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  Rumor: Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery Coming to Steam

  You think different. You’ve rejected the shiny, minimalist wares that come from Apple. Good for you. But that also means you probably haven’t played Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery—a.k.a. one of 2011’s best games—which has been exclusively available on iDevices up until this point. But that may all be changing, if a report on the Indie…

  By Evan Narcisse Published April 2, 2012
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  UK Game Stores Saved From Complete Annihilation

  British video game retailer Game is still an ongoing concern, thanks to the efforts (read: money) of private investment firm OpCapita, now the proud owner of the 333 remaining store locations throughout the United Kingdom. Having been in financial hot water for quite some time, Game’s troubles became abundantly clear to customers earlier this year…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 2, 2012
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  Get Ready for Your Anime Plastic Wonderland

  Anime wasn’t the only thing on display at the Anime Contents Expo. There were also plastic figurines of anime (and game) characters. Japanese website Moeyo was on hand to check out the festivities. If you missed the coverage from sister site Kotaku Japan, you can view that right here 【アニメ コンテンツ エキスポ 2012】 [Moeyo.com]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2012
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  Let Blood-C: The Last Dark Slice You and Dice You

  This summer, the big screen version of TV anime Blood-C hits theaters. The feature film, Blood-C: The Last Dark, is being produced by Production I.G, who handled the televised anime. The Blood series has also a spawned a live-action film with 2009’s Blood: The Last Vampire, a lackluster take on the brilliant 2000 anime.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2012
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  Earn Extra Money Finding Hand Grenades!

  Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture is, according to Fuji TV, offering people ¥100,000 (US$1,200) for each found hand grenade. In the past year, there were five arrests in Fukuoka involving grenades. Police reported that some residents have discovered hand grenades. One was even seized from a car, noted Japan Today It’s unclear whether these are factory-made hand…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2012
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  PS Vita Free-to-Play Game Goes Offline-Until-April-17

  Sega’s Samurai and Dragons has had network issues since its March 29 launch in Japan. Sega is taking the free-to-play game offline to improve server issues. On April 17, the game will resume service. [Sega]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2012
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  Sony Firing Folks Thanks to Modern Medicine

  It was wildly thought that Howard Stringer, a foreigner, was brought in to fire a bunch of people at Sony. Japanese companies traditionally bring in outsiders to fire folks, and Stringer, a foreigner, was even that further removed from the old boys’ network. This April, Kaz Hirai assumes Stringer’s old job at Sony. He’s a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2012
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  Hanging Out with Naked Folks All Weekend

  One of the most popular things to do on vacation in Japan is head to an onsen or “hot springs”. They’re dotted all over the country, and people—both young and old—enjoy visiting onsen towns, where they eat delicious food and bathe. When taking a bath in Japan, you wash first and then enter the water…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2012
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  Would You Buy a Skyrim Hug Pillow?

  So many Japanese games have hug pillows—even game voice actresses do. Western games, however, come up short in the hug pillow department. That’s something this Japanese April Fools’ joke appeared to remedy. Yep, you are looking at a phony Skyrim hug pillow mock-up that features Lydia, your in-game “companion”. It should cost ¥18,450 and should…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2012
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  Taiwanese Woman Trashes Convenience Store. Clerk Just Watches.

  Convenience stores are wonderful. They are truly magical places, but apparently not to this young woman in Taiwan. The woman turned a Family Mart, a Japanese chain which has branches throughout Asia, into a messy mart after going on a rampage, randomly flinging instant noodles, drinks, and sandwiches onto the floor. The Family Mart employee…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2012
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  Final Fantasy Versus XIII Finally Emerges. On the 3DS. As Music Game DLC.

  Where the hell is Final Fantasy Versus XIII? Who knows. Oddly, a song from the unreleased game is launching as paid DLC for Nintendo 3DS game Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy on April 4. Hopefully, this means that Square Enix will be talking more about Final Fantasy Versus XIII in the near future—instead of, you know, simply…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2012
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  Postponed by the Earthquake, the Anti-Establishment Anime Event Finally Happened

  This weekend, the 2012 Anime Contents Expo kicked off in Chiba, Japan. Sister site Kotaku Japan was in attendance to check out the cosplayers, the itasha, the Neon Genesis Evangelion smartphone, and the enormous Maken-Ki! boob pad. The Anime Contents Expo was originally created after anime creators joined forces to protest strict anime and manga…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2012
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  These Adult Gaming Peripherals Existed Only One Day

  And that day was yesterday, April 1. As it does every year, the Japanese erotic game industry showed its sense of humor with a handful of adult-related gaming peripherals that will thankfully never see the light of day. Or will they? There’s Nexton Liquid with Liquid Black Cute, a “dedicated erotic game hardware” it’s apparently…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2012
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  Kotaku East Starts Now!

  Kotaku East runs from 4am to 8am Eastern. For more info about Kotaku East click here

  By Brian Ashcraft Published April 2, 2012
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  Hey, Zelda, Get off Link’s Back

  He’s got enough to worry about without you banging on about saving this, or doing that, or going wherever Like it? You’ve got artist George Alexopoulos to thank. Then you’ve got a trip to his website, below, where you can check out other cute little paper figures he’s made Zelda [George Alexopoulos, via GamOvr]

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012
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  This Awesome Die Hard Action Figure has Smaller Feet Than my Sister

  Die Hard’s John McClane finally gets the action figure he deserves, courtesy of custom toy builder Greggo. He got everything right. The bare feet, the cigarette, Willis’ late-80s-wireframe physique, the blood, everything The actual figure is based off a Hot Toys body and a custom head, while the base, blood, outfit and tattoos were all…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012
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  Figure-Skater Uses Chrono Trigger Music, Sadly Does Not Win

  Canadian figure skater Kevin Reynolds competed at the Four Continents Championships in Colorado early last month. He only finished eighth, but in our eyes, he was the real winner for his choice of music. Forgoing the obvious choices of either classical or pop, Reynolds skated along to a medley of music from classic RPG Chrono…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012
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  Kid’s Colouring Books Explode With Amazingness

  Or, a the project is called, “The Best Coloring Book Ever”. Either label is entirely justified, because unlike the lifeless books kids are actually subjected to, this one has Mario fighting Spider-Man and Starscream It also features a single page with Luke Skywalker running at TMNT’s Raphael while Bumblebee…well, while Bumblebee fucks Luke’s X-Wing. Size…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012
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  The Horror, and the Glory, of Kinect Star Wars’ Dancing Game

  There are enough copies of Kinect Star Wars out there in the wild now that people are stating to upload gameplay videos to YouTube. Obviously, we’re only concerned with the dancing battles, because they are at once the most excruciating and enjoyable things about the game. Sure, it’s a wholly unoriginal mechanic, and sure, the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012
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  The Very Best In Cosplay: Linda Le

  We’re nearing the end of our world tour of the very best in cosplay, but it’d be wrong to bring this to a close without highlighting the work of American cosplayer Linda Le. Otherwise known as VampBeauty, or Vampy, Linda is a cosplay machine, renowned not just for the quality of her costumes, but their…

  By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012