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Zombies Return In Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare DLC [Update]

Courtesy of an email today from GameStop, zombies will be returning in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s downloadable content packs. Update: Activision has clarified that the $50 seasons pass will not be required to play Sledgehammer’s version of zombie mode. Zombies may or may not make an appearance in the release version of Advanced Warfare,…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Better Than A Bunny Smartphone Case: The Winners!

In last week’s Photoshop contest I asked our readers to come up with a better consumer use for Japan’s rabbits than cell phone cases. I should have seen this coming. Some of our contestants followed the contest to the letter, crafting new consumer products out of bunnies. Others expanded on the cell phone case idea.…

‘I Don’t Have Friends, I Got Family’

OH MY GOD I AM SO FUCKING EXCITED

Get To Know Three Of The Classes From Bethesda’s Battlecry

When Bethesda showed of its gun-less take of Team Fortress 2 earlier this year, special event attendees got to check out three of Battlecry‘s five announced classes — Enforcer, Duellist and Tech Archer. Now you get to see them as well. The Team Fortress 2 vibe I got from Battlecry‘s initial reveal isn’t quite as…

What Did You Dress Up As For Halloween?

Halloween has come and gone once more, leaving in its wake scary sugar crashes, horrific hangovers and countless photos commemorating how silly/scary/awesome/unfortunate we looked last night. It’s time to share. Since I have kids, I no longer have to dress up for Halloween. Instead I get to plan elaborate costumes for my twin boys that…

The Saturday Morning Stream will return tomorrow. No, it’s still the Saturday Morning Stream on Sunday. Unfortunately today’s game, Farming Simulator 15, will not start from Steam on my computer. I am genuinely disappointed. Maybe they’ll fix it by tomorrow.

You’ll Never Forget Daylight Saving Time: The Movie

In case you’re having trouble remembering that most of America gains an extra hour at some point over the weekend, this dramatic trailer for Saving Daylight is the ultimate reminder. Nacho Punch‘s faux trailer is silly, sure, but it also accurately conveys the thoughts and feelings that quickly pass through one’s head when they wake…

Gravity Is Optional In Star Citizen‘s First-Person Shooter Mode

At this weekend’s PAX Australia in Melbourne, fans got a first look at the first-person shooter module for Cloud Imperium’s Star Citizen in action. I think I’m going to be sick. I have two things to say about the Illfonic-developed first-person shooter module’s demo debut. First, it’s dark. So very dark. Even the screens provided…

10/27/2014: Prepare For Super Smash Bros. With This Poster

Smash on Wii U is less than a month away, so how about a neat poster by Marinko Milosevski to prepare yourself? Here’s the full thing: If you’re here to catch up on the-week-in-Kotaku you can do so as usual over on Kotaku Selects. Or you can post your Halloween stories below for fun while…

Horror Games Aren’t The Scariest Games

I don’t find horror games anywhere near as scary as the very real terrifying things that just kind of… happen in some video games. I mean, have you seen Skyrim‘s living mannequin glitch? Heard the legend of Minecraft‘s Herobrine? Stuff is messed up. It’s also one of gaming’s greatest strengths, something no other medium can…

I Never Knew Metal Gear Solid Could Be So… Cute

Awwww, Solid Snake is so tiny. And so is Gray Fox. I sure hope nothing bad happens to either of them, ever. This interactive chibi-fied diorama of Metal Gear Solid 1 was put together by Glenatron, and it’s full of nice little touches. It nails the basic style of MGS 1 while also making everyone…

The Story Behind One of The Spookiest Places In Fallout 3

It’s time for some more Fallout lore, and being that it’s Halloween, what better place to focus on than Fallout 3’s Point Lookout? For those that didn’t play Point Lookout, the DLC adds an eerie swampland area where the player gets to see what happens to communities that didn’t actually get blown up by the…

MechWarrior Baby Will Destroy Your Home, Eat Your Candy

Boring baby costumes are a dime a dozen. Oh you’re a bee? A dinosaur? Big whoop, kid. Try a MechWarrior costume on for size. Ryan Bowen made this perfect father-son costume for his pint sized kid and future BattleMech pilot Geraint. The Sunder BattleMech costume is made out of a combination of PVC Pipe skeleton…

​Everything Wrong with The Evil Within in 12 Minutes

Many of the attempts at generating fright in The Evil Within just feel… clunky. Doubtful? Just watch a comprehensive breakdown of the survival horror game’s missteps. Be careful not to step in any blood. The same fellow who’s catalogued the wrongness in DmC and Remember Me comes back to judge Shinji Mikami’s latest creation. Many…

John Carpenter’s Halloween Theme, Played by GTA Car Horns

Some movie music will keep on giving you the chills, long after the credits rolling. The haunting piano riff from John Carpenter’s classic horror movie Halloween makes it one of those tunes. But, when it’s a bunch of video game car horns bleating it out? It’s actually kind of funny. YouTube channel 8-Bit Bastard gathered…

A Sad Reminder About How Slow And Expensive The Internet Is In America

Internet speeds in America are pathetic, which you probably already knew if you…live in America. A new piece in The New York Times report makes that more clear. Choice quote: “Downloading a high-definition movie takes about seven seconds in Seoul, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Zurich, Bucharest and Paris, and people pay as little as $30 a…

Even in a nightmarish future, you can still celebrate Halloween. Just make sure the clickers don’t catch you! Good job Aaron Lovett (via The Last of Us).

How Bayonetta Got Dressed Up as Nintendo’s Most Famous Characters

It surprised people when Nintendo revealed alternate costumes for Bayonetta that let her look like some of the company’s family-friendly characters. Now, you can see the design process for getting Platinum Games’ sexy witch-warrior into Princess Peach, Link and Starfox costumes. A new blog post at developer Platinum Games’ site shows the various sketches character…

DayZ Players Turn To Cannibalism To Survive

Desperate times call for desperate measures—and when players are running low on food, there’s no telling what they’ll do in DayZ to survive. In this take by Commandoflauge, starving DayZ players have no choice but to start eating human meat. Dark? Sure. Yet the premise sounds perfect for DayZ, no? Plus, it’s not like they…

Someone Made Mario Kart In Team Fortress 2

This is probably the closest thing we’ll get to a PC version of Mario Kart, er, ever. Well, that was fast. Only a little more than a day after Valve added karts/bumper kart combat toTeam Fortress 2, someone’s already released a Mario Kart mod with three levels. It’s mostly rooted in the Halloween event’s brand…