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Blizzard Sets Corgis On Fire For WoW‘s Tenth Anniversary

It’s World of Warcraft‘s tenth anniversary, and to encourage people to come celebrate Blizzard is offering—among many other nostalgia-tacular goodies—a molten corgi. You know, like classic mega-dungeon Molten Core only… yeah, you get it. Cue uncontrollable squealing. A flame-wreathed pet is just the tip of this iceberg (fireberg?), though. All of WoW‘s tenth anniversary treats…

‘I Learned My Company Was Getting Shut Down Over Twitter’

Here are five more stories of people involved in the painful job cuts that happen in the games business all the time. Four from people who were fired. One from someone who did the firing. We urge you to read their accounts. For the past few months we’ve taken a close look at layoffs in…

The One Thing That Would Make Magikarp Even Better

You know what would make Magikarp more amazing? No, not a mega evolution. We already have that. Magikarp should have a Primal Reversion in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. Yes, I know that’s an absurd idea…but think about it. Previous descriptions for Magikarp have hinted that it used to be stronger in ancient times, as…

Deals: Humble Gets Threes!, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead Season 4

Humble Mobile Bundle 6 brings Threes!, Eliss Infinity, and more to Android. [Humble Mobile Bundle 6] Threes! is one of Kotaku’s 12 Best Games on the iPhone, while Eliss Infinity is a former member of the list. The Walking Dead Season 4 Limited Edition preorder is down to $84 today, its lowest price so far.…

Unreleased Duke Nukem Game Winds Up at Library of Congress

Were you one of the eleven people waiting for the Duke Nukem game that was supposed to come to the PlayStation Portable? Still bummed that it never came out? All hope is not lost. A disc containing the source code for Duke Nukem: Critical Mass was recently found in Washington, D.C. But getting at the…

This Pencil Sharpener Looks Like Cobra Commander

The X-Acto School Pro Heavy-Duty Electric Sharpener is half off at Amazon Via Jon Morris You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Looks Like Sleeping Dogs Is Coming To Xbox One/PS4

A new Amazon listing may have ruined a Square Enix surprise announcement that the open-world game Sleeping Dogs will come to PS4 and Xbox One this October. Amazon’s got it at $60. October 14. Seems like this version includes all the DLC, too. We’ve reached out to Square for comment and will update if/when they…

Chiptune Rapper Covers “T.U.R.T.L.E. Power”, A Song With Many Problems

With the launch of the new movie just days away, chiptune artist Mega Ran revisits the catchy anthem from the very first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, highlighting what a horrible piece of music it really was. Partners in Kryme’s “T.U.R.T.L.E. Power” was much cooler when I was 17. Back then the only lyric that…

Painted Pigeon Wooing Is A Popular Competition In Spain

Why are these pigeons painted? It’s their dating uniform: A popular past-time in Spain is competitive pigeon courting. Participants train their male pigeons to pursue hens with a white spot or feather on their tails. For the competition, the pigeons are released in the same area as the hen. The pigeon that most successfully woos…

​Here, Meet the Top Guns of GTA V

“You don’t have time to think up there. If you think, you’re dead.” The spectacular flying seen in this clip—directed by GTA Wise Guy— is done by GTA Online collective The Originals Crew. As you can probably tell, they’re very dedicated to looking awesome way up in the sky. And, tricks and stunts aren’t all…

Nintendo announced some good stuff that’s coming to Mario Kart 8 in a new update alongside the…controversial Mercedez Benz DLC pack. They’re incremental tweaks, but they sound like welcome improvements all the same. Here are the ones I’m looking forward to: Players will be able to display a map of the racetrack on their TV…

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Oh No, Square Enix

DARGON Quest IV. Not a good sign. Not a good sign at all. Dargon Quest IV is pretty good, BTW, and I imagine it’ll be worth checking out when it does hit iTunes in North America, which should be soon. (It launched in New Zealand today.) Hopefully Dargon Quest VII 3DS comes to the U.S.…

Summing Up All Seven X-Men Movies In Under Three Minutes

Don’t have the time or willpower to sit through X-Men, X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Wolverine, X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past? Here’s everything you really need to know about the franchise in about two minutes forty-five seconds. True to their name, the folks at Mashable…

“Bonar” And Other Embarrassing Soccer Uniform Sponsors

From 1989 to 1991, Scottish soccer team St. Johnstone was sponsored by a textile company called Bonar. Here are more ill-advised soccer uniform sponsors: You can see more at Uni Watch You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Warlords of Draenor is shaping up to be one giant World of Warcraft nostalgia trip. If the new Upper Blackrock Spire didn’t hit you hard, the revamped Nagrand, one of the fan-favorite zones of the BC era, will. These preview shots look really cool—hopefully the zone will still be exciting without the floating rocks. Warlords…

Cartoons From the ’80s That Would Make Great Video Games

The amazing-looking He-Man game is still going strong. Head to where the side-scrolling smack-’em-up can be downloaded, on Game Jolt, and you’ll see a stream of comments, requesting new abilities and offering suggestions for extra characters, both from the original 1980s cartoons and entirely unrelated series. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK The game’s…

This Is Why You Don’t Give an Axe to Little Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood is going to be the protagonist of her very own “cinematic” action platformer called Woolfe – The Red Hood Diaries. This Red Riding Hood is vengeful, angry, and wields an axe. In this case, “cinematic” basically means that the game looks great: It’s like the evil, bloodthirstier twin of Trine, with a…

Square Enix in Trouble with SNK and the Cops

Police are investigating Square Enix for allegedly using copyrighted SNK characters in the manga High Score Girl. Square Enix, which publishes the manga, says it didn’t receive requests from SNK to halt publication and SNK says it never gave Square Enix permission to use its characters in the manga. According to Sankei News, characters from…

How Metal Gear Solid: Rising Became Revengeance

This video details how the game initially teased, Metal Gear Solid: Rising, eventually turned into Metal Gear Solid: Revengeance. Along the way, the game lost features like wall-running, abandoned the stealth concept, and settled on a dramatically different story: Via VG247 You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming…