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Who Wears Short Shorts? Team Fortress 2’s Heavy, That’s Who.

It used to be that only female video game characters could rock booty shorts. But it’s 2014, and people are taking more pride in the male butts of gaming than ever before. Even the longstanding shooter Team Fortress 2 is getting in on the action with some brand-spanking new wardrobe options inspired by Lara Croft.…

A Legendary Pokémon That’s Become Kind Of Overpowered

One of the coolest additions to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire is a certain Pokémon that can mega evolve without having to hold a mega stone. It’s also a tweak that kind of breaks said Pokémon. Meet Rayquaza, a flying/dragon type Pokémon. If you’ve followed any of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire’s marketing, you know…

Telltale’s Game of Thrones, GTAV, Smash, G930, Bond, More Deals

Telltale’s Game of Thrones game is actually good, and you can save 6 bucks on it today. Game of Thrones (Telltale) ($24) | Green Man Gaming | Promo code 53NSRB-GTOJQD-8WN7GJ The now optionally first-person Grand Theft Auto V current gen port gets a day one $10 discount. [GTAV] Sunset Overdrive for $44. Assassin’s Creed Unity…

We’re Expecting A Lot Of New Game Announcements This Weekend

You know what’s better than video games? Video game announcements. There’s always something thrilling about a big surprise reveal and a well-done teaser trailer, even if we might not see the game in question for years to come. That’s why we’re stoked for this weekend. Consider this a PSA: you’ll want to check Kotaku even…

The New 3DS Has A Cool Musical Easter Egg

Some gamers who’ve already picked up Nintendo’s new-and-improved 3DS have discovered a wonderfully squee-inducing secret buried inside the console. If you tap out the beginning notes of Mario’s iconic theme music when in the browser menu, the interface will turn into the classic block-breaking arcade game Breakout. Everyone knows the first bar of the Super…

Disney can’t make a movie about the Devil’s daughter anymore, because the Saints Row folks have beat them to it. The musical number from upcoming standalone expansion Gat Out of Hell shown to fans at PAX Prime this September is now available for all to watch.

​GTA V Still Looks Beautiful Even When Nothing’s Happening

Los Santos: the city so pretty you won’t notice the dead bodies. At least not right away. The documentation of quiet beautiful moments is turning out to be one of the best, unintended consequences of the new-gen upgrade for Grand Theft Auto V. The majority of Jeremy Leon’s in-game photography focuses on the beauty of…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Freedom Planet: What Sonic Should’ve Been Today • How Historically Accurate is Skyrim? Part 2 • Tips for Persona Q TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Suicide Squad Comes to Lego Batman 3, Without the ‘Suicide’

Quick, what’s the name of the DC Comics super-team made of villains who go on potentially fatal missions? Yup, it’s the Suicide Squad. Only that’s not what they’re going to be called in the Lego Batman 3 add-on coming early next year. There, they’re going by The Squad. Look, with the Lego Batman titles being…

Warlords of Draenor’s First Raid Is Live, 7 Guilds Already Cleared It

Although Warlords of Draenor has been out for a while, players had to wait till yesterday for Highmaul, the expansion’s first raid, to go live. Seven top guilds, with the veteran Finnish super guild Paragon leading the list, already rushed through it without any trouble. We can say Highmaul is a relatively large raid with…

Even South Park‘s Kids Don’t Understand Pewdiepie

I guess it was only a matter of time. Tonight’s episode of South Park, titled #REHASH, was all about pop stars, holograms, and the one and only Pewdiepie. Like many folks above a certain age—including a lot of Kotaku readers—the kids of South Park just don’t get the appeal of the polarizing Pewdiepieand other YouTubers…

How Pokémon‘s Most Unorthodox Flyers Really Work

Some Pokémon with the ability to fly, like the three-headed Dodrio above, just look too weird for us to believe they’re actually able to do it. This is where Tumblr user Cheesyturtle‘s serious scientific explanations come in, in the form of animated gifs. One Pokémon for each Gen. The first one is above, here are…

This “40-minute Photoshop” was uploaded to the DayZ subreddit by Sweden-based Statsmakten, and shows what life might have been like in Chernarus (specifically, Olsha) before the zombie apocalypse. Quite lovely for a quick Photoshop project, and apparently, it’s the first of a series. Full size pic below. A trip down memory lane… [r/dayz] Dayshot is…

Smash Bros. Creator Doesn’t Think He’ll Make a Sequel

From the sound of it, Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai has had enough. However, that doesn’t mean there won’t be more Smash Bros. games in the future. There just might not be Masahiro Sakurai Smash Bros. games. According to CVG, Sakurai discussed his future Smash Bros. involvement in an interview with Game Informer “I can’t…

The New James Bond Film Is Called Spectre

The upcoming 24th Bond outing has a title as well as some title font. See? The title was revealed via the official Bond Twitter account. Spectre, of course, is the global terrorist organization that appeared in earlier Bond films like Dr. No. It is truly the greatest acronym ever created, standing for SPecial Executive for…

The Original Wolfenstein Is Way Funnier With Real Physics

Back when id Software first released Wolfenstein 3D, widely regarded as the Nazi-blasting grandpappy of the first-person shooter genre, I doubt they imagined it’d one day be turned into… this. Made by Broforce developer Free Lives as part of the Indies vs Pewdiepie game jam, Super Wolfenstein HD is a modern reimagining of id’s classic.…

Another Stupid Australian Retailer Has Pulled GTA V

Following customer complaints, a second major Australian retailer – K-Mart – has pulled Grand Theft Auto V off shelves. This despite the game receiving an R18+ certification in Australia, meaning it could only legally be sold to adults “Following a significant review of all content in Grand Theft Auto Games Kmart has taken the decision…

Fancy Dreamcasts & Controllers Belong In A Museum

The Dreamcast has four controller ports. I can think of no more perfect use for them than these four custom controllers. Painted by Oskunk, they sit alongside a custom Dreamcast console, which is nice enough, but man, I would walk over fire for that JetSet controller. And since it’s been a while since we posted…

Mario Kart Tribute Comes To The PC, Only It’s Kinda Bleak

Nintendo will never, ever release Mario Kart on the PC. But the company can’t stop fans making games that explore the series’ inherent weirdness, and call their game Mario Cars 2: 64. Made in a week by Chelsea Saunders, it takes a good, hard look at just what Mario Kart is: a bunch of Nintendo…

The Game That Made Me Realize I’ve Let Down My Family

I didn’t go home for Thanksgiving this year. In truth, I rarely go home for Thanksgiving. I’ve been living away from home for basically my whole adult life—first just an hour away during college, now much further away in San Francisco—and I visit sporadically. Once or twice a year. Usually for Christmas. But as a…