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  Halo 3: ODST Drops Three Million Copies

  Perhaps feeling a little aggrieved at the way Modern Warfare 2 blew right on by Halo 3’s sales numbers earlier in the week, Microsoft have tried to salvage a little pride by releasing some Halo 3: ODST numbers. And, all things considered, they’re not bad. Since launching on September 22, ODST has sold just over…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 13, 2009
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  Ubisoft: All Our Games Will Do This UPlay Thing

  Ubisoft’s freebie-dispensing UPlay community will launch alongside Assassin’s Creed II, and ultimately will incorporate all games under the Ubisoft banner, the publisher’s CEO said on Thursday. Gamasutra, reporting Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot’s remarks at yesterday’s BMO Capital Markets conference, said Guillemot is betting that UPlay “will allow us to get a lot closer to our…

  By Owen Good Published November 13, 2009
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  New Red Dead Redemption Screens

  Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption will be out next year. And if you were wondering whether it’d feature sun-drenched frontier homesteads and steroid-injected horses, well, wonder no more.

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 13, 2009
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  Here are the Madden NFL Arcade Rosters

  Yesterday, Madden NFL Arcade announced its Thanksgiving Week launch. Today we get the full 10-man rosters for every team in the five-on-five shootout. Pasta Padre has the full list of all 32 teams. Everyone gets 10 players, five on offense and five on defense. On offense, each team gets a quarterback, running back, wide receiver,…

  By Owen Good Published November 13, 2009
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  Meet StarCraft II’s Brutalisk

  Blizzard has spawned a new Zerg strain for StarCraft II, the race’s biggest and most brutal, the legendary Brutalisk. So what is this giant monstrosity? And what does it do? Well, as those of you who may have read the spoiler-laden version of our StarCraft II single-player preview may already know, the Brutalisk doesn’t do…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009
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  Expect Fewer “Hero” Games From Activision In 2010

  Activision plans on shipping less product into the crowded music game genre next year, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be getting new Guitar Hero, Band Hero and DJ Hero titles in 2010. Dan Rosensweig, CEO of Activision’s Guitar Hero business, tells MCV that we will “probably see fewer SKUs” from the publisher in the…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009
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  More than 50,000 Snap Up the Free Unreal SDK

  Epic Games announced more than 50,000 downloads of its Unreal Development Kit in the first week the publisher started offering it for free. “We are very excited to see the uptake of UDK cross over the 50,000 mark in only one week, and we’re looking forward to seeing amazing games and applications come out of…

  By Owen Good Published November 13, 2009
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  Rumor: First Fallout Online “Project V13” Screen Shots

  Interplay’s attempt at a massively-multiplayer online Fallout comes three screen shots closer to reality, if these shots of Project V13, reported to be court submitted evidence of the game, are the real deal. Fallout fan Wikia The Vault believes them to be, writing today that they were acquired from an “anonymous, but reliable source” and…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009
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  Modern Warfare 2: Fight Against Knife Spam

  Hi, I’m Kotaku Senior Editor Michael McWhertor and I’m here today to talk to you about something close to my heart: random throwing knives. Have you ever found yourself just walking down the street, minding your own business, when THUNK! you look down and see a balanced throwing knife piercing your esophagus, your aorta rapid-firing…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009
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  Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Gets Fashionable DLC

  Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 gets a little bit dressier next week, when a new costume pack goes up for sale on the PlayStation Network. Ayane, Momiji, Rachel, and Ryu each get some fancy new duds in next week’s Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 costume pack, available on November 19th in North America for $3.99. Momiji shows…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 13, 2009
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  Modern Mario

  To: Owen From: Crecente I muscled through the final third of New Super Mario Bros. Wii this morning so I could wrap the game up and write up my review. Than, after writing the review, I hit up Modern Warfare 2 so I would be prepared for my twin live interviews on MSNBC tomorrow morning.…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 13, 2009
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  Getting Final Fantasy XIII? On 360? Might Want To Get A Twitter Account

  Just how excited are you to play Final Fantasy XIII when it ships in North America next March? Enough to sign up for a Twitter account? And to tolerate some disc swapping? Good, because Microsoft and Square Enix are giving away something Final Fantasy XIII related if you’re willing to re-Tweet something on their behalf.…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009
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  Notebook Dump: XIII Discs, Reggie’s DS, And A Drone Update

  There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter’s notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we? Drone Confusion: Last week, right here in Notebook Dump, I posted about Mass Effect 2’s helper drones, having held that information out of an earlier preview until I had gotten…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 13, 2009
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  Alan Wake Gameplay Comes To In All-New Video

  Miss last night’s episode of GameTrailers TV? Then you also missed a bevy of gameplay videos of Remedy’s Alan Wake shouting "Alice!" while Alice shouts "Alan!" followed by Barry shouting "Al! Al!" Oh and there’s so much more. Some of this footage you may have gotten a sneak peek at during this year’s E3, but…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009
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  Mario Goes Round And Round In NASCAR Race

  If our glowing review for Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. doesn’t convince you to buy a Wii, perhaps seeing Mario, Luigi and his Toad followers on a NASCAR chassis will! Nintendo and GameStop are co-sponsoring driver Denny Hamlin for this weekend’s Able Body Labor 200 at Phoenix International Raceway, forcing him to drive a New…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009
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  Just Cause 2 Screens… Just ‘Cuz

  Sorry, had to do it. Enjoy the fancy screens with their livid explosions and rich, blue skies through which you’ll be parachuting sometime in the near future.

  By AJ Glasser Published November 13, 2009
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  PlayStation 3 Is Japan’s Bestselling Platform

  Once again, Sony controls the majority of this week’s Japanese hardware chart, thanks to the company’s four platforms representing. Oh, and the fact that the PlayStation 3 is outselling everything else in Japan. And doing so by a relatively wide margin, as the PS3 outsold the Nintendo DSi by more than 10,000 units, the console’s…

  By Michael McWhertor Published November 13, 2009
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  Thank You Mario, But Our Princess Is In Another Game, Getting Kidnapped Again

  New Super Mario Bros. Wii is released this weekend, continuing the proud tradition of Princess Peach getting her delicate bottom kidnapped by lizard creatures. Let’s explore her victimization record, shall we? Princess Peach gets kidnapped a lot. There are few women with more kidnappings under their belt than her royal mushroom highness, with only Daphne…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 13, 2009
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  Review Round-Up: Mario, MW2, Loco Roco, Lego And More

  Kotaku reviewed piles of games and peripherals this week, and not all of them have to do with Modern Warfare 1 or 2. PSPgo Traveler Case Micro Review: Stylish and Sleek In which Brian Crecente uses the word “sexy.” Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Review: You Only Sing When You’re Winning In which Luke Plunkett likens…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 13, 2009
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  Don’t…Don’t You Want Me? And a PlayStation3? And an Energizer® Power & Play Station with which to Charge your Mighty Controllers?

  We figured as much. Email your best device-running-out-of-juice story to [email protected] (subject: “Energizer”) and you’ll be entered to win all of the above*. Contest wraps EOD, Monday Nov. 16.** [Rules] Click through for deets on the Power & Play Station. In just 2.5 hours, the Energizer® Power & Play Charging System for PS3 charges up…

  By Chrissie Lamond Published November 13, 2009