Bungie Turns Peter Dinklage Destiny Meme Into A T-Shirt

Welp. There’s no word on whether or not Bungie will re-record Peter Dinklage’s infamous voice acting in Destiny, but they have gone ahead and made the meme it spawned into a T-shirt. You can buy it here for 24.99.Profits go to charity, according to Bungie. Apparently it’s selling really well: Confused? You might want to…

The Legend of Korra Book Three Starts Next Week

Happy Friday, Legend of Korra fans—the next season of the popular cartoon show will start next week. Nickelodeon announced the news today on IGN—and they’ve got an exclusive clip. The first two episodes will air on Friday, June 27, from 7-8pm. Episode descriptions: “A Breath of Fresh Air”: After the events of Harmonic Convergence, Avatar…

Video Games Need More Hang Gliders

Remember Frontiers? It’s basically The Elder Scrolls as created by two indies, and now it’s getting hang gliders on top of everything else. You can fly around its massive world and just drink in the sights. That got me thinking: hang gliders are really great. Why don’t more games have them? Hang gliders are a…

Where’d All the Titanfall Players Go? To Watch the World Cup.

Titanfall is a great game, one that’s capable of captivating players for hours on end. But the World Cup only happens every four years. As this chart of simultaneous players in Europe during yesterday’s matches shows, sometimes red cards and free kicks take precedence over Burn Cards and unlocks.

Watch People Marathon Mario For Charity

Hey look, it’s the annual Mario Marathon! Watch these guys and gals play Mario games for charity, because both Mario and charity are excellent things. The gist is this: the folks behind Mario Marathon play through as many Mario games as possible, progressing through the canon based on how much money they raise for Child’s…

More RPGs Should Have Puzzles Like Lufia II‘s

Welcome to the Summer of Old JRPGs, where we’re playing classic role-playing games and talking about them every week. Check out the full schedule here The one thing I always remember about Lufia II is the bushes. See, there’s this one dungeon near the end of the game where you have to figure out how…

Freddie Prinze Jr. Moves From Mass Effect To Dragon Age

Welcome to Dragon Age, Lieutenant Vega. Actor Freddie Prinze Jr., best known as the guy who got to marry Buffy, is playing the Iron Bull in Dragon Age: Inquisition, which is out in October. More on Iron Bull in the video above.

Link Looks a Lot More Vicious in Hyrule Warriors. Seriously.

In case you were wondering, when you put Legend of Zelda characters in a Dynasty Warriors-style set-up, everything gets a bit more ferocious. Maybe even uncomfortably so. Usually when you see Link fighting enemies in his many video game appearances, he comes across as determined and resolute. It never seems like he likes the violence.…

What Nintendo’s Top Game Creators Think Of Minecraft

I’ve been beating this drum for a while: it makes no sense to me that Minecraft is on every game-playing platform you can think of other than Nintendo’s 3DS and Wii U. Finally, I was able to ask Nintendo’s top game designers about this. In Los Angeles last week, I was sitting across from Shigeru…

Steam Summer Sale Day Two, $350 Playstation 4, and More

Steam Summer Sale Day Two is upon us, bringing with it discounts on The Walking Dead: Season 2, Prison Architect, and more. We’ll be updating with our impressions, and we really want to hear yours. Get in there Our picks: Walking Dead Season Two, Prison Architect, Game Dev Tycoon, A Machine For Pigs, Pixel Piracy……

Gamers Are Speedrunning For Charity Next Week

Don’t miss Summer Games Done Quick, the speedrunning marathon for charity that starts this Sunday and runs throughout the week. We’ll be hosting the stream and monitoring for cool moments throughout the week, so stay tuned. The full schedule is really exciting, and part of me really wants to stay up all night watching them…

​Wait. There’s A Female Assassin In Sunset Overdrive?

The makers of Sunset Overdive are proud that you’ll be able to make playable characters of different genders and ethnicities. So, of course, they decided to have some fun at the expense of Assassin’s Creed Now, you won’t hear the word Assassin or any mention of Ubisoft’s hit period-piece action series in the latest promo…

Try Titanfall For Free On PC

Are you one of the PC gamers who prefers Origin to Steam? Ok, ok! Sorry I asked. But hey, at least we can all agree that Titanfall is pretty awesome. And as Kotaku’s Kirk Hamilton has said many times now, EA’s hit multiplayer shooter plays like a dream on the PC. So if you’re one…

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