Remember that leaked Deadpool movie test footage? It’s been released in a hi-res version, reportedly straight from Blur Studios itself. Update: An Escapist article says that the hi-res release isn’t an official one.

Mario Kart 8 Has Millions Of Peaches, Peaches For Me

Gamers took their sweet time making the inevitable “Peaches” joke for Mario Kart 8. But this video by YouTuber Linkums is clever enough that it’s fair to say it was worth the wait: So now that Princess Peach and Luigi both have their own theme music for Mario Kart 8, who’s next? My money’s on…

All 30 Mario Kart 8 characters, reviewed. ReadJohn Teti’s hilarious take on the cartoon cast in Nintendo’s newest kart racer. “Rather than being an empty sad-sack, Luigi has become the personified answer to the question, ‘What if Mario were kind of an asshole?’ And this is awesome.”

We’ve Come A Long Way, Baby

Talking with Stephen and Jason about Wolfenstein led me down an internet rabbit hole where I discovered this gem. It’s footage of the very first Castle Wolfenstein game, which was released way back in 1981. Something about the giant pixellated swastikas plastered across the bad guys’ chests makes me giggle: I can just imagine the…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Problem With Completion • Game of The Week — Inciting 90’s Moral Panic: Doom • Akuma no Riddle: The Ani-TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

4,638,937 people played the Destiny beta, Activision announced this morning in a press release. That sure is a specific number! Says Activision exec Eric Hirshberg: “This is the biggest beta of this console generation by a wide margin and the largest console beta ever for a new video game IP to date.”

Sony Trashes EA’s New Access Program

Wondering why EA’s new Netflix-like Access program is on Xbox One and not PlayStation 4? Well, for starters, Sony doesn’t think it’s any good for their customers. “We evaluated the EA Access subscription offering and decided that it does not bring the kind of value PlayStation customers have come to expect,” a Sony representative said…

Making the Case That Sonic the Hedgehog Is Way Overrated

All that love for the early Sonic The Hedgehog games may be very misplaced, according to some gentlemen who recently revisited them. They even go so far to say that they’re fundamentally flawed. This episode of Red Letter Media’s Previously Recorded webseries takes aim at the first few Sonic titles, picking apart the origins of…

Imagining Mortal Kombat With Post-Apocalyptic Characters

On artist Sergey Svistunov‘s Mortal Kombat art, Kabal and Shao Kahn (with Sub Zero hands) look like members of a vicious, post-apocalyptic gang from Mad Max, and not characters of a game with mystic realms and gods. Their masks are so badass. There’s a bunch of characters from the artist below, check out the rest…

Fan Creates An Awesome Guild Wars 2 Mega-Trailer [UPDATE: One More]

Carl, who sent us the tip about the trailer, called this “the most incredible Guild Wars 2 video [he’s] ever seen.” Well, I can see where he’s coming from. The video itself isn’t long, but it’s “Mega” for the sheer volume of the source material—it’s a recut of several official trailers and timelapse clips, set…

Professional DOTA 2 team Rave were given sports visas by the South Korean government to stay in the country as athletes. The players—who are from the Philippines, the U.S., and Canada—can stay in the country for up to a year and play eSports. [Thanks, Sang!]

People Are Buying The Wii U, But Nintendo Is Still Losing Money

Nintendo has released a report detailing their results for this financial year’s first quarter, and the Wii U seems to be doing better. Nintendo itself, on the other hand? Eh. The star of the report is, without a doubt, Mario Kart 8, but the Wii U’s numbers show improvement as well. Between April and June,…

There’s No Reason To Get Out of Bed. Ever.

You know some mornings when you wake up and think, “Why do I have to get out of bed?” Well, you don’t! Behold, the “Super Upward-Looking Dozing Desk.” It’s for folks who like to doze and nap. Folks like me. Going on sale this month in Japan for 8,980 yen (around US$90), the desk can…