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  Come Party with Kotaku and Samsung at BlizzCon

  Kotaku is partnering with the wonderful folks at Samsung to hold a Meetup at next week’s BlizzCon in Anaheim, CA. Will you be there? If so, come hang with the editors and fellow readers. RSVP to [email protected] to get yourself on the guest list for Heat Ultra Lounge, where we shall eat, drink from an…

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  Hold Onto Your Childhood, Masters of the Universe Are Getting A New Run of “Classic” Toys

  Revealed during Mattel’s weekend panel at New York Comic-Con, here’s our first look at the upcoming Masters of the Universe 30th Anniversary Classics collection. Among the batch figures are some interesting variants and one show exclusive. I was never really into He-Man and he crew, but these figures make me want to go back and…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 17, 2011
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  Quick Impressions of Kirby Wii, the New Layton and the Latest Game I Suck At

  I used to write a thing called the Game Diary each weekday. I did it for a previous employer. I did it for my own now-dormant blog. I briefly did it for my Facebook Fan Page (hmmm… maybe I should do something there). I’m not ready to bring it back yet, but I am playing…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 17, 2011
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  Who’s Ready for Some Game Cube and Wii HD Remakes?

  Commenter Brixish points out that with the enhanced graphical power of the Wii U console, we could very well be in for a flood of HD remakes of classic Game Cube and Wii titles. Tell us what you’d like to see made shinier in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Considering the power of the Wii…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 17, 2011
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  The Wonderful Distractions, Sentient Glitches of Skyrim’s Massive World

  The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim is such an expansive game that even after spending three hours playing in its fantasy world last week I hadn’t learned enough to even worry over the laundry list of items Bethesda warned me not to tell gamers about. The fact that my play session in a New York hotel room…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 17, 2011
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  Hey, Game Companies! One of Comics’ Best Writers Wants You to Turn His Newest Work into a Game

  When I saw Greg Rucka at the Oni Press booth during New York Comic-Con, I was just going to say how much I’m enjoying his run on the re-launch of The Punisher. (Oni’s published Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim comics, among others.) But, when I saw that he was wearing a N7 Mass Effect t-shirt,…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 17, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  The right way to start your Monday is to talk here about video games. Carry on with your comments about the world’s premiere form of entertainment (give or take the movies, books, music, spelunking, etc.) Thanks to reader Pan1da7 for today’s image. Take a crack at being featured atop TAY some time this month simply…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 17, 2011
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  Does Hello Kitty Scare You?

  Scary Kitty | TOKYO, JAPAN: Hello Kitty goes Halloween. (Photo: Game Watch Impress ) Lets Watch Classic Halo Map Hang ‘Em High in Action Using Halo Reach Graphics and Gameplay The classic Halo: Combat Evolved multiplayer map Hang Em’ High is getting a stunning remake when it returns to players in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011
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  Turn-Based RPG Alphadia is So Old School They Tore the School Down

  Teaching children that battles were fought by standing on opposite sides of the screen, taking turns, and that any obstacle could be overcome by spending hours baiting random encounters; what were they thinking? Today’s role-playing gamers know the score. To truly succeed in battle you need to program your AI companions with the appropriate commands,…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 17, 2011
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  Final Fantasy Voice Actress Tormented With Dick Photos

  Famed (infamous?) Japanese voice actress Aya Hirano (Haruhi Suzumiya, Final Fantasy: Dissidia) took to Twitter to complain about something bothering her: A lewd photo. On Twitter, Hirano asked people to stop sending her links. “I’m too afraid to open then,” she wrote. Her Twitter was spammed with a URL that when opened, revealed a penis.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011
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  iPhone 4S Weekend Sales Top 4 Million

  Apple said today they sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S in the three days since its launch on Oct. 14. They also report that more than 25 million customers are now using iOS 5, which upgrades, but still doesn’t even come close to fixing the iPhone’s Gamecenter.

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  Lets Watch Classic Halo Map Hang ‘Em High in Action Using Halo Reach Graphics and Gameplay

  The classic Halo: Combat Evolved multiplayer map Hang Em’ High is getting a stunning remake when it returns to players in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Renamed High Noon, this map and five other remakes will all also be available for Halo Reach players as a download pack, Microsoft told me over the weekend. In this…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 17, 2011
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  Thanks for Sharing this Beautiful Metal Gear Drawing, Hideo Kojima!

  Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima posted this drawing of Metal Gear Solid character Raiden. It’s not clear if this is just a drawing or whether it’s in relation to the upcoming title Metal Gear Solid: Rising, which stars Raiden. 雷電です。 [@Kojima_Hideo via VG247] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected].…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011
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  Double Fine’s Iron Brigade Gets New Missions, Horde Mode

  Double Fine’s Iron Brigade is getting a new campaign and horde-mode styled game mode, the game makers tell Kotaku The yet to be priced or dated downloadable content for Iron Brigade, the game formerly known as Trenched, is called Rise of the Martian Bear. Iron Brigade recently had to change its name due to a…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published October 17, 2011
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  This Uncharted 3 Commercial Is Not Deceptive

  The latest entry in the Nathan Drake saga, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception won’t be out until Nov. 1 in North America. Television ads, like this, are airing, featuring Drake, his mentor Sully, a whole lotta sand and a whole lotta explosions. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011
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  Hardcore Dude Defeats Dark Souls in Under 90 Minutes

  Dark Souls is a difficult game. It takes time—days, weeks, sleepless nights. That is, unless you’re player twilightRTA. Then you can apparently finish the game in under ninety minutes. The game’s spiritual predecessor, Demon’s Souls, was also subject to incredible speedruns. One dude beat it in about an hour In the Dark Souls speedrun, twilightRTA…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011
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  Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Punches Out a Ver.2012 Update

  On Dec. 2, the free update will hit Japanese arcades first, and then it will be available for home console download on Dec. 13. The patch rebalances SSFIV:AE and adds a “Ver.2012” below the title screen’s logo. [Capcom]

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  Now This is a Wii U Game We’d Like to See

  We’ve seen glimpses of its potential, but here’s an idea for a Wii game that takes the unique controller’s augmented reality capabilities and just runs with them. Note that it’s not a real game. It’s not a teaser from Metal Slug creators SNK, and it’s not a trailer for an actual product. It’s just an…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2011
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  Super Mario vs Metal Gear vs Tron

  Sure, there’s been some great cosplay to be seen over the weekend at the New York Comic-Con, but New York isn’t Planet Earth. There’s been plenty of great cosplay happening everywhere else over the past seven days too! Some of which you’re about to see, in a lineup that includes cosplay of No More Heroes,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 17, 2011
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  Stupidly Low Salary Offered to Street Fighter II‘s Iconic Artist

  Akira Yasuda, better known as “Akiman” is about as big as they come among Japanese game designers and illustrators. Besides designing and planning titles like Forgotten Worlds, Final Fight, and Street Fighter II, he’s created some of gaming’s most iconic characters and art, such as for, again, Street Fighter II For a guy with credits…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 17, 2011