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  Your Guide to the Biggest Games of 2011. The Ones You Want. The Ones That Stink.

  Throughout the year, we here at Kotaku have covered most of the biggest video games on any machine that will play video games. From Arkham City to Zelda: Skyward Sword, from Dungeon Raid to Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery, we covered the biggest and best of them. As the holidays approach and shopping season kicks in,…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 24, 2011
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  The Boy You’ve Got a Crush On

  OMG have you seen Justin? He’s the hottest guy in class, but he’s too busy talking about video games to notice me. Now it’s Christmas, and I have to get his attention with the perfect gift, before that slut Amber gets to him. God I hate Amber. With her hair and that stupid eyeliner. It’s…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 24, 2011
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  Fund Immortal Souls Sequel for a New Twist On RPGs

  Immortal Souls Sequel is exactly why you don’t judge books by their covers. At first I was skeptical of its style and plot, but the gameplay mechanics won me over with a Puzzle Quest-inspired fighting system. This could be a really fun game. Goal: $14,000 Notable Reward: $25 – You get a copy of the…

  By Chris Carolan Published November 24, 2011
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  GameStop Opening Thousands of Stores for Black Friday Midnight Madness

  You’re going to have to shake off that that turkey coma this year, because there are deals to be had. Video game deals. GameStop’s going to opening up 2,200 store up at 12:00 a.m. so you and thousands of others can swoop down and grab up the games and hardware you’ve been lusting after. Today’s…

  By Evan Narcisse Published November 24, 2011
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  I Am Alive Creator Insists He’s Not Opposed to a PC Port and Didn’t Mean to Piss Off PC Gamers

  Yesterday, Stanislas Mettra was quoted by IncGamers as saying some, well, very inflammatory things about why I Am Alive, the upcoming downloadable title for Xbox 360 and PS3, didn’t have a PC port. Mettra’s now written us—not to give the usual “I was misquoted,” or “taken out-of-context” dodge—but to say that if his words sound…

  By Owen Good Published November 24, 2011
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  From Pile of Mega Blocks to StarCraft Battlecruiser In Under Two Minutes

  In this video Sargonas turns a table-filling pile of Mega Blocks into StarCraft Battlecruiser in one minute and 40 seconds. The time-lapse video actually compresses six and a half hours of work with snaps every three seconds. [via Joystiq] You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 24, 2011
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  Fund Pota-toss, Because We All Should Know the Power of Potatoes

  The visuals and gameplay behind Pota-toss are pretty cool. The game has already hit its goal as far as funding goes but every little bit counts. At its barebones it’s a game of throwing potatoes at your friends. What I really thought was cool about Pota-toss was its GPS functions.Pota-toss will create the players level…

  By Chris Carolan Published November 24, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  It’s Thanksgiving today and you are most likely gorging yourself on delicious foods. I on the other hand will spend most of the next 24 hours traveling. What are your favorite iOS games to play while traveling? Take this time to Talk Amongst Yourselves ! Thanks to reader Angryrider for today’s image. Take a crack at…

  By Chris Carolan Published November 24, 2011
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  The Leftovers Is Competitive Plants Vs. Zombies Without As Much Charm

  The LeftOvers is an quirky real-time strategy iOS game with an aesthetic that doesn’t quite gel for me. It’s sort of like competitive Plants Vs. Zombies, only without the draw of man-eating plants and cute, but deadly zombies. In The LeftOvers, the world has suddenly been stripped of all adults and the children of the…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 24, 2011
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  Writing on an Xbox 360, Not Out of Desperation

  360 | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: Eva Longoria autographed an Xbox 360 game console for charity during Eva Longoria’s Celebrity Casino Night, presented by Xbox Live. (Photo: Darren Abate | AP) The Beautiful, If Stabby Art of the Assassin’s Creed Series With Assassin’s Creed Revelations out recently (and starring in its own Fine Art), I thought…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2011
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  Xbox Live Hacked? Microsoft Still Says “No.” Tabloid Still Says…

  Earlier this week, British tabloid The Sun ran a story, pointing to a series of “phishing” con jobs that were putting Xbox 360 owners at risk. It sounded overblown—phishing scams are hardly new—but the paper cited a late night meeting with Xbox brass in its “exclusive” story. Microsoft responded to the claims, stating that there…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2011
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  Why Was Fake Peter Molyneux’s Twitter Account Silenced?

  Earlier this week, the hilarious Twitter account tapping into the genius of game designer Peter Molyneux was silenced. Here’s why. The game developer behind the famous Peter Molydeux parody twitter account has made contact with Kotaku Australia to let us know why his account was suspended. “I’ve been in discussion with a few people at…

  Katie Williams Published November 24, 2011
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  Ridge Racer Has Only Three Tracks? 30FPS? No Thanks!

  I like Ridge Racer. It’s a guilty pleasure. And I was actually thinking of getting the next game. That is, until I heard what madness Namco Bandai is pulling. When the game goes on sale Dec. 17, it will come with only three tracks and five cars. That’s it. The three tracks are Harborline 765,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2011
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  Next Xbox Will Have Two Models, Just Like the Current Xbox

  One of the more maddening aspects of the Xbox 360 has been Microsoft’s insistence on a “two model” strategy. A bare-bones, cheap version, and a souped-up expensive one. It’s helped shift units, especially since Kinect’s release, but it’s also held other Xbox 360 games back since developers can’t assume everybody has, say, a hard drive.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2011
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  The Beautiful, If Stabby Art of the Assassin’s Creed Series

  With Assassin’s Creed Revelations out recently (and starring in its own Fine Art), I thought it’d be a good time to take a look back on some of the incredible art from the series we’ve yet to feature here on Kotaku. The pieces you’re about to see are the work of three men: Maxime Desmettre,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2011
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  This Cosplay Has a Monster-Sized Secret Weapon

  Sometimes it’s the cosplayer’s appearance that sells the cosplay. Sometimes it’s the costume itself. And sometimes it’s a prop that makes you go, holy shit is that cool or what? Here, it’s all three. Korean cosplayer Tasha is wearing this Monster Hunter outfit, a hodgepodge of several different characters. What makes this cosplay so special…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2011
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  EA Smartens Up, Giving Away Free Copies of Battlefield 1943

  Starting this weekend, EA will be handing out vouchers for free copies of Battlefield 1943 to those who bought Battlefield 3 on PS3. Just like they originally promised. And all it took was the threat of a lawsuit! Saying that “there have been some misunderstandings around Battlefield 1943 and Battlefield 3“, EA adds in a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2011
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  The Saddest Little Nathan Drake & Kratos I’ve Ever Seen

  Artist J Salvador has a series of pictures where he takes famous pop culture icons and makes them sad little children. It’s touching stuff, especially when Nathan Drake and his soaked feline are concerned. There’s also a sad, slightly creepy little Kratos, as well as a bunch of Star Wars and comic book characters, all…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2011
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  A Woman Worthy of Her Face…on a Car

  In Japan, “itasha” are cars covered with stickers depicting anime or video game characters. They’ve been around for a couple years now, and there are even gatherings of itasha enthusiasts. What “itasha” have in common is that the characters they feature are not real—they are created by artists or designers. Nana Mizuki is real. In…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 24, 2011
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  Free Gold (Four Day) Weekend Starts Today On Xbox Live

  This weekend being Thanksgiving weekend in the US, there’ll be millions of Xbox gamers lounging around, sleeping off food hangovers. What better way to spend it, then, than with a free weekend of Xbox Live. And it’s not just a weekend! It’s the entire mini-holiday period, meaning from today (Thursday November 24) through to Sunday…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 24, 2011