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  It’s Like Resident Evil: The Board Game, Only With More Cthulhu

  In today’s maddening installment of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Wirebrain shares with us a board game that feels a lot like Capcom’s famous survival horror series. This Saturday, I discovered an amazing board game called Mansions of Madness. Set in the “Cthulhu mythos”, players control one of eight investigators exploring trap filled locations with…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2011
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  It Sounds Like the Next Duke Nukem Game will be Better and will be Revealed ‘Soon’

  You don’t acquire the rights to one of video game’s most famous characters without planning on doing something great with him. And if you’re Randy Pitchford, the Gearbox game development chief who expected to discover a “trainwreck” of a game when he set about reviving Duke Nukem Forever, you don’t plan to let a flawed,…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2011
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  Possible Alternate Ending to Zelda II

  Either these cosplayers at PAX 2011 in Seattle were relaxing when they agreed to let me take their photo this past weekend, or they were role-playing the more mellow, never-before-seen alternate ending the second-best Zelda on the Nintendo Entertainment System. For much more PAX cosplay, check out this gallery and this one You can contact…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves With Portals

  Welcome back to Talk Amongst Yourselves, where, today, I have a curveball for you. We’ve changed plans. Not in a big way. Not in a way that I think will ruin TAY forever. But we’re changing—no, I’m changing—a teeny thing. You can still talk here all you want. You can still talk about video games…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 30, 2011
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  Deus Ex: Human Revolution Is This Generation’s Crysis

  For those unfamiliar with the Deus Ex franchise, it goes back to the year 2000 when highly hyped developer Ion Storm went on to develop a System Shock-inspired action game that combined gameplay elements of first-person shooters and role-playing games. Deus Ex received immediate notoriety and was highly regarded, selling over 1 million copies worldwide.…

  Steven Walton Published August 30, 2011
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  Do You Want This Bag?

  Chainsword | TOKYO, JAPAN – A PSP event at a legendary Japanese club Where Can You Find Nazis, EVE Online and the Beautiful Adrift all In the one Spot? Why, right here of course, in the latest instalment of Fine Art, Kotaku’s daily look at the concept art of video games. Today we’re admiring the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2011
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  Halo‘s Master Chief Selling Toy Guns in Japan

  Xbox might not be popular in Japan, but that’s not going to stop some unscrupulous toy maker from slapping a totally unofficial Halo‘s Master Chief on toy packaging. The fact that the Xbox 360 and Halo are not widely known in Japan could be the reason why this company thought this would be totally cool.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2011
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  Gundam in Awesome Toy Trailer Form

  Game trailers? Whatever. All the cool kids like watching figurine trailers, because there’s something fist pumping about watching moving images of plastic mecha flying through the air. These mecha will appear in the upcoming Gundam Age, the new Gundam series penned by Akihiro Hino from Level-5. Hino designs the Professor Layton games, among other titles.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2011
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  But What Will the Yakuza Man Say?

  Tomorrow, Sega’s Toshihiro Nagoshi, developer of Yakuza games and lover of tanning beds, is making a “serious announcement”—perhaps a brand new title? Dunno, sounds serious. Still, this is an announcement of that announcement. Consider yourself announced! [ファミ通]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2011
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  Where Can You Find Nazis, EVE Online and the Beautiful Adrift all In the one Spot?

  Why, right here of course, in the latest instalment of Fine Art, Kotaku’s daily look at the concept art of video games. Today we’re admiring the work of French artist Michel Koch, currently an art director at Dontnod Entertainment, developers of the wonderful-looking Adrift, and a man who has previously worked on titles like RUSE…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 30, 2011
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  Batman: Arkham City is Using Games For Windows Live (Boo!)

  Modern Warfare 3 is using Steamworks. That’s good news, because Steam is reliable, and Steam is popular. Batman: Arkham City is instead using Microsoft’s Games For Windows Live platform. Which is neither of those things. Making this bad (if not unexpected) news. You’ll of course be able to buy the game anywhere you like. Even…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 30, 2011
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  Resident Evil Turns 15, Here’s a Fancy T-Shirt & Book

  This year is the 15th anniversary of the Resident Evil series. Yes, it’s been 15 years since the first game was released on the PS1. So Capcom is celebrating with a very fancy t-shirt. The publisher has teamed up with Japanese t-shirt connoisseurs Beams to offer a limited edition Biohazard (as the series is known…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 30, 2011
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  This Metal Gear Solid Cosplay Is Just Like Starting Over

  Where the hell is Metal Gear Solid: Rising? Who the hell knows. Well, Konami knows. While you wait for the game’s vital signs, feast your eyes on these photos. Pictured in these photos is Metal Gear Solid cosplay queen Omi Gibson. Kotaku has done, perhaps, six hundred posts on Omi (and maybe two on this…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2011
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  Fallout: The Board Game Lets you Play Monopoly After the Apocalypse

  This custom version of Monopoly, crafted by PinkAxolotl, really has to be seen to be believed. It’s not like it’s just a regular board with a few Fallout references made here and there. It’s as Fallout-themed as it could possibly hope for. And how Fallout is that? Let’s see. Every square has been renamed, of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 30, 2011
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  Full List of Free Famicom Games for 3DS Owners

  Back in July, Nintendo announced it was dropping the 3DS’s price from US$250 to $170. To make it up to those who shelled out full price, Nintendo launched its 3DS “ambassador program”, The program offers gamers twenty free games: half of them NES (Famicom in Japan) and the other half Game Boy Advance titles. When…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2011
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  Hey, This Squid and I Are Going On an Adventure

  A small platformer by Jason Boyer, Jables’ Adventure will only take you around 45 minutes to finish. But it’s a charming, often funny 45 minutes! It’s got a great pixellated art style, there are bears in it, you high five kids, and you’ve got a squid on your head. It’s pretty much all you could…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 30, 2011
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  The PS2 Controller Reborn as a Robotic Larva Controller!

  When Chiba Institute of Technology students build a radio controlled Molga from the Zoids universe, they needed something to control it. That something was a PS2 DualShock 2. During the early 1980s, Zoids mecha model kits launched in Japan and have since gone on to spawn anime, manga, and video games. Of course, game controllers…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2011
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  The Kid Who Kicked Ass at EVO is Going Places

  Eight-Year-Old Noah Solis was one of the stars of this year’s EVO tournament in Las Vegas, managing to beat more than one opponent who was twice or even thrice his age. Now it’s time for Noah to make bank. Since his exploits at EVO he’s been signed to a competitive gaming team called The Traveling…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 30, 2011
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  Man Arrested for Trying To Kill Sister After She Hid His Game Console

  On August 28, in the Japanese city of Takasaki in Gunma Prefecture, 32-year-old Tsutomu Takabayashi was arrested for trying to kill his older sister. According to Sankei News, that afternoon at around 2:30pm, Takabayashi apparently screamed “I’m going to kill you” as he choked his 35-year-old sister with his bare hands. His sister suffered minor…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 30, 2011
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  Why Battlefield 3 Won’t Support Mods on PC (Yet)

  Sadly, like many high profile PC games these days, Battlefield 3 won’t be shipping with mod tools. Given the series’ long history with mods (developers DICE even hiring some modders back in the day), that’s disappointing. So let’s find out why that’s the case. Speaking with website Ausgamers, DICE’s Karl-Mangus Troedsson said it’s down to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 30, 2011