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  Nintendo Adding Playable Demos, eShop Web Interface and Sleep Mode Downloads to 3DS

  We live in an era of demos and freemium games now and one thing that’s probably hampered the fortunes of the 3DS game library is that users can’t try anything before they buy it. There’s no ability to sample and see if a title might be worth your ducats. After apparently getting requests from Nintendo’s…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 28, 2011
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  The Lost Vikings Slug It Out

  Pixel artist João Victor G. Costa reimagines Blizzard’s classic platformer, giving it a more modern touch. Should You Buy PixelJunk SideScroller? Yes PixelJunk SideScroller is the latest PS3 title from Q-Games. The Kyoto-based game studio continues to churn out high quality digital games for the PS3 under its PixelJunk banner. More » Looks Like Somebody has…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  The Best Catherine Cosplay Just Got Better

  Last March, Kotaku posted cosplaying superstar Omi Gibson’s take on Catherine, noting that it was a “masterclass”. But now it’s better. Cosplayer Shin’ is Vincent and does a fantastic job of bringing the neurotic character to life. Vincent is as commitment-phobic, indecisive as ever. This cosplay even has sheep horns, and how often can you…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2011
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  Dead Rats Reborn as Pokémon

  Tokyo has a rat problem. Shibuya is crawling with “super rats”. They’re called “super”, because the rodents seem highly resistant to rat poison. One thing these rodents aren’t impervious to? Artists. A few years back, Japanese art collective Chim Pom caught rats in Shibuya with nets and rat traps. According to the Huffington Post, the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2011
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  StarCraft Fans Make Their Own Kick-Ass Cinematic Short

  In 2010, a bunch of keen and talented StarCraft fans decided to make their own cinematic short based on Blizzard’s blockbuster strategy franchise. It went down OK, so they’ve made another one. It’s called StarCraft: Final Metamorphosis, and instead of being a corny live-action clip or cheesy 2D animation, it copies the style of Blizzard’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Xenogears Lives On In This Awesome Painting

  Artist Jake Murray pays tribute to classic RPG series Xenogears in the best way possible: with heroic fan art of star Elly Van Houten. Isn’t it great? It’s like something you’d see on the cover of a sci-fi novel in the late 80’s, all giant robots and strong women and hair For reference, this isn’t…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Hori’s TAC3 Brings a Mouse and (Tiny) Keyboard to the PS3

  Play a first-person shooter on a PC and you get the precision of a mouse. Play a first-person shooter on a console and you get the precision of a small plastic thumbstick, which is nowhere near as precise as a mouse. For years hardware manufacturers have tried to bridge this gap, coming up with all…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Let Team Fortress 2 Tell you a Ghost Story

  Team Fortress 2 is getting some updates for Halloween: Objects, items, hats, you know the deal. It’s also, though, got something a little more exciting: a new Team Fortress 2 comic. One that tells the tale of how the Demo lost his eye. And how cute a Saxton Hale costume looks on a little fat…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Microsoft’s Vision of the Future Includes Talking Glasses and Virtual Cake Recipes

  This promotional video, released by Microsoft earlier this week, is simply called “Productivity Future Vision 2011”. It’s the latest in a long-running series the company comes up with on an annual basis, imagining what the world of tomorrow will look like based on advances from the world of today. God I love this stuff. Real,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Let’s Play Peekaboo with Guns

  Here, in this Rage clip, wonky A.I. leads to deadly child’s play. Peekaboo? More like peekabang. Rage was released on Oct. 4. Read Kotaku‘s review here このＡＩは誰得？『RAGE』に登場する最強のチラチラ戦士 [へちま via Atomic Gamer] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2011
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  The Wii U at E3 2012 Will be the Finished Product

  Even though Nintendo’s new Wii U was playable at this year’s E3, the console wasn’t exactly looking its best. Control pads were tethered, and most demo units were hollow cases, the games actually being played on dev kits. There’s even the possibility that the design we saw at the show won’t be what the Wii…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Should You Buy PixelJunk SideScroller? Yes

  PixelJunk SideScroller is the latest PS3 title from Q-Games. The Kyoto-based game studio continues to churn out high quality digital games for the PS3 under its PixelJunk banner. SideScroller is a vector-infused side-scrolling shooter. You shoot at enemies with one of three weapons you have, which you can upgrade through power-ups. The game scrolls as…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 28, 2011
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  Looks Like Somebody has a PS3 Copy of Modern Warfare 3 a Little Early

  It’s not just pirated, downloaded PC versions of Modern Warfare 3 that are turning up ahead of the game’s November 8 release. Seemingly legitimate retail copies are now in people’s hands as well. Sure, there’s the chance the above video is a fake, but if it is, it’s a damn good one. There’s just a…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Blizzard Totally Sorry for Showing Offensive Blizzcon Video

  World of Warcraft developers Blizzard upset a few people with their decision to screen an expletive-filled rant from Cannibal Corpse frontman George ‘Corpsegrinder’ Fisher as Blizzcon 2011 came to a close. And for that, the company has apologised. In a letter to website GayGamer, Blizzard president Mike Morhaime writes: Dear members of the Blizzard community,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Report: Modern Warfare 3 Stolen From Shipping Company, Pirated

  Look, video games turning up on torrent sites around the days of their release is a given. Happens with almost every game published these days. But no game is bigger in 2011 (at least in terms of sales) than Modern Warfare 3, and the tale of how it’s been lifted and pirated is an interesting…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Nintendo is Working On “New Genres” For the 3DS

  One of the big reasons Nintendo’s DS handheld sold so well was the fact it introduced all kinds of different types of games. Like Brain Training, or Nintendogs. So it’s little surprise the company is looking to do the same thing with the 3DS. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed that “we are…working on new…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Let’s Try and be a Little Happier Talking About Video Games

  Video games are a wonder. They’re built solely for people to enjoy as a leisure pursuit. They can be touching, explosive, challenging, manipulative. They are my passion in life, and I’d wager, for many of you as well. So why are people on the internet always so angry about video games? Many online communities are…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2011
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  Does Uncharted 3 Have On-the-Disc Premium DLC?

  Though Uncharted 3 isn’t officially on shelves until Tuesday, some have found it through independent retailers where the game already is in stock. Naturally, you get a game before its street date, you go through the online menu just to see what’s available, even though Uncharted 3‘s online access doesn’t begin until Nov. 1. In…

  By Owen Good Published October 27, 2011
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  Go Grab Jetpack Joyride for Free

  Right now, the makers of Jetpack Joyride are running a Facebook promotion that gives you the game for free. Run over there, click like, get a download for the game on the iOS platform. This is a savings of only 99 cents because, like, the game is only 99 cents. For more on Jetpack Joyride,…

  By Owen Good Published October 27, 2011
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  You Got a Heart of Metal, Baby

  Hello all, and welcome to the Thursday edition of the Kotaku open thread. I trust your weeks are winding down nicely, and that you’re getting ready for a rockin’ Halloween weekend. What are you dressing up as? Anyone got any good video game-themed costumes? I wonder, do cosplayers get to reuse their costumes from PAX…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published October 27, 2011