Now They’re Never Getting Nintendo TVii In Europe

Which service was Nintendo TVii again? Oh yeah, the cable/program guide thing. In case anyone in Europe was waiting for that Wii U service to launch, you can officially stop waiting now—Nintendo of Europe has given up because it’s too hard. It’s one thing to take a single country and get all of its cable…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Elihu’s Four in February 2015: What We’ve Lost (And Subsequently, Found) [Bastion] • Reframing Accessibility and Inherent Miscommunication • Reality Check: Nintendo Is Awful • About That Law & Order: SVU Episode TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

This Week In The Business: He Hates These Cans

QUOTE | “I’m going to stop doing press and I’m going to stop talking about games completely.” – Veteran designer Peter Molyneux, responding to the “terrible and awful, emotional time over the last three days” after he admitted failing to deliver his Godus Kickstarter promises Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week…

Valve Adds ‘Pre-Release Reviews’ To Steam

Steam user reviews are, on a lot of occasions, hot garbage. That hasn’t stopped Valve from trying to separate the wheat from the chaff (or the wheat and chaff from Farming Simulator meme jokes, as it were), though. The latest step? The introduction of a “pre-release” review badge, mostly for Evolve. OK, at this point…

Good Job With The Graffiti, Dying Light

Video games have got a graffiti problem. So much video-game graffiti is dumb, unrealistic, or hamfisted. Considering that I’ve gone out of my way to criticize games that get graffiti wrong, it seemed worth taking the time to high-five a game that gets it right. Dying Light developer Techland could’ve very easily screwed up the…

It Ain’t Easy Being A GTA Superhero

The stuff we see in superhero movies is usually the action, or things relevant to the story. What about everything that happens in-between those moments? What is that stuff like? One GTA machinima series finds out. Here’s the story of Commandoflauge‘s “Pigman,” a superhero in GTA that has it tough. He’s not that fit, for…

All The Ways I Killed People As The Son Of Satan

Lucius is a sad-looking little boy. He’s also the spawn of Satan. The original Lucius pretty much followed the plot for The Omen: you’re the son of Satan, now go and kill everybody in your house one by one. Think Hitman, but as an evil demonic kid. Despite being somewhat fun, it felt very restrictive…

Spider-Man Joins the Avengers Early in This Fan-Made Movie Mash-Up

This week’s big comic-book movie news was the deal that lets Marvel use Spider-Man in their upcoming big-budget superhero movies. So here’s a well-done mash-up that re-imagines the Avengers‘ chaotic Manhattan battle sequence with a little extra wall-crawler in the mix. Presented by ScreenCrush, the remix is the work of mash-up creator Sleepy Skunk and…

Player Adds Holograms To World of Warcraft 

Here is World of Warcraft’s user interface, completely redone so that it looks more futuristic. It’s damn cool. Granted, having this “hologram” style displayed here by valkyrie s may not always be the most useful in battle, but still! I can already see this on the Oculus Rift. If you’re curious as to how this…

Track: Ain’t That Easy | Artist: D’Angelo, The Vanguard | Album: Black Messiah Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

How Pokémon Surprise Trainers On Valentines Day

Relax. It’s probably just a mega stone. For those of you that are confused: the 3DS lets you have themes. And apparently, certain themes make opening up a new game kind of funny, as evidenced by this screenshot by @FlatFootFox. There are other non-Pokemon examples, too, like this one from @Electivirus: Ha.