See the Making of Black Ops II Tomorrow—if You Have DirecTV

DirecTV will airing a making-of documentary on Call of Duty: Black Ops II Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, the day the game releases in the U.S. If you don’t have the satellite service, this two-minute teaser video will have to suffice. A news release said the show would feature “exclusive footage” from the game plus commentary…

The Moneysaver: Eternal Vigilance for the Price of Duty

Our deals partners are on overwatch for offers on Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and so far have found no discounts, but a NewEgg coupon code will get you Hitman: Absolution for $12 off the cover price. It’s out in two weeks. Halo 4 sees a cash discount from one retailer, and bonuses from…

The Best of Kotaku, This Week

Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. This week’s best image is a cat licking a Wii U. That’s right, I had to show it to you again Moving on to our Best Of content this week, we kick things off as usual with a comment…

In South Korea, This Nintendo Booth Shows How Far the Company Has Come

At this year’s G-Star gaming expo in South Korea, the country’s Nintendo branch rolled out a nice looking booth. Its first G-Star booth. Let’s check it out. These photos, courtesy of Japanese site Game Watch Impress, are a great reminder of how far Nintendo of Korea has come. It was only a few years ago…

Man Rides the Subway. With a Blow-Up Doll.

You know that photo of the “so lonely” dude who was photographed on the Tokyo subway with his hug pillow? Well, he now seems to have a Chinese rival. That Japanese guy is called “Nisan” (兄さん or “big brother”) and is often seen in Akihabara, Tokyo’s gaming and geek district. Many believe Nisan’s schtick is…

Nothing Says Valentine’s Day Like Tiger & Bunny

On Valentine’s Day in Japan, women are supposed to give men sweets (men give women sweets a month later on White Day). And next Valentine’s Day, ladies can give Tiger & Bunny cake with a chocolate mousse and green tea chocolate mousse filling. Priced at ¥3,990, it comes with a Kotetsu T. Kaburagi figure. He’s…

Lollipop Chainsaw Turned into a Japanese Porno

You know the rule: If it exists, there’s a porn of it. Well, video game Lollipop Chainsaw exists (we have the review to prove it). And now there is the inevitable adult video version of it. Slated to be released next week, the movie is called Tia’s Geek Cosplay FUCK! (ティアのヲタコスのFUCK!), and it comes per…

Halo 4 Launching in Japan Is Pretty Much What You’d Expect

Japan has never been crazy about the Xbox 360, save for the few instances when it had exclusive role-playing games folks wanted to play. But generally speaking, it’s been an uphill battle. That being said, Halo 3 did okay! For a first-person shooter. On the Xbox 360. In Japan. Earlier this week, Halo 4 launched…

At McDonald’s Japan, these Special Burgers Sure Are…Creamy

If you’ve been to McDonald’s while visiting other countries, you know that things can be a little different. McDonald’s Japan, for example, has two “new” burgers—probably the likes of which you’ve never seen. That is, unless you’ve been to Japan. In winter. These are the “Gracoro Burgers”, with “gracoro” (“gurakoro” or グラコロ) being short for…

What If Pyramid Head Were a Lady?

Pyramid Head is one scary looking dude. The stuff of nightmares! Cosplayer UndercoverEnvy reimagines the Silent Hill bogeyman as the Silent Hill bogeywoman. The results are terrifyingly wonderful. To learn more about Pyramid Head, check out the Silent Hill wikia. Silent Hill [UndercoverEnvy@DeviantArt via ObviousWinner]

Your Guide To Killing Zombies

Before there was The Vampire Combat Manual, there was The Zombie Combat Manual. In the excerpt below, author Roger Ma tackles the vulnerabilities and regions of attack for zombies. The Zombie Skull Although the majority of the populace is aware that destruction of the brain is the only known method to terminate an undead attacker,…

Grand Theft Auto‘s Writer Talks Women, Writing—and Creative Larceny

Dan Houser, the 39-year-old chief writer of Rockstar Games and a co-founder of the studio that’s delivered the Grand Theft Auto series, admitted to some screen-looking in an interview this weekend with The New York Times: “Anyone who makes 3D games who says they’ve not borrowed something from Mario or Zelda is lying,” he said.…

Duke’s Basketball Opener Features Some Spartan Ops, Too

Duke University’s student body is often stereotyped as carpet-bagging one-percent Yankees, and it’s true that is a powerful constituency at that university. But take it from me, most of the kids I’ve encountered at Cameron Indoor Stadium are harmless math camp counselors, like our geeky friend here who attended the season tipoff in this royal…

Get Hot, Bothered and Hungry With Fifty Shades Of Chicken

I haven’t read Fifty Shades of Grey. I kept hearing about it, and seeing people reading it on the bus, but I wasn’t sure what it was until I finally got curious and looked into it. Okay, so it’s a book about kinky bondage sex-play. And I don’t believe I’m in its target demographic. I…

Darkstalkers‘ Sultry Succubus Has Never Looked Quite So Good

Morrigan Aensland from Capcom’s Darkstalkers is one of the most widely depicted characters in video games. Her distinctive features have spawned dozens of statues, hundreds of cosplays and thousands of pieces of fan art. Of her myriad appearances, this statue from E2046’s Gathering line might just be my favorite. Let’s just get this out of…

The Guy Who Wrote Little Miss Sunshine Will Write Star Wars: Episode VII

The next episode of Star Wars has its writer. As rumored yesterday, Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3) will indeed write episode VII, announced when Disney bought Lucasfilm last week and slated for release in 2015. No word on whether he’ll be including Luke, Leia, and Han. Also no word on whether if…

Backhanded Box Quotes: No Need for Creed

Welcome back to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of measured, thoughtful criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic and elsewhere. Assassin’s Creed III Released: Oct. 31 Critic: elgringo (Metacritic) • “They pulled off Mass Effect 3 with this game.” Score: 0 Critic: Skycrimson (Metacritic) • “I thought I was actually playing AC2 again because GS…

Nintendo’s holding a midnight launch event for Wii U at the Nintendo World Store in New York City. Reggie’ll be there!

Here Are 28—Yes, 28—New Persona 4 Golden Videos

Those crazy folks at Atlus have released a whopping 28 new videos to celebrate Persona 4 Golden, their upcoming Vita remake of the critically-acclaimed PS2 role-playing game. Persona 4 Golden is out November 20. Look forward to the official Kotaku review—which, and get excited for this, may wind up being a collaboration between me and…

Xbox 360 Supports 32GB USB Drives After Latest Update

Xbox Live’s latest dashboard update also delivered an increase in the size of the USB hard drives the console will support. The Xbox 360 can now save to drives up to 32 gigabytes in capacity, double the old limit if 16GB. Joystiq noted the capacity change and sought to confirm it with a Microsoft representative,…