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This Year’s E3 Exclusive Skylander Isn’t A Skylander At All

For the past couple of years, Activision has been luring the press to their E3 booth to play the latest Skylanders game with the promise of an exclusive toy variant. For Skylanders: Trap Team they’re getting a special trap pre-loaded with an exclusive villain instead. Skylanders: Trap Team mixes up the toys-meet-games formula by allowing…

Technical issues killed today’s Saturday Morning Stream. If I can get them sorted out, we might have a Saturday Evening Stream this week instead. Or I might throw a gaming laptop out the window. One of those.

Sony’s Virtual Reality Headset Gets Jimmy Fallon Flailing

During last night’s episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the host and special guest Channing Tatum got a chance to play with Sony’s virtual reality headset, Project Morpheus. Sony’s answer to the Oculus Rift likely has a large role to play in the company’s E3 2014 showing next week, so I’m expecting plenty…

The Best of Kotaku, The Week of June 2

It’s finally here. E3 2014 is upon us, and I am currently in LA trying to soak up some sun before I have to soak up some convention center AC. In the meantime, feel free to peruse Kotaku Selects for our best non-E3, but maybe pre-E3 articles. And may the Year of Luigi continue on…

Leaked Videos Show What Destiny Looks Like on the PS4 [UPDATE: Gone]

Only a select group of people have been able to get in on the alpha test for Bungie’s next big game. One of those folks streamed Destiny off his PS4 last night. Spotted on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6eV_L…NeoGAF, the two videos show off about 15 minutes of playtime in the sci-fi shooter coming from the makers of Halo.…

Tim Schafer wearing a customized Oculus Rift: Via Buffalo Vision You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Enjoy This Preview Of Giant Robot’s Video Game-Themed Art Show

Brian Luong’s tribute to Skyrim leads off this preview of Giant Robot’s new Game Over show opening tomorrow. Follow below the fold to see creative interpretations of Princess Peach, Metroid, Q-Bert, and more: Jeremiah Ketner Peter Kato Leah Chun Elliot Brown Jesse Tise Art of Miso Mark Nagata The show opens tomorrow night at GR2…

Lego Arkanoid

Lego Arkanoid display by 6kyubi6 You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Lego Pikachu

Lego Pikachu by Lego Junkie: Via Lego Junkie You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

The Latest Pic Of The Threezero’s Titanfall Titan And Pilot

There’s been lots of unpainted and semi-painted teasing pics of Threezero’s Atlas Titan and pilot. Here’s the painted version: Via Twitter You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

$400 Assassin’s Creed Designer Vinyl Toy

Assassin’s Creed Ezio vinyl figure available for preorder: Only 200 units available! A hero immortalized, Ubi Workshop pays tribute to one of the most legendary and beloved Assassin: Ezio Auditore da Firenze! We could not be more proud to reveal this brand new creation! In collaboration with the internationnaly renowned artists Mark Landweh and Sven…

Richard Sherman Will Be On The Cover Of Madden NFL 15

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman will be the latest player to grace the cover of the Madden series—he’ll be on the cover of Madden NFL 15 when it comes out in August. Per ESPN, Sherman will be only the third defensive player to make the series’ cover, along with Baltimore’s Ray Lewis and Pittsburgh’s Troy…

How I Made A Nintendo Game A Little Bit Gayer

One of the first things that you’re told in Tomodachi Life, Nintendo’s newest life-sim for the 3DS, is that characters in the game can have babies. Specifically, it’ll take your first imported Mii, and it’ll show them holding a baby with a faceless person of the opposite gender. That was one of the first things…

Hints About The Future Of Halo That You May Have Missed

Those who love Halo but only play Halo video games may be oblivious to some of the big developments going on in the series lately. There are big things happening, particularly in the Halo comics, that any Halo fan should know about. The extended literature around Halo isn’t required knowledge in order to follow the…

Here’s What E3 Looks Like Right Now

There are still a few days left until E3 kicks off, but a few lucky folks have already had a chance to get a glimpse of the Los Angeles Convention Center,where gaming’s biggest annual event will be held. They’ve shared photos of the preparations in this NeoGAF thread, so we can stare at them endlessly…

Here’s a new indie game to put on your radar: The Magic Circle, a bizarre adventure from developer Jordan Thomas, who worked on Thief III, BioShock 2, and South Park: The Stick of Truth, among other games. I played some of The Magic Circle a few weeks ago—it’s fascinating, weird, surreal, and very clever. I…

Watch Someone Freak Out Over A Virtual Reality Opera

If you have an Oculus Rift, you’re probably always looking for new games and demos to try out. Well the next one is a bit different. It’s a short opera in a beautiful rendition of the afterlife. The film is beautiful on its own, but it’s also a perfect demo for a different type of…

I Like What Tomodachi Life Did To My Voice

Tomodachi Life is out today. There’s a lot to say about Nintendo’s whacky life simulator and the game’s lingering controversies. But why say them in my voice when I could be talking in any number of ridiculous computerized Mii voices? Character creation menus always bring out my insane gamer side, and the one in Tomodachi…

The Summer Of Old JRPGs: Final Schedule

We’re three days away from E3, which means it’s the perfect time to start thinking about games that came out 20 years ago. As I announced last month, this summer I’m plotting out a special project—sort of a book club for old-school JRPGs. Every week or two we’ll play and talk about an old game,…

Halo Theme Composer Sues Bungie Boss

Composer Marty O’Donnell, the man responsible for Halo‘s iconic theme song, is suing the head of his former company Bungie for not paying benefits he claims he is owed. In the lawsuit, O’Donnell alleges that when he was terminated, he had accrued vacation time, sabbatical time, and paid time off, which Bungie has not paid…