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This is the logo for the upcoming Warcraft movie. It’s been a long, long time since I thought about that word without “World of” in front of it.

When Science Looks Seriously At A…Star Wars Planet

Actual science writers don’t always have to write about real planets. Sometimes, when the fancy takes them, they can write about fake ones. Like, say, Tatooine, from the Star Wars universe. SciLogs got a bunch together and asked them to pick something from Tatooine and write about it, as though they were approaching it like…

Hey, Hohokum, Get In My PS4 Already

Still not quite sure how this is going to actually play. But whatever. It looks fantastic and sounds, courtesy of Ghostly’s ensemble soundtrack, even better.

Sony Agrees To Give Away Games, Money After 2011 PSN Hack [UPDATE]

UPDATE (7/24): Sony’s sent over a statement: A proposed settlement has been reached in the class action lawsuits arising from the April 2011 criminal cyber-attacks on the PlayStation Network, Qriocity, and Sony Online Entertainment services. Information regarding the proposed settlement, which is subject to final approval by the Court, is available in the settlement agreement…

Back To The Future Action Figure Is A Perfect, Tiny Michael J. Fox

I’ve been trying for an hour now to stuff money inside my monitor, but the damn thing won’t take it. The impending San Diego Comic-Con will see a lot of new and exclusive toys shown off, but they’re going to have to work very hard to top this effort by Hot Toys, which is a…

Fargo was darn good, dontcha know. I just finished the first season of Noah Hawley’s FX adaptation of Fargo, and I really liked it. Much, much better than I’d thought it was going to be based on the first episode or two. Did any of you watch? If so, what’d you think?

Burglar Caught Thanks To Xbox Live

Xbox, stop robbery! Wait, what do you mean that’s not an actual Kinect command? Eurogamer reports that a pair of robbers had their burglary plans foiled thanks to Call of Duty and Xbox Live, of all things. Here’s what happened: in April, two armed men broke into a home. When they found the house was…

Reminder: Kickstarter Still Has Cool Stuff

If you’ve been shying away from backing Kickstarters for the past few weeks, I don’t blame you. Between the half-a-million-dollar Yogventures fiasco and Areal‘s increasingly confusing saga, I’ve been hesitant to commit coins to my daily coffee without concrete proof I’ll get a finished product. That said, Kickstarter still regularly hosts great stuff. Case in…

Disney Infinity Baymax From Big Hero 6

Coming Soon posted 120 photos from SDCC, including this oversized Disney Infinity Baymax figure and this giant Lego Groot and Rocket Raccoon: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Why am I excited about Real Puck Physics? I think it’s because I love the fact that game developers have to figure out things like how to make a puck move around realistically and that they can always do it better. But it’s just a hype video for an EA Sports video game that I’ll…

League of Legends With Only Voices Sounds Weird

Okay, maybe this is a bit immature, but around the ten second mark in this video, League of Legends almost sounds like porn or something. The clip comes from Taost, who encountered a strange glitch that made all sounds disappear in League of Legends—save for those belonging to the champions. The results are kind of…

“hip-hop has spread its wings”

Time just published an interview with Questlove (thanks, Rich!) in which he gives a thoroughly Questlove response to a question about being pro or anti Iggy Azalea: Here’s the thing: the song is effective and catchy as hell, and it works. Just the over-enunciation of “hold you down”? [Laughs] It makes me chuckle because all…

Honest Game Trailers’ Names For The Original Pokemon Are Much Better

Why is Smosh Games’ honest trailer for Pokemon Red & Blue nearly six minutes long? Because those insane bastards decided to rename each and every one of the original 151 (or 152, depending) pocket monsters, from ‘The One No One Ever Picked’ to ‘Space Fetus.’ You might as well just skip the surrounding bits of…

Assassin’s Creed poster by Tony Moore and Angry Blue to be released along with a Rob Zombie-directed animated film at SDCC You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Astro Duel is out now! We took a look at it back in May, but now you can have your own 4-player iPad deathmatch, for $2.99 on the app store If you haven’t seen the original video, check it out below, or click the link above.

People Are Using Destiny To Play Duck, Duck, Goose

I found it hard not to smile when I heard just how excited these players are to recreate a grade-school classic inside this year’s next big shooter. This charming clip comes to us via Mikey Yates, who found some strangers inside of Destiny to play Duck, Duck, Goose with him and his roomates. Aww. Destiny…

Suspended Kickstarter Says They’re In An ‘Information War’ With Russia

With barely two days left in its controversial Kickstarter campaign to bring “a definitive spiritual successor to the cult hit S.T.A.L.K.E.R.” into the world, Areal developer West Games had the rug pulled out from underneath it yesterday when its project was suddenly suspended. But that hasn’t stopped the Ukrainian developer from trying to bring its…

A Shooter Where You Have To Cheat To Win

“Hey, stop looking at my screen!” is a pretty common refrain when people are playing competitive multiplayer games in the same room. In Screencheat, it’s the only way to win. The competitive multiplayer shooter may, at first glance, look like any other (albeit 17 million times more colorful), but there’s a twist: everybody is invisible.…

LEGO Green Lantern Gets His Own Set, (Almost) Escapes Batman’s Shadow

I love LEGO’s DC Super Heroes line, but up until now it’s pretty much been the Batman and Superman show. Coming in January 2015, Green Lantern vs. Sinestro (76025) is Hal Jordan’s time to shine. Space Batman is just there to supervise. After a couple years of buying Batman-themed sets to get the Flash and…

Playing Alien: Isolation In A Giant Facehugger Egg

At SDCC, you can play Alien: Isolation in a giant facehugger egg: Via Twitter You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.