Holy Walking Dead, Batman! That’s One Massively Ugly Action Figure

Standing 13 inches tall and sporting a removable chest piece that reveals his internal organs, DC Collectibles’ $90 Arkham City Solomon Grundy figure is the most hideous rendition of the character yet. With DC’s resident mutant zombie set tomake a return in the portable installment of Batman: Arkham Origins, now is the perfect time for…

You Aren’t The Only One Taking A Day Off For Grand Theft Auto V

Here’s a rather frank but hilarious notice spotted by lukedoof in front of a small British games shop called Console Yourself. Why bother opening the store when they know their customers and staff alike will be busy playing Grand Theft Auto V the day after launch day? It’s good thinking, if you ask me. I…

Zelda Designer Tried Skyrim Because The Name Sounds Like Skyward Sword

Some people play Skyrim for the big open world, or the variety of interesting quests. The guy who makes Zelda, though? He plays Skyrim because it starts with the same three letters as Skyward Sword. Speaking with USGamer in an interesting interview published today, Zelda bossman Eiji Aonuma spilled the beans: he played Skyrim because…

Pokemon Bank Is Exciting. Here’s Why.

At first glance, having the ability to store Pokemon in the cloud doesn’t seem like a big deal. It’s just storage, you know? A place to put Pokemon in. Uh, okay. Neat for the collectors and obsessive Pokemon breeders, sure, but what does it mean for everyone else? Thing is—and mind, some of this is…

Baldur’s Gate II Is Still One Of The Greatest RPGs Ever Made

Thirteen years after release, Baldur’s Gate II is still one of the best role-playing games of all time. No joke. If you consider yourself an RPG fan, this is a game you have to play. “But wait,” you are most likely thinking, ready to type out a comment about how lame I am. “This game…

Neighbors of Xbox Burglary Victim Suffer Shirtless Scare

Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, sometimes tragic. Games and consoles are currency, objects of dispute, sometimes even weapons themselves. Kotaku‘s Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime. He’s Fed Up and Wants Answers Now, Dammit LORAIN,…

Yikes! Sales Chart Predicts Gaming Doom For Sony And Nintendo.

Hi, gamers! Were you having a good day today? If so, I apologize for bumming you out, but here’s a chart from a statistical analysis of the sales of Nintendo and Sony console and hardware sales. The chart is one of a batch crafted by Asymco researcher and former Nokia analyst Horace Dediu, who, sadly,…

Ruin (Improve?) Your Disneyland Memories With A Left 4 Dead 2 Mod

If you’ve ever watched Zombieland or played L4D2’s Dark Carnival, then you already know that going to a theme park when the world is overrun by zombies maaay not be the best idea. …or it might be the best idea. Especially if said theme park is Disneyland! Check out this rad Left 4 Dead mod…

Watch Out Spotify: Xbox Music Is Finally Coming To iOS & Android

These days, all-access streaming music services no longer feel like unlikely magic tricks—they’re a convenient, widely adopted way to listen to music. There’s clearly a lot of money to be made in streaming music, and big technology companies aren’t going to sit idly by and let upstarts like Rdio and Spotify corner the market. Enter…

G4 Might Not Be Dead After All

G4 may still live: months after laying off a number of staff and canceling both of the struggling channel’s flagship gaming shows, NBC Universal has decided to keep G4 alive, The Hollywood Reporter reports. That’s right: instead of turning G4 into the newly-branded Esquire Channel as part of a licensing deal with the Hearst corporation,…

Final Fantasy XIV Had A Great Weekend. Let’s Celebrate Live.

The congestion issues of launch now a thing of the past and apologies accepted, we’ve got all the time in the world to play Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Sounds like the perfect time for a live stream to me. Update: Hey now, hey now — the stream is over. Not only does server…

Manifesto: The 21st Century Will Be Defined By Games

Previous centuries have been defined by novels and cinema. In a bold manifesto we’re proud to debut here on Kotaku, game designer Eric Zimmerman states that this century will be defined by games. Below is Zimmerman’s manifesto, which will also appear in the upcoming book The Gameful World from MIT press. We invite you to…

Moneysaver: Anodyne, Tomb Raider, Star Trek Films, Last of Us, Storage

Big titles like Tomb Raider, Borderlands 2, Dead Space 3, Crysis 3, Halo 4, Pikmin 3, and the Mass Effect Trilogy are heavily discounted, so catch up on what you’ve missed out on, and don’t forget to pre-order Grand Theft Auto V. We’ve been tweeting a ton of deals, especially in the evenings and over…

Three Theories As To Why Metal Gear Solid V’s Sniper Is So, Um, Sexy

Metal Gear Solid has never been a franchise that’s lacked fan service when it comes to depicting attractive characters, but that doesn’t mean the characters don’t have a reason for looking the way they do. Last week, Hideo Kojima tweeted that he was making some of the characters in Metal Gear Solid V more eroticas…

The free-to-play “StarCraft MMO,” StarCraft Universe, being made with Blizzard’s approval—surpassed its $80,000 funding goal on Kickstarter with a day left in the campaign. A five-player boss raid demo (that’s the video) released in the last week of the drive is credited with pushing the team over the top.

We live in a world where the newest Nintendo 3DS doesn’t have 3D and one of the newest PlayStation Vitas doesn’t have any screen at all (other than your TV). What could possibly be next? Just asking…

When You Go Four Years Without A New Rainbow Six… Make Your Own

It’s been a while since the last Rainbow Six game, so Christian Allen decided to kickstart a spiritual successor to the franchise. A little over a year later, and I finally got to sit down and take a look at the beta version with him. I learned a few things — mostly that pistols don’t…

Activision Hires Big-Time Lobbying Firm as Violent Games Bill Looms

Activision has gone out and hired a lobbyist—one of the biggest lobbying firms in Washington—for representation when Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s violent video games bill, which would order research into any causal links between violent video games and violent behavior, comes to the Senate floor. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is no joke. It’s a…

The Uncomfortable Line Between Free-To-Play And Premium

When one downloads a free game for their phone or tablet, there’s a fair chance they’ll be getting an experience that isn’t all it can be without additional purchases. That shouldn’t be the case with $7 premium title like 2K Drive, yet here we are. To be clear, not a single additional penny is required…

PS4 Developer Talks About The GIF That Made Him Famous

Nate Fox feels kind of weird about seeing his face everywhere on the Internet. Wouldn’t you? Fox, a longtime employee of Sucker Punch and the director of the upcoming PlayStation 4 game Infamous: Second Son, achieved a certain level of Internet fame in February, during the big PS4 reveal conference, when he made a funny…