. More »

UDON Wants Your Darkstalkers Fan Art

6:20AM Mike Fahey | UDON is giving Capcom’s classic horror fighting franchise the royal treatment with Darkstalkers Tribute, a giant-sized art book celebrating the franchise’s history, and your artwork might just make the cut! More »

A Far Cry From Your Standard PS3

12:20AM Mike Fahey | The folks over at Bit-tech teamed up with Ubisoft and German uber-modder Oliver “Butterkneter” König to create a special PlayStation 3 to commemorate the release of Far Cry 2. Instead of simply painting the PS3 like any sane person, Butterkneter created a painstakingly detailed base for the console, complete with rocks, plants, an empty magazine, a skull, and a friendly little ant. Then he painted the console, right? No, he removed the case, went to town with a dremel tool, and then painted the case, created the awesome spectacle seen above. More »

Is This Halloween All About Chun-Li Or Viking Link?

2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Need help dressing yourself for Halloween? (Need help dressing yourself?) BuyCostumes.com is here to help. The site has a bunch of Street Fighter costumes (each under $US50) and all new for 2008. Seems like Chun-Li could very well be teh female gamer costume of 2008. Hey, it might even be the male gamer costume of 2008. It’s really too early to call. But not everyone looks good in blue and yellow. Some look better in green. TV host Olivia Munn dresses as the Capcom fighter after the jump. Reader Chesu as link. COSTUME FIGHT! More »

PAX Penny Winner(s)!

5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | We’ve counted the votes up — your votes — and have picked winners for our PAX Penny Contest. The first place winner will get tons of t-shirts (including pretty sweet Fruit Fucker and The Maw shirts) , a Fallout 3 survival guide, a World of Warcraft pet card from this year’s WWI in Paris (the Blizzard guys were kind enough to hand one over to us), a ping-pong gun, a Champions Online backpack and plenty of other little do-dads. And yes, we’re giving away Crecente’s one and only Vault Boy puppet. The second and third place winners will get other stuff. And who doesn’t love other stuff? First Place Second Place Third Place If you are responsible for either of these, shoot us an email at kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom with the subject line “I Won You Bastards”. More »