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Fight Amidst Dinosaurs In Ultra Street Fighter IV

Two new videos have been released for Ultra Street Fighter IV, which was just released in Japanese arcades, and will be available for home consoles this summer. See the opening cinematic and a lengthy gameplay video below. My favorite stage—the Jurassic Era Research Facility, is prominently featured. Opening Cinematic: Four and a half minutes of…

Merchant Advertisements From The Land of Hyrule

Two in a series of print advertisements from the world of Legend of Zelda: The prints are by Barret Biggers and are available at Etsy. Previously: Starfox Propaganda Poster You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Enjoy Classic Dogfighting In This New Star Wars Rebels Footage

It’s Hera versus Imperial Tie Fighters in this brand new Star Wars Rebels footage, revealed today at WonderCon: The official site also posted a gallery of concept art and photographs, including these character designs: Previously: He-Man and Skeletor in Star Wars: The Old Republic You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Ninja Tongue-Twister: The Winners!

Kotaku‘s Photo-Manipulation Brigade are the most magical of people. I give them an image of a creature with an enormous tongue, and not one of the entries in this week’s contest was as inappropriate as I feared things might get. Well, except the one. uscg_pa takes home this week’s top honors, with his unseasonably innocent…

A Dad And His Kids Happily Play Video Games Together. They Have To.

This is an image of a happy family; a father and his two adorable children bonding over a video game. It’s a stock photo, of course. Their excitement is fake, their game controllers disconnected. It’s cheap theater, but I have to believe that somewhere in the country a genuine version of this scene is playing…

Someone’s Compiling A List Of Every Video Game Ever Made

With help from a growing posse on 4chan, Pastebin user Data_Baser is attempting to compile a list of every video game ever released. Not just console games or PC games, but every mobile and browser-based game as well. The current count? 43,806. It’s a monumental task, made somewhat easier through the use of regular expression…

Assassin’s Creed IV‘s Honest Game Trailer Strikes True

“After the huge letdown of AC III, prepare to redeem the franchise with the Pirates of the Caribbean game that Disney never made.” Smoosh Games‘ latest Honest Game Trailer takes on the Assassin’s Creed pirate spin-off that somehow wound up a numbered entry in the series.

Which Is Cooler, Mickey With A Keyblade Or Mickey With A Lightsaber?

Raise all 29 toy-based characters to level one in Disney Infinity and you’ll score a glowing green Star Wars surprise. NerdFlip shows us how it’s done. There are two Disney properties players have been clamoring for since the debut of Disney Infinity — Star Wars and Marvel Comics. With the latter slated to be revealed…

The Saturday Morning Stream will be back next week. Due to visiting relatives and Easter holidays, our regularly scheduled live stream of Barbie’s Dreamhouse Party has been pushed to next week. In its place, we present that dog GIF everyone seems to like. Look at that crazy lil’ guy.

The Best of Kotaku, The Week of April 14

The weekend is here, a time to curse those damn, dirty apes for blowing it all up, but not before we catch up with this week’s best stories over at Kotaku Selects Artist AlbertoArnipaints a picture of a bleak future, where Donkey Kong has triumphed and the entire world is just sand and water levels.…

Batman Vs Superman Headlines Today’s Gaming Wallpapers

Superman, Batman, Aquaman, and a very large shark from Injustice: Gods Among Us lead off this week’s selection of a dozen gaming wallpapers. Injustice: Gods Among Us by Sinatar Fables: The Wolf Among Us by WesFelon Skyrim by Unreal Tom Raider: Underworld by Auto-Reply inFamous Second Son by Shikari The Amazing Spider-Man by littlegrasshopper NaissancE…

Watch Some Of PAX East’s Coolest Games Right Here

The Kotaku crew spent last weekend at PAX East 2014, and we saw a whole bunch of great games. Take a look at some of the best games we saw, along with other great videos from this week on Watchlist One of my personal favorite games was, unsurprisingly, the one where the developers gave me…

​Video Games Sure Can Be Beautiful

Yesterday, I spent an inordinate amount of time messing around with the nifty new photo mode in Infamous: Second Son It’s surprisingly rare that we get that kind of opportunity to slow way down and really appreciate how beautiful video games can be. As I tried my hand at in-game photography, I was regularly reminded…

Music Video Recreates The Booze-Induced Haze Of Leisure Suit Larry

Leisure Suit Larry may not have exactly stood the test of time in terms of sheer staying power, but the series of famously salacious adventure games will always be remembered fondly for being some of the first major titles to broach topics like sex and human intimacy on their own sloppy terms. Norwegian DJ Todd…

Finally, a comic that gets sex right. If you read comics, you probably know writer Matt Fraction. He’s widely (and rightly) considered one of the best writers in the business, from Casanova to Hawkeye to other great stuff. Wired‘s got a really cool new profile of him, all about his latest comic Sex Criminals. A…

​A Health Game That Claims It’ll Improve Your Vision

For a game that says it’ll make your eyeballs work better, Ultimeyes isn’t exactly a work of art. It’s a work of science, though, one that presents a series of eye-training challenges in game-like form. After playing it a few times this week, I feel like it might actually work. Ultimeyes comes from Carrot Neurotechnology,…

Playstation Network Flash Sale: 30 Games for $1/each

Sony is kicking off your weekend with some deep, deep discounts on 30 different PSN titles, some PS3, some Vita, some cross-buy. Highlights includes Braid, Everyday Shooter, echochrome ii, Plants vs. Zombies, Super Stardust HD, and Tokyo Jungle. [Playstation Blog] Don’t miss all the rest of Friday’s gaming deals right here Title Sale Price Original…

Gameloft’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is now available on Android and iOS. A free-roaming adventure in which a man in a spider costume swings about New York, beating up thugs and pondering his relationships. Get it for $4.99 oniTunes or Google Play.

Help A Bunny From The Future Become Mayor By Murdering His Enemies

Spoiler: the stupid joke-gimmick glasses I’m wearing at the beginning of this video don’t do anything to make Not a Hero look any cooler. That’s okay, though. The new over-the-top action game doesn’t need help looking cool, because it happens in 2.25D. When I first wrote about Not a Hero after the game was announced,…

Oh Look, A Star Destroyer In Kerbal Space Program

Reddit user Quiznos323 built a Star Destroyer in Kerbal Space Program, and actually managed to get it into space (but not orbit). The ship was built using the B9 Aerospace and Lack Luster Labs mods They got it into space, but things quickly went a bit sideways. Well, maybe next time, Quiznos. Kerbal Space Empire…