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The Next Skylanders Is Coming To Tablets… The Same Day As Consoles
Not a side game, not a spin-off — the full console version of Skylanders: Trap Team will be available for Android, Amazon and iPad tablets on October 5, the same day it comes out on Xboxes, PlayStations and Wiis. That’s never happened before. Aside from downloadable titles like Telltale’s The Walking Dead games, a console…
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Mortal Kombat X Manages To Make Kano Look Interesting
My least favorite kombatant since the original game, Kano returns next year in Mortal Kombat X with some killer new moves and looks that will both stop and start traffic. The older, wiser Kano has received some serious cybernetic upgrades since last we saw him, accessorizing his signature glowing eye with what looks to be…
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Elgato’s New Video Capture Box Does 1080p At 60 Frames Per Second
Elgato’s Game Capture HD is one of the most widely-used game video capture devices on the market — it’s what many of us here at Kotaku used to grab gameplay footage. Today Elgato introduces it’s next-generation capture device — the Game Capture HD60, capable of recording 1080p at 60 frames per second. Launching August 15…
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Watch The Advanced Warfare Multiplayer Reveal Live, Right Here
Kevin Spacey can’t help you now. It’s time to find out what Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s multiplayer has in store for fans this fall, and we’ve got the live event streaming. The event kicks off at 1pm Eastern time, with Activision showing footage and detailing the features that define the Advanced Warfare multiplayer experience.…
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Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd will arrive in North America on November 18, with the rest of the world joining the party November 21. Preordering from GameStop will score players an Americana Module for Miku, as well as an extra character pack featuring Akita Neru, Yowane Haku, and Kasane Teto. Owners of the first…
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Thirteen-Year-Old MMO Gets Its First Expansion Pack
Since its launch way back in 2001, browser-based massively-multiplayer online role-playing game RuneScape has received a steady stream of updates, but never anything as ambitious as its first expansion pack, Lost City of the Elves. So expansive it’s being released in three parts, the Lost City of the Elves expansion begins today with the epic…
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Director James Gunn Now Wields The Power Of An Infinity Gem
Rule one of possessing one of the six Infinity Gems: don’t post a picture of it on Instagram, even if Marvel gifts it to you for directing its latest box-office smash. James Gunn, the writer of Tromeo and Juliet as well as both live-action Scooby-Doo films, received one of the most powerful weapons in the…
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Culture
The Week In Games: Trippin’ Out
This week PlayStation 3 and Vita owners get to tour Tokyo’s famous Akibahara district, where they’ll find action figures, awesome gadgets, cosplayers, and vampires feeding off of their life energy, transforming them into undead thralls. Man, Japan has everything. Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed is the highlight of this week’s releases, at least as far…
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Amazon’s Fire TV Is The Perfect Place To Play Flappy Bird
Amazon’s Android-based Fire TVgot its killer applast week in the form of Flappy Bird Family, the official follow-up to the simplistic mobile game that took the world by storm. Mix in a little Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack, and you’ve got yourself a party. I purchased a Fire TV the day the device was announced,…
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Let’s Talk About The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie
The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film is in theaters everywhere, already making at least $65 million. Here’s a spoiler-friendly place where folks who’ve seen the movie and those who don’t give a damn can talk about whether or not it deserved that many eyes. Warning: As mentioned above, this post is a spoiler-friendly zone.…
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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Now Board Gaming
We love video games. We love board games. We love board games based on video games, but sometimes it seems like one company has exclusive control of the market. Guess we’ll just have to make our own. Based on a suggestion from a guy we all know, this week’s Photoshop contest is all about transforming…
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A Shiny Surprise Arrives With Pokémon Alpha Sapphire And Omega Ruby
Along with a trio of new Mega Pokémon, Horde Battles and some sexy new Pikachu cosplay, The Pokémon Company today announced a special distribution to coincide with the November 21 launch of Pokémon Alpha Sapphire And Omega Ruby — Shiny Beldum holding a Mega Stone. Through the power of evolution, Shiny Beldum will eventually evolve…
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Culture
Sunday Comics: The Latest Butt Study
Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. Published August 9. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published August 4. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…
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One Of The PlayStation’s Greatest Heroes, Reborn (Again) In Skyrim
The ever-rising Sir Daniel Fortesque shall live once more, thanks to a mod aimed at recreating the first four levels of the classic MediEvil in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The mod, crafted lovingly by KorinOo of Nexus Mods (via Reddit), aims to breathee new life (sorry, it’s too easy) into a PlayStation mascot that’s…
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Okay, Maybe I Need One More Guardians Of The Galaxy Action Figure
This isn’t a toy. This is witchcraft. I’ve been staring at this picture of the upcoming Gamora figure from Hot Toys since it popped up on thecompany’s Facebook page yesterday. I’m not obsessed with Zoe Saldana’s portrayal of Thanos’ adopted daughter or anything — I think I’m just waiting for it to breathe. Hot Toys…
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You’ll Hate The Ending To Mass Effect‘s Honest Trailer
If I came away with anything from this spoiler-heavy Honest Game Trailer for the Mass Effect trilogy, it’s that I would have probably enjoyed the games more had they been titled “Battletoad and the Space Jesus.” Everyone would really. Who cares about slow elevators when you’re playing “Battletoad and the Space Jesus?” Who is going…
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The Voice Of Geralt Saves The Witcher Comic-Con Panel From Silence
The San Diego Comic-Con event for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, was nearly ruined when voice-over failed to play during the gameplay demo. Luckily, Geralt voice actor Doug Cockle was there to save the day. Not everybody has weeks to preparefor a live performance of their video game dialog. Cockle slips into the gravelly voice…
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Saturday Morning Stream: Let’s Get Disappointed With Sacred 3 [Done]
Sacred 3 was quietly released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC this week, which is never a good sign. Is there more to the shallow sequel than dashed hopes? The first two Sacred games, developed by the now defunct Ascaron, were intense Diablo-esque action role-playing games filled with enemies to click, loot to…
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Christmas Comes Early To LEGO Land With Santa’s Workshop
With a mere one-third of the year remaining until Christmas, it’s time for all of the good LEGO-loving boys and girls to find out which Winter Village set Santa’s leaving under the tree this holiday season. We’re getting the full Santa’s Workshop, baby. Enough beating around the snow-covered bushes with vague scenes of holiday cheer…
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Reviews
Nvidia Shield Tablet: The Kotaku Review
Last year’s Nvidia Shield portable was the most powerful Android gaming system on the market at the time. The Nvidia Shield Tablet is the most powerful Android gaming system on the market, but it’s also something its predecessor was not — useful. The original Nvidia Shield, rebranded the Shield Portable in the wake of the…
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