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  Remember to Take a 10-15 Minute Break From Xbox Live for Sex

  In today’s slightly not safe for work edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Tem Dijima shares with us a prime example of why we need to keep our personal conversations off Xbox Live. So, the other day I was playing Castlevania: Harmony of Despair on my PS3. My girlfriend was in the chair behind…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 4, 2011
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  Resident Evil Revelations Coming to 3DS in Feb 2012

  Capcom’s just announced that the newest portable iteration of the Resident Evil franchise will be hitting Nintendo’s handheld early next year. Revelations bridges the gap between Resident Evil 4 and 5 and introduces two new zombie-killin’ characters by the name of Parker Luciani and Jessica Sherawat. The game will come with a fancy new system…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 4, 2011
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  Rage Runs Fine on My PC; What About Yours?

  While I haven’t had any issues running id Software’s Rage on my high-end computer, it seems that there are a number of issues plaguing folks checking out the game on their rigs this morning. Issues brought up on the Rage support thread in Steam include not being able to set custom settings for video cards,…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 4, 2011
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  Only The Darkness II Could Reward Preorders with a Heart-Eating Bonus

  While The Darkness II doesn’t hit store shelves until February 7, preordering now for a free upgrade to the limited edition would be good for your heart, and extremely bad for the hearts of your enemies. Some people hate preorder bonuses. Some people dislike pricey special editions. It’s hard, however, to hate on a free…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 4, 2011
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  C’est La Guerre: Here’s a Look at Modern Warfare 3 Spec Ops Survival in Paris

  Survival Mode’s one of the biggest tweaks to the multiplayer portion of Activision’s upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It’s a variation on Gear of Wars‘ Horde Mode experience but wrapped up in present-day paramilitary flavor that’s made the Modern Warfare series such a dominant franchise. The look and feel of Spec Ops Survival…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 4, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  You guys might hate spoilers but I am pretty sure these are the new console exclusive characters for Soul Caliber 5. Agree?Disagree? Talk Amongst Yourselves. Congratulations Giorgio Anselmi for winning the TAYpic of the week, I hope all your future endeavors are left unspoiled. Want to have your TAYpic featured here? If you think you’ve…

  By Chris Carolan Published October 4, 2011
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  Game Reviewers Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Rage

  Yes, I’m remixing lines from Dylan Thomas’ “Do not go gentle into that good night”, but only because game reviewers’ mixed reactions to id Software’s Rage have my head spinning. From the creators of Doom and Quake comes a whole new game with shooting and a one word title, only this time instead of fighting…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 4, 2011
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  This is Your First $10 Gears of War 3 DLC

  On November 1, you can buy $10 more of Gears of War 3 in the form of the Horde Command Pack. The pack adds three maps to the game’s Horde and Beast mode (Blood Drive, Rustlung and Azura), three new characters (Onyx guard, Big Rig Dizzy and Bernie Mataki), two new weapon skins (Team Plasma…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 4, 2011
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  Slam Dunk King: Chop off my Legs and Arms? Still Dunking

  It’s a sign of the iPhone’s growing maturity as a platform that I can now have a favourite iOS developer. And that developer is PikPok. The New Zealand studio, who we’ve featured once or twice on Kotaku before, has just released another sports game, only this one is a little different from its previous efforts.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 4, 2011
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  Retro Gaming Idol Had Her Own Booth

  Pink | CHIBA, JAPAN – At TGS 2011, Haruna Anno had her own booth, which Kotaku didn’t get to visit. Sadly. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) RAGE Has Been a Long, Long Time Coming It’s not every day you get to play a new id game. If you’re not counting iPhone games (and we’re not counting…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2011
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  Gears of War Designer Isn’t Sick of Gears of War

  Now that Gears of War 3 is out and reviewed, it’s time to talk about future Gears games. Because, why not? Those games make cashola! And Gears designer Cliff Bleszinski isn’t sick of them. Yet. Bleszinski told Develop that “there’s the long history of this war, tons of different stories to tell and thematically if…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2011
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  Battlefield 3‘s Flying Tank Bug. (What the Fuck?!)

  Kotaku‘s already shown twenty-three blissful minutes of lag-free Battlefield 3. The game looks realistic. It’s like you’re right there on the Caspian border. Know what’s not realistic? Flying tanks. Oh, and spinning jeeps. Floating dudes, too. The above clip is from the Caspian Border map. In what it lacks in lengthy, lag-free gaming, it more…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2011
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  Monsters vs. Aliens Scares Up 3DS Content. Just in time for Halloween.

  Nintendo revealed this morning that 3D video shorts featuring DreamWorks Animation slated for Oct. as well as another Blue Man Group video. That’s not all, 3net is also providing a handful of clips. DreamWorks Animation is creating two Halloween-themed shorts for the 3DS, premiering this month. The first one is available starting today, and it…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2011
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  Brighten Up Your Morning With This Brilliant Tron Art

  The latest Tron movie was a funny thing. And the game was just as funny as the movie. Forgettable content, but with art design just gorgeous to look at. Good thing we’re just looking at Tron art today, then, and not playing it. These pieces are all courtesy of Daryl Mandryk, a freelance concept artist…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 4, 2011
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  A Closed World, a Role-Playing Game About Growing Up Queer

  For someone growing up gay, life can be a challenge. So the team behind A Closed World decided to turn it into one of gaming’s most institutionalised ordeals: the Japanese role-playing game. It’s a great project, using the genre as a means to both parody games and use them as a productive tool to do…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 4, 2011
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  Japanese Television Ruining Uncharted

  Starting Oct. 3 on late night television, TV Tokyo is broadcasting a new program to promote Uncharted 3. It will ruin the game’s prequel. Literally. The show, dubbed UnchaTV, isn’t a live action drama, but the cutscenes from Uncharted 2: Among Thieves edited together into sixteen episodes. File this under either “spoilers” or “lazy”. The…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2011
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  Turning Video Game Food Into Real, Delicious Food

  Daniella Zelli is making me hungry. She runs a website called Gourmet Gaming, which exists solely to take the food found in video games and bring it into the real world. Notice how video games never really feature bad food? It’s always pies, or drumsticks, or pizza. The good stuff. Stuff that Zelli takes to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 4, 2011
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  When Cosplayers Get in the Way of Crazy Cars

  Over the weekend, bishoujo (beautiful young girl) game festival Dream Party steamrolled through Tokyo. Computer games weren’t the only place bishoujo popped up. They also decorated itasha Itasha, or literally “painmobiles”, are covered in decals that feature characters from popular anime, manga, and video games. This year’s Dream Party had tuned itasha on display. I’d…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2011
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  RAGE Has Been a Long, Long Time Coming

  It’s not every day you get to play a new id game. If you’re not counting iPhone games (and we’re not counting iPhone games) or re-releases, the last new title the studio released was Doom 3. And that was in 2004 So this week’s release of post-apocalyptic buggy death simulator RAGE is something to be…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 4, 2011
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  Modern Classics Reborn on NES Cartridges

  Cult classic PlayStation 2 game Okami got a Wii port. It never got a NES version, because that system was well before the game’s time. But what if it did? Website 72pins reckons that the game’s 8-bit cartridge would look something like this. It also reckons that you can buy this mock-up for US$20. Other…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2011