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New trailer: EA Sports UFC. Still no release date yet for the game (last word was Spring, sometime after March) but here’s a detailed look at the fighters’ distinct features and animations. The game is for Xbox One and PS4.

What does Dungeon Keeper‘s creator think of EA’s roundly panned mobile version? “This is ridiculous,” Peter Molyneux told the BBC. “I just want to make a dungeon. I don’t want to schedule it on my alarm clock.”

Batman: Arkham Origins Prioritizing DLC Over Patching Game-Breaking Bug

The developers of Batman: Arkham Origins have no plans for any further patch to address bugs or problems gamers are reporting in the official forums. However, they are “working hard on the upcoming story DLC.” Ruh roh. As you can imagine, that statement went over like a turd in a punch bowl, especially as it…

Flappy Bird is Gone

Flappy Bird is officially no more. True to the word of the game’s creator, Dong Nguyen, the app is gone from both Google Play and the iTunes App Store. Unless you already downloaded it, you won’t find one of the world’s most popular video games anywhere. Nguyen apparently recoiled from the notoriety his game received…

The Week in Games: Lightning Strikes

The week’s big new packaged release is Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, with a couple of bundles and re-releases arriving with it on Tuesday. The MMO World of Tanks fully launches on Xbox 360 on Wednesday, and The Last of Us gets its prequel, Left Behind, on Valentine’s Day. Here’s the week in games: Tuesday,…

Join the KKK and S–t Your Pants: South Park‘s Achievements Are Awesome

Achievement reveals have lost some of their appeal here over the years. But then I see the list for South Park: The Stick of Truth and I feel compelled to share it. Here’s the very first one, for 15 Gamerscore. “New Kid on the Block: Join the KKK.” “Fling a turd that you created at…

At Last, Megatron Transforms Into a Sega Mega Drive

Megatron. Mega Drive. Such a simple concept, how come it has taken 25 years to get these two together? This limited edition figure, by Takara Tomy, will be shown at today’s Winter Wonder Festival in Japan. The biannual convention showcases the latest in toys, action figures, figurines and the like. Sega itself heralded the coming…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Sonic Bust

The Internet may have reacted to the new Sonic, but the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest has yet to have its say. Faces weren’t the only feature lifted in the makeover Sonic and pals got for Sonic Boom. Sonic’s waistband shot up to his tits, somehow. If he wore pants he’d look like a 70-year-old in line…

Sunday Comics: Put Some Clothes On

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 Feb. 8. Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Feb. 3. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Tron Dog: The Winners

Tron Dog, the proto-meme that never quite made it, was the subject this week. We have 18 fresh sightings of the de-rezzed canine inside, plus overall No. 1 sciteach! Thanks to all who entered; there will be another contest tomorrow. 8bitbeard alex_dlc amcclain09 Brandon0151 Cakegolem catsoldier Combokills Contrarianator Curt Anderson dabeezkneez84 GermaX GiantBoyDetective Ginger Snap…

Breaking Back: Walter White’s First 10 Years on Facebook

This week Facebook got a lot of traction for the treacly “Look Back” montages it cobbled together of your earliest and best moments, as the social network observed its 10th birthday. Here’s what Heisenberg’s video would have looked like. Fortunately, there are no spoilers within.

Hey, you got your BioShock in my Team Fortress 2: These two series released within months of each other in 2007. Six years later, PC gamers with a BioShock Infinite season pass will get a bunch of special items inside TF2. For example, that Big Daddy dolly in Engineer’s belt. Two great tastes that go…

Flappy Bird‘s Creator Says He’s Taking the Game Down

The creator of Flappy Bird, the difficult, barebones mobile game whose mere existence roiled video games discussion over the past two weeks, says he will remove the game from the Android and iTunes marketplaces within 22 hours. “I cannot take this anymore,” Dong Nguyen tweeted today. Nguyen added: Flappy Bird is currently hosted on the…

Skullgirls Returns to PlayStation Network on Tuesday

Skullgirls Encore will arrive on PlayStation Network on Tuesday, returning the indie fighter to consoles a month after original publisher Konami pulled its support and removed the game from Xbox Live and PSN. Anyone who bought the original Skullgirls will get Encore for free, though as a completely new game, none of the downloadable content…

Judge to Decide if Dark Link’s Shield Almost Severed Someone’s Nose

Someone at a Halloween party in Saskatchewan nearly lost his nose. That’s not in dispute. But a judge must determine if it was nearly severed by a broken beer bottle or by a very sharp shield carried by someone dressed up as Dark Link from The Legend of Zelda. Brandt Beeds, 20, the guy dressed…

If you didn’t care for the dubstep in the Sonic Boom announcement trailer, these guys remixed it (with dialogue intact) using “Sonic Boom,” the title theme ofSonic CD from 20 years ago. The music choice may be literally more outdated than dubstep—what the hell is this? 2011?—but it’s much more timeless.

The trademark application for Watch Dogs, which had been “abandoned” after a fraudulent filing earlier this week, has been reinstated by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Pokémon Bank is Finally Live

Pokémon Bank is now available on the Nintendo eShop, ending a delay more than a month long. The Bank allows players to store and manage up to 3,000 pokémon online, even moving them between Pokémon X and Y. The app is free to download and use beginning today through March 14. After that, a $4.99…

Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ Onslaught DLC will release for PS4, PS3 and PC on Feb. 27, a month after it launched for Xbox One and Xbox 360.

Boy Admits Raping Sister After He Watched Porn on Xbox

A 13-year-old in the U.K. admitted to raping his 8-year-old sister, telling police he had been watching porn on his Xbox 360 when he “decided to try it out.” The gut-wrenching case adds fuel to the controversy there over whether and how access to online pornography should be controlled. While there are no dedicated applications…