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  Death Over Easy

  Kotaku people! Now that Tuesday is coming to a close, we’d better send it off formally with some off topic conversation. That’s what tonight’s open thread is for, you know? That and delicious, deadly eggs. That pic of fried egg skull comes courtesy of PopCap Games, or so I’m told, and has made me astonishingly…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 20, 2011
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  I, For One, Welcome Our New Final Fantasy Rhythm Game for 3DS

  While some of my colleagues may not be fans of the first Final Fantasy-based rhythm game for the Nintendo 3DS, I continue to hold out hope for Square Enix’s Theatrhythm Final Fantasy It’s not that I’m a Final Fantasy fan or obsessive about its music. It’s that I just love a good touchscreen-based rhythm game,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 20, 2011
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  Steam Gets The “WiiWare Where People Can Find It” Bundle

  The “Indie 2D Bundle” has gone on a super-Steam-sale: you can grab Bit.Trip Runner, NightSky, NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits, Swords and Soldiers HD, and World of Goo for just $9.99 total. Each game normally costs $9.99 (discounted to $39.99 for all five), so it’s basically five for the price of one. When Kotaku chatted with NightSky…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published September 20, 2011
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  3DS Ninja Boob Game Is Just as Jiggly as Expected

  When Half-Minute Hero designer Kenichiro Takaki thought about what he wanted to see on the 3DS, he came up with Senran Kagura—for obvious reasons If this Senran Kagura clip is any indication, the game looks like it’s pretty much what one would expect. There are ninjas. There are boobs. The end. Senran Kagura will be…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2011
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  Dragon’s Lair, the Animated Series, Now on DVD

  The further animated adventures of Dirk the Daring, Hanna-Barbera’s 1984 Dragon’s Lair cartoon, is now available on a two-disc DVD set, thanks to Warner Bros. It’s early ’80s animated Dragon’s Lair fun, only without the rote memorization! [WBshop via EGM]

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 20, 2011
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  This is Diablo III Running on my MacBook Air Without Breaking a Sweat

  I don’t have the best MacBook Air, but I’ve got a pretty good one. 1.7 GHz Intel Core I5. 4GB of RAM. Can it run Diablo III? It sure can. Watch. (Now all I need is a mouse! Trackpad = Diablo death.) UPDATE 5/21/12: Here’s the finished game running on my Air You can contact…

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2011
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  Was The Gears of War 3 Launch Party Worth the Wait?

  Microsoft really tried to pull off an epic event to Launch Gears of War 3, but did it work? I spent a while inside the venue before it was opened to the main line. I checked out the early access people playing the game. Dj’s were keeping the venue saturated with music, while the open…

  By Chris Carolan Published September 20, 2011
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  Diablo III Skillzzzz

  My Witch Doctor’s Skill Tree –And Brian was never seen nor heard from again. Battlefield 3 Open Beta Starts Next Week Battlefield 3’s much-anticipated open beta starts on Thursday, Sept. 29, the publisher said this morning. The beta will run until Oct. 10 and will give players a chance to check out the game and…

  By Brian Crecente Published September 20, 2011
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  Ten Minutes With Diablo III’s Witch Doctor

  The closed beta for Diablo III Beta kicked off a bit earlier today, granting a lucky few access to an early build of the much-anticipated dungeon crawler from Blizzard. Here’s a couple of videos to show you what greets players when they first log in (below) and what the first ten minutes or so of…

  By Brian Crecente Published September 20, 2011
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  Resident Evil 4, Saints Row 2 & Altered Beast Are… Uh, New on the PlayStation Store

  It’s a big week for old games on the North American PlayStation Store. Resident Evil 4, Saints Row 2 and even Altered Beast are new to PlayStation 3 owners who prefer to buy their games over the internet. But it’s not all re-releases and rehashes on PSN this week, with Cubixx, Bolt and Burnout Crash!…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 20, 2011
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  The World of Darkness MMO Flirts With Permanent Death

  In the World of Darkness series of pen-and-paper role-playing games, when your character dies there’s no coming back. According to a panel run by the developers at last weekend’s Grand Masquerade, permadeath will carry over to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game as well. MMO players are not used to permadeath. Generally when you die…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2011
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  Is This Our First Fleeting Look At Dead Space 3?

  EA hasn’t made it official yet, but odds are pretty damn good that there’s going to be a Dead Space 3. And the above video may represent our first scant look what the next Dead Space will be. The source of that possible proof of Dead Space 3‘s existence—in logo and concept art form—comes from…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 20, 2011
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  Tips for Kicking COG Ass in Gears of War 3‘s Beast Mode

  If you have Gears of War 3, you should play the Beast mode. It’s the most satisfying way to team up with friends, play a few rounds and—this is key—be done in half an hour. You play Beast Mode if you’re in a rush, which is what Gears producer Rod Fergusson told me several weeks…

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2011
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  Hell Yeah! The Diablo III Beta Is A Go!

  Hurry! To the Battle.net account! Blizzard Entertainment has just dropped word that the long-awaited closed beta for Diablo III has begun and that the developer has “started issuing the first wave of invitations to participate in the testing process.” If you registered for the Diablo III beta, log into your Battle.net account, then click on…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 20, 2011
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  A Sneak Peek at the ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection‘s Behind-the-Scenes Treasures

  Next week’s ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection packs in a few bonuses for fans of Team ICO’s work. If the high-def makeover of these two PlayStation 2 classics isn’t enough for you, how about bonus footage of the scrapped NICO? Click to view We’ve seen snippets of Team ICO’s aborted online multiplayer version…

  By Michael McWhertor Published September 20, 2011
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  If These People Don’t Like Star Wars: The Old Republic, There’s No Hope

  Can you tell if someone is having fun by the look on their face while they are playing a game? What if that person is dressed as a Jedi and is playing upcoming massively-multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic? OK. What if the person is dressed to fly a TIE fighter? I snapped…

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2011
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  The Sexiest Gears of War 3 Unboxing Made Sexier with Spanish

  Spanish always makes things sexier. Not sure if the same is true for man bellies and man boobs—or even Gears of War, for that matter. YouTube KevinWK and his Mexican friend unbox Gears of War 3 Out of all the things they get in the Gears bundle, a shirt is not one of them. The…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2011
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  The Toys”R”Us 2011 Holiday Hot Toy List Has a Video Game Ringer

  While a set of Angry Birds plushies made it onto this year’s Hot Toy list, the only proper video game to make the cut is an Activision game that has Toys”R”Us as a marketing partner. Earlier this year when Activision announced Skylanders: Spryo’s Adventure, Toys”R”Us was right there at the game publisher’s side. The press…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2011
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  How Crytek Can Make a Better Homefront, and Why It May Not Matter

  Is the new Homefront necessary? Pardon that imprudent question, but when a man is drowning in a sea of first-person shooters, may he question the next bucket? This morning we got the non-surprise news that THQ will bring us a Homefront 2 coupled with the surprise news that the game will be made by Crytek,…

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2011
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  Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Coming “This Winter,” Capcom Says UPDATE

  Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City was a no-show at the Tokyo Game Show, according to our folks on the ground, and it still hasn’t gotten a hard release date. Does that mean it could be getting a delay? Reached for comment this week, Capcom tells Kotaku that the game is no longer targeted for late…

  By Brian Crecente Published September 20, 2011