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How Much It Costs To Mortgage An Xbox One And PS4

Video games are an expensive habit. And few things are pricier than being an early adopter for a next-gen console like the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. So if you’re really itching to dive into some quality PS4 or Xbox One games, are you better off renting one system or the other and paying it…

The First Player To Unlock All 2,057 Of World of Warcraft‘s Achievements

No, it wasn’t one of the Blizzard devs, but a rather enthusiastic Russian player, Хируко, who managed to unlock every single achievement in World of Warcraft (that’s 2057 at the moment) and an extra 205 of the ~300 Feats of Strengths unlocked. Technically this means he has nothing left to do (collect missing mounts, maybe?)…

Minecraft’s New Terrain Generator Looks Amazing

Mojang has been slowly teasing out details about the next big update for Minecraft for a while now. This Tuesday, the team decided to drop a bombshell on fans of the legendary PC game in the form of a quiet little YouTube video announcing how players will soon be able “to create their own wild…

Every Swear Counted in GTA V‘s NSFW Supercut

YouTuber TheMediocreScot spent 5 months to prove that GTA V drops the F-Bomb more times than anything else with a 12-minute-long NFSW montage. That’s a total of 1018 f*cks throughout the game’s 69 story missions. 14.75 per mission. Fantastic. GTA V: Swear Count [YouTube, via r/GrandTheftAuto] To contact the author of this post, write to:…

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Nintendo and Japanese studio Tecmo Koei are developing a new installment in the horror series Fatal Frame, according to Famitsu. The good news for Nintendo fans is that it’s for the Wii U, which is a console in dire need of more quality games to play. The bad news for American Nintendo fans living stateside…

Classic Video Game Protagonists As Wacky Cartoon Characters

What would those classic characters—such as Jazz Jackrabbit, or Cool Spot above—have looked if they were on TV, starring in Saturday morning shows? German comic artist Dirk Erik Schulz gives us the answer by reimagining 24 of them in that exact style. Some of them don’t ring a bell? Let me help, starting with the…

BioWare Returns To Its Roots With The Next Dragon Age On October 7th

We’ve seen Dragon Age: Inquisition in action, and have even detailed many of its new and returning features, but the question remains: what is the game actually about at its core? We know that Dragon Age 2 ended in a sort of cliffhanger, with tensions between the key forces that use and regulate magic reaching…

We’re Getting The Sequel To Theatrhythm Final Fantasy

Already announced for Japan, the sequel to Square’s wonderful rhythm game Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is coming to North America in 2014. It’s called Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call, and it’s got a bunch of new characters, stages, and songs from the Final Fantasy series, including tracks from Final Fantasy Type-0, which was never released outside…

That’s one cool, unexpected Marvel/Nintendo mashup by artist Vance Bell. Link and Dark Link from The Legend of Zelda games, back together as Captain Hyrule and The Twilight Soldier. Captain Hyrule and The Twilight Soldier by Vance Bell [via tips] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest…

Holy Crap, Looks Like Suikoden II Is Finally Coming To PSN

One of the world’s best RPGs could finally be playable on modern machines: the ESRB has just rated Suikoden II for PlayStation 3. ESRB ratings are often the precursor to a re-release on Sony’s digital PlayStation Network, where you can buy a number of classic PS1 and PS2 games to be played on PS3, PSP,…

Here’s the first trailer for GRID Autosport, the next installment in Codemasters’ racing series. You can read all about the game’s features in the blog post accompanying the trailer (including how Autosport has not one, but two in-car camera views). Lands on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 on June 27.

Gaming Gold Box Deals All Day, Starting With Titanfall for $37

Amazon’s running one of their all day gaming gold box events, and headlining today’s lineup is Titanfall for $37 on whatever platform you like. Check out the full list below, and we’ll be back to remind you again and with lots more deals in our regular Kotaku Deals segment. 3:00 AM ET Titanfall [Xbox 360]…

The Hilarious List Of Video Game Movies Hollywood is Trying To Make

There was a period of time a while back when it felt as though movies based on video games were being announced every second day, to the point where I simply stopped caring and openly wondered whether a single one would actually make it to cinemas. As an experiment, Kotaku Australia publisher Danny Allen decided…

The Trash Cannon Is Mankind’s Greatest, Most Dangerous Invention

This isn’t the Kerbal Space Program. It’s the Polish space program. I don’t know if this is some new trend or just what a select bunch of bored Polish kids do to pass the time. I don’t really care. All I care is that this is science as entertainment. In this first video, we see…

Here Is The Gender-Neutral Box Art For Dragon Age: Inquisition

The Dragon Age Twitter account revealed the box art for Dragon Age: Inquisition, and emphasized that the main character was intentionally depicted as gender-neutral. See the entire illustration below: The vague identity of the hero was intentional: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs…

OK, We Get It, That Korean MMO Looks Fantastic

After a somewhat quiet reveal last year, Korean MMO Black Desert has been blowing socks off for the last week with its character creation system and ambitious design. This clip, showing the game’s enormous world, isn’t helping people be any calmer about the whole thing. What’s important about this isn’t just the fact it looks…

Guy Makes Adventure Time Sword, Destroys Soda, Candy Machines

The guys at Man At Arms, besieged with requests to make Jake’s sword from Adventure Time, finally caved. They did an awesome job recreating it. Then an even better one testing it out. I love how they make everything so glossy, to really give it that cartoon look. Also, neat touch with the themed destruction…

Blizzard Wants You To Leave The House, Meet Other Real Humans

Blizzard’s latest hit, the card game Hearthstone, can be played online. Just like every other Blizzard game. But for reasons known only to higher powers, the company wants you to leave your home and play Hearthstone with other people. In the flesh. Braving both the elements and direct interaction with another member of your own…

Yep, Infamous: Second Son looks really nice. Last week when Sucker Punch released that super cool Photo Mode for their game, I had a feeling videos like this one would start turning up. And lo and behold, here we are. This video comes to us from Epic Rabbit via Pixelated Cody. When I talked about…