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  Zombies Return To Call Of Duty?

  The listing for Call of Duty: Black Ops’ “Hardened Edition” looks to have inadvertently revealed the return of a previous Call of Duty game’s beloved zombie mode. Best Buy’s product page for the fancy edition of the game says that alongside Black Ops itself, a theme and a medal, buyers will also receive “Four Zombie…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2010
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  Go On, See How Many Games You Can Identify [Update]

  You may think you know a lot of video games. You may even think you could name hundreds of them from a single screenshot. Time to put that knowledge to the test! Dom2D’s Geek Mind challenge presents you with a seemingly never-ending cascade of screenshots and game art, challenging you to type the name of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2010
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  Not Everyone Played The Oregon Trail, You Know

  The Oregon Trail holds a special place in many American’s hearts, because it’s a game they played when they were both young, and at school. If you were British or Australian, though, you might have played something else In the 1980s, many schools in both countries were equipped with BBC Micro computers, often the first…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2010
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  Braid Becomes, Of Course, Interpretive Dance

  Some of the more crass video games, those for the unwashed masses, are turned into cartoons, or motion pictures. Something with ambitions as lofty as Braid, though, was never going to settle for such a low-brow adaptation. It’s not much surprise, then, to see the indie platformer reborn here as…interpretive dance, brought to the stage…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2010
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  How 3D On The 3DS Actually Works

  Not sure how 3D on the 3DS works? Let Hoagie from Day of the Tentacle explain. While some of you may already know the technical background behind the 3DS’ glasses-free technology, this video is still worth watching, because it gives you a few great examples of “cross-eye” 3D (including game footage), instances where you can…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2010
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  Fable III Screens Do Combat, Level Up

  These new Fable III screenshots all came labelled “combat_and_leveling_up”. Which should give you a fair idea of what they’re trying to show off.

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2010
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  Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Movie Review: You’re Gonna Get It

  Scott Pilgrim, a rock and roll hero in his own mind, meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers. To win her, Scott must use a skill set one can only learn from video games and comic books to succeed. In Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Scott (Michael Cera) is thrust into mortal combat with…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 13, 2010
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  Which Do You Prefer First-Person Perspective Or Third-Person?

  It’s Friday. No, wait. It’s not! Oh, crap. Still, let’s do Tell Us Dammit. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably know…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 13, 2010
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  A Bright Idea For Doom 3 That Comes A Little Too Late

  John Carmack’s thoughts today on Doom 3. The programmer says id Software was legitimately “dinged” for making the 2004 game too dark, wishing he’d added more lighting options to the tech, adding “the artists hiss at us if we turn on lights.”

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 13, 2010
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  Link Is Silent, And Nintendo Wants To Keep It That Way

  One of the enduring appeals of Link, hero of The Legend Of Zelda series, has been the fact that he’s mute. You can’t spoil a man’s character with bad writing when he never speaks! As technology marches onwards, though, some people may expect Link to make like the characters from other long-time mute series like…

  By Luke Plunkett Published August 12, 2010
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  They Don’t Call Me Bruce

  Now that we’ve got the shock of BioShock Infinite out of our systems, we can move onto more important things. Things like discussing kung fu and ninja movies that we love. If you’re not outside watching tonight’s meteor shower (or the sun’s out in your time zone), please give us your greatest martial arts movie…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 12, 2010
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  Prank Redecorates Sega Desk As Green Hill Zone

  Aaron Webber, Sega’s community manager, went on a three weeks vacation, and came back to find his cubicle completely remade into the Green Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog. Check out the video, the attention to detail is impressive. The best part is the rings hanging in midair, followed by the blue Robotnik/Sonic sign that…

  By Owen Good Published August 12, 2010
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  Doom 4 Absent From QuakeCon 2010

  We really thought that id Software would give us an update on Doom 4 at this year’s QuakeCon. After all, id CEO Todd Hollenshead said at last year’s event that we’d hear more about the next Doom in 2010. Hollenshead kicked off today’s QuakeCon keynote with the bad news. Doom 4 just wasn’t ready to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 12, 2010
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  NHL 11 Demo Is Out On Tuesday

  NHL 11’s developers revealed today that the game’s demo will be released on Aug. 17 in North America and Aug. 18 in Europe. With it, you’ll also get to play a demo version of the new Hockey Ultimate Team. The announcement came in a developer chat earlier in the day. Operation Sports reports that Hockey…

  By Owen Good Published August 12, 2010
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  Appear In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Yoda Will

  Everyone’s favorite little [species unknown], Yoda, will be making a cameo appearance in LucasArts’ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the publisher revealed today. How do the pint-sized Jedi Master and Starkiller wind up crossing paths? LucasArts sets up the scene featured in the newly released Force Unleashed II cinematic like so: Starkiller, having escaped…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 12, 2010
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  Give Your Avatar A Free Jordan Jersey

  Preordering NBA 2K11 from GameStop will land your Xbox Live or PlayStation Home avatar a Michael Jordan No. 23 Bulls jersey for free. I hear if you pre-order Rock Band: Lollapalooza you get a Gary Trent Miami Heat model instead. Home gets the white Home jersey (get it? Get it?) Xbox Live gets the red…

  By Owen Good Published August 12, 2010
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  Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game Review: Four-Player Fan Service

  In Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, the hero has to fight his girlfriend’s seven evil ex-boyfriends. In Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game, Scott and his friends have to fight The World. By the World I mean Ontario, which is the world as far as fans of the six volume graphic…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 12, 2010
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  Back… For Now

  To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Friday, I Will Be Cleaning The Family Grave! I got back yesterday from a whirlwind tour of Connecticut and Upstate New York looking for houses. We toured about 40 in four days, and found quite a few we’d love to move into. Now I just need to sell the house…

  By Brian Crecente Published August 12, 2010
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  Eyes On With The Grim, Colorful Fantasy Of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine

  The Warhammer 40,000 universe’s descriptive tagline—”In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war”—does not sound like a cheery fantasy in which many of us would like to find ourselves. But Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is designed to fulfill the fantasy of taking control of the fiction’s hulking machines of war, to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 12, 2010
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  Seacrest County Is Serious About Speeding

  Apparently the recession has not hit Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit’s Seacrest County. Or the sheriff and the county commissioners are gonna face a recall election for giving the deputies Dodge Vipers instead of the good old honey-brown Crown Vic. Then again, you can’t have a game called “Hot Pursuit” if the pursuit is supplied…

  By Owen Good Published August 12, 2010