The children of Angolan resistance leader Jonas Savimbi are suing Activision over their father’s portrayal in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. They’re unhappy with the game making him out to be a “barbarian,” they say in the suit.

Iron Man Figure Is Actually Iron (Well, Close Enough)

Plastic Iron Man figures are all well and good, but its hard to maintain the illusion of metal armor when your toy is light as a feather. Weighing in at four pounds, Comicave’s Iron Man Mark XXXVIII Igor figure is pretty heavy metal. Courtesy of my friends at Bluefin Distribution, bringers of all things amazing…

Track: Leaving Hogwarts | Artist: John Williams | Album: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Original Soundtrack Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Not All Anime Characters Look Freaky in Real Life

There’s a notion that anime (and manga) characters look good in their respective formats because they are so stylized. In real life, this notion goes, they’d look strange. That’s not always true. As previously, a set of highly realistic Attack on Titan statues are on display at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. Two of the…

What Star Wars: The Force Awakens Looks Like Without Visual Effects

Let’s take a closer look at the CGI and special effects in The Force Awakens, shall we? Oscars has a great breakdown of the VFX before/after featured in the latest Star Wars, and it’s definitely worth a watch. Amazing to see how much of this stuff is recorded ‘in real life’ versus what is constructed…

Nice Monkey Island Reference, Assassin’s Creed

I was kidnapping a guy the other night in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate and overheard a couple of Londoners engaging in some insult sword fighting. If you ask me, most of the enemies in these games fight like dairy farmers…