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Forget  CGI. Transformers Toys Have The Most Exciting Battles

Who needs CGI animated cartoons and movies when stop-motion Transformers battles can be this good? It’s a relatively ordinary day in the mixed-continuity of animator Harris Loureiro. Bumblebee and Wheeljack are on a routine patrol when they encounter some Decepticon resistance. They call for backup, and for a while it looks like the Autobots are…

It’s Official: Silent Hills Is Canceled

Sorry, folks—the recently-announced (and much-anticipated) horror game Silent Hills is not happening. The new Silent Hill game, announced last year through a playable teaser called P.T. (which actually stands for “playable teaser”), was set to bea collaboration between film director Guillermo del Toro and Metal Gear Solid designer Hideo Kojima. It would star the actor…

Diablo III Player Reaches Level 70 In One Minute

Here’s an insanely skilled Diablo III player Dat Modz proving that it’s possible to get to max level in no time. Sixty-five seconds to be exact. That’s bloody impressive. And how is this possible? Dat Modz is on the game’s very rare (not THAT rare since patch 2.2, but still rare) Cow Level, and its…

Pixel artist Junkboy reimagined John Carpenter’s classic movie They Live as a cool beat ‘em up game from the early 90s. It’s got all the characteristics of side-scrolling arcade games, complete with breakable windows and smashable cars. And here’s another cool tribute from the same artist: Planet of the Apes as a DOS point-and-click adventure…

Looks Like Batman Won’t Be Fighting Alone in Arkham Knight

The newest teaser for Batman: Arkham Knight makes one thing clear: The Dark Knight won’t be going solo this time. The latest teaser for Batman: Arkham Knight focuses on Batman’s allies and shows a bunch of co-op attacks that Bruce Wayne’s masked alter ego can pull off with Robin and Nightwing. From the sounds of…

ESPN Airs Video Games, Twitter Freaks Out

Tonight on ESPN 2, sports fans across the world were treated not to the NBA playoffs or the burgeoning baseball season, but to live footage of college students playing Heroes of the Storm. Yep, thanks to a partnership with Blizzard, the flashy MOBA—or Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, a genre that also includes the world’s most…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Bling Side Of The Force

Last week a Tokyo jeweler covered a Darth Vader helmet in gold, leading to at least two obvious questions—why just the helmet, and why only Vader? Surely the entire extended Star Wars cast is deserving a shiny metal makeover. Ginza Tanaka may have had good intentions, but he fell way short of his completely assumed…

Now It’s Naoto’s Turn To Dance. Dance. Dance.

Every time I post a GIF from Persona 4: Dancing All Night, the comments are always the same: where’s Naoto Shirogane? Here’s Naoto Shirogane. No longer a backup dancer, Persona 4’s young detective shows off some killer moves on the dance floor, as well as a penchant for cosplay that goes beyond masking her gender…

Sounds Like Silent Hills Really Is Cancelled

Following yesterday’s news that Konami would be pulling Silent Hills teaser P.T from the PlayStation Store next week, director Guillermo del Toro told the audience at a San Francisco Film Society event that his collaboration with Hideo Kojima is no longer a going concern. The news came by way of a tweet from photojournalist Matt…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Game And Apple Watch: The Winners!

Last week we asked our image manipulating community to show us what sorts of games they’d like to see on the minty-fresh Apple Watch. As it turns out, most of them are insane. Oops. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, mind you. Just an observation, really. They probably think I’m insane as well, since I…

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Here’s The Call of Duty: Black Ops III Trailer

It’s official: the next Call of Duty is out on November 6. Watch the debut trailer—set to the dulcet sounds of The Rolling Stones—right here: As we reported last week, Black Ops III will have a beta on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. To access it, you’ll have to pre-order the game. No word on…

GTA V PC Mod Lets Players Explore Snowy North Yankton

Not satisfied with the short trips taken to Grand Theft Auto V’s version of North Dakota during story mode, PC modders have created a way to make every day a North Yankton day. There’s a nice little chunk of frozen North nestled in Grand Theft Auto V’s files, as evidenced by a since patched glitch…

Gengar, Who Is The Best, Will Be Playable In The Pokémon Fighting Game

The #1 Pokemon of all time according to snack website Kotaku.comwill be a contender in the upcoming Pokkén Tournament game. YES! Here is Gengar’s trailer, which comes from a livestream held earlier today (thanks for uploading the segment, azprojectmelee!) He will of course be able to mega evolve: And judging from the footage, his moveset…

Konami Pulling Silent Hills’ Teaser PT Next Week

PT is going to be disappearing from the PlayStation Store soon. A note on the official website for the “playable teaser” for the next Silent Hill game says, “The distribution period of “P.T. (Playable Teaser)“ on PlayStation Store will expire on Wednesday, April 29, 2015.” It’s unclear whether this is a new chapter in the…

Gabe Newell Optimistic Paid Mods Will Be A Win For Everybody

Addressing the ongoing furorsurrounding the monetization of mods on Steam, Valve boss Gabe Newell took to Reddit earlier today to defend his company’s controversial new initiative. Following a day of travel and another dealing with medical issues, Newell spent a couple of hours today on a laptop in a coffee shop tohost a Reddit AMA.…

A Tale Of Two Megatrons

Once upon a time there were two Decepticon leaders. One was officially Megatron, or as close to Megatron as Hasbro could get these days. The other was Apollyon, the third-party creation from X-Transbots. The $44.99 Hasbro Combiner Wars Megatron tried very hard to be the best Megatron he could be. He had a very Megatron-like…

What Mario’s Nightmares Sound Like

Nothing gets a Staturday night party going like every sound effect in the original Super Mario Bros. all at once. Looped. For 12 hours. I’ve been listening to YouTuber crysknife007’s “composition” for about 20 minutes now, and I can feel my brain scrambling about in my head trying to catch every last drop of it.…

The First Five Billable Minutes Of Car Mechanic Simulator 2015

While this is only the first five minutes of the newly-released Car Mechanic Simulator 2015, we’re going to have to charge you for a whole hour. When one of our family vehicles breaks down I can often be found standing in front of it with the hood open. This is not because I know anything…

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