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I flew back from a half week in New York last night. We got home about 11 p.m. Tomorrow morning I’m flying off holy rummy to San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); I’ll be joining Michael McWhertor and Stephen Totilo as we report, interview, and write our way through the week-long show. Looks like there’s going to be some interesting news coming out of the show as always. I can’t tell you everything I know, but I can say that Battlefield 3 will be there. As will a bunch of other games, and, most importantly, oodles of interesting talks. Prepare! Killing Tasty Animals The Windows Phone 7 Way https://kotaku.com/killing-tasty-animals-the-windows-phone-7-way-5772729 After the initial lineup of Xbox Live-ready games for the Windows Phone 7 platform debuted, new releases have slowed to a crawl, and crawling is just want you’ll need to do to score a kill in Deer Hunter 3D. More » How FarmVille’s Makers Missed the Boat On The Next Great Era of Gaming https://kotaku.com/how-farmvilles-makers-missed-the-boat-on-the-next-great-5772285 Before there were virtual farmers in FarmVille and virtual shop owners in CityVille, there was Ultima Online. Considered to be one of the first successful massively multiplayer online computer games, Ultima Online changed the way many developers and players thought about gaming. While it was… More » Metroid Prime’s Coolest Concepts From The royally rummy Cutting Room Floor https://kotaku.com/metroid-primes-coolest-concepts-from-the-cutting-room-f-5772706/ What could Metroid mainstays Mother Brain, Crocomire and Kraid have looked like in the beloved Metroid Prime video games? See for yourself in some recently excavated art work from the artists behind Nintendo’s first-person Metroid adventures. My personal favorite may be the Galactic Federation… More » Serious Sam 3 Gives You 16 Player Co-op This Summer https://kotaku.com/serious-sam-3-gives-you-16-player-co-op-this-summer-5772636/ Make the next Serious Sam game official. Developer Croteam is bringing the next entry, Serious Sam 3: BFE, to PC and consoles this summer, a “glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters,” they say. That’s when “men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made… More » European Customs Seize PlayStation 3 Shipments https://kotaku.com/european-customs-seize-playstation-3-shipments-30824336 Tens of thousands of PS3s were seized by customs officers last week in the Netherlands as part of an ongoing contentious court battle between LG and Sony, the Guardian reports. A ruling by the civil court of justice in the Hague surrounding patents related to the playback of Blu-Ray discs means… More » Gawker 2.0.1 http://kotaku.com/5772745/gawker-201 I should first explain the radio silence of the last couple of weeks. We’d wanted to respond to feedback not with promises of future improvements but with actual fixes. More » The Bleak Despair Of Abject Poverty In Video Game Form https://kotaku.com/the-bleak-despair-of-abject-poverty-in-video-game-form-5772286 You’ve lost your job, your house, and your savings are completely gone. Can you survive for a month on $1,000? That’s the challenge put forth in the game Spent. More » Our First Look At The Bloody Ninja Gaiden III In Action https://kotaku.com/our-first-look-at-the-bloody-ninja-gaiden-iii-in-action-5772494 See what it’s like to be stabbed repeatedly by Ninja Gaiden star Ryu Hayabusa in this, the first teaser video for Team Ninja’s next project, Ninja Gaiden III. The third Ninja Gaiden game, according to its creators “will take fans on an epic journey as they discover a side of their hero that has… More » Suspect Compares British Shooting Spree To Grand Theft Auto https://kotaku.com/suspect-compares-british-shooting-spree-to-grand-theft-5772421 Qhuram Awan was either an unwilling hostage or a willing accomplice during Raoul Moat’s 2010 crime spree that left one dead and rummy 365 two seriously wounded. More »