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  A Love Letter to the Collect-o-Thon Platformer

  In this “anything for an opportunity to feature Sly Cooper” edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter GiantBoyDetective pronounces his love for platforming games that have you find countless things. The Sly Cooper Collection has been sitting at the top of my backlog for a good while now and I finally got around to playing…

  Featuring GiantBoyDetective Published July 6, 2012
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  A Very Special Fourth of July Week in Gaming Apps

  There are many ways to celebrate the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Some people host massive cookouts. Some shoot off fireworks. Others still throw parades. Here at Kotaku, we celebrate by limiting our daily gaming app spotlight to only four amazing games. Some might tell you this is because we were…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2012
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  Peter Molyneux’s Next Game Hides a ‘Life-Changingly Important’ Surprise

  As he often does, Peter Molyneux has promised that his next game will be a doozy. The creator of games like Fable and Black & White is releasing an experimental game called Curiosity for PC, Android, and iOS. The concept is that players all around the world can click to tap away at a black…

  By Jason Schreier Published July 6, 2012
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  Diablo III Suffers From A Common Video Game Plague: It Ends

  Regardless of how good a game might be, regardless of how many hours of entertainment it provides, a game that dares to end is a game that has damned itself. We don’t want our games to end, and the recent complaints around the Diablo III endgame are a testament to that desire. Taking a look…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published July 6, 2012
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  Phew, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Will Have Afro Breakdance Kung-Fu and Boxing Dinosaurs Again

  The announcement of a fighting game sequel always comes with two varieties of nervous tension. First comes the worry of “Who’s gonna be in it?,” where one wonders if their favorite fighters will be showing up in a new installment of Series X. Then comes the panic that developers might have nerfed or ruined your…

  By Evan Narcisse Published July 6, 2012
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  Soundtrack from Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut Now Available as Free Download

  The Extended Cut DLC for Mass Effect 3 was free, and now, so is the additional 16 minutes of music composed for its soundtrack. You can pick up the files from BioWare’s website

  By Kate Cox Published July 6, 2012
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  These Loyal RPG Fans Are Just Looking For Some Hope

  There are a lot of disgruntled gamers out there. For every video game series that has been abandoned or mistreated by its creators, there’s a group of fans who want nothing more than to see their favorite titles restored to glory. Americans who love games like Mega Man Legends, Mother, and Valkyria Chronicles are angry.…

  By Jason Schreier Published July 6, 2012
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  In Praise of the Video Game Controller, the Violin for ‘Gaming’s Virtuosos’

  To those who are infatuated with motion controls—their fingers swiping across iPad, their hands waving in front of Kinects—I’d like to point out that the controller is still an excellent and precise (!) way to play video games. That is the point of a new piece about the benefits of the unheralded video game controller…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 6, 2012
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  Another Week, Another Comment of the Week

  Hello Kotaku! Welcome to judgment day. Where you are the judges. And I guess I’m kind of a judge, too. Please post your Comment of the Week submissions down below, with a link to said comment. Vote ’em up if your favorite is already there. And when your brain starts angling towards “I said something…

  By Tina Amini Published July 6, 2012
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  Puddle THD Proves the Power of Tegra 3 Gaming

  After visiting two different companies working on dedicated Android game controllers at E3 2012, I decided it was high time I gave Android games more attention, particularly the titles running on the most powerful Android processor going, Nvidia’s quad-core Tegra 3. Games like Neko Entertainment’s Puddle THD, a physics puzzler only possible via the power…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2012
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  Hey Look, It’s Another Cool Japanese RPG We Might Not See In The U.S.

  Here’s a new trailer for Sol Trigger an upcoming RPG that will be out in Japan this October. It’s made by a bunch of big-name JRPG developers, and we’ll probably never see it. Why? Because it’s coming out for PSP, a system that is basically dead in the United States. Short of some gambling by…

  By Jason Schreier Published July 6, 2012
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  Activision’s Making a Walking Dead First-Person Shooter

  Telltale Games appears to have a hit on their hands with an adventure-game take on The Walking Dead. But Activision wants to go in a different, more combat-oriented direction with the just-revealed Walking Dead first-person shooter. Developed by Terminal Reality, The Walking Dead FPS will focus on controversial white supremacist brothers Daryl and Merle Dixon…

  By Evan Narcisse Published July 6, 2012
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  Here’s How Halo 4‘s Multiplayer Is Changing

  When Bungie was at the helm, multiplayer in the Halo games was mostly a team-oriented affair. Sure, you’d have personal stats that you could be proud of but it was the glory of a Red or Blue victory that motivated you. But, 343 Industries is making the newest Halo and things are going to be…

  By Evan Narcisse Published July 6, 2012
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  Scientists Discover the Mass Effect! Or Is it Just the Higgs Boson?

  There is, to be sure, a vast gulf between science and science fiction. The former relies on provable observations about the physical world that is. It quantifies, measures, and predicts the ways that the systems that govern our universe behave. The latter is anything that anybody feels like making up, whether or not it’s truly…

  By Kate Cox Published July 6, 2012
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  Let’s Name the Next Xbox

  The next Xbox might be called Xbox 8. Or Microsoft recently grabbed that web address for some other purpose (possibly holding it for the release of the eighth Xbox in the year 2060). But if not “Xbox 8”, what should the makers of the next Xbox call this thing? Let’s help them. Names they’ve considered…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 6, 2012
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  Xbox Live Is Down, For Now [UPDATE: It’s up!]

  Kotaku has heard that users in multiple regions can’t login into the Microsoft game console’s online service. Attempts to get onto Xbox Live at Kotaku‘s NYC headquarters haven’t been successful. Microsoft has said the following via Twitter: We are aware of the issues some users are having with Xbox LIVE and are actively investigating. Thanks…

  By Evan Narcisse Published July 6, 2012
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  Somewhere, There’s a Paper Mario Joke to Make About These Adorable Paper Zelda Figurines

  Clearly, artist George Alexopoulos does not have a cat. If he did, these gorgeous paper figurines would have a half-life of approximately half a second. And that would be a shame indeed. Not all of these paper figures are video-game themed. Some are inpired by books or movies, or simply depict people doing stuff. (I…

  By Kate Cox Published July 6, 2012
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  Watch The EVO Tournaments (and Panels) Live, Right Here

  Watch two separate tournaments and a livestream of the EVO 2012 panels right here on Kotaku, presented to you by Shoryuken and Twitch.TV. You can also find the full, three-day schedule down below. Gameplay 1 Gameplay 2 Panels & Interviews Or, if you prefer, you can always grab the HD PPV option from Shoryuken. All…

  By Tina Amini Published July 6, 2012
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  Witness Robot Chicken‘s Hilarious Team Fortress 2 Hat In Real Life

  Remember when Valve was teaming up with Adult Swim and I almost had a heart attack? You probably don’t remember the heart attack. It was a good/bad day. Well, it ended up being a promotional hat campaign (because, of course). If you’ve been prancing around the Team Fortress 2 maps in your brand new Robot…

  By Tina Amini Published July 6, 2012
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  Kotaku Water Cooler

  Will the tidbits of gaming miscellany I insert below this post be worthy of full stories, or are they simply there for your personal amusement? This is the magical mystery of the Kotaku Water Cooler; today I cultivate that mystery. Such heady power…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 6, 2012