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Dota 2 Really Makes Me Want to Buy Stuff

I am 132 hours into Dota 2. During this time, I haven’t spent a single cent on the game, but damned if it’s not doing everything in its power to tempt me. I don’t know how much longer I can hold out. In fact, I think it’s probably inevitable that I will end up spending…

A Line Of Statues Based On Kirby Outfits? Oh No.

They’ve done Zelda, they’ve done Metroid and they’ve done Mario — what Nintendo properties are left for collectible maker First 4 Figures? How about a line of statues based on the many forms of the magnificent Kirby? This is going to get expensive. One has to imagine the sculptor of Sword Kirby, the first in…

Wasteland 2 will be coming out on September 19, according a tweet from creator/designer Brian Fargo. You can read an interview with Fargo right here.

Diablo III Feels Like It Was Made For Next-Gen Consoles

It all started with the dodge button. Blizzard added that to Diablo III when bringing it to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2013. Dodging was a great feature, but it wasn’t enough to make me switch my allegiance from playing on a PC. Now that Diablo III is out for the PS4 and…

The Witcher‘s Fourth Act Takes RPGs to the Next Level

If you’ve played a role-playing game in the last several years, be it Mass Effect or The Elder Scrolls, chances are that most of the game involved people asking you to go places, bop things on the head, and return with items for a reward. Unless you’ve played The Witcher As The Witcher 3 starts…

GoldenEye Is An Excellent Game, But The Movie Has Problems

One of the most beloved first-person shooters ever to grace a Nintendo console was born of a movie that was not James Bond’s finest outing. One would think the greatest secret agent in the world would take less time to kill Sean Bean, for one. CinemaSins finds many more problems than just the one, but…

Elektra And The Rest Of The Best Marvel Comics Coming In November

Michael Del Mundo’s cover for Elektra #8 heads this selection of the best comic book covers coming from Marvel in November 2014: All-New Invaders #12 cover by Michael Komarck Axis: Hobgoblin #2 cover by Javier Rodriguez Inhuman #8 cover by Ryan Stegman New Avengers #27 cover by Salvador Larroca Axis: Carnage #2 cover by Alexander…

Stock Up On HDMI Cables, Xbox One Controllers, and PS+ [Deals]

Need some extra controllers for your Xbox One, pick up the controller with play and charge kit today for $60, or the Play and Charge Kit separately for $19. The Advanced Warfare Limited Edition Controller is also up for preorder. Get these deals and more, and earlier on Deals.Kinja. Connect with us on Twitter and…

​How One of the Worst Superhero Movies Ever Got Made

Great Captain America movies. A blockbuster Batman trilogy. An Avengers film that’s almost universally loved. It’s clear that today’s comics fans live in happier times. An era where they can expect basic levels of quality in the superhero movies we get. In 1994, things were not always so great. Exhibit A: the Fantastic Four movie…

The Pac-Man ghosts made frightening by Alex Griendling You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Toys Based on Guillermo Del Toro’s Upcoming Book Of Life

Funko seems to have a cheat code for toymaking, churning out great-looking figures for one seemingly-niche property after another. Today they revealed new figures based on the upcoming Day of the Dead-inspired Book of Life, produced by Guillermo Del Toro. There’s also action figures based on the film: Via Twitter You are now looking at…

The 1800s Minecrafting Board Game

This is the board game Der Bergbau, or The Working of Mines from The British Museum’s collection:, irresistably described as “An amusing sociable game, to which a plan is subjoined”: You can see the game tokens and rules here Via BldgBlog and @SubBrit You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the…

Sony Doesn’t Understand Just Who The Heck Is Buying All Those PS4s

Sony has sold 10 million PlayStation 4s. They don’t know why. It just kinda happened. Sales appearing from the ether—that sort of thing. Here’s Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida speaking in an extensive Eurogamer interview (emphasis mine): The 10m sell through in the first nine months is well beyond what we had hoped for. As you know,…

The Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Action Figures Are Coming

EA’s casual game turned online multiplayer shooter arrives on PlayStations today, making it the perfect day for Diamond Select Toys and Popcap to announce a line of Garden Warfare action figures, coming soon to a lawn near you. When I first saw the announcement this morning, I figured Diamond Select was just talking about Garden…

Nintendo Fans Don’t Buy Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft Says

Ubisoft has been more supportive of Nintendo’s Wii U than most of its peers, but the company has also remained wary of the console’s weak commercial performance. In a recent interview, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot sounded more doubtful than ever about the prospects of selling his hit Assassin’s Creed games on the Wii U. Speaking…

Now That’s Hardcore

Finally, an RPG with the balls to DELETE YOUR SAVE FILES. This is one of the first screens you see when you load up Pillars of Eternity, an isometric role-playing game by Obsidian that will be out later this year for PC. While this isn’t the first time we’ve seen this sort of “hardcore” mode—Diablo…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed: The TAY Review • Steamlog 02: 9.03m • Rockmandash Reviews: Angel Beats! [Anime] TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

The New Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook Is Here

Twenty years ago I would have taken a week off for the release of a new set of Dungeons & Dragons rule books. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons Wizards of the Coast is releasing the three core 5th Edition rule books over the course of three months, starting with today’s Player’s Handbook. Sure, you…

Assembling A Huge Metal Gear Costume Is Not That Easy

YouTuber Mike Hecxz captured the moment when members of the awesome Pro Voltage cosplay group are assembling their Metal Gear REX costume at Otakon 2014. As you can see it’s so huge they need more than one people to help: But when it’s assembled, the result is just incredible. You can’t even see there’s someone…

Samus Wears Even Less Than A Zero Suit In Super Smash Bros

Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai just revealed a new playable costume for Samus that shows more skin than the Zero Suit. Perhaps to head off criticism, he emphasized that a female designer was involved: Looking at the number of days we have left for development, it would be an impossible task to create this……