Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: duchessofnuts defends Ubisoft, Ueziel looks back atthe year in gaming having played 103 games, Stormborn features tadpole Poliwrath in the Pokémon One a Day feature. Don’t forget that you can always go join the voices talking about video games and life in TAY Classic and…

League of Legends Cosplay Is Best Done By Pro Players

The League of Legends division of Korean pro team CJ Entus chose quite an interesting way to greet the new year. Instead of doing montage videos, they have dressed up two of their pros, Madlife and Flame, as League characters Blitzcrank and Ezreal. Here’s more pictures of Madlife’s super-buff “definitely not Blitzcrank” cosplay: And here’s…

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Goes Mobile. Is That Good?

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is available today on iOS and Android, giving mobile gamers a chance to race on land, sea and air as iconic Sega characters like Sonic, Amigo, John and Tim. Is it worth $4.99? Mostly. I am a big fan of the console/PC version of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, so…

A taste of the new Carmageddon‘s car physics According to Stephen Rushbrook of Stainless Games, the suspension is “entirely physics-driven—you can rip off the tires, the wheels, hub, drive shafts, wishbones independently, and what’s left will still work. Ripped-off parts will spin, hinge and flex as you’d expect”

Over the holidays, the fan group working on translating Valkyria Chronicles 3 into English have finally released their work. If you own a Japanese copy of the game, you can download the patch and read the tutorial on how to apply it on the project’s official blog-slash-homepage here

Japan’s First PS4 Commercial Twists the Knife in a Rather Mean Way

“Look at all these people, having fun with their PS4s,” the ad seems to say “Sure would be nice to get some of that action, huh?” While I’m sure Sony Japan’s intention wasn’t to torture people—even the caption reads “The world will be united with play,” which shows their heart was in the right place—still……

Call of Duty’s Dog Gets The Action Figure He Deserves

2013 may have been The Year of Luigi, but it was also The Year of Riley, Call of Duty: Ghost’s canine companion giving the series its first awesome character in years. That’s a feat worth celebrating with a custom action figure. Made by sigsauerp226r, and shared by Infinity Ward, the presence of a Hesh figure…

In 2014, We Will Swordfight Like Gentlemen (On Acid)

Indie swordfighting game Nidhogg has been doing the rounds since 2011. It was supposed to be released in 2013, but never made it. Not to mind. It’s coming out later this month. January 13, to be precise. On Steam. Here’s a launch trailer. It’s like Highlander, if Highlander was trippin’ balls.

That’s Some Mouse Review, Amazon Customer Dude

Not being a real review doesn’t make it any less helpful. Helpful review of the Nexus Silent Wired Mouse SM-8500 [Super Punch]

The Year in Kotaku ‘Shop Contests

If you’re not following the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest, you’re missing on one of the longest-running features here, all of it created by readers. This week’s contest was an encore of 2013’s 10 best subjects, and multiple contest finalist Docherty submitted this outstanding montage capturing all of them (and more) together. If this was an animated…

Good news for those of you patiently waiting for A Bird Story, the follow-up to indie darling To The Moon: the developers, Freebird Games, have released free TTM DLC for you to play. It’s a quick, lighthearted minisode meant to celebrate the holidays a little, andyou can download it here.

Want To See New Games In Action? Check Out Watchlist.

If you aren’t familiar with Watchlist, it’s a place for all the videos that we have here on Kotaku. If you are familiar with it, you should know that it’s now going to be focused on showing off new and upcoming games. Of course you’ll find Leo’s videos there, and the various gameplay videos that…

Burn At Least Six Calories in 2014 With This One Weird Video Game

Exercise sucks. Exergaming sucks. If you’re a video gamer who has set a resolution to lose weight, you have a long, hard road ahead of you in 2014. Or, more likely, you have a very short one before you give up. I can’t tell you what my secret to fitness is because my secret to…