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  Cover Of Skyrim Theme Will Send A Chill Through Your Bones

  There are plenty of musical takes on Skyrim’s many beautiful songs, but this is my favorite of the week, sung by the talented, and bilingual, Malukah from Monterrey, Mexico. It’s a touch on the echoey side, but I’m still loving it and I bet you will too. If you do, you can even mod it…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 2, 2011
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  Assassin’s Creed Gets the Floating Hair it Always Needed

  This YouTube video, comically titled “Misadventures of Eyes and Hair” shows us an Assassin’s Creed: Revelations cutscene featuring translucent bodies with floating eyes and hair. Be sure to have your sound on, because the dialogue makes it much more entertaining. “Look at me now!” he exclaims. I’d love to, sir, I really would if I…

  By Matthew Buzzi Published December 2, 2011
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  Nintendo Thinks Fans of Xenoblade Would also Like These Games

  It took Nintendo of America more than a year to commit to releasing Xenoblade Chronicles, a year probably spent analyzing the reaction to the game’s June 2010 release in Japan, a year weighing the costs of releasing the role-playing game in America… and, of course, a year spent making sure the Wii library was properly…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 2, 2011
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  Zynga to Start Playing StockMarketVille Next Week With Highly Probable IPO

  Those trying to deduce just how much they can pay for a piece of FarmVille giant Zynga will only have a little while longer to wait. The Facebook gaming juggernaut has filed an amendment to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which indicates that its per-share pricing will fall into the $8.50 to $10 range. Zynga’s…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 2, 2011
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  Celebrate Xenoblade Chronicles‘ Impending North American Release With a Trailer

  Are you ready to help Shulk and friends combat the mechanical Mechon using the power of the Monado blade? Perhaps this official trailer will help you prepare for the North American release of Xenoblade Chronicles this April. Or maybe the fact that you’ve already imported it (or worse) will help you prepare. Either way it’s…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2011
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  The New Jurassic Park Video Game Makes Up for the Sega CD One

  In 1993, BlueSky Software created the Sega CD Jurassic Park game. It was a point and click adventure with bad art direction in it and the six year old me would spend hours trying to play it. The game was terrible and it took almost 20 years for the Jurassic Park series to make it…

  By Chris Carolan Published December 2, 2011
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  The Painful Irony of an Anti-Piracy Group Being Sued for Piracy

  Dutch copyright watchdog BREIN is being sued by a musician for more than $1 million after allegedly using his song in copyright warnings on DVDs without explicit permission. Oh my. Musician Melchior Rietveldt was asked by BREIN to compose the song for a local film festival, but the group went on to use the song…

  By Matthew Buzzi Published December 2, 2011
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  Half-Life 3 T-Shirt Confirmed, But That is All

  It’s not a Photoshop and it’s not a lie. Seattle-based game developer Chandana “Eka” Ekanayake really did see a Valve Software employee wearing a Half-Life 3 t-shirt at a local developer event last night. Eka is sure that the man wearing the shirt works for Valve, the great video game company that famously doesn’t want…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 2, 2011
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  Parents Who Want to Play With Their Adolescent Son

  The great things about playing video games is how it gives you a chance to spend a little time with your child in their environment. That doesn’t mean gaming should replace throwing a baseball, playing a little one-on-one basketball or building models, but sitting back and letting your child take charge in a fictional world…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 2, 2011
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  Nintendo Changes its Tune, For Once

  I have asked Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime about a video game called Mother 3 so many times that, in recent years, he would bring it up before I did. He’d laugh about the question. If we were doing an interview and there were other people in the room, he’d jokingly predict to them…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 2, 2011
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  Are Your Defense Grid: The Awakening Towers Powerful Enough to Survive GLaDOS?

  What happens when one of the world’s best tower defense games meets one of gaming’s most beloved power-mad robotic villains? Fans line up to pay $4.99 or 400 Microsoft points for the Defense Grid: You Monster expansion, that’s what. Coming December 7 to Xbox Live Arcade and Steam, Defense Grid: You Monster is the first…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2011
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  The Elder Scrolls Adventures Re-envisions Skyrim as a 1980s Saturday Morning Cartoon

  Raise your hands if you remember that weird Dungeons & Dragons cartoon that ran from 1985 to 1987. That show was clearly made to capitalize on the popularity of D&D, but I still tuned in every week with the hopes that it’d get better. It never did. That D&D series informs this spoofy video from…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 2, 2011
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  Did You Win This Week’s Best Buy Trade-in Contest?

  Recently we’ve been asking readers to send in proof that they’re been making the best of Best Buy’s killer trade-in program—you know, the one where you take your old games and exchange them for cold, hard Best Buy gift cards? In return, we promised to pick a few lucky entrants and double their returns. Well,…

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  High Score Is The Reality Show for Classic Arcade Games

  If you’re lucky or just old, you can remember the classic stand-up arcade era, where Pac-Man machines stood next to Defender and/or Donkey Kong and people lined up for the chance to play. Those same machines have become collector’s items now and there’s money—and stories—attached to each one. That premise is what drives High Score,…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 2, 2011
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  Sony Says No Malware Involved in Attack on Resistance Forums

  A Nov. 11 breach of Resistance‘s official web site, including its forums, did not serve malware to visitors as some had alleged, Sony told Kotaku on Friday. Sony confirmed that an intrusion did take place, resulting in MyResistance.net’s immediate closure. The site remains offline as Sony works to rebuild it and close whatever hole the…

  By Owen Good Published December 2, 2011
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  What Does Your Saints Row: The Third Gang Leader Look Like?

  In today’s gang-related edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Nameloi wants to get a good look at the face of your Saints Row: The Third gang leader. What hath the game’s character customization wrought? Fellow Kotakus, are you playing Saints Row 3? Let’s see your custom characters, and don’t forget to post why it…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2011
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  129,770,223 Virtual Pygmies Have Been Sacrificed in the Facebook Version of Pocket God

  When a game does well, the people behind it make an infographic. That was probably decided at some International Council of Video Game Company Bragging earlier this year or maybe last year. We have no evidence that such a decision was really made other than a pile of infographics, the latest one promoting the feats…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 2, 2011
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  Notch is No Longer in Charge of Making Minecraft. Jeb Is.

  Minecraft maker Notch has put long-time colleague Jens “Jeb” Bergensten in charge of further development on the recently-released game. “I feel very confident handing over the leadership of Minecraft to him,” Notch blogs, saying he’ll work on “some new project.”

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 2, 2011
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  Xenoblade Chronicles Coming to North America as a GameStop Exclusive Update

  Despite heavy fan demand for Monolith Soft’s role-playing masterpiece, Nintendo of America still hasn’t revealed plans to bring Xenoblade Chronicles to North America. Who will step in and save U.S. role-players from missing out on what is arguable one of the best RPGs of this console generation? Would you believe GameStop? Update: Now available for…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 2, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  December is upon is, with the holiday season just around the corner. It’s the most wonderful time of the year…for gaming. Please discuss what you’ve been playing in the space below, because there are many good games to be played right now! Welcoming December TAYpics is this glorious image from photo-editing mastermind Pan1da7. Great work!…

  By Matthew Buzzi Published December 2, 2011