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  A Look At the Ascended, Dead, Imaginary Sidekick in Battlefield 3

  In this scene from Battlefield 3’s campaign we see the spirit of Dmitri “Dima” Mayakovsky’s great grandfather driving a car in downtown Paris. Haunted by his failures in Vladivostok during the trailing end of the Russian Civil War, Anatoly Mayakovsky’s morose spirit rose from the dead in the early 80s to begin assisting his great…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 27, 2011
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  You’ll Be Able to Play Shinobi and Sonic Generations on the 3DS in November, With More Sega 3D Titles on the Way

  So, you’ve held on, 3DS owner. You’ve maintained ownership Nintendo’s stereoscopic handheld despite a software portfolio that’s been rough going. When will you be able to play a classic arcade ninja or a beloved, speedy hedgehog, you’ve cried?! One Japanese publisher has heard you and their answer is soon. Sega’s released info on when you’ll…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 27, 2011
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  Anima: Ark of Sinners Makes the Whole Nintendo Download Awesome

  There’s a sexy side-scrolling combat platformer based on a Spanish fantasy setting that’s been described as the JRPG of pen-and-paper role-playing? Where the hell did I put those WiiWare points? You can’t darken my mood today, traditional Nintendo Download fluff; not when Anima: Ark of Sinners is going up for sale. It’s a side-scrolling hack…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 27, 2011
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  Multiplayer Doesn’t Ruin Mass Effect 3

  Some smart gamers eye the addition of multiplayer modes to formerly single-player franchises with the kind of suspicion that classical music aficionados might have if they heard their favorite violinist gave a guest spot at their next concert to Kanye West. The people at BioWare have indeed disrupted their symphony. They’ve added co-op multiplayer to…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 27, 2011
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  Epic President Mike Capps Talks Infinity Blade 2, Unreal Engine 4 and Finding the Next CliffyB

  In a wide-ranging interview at Develop, company president Mike Capps reveals that the makers of Gears of War have five new projects underway and that he wants Unreal Engine 4 to hit on day one of the next new consoles. Capps says the company wants to get better at having the tech used to make…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 27, 2011
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  Someone’s Going to Be Playing a Lot of Battlefield 3 Multiplayer

  Commenter Valeria got more and less than she bargained for in her copy of Battlefield 3 for the Xbox 360. It’s a picture perfect Speak Up on Kotaku! Well I’m sure glad I wasn’t really that interested in the single player… About Speak Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a lot to say, and sometimes…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 27, 2011
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  The Next Magicka Expansion Taps Lovecraft, Pokes Minecraft

  Goodbye, Vietnam. Paradox Interactive’s acclaimed and comical multiplayer wizard computer game will be getting an expansion called The Stars Are Left. It will pit up to four players against monsters in “a horror-mystery inspired byt he Cthullhu Mythos.” So says the PC-gaming champions at Paradox. They say that the expansion, made by the Magicka madmen…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 27, 2011
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  Does Playing Battlefield 3 On a PC Make You Twice as Accurate (Or Is It Just Me?)

  Battlefield 3 is an amazing, bar-setting online shooter. It’s also one of the first games of its kind that has had me ping-ponging back and forth between computer and console to play. Sure, I could blame the game’s unstable servers for the reason why I keep moving between computer and Xbox 360 (I don’t have…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 27, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  I hope you’ve all been gaming your hearts out lately, because there’s a lot to be played! I’ve had more chances than usual to play this week, which has been very nice. Since Battlefield 3 arrived in my mailbox last night, I’m excited for it to get most of my attention! How about you? Still…

  By Matthew Buzzi Published October 27, 2011
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  Incoming Forza 4 DLC Pack Lets You Drive a Classic ’57 Chevy, a Lamborghini Aventador and Eight Other New Cars

  Turn 10’s latest racing sim’s turned heads with its finely tuned racing action and fetishistic attention to the details that drive automotive enthusiasts crazy. The game launched with hundreds of cars available to play with but Microsoft’s just announced that they’ll be adding 10 new rides to the titles next week. The November Speed Pack…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 27, 2011
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  Here’s Why The Legend of Zelda Should Come To the iPhone

  Mage Gauntlet is the sort of game that should have Nintendo rethinking their policies on bringing their wonderful, vibrant catalog of games to mobile devices. This 90s-flavored, action role-playing game isn’t just a small snack, in the metaphor of filling entertainment, it is a full three-course meal. One can’t help but be reminded of The…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 27, 2011
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  You Found The Legend of Zelda Manga Box Set!

  Nintendo’s been rolling out re-releases and concerts in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of The Legend of Zelda series. But the Zelda mystique’s spread far and wide and one of the places it’s wound up was in an officially licensed manga series. The Legend of Zelda comics were serialized in Japan starting in 1998 but…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 27, 2011
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  Even If You’re Cosplaying, Isn’t Opening Umbrellas Inside Bad Luck?

  No Rain | HONG KONG: Cosplayers gathered at the 2005 Hong Kong Comics Festival. (Photo: Kin Cheung | AP) Capcom Wouldn’t be Capcom Without Akiman’s Amazing Art Japanese artist Akira Yasuda, better known by his pen name Akiman, is a legend in the video game art world, being responsible for more classic images, posters, box…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 27, 2011
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  Warcraft Re-Imagined in Retro Color Graphics

  Artist João Victor G. Costa took Warcraft and added old-school color graphics. The result is beautiful minimalism. According to Costa, “I know the black ’emptiness’ suck, but it’s for the sake of the gameplay, really.” Introduced in 1981, the Color Graphics Adapter was IBM’s first graphics card. Decades later, graphics cards have advanced, producing more…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 27, 2011
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  But Can Dark Souls Make Devil May Cry‘s Dante?

  Perhaps! That’s exactly what one Japanese netizen tried to do: Create Dante from Devil May Cry using Dark Souls‘ avatar editor. The result doesn’t look like a walking Dante clone, but it sure as heck looks better than that emo guy in DmC: Devil May Cry デビルメイクライのダンテを作ってみた[はちま] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 27, 2011
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  What is This, Mirror’s Edge or Real Life?

  Paying homage to a favourite game of his, artist Dave Payne has created this stunning recreation of the white-washed city featured in 2008’s Mirror’s Edge It’s not a photo, nor is it a screenshot of the game at full settings; it’s a 3D image, created in 3DS Max, Maxwell Render and Photoshop. As proof of…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2011
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  Wear GlaDOS In Your Hair

  Reader G.W. Smith points us towards this adorable little Portal headpiece, which can help the ladies (or long-haired gentlemen!) look like the villainous GlaDOS is sticking out of their scalp. The ornament was made by Luke Walker. What I like about it is how weird it is. It’s not just turning an existing thing like…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2011
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  Capcom Wouldn’t be Capcom Without Akiman’s Amazing Art

  Japanese artist Akira Yasuda, better known by his pen name Akiman, is a legend in the video game art world, being responsible for more classic images, posters, box covers and characters than we’ve got space to share. So we’ll keep things brief, and just focus on some of his more memorable works. Akiman worked at…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2011
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  This Angry Birds Horror Movie is Awesome

  Continuing its series of short horror movies based on video games entirely lacking in horror, G4 has run The Birds of Anger, an Angry Birds flick that has more in common with Alfred Hitchcock than green pigs. While The Hunt was interesting in its treatment of the source material, this one is just great fun…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2011
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  How Nintendo Is Being Kicked When It’s Down

  In Japanese, it’s called “endaka” (円高), or “high-valued yen”. And it’s wreaking havoc on so much of the country. If you are living in Japan, getting paid in yen and then converting that into another currency, or if you are importing goods from outside the country, the strong yen is gravy. If you, like me…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 27, 2011