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  Try Total War: Shogun 2 Before You Buy

  See if The Creative Assembly’s return to Japan is as good as it looks on February 22, when a demo of Total War: Shogun 2 hits Steam, well in advance of the game’s March 15 release date.

  By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2011
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  Get Ready To Play Dress-Up With Marvel Vs. Capcom 3

  Now that Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds is on store shelves, Capcom can start doling out the downloadable costume packs. Check out upcoming costume changes for Captain America, Iron Man, Dante, Thor, Chris Redfield, and Ryu. The first batch of download costumes for Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 hits on March 1, the…

  By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Welcome back to Kotaku’s official forum. Want to talk about video games? Sure you do. Talk about them here. Thanks to halfbeast for today’s image. Submit yours to #TAYpics

  By Stephen Totilo Published February 15, 2011
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  The Next Big Thing From The Makers of Brutal Legend is… Sesame Street?

  They’ve made games featuring heavy metal funny man Jack Black and talking Russian stacking dolls, so what’s next? The monsters of Sesame Street of course. With the help of Xbox 360’s Kinect, Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster lets gamers join Cookie Monster, Elmo and other Sesame Street characters as they explore a “living storybook”…

  By Brian Crecente Published February 15, 2011
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  Fatty Sandwich, Pocket Monsters And An Operation In The Family

  Long day, much of it spent running around in the morning, entertaining Micro-Bash. Hope he was entertained! I got to go to the library, which was pretty darn bad ass. I love the library. It’s a great place. The Simple Joy Of Men Kicking Balls Flick Kick Football is about kicking balls. And that’s it.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2011
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  The 3DS Game Case Ain’t Your Father’s Nintendo DS Game Case

  With the 3DS launching later this month in Japan, retailers are starting to get 3DS dummy cases for in-store displays. And the 3DS cases…they’re different. Compared to the regular black Nintendo DS cases, the 3DS ones are white. The logo placement has changed, too. That’s not all, the 3DS cases are slimmer and apparently weigh…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2011
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  You’re Not in Azeroth Anymore…

  Massive dynamic battles are at the heart of the RIFT game, and MMO players had best be prepared for the unexpected in Trion’s fantasy MMO (which started Open Beta today). Zone-wide battles erupt one rift at a time, spewing planar enemies across the world that culminate in epic battles across every zone. Check out the…

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  BioShock Movie Sank Under The Weight Of An R Rating

  Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski was going to direct a big-screen version of BioShock. But, the picture fell apart. Verbinski now says why. “I couldn’t really get past anybody that would spend the money that it would take to do it and keep an R rating,” Verbinski tells ComingSoon.net. “Alternately, I wasn’t really…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2011
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  Sony’s NGP Was Stripped Of Features

  The Next Generation Portable is an amazing little machine. I was quite impressed with it. But it could’ve been even more amazing — amazinger! Not to mention more expensive, too. “There were elements that we found pretty cool, but had to set aside to remain on target,” Sony Computer Entertainment worldwide studios boss Shuhei Yoshida…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2011
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  The Simple Joy Of Men Kicking Balls

  Flick Kick Football is about kicking balls. And that’s it. Simple premise, but also a highly effective one. It’s the latest in a long line of “flick” games from Kiwi studio PikPok, who have released similar titles focusing on kicking a rugby ball and kicking an American football. This one, though, is the best, not…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2011
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  Nintendo “Blackmail” Attempt Ends In Handcuffs

  Data on thousands of gamers swiped. Nintendo threatened with blackmail. Rest easy, because the man accused of these crimes has been nabbed in southern Spain. The BBC report that according to Spain’s Interior Ministry, an unnamed individual was supposedly able to gain data on 4,000 individuals from online databases. He apparently threatened to contact Spain’s…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2011
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  Alice, You’re Looking Much Cheerier!

  The Alice games, based on a twisted interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, are normally bleak affairs, full of black skies and fireballs. So what the hell is up with all this blue sky? There should be death! And destruction! And girls with sad looks on their faces! And…oh. OK. It’s just setting the scene.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2011
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  Why They Still Make Pokémon Movies

  The easy answer, of course, is that the Pokémon movies still make money. The longer answer is slightly more involved. Since 1998, there has been a new Pocket Monsters anime in Japan every year, like clockwork. And not only are they released each year, but they are always released during the same month: July. There…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2011
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  The Game That Makes You Go Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew

  PPPPPPPPP is an Xbox Live Indie game that doesn’t use controllers. All it asks is that you play with a friend, use your voices and sound like complete dorks. The game’s full name is PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew (hence the abbreviation), and it’s controlled using an Xbox 360’s vocal input. Whether that be a regular Xbox 360 headset…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2011
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  How A Game Character Nearly Turned Up On A Star Wars Cartoon

  Revan, the star of Knights of the Old Republic, is a fairly popular character in Star Wars’ expanded universe. So it’s probably for the best that plans to include him in the woeful Clone Wars cartoon fell through. As you can see here, Darth Revan (to explain that would be to spoil things) was intended…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2011
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  There Is A Dragon Age Series, And It Stars Felicia Day

  Felicia Day, of Buffy and The Guild fame, has not only written but will star in a new live-action series based on BioWare’s fantasy RPG franchise Dragon Age. The series, which comprises six parts and will run online later this year, is based around the adventures of Tallis, a character Day created specifically so…she could…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2011
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  New Relic RTS Reveal Coming In 2011

  Fans of Dawn of War, Company of Heroes and Homeworld take note: developers Relic will be showing off a new real-time strategy game in August

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2011
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  Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Is “Cheap” And “Easy”

  Justin Wong. You know the guy Daigo beat, is a fantastic Marvel vs. Capcom 2 player. He’s probably one of the best in the world. He gets Marvel vs. Capcom, so what does he think about the newest entry in the series? “Mvc3 has to be the easiest and cheapest fighting game that was ever…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2011
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  Well, Hopefully The Dreamcast Game Survived

  Over the weekend, an explosion completely blew off the wall of a one-room Kyoto apartment. The occupant was not seriously injured, and fingers crossed, neither was the limited edition Dreamcast game he owned. A nearby resident said the walls shook, thought it was an earthquake and opened his window to see a fire. TV Asahi…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2011
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  Sony’s Mascot Has A Sandwich, And It Will Kill You

  Some of our braver readers may have tried a “Monte Cristo” sandwich in their time. If you’re still alive and with us, congratulations. You are, however, a coward compared to what Sony mascot Kevin Butler chows down on. In a recent interview with Game Informer, the fictional executive remarked: Have you ever had a Monte…

  By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2011