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​The Five Best Game Songs Most People Haven’t Heard

I love obscure video game music (hell, I used to run a segment here devoted just to that) but I’ll be damned if I’m not surprised at the esoteric stuff that’s out there. In the video above, Shane Luis of Rerez has a great breakdown of five of his favorite esoteric video game tunes, and…

​I’m Sorry, Hello Kitty Is Not A Cat

Today, our own Brian Ashcraft posted this very excellent, complicated rebuttal to the reports that Hello Kitty is not a cat . In it he cites numerous examples, gives complicated, detailed analysis of the language involved and even calls Sanrio to get the lowdown. He is also still wrong. Let’s look at the facts. Cats…

Mario Kart‘s Most Hated Item Is Actually Its Best

There’s nothing worse than fighting tooth, nail, and banana peel for first place in Mario Kart, only to lose it because a blue shell decided to saunter up and explode on your parade. Would you believe, though, that it’s actually one of the best things about Mario Kart? This video by Extra Credits does an…

Infamous: First Light: The Kotaku Review

Here’s an idea: Take a pretty well-liked superhero game, keep the premise and the beautiful setting, and refocus the story on a more immediately appealing character. Sounds like a sure-fire winner, right? Well… Things aren’t so clear-cut with Infamous: First Light, the new standalone add-on to March’s superhuman Seattle shootfest Infamous: Second Son Where Second…

Surprise! The people who made Rock Band are making a musical side-scrolling shmup. It’s called A City Sleeps and will be out on PC and Mac in October. Lots of details on its Steam page and at IGN

Titanfall Introducing New Game Mode With No Titans

Titanfall‘s latest update will add a new mode that gives players the option of fighting without those pesky giant robots getting in the way. The new mode, called Pilot Skirmish, will be included in the game’s sixth major update, as detailed at the official Titanfall site. It’ll be an 8 vs. 8 shootout with no…

Humble Goes to PAX, All the Bioshock, Adult Lunchboxes [Deals]

The Humble PAX10 Flash Bundle brings Badland, Fez, the Swapper, and more. Bioshock Infinite and the Bioshock Triple Pack were some of the most popular game deals we’ve ever listed. Now there’s the Bioshock Franchise Pack that not only contains all three games, but also all the DLC. $24 with code Z4364W-7MR5WA-N5BCOO. [Bioshock Franchise Pack]…

Assassin’s Creed Unity Delayed To November

Remember how October was the month of All The Video Games? This is no longer true. Assassin’s Creed Unity will now be out on November 11, Ubisoft said today. That’s a two-week bump for the upcoming action game. Unity, which will be out for current-gen consoles and PC, will now release alongside Assassin’s Creed Rogue,…

New Game Exhibition At NYU Game Center

Poster by Elle Michalka for NYU Game Center’s upcoming No Quarter: An Exhibition of Games: Featuring new work by @potatojin, @JFriedhoff, @metasynthie, & @aNuChallenger. Tickets for the opening party will be available next week. Previously: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

A Bunch Of New Games Are Coming To Vita [UPDATE]

The PlayStation Vita has made some great strides recently, and it doesn’t look like Sony is slowing down anytime soon. The company just announced a handful of new titles that will be coming to the mobile console, and they all seem very promising. Four, to be exact. Let me present each of them in turn.…

Here’s an in-packaging shot of NECA’s Booker DeWitt action figure You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Downloadable Commercialism: You Got Your Branding in My Game! • Video Game Photo Dump! • The Fall 2014 Anime Sequel Storm • There and Back Again: A Journey Through Gaming Hell TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Would You Like An Entire Game Based On Character Creation?

Luca Redwood, creator of 10000000 just posted this poll You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Karen Gillan Took The Ice Bucket Challenge In Costume

Karen Gillan took the ice bucket challenge dressed as the Pink Power Ranger. Previously: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Kingdom Hearts 2.5 Has A Ton Of New Stuff

You’ll get to fight Monstro the whale and even, well, [SPOILER] in the upcoming remake of Kingdom Hearts 2, which will be out December 2 for PS3. Square Enix just released this new trailer to show off all the new stuff they’ve packaged into the HD collection, which they’re calling “KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.5 ReMIX.”…

Amazon’s End of Summer Sale Discounts over 300 Digital Games and DLC

You still have some time before most of the major fall game releases come out, so here’s a great chance to pick up a few games you may have missed. Amazon is offering solid discounts on over 300 titles in their digital games store from now until September 1. As always, be sure to check…

A surprisingly picturesque scene from a barren, icy rock. The subject is a Minecraft map called Frozen Mining Moon, created using WorldPainter by Moonti of Planet Minecraft. You can download the map from the project’s page here, and there’s more renders below, along with a lovely flythrough video from EnderWorkbench Space themed map – Frozen…

Nintendo is holding a Nintendo Direct tomorrow in Japan, starting at 8pm Tokyo Time. The presentation will cover 3DS games.

Destiny Really Needs Beards

Destiny is big on its customisation, but there’s one thing missing – beards. This came to the fore when I asked Jonty Barnes, director of production at Bungie, what the team had learned after Destiny’s beta. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK “Here’s a funny one for you – this was a surprise –…

Minecraft–Doctor Who Partnership Results in Awful Pun

“Doctor Who is set to become ‘Blocktor Who’ when characters from the series arrive on the Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft in September.” Ugh. The above line is from BBC Worldwide’s official Doctor Who website, where it sits on top of an article presenting an upcoming skin pack for Minecraft’s Xbox 360 version. The pack…