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There’s a Titanfall panel going on at PAX East, and it’s being live streamed here.

Double Bumblebee Is The Best Thing About Rise Of The Dark Spark

I don’t care which universe he’s in, plucky yellow Autobot Bumblebee always rocks. And hey, that’s two voice actors Activision doesn’t have to hire! SPOILER FOR TRANSFORMERS PRIME ANIMATED SERIES FOLLOWS If you don’t love Bumblebee for some reason — maybe you are a communist, which is okay — once you watch the final scene…

Vlambeer’s Nuclear Throne is adding four-player online and local multiplayer. If you’re familiar with the brutal Gauntlet-style game, you’re cheering right now. Online multiplayer will be added to the Steam Early Access version of the game soon. It’s going to be glorious.

PAX South Takes The Show To Texas In 2015

The Penny Arcade Expo takes another step towards global domination today, with the announcement of PAX South. The fourth installment of the massive fan celebration of gaming is set to debut in San Antonio, Texas January 23 – 25. Living in the South myself, making it to one of the two existing U.S. PAX events…

We’re Getting A Sci-Fi Civilization, And It Sounds Fantastic

Civilization is going to space. The next game in Sid Meier’s iconic turn-based strategy series will take place on an alien planet, where you’ll explore, colonize, and fight other factions as you attempt to navigate uncharted sci-fi territory. Sound familiar? Civilization: Beyond Earth, as it’s called, seems very much like a spiritual successor to Alpha…

Gaming’s Feminist Illuminati

Gaming’s Feminist Illuminati t-shirt design by Elizabeth Simins. She has a great webcomic called Bad at Games: Deaths in The Banner Saga: Trying to explain Jazzpunk: Saints Row fan art: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Amir Hekmati, U.S. born one-time game developer jailed in Iran since 2011 for allegedly engaging in espionage for the CIA, has been given a 10-year prison termfollowing a secret retrial which took place in December. He had originally been sentenced to death, a ruling overturned in 2012.

The Saturday Morning Stream: LEGO: The Hobbit (Stream Over)

Warning: Today’s Saturday stream may contain material that spoil the events of a fantasy book published in 1937. After last week’s Titanfall fiasco, I had a hankering for some lighter fare, a game where I can leisurely explore, even in mid-combat, without too much of a penalty. A game that allows me to talk to…

Beyond Earth: Sid Meier’s New Futuristic Civilization Game

Sid Meier has a brand new world-building game on the way: Beyond Earth. See screenshots and read more below: Beyond Earth is the spiritual descendant of Meier’s Alpha Centauri, and like that classic game will feature alien relics and hostile creatures that cannot be reasoned with. JeauxVideo has more (via Google translate): Will Miller states…

Why I Didn’t Attend PAX This Weekend

PAX is a behemoth. A monolith. It’s nearly outgrown the ubiquitous webcomic that spawned it. It’s an incredibly popular event, where tens of thousands of video game fans come together to celebrate their favorite pastime. But I think the convention still has a lot more growing to do, and in some ways is growing in…

Pwnmeal: Extreme Gaming Oatmeal

Pwnmeal: Extreme Gaming Oatmeal is being promoted at PAX and has its own promotional video complete with muscular men and women slathering the stuff on their bodies. What is it? A promotion for Cards Against Humanity: Illustration from the promotional site, which lists four flavors, including Strawberries and Carnage, and says: Don’t let hunger spawncamp…

The Best of Kotaku, The Week of April 7

It’s officially PAX weekend! If you’re not out and about in Boston checking out games and hanging out with gamers, you can catch up on this week’s best content over at Kotaku Selects You know, I’d almost forgotten how funny Animal Crossing can be. Fortunately Moosh Koosh reminded me. To contact the author of this…

Play The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot With A Hamster Companion

You can now buy animal companions in The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot. Options include a hamster in a ball, a spider, a dragon, and a tentacled creature. See them in action below: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

He-Man and Skeletor in Star Wars: The Old Republic

Here’s a convincing He-Man in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Below, see another He-Man and a Skeletor: Via Reddit Previously: Star Wars Propaganda Posters. You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Let’s Watch The Walking Dead‘s Carl Play League Of Legends

Having spent four seasons watching the once bright-eyed son of Rick Grimes harden under the weight of the zombie apocalypse, seeing actor Chandler Riggs clicking away on a mouse in the lower right corner of a League of Legends stream on Twitch is just surreal. Reader Chase pointed us to the Twitch channel for Chandler…

New Trailer For The Evil Within, By The Creator of Resident Evil

Deathtraps and monsters abound in the new trailer for The Evil Within, directed by Shinji Mikami, who also created Resident Evil. Enjoy the trailer below, and see the creepy puppet the game promoters are giving away at PAX: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and…

50 Frustrating Moments Everyone Experiences While Playing Games

Escort missions. Not being able to pause when you need to. Never having a line piece appear in Tetris. There are a ton of little aggravating things anyone who games will experience, many of which BuzzFeedPop compiles into one montage. Which of these is the worst, in your opinion? Or do you have any frustrating…

Rock Band Cranks Out The Tetris Theme While Standing Atop A Building

I’ve gotten flak in the past for being overly glib with my use of the word “shred,” but I’d say there’s enough finger-tapping and cello-sawing going on in this video to qualify. This performance comes to us from Critical Hit, a rock band of all-star YouTubers headed up by violinist Taylor Davis, whose work we’ve…

Droids Are Menaced By Jawas In The New Star Wars Pinball Table

R2 and C-3PO are in constant danger of being turned to scrap in the latest Star Wars Pinball table. Enjoy the video preview below: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Why The Ending of Every Pokémon Game Is Garbage

You go through the trouble of collecting all 8 badges and defeating the Elite Four—and in some cases, sometimes you even try to catch them all. But what for? Pokémon games sometimes treat you rather poorly after doing all that work, when you think about it. Sure, new areas and quests open up, and in…