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Happy Halloween: Costume Contest Crazy The clock is ticking down. Make sure you get yer last minute entries in before midnight. (That includes you, Crecente!) Entries so far and rules. [Kotaku]

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Don't call it a comeback Grand Theft Auto

New GTA Coming to PSP in 2006

While perusing a Take 2 financial report we stumbled across this nugget:
"For Fiscal 2006, we are well positioned for the opportunities to extend our brands across the large installed base of current generation platforms, as well as next generation hardware including the two previously announced Rockstar Games titles for the PSP, one of which is new Grand Theft Auto title." More »

3:30 PM on Mon Oct 31 2005
By lsmith
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Latest by crecente: I'm psyched. I'm friggin loving Liberty City Stories, though I really wish its multiplayer was online. Maybe they'll create a more »

Not a Jedi, yet Galaxies

Galaxies Dead in Japan

I guess floppy-haired, scruffy, nerfherders don't translate well in Japanese. Star Wars: Galaxies is being cancelled in Japan according to Slashdot. Displaced players who have paid through the end of 2005 will be offered a chance to go to a US/EN server. This hits harder than last week's news of Jek Porkins' actor William Hootkins passing away. More »

3:20 PM on Mon Oct 31 2005
By lsmith
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Think just because a guy reads comics he can't start some shit? Killer 7

Devil's Due Does Killer 7

The modestly reviewed, highly artistic and visually interesting Killer 7 is getting a comic book makeover from Devil's Due according to Monsters and Critics. Killer 7's unique style should translate well to the pages, since the game felt like a playable comic book. More »

2:30 PM on Mon Oct 31 2005
By lsmith
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A new way to stay silent on airplanes PSP

More Wireless PSP Headphones?

Family friend Gizmodo points at yet another pair of headphones for the PSP. What's up with all of these? First, we had the chatting headset and now the wireless headphones from Gizmodo. The Summit headphones (pictured) use an FM modulator to run the signal on an unused FM band.

2:00 PM on Mon Oct 31 2005
By lsmith
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New Releases

This Week's Releases

Entering November (as we will tomorrow) ushers in the holiday season and from now until the new year consumers have the privelege of choice at the game counter. The long-awaited expansion to City of Heroes, City of Villains is finally shipping this week. For a once-over of City of Villains and some other titles to look forward to this week check the jump. More »

1:30 PM on Mon Oct 31 2005
By lsmith
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Make Peace, Not War

Video games get a bum rap, but PeaceMaker aspires to be different. "PeaceMaker is unique in that it teaches students how to achieve peace through negotiation and cooperation, unlike many video games that rely on violence," says the game's producer. Developed by Carnegie Mellon University students, the game examines the volatile Middle East situation. Players assume the role of either the Palestinian president or Israeli prime minister as they deal with suicide bombings and military actions. The game eventually will be available online for free for all to play. More »

1:22 PM on Mon Oct 31 2005
By Brian Ashcraft
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Target Xbox 360 Launch Policies

Ryan works at a Target somewhere in the United States (we're keeping his Super Target store location a secret for his protection). Ryan emailed us with a detailed breakdown of how Target was going to be handling the Xbox 360 sales.
Some snippets from the email after the jump. More »

12:10 PM on Mon Oct 31 2005
By lsmith
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Latest by KevNuu: I'm waiting until I can buy it at my local grocery store. Nothing beats video games and vegetables in more »

Guys, we don't want any trouble, just a drink Rockstar Games

Newsweek All Up on Rockstar's Stuff

Newsweek is all over Rockstar like a teenager in love. The love is chronicled in a piece that looks at the rise of Rockstar Games.' I don't think anyone would argue that Rockstar is doing great things as an entity, but the article cites the use of the Warriors intellectual property and staging the recently released title as a prequel as a marking point for the company's success. That's a bit shortsighted. Why not point to their creation of dynamic, changing cities with the GTA series as the launchpad for their success rather than their revival of a '70s cult flick? More »

11:40 AM on Mon Oct 31 2005
By lsmith
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Latest by motown: one hit wonder? how you figure? Midnight Club is one of the best racing games around, and almost all of more »

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Online Gaming Gets 100 Times Faster

Thank Osaka's Kansai Electric for making fibre-optic data transfer quicker. According to ABC News, the company uses fibre-optic cables on steel towers to reach the speed of one terabit per second. What does that mean in plain English? You can to transmit a two-hour movie in 0.5 seconds (if there is no other traffic on the network and all the hardware is working at 100 percent capacity and efficiency). Ironically, the lighting speed technology will take its sweet time to get to consumers and won't be available in Japan until around 2010. More »

11:20 AM on Mon Oct 31 2005
By Brian Ashcraft
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Latest by JohnKeplerLewis: But can we find media that will write that fast? Please..? more »

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Command Santa's Elves in New RTS

Santa's Snowy Workshop is a garage game that pits you against the clock in an attempt to match Santa's annual Herculean task of creating and wrapping enough toys for all of the good little girls and boys. More »

11:00 AM on Mon Oct 31 2005
By Brian Crecente
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Woke up quick, at about noon, just thought that I had to get to Compton soon Xbox 360

THQ Delays Xbox 360 Launch Titles

I don't know if you were waiting breathlessly for the speedgasm of MotoGP: 2006: Ultimate Racing Technology, another WWII shooter in The Outfit or GTA-esque Saint's Row, but they've all been delayed by THQ to 2006. Instead of launch day, I'm sure their new 2006 release dates (which expect the games out no later than April 2006) are still technically part of Microsoft's ever-expanding "launch window." More »

10:40 AM on Mon Oct 31 2005
By lsmith
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Latest by Nick Brutal: I definitely saw this coming. Aside from the fact that we've had Saints Row listed as a February '06 title more »

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Puffy Ami Yumi Get Game Boy Advanced

The pop duo Hi! Hi! Puffy Ami Yumi has conquered their native Japan, the Cartoon Network and soon, the Game Boy. It's a race against the clock as a psycho fan kidnaps their manager, makes off with Puffy's instruments and tries to finish their tour. If the girls don't stop this wacko, she'll become a bigger star than Ami and Yumi. More »

10:22 AM on Mon Oct 31 2005
By Brian Ashcraft
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Latest by Nintendofreak: I love those girls so much. more »

Breaking

PS3 in 22 Months? BBC Reporter was Only Speculating

We reported that a BBC article hinted that the PlayStation 3 would launch 22 months after the Xbox 360, putting the Sony console's release sometime in 2007. More »

10:10 AM on Mon Oct 31 2005
By lsmith
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Toddler Hones 360 Skills Dammit, some little kid got to play with an Xbox 360 before my 4-year-old son. That's OK, I bet my son's way better at Live trash-talking than she is.

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Win a Burnout: Revenge Guitar! To promote the game's recent Japanese release, Famitsu is giving away one Burnout: Revenge illustrated guitar. Race Queens not included. See the Other Prizes Here [Famitsu]

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25 to Life Ship Date Soon?

I hear Eidos is preparing to announce
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The World of Frappr Culture

Kotaku and Frappr Want to Unite the World

Lifehacker pointed out this web app Frappr and I thought Kotaku should have one of its own. Frappr allows you to map communities geographically just by having users put in their zip code and a picture (if they feel so inclined) and then see how the digital community is dispersed. I created a Kotaku grid. Click over there and add yourself, I'm lonely on the map by myself. More »

8:40 AM on Mon Oct 31 2005
By lsmith
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Latest by braulio: Unite the world! Right, as long as your on the 50 official states. more »

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