A Small Dose Of Cosplay Poison For Your Eyes

In some respects, an anatomically correct Poison from Final Fight cosplayer, seen lounging outside the Comic-Con halls. I’m sorry for showing you this picture.

Dragons & School Girl Outfits & Giant Demonic Samurai With Machine Guns Make Everything Better

Now that Comic-Con’s done, we can get back to what’s important: discussing things like comic books, movies, toys, fandom, sci-fi and the remains of the day. That’s what our nightly open thread is for. While at Comic-Con, I learned of Zack Snyder’s next effects-heavy movie, Sucker Punch. I didn’t know what the hell is was…

APB’s Human Avatar, The Final Stage

Realtime Worlds’ endeavor to create a human avatar modeled on APB has reached its fifth and final stage: the outfitting. And Josh didn’t do so bad. You can hear the relief in his voice when Josh finds out he only got the steampunk look. Which, honestly, is pretty tight. His fittings also complement the parkour…

Contra Made Kinder, Gentler, Deeper By Hard Corps: Uprising

I played the latest Contra game—the one without Contra in the name—at Comic-Con. It was too easy, but that was by design so that cream puffs like me could enjoy Hard Corps: Uprising without dying too quickly. Hard Corps: Uprising was essentially set to easy mode for its Comic-Con demo, with player health and life…

Hard Corps: Uprising Screens

Absolutely No Fire Flowers Within 10 Feet of Pump

Entrepreneur Mario diversifies his holdings. Seen by Kotaku commenter Jedi Monkey in Tampa, Fla.

You May Like, The Next PlayStation 3 Firmware Update

Someday soon, you’ll be asked to update your PlayStation 3’s software. When you do, you’ll be ready for the PlayStation Store’s new “recommendations” feature. Consider it a new way for you to be sold things via the console’s PlayStation Network. It’s not cross-game chat or software emulation for PlayStation 2 games or auto-syncing Trophies—currently the…

“Draft Combine” Included in NBA 2K11

Last year’s “NBA Draft Combine” for NBA 2K10 – a paid downloadable mode that went out before the game’s release – will be part of NBA 2K11’s main game this year, according to a 2K Sports community manager. Today over Twitter, 2K’s Ronnie Singh proffered that last year’s Draft Combine – a novel way to…

Valve Bans Modern Warfare Players By Mistake, Apologizes With Free Left 4 Dead 2

Were you wrongfully accused of cheating and summarily banned from the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 recently? You weren’t the only one. Valve’s anti-cheat software goofed and they’re offering free copies of Left 4 Dead 2 as an apology. Many players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 were surprised to find their Steam…

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Deployed To PC

The PC will still be alive and thriving in the year 40,000, it seems. THQ is adding Windows-based PCs to the list of platforms it will support for the upcoming Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, due in “early 2011.”

President Obama Will Appear in Madden NFL 11

Click to view The Super Bowl celebrations and animations for Madden NFL 10 were, honestly, a bit underweight. This year the game goes all out – even bringing in the President of the United States for the big party. IGN first reported today, with that video, on Madden 11’s enhanced Super Bowl interstitials. NFL Commissioner…

A Comic-Con Cosplay Too Soon?

To: Ash From: McWhertor Re: Sloppy Joes, So Sloppy, So Joey Bash, consider me officially jealous of your sloppy joe partaking. I haven’t had a decent meal since… last Thursday, I guess, when I stuffed myself full of raw salmon, tuna, broiled eel and rice. Since then, it’s been nothing but fruits and cereals and…

Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock Also Features These 22 Tunes

In addition to more than 20 minutes worth of Rush, the next Guitar Hero will feature these 22 newly revealed songs, ranging from the darn good Blue Oyster Cult’s “Burnin’ For You” to the ear-searing “Unskinny Bop” by Poison. Amazon offers a look at and a listen to the newest soundtrack additions for Guitar Hero:…

Madden Soundtrack Goes For That Gameday Feeling

Seven NFL teams’ fight songs are included for the first time this year in the Madden NFL soundtrack – unfortunately (from my perspective) the best one is MIA. Probably because they didn’t want the thing sounding like a porn movie. That would be “Super Chargers” – not exactly marching band stuff as you can hear…

You Know What We Did Last Summer Of Gaming

Kotaku’s 2010 Summer of Gaming might be over, but there’s still plenty of sunshine left this season. Why not spend the time looking over the summer-related things we wrote about last week? From the first flash of the lovely Plunkett-powered opening image to this sad farewell, we’ve shared memories this Summer of Gaming that will…

Play Catch Up On Kotaku’s Comic-Con 2010 Coverage

Comic-Con 2010 has come and gone. Our coverage will continue throughout the week, but if you missed any of this weekend’s big Comic-Con stories, now’s the time to remedy that with our handy wrap-up. Keep an eye peeled for more previews, hands-on impressions, bizarre cosplay, galleries and more from the quirky, all-inclusive pop culture Con.…

Final Fantasy XIV ESRB Rating Warns Against Putting Your Manhood In The Forge

Warning! The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has passed judgement on Final Fantasy XIV, warning potential players against boozing, whoring, upskirts, euphemisms for masturbation, and creative ways to endanger a penis. I want in the Final Fantasy XIV beta so badly now I can almost taste it. The ESRB listing for the game reads like a…

Our Video Game Sand Castle Contest Winners

Last week we challenged you to make video game sand castles. We dangled fabulous prizes at you (StarCraft II books). With one weekend to accomplish the task, we got five winners. We were hoping for 10. Quality, not quantity? Contestants needed to make a video-game themed sand castle and include the word Kotaku on or…

Japan’s Weekly Hardware Race Starts & Ends With PSP

After taking a back seat to the Nintendo DSi LL for a few weeks in Japan, the PSP is back on top, outselling Nintendo’s recently cheapened platform. That said… …the Nintendo DS is still the three-way winner, selling more than 47,000 units across its three flavors. The battle between the Wii and PS3 is still…

StarCraft II, Unboxed On Our Roof

Under a blinding New York City sun, I unboxed StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, the collector’s edition. It had to be done. My tan needed some work.