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Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: What exactly should we be calling a hardcore game? ElijahTheWeathered has some thoughts on the matter. Zarnyx offers a glimpse of Halloween in her Animal Crossing town. With colder weather a few months away, Sam G wants to know where the hell snowboarding games have…

Sonic the Hedgehog’s getting a new TV show next year. Sonic Boom—a CGI cartoon described as Sonic and Tails’ “never-ending search for adventure”—will be debuting on Cartoon Network in the fall of 2014. It’s being produced by Genao Productions. Full details here

Playable Bayonetta 2, New Zelda Coming to New York Comic-Con Next Week

Nintendo’s going to let you admire Bayonetta’s new haircut up close when it brings the Platinum Games heroine’s next game to New York City next week. In addition to Bayonetta 2, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate and Sonic Lost World will be also available to play. Attendees will…

Street Fighter Vs. Plants vs. Zombies Vs. Your Eyeballs

Look, you know how this is going to end. A bunch of super-powered martial artists against cartoony zombies isn’t much of a fight. But, oh no! The ranks of the undead are swelling! How will the World Warriors prevail now? Blanka. Good old Blanka. Thanks, buddy.

In Batman: Arkham Origins, Barbara Gordon Isn’t Batgirl… Yet

That’s Jim Gordon’s daughter up there. Man, let’s hope this means you’ll eventually be able to play as Batgirl. The folks making Batman: Arkham Origins have already said that Batgirl won’t be a playable character in the upcoming prequel’s multiplayer: Batgirl won’t be playable, nor did I see any female characters for the thugs. When…

Wear Link’s Snazzy Shirt in Animal Crossing Right Now

Screw municipal management. Nothing matters in Animal Crossing as much as what you’re wearing. So it’s exciting that there’s a new top Legend of Zelda-themed top coming to New Leaf today. Starting today, you can grab the top by scanning the QR Code you see right here.

Super Mario 3D World is a Smorgasboard of Fun New Power-Ups

Cat Mario is Nintendo’s ploy to dominate the internet. Think about it. The internet loves Mario. It also loves cats, especially when they’re doing funny things. So, the feline power-up that Nintendo’s iconic plumber gets in Super Mario 3D World should be prime raw material for GIF creation. And if that doesn’t work, all the…

Hey, look at these snazzy new Wii remotes! The Mario and Luigi-themed controllers showed up during the Super Mario 3D World segment of today’s Nintendo Direct. These Wii Remote Plus peripherals come out on November 1st. Wonder if one of them lets a player jump higher than the other?

Maybe you want some different box art for Destiny Art that doesn’t make the back of one character’s head look like Master Chief’s visor. It’s a good thing that reader Lexxie shared this, then.

What Happens After Mortal Kombat’s Cutest Fatality

Yeah, the way that this video pays homage to the old-school digitized look of the first few Mortal Kombat games is cool. And it’s great that there are nods to signature moments of the latest MK title in there, too. But what really makes this video work is the secret revelation about thunder god Raiden.…

Every Reason Wonder Woman Should Be in a Blockbuster Movie

DC Comics has a Holy Trinity, a trio of decades-old world-renown characters that are the publisher’s bedrock. In the last 35 years, Superman has had six big-budget movies come out from major studios. Batman’s gotten eight. But Wonder Woman hasn’t had any. This video shows why the complete lack of onscreen Diana is a goddamn…

Hey, Assassin’s Creed IV has something in common with Grand Theft Auto V. No, it’s not sharks. The newest trailer for the Caribbean-set open-world action game shows an all-star cast of history’s most infamous pirates teaming up to pull off a massive heist. Heists! They’re so hot right now.

Leaked Dark Souls II Videos Show Co-Op, Armor and Enemies

Dark Souls 2 isn’t out until March of next year. But the network beta’s been running in Japan and other places for a little while now. You know what that means: leaked footage showing what the hotly-anticipated sequel looks and plays like. There’s about an hour’s worth of footage total here so get a snack.…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Pika? Stormborn finally gets to the most iconic Pokemon in his daily series of pocket monster drawings. Spacegar connects indie classic Cave Story to the oeuvre of rock ‘n’ roll god David Bowie in an interesting way. writes about the joys that come with playing…

Want to pick up Destiny when Bungie’s ambitious shooter comes out next year? Here’s what the PlayStation all console versions of the game’s box art will look like. Updated with Xbox versions of Destiny‘s box art.

Neal Stephenson Says His Dream of Making a Video Game Isn’t Dead

People are mad at Neal Stephenson. So mad that there’s talk of launching a class-action lawsuit against one of the greatest living science-fiction authors. Stephenson is viewed as one of the sharpest speculative thinkers in the world today. The idea that the man responsible for classic, challenging literary works like Snow Crash, Anathem and REAMDE…

“He’s not going to play the game until he’s in college.” The actor who plays Michael in Grand Theft Auto V tells GQ that his 11-year-old son will have to wait a while before sampling the pleasures of Los Santos. Kudos, Ned Luke, for having more sense than some of the other parents out there.

New York Times Correction, 25 Years Later: Mario Is Not a Janitor

Nowadays, everyone knows what Mario does for a living, right? Nintendo’s mascot character is about as recognizable as Mickey Mouse or Superman. Mario’s been a global entertainment icon for decades now but, back in 1988, the New York Times thought the guy was a janitor. A correction note ran in today’s New York Times—which Kotaku…

12 Minutes of The Evil Within Footage Will Have You Crying for Mommy

Hardly a word gets spoken in the first few minutes of this Evil Within gameplay footage. And, really, what needs to be said? Some of what’s shown here appears to be what Kotaku‘s Richard Eisenbeis saw at the Tokyo Game Show last week. The first chunk of gameplay on display here is mostly atmospherics, while…

Mortal Kombat‘s Web Series and Movie Will Be Totally Different Things

It seemed like Mortal Kombat was dead for a while there. No games, no movies, no Fatalities. But now, the gory fighting franchise is back, with a movie in development and season two of a slickly-made web series making its debut today. (The first episode is above.) The same guy is in charge of both,…