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The 1980s Are Back To Help You Beat Super Mario 3D World
Travel back in time once more to the 1980s, a magical age when video game tips and tricks were delivered by warm, friendly voices over tinny television speakers, and no one called you names for needing help beating a Mario platformer.
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Final Fantasy Artwork Auction At Gallery Nucleus
Gallery Nucleus is hosting a Final Fantasy art exhibition and online auction: FINAL FANTASY X/X2 HD GAME LAUNCH EXHIBITION / SIGNING March 15, 2014 – March 26, 2014 Opening Reception / Mar 15, 2:00PM – 8:00PM TODAY! Online Bidding Opens / Mar 15, 2:00PM Bidding Closes / Mar 26, 11:00PM
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Sharpen your image editors — the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest returns tomorrow. The legacy of our previous weekend editor will live on in every background you mask out and every pixel you bend to your will. Until that fateful day, I leave you with my personal favorite ‘Shop Contest entry from years past.
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Activision Is Almost Finished With Skylanders: Swap Force Toys
The next wave of Skylanders: Swap Force figures hit Toys’R’Us this weekend, leaving hardcore collectors and impressionable youngsters only two more reasons to get out of bed in the morning until the next game is announced. What’s the point of it all? Man, Activision and Toys for Bob really love to drag these things out,…
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Japan Is Bringing Pikachu And Pals To The 2014 World Cup
Pikachu and ten other Pokemon are Japan’s official mascots the 2014 World Cup in Rio. I bet Domo and Hello Kitty are kicking themselves right now. I am well aware that Japan has plenty of other colorful cultural icons that would have done just as good a job of representing the country in the World…
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The PlayStation 4 Is Now $50 More Expensive In Canada
If you live in Canada and are thinking about picking up a PlayStation 4, yesterday would have been good day. Today Sony Canada raised the console price from $399.99 to $449.99 Canadian, with similar increases applied to peripherals and first-party games. Market watchers should have seen it coming. At current exchange rates, $399 Canadian is…
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Celebrate The Transformers Universe Beta With Two New Bots
The massively online tactical action Transformers Universe has officially entered closed beta this weekend, giving developer Jagex the perfect opportunity to dole out brand new Autobots and Decepticons like they own the place. Meet Front-Line and Conduit. At first I was a little ticked at Jagex for rolling out new robots willy-nilly. Who gave them…
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The Saturday Morning Stream: The Elder Scrolls Online
Welcome to the first weekly installment of the Saturday Morning Stream, which is just like Saturday morning cartoons, only with more cursing. Let’s kick things off with a little romp through The Elder Scrolls Online. As mentioned in my weekend editor intro post, I am a big fan of massively multiplayer online role-playing games. That…
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Your New Weekend Editor, As Foretold By Prophecy
“I’ve watched the other two, how hard can it be?” That’s what I imagine the director of The Prophecy 3: The Ascent was thinking before giving Christopher Walken hair extensions, fingerless gloves and a trumpet — not at all what I’m thinking as I begin my tenure as Kotaku‘s third regular weekend editor. In November…
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The Best of Kotaku, The Week of March 10
Are you guys ready for your new weekend Kotaku editor? I sure hope so! I’m certainly excited about it. But before we get into the weekend, be sure to catch up on our best stuff over at Kotaku Selects The image above is from a game called Proven Lands. Here’s a little bit about it…
By Tina Amini
