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Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Needs More Kevin Spacey: The Winners!

Last week I asked our image manipulation to rectify the egregious lack of actor Kevin Spacey in games other than the new Call of Duty. Now we have too much Kevin Spacey. See for yourself. This week’s big winner is the ever-amazing Ganonthegreat1. His entry is incredibly subtle, and I should probably explain it. The…

Watching the Extra Life charity streams? Our own Steve Marinconz just started a 24 hour gaming marathon stream withTeam Rob in support of his local Children’s Miracle Network hospital. Last year Steve got horrible food poisoning during the stream, so keep an eye on the bearded guy below.Watch them here.

Google Has Much More To Tell Us About Video Games Now. Maybe Too Much.

You know that neat little box that pops up on the right when you search Google for movies or books and such? Now it does that for video games as well, thanks to an update to Google’s Knowledge Graph. As you can see in the image above, no video game is safe from Google’s database.…

Flying Mounts, Dark Knights And More Fresh FFXIV Expansion Info

Last week in Las Vegas, Square Enix announcedFinal Fantasy XIV: Heavensward, the first expansion for the magically reanimated MMO. At this weekend’s Fan Festival in London, producer Naoki Yoshida showed off new flying mounts, a pair of new beast tribes and an eagerly awaited addition to the game’s class roster. First off, flying mounts. That’s…

The Most Striking Piece Of Halo Art I’ve Seen In Ages

I was going to call “Master Chief and Arbiter (Gods Among)” by Sita Navas fan art, but the “fan” label feels cheap when applied to this Maya-style masterpiece. This is just art. Posted over on Reddit by her husband to tremendous response, the piece portrays Bungie’s two Halo heroes in the distinctive style of the…

10/20/2014: They Got The Ninja Turtles Ice Cream Just Right

The droopy eye, the melty face. It’s just like my childhood remembers it. You can pre-order this Mondo toy, for quite a few bucks. Which I might have to consider because oh my god. Since it’s weekly roundup time, I shall point you to Kotaku Selects, and then I shall wish you a happy weekend.…

I’m Worried We May Never Get A Good Avatar Video Game

Yesterday I posted my review of the Legend of Korra video game. While it had some high points, I mostly wasn’t a fan. And now, with the Korra cartoon and entire Avatar universe winding down, I can’t help but worry that we might never see a video game truly do the series justice. First off,…

Felicia Day And Gamergate: This Is What Happens Now

Earlier this week, Felicia Day wrotea blog post. In it, the well-known actor eloquently expressed something that a great number of people in the video game scene have been feeling lately: She said she was afraid. Shortly after publishing, some people posting in her comments section, one under the name “Gaimerg8,” doxxed her, sharing what…

How You’ll Share Your PS4 Games With Friends Who Don’t Own Them

Starting on October 28th, you’ll be able to share your games with friends—even if they don’t own them. We’d heard about a feature called ‘Share Play’ before, but now you get a chance to see it in action. What’s so cool about Share Play is that it lets your friends watch you as you play,…

A Game Collection That Looks Like A Museum

High-level game collectors are an interesting bunch of people. Their drives, motivations and preferences when it comes to curation say so much about what they value in gaming. Austrian collector Andranik Ghalustians is no different. Above is GAMEBOY, a short documentary about Andranik’s impressive collection. Though he doesn’t have a firm count, he estimates that…

Dying In Sunset Overdrive Is Pretty Goofy

Dying a horrible death in a video game is usually, well, horrible. If only there was some way to add a little style and grace to the whole process. What’s that you say, Sunset Overdrive? You think you can make being eaten by a horde of unsightly mutants downright charming? Well, we’ll have to see…

The Orcs Of Mordor Are Having A Bad Day

Even since the game got its snazzy new photo editor, Shadow of Mordor fans have been doing their best to capture the game’s ultraviolence in all its gruesome glory. But what about all those quiet, sentimental moments that unfold in the midst of all the orc-killing? Sauron’s forces have feelings too, you know. YouTuber Bart…

The New Borderlands Is Loaded With Secrets And References [UPDATED]

Continuing in the Borderlands series’ grand tradition of making sly winks at everything from Minecraft to Game of Thrones to a whole lot of Internet memes, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is littered with secrets and references—some especially elaborate. Here are all the ones we know of so far. As ever, beware of the over-9000-eyed spoiler beast…

Fantasy Life Is The Best To-Do List I’ve Ever Played

Fantasy Life, released today by Nintendo for 3DS, is not so much a video game as it is a to-do list. Playing this game is akin to performing a series of increasingly difficult household chores. Some games ask you to slay demons or explore the frontiers of space; Fantasy Life asks you to go find…

There’s a good chunk of new Quantum Break gameplay in this video featuring the Xbox One exclusive. Narrated by Remedy Entertainment creative director Sam Lake, the clip shows already-seen action up until about the 8:30 mark. From there, it’s a chunk of time-manipulation platforming.

Eight Words I Never Expected Hear From the Head of Xbox

“I don’t need another military space marine game.” Whoa. Okay. In an interview with IGN, big boss of Xbox, said that while the company was committed to its core first party franchises Microsoft is also working on something new. “I think new stories, new characters give us a new canvas to try new things… I…

The Most Hardcore Way To Play DayZ

Forget permadeath. There is a more intense way to play DayZ, and it somehow makes the survival game way more hardcore. I speak of perma-permadeath, a concept that Rock, Paper Shotgun writer Christopher Livingston recently documented. Here’s how it works. If you die, that’s it. You don’t just lose your character, though. You never get…

​Seven Minutes Of Excellent Cosplay From This Year’s New York Comic-Con

There are a lot of people in costumes having fun in this montage from New York Comic-Con 2014. Let’s join them, shall we? Beatdownboogie brings us a video filled with the impressive costumes and posing hi-jinx that happened on the west side of Manhattan this year. I’m partial to the Cesar Romero version of The…

Your Best Deal on the Master Chief Collection, and 75 Years of Marvel

Preorder The Master Chief Collection from Dell to get a $25 Dell gift card. That’s not as universally useful as say, an Amazon or Target credit, but since Dell sells games you can find a use for it, and there won’t be a better offer. [Master Chief Collection] Don’t want the Dell gift card? Preorder…

The Most Popular Doctor Who Game Finally Gets The Most Popular Doctor

How has Doctor Who Legacy lasted a year without this fellow in its roster? Launched last year with a mere two Doctors’ worth of content — Matt Smith and David Tennant — the pleasantly free-to-play mobile puzzler Doctor Who Legacy has slowly been adding various incarnations of the Time Lord on a regular basis. And…