Prepare Your Sacrificial Offerings

The time has come to prove your devotion to the dark overlords, aka, the most popular band in the universe, aka, Dethklok. Gather your virgins and slaughter your goats because the gods of metal demand their tribute. They have a bestowed a gift upon the world: Metalocalypse Season 3 on DVD and Blu-ray! Season 3…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Will I be playing Sonic Colors this weekend? Only the UPS man (or FedEx man) knows for sure. And will Sonic Colors live up to the promise of being a very good Sonic the Hedgehog game? Only future me knows! I’m keeping my fingers crossed that Sonic Colors does make an early appearance at Kotaku…

A Sudden New Appreciation For Metro 2033

A pair of models show off the sexier side to Metro 2033 at the World Exhibition Centre in Moscow during Game World 2010 earlier this month, as seen at English Russia Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

Wii 2 Is Not A Must For 2011

This Wii has had a great run, but surely Nintendo’s console is primed for replacement? Nintendo of America’s top guy, Reggie Fils-Aime, told Kotaku today that a successor to the Wii doesn’t have to come out in 2011. Of course he’d say that, right? He’s got Christmas 2010 coming and he wants the world to…

Why Male Spiders Prefer Virgins

It’s Friday, so I picked something lighthearted and fun for the daily Kotaku science post. Did you know male wasp spiders snap their genitalia off inside the female during sex? Don’t worry, they have two sets. The animal kingdom is a funny place, filled with odd little discrepancies that keep people like University of Hamburg…

The Best Way To Ask People To Prepare For Your Wedding and Its Very Real Cake

Tara and Seth are getting married. They also happen to love Portal. So they hired Gawker artist Sam Spratt to design their save-the-date for their upcoming spring wedding. Seth tells Kotaku that he and his fiance are both big sci-fi geeks and love the game Portal. They wanted to do something incredibly different and quirky…

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Gran Turismo 5 Bending Laws Of Time, Space

According to the instruction manual for The Sly Collection, a PlayStation 3 game released this week, Gran Turismo 5 is out now. We know that is wrong. Then again, last month, I walked into a GameStop and saw this: Gran Turismo, once set for a Nov. 2 release is now supposed to come out on…

Assassin’s Creed Ascendance Bridges The Gap to Brotherhood

What has assassin Ezio Auditore been up to during the time between Assassin’s Creed II and Brotherhood? Find out in Assassin’s Creed Ascendance, coming November 16 to Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. From Ubi Workshop, the folks behind the recently released Assassin’s Creed: The Fall comic book series, Ascendance is an animated short film…

Spotting the Gameplay in L.A. Noire’s New Trailer And Why It May Not Matter

Our first look at L.A. Noire in action included some pretty amazing graphics. Strike that, it included some pretty amazing facial animation. The graphics are about what we’ve come to expect from Rockstar Games, but those facial tics, the worry lines, the creases, those were an impressive display of taking a bit of an actor’s…

Preorder Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded And You Get these Things

Square Enix dropped us a line today to show off the wonderful preorder incentive for Kingdom Hearts Re: coded available at GameStop and Amazon.com. What is it? According to Square Enix PR, this is a lovely set of stickers. Yes, either it’s the late 80’s again and no one told me, or stickers are back…

The Michael Jackson Experience Makes The View Audience Scream

If you can stomach the sounds of Whoopi Goldberg talking with her mouth full, you see an impressive demonstration of The Michael Jackson Experience on the Wii and an audience overcome with the thrill of free stuff. Guinan chokes down a cookie while presenting Ubisoft’s Michael Jackson Experience for the Wii on ABC’s The View.…

Nintendo Boss Might Be A Bigger Gamer Than You

Many people love Nintendo DS role-playing game Dragon Quest IX, but Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is, well, obsessed? This is his DS, which he showed me today. I snapped two pics. Click the images to enlarge them. I told him he probably passed this DS around and had other people beef up his…

Rock Band 3 Catches Night Fever, Starts Jive Talkin’

Harmonix might be up on the selling block, but Rock Band 3 is stayin’ alive, with a six pack of tunes dropping next week from the Bee Gees. You shall now overflow with joy. I used to get the Bee Gees and The Beatles mixed up as a child, thanks to the former’s appearance as…

This Uncharted Movie Rumor Cannot Possibly Be True

Goodfellas Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro reuniting for the Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune movie, with Mark Wahlberg potentially on board as well? A story about antiquities dealers in New York? That’s just crazy talk. Isn’t it? Could the dynamic duo from GoodFellas, Casino, Once Upon a Time in America, A Bronx Tale, and Raging Bull be…

Phones Everywhere Getting 1988’s Splatterhouse

Splatterhouse is getting a bloody, modern remake later this month, but that’s a gamble. The classic 1988 arcade Splatterhouse? We all know that’s a fantastic game, and now you can play it on your phone. I’m not just talking to you iPhone owners out there, Namco says they’re bringing the 88 title to more than…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

For today’s edition of Talk Amongst Yourselves, how about everyone comments about video games? Thanks to reader pinpoint45 for today’s image. Submit your own to #TAYpics and it could be featured in a future installment of this forum post thing we’ve got here.

The PC’s Best Free Games Right Now

Most of the very best games on the PC need you to cough up at least a little cash, but if you absolutely must game for nothing, then let us show you how it’s done. If you look past the obvious avenues for playing on a PC – massively-multiplayer games like World of Warcraft (that…

Gran Turismo 5 Has a Release Date, For Reals, Really Reals, Seriously

OK, hold onto your hats and duct tape your socks on, Sony Computer Entertainment of America tells us that Gran Turismo 5 is going on sale in North America on Nov. 24. Honest to goodness, cross their hearts and hope not to have to delay it a forty millionth time. Why do I sound so…