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You’re Just In Time For A Game Boy Micro Unboxing

In 2005, Nintendo shut the door on the original Game Boy with the minuscule Game Boy Micro, a brilliantly engineered rectangle of compromise. It wouldn’t run original Game Boy or Game Boy colour titles — just Game Boy Advance games — but boy was it pretty. Many people hated it. I just bought a new one, and I want to share it with you.


Unboxing Videos Become Unsettling If You Really Think About Them

If you’ve hung around YouTube or tech-oriented sites long enough, chances are you’ve stumbled across an unboxing video. These are exactly what they sound like: videos where someone removes the packaging from a new product.


Let’s Take A Look At The Cool New Limbo Special Edition

Limbo was one of my favourite games of 2010 — a game that combined atmospherics, smart puzzle design and a wicked sense of humour into something dark, harrowing and distinctive.


Check Out All The Loot In The Diablo III Collector’s Edition

Blizzard certainly didn’t skimp on the Diablo III collector’s edition. It’s a big honkin box, filled with an amount of loot appropriate for a game that is all about, well, loot.


Mass Effect 3 Cover Art Has Decidedly Feminine Side

The Femshep love-fest spreads from trailer to box art, as BioWare’s official unboxing of the two-disc Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect 3 reveals reversible cover art for fans of Shepard’s female form.


The Japanese PlayStation Vita Launch From Lining Up To Stripping Down

Over the weekend Sony unleashed the next evolution of portable gaming on Japan, and Kotaku was there. Here’s our complete coverage of the Japanese PlayStation Vita launch, from queuing up to booting up and beyond.


Halo Anniversary Edition Pizza Unboxed, Eaten, Unappreciated

Why thank you, internet, for bridging the gap between two countries and giving us a delicious look at the UK-exclusive Halo Anniversary Edition pizza from Pizza Hut.


This Isn’t The Collector’s Edition Of Batman: Arkham City

I had a real-life Riddle Me This moment when a Batman-festooned box came to Kotaku HQ today. Take a look at what probably won’t be in the Arkham City collector’s edition when the game hits next week.


The $US400 Gears Of War 3 Case

OK, not really. It’s the special edition Gears of War 3 Xbox 360 console, which happens to include the upcoming shooter. But really, it’s like a really, really expensive, game-playing case for the game. Right?


Watch Ice-T Unbox Gears Of War 3 Xbox 360 And Huge Lancer

Ice-T, rapper, actor, original gangster, Gears of War fan and occasional unboxer, directs his taking things out of boxes talents at the limited edition Gears of War 3 Xbox 360 and one “big-ass Lancer”. Yeah. Real talk.


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