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  Elaborate Transformers Cosplayer Stomps Around PAX East

  Walking around the PAX East show floor, you’re bound to see some crazy cosplay inventions. From simple hats to elaborate costumes, these gamer and anime fans run the gamut. This Transformers cosplayer posed around the convention center as the lovable Bumble Bee. The real question, though, is whether he can actually transform himself into a…

  By Tina Amini Published April 7, 2012
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  This Week in the Business: ‘PlayStation Orbis has the Jump on Next Xbox’

  What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “PlayStation Orbis has the jump on next Xbox.”—Industry sources talking about how Sony, unlike this generation, will actually launch its next PlayStation ahead of the next Xbox QUOTE | “In a new Star Wars game, the biggest threat to the empire…

  Steve Peterson Published April 7, 2012
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  Raise Your Hand If You Prefer FemShep

  They got 1200 Mass Effect fans into one room at PAX East this weekend. They—some folks from the game’s development studio BioWare—asked people to raise their hands if their favorite game was the first Mass Effect. Some raised their hands. Mass Effect 2? Most people raised their hands. Mass Effect 3? Few hands went up.…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 7, 2012
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  A Free Republic

  There’s nothing cheaper than free, right? This weekend, there’s a free trial of Star Wars: The Old Republic. And we’re already seeing discounts on the upcoming Prototype 2 if you preorder online. Those deals, plus more than 50 others in both retail and digital sales, await in this week’s edition of The Moneysaver. Software •…

  By Owen Good Published April 7, 2012
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  Dark Souls Hits PC in August, has “New Bosses”

  There are reports circulating that the latest issue of German mag PC Action contains not only confirmation that hardcore death simulator Dark Souls is headed to the PC, but that it features “new bosses”. Everything else, though, remains the same. It’s apparently slated for an August release, and will be called the Dark Souls: Prepare…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2012
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  Hawken’s Amazing PAX Trailer Continues My Love Affair With This Game

  PAX has given us a new trailer for upcoming multiplayer shooter Hawken. Thanks, PAX. Giant mechs shooting the shit out of each other is always a lovely way to start the weekend. [via Pixel Enemy]

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2012
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  No Total Recall Tonight

  Due to the influx of things to cover from PAX East, we’ve had to put Friday’s Total Recall on hold for a week. Total Recall will be back on schedule as usual on Monday night with all kinds of cool blasts from video gaming’s past.

  By Kirk Hamilton Published April 6, 2012
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  When I Hit That Dip, Get Your Camera

  Hi there, Kotaku. The week is over, and so we come to the Friday night open thread. I hope you had a good week! If you’re at PAX East, I trust you’re having a blast. Here, gathered from the internet, are some things you might want to read before you get to gabbing. “What books…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published April 6, 2012
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  John Romero Offers Details on His New MMO-Like PC Shooter

  It’s been a while since man/myth/legend/Doom co-creator John Romero put out a shooter. Almost ten years, in fact. Speaking with Eurogamer, Romero revealed some details on a new shooter he’ll be working on soon. Romero says he’s “already kind of designed the thing,” though the game isn’t in production yet. He described the game as…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published April 6, 2012
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  The Cosplay of PAX East: Day One

  It’s not the first industry expo of the year, but it is the first with cosplayers. Inside we’ve got shots of Tingle, Heavy, Salarian and Snake, and much more. And this isn’t the end of it. We’ll be giving you galleries of cosplayers at the end of each day of the Penny Arcade Expo East,…

  By Owen Good Published April 6, 2012
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  So… Why Is Headless Nathan Drake Taking On That Helicopter?

  You might be looking at that image and thinking, “Why the heck doesn’t Nathan Drake have a head? What is he thinking, going up against a helicopter with no head?” And that would be a fair question to ask! In fact, this is an image from today’s Naughty Dog panel at PAX East, in which…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published April 6, 2012
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  Here’s Minecraft‘s Cool Xbox 360 Split-Screen in Action

  Back in March, I found a new reason to get excited about the Xbox 360 version of Mincraft. Namely, split-screen local multiplayer for up to four players. I think it’ll be really fun to have friends over and play Minecraft together. Today at PAX East, Stephen Totilo got another look at the game and shot…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published April 6, 2012
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  Hitler Recaps the Week in Video Gaming

  Godwin’s Law states that “as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.” As basically all video game discussion takes place online, let’s just cut to the chase and give der fuehrer’s take on recent topics of interest to gamers. Hitler’s Game Marathon Plans Go Wrong March…

  By Owen Good Published April 6, 2012
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  The Week in Evil DLC

  Downloadable content. Everyone hates it—but everyone buys it. Yes, even you in the comments, smart guy. Here’s a look at the latest package of extensions and pre-order bonuses designed to crowbar the last dollar out of your wallet. Can you still respect yourself if you buy it? Rock Band: Slayer Pack 01 Available: April Fucking…

  By Owen Good Published April 6, 2012
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  The Bewildering Technicolor Dreamcoat of the Character Creation Process

  See that guy up there at right? That’s “Bogeyman,” my DC Universe Online homage to the Hobgoblin as created by Roger Stern and John Romita, Sr. back in 1983. I’m damn proud of him, but I can’t tell if his colors match, or can even be called “orange” and “blue.” You’d think getting colors right…

  By Owen Good Published April 6, 2012
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  Anger Management is in Session

  Let’s blow off some steam. It’s time for Kotaku‘s Anger Management hour.

  By Owen Good Published April 6, 2012
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  “No Comment” From BioWare on the Mass Effect 3 Indoctrination Theory

  BioWare is planning to flesh out the existing ending of Mass Effect 3, but that doesn’t mean fans haven’t already done some fleshing-out of their own. (Spoilers!) The much-discussed “Indoctrination Theory” floats the notion that Shepard in fact didn’t make it to the final decision at all, and that much of the controversial ending took…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published April 6, 2012
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  This Is What It Looks Like When The Readers Take Over Kotaku

  Today at PAX East, Kotaku hosted a panel where we allowed readers to “take over” the site. Here are some photos of how it went down. Taken by Chris Person Taken by Chris Person Taken By Chris Person Taken by Chris Person Taken by Chris Person Taken by Chris Person Taken by JP Speir Taken…

  By Nick Vannucci Published April 6, 2012
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  Biff Tannen Promises a Perfect Week This Time. Really, Trust Him.

  Hey, are you a sports fan on the go? Who has time these days to watch the big game, or bother with messy DVR, or boring highlight shows? With Biff Tannen’s Sports Almanac, we’ll give you the weekend’s biggest matchups before they happen, thanks to these highly accurate peer-reviewed scientific simulations of sports video gaming’s…

  By Owen Good Published April 6, 2012
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  36 Perfect Games Already Have Been Pitched in MLB 2K12

  In a little more than two days since the contest began, three dozen perfect games already have been verified in the MLB 2K12 $1,000,000 Challenge, the game’s social media manager said about three hours ago. There’s a leaderboard up showing who the early contenders are to make an eight-man tournament where the grand prize will…

  By Owen Good Published April 6, 2012