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Halo vs Call Of Duty Battle Escalates Quickly

This is great. This video—which introduces just about every explosion, tribute and gag you could think of between the two blockbuster series—was made by the same team behindthat impressive NERF gunfight from last year. In case you were wondering where you’d seen this particular brand of hyper-excited Australian screen violence before.

Huge Star Citizen Leak Gives Players A Tour Of A Whole Carrier

A big part of Star Citizen is the fact that you can earn, unlock (and buy with real cash) certain starships. So it’s a big deal when players get a good look at one of the game’s prize starships. This is a tour of aBengal, a massive carrier from the upcoming space shooter. See that…

I Care About Star Wars Because It Introduced Me To ‘Lore’

Today, May 25, is Star Wars Day—not the weird pun nonsense earlier this month that people love to call “Star Wars Day”, but the anniversary of the release of the original film in 1977. And today here on Kotaku we’re going to celebrate an oft-mocked part of Star Wars: the Expanded Universe. Today, nerds (this…

An Etsy Shop For Crystal Poké Balls

If you know where to look, you can buy anything on Etsy. And, yes, “anything” apparently sometimes includes Poke Balls made of crystal with pokemon laser-carved into them. First things first. They’ve sold out of the Poke Balls but are trying to make some more, and in the meantime the listed price of $99,999.99 is…

Bloodborne has been patched to allow co-op with friends regardless of level with password matching. That’s according to DualShockers’ English translation of the Japanese patch notes. The patch is about 300mb, positively svelte for an update to a current-gen game.

The Longer The Witcher 3 Goes, The Faster I Move Through It

If you write about games professionally for a while, and get suckered into writing game reviews freelance, a couple things happen. First, you play way too many games. Second, you play all those games very quickly. The latter has led me to take on some habits that I find troublesome. I usually try to avoid…

This Dog Was Pretty Mad About The Witcher 3‘s Visual Downgrade

It isn’t just humans who are upset that development for consoles might have caused The Witcher 3 to lose some visual luster. via reddit user InfernalH

Blizzard Removed Tychus’ Cigar To Meet Ratings Requirements

We discovered last week that Tychus’ trademark cigar was missing from the open beta version of Heroes of the Storm, and some people were rather upset about it—bro is always chewing on that thing, after all. And Blizzard artist Phill Gonzalez hopped on reddit to explain what the deal with that was. As some had…

On PC, The Witcher 3 now has more graphics than ever, as CD Projekt RED has just dropped a second patch which increases the quality of textures on high and ultra settings. Also, you can rebind keys now! Patch notes: Rebinding of all keys is now available after switching on the ‘Unlock Bindings’ option in…

What E3 Exaggerations Are You Most Excited For?

Hi! I’m Phil Owen, and I’ll be your Kotaku guest editor for Memorial Day while everyone else is enjoying the day off with possibly barbecue and maybe also sunshine. But who needs all that when we’re going to have a scintillating day just chock full of internet goodness? To get us started today, I wanna…

The Vehicles of Mad Max: Fury Road In Shiny LEGO Form

It seems like Mad Max: Fury Road just hit theaters, but LEGO builder Will has already remade the best vehicles of the movie with LEGO bricks. Must have been a tough challenge to build even these tiny versions. Check them out below (via GallowBoob on r/lego) or in his gallery over here. Witnesssssss! Here’s a…

Game Boy XXL Is A Handheld For Giants

Earlier this year, reader Ilhan Ünal got started building his own Game Boy, which he only recently completed. It’s…a little bigger than Nintendo’s original version. Named the Game Boy XXL, Ünal’s handheld is more of a deskheld. It’s running off a Raspberry Pi, with an old 19” computer monitor acting as the screen, and was…

Nintendo Wii Blamed for Fire

A Colorado man lost his RV and many personal belongings in a blaze that firefighters believe his Nintendo Wii could have started. “This had nothing to do with the wires,” RV owner Trevor Pellegrin to KKTV (via Wii U Daily). “It started in the actual console of the Wii.” “I was coming back from a…

A Fridge Full Of Jurassic Park Games Is Good eBay

“Refrigerator full of Super Nintendo Jurassic Park games”. That eBay listing title says everything your heart needs to know. Well, almost. The fridge isn’t actually included in the sale. But over 300 video games—mostly copies of Jurassic Park for the Super Nintendo—are. Jurassic Park on the SNES was a masterpiece, combining Zelda-like overworld gameplay with…

There are already a ton of fantastic Zelda manga adaptations out there (the Ocarina and Majora’s ones especially good), but reader King Zombie figures there’s also space to tell a more original story. So he’s started drawing his own. Looks cool!

Amateur Spider-Man Fails Backflip, Destroys Face

This footage, from a kid’s birthday party in Argentina, shows some guy dressed as Spider-Man attempting a sick backflip to impress the children. Emphasis on attempting Hope he’s OK. On one hand it’s funny, yes, because haha Spider-Man, but on the other, those are tiles he landed on. With his face. Ouch. You can see…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Bowser’s Big Interview

Earlier this week Nintendo of America proudly announced that it had hired Mr. Doug Bowser as its new vice president of sales. What I want to know if how he dressed for that interview. I think our readers can help. Or Steve thought our readers could help and I used his suggestion, even though I…

When Witcher 3 Bears And Cyclopes Go To War, Everybody Wins

Well, except maybe Geralt, but you can’t stage a massive battle between 20 bears and 20 cyclopes without breaking a few Witchers. YouTube’s Geo “Tyrannicon” Paradissis’ got a brand-new game, and he’s wastes no time laying waste to the untouched grasslands of CD Project’s latest. Such glorious chaos, and this is only the beginning. Tyrannicon…

Just Cause‘s Grapple Gun Is Exactly What Grand Theft Auto V Needed

Anyone who called Grand Theft Auto V a perfect game before the release of this Just Cause 2 grapple gun mod is a lying liar who lies. As seen in the video below from GTA X Scripting (via GameSpot), modder JulioNIB has given PC GTA V players the most entertaining accessory of all time. It’s…

Today’s Best Deals: Bloodborne for $40, Home Theater Upgrades, More

Bloodborne, one of the better games of 2015 so far, gets a significant discount today. Snap it up while you can, and check out the rest of today’s best deals below. [Bloodborne, $40]