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  Report: Sony Pictures Closing in on Assassin’s Creed Movie Deal That Could Make Gamers Happy

  Sony Pictures is close to signing a deal with Ubisoft to turn period-piece adventure game Assassin’s Creed into a movie, Variety reports. More importantly, it sounds like the deal could actually result in a movie you’d want to watch. The deal comes after a reported bidding war between several studios including Sony and Universal. Last…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 20, 2011
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  She’s a Nun. An Evil Nun. With a Machine Gun.

  Fashion model turned famous lady Nozomi Sasaki has a new habit: She’s appearing in upcoming television series based on a social networking game as a boss character. The game is Kaito Royale, a popular cell phone title. Sasaki is a machine gun-packing nun named “Sister Snake”. The drama centers around a group of thieves. The…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2011
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  Giant Swords and Silly Cleavage? Ah, This is Code of Princess

  Mass-market appeal, family-friendly mascots and fluffy animals be damned. Code of Princess is a 3DS game that wants to sell itself on giant swords and barely-clothed women. Which sounds awfully crass, but then, those barely-clothed women have been designed by Capcom legend Kinu Nishimura, who is working on both the characters and the world of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011
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  Red Dead Redemption Designer Now Making a Movie

  And it’s not Red Dead Redemption. Christian Cantamessa, who designed and co-wrote the wonderful Red Dead Redemption, is going Hollywood. Cantamessa sold a script he co-wrote called Wake Cycle. According to Variety, the movie is set in an underground hyperbaric facility after a nuclear fallout. Every six months, two custodial workers can take care of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2011
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  This Beautiful Art is From…Call of Duty: Black Ops? Huh?

  Yup. And don’t look so surprised. There’s more to the Call of Duty series than military hardware, moustaches and door hinges The environments in which the games take place are rarely 100% authentic, which means someone had to dream them up. In this case, it’s artist Michael Zimmerman, who takes us on a tour of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011
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  Adorable Zelda Cosplay is Breaking my Heart

  Not all Halloween costumes need to be scary. These parents dressed their son as Link and it’s having the opposite effect of scary. Call them stage parents if you want, but they’ve really gone the extra mile here. Not only is the costume great, but they took some slick photos and, to top it all…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011
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  Man Sings Tribute to Mario’s Creator. No, It’s Not Creepy.

  Well not that creepy (kidding! sorta!). YouTube user WyldStallynsGames really likes Shigeru Miyamoto. He likes him so much that he wrote a ballad for him. No, he wrote a power ballad. On YouTube, WyldStallynsGames explains why he wrote this tune. “It was through the work of Shigeru Miyamoto that I discovered my own passion: creating…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2011
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  A Dead Sega Mascot is Even Deader Now

  Forget his flirtation with Nintendo on the Wii. Monkey maraca simulation Samba de Amigo was, is and always will be a Sega icon, a reminder that the Dreamcast was cool, quirky and now very, very dead. Something this neat shirt captures perfectly. Samba de los Muertos is a new shirt from Meat Bun that takes…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011
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  Does This Lady Love Final Fantasy XI More Than You?

  Emiri Kato doesn’t just play Final Fantasy XI, she lives there. The voice actress has an impressive resume of anime and game titles she’s worked on, but that’s nothing compared to her FFXI playtime. As pointed out on website 4Gamer, Kato has played FFXI for 557 days and 18 hours. That’s 13,386 hours. Before you…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2011
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  Bleep a Few Words and Suddenly Zelda is Very NSFW

  While getting a genuine laugh out of the Zelda cartoon series is tough, it’s not impossible. Provided you cut a few words out which turn innocent encounters into tawdry tales. While this clip’s joke wears thin pretty quick, while it’s still wearing it’s good for a chuckle or two. Especially when she’s only three inches…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011
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  Ni No Kuni Gets Extra Help in the Cute Department

  Ni no Kuni isn’t only the PS3’s most beautiful game, it’s also pretty darn cute. Thank Studio Ghibli for that. Know what cute calls for? A cute kid. Mana Ashida is one of the most popular stars in Japan. She’s only seven, but she’s already done way more than those twice—three times, even—her age, including…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2011
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  Pokémon Gray Incoming?

  Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services recently registered pokemongray.com. This is the same company that registered pokemonblackwhite.com, an official Nintendo site. When you mix black and white you get…gray. [IGN via Gimme Gimme Games!]

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2011
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  You’ll Probably Want to Avoid Battlefield 3’s “Standard-Def” Version

  I thought the first screenshots of Battlefield 3 running on an Xbox 360 looked fine, but then, they were probably using the optional high-resolution texture pack Those who don’t use that pack, well…you may want to find a way to make it work. Because Battlefield 3 producer Patrick Bach has given the vanilla version of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011
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  Why Do Shy Girls Love Singing about Nerdy Things?

  I guess they’re not that shy, because they are filming themselves singing songs and then uploading the clips to YouTube. There’s an entire subgenre of young females strumming their guitars, usually in their bedrooms, and singing about the nerdiest things imaginable, from StarCraft to physics. Many of them do a wonderful job, too. Kotaku‘s posted…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 20, 2011
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  Some of Team Fortress 2’s Coolest Weapons Have Been Made by You

  Well, not you specifically, “you” as in “people who don’t work for Valve”. Ever since Team Fortress 2’s recent Manniversary update, players have been able to show off fan-made weapons and items in The Workshop, a central spot where other players can vote on them. The best ones then get taken by Valve and turned…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011
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  Arkham City is (Maybe) Mark Hamill’s Last Performance as The Joker

  Arkham City is pretty damn special, so the fact it’s out this week is good news. That good news has been tempered with a little sadness, though, as it could be the last time we’ll ever hear Mark Hamill lend his voice to The Joker. The star of General Hospital and The Big Red One…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011
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  When Street Fighter met GI Joe, the World Suffered

  The year was 1993. Street Fighter was one of the biggest things on the planet, and venerable toy franchise GI Joe…wasn’t. In an effort to boost Joe’s sales, Hasbro figured creating action figures based on Street Fighter would be a really good idea! It wasn’t. Between 1993 and 1994, Capcom and Hasbro teamed up to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 20, 2011
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  Ultima Creator’s House for Sale for a Cool $4 Mil

  Richard Garriott, the Ultima creator and space tourist believed to be the only private citizen to own property on an extraterrestrial body, is selling real estate here on Earth. For about $4 mil you may claim the stately Texas manor owned by Lord British. According to KUT-TV of Austin, Texas, Garriott’s “captivating and magical” estate…

  By Owen Good Published October 19, 2011
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  Pinball FX2 Gets a Free Table for Halloween

  Zen Studios, the master maker of pinball tables, will offer a free treat by Halloween for all Pinball FX2 owners. Anyone who picks up the free Pinball FX2 platform on Xbox Live can get the Paranormal table for free from Oct. 26 to Nov. 2. Paranormal‘s setup involves “solving” a series of supernatural phenomena served…

  By Owen Good Published October 19, 2011
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  Imagine I Gave You $10,000 For That Tooth

  Greetings once more, Kotaku readers. We’ve had a fun day here, talking about all sorts of video game stuff, from the contentious to the non-contentious. And now it’s time to talk about other things. Good things! Bad things! All of the things. So kick back, relax, put on some smooth saxophone music, and dive into…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published October 19, 2011