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Nintendo’s Online Team Shooter Won’t Have Voice Chat, Because…Nintendo

We’ve known for a while that Splatoon, Nintendo’s take on a third-person shooter, wouldn’t have voice chat. But we know why they’ve left it out now, and I think it’s the wrong move. Splatoon is the featured game in the latest issue of Edge magazine in the UK. I haven’t read the whole piece just…

If you’re still trying to make sense of Bloodborne’s cryptic story, Kotaku UK has a terrific analysis of what’s actually happening in Yharnam. I don’t know how Rich Stanton managed to piece all of this together, but I’m sure glad someone did. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter…

Take a Look at Daredevil’s Red Costume from Tomorrow’s Netflix Show

Matt Murdock’s latest on-screen adaptation will feature Daredevil’s most iconic costume. Last night, it looked like fans might have accidentally gotten a glimpse of what Daredevil’s red superhero costume will look like in the upcoming Netflix show. A report by ScreenCrush dug up the image below. Now here’s the official teaser, via Twitter: So, it…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku’s reader-run community: Music’s Importance in Anime • Cross Ange – Rondo of Angels and Dragons: The Ani-TAY Review • Axiom Verge is kind of Terrible • Remembering Operation Rainfall TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Why Super Smash Bros. Wii U Deserves to Dethrone Melee

Super Smash Bros. is not a traditional fighting series. There are no health bars, no walled-in arenas, and no fatalities. But there are millions of fans. And while dozens of fighting franchises have a fanbase, there’s none quite like the competitive Smash community. Super Smash Bros. Melee has long been the first choice of competitive…

Lego Dimensions Announced, Uses Actual Lego Toys

A new Lego collectible-toy game combining characters and worlds from DC Comics, Lords of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz and Back to The Future will coming this fall. You might need to free up some space. The Lego Dimensions reveal is the culmination of a teaser campaign from earlier this week, which had images…

The Gates of Lonely Mountain Made From 55,000 LEGO Pieces

LEGO builder Michał Kaźmierczak found the best place for gray LEGO pieces. He built a huge version of the dwarven fortress Erebor from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings series. The project consumed 55,000 bricks, and it took 7 months to complete it. But as you can see the 5-foot-tall result is truly…

Working Lights Make This World of Warcraft Weapon Replica Awesome

Shadowmourne is one of the few legendary items players can acquire in World of Warcraft, and a weapon like that needs its proper real-life version. Kamuicosplay’s Svetlana Quindt made one. Her replica even has flashing lights inside and it looks just as awesome as the weapon in the game. Forging it was a really big…

Finger Butts Are Hidden Surprises

Earlier this week, someone made a cheeky discovery on the Bloodborne game disc. But it turns out, this crack isn’t a first. There are even more asinine jokes. Let’s get to the bottom of this! [via ReyOrtega, Blackbolt_GT, Jam_sponge] On Monday, Kotaku’s Kirk Hamilton posted this “hidden secret” on TMI. Thank you, Kotaku’s Kirk Hamilton!…

More Stuff Maya Angelou Didn’t Say

We know that the quote on new Maya Angelou postage stamp is not hers. But I’m not so sure about these other quotes. Surely, she said this, no? No. No she did not. The U.S Postal Service’s stamp fail has kicked off a photo meme with a whole range of quotes attributed to the famed…

Kid Has 30 Games, DS Stolen While Visiting Sick Man In Hospital

And, get this, it’s the dude he was visiting who’s accused of stealing them. The Star Tribune (via Game Politics) reportsthat Dave A. Schmotter, who was recently sick in hospital, has been charged with the theft of two Nintendo DS systems and “between 30 to 40 video games” from an eight year-old boy. Who, along…

Hardcore Xbox Rig Is Almost Too Hardcore

Steel Battalion, for those who have never seen its wonder, was an old Xbox game from Capcom that’s famous for the absurdly large and expensive controller it shipped with. Something reader Dave obviously felt wasn’t absurdly large enough. So he went and built this, the B.S.B.B. (Big Steel Battalion Box) Mk II. It is, at…

What Worked About Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

For some reason, late last night I started replaying Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s single-player campaign. You know what? That really was a damn good Call of Duty game. Of course, Mike Fahey said as much when it came out. But I’d recently watched Noah Caldwell-Gervais’ fine two-hour retrospective on the Call of Duty series,…

A Tactical PC Shooter That’s Like Battlefield Meets Hotline Miami

War is hell… but it’s slightly less hellish when viewed from a distance. At least, that’s true of Running With Rifles, a goofy, enjoyable, surprisingly demanding PC game that recently got a full release on Steam. Developed by Modulaatio Games, Running With Rifles had been on Steam Early Access for a while before last week’s…

The Free New Pokémon Game Bums Me Out

Right now, you can go into the 3DS’s eShop and download Pokémon Rumble World, free of charge. While the price tag is pretty enticing, I’ve spent some of today playing it, and well…I’m not super impressed. The premise is straightforward: a king tasks you with catching them all, because it’s the only way he can…

Yep, Code Name STEAM‘s Absurdly Long Enemy Turns Are Now Shorter

What a difference a patch makes! Above is a comparison of a turn I just took in Nintendo’s new 3DS game Code Name STEAM: on the left, before the game was patched; on the right, using a post-patch fast-forward button. The game is running here on my New 3DS, where the new fast-forward option is…

Life Is Strange Can Go Way, Way Wrong

When I finished the second episode of Life Is Strange, I put the controller down, and considered playing the episode again. I didn’t want to live with the choices I’d made. Warning: As you might expect, there are spoilers for Life Is Strange ahead! One of the more important subplots in the second episode involves…

When Even A Job At Nintendo Isn’t Enough

Sometimes you have to gamble. Sometimes you have to deny that you’re at a dead-end in life and push through. Sometimes you know you’re good at something and just want people to recognize it, and maybe pay you for it, too. In June of last year, I got an e-mail from someone calling himself Robin…

The Mystery Of Bloodborne’s Beast Mode

Can you fully transform into a werewolf in Bloodborne? The game has been out for two weeks, and it’s still unclear. Here’s what I know with certainty. Bloodborne takes place in Yharnam, a city that drinks blood for healing and recreational purposes—in fact, blood is supposed to be more popular in Yharnam than alcohol. Yharnam’s…

Mortal Kombat X Has a Selfie Fatality

Love them or hate them, selfies are pretty much everywhere—including Mortal Kombat While Mortal Kombat X’s gruesome fatalities get most of the attention , the game does include some sillier fatalities, too. Take this one by Cassie Cage, for example. As this footage by FrozenEclipse101 shows, it starts out as a fatality normally would—in this…