Easily The Biggest Damn Assassin You’ve Ever Seen

Ubisoft traditionally has first dibs on the expansive “flank” of the LA convention centre, something which continued this year with the most ridiculously over-sized Assassin’s Creed poster you will ever see. The pros of such a spot? Well, as you can see, it’s huge. The cons? That Battlefield 4 banner you see in the background…

Game Of Thrones’ [SPOILER] Wedding, Now In LEGO Form

It loses a certain punch, I grant you, but it also picks up a certain charm. Most of it just from [Redacted’s] grinning face. Uncensored image follows, but be warned, in case you missed the subtle hint, spoilers follow. Red Wedding [diegoboy, via Brothers Brick]

Video Games, You Just Got Served By A Zombie Flick

Since what feels like the dawn of time, it’s been customary for the entire side of the Figueroa hotel – just down the street from the LA Convention Centre – to be draped in the livery of a big upcoming video game. Skyrim, Max Payne 3 and Final Fantasy XIII are just some of the…

This is What E3 Looks Like Right Now

The Kotaku crew has just recently landed in LA, ready for a barrage of news to hit us in our collective faces. But before the press and exhibitors and everyone else comes piling onto the convention center show floor on Tuesday, we wanted to give you a quick tour of what E3 looks like this…

Forza 5 Trailer Has Those Next-Gen Sports Cars, Jesus Rays

Here’s the problem with these next-gen consoles, and driving games in particular: as good as this Forza 5 trailer looks, just how much better does it look than Forza 4?

There is Xbox One…Marketing At E3

First person to make sense of it wins a gold star. https://t.co/p19et4OTWf — Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) June 10, 2013

Watch Dogs’ Expensive E3 Trailer Leaks Early

No doubt Ubisoft would have preferred you watch this within the context of the company’s big E3 press conference. Ah well. You may as well watch it here instead, right now. Not sure where this leaked from – there are multiple copies floating around, some like this with English subtitles, other in Cyrillic – but…

Here’s The First Poster For The Next Hobbit Movie

You probably shouldn’t go in there, Bilbo. I mean, I know you do, but still. You probably shouldn’t.

This Might Be The Best Nintendo Thing At E3 This Week

With their new console already out, and with the company deciding against holding a big E3 press conference, there’s seemingly little for Nintendo fans to get really excited about at this year’s show. But hey, who knows. If there’s one company able to conjure a megaton moment out of nothing at E3, it’s Nintendo. And…

My E3 hotel room key is brought to me by Thief. Very reassuring. I’m sure all my valuables are safe.

Here’s What Call of Duty: Ghosts Will Look Like on a Next-Gen Console

If you missed the “all-access event” for Call of Duty: Ghosts from earlier today, here is the gameplay footage from two campaign levels shown—”Into the Deep” and “No Man’s Land” featuring Riley Call of Duty Dog. Developer Infinity Ward said the sequences above were taken from the next-generation console version of Ghosts (you can tell…

Sports at E3: A Viewer’s Guide

Covering E3 always felt like going to a midlevel bowl game for me. It’s a salad of over-produced photo opportunities with big props, costumed actors and nonplussed celebrities, and when you do get one-on-one time with the real players, they’re on heavy guard to say nothing but the right things before the big game. Every…

Either Hip-Hop Gamer’s an official greeter at Los Angeles International Airport, or he was waiting patiently for Kotaku to touch down there today, as he was the first guy the gang saw after getting off the flight. Here, editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo models HHG’s state-of-the-art, platform-agnostic pants holder-upper.

The Week in Games: Last and Leaf of All

Animal Crossing: New Leaf released for 3DS today and The Last of Us arrives on an unusual day in North America, on Friday, bracketing all of the hype you’ll see this week from E3. Zeno Clash II is coming to Xbox Live on Wednesday. Today • Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) Wednesday • The Golden…

Police Blotter: Knock-Knock. Who’s There? Bang.

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. The Victim Knocks Twice FREDERICK, Md.—An 18-year-old was sentenced…

And Here are Four More Screenshots of Call of Duty: Ghosts

Yes, Riley Call of Duty Dog is in one of them. What’s more, one is entitled “Federation Day Rappel,” (below) a curious little tease of the continuity surrounding the game’s campaign mode. Remember, this game takes place in the future in a wholly separate canon; the events of Modern Warfare 3 have nothing to do…

Watch the Call of Duty: Ghosts Big Pre-E3 Gameplay Showcase Right Here

A pre-E3 “all-access” event for Call of Duty: Ghosts is kicking off moments from now, showing off new gameplay footage from several of the game’s campaign levels. You can watch all of it right here. This 30-minute stream will also include behind-the-scenes details and interviews with Infinity Ward, the studio behind this year’s edition of…

Redbox Takes a Mild Shot at Xbox One, PS4 Over Used-Game Concerns

While the rent-by-mail service GameFly is keeping quiet on what Xbox One may mean to its future, the kiosk rental service Redbox has begun a modest lobbying campaign to remind gamers that game rentals, used games, even taking them to a friend’s home are in serious jeopardy under the new console generation. A barebones site…

Tips For Playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Few games are as relaxing and enjoyable as Animal Crossing—that much hasn’t changed with the newest iteration. Now that the latest game in the franchise is out, I figured I’d share some tips in the hopes that they’ll help you make the most of your New Leaf experience. Make sure the date and time on…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Power of Wub

Previewed hilariously in this video a month ago, the Dubstep Gun from Saints Row IV finally got a good clean exploitable image this week, making it a no-brainer for the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest. Remember, if it’s not wub, then it’s the womp that will bring us together. Real simple mandate—use the following in any image…