​There’s No Avoiding The New Call of Duty

People say they don’t want it. But somehow, every year, the new installment of Activision’s blockbuster FPS series winds up in their homes. Dorkly‘s new strip about Call of Duty pokes fun at how complaints about annualized franchises can come from the unlikeliest people. He may be a jerk but at least the dude with…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Irregular at Magic High School: the Ani-TAY Review • Final Fantasy Road Trip Part 1: Final Fantasy 1 • Rockmandash Reviews+: Ever 17: The Out of Infinity • Bayonetta and The Case for Gameplay vs. Aesthetic • TAY Explores Comics: I am a Hero TAY Classic—TAY…

Today’s PS4 Update Makes Rest Mode Work Again

That sound you just heard is millions of PlayStation 4s finally waking up from Rest Mode, where they’ve been hibernating for the past week. Yep, Sony’s finally released an update to last week’s faulty v2.00 firmware. It’s called v2.01, it’s live today, and it’s 200+ megabytes of nothing but fixes for what v2.00 broke. The…

The Cast of Seinfeld as Dragon Ball Characters

Thanks to artist Nina Matsumoto’ Dragon Ball X Seinfeld piece, now I can totally imagine Dragon Ball Elaine kicking everyone through walls and yelling “Get Out!”, right before Kramer goes Super Saiyan. George would also be a perfect Krillin, they are both really bad at winning. I’d love to see an animated version of this.…

New ​Halo Cutscene Leaks

According to a scene that made its way onto Twitch, the newest Halo character will be looking for the series’ flagship Spartan. He’s getting help from Master Chief’s enemy/ally, too. In what looks to be a part of the The Master Chief Collection‘s additions meant to connect previous games to Halo 5 , a cutscene…

Skeletor’s Best Insults, Summed Up In 90 Seconds

It’s gotta be hard to be the henchmen of a stout skeleton fellow like Skeletor. Just look at those devastated faces. With that voice and with those lines—now summed up in DreamWorks’ short video—He-Man should have never had a chance against him. Skeletor’s Best Insults [DreamWorksTV, YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write…

13 New Details About New-Gen GTA V

By now, you’ll almost certainly have read about Grand Theft Auto V’s new first-person mode on new-gen consoles and PC. But it’s not the only new detail that has emerged in the past 24 hours. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK Rockstar didn’t invite us to play the new-gen versions, because clearly Rockstar doesn’t…

Oh hey, it’s another space survival game. This one’s called GRAV, and it seems to be a lighthearted, co-op focused take on the procedurally generated planet-exploring, equipment-crafting, base-building, dungeon-crawling genre. The game is currently trying to get on Steam Early Access via Greenlight. Trailer’s above.

Star Wars Sandtroopers Do Not Need Nipples

Samurai or not, Sandtroopers don’t have nipples. Well, didn’t. This one does, it seems. Heh. Here, you can see a photo of an Imperial Sandtrooper figure. The photo was created by Rich Alot from RebelScum.com. Notice how many things are labelled? Notice how not one of those things is nipples? Er, two of those things.…

Sony’s last firmware update for the PS4 was kinda broken. Here’s hoping the next one, v2.01 (just announced) will do the trick.

Pokémon Keyboard Won’t Catch All Your Typos

You might think this Pokemon keyboard design, which swaps out the letters with tiny pictures of Pokemon, is the least practical keyboard ever made. But hey, look at that: the name of every Pokemon used corresponds with the letters they’re replacing. So if you know your Pokemon, you’ll be just fine. It’s the work ofIngrid…

Call Of Duty’s Nigeria Has More Worries Than Bullets

Call of Duty gets a lot of stick – some of it deserved – for being “stupid”, but here’s a neat little touch I found in Advanced Warfare’s singleplayer campaign that’s worth a closer look. It’s early on, during the rescue mission in Lagos, and I originally took the snap because I was grabbing screenshots…

All The Single Mutants, All The Single Mutants

I like this Wolverine. Instead of getting all mopey about losing Jean, he’s out there enjoying the single life.

Track: Church of the Technochrist | Artist: Closure in Moscow | Album: Pink Lemonade Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Tim Schafer Dreams Of An Open-World Grim Fandango Sequel

A sequel to Tim Schafer and co’s classic skeleton noir LucasArts adventure, Grim Fandango? Be still, my non-beating heart. This is only an idea that’s been kicking around in Schafer’s skull for a while, but it’s an exciting one nonetheless. And it’s inspired by Grand Theft Auto, of all things. I recently interviewed Tim Schafer…