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Beautiful Death: The official death by death countdown to Game of Thrones Season 4.

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Life-Size Titan Falls In Middle Of Berlin

Passengers at this Berlin train station would be forgiven for cloaking then running for the nearest doorway after seeing this as they emerged from their escalator ride. This life-size Titan replica looks like something that would have previously made an appearance at a trade show – maybe even GamesCom, given this is Germany – but…

Not All Minecraft Clones Are A Waste Of Time

Unsurprising given its success, Minecraft has, let’s say, inspired a whole range of new games. Some, like Terraria, have been pretty good. Others, like the endless sea of shameless clones, have been terribly unimaginative. At first glance Planets³ sounds like the latter. It’s got voxels. It’s open-world. Most things are cubes. It mentions “creativity”. There…

For $25, Your Toilet Can Become A Sarlacc Pit

Thankfully, your toilet does not take 1000 years to digest whatever falls into it. Artist Robbie Rane designed these decals to fit inside your toilet bowl, adding row upon row of teeth, its gross tongue/tentacle things, a falling Boba, a struggling Han & Lando and even Jabba’s skiff. You can preorder the decals here (via…

A Fresh Reminder Why Fanboys Are Stupid

I put this to you, Xbox fanboys (though it’s of course equally applicable across all platforms): if you love console so damn much you indeed qualify as a fanboy, one who adores Microsoft and despises Sony and Nintendo, what does it say about you when one of the execs running Xbox itself owns and enjoys…

Reddit’s Gaming Site Hacked For Half-Life 3 Lulz

One of the biggest subreddits on the site, r/gaming, was hacked earlier today. I mention this because, instead of just bringing it down, the whole thing was replaced with a single notice. That’s it. That’s all people could see see. Users couldn’t access any functions on the subreddit. All they could do was look at…

Oh hi there, Little Sisters. Thanks for the nightmares. This screenshot, along with several other nice ones from BioShock Infinite‘s Burial at Sea add-on, spotted over at Dead End Thrills

Metroid Dreadnought: check out this cool Metroid conversion for Doom. It aims to combine the speed and atmosphere of Super Metroid with the gunplay of Metroid Prime. It’s not done, but you can download it here.

How To Read, And Use, Kotaku

Coming to Kotaku, reading a story then reading another one is easy, but there’s more to this site than the obvious. You can comment, share and create your own content. You can even filter content according to taste. And more. Here’s how. ** UPDATED MARCH 13 FOR NEW “TIGER” PLATFORM ** We tend to pick…

Thanks, buddy! This Titanfall clip I captured the other night shows what happens when an enemy pilot gets on my auto-titan’s bad side.

Watch A Cartoon Astronaut Wage Interstellar War

Glorkian Warrior: The Trials of Glork is more than a mouthful of a title, it’s a silly arcade shooter for iOS from the guys over at PixelJam (the guys behind Dinorun) and artist James Kochalka I got a hands-on with the game last month at Indiecade East with Mark DeNardo, the game’s sound wizard (I…

Real Archers Show The Hunger Games Ain’t That Tough

Don’t get me wrong, Katniss is a badass in The Hunger Games. But does she do a bunch of flippy things before she lets an arrow loose? NO. Well, okay, maybe she’s more practical about killing people—that’s a good thing. Still, these archery trick shots by Stephen Izzi and friends are a joy to watch.…

Joel Green, The Child Who Inspired That Dragon, Cancer, Has Passed Away

Joel Green, the young boy whose battle with terminal cancer inspired Josh Larson’s intensely personal game, That Dragon, Cancer, has succumbed to his illness. He was five years old. In a blog post late last night, Green’s mother Amy wrote that he had been taken to Children’s Hospital in San Francisco after his health had…

Yes, Dark Souls II Looks Different Than It Did Last Year

If you’ve been playing Dark Souls II, and following the coverage leading up to the game’s release, you may have noticed that the version of Dark Souls II that was originally shown off to the public was not the same as the game we got on consoles. Tweaks to the lighting, overhauls in the structure…

Dubstep Visualized With Fire Is A Great Way To Burn Your Eyebrows Off

Ever think to yourself, man, being mesmerized by a digital music visualizer is just too safe? Fixing that problem is easy: just add fire. Also, science. Okay, speaking seriously, this fire visualizer made by the folks at Hard Science is really cool. You can watch them make it (and then test it) in the video,…

The Guy Looking To Expose Online Gaming’s Worst Jerks

The guy recording racist and sexist crap in online multiplayer matches know he’s going to stop doing it soon. “I really only play one game these days; [Call of Duty:]Ghosts on Xbox Live,” he says. “I am a pretty nasty FIFA player but I really don’t want to invest any more money or time into…

Thralled—the chilling indie game about a runaway slave who’s also a mother—has found a home on Ouya. Lead developer Miguel Oliveira tells Kotaku that Thralled will be an exclusive in exchange for the console company’s support and that he expects a release later this year.

Layoffs Hit Popcap

Popcap, the EA-owned game studio behind Plants vs. Zombies, has just laid off a number of employees, Kotaku has learned. One source pegs the cuts at 30-40 people, and we hear the company has been gradually laying people off for the past year. EA won’t confirm the number, but they did send over a statement…

A new game set in Wyoming? That’s Firewatch, a nifty-sounding PC game just announced by indie outfit Campo Santo. They say you’ll play as a fire-lookout in the Wyoming wilderness, drawn out of your watchtower by strange events and tethered to humanity only by the voice on the other end of your radio. More info…