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Hey, Booker, Got A Light?

I wonder if Irrational’s artists had future cosplay potential in mind when they designed the character of Elizabeth. Because whether in her Columbia or Rapture outfits, she’s fast becoming as popular as Final Fantasy and Zelda when it comes to dressing up. Not that we’re complaining. So long as people keep absolutely nailing it like…

Skyrim Modding Gets Its Doors Blown Off

When something carries a warning that it “will require your first born and a pint of your blood”, you know it’s going to be good. User shesonover on the ENB forums has posted what he’s calling the Skyrim Memory Patch. The full explanation is very technical, but the gist is that it frees up more…

Fable Trilogy, a bundle comprising the three HD editions of the series (Fable 2, Fable 3, and the upcoming HD re-release of the original) will be available on Feb. 4 from the Xbox Live Marketplace.That’s the same day that Fable Anniversary launches for Xbox 360.

Once Again, Baseball Sends Up a Pinch-Hitter on the Xbox

For the second straight year we’ve gotten a January surprise with regards to baseball video games. And for the second straight year, it only nominally keeps Xbox as a relevant platform for Major League Baseball fans. The nostalgic pull of the R.B.I. Baseball name notwithstanding, Xbox 360 and, particularly, Xbox One gamers still have little…

Titanfall Alpha Footage Leaks

There’s a closed alpha of Titanfall going on. It’s closed, which means people aren’t supposed to be uploading video of it, but you know, the internet. UPDATE 2 – Both videos are now down. Sorry! We’ve got two videos below, one directly-captured, the other taken off-screen. Both give a pretty good idea of how a…

The soundtrack for Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver is available now on iTunes. It’s $9.99 and includes 270 tracks. Soundtracks for Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire, Diamond/Pearl, Black/White and Black 2/White 2 will be released later this year, says The Pokémon Company.

​XCOM-like Espionage Game Renamed to Invisible, Inc.

Remember Incognita? (I do!) It’s no longer known by that name. Klei Entertainment has renamed it Invisible, Inc., saying that title resonated more with focus groups. “After some focus testing, Invisible, Inc. was better received than the old Incognita,” Klei said on its official forums. “Our focus of the design does not change in that…

EVE Online‘s Two Biggest Factions Had an Enormous Battle Yesterday

What you see in that image is a Doomsday weapon, a superlaser that can only be fired from a Titan, the largest and most expensive ship in EVE Online. More than 50 of them were present yesterday for an enormous, quintessentially EVE capital ship throwdown between the two biggest coalitions in the spacefaring MMO. It’s…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Gabe’s Gaze

This week’s ‘Shop Contest subject is such a no-brainer many of you already have gotten a head start. How could it be anything but Gabe Newell’s proof-of-posting photo from his cameo on a couple of subreddits this week? There’s Gabe. There’s an easily maskable background. There are Starbucks frappuccinos. There is ample space to Gabe’s…

Austria’s Game of Thrones NFL Intro Shows America How to Do a Pre-Game

American football isn’t just popular in America. It’s also an attraction in Austria, whose PULS 4 network concocted this Game of Thrones-style introduction for the two conference championships the NFL plays today. It beats Cleatus, that doofus Fox Sports robot, by a mile, er, several kilometers. PULS 4 also went American-style with its pregame coverage,…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Mario Horse: The Winners

The plight of Mario Horse, the equine cosplayer who is either sad or embarrassed, or both, was this week’s study for our ‘Shop artists. There are 19 finalists inside, plus overall No. 1 beerhayzeus! Thanks to everyone who entered this week; we’ll have another ‘Shop Contest, celebrating the fourth anniversary of the feature, tomorrow! [A]…

The Speakys, the reader-voted awards of TAY, Kotaku’s official reader-written blog, have named the winners and runners-up for nearly a dozen categories. Every winner now gets lumped into one final vote for overall Speaky Game of the Year. Vote!

Here Are the Faces of EA Sports’ UFC 2014

It’s going to be a long spring and summer for EA Sports, which thanks to cutbacks and cancellations has two titles between now and August, when Madden NFL Whatever Number Comes After 25 releases. That’s a World Cup edition for FIFA, and EA Sports UFC. Neither game has a release date yet. EA Sports UFC…

The trademark for Star Wars 1313 has been abandoned, according to the mark’s filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Though that game was canceled last spring, this is as sure as sign as any that the concept, which wowed everyone at E3 2012, is completely dead.

Armed Robber Demands Just Dance 2014

Armed robbery is a violent crime; with priors, you’re looking at a really long stretch in the state pen if you get caught. So it’s prudent to call ahead and make sure the game store you’re robbing has the title you want. In Tennessee, one robber wanted to be sure his local GameStop had Just…

This Gentleman is Upset He Was Not Invited to Titanfall‘s Alpha

What happens when you don’t get a beta alpha key for Titanfall? Well, you pack a lipper, grab the camera and go to YouTube to sound your barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. (Audio definitely NSFW. Use headphones.) In the grand tradition of Mr. Bitch-Eat-That-Ho from Street Fighter comes this customer service complaint…

Grand Theft Auto Online Has an Unofficial ‘Combat Photographer’

The snapshot feature of Grand Theft Auto V isn’t just for taking selfies on the top of the Maze Bank. Some have used it to create gorgeous landscapes, and this gamer has taken it upon himself to be the “combat photographer” of Los Santos. Redditor cy_sperling on r/games today, says he wanders the city in…

Someone Bid $1,200 for the Finnish-Language Manual to an NES Game

For some reason, the typed, un-illustrated manual, in Finnish, for Bram Stoker’s Dracula on the NES is a very desirable collector’s item. Finland’s equivalent of eBay currently has a listing for one, where it’s been bidded up to the equivalent of about $1,200 U.S. NeoGAFer PetriP-TNT found the listing today, noting that the Finnish Dracula…

Best of Kotaku, The Week of January 13

Are we seriously already halfway through January? Yes. Yes we are. You can check out all of January’s current best articles over on Kotaku Selects Now that next-gen is upon us, I’m fiending for a new Read Dead. C’mon, Rockstar. You know you want to. Pain Train‘s basically got the details of your next iteration…

Don’t Be Fooled By The Serene Start Of This Game

Secrets of Raetikon at first seems like a nice relaxing game about being a bird. A bird that can fly around, explore, and fling around the occasional rabbit. It’s all really lovely and serene, but this beautiful game about exploration soon turns to bird on bird violence. I didn’t know birds could hold so much…