Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Big Head Mode

McWhertor’s shot yesterday of the Twilight cosplayer – wearing a giant mask that matched his skin tone, making him look like he was in big head mode – is the last-minute inspiration for a ‘Shop Contest everyone can enter. Big Head Mode. And that’s really it. I’m not sure why we haven’t done this before.…

Sunday Comics

Penny Arcade published July 21. PvPonline published July 23. ActionTrip published July 19. EXTRALIFE published July 23. Ctrl+Alt+Del published July 21. Dueling Analogs published July 19. Nerf NOW published July 19. Rooster Teeth published July 24. Monday Night Crew published July 23. Virtual Shackles published July 19. Little Gamers published July 20.

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One Of These World Warriors Doesn’t Belong

A Twilight cosplayer—aligned with Team Jacob and apparently in Big Head mode—proves that werewolves don’t belong in the Street Fighter line-up. Spotted outside the Capcom booth at Comic-Con 2010.

Report: Crazed Harry Potter Fan Stabs Comic-Con Attendee In Face

Comic-Con went a little insane today when a Harry Potter-loving attendee reportedly stabbed another man in the face with a pen at the convention center’s massive Hall H. That alleged attack went down following today’s Resident Evil: Afterlife panel. According to a report from Entertainment Weekly on the incident, San Diego police arrested the alleged…

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier’s ‘Alpha’ Film Is Stunning, Even In Stills

Ubisoft has tapped Oscar-winning filmmakers Francois Alaux and Herve de Crecy to create a 20 minute film to promote Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Half of the directing team was at Comic-Con today with a taste of that gorgeous looking project. Dubbed “Alpha,” the promotional movie will offer a live action look at the ghosts of…

Super Street Fighter IV’s Downloadable Wardrobe Expands This Fall

Overshadowed by the reveal of Street Fighter X Tekken, Tekken X Street Fighter and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition was Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono’s commitment to costumes. Yes, there will be more downloadable costumes. These costumes. Ono said that after shipping more than 4 million copies of Street Fighter IV and…

A Behind The Scenes Peek At Twisted Metal’s Live Action Intros, Endings

Eat Sleep Play co-founder David Jaffe offered a glimpse at the new Twisted Metal’s storytelling action at Comic-Con 2010, live action cinematics that will flesh out the stories of its stars, Sweet Tooth, Dollface, Mr. Grim and the Preacher. Jaffe said that the decision to go with live action cinematics for each character’s introduction and…

Epic Mickey Spawns ‘Tales of the Wasteland’ Comic Book Spin-offs

Disney’s Epic Mickey is only coming to the Wii, but a newly announced pair of comic book projects based on the game will bring Mickey’s adventures to other platforms, including paper, PSP and the iPhone. Epic Mickey designer Warren Spector and comic book writer Peter David held a panel at Comic-Con today, offering a look…

Metal Gear Solid’s Cameo For Front Mission Evolved Revealed

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker maker Hideo Kojima andpublisher Square Enix are working together on toys and game crossovers, like Metal Gear’s cameo in Front Mission Evolved. The collaboration between the two appears to be primarily focused around… stickers. Yes, in Front Mission Evolved, you’ll be able to decorate your Wanzer—those giant mechs you’ll control…

A Closer Look At DC’s StarCraft II & World of WarCraft Toys

DC Direct knows how to put together a video game toy. The collectible and toy maker is tackling the soon to be released StarCraft II and even more characters from World of Warcraft for its next lines. While DC DIrect’s StarCraft II action figure showing at Comic-Con was a little light on Zerg for my…

Street Fighter and Tekken: Two Great Tastes That Kick A Lotta Ass Together

Street Fighter? Tekken. Tekken? Street Fighter. Chocolate? Peanut butter. Me? I’ll leave and let you enjoy this trailer and 33 screens, taken from the gameplay and cinematic of the newly revealed Street Fighter X Tekken and Tekken X Street Fighter.

Street Fighter X Tekken Screens

Kotaku Shop Contest: Kinect Goes to China Winners

The inevitable counterfeiting, bootlegging and knock-offing of Kinect in certain Far East markets was the inspiration for last week’s contest, and many enterprising ‘shoppers joined the cause to create glorious images for the benefit of all. Let’s take a look. For some reason, the less I could tell what was going on with a box,…

New Mass Effect 2 Weapons Pack Will Precede “Broker”

Astute Mass Effect fans noticed that, in the screens accompanying news of the upcoming extension “The Lair of the Shadow Broker,” Shepard’s packing two weapons currently unavailable. BioWare’s confirmed a new weapons pack is coming, earlier than this next DLC. BioWare’s Jarrett Lee took to the forums to confirm what people were seeing was authentic.…

And Now For The Rest Of The (Beginning Of The) Story …

If you saw that 30-second teaser on Thursday and wondered what the heck was going on with Batman’s costume and Superman’s lack of a shave, this six-minute video setting up DC Universe Online’s story should answer a lot of questions. Thanks to Antiterra for the tip.

Tomb Raider Avatar Items Available For Plunder On Thursday

If you’ve ever wanted to cross dress your avatar as Lara Croft, your chance is coming. The tomb raider’s super-tight shorts are among a set of themed outfits hitting Xbox Live Marketplace on Thursday. Right now, a premium theme celebrating Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is already available on the marketplace. That’ll be…

Digital Distributors Dispute NPD Rankings

Impulse and GamersGate are two pretty well known digital download services – we feature them every week in The Moneysaver – but they didn’t show up in an NPD assessment of digital versus brick-and-mortar sales. Earlier in the week, NPD Group claimed that digital download sales of PC games had almost caught up with games…