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Rudy Giuliani Will Defend Activision In Call of Duty Lawsuit

In July, ex-military dictator Manuel Noriega filed a lawsuit against Activision over his depiction in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Today, Activision filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, calling it “absurd” in a press release issued this morning. Activision has recruited former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani’s law firm to handle the…

Player’s Secret Weapon In Destiny‘s Multiplayer Is…Sitting

Destiny‘s D-pad-mapped gestures are fun for expressing yourself to strangers in the Tower, or after a successful strike. But they’re a lot more useful when used in even more creative ways. Take Unspoken Ouch‘s tactic here, for instance. As you can see above, he uses the sitting gesture in a most devious way to confuse…

Some ​Destiny Owners Say Bungie Can’t Address Customer Service Problems

“I’ve Given Up on Destiny and Got My Refund” “ERRORS ERRORS ERRORS” “Server problems. Worse then ever now -.-“ These are some of the top trending posts on Bungie’s official help forums. As you can probably guess, they’re filled with angry people. The users in those threads are mad at the lack of a support…

These People Tried To Figure Out How Destiny‘s Loot System Works

If you’ve been playing Destiny, chances are you’ve been there. A purple orb ceremoniously pops out of a dying enemy, to the delight of every fiber of your being. A legendary item! Surely it’s a legendary item… But, somehow, it feels like every single time you take it to the Cryptarch to decode it, it’s…

Times Group Died Completing Destiny‘s First Raid An enterprising group of players have beaten Destiny‘s first raid. Less than 12 hours after its release, the PrimeGuard clan finished the Vaults of Glass – but not without dying quite a few times. Bungie acknowledged their accomplishment via twitter, and challenged the group to “try it on…

Destiny Review Scores May Cost Bungie A $2.5 Million Bonus

Destiny is not getting great review scores. In fact, it’s getting resoundingly mediocre review scores—as of right now, Bungie’s ambitious shooter has a 76.29% on GameRankings and a 77 on Metacritic That’s certainly not the type of critical reception Activision was hoping for when they pumped half a billion (!) dollars into this franchise, and…

How To Preview Your Outfits Before Buying Them In Destiny

You know what’s really annoying? The fact that you can’t preview a Shader (the item that changes your Guardian’s outfit color scheme) in Destiny. Those things are expensive! Can’t just be buying them all willy nilly. Fortunately we have Destiny Tracker, a website that lets you preview your own character in every known Shader. That’s…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Destiny Nonvertising: The Winners!

Last week I asked Kotaku‘s image manipulation army to, whatever they did,not advertise the gameDestiny, just like Microsoft didn’t. I have never seen a group of people not advertise this much in my entire life. Thanks to a combination of factors too complicated for mere mortals to comprehend (how do people feel about corpse ass?),…

Destiny‘s Squads Are Too Small

Something feels off in Destiny—and it’s not just Peter Dinklage’s delivery. On Wednesday, I started playing Activision’s much-hyped new shooter for the first time alongside some co-workers (jazz aficionado Kirk Hamilton and middle-school dropout Sam Biddle). Though I don’t normally play a lot of shooters—as most of you know I’m more of a turn-based kinda…

A Guide To Making Your Destiny Character Extra Pretty

When you started Destiny you picked the blue skin that looks oh so ravishing with the soft pink hair, but what about your gear? Sure, you’re going to go for stats over fashion (most likely), but that doesn’t mean you have to be limited in your aesthetic options. My armor is pretty great, but it…

How To Get Free Ammo In Destiny

Sure, you can run around and grab the white and green ammo packages that dead enemies drop, or you can buy replenishing kits from merchants in town, but everyone likes free stuff, right? This Destiny tip—that Kirk shows off above—will probably come in most handy for those of you planning on soloing a lot of…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Destiny Nonvertising

Earlier this week Microsoft did not run an advertisementfor this week’s hot new release, Destiny. Something tells me our Photoshop-savvy readers would do an amazing job of not advertising Destiny. Let’s find out! I am referring to the strange Microsoft ad that popped up last week featuring the Destiny logo on a bottle of cologne,…

Last-Gen Destiny Comes With A Free Current-Gen Upgrade (For Now)

Destiny launches next week on a bunch of different consoles. Since developer Bungie has a ten-year plan for the game, it may outlast some of the devices its debuting on. But if you’re starting Destiny on the Xbox 360 or PS3, don’t worry: jumping to the next generation won’t cost you anything—for now. Activision and…

The Legendary Skylanders Return To Toys’R’Us

Hey kids, want the same exact toys in black and gold? The Toys’R’Us legendary Skylanders line continues with next month’s Trap Team, with a pair of special toys guaranteed to be warming shelves a month or two after launch. Two years ago I might have told parents and fans to make a beeline for Toys’R’Us…

Yep, Blizzard Still Makes The Best Trailers

The wait is over, World of Warcraft fans and people who love amazing short CGI films. Blizzard has finally pulled the lid off the next big WoW expansion, Warlords of Draenor. And it looks…well, what did you expect from the king of video game trailers? Exactly. Look, I’d be lying if I told you I…

The Warlords of Draenor expansion pack is coming to World of Warcraft on November 13th, Blizzard just announced. Get ready for some serious Orc action!

The Tiniest Skylanders Of Them All Are Now Playable Characters

Along with the normal and large-sized Skylanders toys, over the past year or so Activision and Toys For Bob have been releasing these ridiculously cute little promo figures that acted as cosmetic pets in games like last year’s Swap Force. In this year’s Trap Team, they’re fully playable and fully freaking adorable. During my Skylanders:…

King’s Quest Is Coming Back

Now that it’s officially come back from the dead, Sierra is bringing some of its classic PC games along with it. Activision said in a press release today that its recently-revived subsidiary is working on a new installment in the renowned adventure game series King’s Quest Fans of the genre have a lot to be…

Watch The New Call of Duty Blow Up A Bridge

Most of the Call of Duty news since Advanced Warfare was first announced has focused on the multiplayer. That’s understandable. But it also means that one of the shooter franchise’s other important assets hasn’t had a chance to shine through: its unique ability to make blow up iconic pieces of architecture. Cue giant bridge explosion:…

The Next Skylanders Is Coming To Tablets… The Same Day As Consoles

Not a side game, not a spin-off — the full console version of Skylanders: Trap Team will be available for Android, Amazon and iPad tablets on October 5, the same day it comes out on Xboxes, PlayStations and Wiis. That’s never happened before. Aside from downloadable titles like Telltale’s The Walking Dead games, a console…