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  Awkward Zombie

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  By Owen Good Published October 22, 2009
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  Another Video Game Webcomic

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  By Owen Good Published October 22, 2009
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  3GS iPhone Games Get Special Code

  Games designed to take advantage of the iPhone 3GS’ more robust chipset are starting to quietly make their way onto the App store. Released this June, the iPhone 3GS added a magnetic compass, video capture capabilities, more built-in memory and a faster processor when it hit. But it hasn’t been until recently that games designed…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 22, 2009
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  2P reSTART!

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  By Owen Good Published October 22, 2009
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  Army of Two: The 40th Day Multiplayer Preview: Extract Some Fun

  Army of Two: The 40th Day goes out of its way to carry the cooperative experience through all of its competitive multiplayer modes, but thankfully this doesn’t mean endless team deathmatches. Rather, you get your standard multiplayer modes like Control (which is more or less capture the flag) and a special mode called Extraction. Extraction…

  By AJ Glasser Published October 22, 2009
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  Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time Review: The Leap, At Last

  The problem with the Ratchet & Clank games being consistently good, annual release after annual release, is that it’s hard for them to seem spectacular. For the first time in a while, a new one does. Since the Ratchet & Clank series launched just back in 2002, Insomniac Games has developed four installments for the…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 22, 2009
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  Army of Two: The 40th Day Introduces Extraction

  Imagine Gears of War 2’s Horde Mode combined with Left 4 Dead’s escape-the-zombies gameplay and you’ll have something similar to — but not exactly like — Army of Two: The 40th Day‘s new multiplayer mode, Extraction. Extraction comes as a bonus multiplayer mode for GameStop any retailer’s pre-order customers. But don’t fret — the rest…

  By AJ Glasser Published October 22, 2009
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  Ignition Brings Arc Rise Fantasia Westward

  Ignition Entertainment and Marvelous Entertainment have announced that the former will be responsible for publishing Imageepoch’s turn-based Wii RPG Arc Rise Fantasia in Summer 2010. Arc Rise Fantasia is a rather lovely little Japanese RPG which tells the story of L’Arc, a mercenary setting out to save the Meridian Empire from monster invasion. The characters…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 22, 2009
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  The Dragon Age Journeys Begin Today

  EA 2D sets the stage for Dragon Age: Origins today, with the launch of the first chapter of Dragon Age Journeys, the 2-dimensional browser-based tie-in to BioWare’s blockbuster RPG. At least the press release says the first of three Dragon Age Journeys chapters launches today. As of this writing the website is still only hosting…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 22, 2009
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  Capcom Pondering Super Street Fighter IV In Arcades

  Capcom hasn’t yet decided whether they will be bringing Super Street Fighter IV to arcades, a spokesman told Kotaku, but if they do it will be a fairly easy transition. Back when games like Street Fighter II filled arcades, an upgrade to a new version of the famous fighter often meant switching out dedicated boards,…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 22, 2009
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  This Is Why DiRT 2 PC Was Delayed

  Codemasters trotted out the PC version of Colin McRae: DiRT 2 today at the Windows 7 launch in New York, showing off the snazzy DirectX 11 features the game was delayed for. The DirectX 11 effects actually look rather impressive, though I’m not sure they amount to anything that really warranted the game being delayed…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 22, 2009
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  Take Dragon Ball: Raging Blast For A Spin

  Beat the living hell out of Goku, Raditz, and Piccolo in the Xbox 360 demo for Dragon Ball: Raging Blast, now available on Xbox Live. The Dragon Ball: Raging Blast demo gives you a tiny taste of the “most explosive fighting action ever seen for this franchise” today, delivering 261MB of hot Piccolo on Raditz…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 22, 2009
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  Metro 2033 Shooter Brings Apocalypse to Moscow

  Tired of post-apocalyptic games set in the U.S.? No worries, THQ has your back: They’ve just unveiled a post-apocalyptic game set in Moscow. First-person shooter Metro 2033, which is due to hit the PC and Xbox 360 in 2010, has you taking on the role of a man born in the days before most of…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 22, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Don’t let cheap boss video game enemies scare you. But do comment here about video games. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 22, 2009
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  Hey Look! A Baby Sitting By A Sofa

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Draco Malfoy Spotting Can’t believe it, but in less than a month Micro-Bash will be one years-old. He can’t talk yet or walk, but he can wave bye-bye, raise his hands up when he hears “banzai!” and give you one of his toys when you say “Please”. Just think, eight…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 22, 2009
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  Australian Ratings Board Refuses Left 4 Dead 2 Appeal

  After the Australian Classification Review Board first refused to classify Valve’s zombie first-person-shooter Left 4 Dead 2, Valve appealed the government’s decision. Valve’s Zombie shooter was refused classification, which means it can’t be made commercially available in the country. Not quite the same as a banning, but it has the same effect. The company’s appeal…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 22, 2009
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  Resonance of Fate Dated for Japan

  Stop the count-up clock! Upcoming role-playing-game, Resonance of Fate (AKA End of Eternity in Japan) has been dated. The tri-Ace developed title will be released January 28 in Japan. No word about the Western release. As we mentioned earlier, the game is set on the man-made spire of Basel. That’s where the residents of Earth…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 22, 2009
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  Final Fantasy XIII Is Install-Free

  It’s become increasingly common for games to feature a mandatory install — you have no choice! Final Fantasy XIII is not one of those games. The game, which will be released this December in Japan on the PS3, will not feature a mandatory install. That being said, the only time players will see load times…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 22, 2009
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  Anyone Want To Guess What Ignition’s New Game Is?

  Ignition is teasing a game announcement on both Twitter and its Facebook page. Don’t you just love modern advertising? Time was, you’d have to wait until tomorrow for a press release. Oh wait… You’re waiting ’til tomorrow anyway. That’s why it’s a tease, not a game announcement. I’ll dutifully keep my eyes on the Twitter…

  By AJ Glasser Published October 22, 2009
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  Six Days Isn’t Dead Yet, Says Developer

  Atomic Games isn’t giving up on Six Days In Fallujah, says president Peter Tamte in a Marine Corps Times report. Meanwhile, his other company Destineer — those jerks who inflicted John Deere: Harvest in the Heartland on me — is putting out a shooter for the Wii called Marines: Modern Urban Combat for the Wii…

  By AJ Glasser Published October 22, 2009