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Watch American McGee’s Gritty Take On Red Riding Hood In Action With Akaneiro

Spicy Horse, the developers behind Alice: Madness Returns, have released a first gameplay look at the action-RPG Akaneiro: Demon Hunter In much the same way that Spicy Horse took the tale of Alice in Wonderland and turned it into a dark fantasy where Alice brandished a large butcher knife for the majority of the game,…

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Eight Tips For Surviving Longer Than Five Seconds In The Fiendishly Difficult Super Hexagon

If you haven’t played Super Hexagon yet you need to put everything down immediately and do so. Your boss, teacher, and/or parents will understand. Unless you’re a brain surgeon. Please don’t put that scalpel down. It can wait. Super Hexagon—the latest game from the creator of the super-hard VVVVVV that you can find in the…

Look At The Impressive Globe That Will House The World Championship StarCraft II Finals

This year’s World Championship Series hosting the StarCraft II Europe finals tournament is being held in the Ericsson Globe in Sweden from September 15-16. The globe itself is indeed impressive, but it looks even more exciting all decked out for the festivities. That’s no moon… [StarCraft]

Remember How Powerful That First BioShock Infinite Trailer Was? Now Let’s Watch This.

The premiere trailer for BioShock Infinite was such a tease. A beautiful new environment, a mysterious and solemn-looking new character, and lots and lots of propaganda. But there’s something great about this 8-bit version that washes out all the detail and gorgeous lighting. I think it’s the protagonist’s growls as he flails through the air…

This Wouldn’t Have Happened If Fallout 3 Came With A “Do Not Try This At Home” Warning

And so here we are, observing the fall of innocent, impressionable minds (ha, Mega64) seduced by Fallout‘s violence and thievery. Also: awww to the woman who helps him pick up his pants.

The Best of Kotaku, This Week

Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. This week’s best image is a print inspired by Skyrim that you can buy for $65. Or you can get the original for a cool $1,000. Thanks to XombieDIRGE for the find. Moving on to our Best Of content…

Watch Remember Me‘s Protagonist Get Really Pissed Off

Can you blame Nilin, the protagonist of Capcom’s 2013-slated Remember Me? Look at all the crap she has to deal with, from guards chasing her down to helicopters incessantly shooting at her as she scales the sides of buildings. She’s annoyed, and for good reason. What you see above is the demo shown off at…

Fallout 3 Modding Gone Wrong Is Downright Terrifying

Looks like someone mistook facial features for wall textures. Oops! Was modding my fallout 3 game. Think I messed up somewhere. [Reddit]

Bust Your Neck On 36 New Trials Evolution Tracks

Today Ubisoft teased the Origin of Pain DLC pack coming to Trials Evolution this fall on XBLA for 400 Microsoft Points. If the user-generated maps weren’t enough for you, this DLC pack brings you 36 new tracks, as well as new editor objects to play around with and a new BMX bike to ride around…

This Fantastic Animation Is A Violent Showdown Between Team Fortress 2‘s Scout and Left 4 Dead‘s Witch

You might have to wait for part 2 to see what this animator’s vision on who would win this fight is, but I’m leaning towards the witch. Everyone knows once the witch has you down, there’s no getting back up. You can’t even fight from under her!

Why The Gears of War People Decided to Make Fortnite Less Dark

There are things that go bump in the night in Epic Games’ next title. Fortnite is like many games put into one, but at its crux it’s a survival, building game. So when the monsters start coming out, you’ve hopefully constructed some safe ground to defend against them. But when the team was first sketching…

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Here Are a Bunch of Portal Turrets Being Cute

BioWare cinematic designer Zachariah Scott tinkers around with Source Filmmaker quite a bit on his personal YouTube channel. But this week, it’s turret week. And he’s already made a bunch of really short videos of turrets being really adorable. Enjoy the released ones all rounded up for you below.

Dead Island: Riptide‘s Zombies Will Pull You Off Of Your Boat

Dead Island was a great game. It had its problems, sure, but there was something particularly wonderful about Techland’s open-world, survival horror, melee-focused game. It might’ve been how particularly brutal the zombies grew to be. The Butcher is maybe one of the most terrifying enemies I’ve come across in a video game. He’s gross-looking, super…

Elegant Puzzle Games Should Be On Oprah’s Non-Existent List of Video Game “Favorite Things”

I don’t know if Oprah Winfrey plays video games. For all I know she plays Angry Birds while commuting from her estate in California to her apartment in Chicago. Facebook games, at least, seem to be on her radar. When I was playing Splice, an indie puzzle game born on Steam and now brought to…

PAX Attendees Trade in Bottle Caps for an Engagement Ring At Bethesda’s Booth

Two PAX attendees in Fallout cosplay thought they might be able to trade in months’ worth of bottle caps savings for some cool swag at Bethesda’s booth in Seattle this past weekend. Little did Alisha, Trevor’s girlfriend of three years, know what was hidden inside the ammo box the Bethesda booth representative handed them. Skip…

Adventure Time Mastermind Talks About the Differences In Making the Show Versus the Game

Adventure Time—the lovable, adventurous Cartoon Network series penned by mastermind artist and writer Pen Ward—has blown up to staggering popularity. Search for the show and its characters online and you’ll find a mess of fan-made renditions and mash-ups and even new inventions (like the currently non-existent baby product of Jake—a dog who can stretch to…

The Mechromancer Class in Borderlands 2 Lets You Stack Abilities. Releasing October 16.

The Mechromancer class DLC will be released on October 16, Gearbox revealed at their PAX Prime panel today. It will be free with pre-order, but $10 to those who do not. Gearbox also dove into the Mechromancer’s skill trees, distinguishing two contrasting modes: one that lets skilled players stack abilities in combination with her robot…

Borderlands 2 Has Four Post-Release Campaign DLCs Planned

Four pieces of campaign DLC will add to your Borderlands 2 experience after the game’s release on September 18. Gearbox revealed their committment to releasing the extra content at their PAX Prime panel today. CEO Randy Pitchford noted to me that they’ll be on par with the scope of something like Borderlands 1’s General Knoxx…