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  If Anyone Makes Money Off The Old Republic, It’ll Be Lucas, Says Activision Boss

  Having done a lot of business with Lucasarts—Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, Star Wars: STFU—Activision boss Bobby Kotick knows who comes out ahead in that relationship. It ain’t the publisher, he said, when asked his thoughts on Star Wars: The Old Republic “Lucas is going to be the principal beneficiary of the success of Star Wars,”…

  By Owen Good Published November 30, 2011
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  Sailing Skyrim‘s Seas of Cheese

  Another day, another funny Skyrim video. This one’s been making the rounds a bit, but I thought it’d be fun to share—in it, YouTube user STuKKie86 climbs to the top of one of the game’s many mountains, and then, via some sort of in-game console wizardry, casts a spell that prompts the mountain to… vomit…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published November 30, 2011
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  Check Out Mario Kart 7‘s Cool Multiplayer Community Options

  Yesterday, I took a look at Mario Kart 7‘s online multiplayer, which is functional and easier to use than any past Kart game. Today, I wanted to show another cool feature of the game’s multiplayer—the ability to make multiplayer communities. Each player can make up to eight separate communities, which can be customized a fair…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published November 30, 2011
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  Here’s Me Struggling through a Couple of WWE ’12 Matches

  WWE ’12 is a game that theoretically should have been awesome. Between throwing someone through a table or a totally sweet cage match, this should be a great party/fighting game. Unfortunately, the controls keep amateurs out of the ring and given the way WWE ’12 is designed, you will be explaining what every button does…

  By Chris Carolan Published November 30, 2011
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  I Can’t Stop Playing This Game

  Junk Jack | At some point I will be writing this up, but for now I just need to enthuse about my latest iPhone addiction: Junk Jack. It’s a little bit Minecraft, a little bit Terraria Infinity Blade II Improves one of the iPad’s Best Games We hear from some quarters that video games that…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 30, 2011
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  I Want Its Plumage, I Want Its Suspense, My Game of the Year Could Be a Bird Romance

  If you’d asked me yesterday morning my pick for Game of the Year, I would probably have said The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Now, having witnessed Quarter to Three‘s Angie Gallant play through the English translation of bizarre bird-based visual novel Hatoful Boyfriend, I’m not so sure. While you can certainly find a Japanese copy…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2011
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  Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta is Now Live on Steam

  The beta for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is available now on Steam. You’ll need a beta key and a PC to play it. Valve’s limiting the first run to 10,000 players. Two maps are available: Dust and Dust2.

  By Owen Good Published November 30, 2011
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  Midweek Moneysaver: Another Kart-Load of Savings

  This Wednesday edition of Kotaku’s The Moneysaver catches all the offers, promotions and bargains that can’t wait until the weekend. The Midweek Moneysaver is brought to you by Dealzon. Software • Sunday Dec. 4 release Mario Kart 7 (3DS) best price is a dollar off ($38.99) at Buy.com. Amazon has a discount of three cents…

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  People Who Just Got That New Amazon Kindle Fire

  If the person you are buying a gift for already has a Kindle Fire, they really don’t need a gift from you. They’ve got the hot new thing this Christmas. Or maybe the richer person in your family has vowed to get them the Fire, so you’re just going to be the person getting them…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 30, 2011
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  Limbs and Heads Fly Free In Total War: Shogun 2‘s Rating-Changing Blood Pack

  While Total War: Shogun 2 does an excellent job of depicting the titanic clash between two warring factions, it’s always been missing a little something to make the experience complete: Majestic arcs of spurting crimson lifeblood, and the odd severed head. All this and more can be yours for $1.59. Available now on Steam and…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2011
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  What if the Xbox 360 was a Breakdancer, Right?

  Did you ever wonder what it would be like if the Xbox 360 went to a nightclub and started breakdancing? How would the laptops and the controllers react? Actually, how would the other Xbox react? In the so-bad-it’s-good or so good-it’s-bad category, I submit this video that popped up on Vimeo from one Jared Caudillo.…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 30, 2011
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  RIP GamePro

  One of the longest-running magazines about video games has just run out of credit. It’s just been announced that GamePro magazine, which launched in 1988, will cease publication as a standalone entity next week on December 5. As first reported by IndustryGamers, both the magazine and website are being shut down, with the following text…

  By Evan Narcisse Published November 30, 2011
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  The Gritty Adult Mario Game You Want But Will Never Get

  Earlier this year Splash Damage character artist Jon Fletcher crafted a magnificently twisted take on Mario for Polycount‘s Brawl contest. Now he gives us his twisted take on Mario’s lanky brother and a splash screen for a game we’ll never play but desperately want to. With a full 3D model of large and in charge…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2011
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  Chuck’s Zachary Levi Is This Year’s Very Tall VGAs Host

  NBC’s Chuck tells the story of an ordinary geeky dude who becomes an ultra-capable super-spy. It’s become an oft-embattled cult favorite for the parade of genre stars, nerd references and video game cameos and now its lead star gets to reap the ultimate reward. According to The Hollywood Reporter‘s Lesley Goldberg, Zachary Levi’s going to…

  By Evan Narcisse Published November 30, 2011
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  Tomorrow’s New Call of Duty is for the iPhone

  Call of Duty: Zombies was a hit on the iPhone, a simplified port of the popular “Nazi Zombies” game from Call of Duty: World at War—players fight to defend a building from increasingly difficult waves of advancing undead. It was a fairly humble iOS first-person shooter, but it had a strong brand behind it, was…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published November 30, 2011
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  What If Arkham City Were a Suburb of Springfield?

  Artist Dean Fraser of Springfield Punx fame is up to his old tricks again, giving the heroes and villains of Batman: Arkham City a Simpsons-style makeover. Mmmmm, Springfield Catwoman. Both Fraser and his fans have been posting Arkham City sketches over the past week, depicting the sort of horrible idea Mayor Quimby might come up…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2011
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  Archie Meets KISS and Titan Metal Sonic Goes on a Rampage in This Week’s Most Interesting Comics

  This is a slow week for new comic books. There are fewer new ones to get excited about. Don’t fret. There are some, and they don’t all involve Archie and Jughead hanging out with members of KISS. Here are my and Evan Narcisse’s recommendations: Comics You Should Consider Buying (from comics shops) Archie #627 This…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 30, 2011
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  Find Out the Hobbies of Yakuza: Dead Souls’ Gangsters In This New Trailer

  Sure, you know that the next Yakuza game from Sega is leaving any semblance of gritty crime drama behind. But did you know that the guy with the bionic machine gun arm likes to cook? We can only hope that there’s culinary side missions in Yakuza: Dead Souls when it hits next March. Using zombie…

  By Evan Narcisse Published November 30, 2011
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  A Tantalizing Glimpse of Transformers: Rise of Grimlock

  You can call it Transformers: Fall of Cybertron all you want. This brief teaser for the trailer airing during the Spike TV Video Game Awards shows who the star of this show really is. Starscream, Ironhide, Optimus, Bumblebee, and Cliffjumper are all well and good, but none of them stack up to a giant robot…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 30, 2011
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  Three Guys, 18 Million Blocks, One Unbelievable Minecraft Video

  It’s just two minutes and twenty-two seconds of black and white video. In it we see a play-through of classic 80s Game Boy title Super Mario Land. Pretty bland stuff, until you hear how it was created. The YouTube Minecraft Super Mario Land in Stop Motion video is the culmination of more than 500 hours…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 30, 2011