Sources: You Can Play As A Woman In Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate

Almost a year after publisher Ubisoft made headlines for not including female protagonists in Assassin’s Creed Unity, today we’ve got news that there will be a playable woman assassin in the next entry of Ubisoft’s mega-series, according to two people familiar with the game. This fall’s Assassin’s Creed, which will be officially announced tomorrow as…

People Love (And Hate) Splatoon’s Best Weapon

Splatoon isn’t out yet—but already, one of its classes is gaining the type of infamy relegated to items like the blue shell, or characters like Little Mac. Behold…Splatoon’s roller. [Source: Sleepy Jirachi] As some of you might know, Splatoon is a game about squid kids who fight with ink, not bullets. People got a taste…

The Successor to Castlevania Finally Revealed

Koji Igarashi is best known for work on countless Castlevania games. He’s left Konami and is now ready to work on a new one. It’s not called Castlevania. It’s not for Konami. But it might just be what fans have been eagerly awaiting. The game is Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. It’s still quite early,…

Konami Gets YouTube To Take Down Critical Video

Two weeks ago, George “Super Bunnyhop” Weidman published a YouTube video alleging he had information about the ongoing tension between Konami and Hideo Kojima. Now, it’s offline. (In case you missed the drama of the last few months, Kojima and Konami appear to be in the midst of a breakup, even as Kojima finishes work…

The Best Proof Yet That Shadow of the Colossus Would’ve Been Bigger

The sixteen gigantic creatures in Shadow of the Colossus are some of the most memorable enemies in all of video games. There originally was supposed to be more, though, and a new video made by a super-fan speculates on where those colossi would have lived. By comparing images from the Shadow of the Colossus art…

Adventure Time, Explained

Adventure Time is the source of much of my happiness. Considering the rabid fans out there, you’d think I wouldn’t even have to explain Adventure Time Five years, six seasons and countless comic and game adaptations later, Adventure Time still commands a powerful (and creative!) fan community. You either get it or you don’t. You…

My Five Favorite Kotaku Stories From Last Week

Not much time to run through last week’s stories. Using fewer words this time. Why There’s An Xbox One Game Stuck To My Ceiling | Spiders bad, Mike Fahey’s writing funny. Hacker’s MMO Character Publicly Stripped, Killed & Banned | Place this Nathan Grayson article in the “Is This Appropriate Justice?” category alongside this. Or…

Project CARS Benchmarked: Brutal Weather Conditions

Project CARS (or Community Assisted Racing Simulator) is a racing simulation game that’s been on everyone’s radar since its drool-inducing visuals started to make the rounds as far back as 2012. Like Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport before it, Project CARS intends to deliver a highly realistic driving simulation. But to distinguish it from the…

Ten Death Knights Defeat World of Warcraft‘s Current End-Boss

Raegwyn and his friends were able to kill Blackhand on Heroic difficulty with only using death knights. Quite an impressive achievement, since it’s still the hardest boss fight in the game on this difficulty. Even though Blood Death Knights are tanks, their self-healing and their damage is good enough to survive and finish the fight…

Transformers Fixes A Pair Of Glaring Combiner Wars Errors

Two of the biggest problems with Hasbro’snostalgia-fueled Combiner Wars Transformers line so far were a helicopter named Alpha Bravo and a pickup truck named Off-Road. Thanks for filling in, guys—your replacements have arrived. It’s not that fans were intolerant of a helicopter filling in for a fighter jet in the Autobot’s Aerialbots team or a…

It Took 10,000 LEGO Bricks To Build The Millennium Falcon’s Interior

Singapore-based LEGO builders Titans Creations made a 10,000-brick model of the Millennium Falcon. The focus here is on its interior. It’s a massive 3’7”-by-3’3” set with 24 lights built into the hyperdrive, the cockpit, and the corridors. All of this took two months to complete, and the result is much bigger and detailed than the…

Nintendo Says No NX and No Smart Device Announcements at E3

Oh, and no announcements about Nintendo’s quality of life platform. Guess you’ll just have to be content with 3DS and Wii U news! At Nintendo’s recentinvestors meeting, company honcho Satoru Iwata was asked specific details on the upcoming home console that’s codenamed Nintendo NX (for example, the investor wanted to know if the “N” in…

Slave Cersei Wouldn’t Choke Jabba, That’s Too Obvious

Cersei Lannister vs Slave Leia. Not the most obvious cosplay crossover, but it works! Cosplay by AlyCat, photo by WeNeals

EleNoira Catwoman as, well, Catwoman. Photo by Elle Esse di Schenal Luca (via cosplay blog)

Margaery Tyrell, In The…Flesh?

This isn’t a photo of Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer. It’s actually a 3D model by WETA’s Nick Gaul. We’re living in a weird and wonderful age when 3D art gets so good, and so detailed, that we’re not just noticing a model’s skin or eyes, but can even pick out their vellus hair…