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Everybody under 30 just went Karata-what?

Do you remember Karateka?  The 1984 Karate combat game originally released for the Apple II computer developed by Jordan Mechner in his dorm room at Yale?  If you said no, than does the idea of playing a story based game inspired by “Japanese woodblock prints, Kurosawa films, early Disney animation, and silent movies” intrigue you?  How about playing through a love story using a simple gameplay mechanic?  If any of these things captured your interest, you might want to look out for Karateka’s as of yet unnamed HD remake.

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You'll be getting another dose of Assassin's Creed sooner than later.

Are you ready for another installment of Assassin’s Creed?  With the latest installment shipping 7 million units, Ubisoft certainly thinks so and have now officially confirmed that Assassin’s Creed III will be arriving sooner than previously estimated. 

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Check out the voice commands Kinect users will be yelling as they save the galaxy.

It’s no secret that Mass Effect 3 is going to take advantage of the 360’s Kinect voice recognition feature, but it’s yet to be seen if the addition will add or detract from the experience.  In either case, the fine folks at BioWare have released a cheat sheet that displays the voice commands and how they are applied.  Check out our screen captures and let us know if you think Mass Effect 3 will be better with Kinect.

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An expired license is said to be the culprit.

The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the Nintendo Entertainment System used to be available on the Wii Virtual Console. Unfortunately, due to an "expired license", that's no longer the case as the title has been removed from the service.

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