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  Battlefield Heroes Population Swells To 3 Million

  Despite strong opposition to some of the more recent changes to the game, EA’s free-to-play online shooter Battlefield Heroes continues to draw new players in droves, with a new map released today to celebrate surpassing three million registered players. Battlefield Heroes passed the two million player mark in September, prompting EA to celebrate with the…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 16, 2009
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  Interviews With Ex-Hardcore Gamers … And New Casual Ones

  Excerpts from A Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games And Their Players by Jesper Juul Reprinted with permission of the author [Note from Kotaku: The following excerpts are from a series of interviews published in A Casual Revolution, a new book that chronicles and studies modern styles of gaming, challenging the notions of “casual” and “hardcore,”…

  Jesper Published December 16, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  The Dreamcast duel continues up above. Below, duel about whatever gaming stuff that gets you going. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 16, 2009
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  Any Movie Recs? Any?

  To: Totilo From: Ashcraft RE: It Was Like Magic, But With An Xbox It actually takes me a day or two to get used to hearing English all the time. Like, I have to ask people to repeat things and whatnot. And then, by the time I’m about to leave, I’m all used to being…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2009
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  The Saboteur Sabotages The Live Action

  Pandemic Studios and EA have released a couple live action clips for The Saboteur. They’re short, sexy and have nice music. That’s all you need, no? Well, almost.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2009
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  Square Enix: Platform Holder Not Surprised By Death of Consoles

  Square Enix honcho Yoichi Wada looks into his crystallis ball and sees a future in which consoles are simply not necessary, reiterating, what he said in November. “But let’s say in ten years time what we traditionally call ‘console games’ simply won’t exist,” Wada told Develop. “The exact timing at which it will go away…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2009
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  Final Fantasy XIII Coming To PlayStation Home For Free

  To mark the one year anniversary of PlayStation Home in Japan, Sony is teaming with Square Enix to offer Final Fantasy XIII themed goodies. Oh, goody! Besides avatars of FFXIII characters, Lightning, Snow and Sazh, there are also items like FFXIII monsters. Available for free until January 14, 2010.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2009
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  The PS3 Star Ocean 4 Trailer You Hoped For

  Square Enix trailer has released the second trailer for the tri-Ace developed Star Ocean 4. You might remember this game when it was released on the Xbox 360 in February 2009. The PS3 version of the game will be out in February 2010 and will feature additional languages and additional characters in the hopes that…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2009
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  A Million Copies of Inazuma Eleven 2 Shipped

  Level-5, the Fukuoka-based developer behind the Professor Layton games, also has a highly successful series with soccer RPG Inazuma Eleven. When Japanese kids aren’t watching the anime or reading the comic, they might be playing the DS games. Or they might be going to school, eating dinner or doing their homework. Japanese kids are busy!…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2009
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  This 15-Year-Old PSP Character Is Missing Something

  It’s a mystery, but not! The released art for PSP game Misshitsu Sacrifice from Japanese publisher D3 appears to have forgotten things — namely, underpants. This promotional image features more of 15-year-old Miki than perhaps she’d like to be shown. And as the Japanese internet has pointed out, this game makes it appear as if…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2009
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  Prince of Persia Flick, A Look Behind The Scenes

  After an endless slew of ho-hum video game adaptations, Prince of Persia appears to be something to get excited about. This is from the same folks who turned a Disneyland ride, Pirates of the Caribbean, into popcorn entertainment. This short featurette features interviews with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Mike Newell, actress Gemma Atherton, actor Jake…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2009
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  Interested In Japanese Wii And PS3 Total Sales?

  Enterbrain, the publisher behind magazine Famitsu, has collected and crunched the new life-to-date totals for the Wii and the PlayStation 3. As of December 13, the Wii has sold 9,048,012 units since it went on sale in Japan, while the PS3 has sold 4,020,563. The PS3 experienced a significant spike in sales this year. In…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2009
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  Halo Wars…Clay

  Microsoft’s Halo Wars is popular enough to merit its own line of toys — official toys. It also is popular enough to merit a line of rip off toys that come packed in clay. Because if you are going to rip someone off, do it with clay. “It’s one of those kits where you get…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2009
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  Final Fantasy XIII PS3 Trophy List (What We Know)

  As the FFXIII juggernaut continues to rumble through cyberspace, details about the game are continuing to tumble out. A early look at the game’s PS3 Trophy list looks like this: Bronze Assault Ruby – Master the Attacker Role Destruction Sapphire – Master the Blaster Role Guardian Topaz – Master the Defender Role Hex Jade –…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2009
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  Watch The Fate/stay night Movie Trailer

  Fate/stay night? It’s an incredibly popular visual novel from Japanese developer Type Moon that has been spun off into manga, anime and even a fighting game, Fate/unlimited Codes, published by Capcom. It is also getting an animated feature this January. Dubbed Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade works, the feature features the cast and crew of the…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 16, 2009
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  PlayStation Life, Now With Actual Gaming Content

  PlayStation Life, the PS3’s global news service, is a neat screensaver, but its gaming applications have been somewhat limited to date. Something that may change with the addition of game trailers to the service. The new “PlayStation Network Game Trailers Channel” (catchy!) has recently gone live, and allows you to both stream a whole bunch…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 16, 2009
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  Explore The End Of The World With Post Script

  Post Script is a mod for Half-Life 2 which is kind of like Fallout, only without the mutants. The Road, only without a whiny kid. I Am Legend, without vampires. You get the idea. It’s a five-part game that is more “episodic narrative” than shooter. In fact, it doesn’t look like you shoot anything, ever.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 16, 2009
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  PSP Comics Getting Audio Commentary

  The movie business decided to add some value to DVDs by including commentary. It was a smart move, and is one Sony are looking to emulate as they try to start selling people comic books on their PlayStation Portables. IDW, one of the initial lineup of publishers whose works will feature on the PSP’s comic…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 16, 2009
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  New LotR: Aragorn’s Quest Trailer

  If somebody pitched to me the idea of “like Muppet Babies, only for Lord of the Rings“, I’d say no, thanks. Then again, I don’t work for Warner Bros.

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 16, 2009
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  Console Thefts Up 285%

  Data released by the FBI today reveals that the number of reported thefts of video game consoles in the United States in 2009 has risen by an amazing 285% over the 2007 figures. In 2007, 11,074 consoles – and that’s all consoles and handhelds lumped together – were reported stolen to authorities. In 2008, that…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 16, 2009