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NPR’s Morning Edition Covers MAGfest and Video Game Music

Today, NPR’s Morning Edition dedicated a nice segment to the recent Music and Gaming Festival. They interviewed Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu, among others, closing out with this epic tune. Well played, NPR.

The Lovely, Colorful Platformer ScaryGirl Arrives on XBLA

ScaryGirl, a platformer based on Nathan Jurevicius’s graphic novel, has been released on Xbox Live Arcade, with a PSN release scheduled for next week and a “coming soon” release date for PC. As you can see in the trailer and screens above, it’s looking mighty nice! I had been under the impression that this was…

Conker’s Bad Fur Day Was Supposed to Include Pokémon and KKK Jokes

The most outrageous game Nintendo ever published could have been more outrageous if Nintendo hadn’t nixed a couple of jokes, the game’s creator, Chris Seavor, said in a recent interview. The game is Conker’s Bad Fur Day, which let Nintendo 64 owners control a foul-mouthed but cute squirrel through a series of adventures—many of them…

Remember to Come Talk About Portal 2 Tomorrow with the Kotaku Game Club

Remember Game Clubbers, we’ll be continuing our series on Portal 2 tomorrow at 4pm Eastern. Be there!

Star Wars: The Old Republic Patch 1.1 Breaks High-End PVP

Before Star Wars: The Old Republic‘s 1.1 patch went live early this morning, player-versus-player combat on the level 50 world of Ilum was slightly broken, with more players focusing on completing non-PVP goals than fighting. After patch 1.1 the zone has been transformed into an Imperial PVP wonderland. There are plenty of non PVP-related issues…

Another PIPA Co-Sponsor Bails on the Bill

In a statement made on his Facebook page, Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) announced that he is withdrawing his support for the Protect IP Act, which he co-sponsored, though he still supports “the original intent of [the] bill.”

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This Yakuza: Dead Souls Trailer is a Feeding Frenzy

SEGA’s new trailer for the zombie-ridden Yakuza: Dead Souls skips the foreplay of human connection and solidarity. The shambling hordes come first, picking their way through Tokyo’s red light district with a hunger for human flesh… and bone marrow, and organs, and brains. Fans of splatter-house gore will enjoy gameplay footage of what seems like…

Ubisoft Closes Down Vancouver Studio

French publishing giant Ubisoft has closed down its Vancouver development studio. The branch had taken on an ancillary role for other Ubisoft studios as of last November, developing assets rather than new games.

Atlus Makes Tactical Role-Playing Fans’ Wishes Come True with Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time

Despite being considered by many to be the finest entry in the Growlanser series of Japanese tactical role-playing games, Growlanser IV: Over Reloaded for the PlayStation 2 never made it to this side of the globe. Atlus fixes that oversight this summer with the release of Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time for the PSP. A renamed…

Rockstar Wants Max Payne 3 To Have the Sharpness of a First-Person Shooter

How’s Max Payne supposed to shoot in May’s Max Payne 3? How’s a third-person shooter supposed to feel as good to control as a first-person shooter? Rockstar Games delivers its answers in the video here.

Prinnies and Ponies Invade PlayStation Home

If ever there was a reason to sit in front of your PlayStation 3 waiting for PlayStation Home to load it’s today’s North American debut of the prinny-powered Disgaea 4 Home Space. And for everyone else, there’s pet ponies. While plenty of people visit PlayStation Home on a daily basis (really lonely people; people that…

Time Travel Opens Up Worlds of Possibility in Final Fantasy XIII-2

One of my favorite features of Final Fantasy XIII-2, time travel allows the player and their party to jump back and forth between different eras in the game’s history, small self-contained ‘What If?’ scenarios filled with stories to experience and items to collect. For fans of the Final Fantasy XIII setting, XIII-2‘s different time periods…

3G or Not 3G? That is the PlayStation Vita Question

With the North American release of Sony’s next generation handheld a mere month away, commenter Yoshi Salcedo is wondering who is going with 3G and who is opting to purchase the less expensive Wifi-only version. We’re kinda curious too. So we’re getting close to the PS Vita launch and I’ve always been wondering. Which of…

Why We’re Not Protesting SOPA Today

Some of our readers hoped that we would be offline today. Some are upset to see Kotaku online and updating. They—perhaps, you—wanted Kotaku to join a widespread online protest against SOPA and PIPA, two anti-piracy bills that are making their way through Congress. Critics consider these things Internet censorship bills and have cheered Reddit, Wikipedia…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

It’s time for Talk Amongst Yourselves, Kotaku‘s official forum where you can talk about video games until the referee expels you from the game. Damn referee. Today’s TAYpic is brought to you by the incomparable Mr Marsu. Thank you, fine sir! Join in the fun and submit your own TAYpic. Please do your best—or your…

The Colorful Chaos of Super Crossfire Turns the Tables on Invaders From Space

Last October I was excited to announce that former Xbox Live Indie Games developer Radiangames was getting into iOS gaming business with the frantic 2D shooter Super Crossfire. Then my iPad screen cracked. And my iPhone got dropped out of a speeding car. Someone did not want me playing this game. So I spent a…

A Chunk of Resident Evil Revelations Will Be the 3DS’ First Playable Demo

Nintendo announced a while back that they’d be rolling out playable demos to their stereoscopic handheld. So where are they? When are they coming? It all starts tomorrow with a downloadable slice of Resident Evil Revelations, according to Gamasutra. Following the sample of Capcom’s survival action game—which is out in full next month—demos for Metal…

Come for SoulCalibur V‘s Story, Stay For the Screenshots

With 17 years separating SoulCalibur V from SoulCalibur IV, Project Soul has near two decades’ worth of explaining to do. Could this be the most story-driven SoulCalibur yet? I swear there’s more plot and dialog going on in this short video than I recall seeing in any other game in the Soul series. Not that…

Is This a Viral Teaser for Resident Evil 6?

Resident Evil 6 could be set in China. It might not be. The game, however, is apparently on its way—something Capcom previously confirmed to Kotaku Last Dec., a voice actress listed “Chinese Villager/Zombie” for “Video Game: Resident Evil 6” on her resume. A viral video, in which a woman is frantically speaking Chinese, throws fuel…