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  Talk Amongst Yourselves 3

  Are you waiting for your favorite gaming franchise to reach its third installment? We can’t help. But we can release Talk Amongst Yourselves 3 today, if that’s any consolation. Now, please talk about video games here. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 7, 2010
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  StarCraft II Beta Patching, Phase Two Imminent

  A new patch for the StarCraft II beta test has hit Europe, raising hopes that the promised phase two of the test will be starting shortly. It’s been a month since Blizzard shut down phase one of the StarCraft II, and fans around the world have been patiently waiting for the second phase of the…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2010
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  Get Some Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Packs Here

  Activision hooked us up with some codes for the PC and Playstation 3 versions of the latest Modern Warfare 2 pack. Grab a code for the Resurgence Pack below for your system of choice and plug it in, but do it quickly, these bad boys are going to disappear. Be nice and make sure to…

  By Brian Crecente Published July 7, 2010
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  Rarely Use A/C

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Hanging Out Yeah, and it’s kinda hot here! But whenever we flip on the A/C, one of the kids gets sick or a sore throat. So we just…sweat. What you missed last night It’s Like Where’s Waldo, Only With Team Fortress 2 When Instant Death Was Only A Step Away…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2010
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  When Arcades Die

  This is the famed Osaka arcade U.F.O. Nagase. So full of life and drink machines. This is the arcade now. As website Versus City noted this past spring, U.F.O. Nagase was going out of business and had been scheduled to be torn down. The arcade was visited by top players in Osaka and by top…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2010
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  Michael Jordan Video Game Cover Revealed, Cribs Ali’s Nickname

  Here is Michael Jordan on the cover of this fall’s NBA 2K11. Cool image, a long time coming, but isn’t Muhammad Ali “the greatest of all time”?

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 7, 2010
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  All The Basara You Can Eat

  Nothing says “historical action game” like food at karaoke parlors. At an event in Tokyo today, Capcom celebrated the completion of Sengoku Basara 3 (Devil Kings in the West) by revealing that the series will collaborate with karaoke chain Pasela Pasela is known for having better food than your average karaoke outfit. That isn’t saying…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2010
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  Fallout 3 Action Figure Emerges From The Vault

  There still aren’t any official Fallout figures. Shame. There are custom figures, though, like this one, which is pretty great. Based on NECA’s Hitman figure from a few years back, it’s the creator’s stab at recreating the (well, his) main character from Fallout 3. It’s nowhere near beardy enough to be mine, but I can…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2010
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  Beers Of War

  Reader Ben was at the Flying Saucer in Raleigh the other day when he noticed something strangely familiar about the pub’s “wall of fame”. The Saucer has a wall where anybody that has had at least one each of the pub’s 200 beers is immortalised with a commemorative plate. It’s not 200 beers in one…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2010
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  Would You Like To Pose With A Virtual Girl?

  Love Plus, Konami’s schoolgirl love simulator for the Nintendo DS, is quite popular in Japan. How popular? The game’s heroines recently graced the cover of a mainstream TV listings magazine. Think about it. When was the last time you saw game characters on TV Guide? Make that, schoolgirl game characters. At a recent event in…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2010
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  FIFA 11 Out In September, Going For Pro Evo’s Jugular

  With FIFA enjoying on-the-field superiority over competitor Pro Evo, EA Sports’ series is going after the one area Konami still enjoy dominance: team and player editing. For over a decade, FIFA’s editing and creation tools have been severely limited by the game’s reliance on licensed content, the most you can normally do being to tinker…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2010
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  Bad Company 2 Becomes An Onslaught

  Battlefield: Bad Company 2’s “Onslaught”, a new co-op “horde” mode against enemy AI, is now live and ready for download on the PlayStation Network in both North America and Europe

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2010
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  Why Does Jim Brown Care About His Likeness?

  Because it is awesome, that’s why. Famed football player Jim Brown is taking EA Sports to court over the use of his “likeness” in Madden football games. Again. What’s the big deal with his likeness anyway? Brown contends that EA Sports has used the number 32 in Madden without his permission. A judge has ruled…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2010
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  It’s Like Where’s Waldo, Only With Team Fortress 2

  A few weeks back, the biggest “Furry” convention in the world went down in Pittsburgh. Here’s a group shot of some attendees, which we show you not because we’ve gone furry, but because there’s a spy in their midst. Take a look. Think of it as a Team Fortress-themed game of Where’s Waldo, his dorky…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2010
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  Monster Hunter Clone Or Not, There Will Be More God Eater

  Namco Bandai’s God Eater might look like Capcom’s monster hunting series Monster Hunter. That doesn’t matter. The game is popular, and thus, Namco Bandai is making another one. God Eater Burst will be coming to the PSP this fall in Japan and feature new characters and a new story. According to Japanese magazine Famitsu, it…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2010
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  When Instant Death Was Only A Step Away

  It’s not until you look at the games of the past that you realise how easy the games of today really are. Nearly every game these days has a “very easy” setting, some like Bayonetta – with its optional one-button mechanic – taking this to extremes. But in decades past, a lot of games prided…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2010
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  Man vs. Woman

  The war of the sexes depicted in a fan-made fighting game, complete with S&M brawlers and groin kicks. Made with 2D Fighter Maker software, “Man vs Woman” has a male character named “Chan” and a female character named “Mary” duke it out in the streets of Akihabara. Chan can slap and kick, while Mary can…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2010
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  Guitar Hero Dev Explains Why The Sky Is Falling

  It’s one thing when a writer or sales analyst tells you music game sales are down. It’s another, all the more disheartening thing to hear it from someone who makes Guitar Hero games for a living. “Sales across the board were lower last year,” Neversoft project director Brian Bright told MCV. “Our rival might sugercoat…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2010
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  Vanquish Ready To Subjugate This Fall

  The upcoming action game from the folks that gave the world Bayonetta and MadWorld has a been given a release date in a recent Famitsu magazine article. Would you like to know what it is? Would you? Vanquish will be released in Japan on October 21. No word on its Western release date. The game…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published July 7, 2010
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  The Whole World Looks Silly Playing Kinect

  There’s nothing in the world quite like lifestyle photography, the practice of making models look like they’re having fun with a product when they are in fact not having fun. These new shots for Microsoft’s Kinect, though, are especially great, because not only do they feature people trying to look silly flailing around their living…

  By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2010