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  The Cast of Community Goes All Street Fighter

  It seems like the character archetypes in every successful TV ensemble show are a bit interchangable—there’s the Rachel, the Ross, the Joey and the Chandler. Or the Samantha, the Carrie, and the Miranda. Or, if you watch NBC’s Community, there’s the Troy, the Abed, the Pierce and the Britta. Apparently, the characters of video game…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published February 6, 2012
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  Putting the Razer Blade Through Its Gaming Paces [Update]

  Razer’s sleek and stylish Blade gaming laptop is slowly making its way into the hands of customers ballsy enough to drop $2,800 on an untested product from a company that’s never made a gaming laptop before. Did their gamble pay off? Update: A settings tweak has changed the game. The day my Razer Blade review…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 6, 2012
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  Meet the Many Robots You’ll be Shooting in Shoot Many Robots

  Check out the latest trailer for Shoot Many Robots, the upcoming XBLA, PSN, and PC downloadable that casts you as a survivor of the robot apocalypse. The trailer couples Metal Sluggish gameplay with a bluesy guitar accompaniment. All types of robotic enemies are introduced, each much bigger than you and your three fleshy comrades. Nothing…

  By Pierre Bienaimé Published February 6, 2012
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  Warning: Playing The Next Resident Evil Alone Might Bum You Out

  It might be as fair to write about playing Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City solo as it would be to rate a fish’s ability to haul itself across dry land. But during this past weekend, I played March’s multiplayer-intended Resident Evil game as a single-player game. I hope this fish can swim better than it…

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 6, 2012
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  This Drunken Reenactment of “The Death and Return of Superman” is Crazed, Hilarious

  I don’t know if you caught this over at io9, but Max Landis’ drunken, half-crazed retelling of the saga of “The Death and Return of Superman” was the funniest thing I saw last weekend. Landis, whose father is director John Landis, sits in a chair while drinking whiskey and retelling the saga of DC comics’…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published February 6, 2012
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  Alan Wake’s American Nightmare Takes a Trip to the Desert in These New Screens

  You won’t be seeing much in the way of trees in the upcoming Alan Wake game. Where Remedy’s first outing with the writer-turned-hero took place in the creepy forests of the Pacific Northwest, American Nightmare puts players in a haunted desert. New weapons—including what looks like a nail gun—and new enemies shop up in these…

  By Evan Narcisse Published February 6, 2012
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  Free-to-Play Microsoft Flight Launches February 29 Towing $20 Expansion

  Microsoft’s casual take on the PC flight simulator takes to the air on February 29, the free-to-play title supplemented with $20 of downloadable content right out of the gate. why fly just one Hawaiian island when you can fly them all? Microsoft Flight is a flight simulator that’s been developed with all levels of flying…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 6, 2012
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  A Bookseller’s Video Game Lament

  I play Skyrim obsessively, like lots of people. I’m also a full-time antiquarian book dealer and during my glorious attempts to become a leather-clad death machine in The Elder Scrolls V, I’m always tempted to make some in-game coin on the side collecting and selling the hundreds of available antiquarian titles. Books such as Advances…

  Jason Dickson Published February 6, 2012
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  We Can All Be Team-Up Kings in Army Corps of Hell’s Multiplayer

  Square Enix’s upcoming Vita game puts players in command of a dethroned King of Hell who’s commanding a 100-goblin attack squad to get his crown back. This latest video from the strategy game shows that you needn’t go it alone. ACoH will support up to four ad-hoc players and you can see what it looks…

  By Evan Narcisse Published February 6, 2012
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  Is Console Gaming Better on the Couch or At a Desk?

  What kind of gamer trades the comfort of a couch and a big-screen television for a computer desk and a pair of monitors? Commenter Faux Bravo does unless someone talks him out of it in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. So I’ve been thinking of Craigslist-ing my TV and purchasing one to two additional computer…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 6, 2012
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  Gorgeous Mech Shooter Hawken Arrives Free-to-Play in December

  With each new clip and screenshot of its indie shooter capturing the hearts and minds of mech lovers around the globe, Adhesive Games further ingratiates its growing fan base with the news that Hawken is coming in December, and it will be free-to-play. Remember back when free-to-play either meant a game was of relatively poor…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 6, 2012
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, Talk Amongst Yourselves, where we gather on a daily basis to discuss the joys and wonders of gaming all rolled up into one. Commenter Pan1da7 poured his heart and soul into today’s Katamari TAYpic. If you look closely you can probably make them out. More images now, dammit! I mean……

  By Mike Fahey Published February 6, 2012
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  Before The Last of Us, Naughty Dog Looked at Making a New Jak & Daxter

  When you look at how cinematic Nathan Drake’s exploits are, it’s a bit weird to think that the same company that’s turned out the realistic Uncharted mega-franchise also made the cartoony Jak & Daxter series. But Naughty Dog has in fact done both, and was considering a return to the buddy adventure franchise before they…

  By Evan Narcisse Published February 6, 2012
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  One of 2012’s Best Sports Games Might be This Cute Football Sim

  In late 2010, developer Kairosoft released one of its older mobile management games, long out in Japan on standard phones, in the West. That game was Game Dev Story. And it was brilliant. Following on from that title’s success, the company has slowly but steadily been bringing more and more of its catalogue to Western…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2012
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  Guild Wars 2 Press Beta Weekend Entry Achieved

  As the internet (and our comments) stirs with news about the upcoming Guild Wars 2 press beta weekend, rest assured that Kotaku will be there, doing Guild Wars-y things. You’ll read all about it Monday, February 20.

  By Mike Fahey Published February 6, 2012
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  The PS Vita is a Social Beast That Will Entangle Us All in Its Loving Tentacles

  What the latest Inside PS Vita is trying to say is that by purchasing a Vita you’re becoming a member of a global gaming community connected by glowing threads of gaming-infused light, wrapping about you like a brilliant cocoon in which you’ll never feel lonely ever again. I might be reading a bit much into…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 6, 2012
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  Chun-Li and Poison Picking on the Tekken Dude

  Ouch | TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada got picked on by Capcom bullies at the Taipei Game Show. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) Dying in an Internet Cafe Is More Terrible Than You Can Imagine As Kotaku previously reported, a 23-year-old man recently died at a Taiwanese internet cafe. Nine hours later, someone noticed. The country’s…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2012
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  The Sights of Taiwan’s Big Gaming Blowout

  Now in its tenth year, the Taipei Game Show was expected to draw over 300,000 visitors. As previously reported, this year’s show also packed in overseas game companies to show new hardware, like the PS Vita, as well as new games. Click through the above gallery to check out the festivities. And be sure to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2012
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  Can You Handle the Bullets? The Beauty? The Madness?

  Cave’s newest shooter DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou recently got its first arcade location at Japanese game center Taito Hey! in Tokyo’s Akihabara. The vibrant shooter looks stunning—wonderful in every way. This is what Cave does better than anyone else. Dodonpachi Saidaioujou 1st location test [YouTube]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2012
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  Let The King of Fighters Bring You to Climax

  Oh my! The King of Fighters XIII is getting a new version, The King of Fighters XIII: Climax. It apparently brings characters from KOFXIII‘s home console versions, such as Nests Style Kyo, to arcades. Location tests kick off next weekend in Tokyo and Osaka. The King of Fights XIII: Climax [Kotaku Japan]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 6, 2012