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  Tactical Shooters Live: Your First Look at Takedown, A Game You May Have Helped Fund

  Six months ago, gamers helped veteran game developer Christian Allen meet his small team’s $200,000 Kickstarter goal, a goal he hoped would enable them to create a throwback to the wonderful, super-realistic, tactical, plan-or-be-killed shooters of old. They would call their new game Takedown and want to make it into sort of a 21st century…

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2012
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  Guild Wars 2 Modded Into A Third-Person Shooter

  Do you like Guild Wars 2 but wish it could feel a little bit more action-packed? pvpPROJECT has got you covered with this “Combat Mode” mod that adds free mouse-look to the game, more or less turning it into a third-person shooter depending on the ability you’re using. Of course, the mod isn’t official, and…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published September 20, 2012
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  Randy Pitchford, CEO of the Company That Made Borderlands 2, Is Answering Your Questions Right Here

  Borderlands 2 came out this week. It’s a stylish, personality-filled first-person shooter combined with RPG elements. It’s crazy funny. The story is better than the first game. Touching, even. It’s an awesome cooperative experience. Maybe get it on PC But you undoubtedly have questions. Questions that developer Gearbox’s CEO, Randy Pitchford, can answer. Type your…

  By Tina Amini Published September 20, 2012
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  Morrowind Modded Into Skyrim Is Something You Must See

  Behold these lovely screenshots and videos from Skywind, the ambitious fan-driven project to mod all of Morrowind in the world of Skyrim The project is already pretty stunning, but they have a ways to go. The modders are posting about their plans and goals on the forums of Morroblivion, a site designed to re-create Morrowind…

  By Jason Schreier Published September 20, 2012
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  Nightwing Is Not Nice To Wonder Woman in the New Injustice Trailer

  Something in the world of Injustice: Gods Among Us is turning all of DC’s super-heroes into jerks. Not just Superman. All of them. And now they’re just beating each other up. Why is this happening? Who knows! But the fighting game from the makers of Mortal Kombat is now slated for an April 2013 release…

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2012
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  These Mario Clones For Android Are Ridiculous

  I love my Android phone. I really do. It feels personalized, it does everything I need it to do, and even though it has its flaws, I still like using it better than I like using iOS and iTunes (which I experience with my iPod touch). Apps for Android, though, are rather infamously a minefield…

  By Kate Cox Published September 20, 2012
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  The Next Excellent Rayman Game is On My iPad

  Rayman Origins surprised a lot of folks last year with how charming and sharp its presentation and gameplay was. The product of Michel Ancel’s Ubi Montpelier studio felt like a playable animated cartoon, mostly because a very cool game engine let the dev team easily and quickly pull drawings into a game design. Origins was…

  By Evan Narcisse Published September 20, 2012
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  Enhance! That NCIS Suspect’s Got a Game Box Portable!

  Here’s an oldie but goodie we just found in a re-run. It’s a clip from season four, episode 13 of the crime show NCIS—an episode that sees our heroic law enforcers track a suspect down by hacking into his gaming life. This episode originally aired in 2007. Much has changed since then. NCIS is still…

  By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2012
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  This Week’s Nintendo Download Involves A Little Boy Hanging Out With Grown Men In Spandex

  While I’m looking forward to Denpa Men, a new downloadable RPG for the eShop that sort of looks like a cross between Pikmin and Dragon Quest, I would strongly urge the folks behind the game to reconsider the above marketing campaign. This is the type of stuff that traumatizes kids for life. This week’s roundup…

  By Jason Schreier Published September 20, 2012
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  I Hate the Wii U Pro Controller

  Okay, so Nintendo is releasing a new console (the Wii U) with a new controller (called the Wii U GamePad). I’m actually cool with the GamePad—even though it’s quite wide. It opens up new takes on multiplayer, which is a very good (and welcome) thing. What I hate is the Wii U Pro Controller. You…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2012
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  Power A’s Attractive Android Controller Solution Drops October 21

  Android gamers craving unified console controls have been following the progress of Power A’s ambitious MOGA controller solution since its debut at E3 2012. Come October 21 it’s time to stop following and start playing. The MOGA is more than just a clip on controller for your Android phone (and a stand-alone 360-style controller for…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2012
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  Touchy Assassin’s Creed, Social Metal Gear Solid and More Excitement from Tokyo Game Show’s First Day

  While the western hemisphere slept, over in Tokyo our Kotaku East team swarmed the first day of the 2012 Tokyo Game Show, gleefully carrying off the latest news, previews and rumors from the show floor. I woke up this morning completely overwhelmed by the amount of stories our eastern contingent published last night. Here’s a…

  By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2012
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  Introducing Metal Gear…Twitter?

  Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima loves Twitter. He’s always tweeting up a storm. He loves Twitter so much that his studio now has its own Twitter app, called Metal Gear TW. The modified app uses your Twitter name and followers, but it has a special “camouflage mode” that allows you to censor elements of your…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2012
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  Today I Played Taiko no Tatsujin With Virtual Gangsters

  The Yakuza series of games have always been serious, testosterone-filled stories about hard men kicking each other’s asses, broken up sporadically by mini-games, activities, and general fooling around. The latest game, Yakuza 5, is no different. As previously reported, Namco Bandai’s Taiko no Tatsujin appears as a fully playable game within the Yakuza 5 game.…

  By Toshi Nakamura Published September 20, 2012
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  Hideo Kojima Might Work on the Metal Gear Movie Script [Update]

  In late August, a new Metal Gear Solid movie was announced. This wasn’t the first Metal Gear project Hollywood had seen: back in 2008, there was another MGS film that never got off the ground. Some fans are probably happy about the possibility of seeing Metal Gear Solid on the big screen. Others are not.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2012
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  E…A…Sports…These Guys Made the Parts That Say “It’s in the Game”

  Even if you’ve never played a sports game in your life, EA’s intro catchphrase has become one of the most ubiquitous in all of gaming. So for Fine Art tody, we’re going to take a break from castles and giant robots to look at the people who are now in charge of the slogan (or…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 20, 2012
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  Checking Out The New Metal Gear Made for Social Butterflies

  With Metal Gear Social Ops, Metal Gear is returning to smartphones! This time the game is a tap-based card game in which you sneak from point A to point B, pulling off “Stealth Chains” as you go. Along the way, you can tap your way through, and a flurry of cards appear on screen as…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2012
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  Rez’s Creator Has Left Games Development “For Now”

  Sad news for fans of games like Rez, Lumines and Space Channel: Q Entertainment’s Tetsuya Mizuguchi (pictured) has stepped away from active game development. Seems since the release of Child of Eden in 2011, he’s been pursuing studies, and while he’s still employed at the studio he helped found, Q Entertainment’s director Nobuhiko Shimizu says,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published September 20, 2012
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  In Soul Sacrifice, You Kill, Help, or Troll Your Friends

  As the game title itself emphasizes, moral choices regarding sacrifice is Soul Sacrifice. Magic is not cast with spells or mana, but with sacrifices. You have two sets of three different kinds of magic that are constantly available to you to fight with, but every time you cast it, you must make an offering. Meaning…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2012
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  That City Building Assassin’s Creed Spin Off Is Actually Fun

  Assassin’s Creed Utopia for iOS is a new take on the world of Assassin’s Creed. As previously mentioned, you build a 17th century colony and watch it develop right up to the American Revolution. And best of all, it’s pretty damn good. At my hands on at the Tokyo Game Show, the city building elements…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published September 20, 2012