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  You’ll Probably Never Play This Unauthorized Arcade Version Of Plants Vs. Zombies

  What kind of relationship does Shunxiang Technology have with Planets Vs. Zombies developer PopCap Games? None whatsoever, but that isn’t stopping the former from releasing an arcade version of the latter’s popular tower defense game in China. Hearkening back to the early days of civilization, when man saw something he wanted and simply took it,…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2011
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  Netflix Preps to Add 700 Miramax Movies to Streaming Service

  The Wall Street Journals is reporting that Miramax and Netflix are nearing a five-year deal to add 700 films to the movie-rental company’s streaming service. That means more movies to watch on your laptop, console, phone, pad and soon, your 3DS. Netflix, Miramax Near Streaming Deal [WSJ]

  By Brian Crecente Published March 28, 2011
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  From The Maker Of QWOP, GIRP Will Take You Higher

  First Ben Foddy brought us QWOP, the ridiculously difficult running simulation game. Now he returns with GIRP, a rock climbing game that’s a real workout on your fingers, sure to lower productivity the higher you get. Go play it now

  By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2011
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  The Great Nintendo 3DS Friend Code Exchange

  In today’s 3D edition of the Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter JoetheArachnid figures we need a post where new 3DS owners can exchange their friend codes. What a lovely idea. Let’s run with it. So I’m guessing that by this point quite a lot of people have 3DSes but don’t have [m]any friends with 3DSes. Ergo,…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2011
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  All’s Quiet In This Week’s Nintendo Download

  The Nintendo 3DS launched yesterday, which means everyone at Nintendo was too busy playing with it to release more than a couple of WiiWare demos and a pair of DSiWare games in this week’s Nintendo Download. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a Nintendo download so barren. Demos of Dark Rage and the second…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2011
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  AMD Calls Out NVIDIA on “Fastest Graphics Card” Claim

  AMD says they want NVIDIA to put their money where their mouth is and prove that the NVIDIA GTX 590 really is the world’s fastest graphics card. Of course AMD believes their recently released Radeon HD 6990 is the world’s fastest graphics card. I hope this throw down involves sharks or something else bitey. [AMD…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 28, 2011
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  The Pros and Cons of Early 3DS Ownership

  Being a fan of technology and gee-whiz gadgets can take its toll on your bank account and your faith in innovation at times. Often the hype preceding the latest bit of new technical wizardry doesn’t live up to the gadget itself, or early adopters of new technology find themselves the owners of obsolescence, failures or…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 28, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  After a weekend, you probably have some thoughts about video games. Share them here. Thanks to kaploy9 for today’s excellent image. Submit your image to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 28, 2011
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  Arcade Gaming In The Least Likely Of Places

  SNAPSHOT | OSAKA, JAPAN: Some supermarkets are for shopping, but this one is for gaming. (Photo: Brian Ashcraft) Wake Up, Kotaku Dynasty Warriors Studio Vandalized With “Shit Game” Graffiti Koei, the Yokohama-based game company best known for Dynasty Warriors, was recently vandalized. The studio’s offices were graffitied with red spray paint. The First 3D Pin-Up…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011
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  Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Confirmed for this Winter

  First unveiled last year as a Kotaku rumor, Resident Evil: Raccoon City was made official this morning by Capcom, who verifies the new take on the survival horror series hits the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this winter. As rumored, Resident Evil: Raccoon City will take the franchise in a new direction, having players take…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 28, 2011
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  If Konami Makes Big Changes, This Game Creator Will Quit

  Game maker Hudson is now fully enveloped by Konami. And Konami is firing people and canceling games Akira Sakuma (not pictured) created the Momotaro Dentetsu series of train themed board game-style video games for Hudson. Sakuma works freelance, but notes in a recent blog entry that he’s sixty years old. As someone who’s sixty years…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011
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  What The Hell’s With The Flood Of 3DS Fishing Games?

  In late spring and early summer this year, the Nintendo 3DS will be inundated with one thing in Japan: fishing simulators. In late May, one fishing game will be released on the 3DS. After Super Black Bass: 3D Fight hits the 3DS on May 26, three more titles will hit the 3DS in Japan the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011
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  Putting The Strip In Akiba’s Trip

  Set in Tokyo geek mecca Akihabara, Akiba’s Trip is crawling with vampires who are dressed as geekdom’s typical inhabitants. It’s up to 18 year-old kid to figure out why his friend has gone missing and save the area from those pesky vampires. How to kill them? Strip off their clothes. See, their clothes protect them…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011
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  New Grasshopper Game To Leap Out For Quake Charity

  Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind No More Heroes, is about to release a new iOS game called Frog Minutes. All proceeds from the upcoming game will go to the Japanese Red Cross, the company says in an official release. Frog Minutes will be released this Wednesday.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011
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  These Video Game Masterpieces Are Nothing But Text

  What if, instead of action figures and comic books, our favourite video games inspired classic, dog-eared works of literature instead? These images by A. J. Hateley show us just such a scenario, taking some fairly random games – a little Half-Life 2 here, a little Deadly Premonition there – and basing torn old books on…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011
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  It’s Master Chief vs Samus In A 16-Bit Battle To The Death

  The long-in-development Card Sagas Wars, a super-deformed fighting game based on the MUGEN engine, is a place where fighting game dreams come true. In this case, for those who have dreamed of seeing Master Chief take on Samus, Raving Rabbids and…Tingle? MUGEN is a free 2D fighting game engine (and originally a customisable 2D fighting…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011
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  Take A (Virtual) Seat In The Crowd At A Korean StarCraft Tournament

  This is Eemma, a Swedish student with a camera. And if you’ve ever wanted to know what it’s like to go and see professional StarCraft players face off in Seoul, she’s your gal! Shot in a quaint “virtual tourist” style, this isn’t a video showing you what the matches were like. What strategies were used.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011
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  Little Kid Tricked Out Of His PSP

  Twenty-six year old Takanori Osanai didn’t have a job. He didn’t have a permanent address. But he apparently had a plan to steal PSPs. “My goal was to sell the PSP I swindled away,” Osanai told authorities in Omiya in Saitama Prefecture, which is outside Tokyo. On March 23 at around 2:15pm, Osanai approached a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011
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  Dynasty Warriors Studio Vandalized With “Shit Game” Graffiti

  Koei, the Yokohama-based game company best known for Dynasty Warriors, was recently vandalized. The studio’s offices were graffitied with red spray paint. “Shit game”, “die”, “garbage” and “divine retribution” were spray painted on the front of the building. There is speculation online that the graffiti is related to the most recent Dynasty Warriors. However, Japanese…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011
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  Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Comes With An Evil Revelation

  On sale this June, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D for the 3DS will be bundled with a demo for the upcoming Resident Evil: Revelations. [via IT Media]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published March 28, 2011