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You’ll finally be able to buy games and add-ons for your Xbox when you’re away from the console. Mobile purchasing via SmartGlass or Xbox.com is one of the features coming to the Xbox ecosystem in a future update, which will roll out next week in early-access form to select XB1 owners.

Watch Dota 2’s Biggest Tournament of the Year, Right Here

The main event for The International starts today, with ViCi Gaming facing NewBee in the first upper bracket match, followed by Evil Geniuses versus Team DK. You can watch it all go down here. The International, as you might recall, is a tournament with humongous prize pool. $10,850,749, to be exact. It’s kind of incredible,…

Yep, Swatting Is Still The Dumbest ‘Prank’ Around

Jerks continue to waste everyone’s time—and risk people’s lives—by getting the cops to raid the homes of unsuspecting, innocent gamers. We and other outlets have covered “swatting” incidents. Now Phoenix, Arizona station 12 News is on the case, too. We sometimes laugh at how the local news gets gaming stories wrong, but 12 News does…

Deals: Civilization: Beyond Earth, Goat Simulator, 1960s Batman, Dune

The only thing better than digitally tripping people with goats is tripping real people with real goats, but at least you can do the former for under $6 today. [Goat Simulator] Ready to go to space? Preorder your flight for 20% off with code P36EYA-K5JYKT-ABO7X9 today. [Civilization: Beyond Earth] Some days you just can’t get…

Nintendo, Your Cat Mario Show Is Weird

Yesterday Nintendo premiered the Cat Mario Show on the eShop in Europe. It’s an edutainment show aimed at kids who want to learn facts about Nintendo properties. It’s also mildly terrifying for reasons I can’t quite explain. Here are some things I learned from The Cat Mario Show 1. Cat Mario and Cat Peach are…

How BioWare Plans Who You Can Romance In Their Games

Creating romances in a BioWare game isn’t just a matter of writing and art. It’s also a matter of math. That’s one of several insights in a really good 48-minute talk delivered by the writers of Dragon Age Inquisition at last week’s GaymerX2 convention. The topic was romance (read: who your character can eventually have…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Those Somewhat Silent Protagonists • Every Game Wants to Be Half-Life • Stop With The Elitism! TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

Make A Career Out Of Building (And Blowing Up) Spaceships

With the help of Kerbal Space Program’s new First Contract update. The update massively expands the game’s career mode by introducing contracts—basically missions. Now, instead of launching your custom-built ships into orbit just for fun, you can actually make money by completing specific objectives, and use it to expand your space agency’s arsenal of spaceship…

Custom Metal Gear Rex Has A Working Gun

Made by really talented modeler NG78, this custom Metal Gear Rex is a bit more different than the ones we’ve seen so far. It might not be the biggest one, but with a custom built-in gun, it’s definitely the most dangerous. The builder shared a few more pics here: [Kotobukiya] Metal Gear REX Electromagnetic Gun…

No PC Gaming For Me This Morning

Someone was using my computer.

Alien Isolation’s Worst (Best) Aspect: The Unpredictable Alien

One thing I noticed playing Alien Isolation was its unpredictability. Multiple replays showed the alien and other characters never did the same thing twice, which is entirely the point, explains creative lead Alistair Hope. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK “We realised early on that if you could learn its behavior then it would…

This changes everything. The ‘Toy Box‘ is one of my favorite new features in World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, and once it’s implemented, it’ll free up so much bag space. Similarly to mounts, it’ll be a collection tab for all the non-combat vanity items, and we’ll no longer have to keep them in our…

News Station Uses Metal Gear Solid V Pic For Report On Child Soldiers

Metal Gear Solid V might take place in the 80s, but apparently it looked good enough to illustrate a topic on recent events in Africa. Child soldier turned hip-hop artist Emmanuel Jal talks about war in South Sudan and his tragic childhood on Russia Today when, out of the blue, the FOX Engine and MGSV…

It’s A Joy To Watch This Giant Minecraft Battle Robot Move

It’s called the Mega Gargantua, and if you see it appear on the horizon, it’s probably a good time to run. The Mega Gargantua was created by Minecraft builder Cubehamster, who already has quite a few impressive contraptions under their belt (including a smaller version of this robot)—but this is something special. It’s almost mesmerizing…

Japan Gets Two New PS4s: One Nice, One Gross

To recap: there were a lot of awesomelimited edition PS3 consoles in Japan. To date, there have been a procession of ugly-ass limited edition PS4 consoles in Japan. Two more were announced today, and they split the difference. There’s one for The Last of Us that I am reluctant to even draw attention to it…

Failed Kickstarter Hits Yogscast Fans

Fans of gaming…personalities (?) Yogscast have been left in the lurch after a Kickstarter to create a game based on the popular crew went nowhere. Eurogamerhave the full story, including comments from Yogscast, but the gist is that in 2012 a third-party ran a successful (over $500,000!) Kickstarter for a game called Yogventures. That game…

With Some Help, The Xbox One’s Kinect Works On A PC

The new Xbox One Kinect isn’t supposed to work on a PC. But hey, here it is. Despite Microsoft releasing a dedicated PC version of the peripheral, Hyperkin’s Chris Gallizzi and Jesse Aragon can be seen here showing off a workaround they’ve developed where the console camera works on a PC just fine. They’re planning…

Disney Character’s Face Falls Off During Live Show, Horror Follows

Imagine, you’re a young kid, and you’re on your first trip to Disney World. You love the Incredibles, and you are so psyched to see them in a live performance. Live! Right in front of you! And here comes Elastigirl and…oh god [via Geekologie]

What Happens When Sony Doesn’t Renew Some Domain Names

When you don’t pay for your domain names, you lose your website. It doesn’t matter if you’re a mommy blogger or Sony Online Entertainment. Because the company’s payment notices had been “sent to [the] wrong email” over a number of weeks, early on July 15 the websites – and even forums – of Sony Online…