Let's all give a warm welcome to Kapp'n, freshly revealed background character of Super Smash Bros 3DS, whom you might know as the singing sailor-slash-driver from Animal Crossing. Here's hoping he brings his shanties along for the ride.
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Happy 20th birthday, Doom! id Software's legendary shooter was released twenty years ago today. To celebrate, folks over at Game Art HQ put together an amazing art tribute, with gorgeous HD illustrations of the series' many memorable enemies. Above is Eric Ridgeway's version of the Mancubus; visit the site for more. Read more

Sadly not a new fighter, but the Skull Kid is still an incredibly cool assist trophy for Super Smash Bros Wii U, revealed today by Masahiro Sakurai. I'd be in for an HD remake of Majora's Mask if that's what it'd look like! Read more

Is this... The Valvengers? The Hulk, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Nick Fury, Black Widow, Captain America and Thor (poor Thor) all transformed into Valve characters. With the Scout and the Soldier from Team Fortress 2 and a zombie from Left 4 Dead, teaming up with Gordon Freeman, this team probably wouldn't function smoothly. Read more

The elevators in Battlefield 4? They're fine, as long as you ignore stuff like this, straight from a horror movie. But glitchy elevator physics is the price we have to pay for collapsing buildings and levolution moments. Read more

Artists at Rovio were asked to mix Angry Birds with other games, and this Street Fighter mashup is what Javier Burgos came up with. Awesome coloring! And he really had to make those birds look upset to avoid mockery. Read more

Playing with the Houston Rockets shouldn't mean blasting off like a shuttle across the basketball court. That's the glitchy, NBA 2K14 way of avoiding interviews. But hey, at least they've got LeBron's running speed correct! Read more

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Get over here! Dwight Howard of the NBA's Houston Rockets is apparently a Mortal Kombat enthusiast. Here he is re-enacting Scorpion's signature move during pre-game introductions against Brooklyn on Friday. [NBA on YouTube]

Nailing the perfect landing in MMO flight game War Thunder? Not a problem! World War II fighters worked just like skateboards anyway and anyone could do a few flips before landing. Read more

No need for a mod to go Ghost Rider and do justice in Grand Theft Auto V. Just a few tricks here and there, and you are good to go—Los Santos just got a new spirit of vengeance. There's even a tutorial out there, and the only thing missing is Johnny Blaze's chain. Read more

Meet League of Legends' newest playable champion: Yasuo, the Unforgiven, a martial artist who uses the power of wind to defeat his opponents. He sure has some pretty exciting skills, especially his wind wall ability, which blocks all enemy projectiles—something that'll likely cause ranged heroes many headaches. Read more

Pac-Man just became a bit more badass, after custom toy builder KodyKoala assembled this Pac-Man Monster Truck. It's just the right thing to do with a harmless Pac-Man bank and an old RC toy car. KodyKoala made it available on his Etsy page, along with the rest of his crazy custom toys. Read more

This glitch in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will get your character stuck in MMO emote hell, as you can see in the above GIF. To get similar results with a frozen upper torso, type "/sit," then press the emote and the "w" buttons simultaneously. If you get lucky, you won't fly away completely. Read more

And the "Most Stylish Gunship Takedown" in Battlefield 4 award goes to?... Blitzeh, who launched an ATV with C4 into the sky without mercy and aimed for those choppers above. Read more

Enemy Within, the expansion set to XCOM: Enemy Unknown added new character customization: Hair styles, color combinations—and a 1950s fedora. The result above (you can call him Fedora Mech) is the strangest—or coolest—looking soldier XCOM has ever seen. Read more

These Pokémon, made by the digital artists of iheartjlp, look really dark and make me feel they're from a not-so-shiny alternate universe rather than from one of the well-known regions. The Jigglypuff on the top right, for example, looks quite serious. Read more

Nice shot! Who says there's nothing to do in Battlefield 4 while you wait for friends? Apart from the bulletproof basketball, the Frostbite 3 engine seems to be working as intended. Better try this shot with C4 next time! Read more

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