With Mortal Kombat X's story spanning some 25 years after the events of Mortal Kombat 9, it's no wonder former Shaolin monk Kung Lao is looking a bit long in the tooth. It beats being dead.
Track: I Can Lift A Car | Artist: Walk the Moon | Album: Walk the Moon
Earlier this week, Marvel released a (cute but rather annoying) "ant-sized" trailer for the movie Ant-Man. Now we get a very short, but human-sized teaser, giving us a very tiny taste of what's ahead.
Ever since Hot Rod metamorphosed into Rodimus Prime in the 1986 animated Transformers movie, fans have been envisioning what other prominent Autobots would look like wielding the Matrix of Leadership. Arise, Bumblebee Prime.
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Since late 2013, Robert Topala's Geometry Dash has been the first gaming app I load on any new iDevice I come across. Now the devilish rhythm platformer will be the first game I load on new gaming PCs as well.
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It's time to end the first story arc of Sailor Moon Crystal! Kind of. Sailor Moon stands before Queen Metalia and her plans to consume the Earth, but not without pacing problems getting in the way of the show once more.
How could a gaming system with this powerful a retail presence possibly fail?
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Snacktaku is always on the lookout for new things to eat, but we also accept new ways to eat old things. Spanish artist Alejo Malia's mouthwatering Jurassic Sweet series fits the bill quite nicely. Any couple hundred people want to split a Donutsaurus Rex?
You'd think a species of creatures whose primary focus is gladiatorial combat would be uniformly pleased about assuming a new, more capable form — even if that form involves an additional head or a piece of silverware.
There have been some genuinely rough moments of loss in video games, especially if XCOM: Enemy Unknown taught us anything.
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You know how you can swap Snake's model with Hideo Kojima's in the PC version of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes? Well it seems like that trick isn't limited to people.
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Ok, so this video by YouTuber Frank Zappa racing through De Pleur's fortress in Far Cry 4 and stealth-killing baddies like a boss was obviously rehearsed. But man, those long-distance knife throws! It's also fun to imagine that it's actually Frank Zappa ninja-running Far Cry rather than Ajay Ghale.
Today on the first Highlight Reel of 2015 we have explosive door physics, some good gunplay in the Halo 5: Guardians Beta and soothing surfing in CS: GO.
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Curious about the future of Destiny? Here's a leak you might find interesting—a graphic purporting to lay out what developer Bungie's got planned for the rest of 2015 and beyond.
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Is there a persistent Internet argument that you're just sick of responding to? Don't have the energy to explain the problem with the argument for the billionth time? These comics can help, countering those troublesome arguments with a few words and pictures.
We came, we saw, we played. We nominated, we debated, we decided. Here, in alphabetical order, are Kotaku's top 12 games of 2014.
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You might know me, you might not, but my name's Patrick Klepek, and I'm the newest addition to the Kotaku family. I've been writing about video games in various forms since I was 14-years-old, and spent most of the past four years as the news (and horror) editor at Giant Bomb.
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Accomplished Zelda speedrunner Cosmo, who's been regarded as the world's fastest Ocarina of Time player for a while now, has some serious competition. One of his fellow OoT racers recently dethroned him by shaving three seconds off the previous world record of 18 minutes and ten seconds.
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