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For Four Years, One Man Has Been Making His Own Animated Film

Kory Martin Juul, an artist who worked on Lord of the Rings and Avatar, has for four years been toiling on his own animated feature film, White Tiger Legend. By himself. So it’s time for some help. The film, which runs for 100 minutes, already has a rough edit, but in order to get it…

Parents Going To Jail For Playing WoW Instead Of Feeding Kids

Lester Louis Huffmire and his wife, Petra Huffmire, have been sentenced to five years and three years prison respectively for “obsessively” playing World of Warcraft while “keeping their two young daughters locked inside their filthy mobile home for years without adequate food or basic care”. KTLA reports that the couple, arrestedlast year, plead guilty to…

More Incredible Faces Of Skyrim

Last month we alerted you all to the Faces of Skyrim, an online exhibition that focused on displaying the absolute best of video game portraiture in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. This month the project released a second batch of portraits taken in-game. Prepare for amazement. I just can’t believe how this game has evolved.…

‘Play Offline’ Is An Advertised Feature In New City Sim

Something tells me people haven’t forgotten about SimCity‘s notorious online debacle. That something’s name? Cities: Skylines, which will also allow for extensive modding and “massive” cities. The “play offline” bit comes toward the end of the video (worth noting: SimCity can now be played offline as well; it’s still not very good), but that’s hardly…

Sculpted Metroid Hatchlings

Metroid hatchlings by JRyu and Vampy going on sale tonight at 6:00 pm PST. Previously: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Ultimate Water Sports Fails Compilation

“He’s all right. He’s okay!” You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Eyes, teeth, and gallons of blood. Surgeon Simulator: Anniversary Edition is now on Steam, and it’s more bonkers than ever. New bits include eye/teeth operations, better graphics, new levels (surgery while running down a hallway!), and stat tracking so you’ll never forget how much of a monster you are.

For one moment, Hotline Miami 2‘s Steam page showed that it was coming out tomorrow, but it’s since switched back to just “2014.” A representative for Hotline Miami 2 says the game has no release date yet, so the date was a mistake. Alas. The original version of this post reported that Hotline Miami 2…

Catch Up On Tales of Xillia Before The Sequel

Tales of Xillia 2 comes out on Tuesday, and if you’re like me and never quite got around to beating the first game, here’s a solid refresher video to catch you up on the story. Namco Bandai’s Nick O’Leary promisesthat you don’t really need to play Xillia in order to enjoy Xillia 2—and by many…

The Most Relatively Pirated Games, By State [Update]

Update 8/15: The graph shows the most popular torrents per state, relative to the national average—which is not the same as “most popular,” as TorrentFreak explains here. Original article: In the last 40 days, over a million people in the United States have torrented or pirated something—including, yes, games. Movotowent ahead and broke down what…

If Tetris Were Made Out Of Pillows

Few things in video games are as mentally satisfying as the crunch of a Tetris piece falling right into place. That’s makes this physics test infuriating. Niko Schatz simulated what Tetris might look like if the tetrimos bounced liked inflatable pillows. Not only is it weird to see full lines forming without disappearing, but the…

​The Newest Batman Movie Is a Sexy, Bloody, Funny Good Time

Harley Quinn doesn’t get naked and have sex in any of the Batman video games that she’s appeared in. But the Joker’s psycho girlfriend does exactly that in the new animated movie tied to Arkham Asylum and Arkham Origins. It’s not the only surprise in there either. Out in DVD, Blu-Ray and digital streaming forms…

States That Really Don’t Want to Pay For Watch_Dogs [Update] Update 8/15: The graph shows the most popular torrents per state, relative to the national average—which is not the same as “most popular,” as TorrentFreak explains here. Original article: Real-estate blog Movoto posts lots of novelty infographics, and their latest looks at which games are…

The Next Silent Hill Already Has Bonkers Fan Theories

ThePS4 teaser forSilent Hills may end up having nothing to do with the final product. Still, it’s fascinating to hear fans speculate on what the next Silent Hills game may be about based on P.T. The actual game isn’t even out yet and people are already making theories about it! Warning: there is not only…

PlayStation’s Twitch Channel Is A Little… Inappropriate

Did Sony get hacked? Did someone working for their Twitch channel get a little frustrated with the camerawork at the PlayStation conference in Gamescom earlier this week? Are they mad about the whole Tomb Raider thing? Whatever it is, it’s very inappropriate. Still live on PlayStation’s Twitch channelas of right now, too. (h/t Ben Hanson)

Introducing Numbers, A Kotaku Site About…Numbers!

How many people are banned on Steam for cheating? What are your odds of being an eSports athlete? What are your chances of winning in Hearthstone if you go first? How many seconds can you survive in space without a spacesuit? Our newest Kotaku blog, numbers.kotaku.com, has the numerical answers. Kotaku number-cruncher Dan Starkey will…

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See World of Warcraft‘s Next Expansion In Action

Not a panda in sight. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor got stamped with a release date today, so expect a new round of Serious Orc Adventures in November. The video shows off a lot of nice-looking expansion additions—new zones, new dungeons, new bosses, PVP, and so on. I especially like the look of the…

Yep, Blizzard Still Makes The Best Trailers

The wait is over, World of Warcraft fans and people who love amazing short CGI films. Blizzard has finally pulled the lid off the next big WoW expansion, Warlords of Draenor. And it looks…well, what did you expect from the king of video game trailers? Exactly. Look, I’d be lying if I told you I…

The Warlords of Draenor expansion pack is coming to World of Warcraft on November 13th, Blizzard just announced. Get ready for some serious Orc action!