“Video games and movies are finally starting to steal the right things from each other,” according to the writer of an interesting new essay inDissolve that covers the likes of L.A. Noire, Snowpiercer, The Last of Us and Edge of Tomorrow.

Call Of Duty Bummer: They Opted Not To Have Teleportation Grenades

The new Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, futuristic-looking as it is, will not have teleportation grenades. So it was reported in a VentureBeat profileof CoD:AW studio Sledgehammer Games. Too unrealistic. Here’s VentureBeat talking to Sledgehammer’s Michael Condrey about where they draw the line between CoD-suitable and CoD-nope: Condrey said that the team also had to…

A reader sent this Reddit thread my way on Twitter. Looks like it struck a nerve with some gamers. I’m not sure how well the implicit criticism applies to Kotaku since we disclose this info in the review boxes, but it is something to think about as more non-gaming outlets begin to cover/criticize games. Judging…

Metroid‘s Brightest Samus Suit, Now A Glowing 20-Inch Masterpiece

Acquiring the glowing, bone-colored Light Suit was the coolest moment in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and one that deserves to be commemorated by a 20-inch tall, $365 glowing statue from First 4 Figures. Feels like I’ve been waiting forever for more Metroid from First 4 Figures, and Light Suit Samus was definitely worth that wait.…

LittleBigPlanet 3 is coming to the PS3 and PS4 on November 18th, Sony just announced. I am so excited to finally see Sackboy on the PlayStation 4. Check out the game’s predictably adorable pre-order bonuses here if you’re into that sort of thing.

I’d Forgotten How Bad The Animated TMNT Movie Was

With Leonardo off on a character-building mission in another country, the remaining turtles are forced to get day jobs. Meanwhile, April O’Neil has made the jump from journalist to ninja archaeologist for hire. Cinema Sins has its hands full with this one. I purchased 2007’s TMNT on Blu-ray, motivated only by blind nostalgia, and look…

Someone’s Figured Out Where One Million Internet Cats Live

This goes without saying, but people love posting pictures of their cats online. They love it so much, in fact, that they’re often willing to forego little things like “privacy” and “self-respect” in favor of bringing their furry friends to the widest possible audience. A new data-driven project throws the gratuity of all this feline-flaunting…

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Don’t Miss Trails in the Sky On PC Today

Here is your reminder that The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is out today on PC, it’s $20, and it’s really, really worth your time. Granted, I have a bit of a soft spot for deep, twisty role-playing games with hundreds of thousands of words and treasure chests that talk. If you prefer…

New pre-rendered Assassin’s Creed Unity trailer shows our hero, the assassin Arno, rescuing a woman who seems to be wearing a Templar cross (the same lady we initially thought was an assassin. Whoops!). The game’s designers hinted at the end of this making-of video that Unity will address the schism between Assassins and Templars and…

Love Child, HBO’s new documentary about a notorious case of video game addiction, first aired last night. Now that the film is out in the open for all to see, let’s talk about it! If you had the chance to see the movie, I’d love to hear your thoughts. You can read my take here

A Critical Analysis Of This Sonic/Cammy Fanfic Video

A friend of mine sent me a really bizare Sonic fanfic video and I was not prepared for how entertaining it was. Here are the notes I took as I watched it. This post contains heavy spoilers about Sonic’s adventure. I can’t get over the fact that Sonic is German (Update: The creator is from…

Doom II Mod Reimagines Maps Based On Their Names

A group of Doom II modders have reimagined id’s classic shooter in a clever and often silly way: by drawing inspiration from the names of the game’s original 32 maps. The project is known as “Doom II In Name Only.” Ella Guro, its founder, said that it took 666 days to complete. Something tells me…

Someone Beat Halo In Under 97 Minutes for New World Record

And the guy playing only died seven times. Masterful! Speedrunner Andrew Halabourda set a world record for a few months ago when he beat the PC version of the first Halo game on Legendary difficulty in 1:38:57. Last night, he managed to shave off even more time with a run that clocked in at 1:36:40.…

One Of World of Warcraft‘s Newest Dungeons Is A Moving Train

I’m pretty sure the developers at Blizzard liked Snowpiercer a lot, because one of the new dungeons in the upcoming expansion will be something similar. Most of the time we’ll be fighting on a huge, moving train of the Iron Horde. Gnomes had submarines in Warcraft II, there’s the Gunship Battle in the Icecrown Citadel…

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