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  Average Gamers are Going To Hate BioShock Infinite‘s 1999 Mode

  When you first spin up BioShock Infinite later this year don’t expect to see the recently-announced retro-difficult 1999 mode on the main menu. That’s because it’s so tough Ken Levine doesn’t want “the non old-school, hardcore gamer” stumbling into it. I spoke to Irrational Games creative director Ken Levine recently about 1999 mode, an enhanced…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2012
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  The Best Video Games, According to Kotaku

  People often ask us which games to get for their favorite systems. These are our answers. The Best Wii U Games | The Best PS Vita Games | The Best Xbox 360 Games | The Best Facebook Games | The Best PS3 Games | The Best PC Games | The Best Wii Games | The…

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 23, 2012
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  Make Your Xbox 360 Avatar Really Damn Hard-Boiled with These Max Payne 3 Items

  What’s your Xbox Avatar’s current look? A generic t-shirt with a lightsaber and cat? Come on, you can do better than that. To celebrate the slightly delayed release of Max Payne 3, Microsoft’s rolling out virtual threads and accessories that pay homage to Rockstar’s modern noir franchise. Among the highlights, guy gamers can suit up…

  By Evan Narcisse Published January 23, 2012
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  Are We Too Forgiving of Video Game Developers?

  We’ve gotten used to giving game developers a certain amount of leeway when it comes to glitches and bugs. In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku commenter Eatplaysleepmore wonders if we’ve taken this forgiveness too far. I think we have been really apologetic (Editor: He means forgiving) to the video game industry. We let them get…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2012
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  Exterminate! Here’s Your First Look at the Doctor Who Game in Action

  We’ve seen one screen from the Time Lord’s upcoming game but video of Supermassive’s Doctor Who game surfaced just a short while ago. The teaser provides glimpses of the antagonists players will be facing up against and you’ll get a sense of what the action in Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will play like. The…

  By Evan Narcisse Published January 23, 2012
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  It’s time to gather around the official Kotaku forum, plate up some cupcakes, and discuss video games with your peers. Commenter Pokeh neatly demonstrates why we need a few more entries for this month’s TAYpic with his My Little Pony entry. Oh that Pinkie Pie, she’s crazy about cupcakes Join in the fun and submit…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2012
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  Arrested Megaupload Boss Cheated His Way To Video Game Glory, Opponents Say

  Kim Dotcom, the imprisoned mastermind behind busted file-sharing site Megaupload and, bizarrely, also the top-scoring killer on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, wasn’t always a showboating millionaire. He also ran a competitive video game league in the late-90s. And was by all accounts a rather sore loser. How sore? Like, banning from his league…

  By Luke Plunkett Published January 23, 2012
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  When Minesweeper Met Minecraft, a Gaming App Love Story

  Mine: To extract ore or minerals from the earth. Mine: An explosive device used to destroy enemy personnel, shipping, fortifications, or equipment. Minecraft Sweeper: An explosive Android app about extracting ore and minerals from the earth used to destroy any free time you might have accumulated. Developer K.Misiunas has taken two of the most beloved…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2012
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  This Soul Calibur V Grafitti May Be An Ad… or Just the Work of Ardent Fans?

  The latest chapter in Namco’s medieval martial arts series is due out in a short while and the Japanese publisher’s been throwing up adverts that have, um, riled up the internets a while back This giant grafitti mural—sent in by reader Schnide—shouldn’t piss anyone off, though. It showed up in London’s Shoreditch neighborhood and features…

  By Evan Narcisse Published January 23, 2012
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  ArenaNet Rings in the Year of the Dragon With Guild Wars 2 Beta Details

  We may be four weeks into 2012, but it’s the first day of the Year of the Dragon, which sounds like a perfect day to get a better idea of when we’ll get a chance to play the most anticipated, dragon-bothered massively multiplayer online game of the year, Guild Wars 2 After years of teasing…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 23, 2012
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  Dragon Nest? No, Idol Nest.

  Dragon Nest | TOKYO, JAPAN: HanGame promotes its latest title in Tokyo. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) Japanese Mecha Game Invites Crazy Controller Holding The Armored Core games, from Dark Souls‘s developer From Software, give players the experience of controlling a giant mecha. As you can imagine, giant mechas are complex machines and, thus, so are…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2012
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  Poll: 10 Percent of PS Vita Owners Experienced Hardware Failures

  Certainly not 100 percent scientific, but according to Kotaku Japan‘s PS Vita survey, 1 out of 10 Vita users had hardware issues and had to exchange or repair their hardware. Most everyone seemed happy with the Vita, though. [Kotaku Japan]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2012
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  Japanese Mecha Game Invites Crazy Controller Holding

  The Armored Core games, from Dark Souls‘s developer From Software, give players the experience of controlling a giant mecha. As you can imagine, giant mechas are complex machines and, thus, so are Armored Core‘s controls. The above photo appeared on Japanese forums recently during Armored Core V discussions. According to Mecha Damashii‘s Ollie Barder, this…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2012
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  Elderly Man Thanks Resident Evil for His Longevity

  Shiro Suzuki, famed Japanese broadcaster, loves Resident Evil. As Kotaku previously posted, Suzuki discovered gaming over 15 years ago. It was Resident Evil that quickly became his favorite. At the recent Resident Evil event in Tokyo, Shiro Suzuki spoke about his love for not just the series, but also gaming. “I owe making it to…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2012
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  New DoDonPachi Maniac Shooter Teased

  Cave, the Tokyo-based shmup studio, teased a new DoDonPachi, dubbed DoDonPachi: Saidaioujou. More details on Jan. 23. [Official Site]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2012
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  She’s Only 23-Years-Old, But Has a Retro Game Museum

  Ever wonder how much retro game idol Haruna Anno loves video games? Enough to make a retro gaming museum. Anno, who also does bikini modeling, believes that video games are culture and spearheaded this space to preserve that culture. The museum features old arcade games on free-play, old game mags to peruse, games, and retro…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2012
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  Is This Japan’s Favorite Western Cosplayer? Maybe!

  Whenever Japanese bulletin boards discover bad Western cosplay, forum users begin piling on the bad cosplay photos, saying foreigners just cannot cosplay. (This is incorrect.) But then, inevitably, somebody usually pulls out a Maridah photo, pointing out that some of the best cosplay ever is not Japanese. Who’s Maridah? She just might be Japan’s favorite…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2012
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  Japanese Politician Is a Computer-Building Badass

  Kaoru Yosano looks like your typical politician—navy blue suit, glasses, and a Showa Era hairdo. Kaoru Yosano is anything but typical. He is a PC-building, nerd-hero. At Nicofarre, the teched out nightclub for Japanese video service Nico Nico Douga, Kaoru Yosano participated in the “Kaoru Yosano Triathlon” in which the well-known politician underwent five events…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2012
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  iPhone6? No, It’s the iPnoho6!

  China is infamous for its knock-offs. Some are so well-made, it’s impossible to tell them from the original. And sometimes they are even made at the same factories! As good as China’s knock-offs are, nothing beats their clever names. There was the iPed, the Yinlips YDPG18 (okay, not so clever) and now, there is iPnoho6!…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2012
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  You’ll Never Look at the Resident Evil 6 Logo the Same

  Apologies for all the blowjobs tonight! (I’ve always wanted to write that.) Just like Yoshi on the Japanese tea cartons, here’s another subliminal image you cannot unsee: a pink giraffe getting off in bizarre S&M play with a pink slug. Capcom, you should be ashamed of yourself. A pink giraffe and a slug? Disgusting! Kotaku…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published January 23, 2012