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  Here’s How The Creator Of Gears of War Would Make A Firefly Video Game

  Would you play a Firefly game with first-person gun fights? Or Mass Effect-esque dialogue trees? Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski, who says he’d love to turn Firefly into a video game, has some interesting ideas for a hypothetical game based on the beloved sci-fi franchise. He even chatted with Firefly creator Joss Whedon this…

  By Jason Schreier Published July 17, 2012
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  Confirmed: Pre-Order Medal of Honor: Warfighter and Get Into the Battlefield 4 Beta

  Strong hints of a sequel to last year’s Battlefield 3 surfaced over the weekend when a mention of a Battlefield 4 beta that could be accessed by pre-ordering Medal of Honor: Warfighter popped up on EA’s Origin store. Those hints became fact with specific solicitation accompanying a new Warfighter developer video. An EA press release…

  By Evan Narcisse Published July 17, 2012
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  The Heartwarming Tale of 10,000 Horrible Doritos Tacos

  Imagine living in a town so remote, so isolated, and so dreary that the prospect of a Taco Bell opening nearby ignites a spark of hope in the populace so intense it has to be set to moving music. Some would say Bethel, Alaska sounds like hell. Me? I say it sounds like the healthiest…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 17, 2012
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  New Gundam Game is Fun and Free-to-Play (…For Only 30 Minutes a Day)

  About three weeks back, Bandai-Namco released their first big-name, free-to-play title, Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation on the PlayStation 3. Set during the original Gundam series, this multiplayer third-person shooter reenacts some of the biggest battles in the One Year War, with six people siding with the Earth Federation and six with Zeon. But is…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 17, 2012
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  If You Die in This Anime MMORPG, You’re Dead

  Sword Art Online originally debuted as a light novel series, but earlier this month, an anime version kicked off. Sword Art Online is set in 2022 when a new virtual reality MMORPG called Sword Art Online is released. Players can control their characters with their minds, and all seems to be going well until the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 17, 2012
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  Tokyo Jungle Barks Up a Manga

  Starting this month, PS3 exclusive Tokyo Jungle (read Kotaku‘s preview here) will be reborn in manga form in the latest issue of Champion Red, which goes on sale this week in Japan. Check out the first image above. チャンピオンRED9月号(7月19日発売)、『TOKYO JUNGLE』がRED上陸!! [Akita Shoten]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 17, 2012
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  Potential Apple Store Perverts Worry Hong Kong

  You know how Apple Stores have those elaborate glass staircases? They’re elegant and stylish, sure, but in Hong Kong, they’re causing some to worry about awful pervs. See, the front of Hong Kong’s flagship Apple Store is glass and the glass staircase faces a main road—both provide possible peeping opportunities for unsavory types. The store…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 17, 2012
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  The Confusing Universe of MadWorld and Anarchy Reigns

  Going into Anarchy Reigns, I knew two things about it. 1) It was made by Platinum Games and 2) you could play as Bayonetta in the multiplayer. And with its Western release pushed to 2013 (despite the full English game being on the Japanese disc), it seemed like a must play. As I went through…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 17, 2012
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  Do These Yakuza Characters Look Like Their Real-Life Counterparts? Some, Yes.

  Sega’s Yakuza series of crime games always pride themselves on top-notch voice acting and realistic faces. The games continually get some of the biggest names in Japan to lend their voices (and mugs) to the games. Today, Sega released a series of voice cast photos with their in-game counterparts. These are famous (and talented) folks,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 17, 2012
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  See The Newest Beat ‘Em Up From the Creators of Bayonetta in Action

  With all the hype surrounding Platinum Games’ Metal Gear title, another of their games, Anarchy Reigns, has somewhat fallen through the cracks. Anarchy Reigns is a 3D beat ’em up in the vein of God of War and Devil May Cry starring much of the cast of previous Platinum Games title MadWorld. Like most beat…

  By Richard Eisenbeis Published July 17, 2012
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  Japan Uses Spears and Swords To Eat Evangelion Cake. You Didn’t Know?

  Looking forward for the upcoming film, Evangelion 3.0? Show your fan spirit by eating this Evangelion cake while waiting. This ¥4,000 cake (50 USD) is the third in the Evangelion cake series (third!), with each cake containing a figure of its themed character (Kaworu, in this case). The cake is covered in white chocolate with…

  By Toshitaka Tachibana Published July 17, 2012
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  Japan’s Gay Dude Meme Turned into Porn, Minus the Gay Dudes

  The “Yaranaika Guy” (“Do you wanna do it? Guy”) lives on! This The 1980s gay manga Kuso Miso Technique is getting an official adult movie remake with female actresses playing the gay dudes and sporting, ahem, rubber add-ons bits. The flick stars Reiko Sawamura as Takakazu Abe (aka the Yaranaika Guy) and Uta Kohaku as…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 17, 2012
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  Nice Guy Hideo Kojima Apologizes for Fake Metal Gear Solid 5 Logo

  Kojima certainly didn’t have to, but tweeted, “That title logo is completely fake. Apologies to those who were looking forward to this.” In his tweet, Kojima also added something along the lines that he seemed happy that people still talk about the Metal Gear series. Well, yeah Earlier, Kotaku reported that Konami had denied the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 17, 2012
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  The New Resident Evil Flick Infected this Lady, Turning Her Hideous

  This is singer Mika Nakashima. In the above photo, she is not gross looking. In Resident Evil, however, she is. Funny, that. The pop star first appeared in the Resident Evil: Afterlife flick as “J Pop Girl”—the first infected person in Japan. Man, she was scary! Nakashima will be resuming her role as “J Pop…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 17, 2012
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  Japan’s Piracy Crackdown Heats Up the Summer

  Sansai Books, the Japanese publisher known for mags Game Lab and Radio Life, is in hot water. Last December, Sansai released a publication called Totally Easy to Understand DVD Copying 2012, which included a detailed how-to and ripping software. That didn’t go over well with Japan’s cyber police. At all. This week, authorities arrested four…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 17, 2012
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  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 17, 2012
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  What if Team Fortress 2 Was Made Out of…Glass?

  Weird question, I know, but it’s one you now have an answer for regardless, as 3D artist Mariah Combs has used 3D Max to render a bunch of characters and weapons from Valve’s Team Fortress 2 as though they were…exquisite pieces of glasswork. Like I said, weird, but hey, it’s late, let’s just roll with…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2012
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  Game of Thrones vs Street Fighter vs Dr. Who, the Great Art Showdown

  We’ve seen some of Roberto Flores’ art on Kotaku before. He’s the guy who did those amazing Game of Thrones fighting game illustrations. We’re not looking at (many of) those tonight, though. Tonight, we’re looking at his other awesome pics, video game-related or otherwise. In addition to a bonus Game of Thrones image, he’s also…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2012
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  Borderlands 2 Doesn’t Want You Cracking Jokes About This Character

  In designing one of Borderlands 2’s characters, Ellie, Gearbox wanted to build “an independent female character who looked the exact opposite of how most females tend to be represented in games”. Why? Because they didn’t want players to “cast her in a light where the player is encouraged to pity, laugh at, or mock her…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2012
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  Turn Your Fridge Into an RPG With Custom Dialogue Box Magnets

  For the surprisingly generous price of just $8 a pop, you can order one of these cool-as-hell custom fridge magnets, designed to look like the dialogue boxes from Final Fantasy III on the SNES. Those who care deeply about authenticity should know that “The dialog box shape and border match the source measurements perfectly”, and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2012