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Charge Your DualShock 4s in Style, Holiday Game Sales, and More Deals

This PowerA charging cradle can top-off two DualShock 4s simultaneously, and it’s down to an all-time low $17 today. Its 4.4 star review average inspires a lot of confidence too. [ PowerA DualShock 4 Controller Charging Station, $17] If you’re an Xbox One owner, or just don’t like the look of this cradle, we’ve rounded…

Remember the last-gen Assassin’s Creed comes out this week, too. Unity‘s been getting all the hype from Ubisoft but Rogue looks like it might be improving on the best parts of last year’s Black Flag.

There’s A Big New Game Award Show Happening This December

Spike’s VGX may no longer be this year’s big holiday showcase—former host Geoff Keighley just announced plans for a new December awards show, The Game Awards, which promises “awards, world premieres, musical performances, and appearances by game developers, eSports players and online content creators.” For the past few years, Keighley (a friend of Kotaku) has…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Bayonetta 2 : The TAY Review • Times when DLC was Better than the Game it was Made for • The Lisbon Games Week 2014 Report • Why Muv-Luv Was a Defining Entry in Modern Science Fiction TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

If Famous Directors Made Call of Duty

The Wes-Anderson-Call-of-Duty-Fox takes it all, but shooting and crawling—not to mention the plot—would be a lot different in all of Dorkly’s recent gallery, with Call of Duty and some famous screenwriters’ take on it. There are a few more over at Dorkly. If Other Famous Screenwriters Wrote Call of Duty [Dorkly] To contact the author…

Blizzard Wins Copyright Lawsuit Against Chinese Hearthstone Clone

The makers of a Chinese Hearthstone clone have come out to the public to “refudiate” reports that they had been sentenced to pay Blizzard over $1.6 million. Tencent News reports that Unico Interactive, the makers of “Crouching Dragon Legends,” has been ordered to pay Blizzard and its Chinese partner NetEase for copyright violations. Apparently, Unico…

Asian Movie Star To Play Gul’Dan in Warcraft Movie

Asian action star and all around good-looking guy, Daniel Wu, is set to play Gul’Dan in the new Warcraft movie. Friday, during the annual all things Blizzard convention, BlizzCon, the Warcraft Company released more information regarding the 2016 movie. Now we know which actors and actresses will play which characters, and that Wu will be…

Sleeping Totoro Plush Toy Is Somewhat Cute, But Kind of Freaky

Just look at how it breathes. And listen to how it snores. And opens its mouth. Below you can see a video of the Inemuri Totoro (Dozing Totoro) in action from nigiwaishouten. Here, have a look: Just by squeezing Totoro’s hand, you can send him into a deep slumber. This isn’t the first sleeping Totoro…

Mysterious Naruto Balloon Appears in China

Earlier today, a strange sight appeared in the Pearl River Delta area of Guangzhou. A giant blow up toad smoking a pipe is seen tied down near Guangzhou’s Canton tower. According to Sina games, the giant toad is a tribute to the 15 year-old Naruto comic series that just came to an end last week.…

Track: Lowlands Away | Artist: Nils Brown | Album: Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag (Sea Shanty Edition, Vol. 2) Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

That’s some pretty literal baby Groot cosplay. [reddit]