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A Five-Minute MOBA Is Exactly What I Needed

There are quick fixes, and then there are incredibly quick fixes. When Spacetime Studios says Call of Champions is a five-minute MOBA, they mean it—five minutes is all you get. Available now for iOS, Call of Champions isn’t the first mobile MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) game, but it’s certainly the quickest. I still love…

Triforce Heroes sure looks cute, huh? This new trailer gives a sense of how the totem-pole team-up will work in the next portable Legend of Zelda game, which comes out October 23. Contact the author at [email protected]

Captain Planet Saves The Day In GTA V

Captain Planet was the only 90s edutainment show that had enough charm to fit into the heavy line-up of Saturday-morning cartoons. And we probably all remember its intro. If not, Merfish’s perfect GTA V version, including an environmental-friendly Trevor and all the Planeteers, will help to bring back memories. So, with Captain Trevor Planet on…

Twitch’s Boss Plays Hearthstone With Blizzard’s Boss At TwitchCon

One of the coolest things at Twitch’s very first convention this weekend was a bunch of Hearthstone matches, in front of an audience, between two very laid back CEOs: Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime and Twitch’s Emmett Shear. You might think someone like Mike Morhaime would easily obliterate anyone with some kind of perfect developer’s deck, but…

Minecraft Can Now Do In-Game Tutorials

Visually, this Minecraft map is nothing fancy, but it does demonstrate how the game could be used as a teaching tool. The map’s the result of a collaboration between Marc Watson, who works at Mojang, and Dragnoz, a renowned Minecraft builder. Here’s Marc explaining the goal of their map: This map is a simple demonstration…

Someone Swallowed The Internet And Vomited On Dark Souls II

Mods are great. I love them. They made Skyrim feel relevant for like a million years. I’m excited about Fallout 4 and mods being available on console. That feels like a game-changer to me. But this Dark Souls 2 mod. Why would you do this? Why? Yes. This is a mod of Dark Souls 2…

Look At This Dog That Loves Animal Crossing More Than You Do

From Tumblr You Booze You Lose, this Bull Terrier is way better equipped to express his love for Animal Crossing’s KK Slider than our ridiculous human bodies could ever be. The video’s caption reads: So my dog loves KK Slider from the Animal Crossing games and when he hears him he runs over and watches.…

I’m Going To Teach Myself To Drive Stick With Video Games

“A tough young man like you is going to want a manual, right?” asked the Nissan salesman who sold me my first car 20 years ago. I shook my head timidly and purchased an automatic Sentra at $500 a month for six years. I can’t help thinking I’d have gotten a better deal had I…

The First Gameplay Footage From The South Park Xbox Game That Never Was

The original Xbox never got a South Park game, but if it had it would have looked something like this. The raw work in progress was allegedly discovered on a debug original Xbox procured in August by Nintendo Age forum moderator qixmaster, who posted a few screenshots and a single cutscene from the game. Sometime…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Ugliest PlayStation 4

Earlier this week our own Evan Narcissecalled the upcoming Call of Duty PlayStation 4 “Ugly As Sin.” He wants ugly? We’ll give him ugly. I’m not too put off by Activision and Sony’s Pumpkin Spice PlayStation 4. Black, grey and orange aren’t that bad of a combination, and considering how insane the pumpkin crowd is…

Thank You For The Amazing Game Cube Collection, Random Game Store Guy

I went to my local video game store on Friday to pick up a copy of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, and I walk out with an entire generation’s worth of Nintendo console goodness. Thanks, random game store guy. No, I didn’t get his name. I want to say Dave, but I want to say…

A LEGO Dimensions Buyer’s Guide For The Discerning Player

Tonight at midnight $465 worth of LEGO Dimensions product goes on sale. How much does one need to pay to have a good time? Let our buyer’s guide be your…guide. LEGO Dimensions, taken as the whole of the first series of starter and toy kits, is the priciest total game release of the year. Skylanders…

The First Five Rip-Snortin’ Minutes Of A Fistful Of Gun 

My admiration for FarmerGnome’s epic multiplayer Spaghetti Western is rivaled only my my lack of dedication to a fake Southern accent during the first five minutes of A Fistful of Gun. Released last week on Steam for little doggies everywhere to get along to, A Fistful of Gun is a unique little top-down pixel shooter…

Afro Samurai 2 Is Some Bullshit

I was going to record a video demonstrating why the recently-released follow-up to 2009’s Afro Samurai is such a waste, but I couldn’t bring myself to play it any longer. Fuck this game. I wasn’t a fan of the Afro Samurai animated series when I played and reviewedthe first game some six years ago, and…

Couldn’t make it to TwitchCon 2015? It’s okay, I think they are streaming it somewhere. Really it’s amazing anyone showed up live. Check out the full schedule and where to watch what here.

And Then This Happened

From—where else—Cat Cosplay, via Reddit.

Batman Day Is Happening on the Wrong Date

Today is Batman Day, a fake holiday invented for the sole purpose of helping market merchandise branded with the Dark Knight. Not that Bruce Wayne needs the help. The worst thing about Batman Day is that it’s happening on the wrong date. It should be on June 26, not September 26. There’s one strain of…

After suffering a pretty shady delay, Comcept claims Mighty No. 9 will ship on February 9 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. The 3Ds and Vita versions are coming “at a later date.” We’ll see! Start placing your bets. Contact the author at [email protected]

Watching A Guy Run Valve’s Impressive VR Demo Might Make You a Little Nauseous

It’s no secret that the company behind Steam has big plans for virtual reality. Now we can get a look at what those ambitions will look like. When you first start watching David Finsterwalder’s clips of Valve’s VR demos, you might think you’re looking at the real world. Then Portal 2 co-op robot P-Body shows…