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  League of Legends Players Will Understand These T-Shirts

  Gamer clothing creators Jinx have teamed up with Riot Games competitive PC gaming sensation League of Legends to create a set of shirts that I do not understand. Do you? Since Jinx is in the habit of lacing their licensed items with witty game references, I’m sure the first four or five shirts in their…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 21, 2011
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  Nose-Pinched, The Wall Street Journal‘s Entertainment Blog Names Skyrim The Year’s Best Game (Wired Loved it Too)

  The Wall Street Journal‘s Adam Najberg likes playing some video games, which gives him a leg up on some of his colleagues, one of whom “despises all of them.” (The love and hate is explained in this WSJ clip.) He’s picked Skyrim as Game of the Year. “No detail was too small for the developers…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 21, 2011
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  PopCap’s Plants vs. Zombies X-Mas Package Teases Upcoming Popcorn Dragon Game

  It’s Christmastime, one of the few times where old-fashioned snail mail matters anymore. Some companies send clever cards, like the ones we featured yesterday. Other companies send ViewMasters, the old-school 3D viewer that told stories through a series of still film frames. Casual game giant PopCap did the latter and delivered season’s greetings featuring characters…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 21, 2011
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  Reminder: Kotaku Game Club Meets Tomorrow!

  Don’t forget to come back to Kotaku tomorrow to talk about Skyward Sword! The Kotaku Game Club kicks off at 4pm Eastern.

  By Mike Epstein Published December 21, 2011
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  Action RPG Zenonia 4 is HD and Free in the iTunes App Store

  My favorite little mobile phone action role-playing game is back and better than ever today, as Gamevil unleashes the first fully HD installment of the Zenonia series for iOS devices. Did I mention it’s free? I’ve loved Zenonia since the first moment I set eyes on it, but it’s never looked quite as good as…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 21, 2011
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  What’s a Better Video Game Goal than a High Score? Your Approval.

  I’ll try any video game, because any video game might have the year’s best idea in it. I’ve played a game called PixelJunk 4AM, and one idea in it is among the most marvelous I’ve encountered in 2011. It’s an idea that can spread to more games, an idea that feels right for the way…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 21, 2011
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  Tekken 3D Prime Edition Comes to the Nintendo 3DS in February

  Think for a moment about fighting games and portable gaming systems. Compared to genres like first-person shooter or action/adventure, fighting games make a great fit for handheld play because they don’t need a second analog stick. D-pad input and face buttons let you pull off most of the moves you need to compete and have…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 21, 2011
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  Celebrate 15 Years of Wild Arms with Four Hours of Free Music

  A decade and a half ago a sublime blend of Eastern role-playing and Wild Western adventure was released in Japan. Today the talented folks at OC Remix celebrate that release with a free album featuring more than four hours of expertly twisted tunes from the soundtrack of the original Wild Arms While I wouldn’t call…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 21, 2011
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  A Very Cthulhu Christmas

  If you haven’t picked up the Lovecraftian Advent calendar app for iOS and Android devices, don’t worry, you still have time and now there’s a free option. Free is good, right? Red Wasp Design just released a free, light, version of their Cthulhu Christmas Calendar. Both the free and light versions let you see the…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 21, 2011
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  Brilliant Video Game Thieves Butt-Dial 911 and Brag

  On December 13 a pair of shoplifters made off with a load of DVDs and video games from a Wisconsin Target store. Then they spent an hour boasting about how easy it was, making fun of other criminals for getting caught. I’m sure the 911 operator listening in on the conversation found it highly amusing.…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 21, 2011
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  First Modern Warfare 3 DLC Coming in January

  On a video show that’s part of Call of Duty Elite’s premium servive, Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling announced that the “content season” for Modern Warfare 3 will start on January 24th. That’s presumably when the first DLC will go live. It’s not clear if that date is when Elite premium members will be getting the…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 21, 2011
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  U.S. Senator Mad that Your Tax Dollars Saved Video Games

  Video game preservation, educational robot dragons and Department of Homeland Security Sno Cones are just some of the “outlandish” federally funded projects called out in U.S. Senator Tom Coburn’s annual big book of wasteful government spending this week. “Video games, robot dragons, Christmas trees, and magic museums. This is not a Christmas wish list, these…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 21, 2011
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  Take a Look Inside Batman’s HQ with Arkham City‘s DLC Batcave

  The latest update to Rocksteady’s hit Bat-game came yesterday, bringing with it a new Batsuit and new Challenge maps for players to perfect their stalking and combat skills in. One of those arenas is the Dark Knight’s santcum santorum, the Batcave itself. YouTuber Drake3691 captures a session inside the giant crevices underneath Wayne Manor and…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 21, 2011
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  I Never Considered Running For Office Until Tera Came Along

  While players can still climb to the top of the pack through battle in upcoming fantasy MMO Tera the game’s political system makes for a much more impressive rise to power. In most fantasy MMOP games you create a guild, raise your levels, and then raid dangerous dungeons. In En Masse Entertainment’s upcoming game Tera,…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 21, 2011
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  Star Wars Stormtroopers Went to Best Buy, and This Happened.

  It’s a mild, late-fall night, the holiday season is in full effect, and you want to go get some soup at Au Bon Pain. Life is good, but for how much longer? Maybe you’re done with that soup and you wanted to go buy some DVDs. Well guess what, Miss Mary Mac, you picked the…

  By Chris Carolan Published December 21, 2011
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  Score the Winning Goal Right From Your Phone

  Remember the days when the only on-phone gaming option was that weird snake one where the little pixel ate the other pixels and got increasingly longer until it ran into itself and died? Well, the Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY, which combines a PlayStation®-certified gaming device with the capabilities and portability of an Android smartphone makes…

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  Only Xbox 360 Owners Will Be Able to Use This Exclusive Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC Weapon

  Remember when Final Fantasy games were a hot-damn, big-deal reason to get a PlayStation console? That era ended a little while back, and the very fact that Final Fantasy XIII showed up on the Xbox 360 meant that things would never be the same. Now that game’s sequel will be offering an exclusive weapon that…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 21, 2011
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  Who Says Star Wars: The Old Republic Will Inevitably Go Free-to-Play?

  With the assumption that BioWare’s new subscription-based massively multiplayer online Star Wars role-playing game will one day succumb to the dark side of free-to-play running rampant, commenter Odin believes The Old Republic could flourish under the archaic monthly model in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. I honestly don’t know where people have inherited this bizarre…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 21, 2011
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  Fenix Rising DLC Adding Prestige Style Rewards to Gear of War 3 in January

  New skins? Yup. Fresh maps to battle it out on? Check. But, on January 17th, the third update to Epic Games’ best-selling shooter will brings a new multiplayer mechanic that’ll seem very, um, familiar to players of the Call of Duty games. The Re-Up system lets players who hit the level cap of 100 gain…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 21, 2011
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  Hearings on Controversial Internet-Regulating SOPA Delayed to 2012

  The fate of the Stop Online Piracy Act, which is not yet the law of the land in the United States, won’t be decided until next year. The House Judiciary Committee has postponed further debate until Congress returns from its winter break, according to the Washington Post The act, commonly referred to as SOPA, will…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 21, 2011