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You Can’t Have A New Smash Bros. Game Without Zelda
A staple of the series since Melee, Princess Zelda returns for her third consecutive Super Smash Bros. appearance on the Wii U and 3DS. High-definition has been very, very kind to our princess. Zelda[Official Super Smash Bros. Site]
By Mike Fahey Published December 26, 2013 -
Use A Mouse + Keyboard On Your Xbox One
The latest XIM peripheral – a line which has longallowed console gamers to use PC accessories – is now out, and for the first time includes the Xbox One. The XIM4 won’t be out until well into next year, but it’s already being teased, shown here running Call of Duty: Ghosts on an Xbox One…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 26, 2013 -
Borderlands’ Handsome Jack Gets His Own Live-Action Series
Machinima says there’s a “full film” coming on January 3, with a series to follow. If this teaser was supposed to get people excited, well…OK. I mean, if you really love Borderlands, it might be cool! For the rest of us, like most of these live-action attempts, it might be a little too low-rent (though…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 26, 2013 -
Playstation Plus In January Will Make You Merry And Bright
Don’t Starve for your Playstation 4. DMC, Bioshock: Infinite, and Brothers for your PS3. Smart As… and Worms: Battle Islands for your Vita. Guess Christmas is coming late this year. Sure, Vita is getting the short end of the stick this time around, but I just had a great time playing free Sonic Racing on…
By Shane Roberts Published December 26, 2013 -
Dreamcast Prototype Back From The Dead, Free To Download
ToeJam & Earl 3 was once in development for, among other consoles, the Sega Dreamcast. Thanks to that console’s demise it was never released, the code eventually finding its way – like so many other Sega series – to Microsoft’s Xbox. That game was awful, but if you ever wanted a taste of what the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 26, 2013 -
PokeBank Hilariously Fails to Stop Hacked Pokemon
Update: The Infernape listed in the article below is actually considered legal. There is a way to use the US Walmart code for the HA Chimchar to obtain the Pokemon in other regions. Dream World Pokemon can also be caught in any ball. The Torterra is still completely illegal. Secondly, it has been confirmed that…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 25, 2013 -
Does Grand Theft Auto’s Logo Need A Facelift?
Grand Theft Auto is in at least one way a victim of its own success. It’s so popular now that some aspects of it have become entrenched, and may never be able to be changed. Like the game’s title font, which in 1997 might have been cool, but which today could be seen as a…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 25, 2013 -
Steam’s Store Went Down. Merry Christmas!
UPDATE – Looks like it’s back. Skyrim and Deus Ex are now both available for under $10. Merry Christmas! Hope you weren’t planning on buying – or in some cases playing – any new PC games today, because Steam’s servers have either been down or crushed for much of the day. The service’s support Twitter…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 25, 2013 -
Left 4 Dead 2 Is Free, So You Might Want To Get On That
Valve wants to say “Merry Christmas”. So everyone gets a copy of Left 4 Dead 2. You get a copy, you get a copy, you get a copy, you get a copy. If you jump on Steam before 10am PT on December 26, you can download the multiplayer shooter for free. The only catch is…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 25, 2013 -
Merry Christmas! (In Slow Motion)
I think FinalCutKing might secretly have some problem with Christmas since his idea of a holiday video was gingerbread men destroying decorations. It’s okay with me though, because the result is awful pretty in slow motion.
By Steve Marinconz Published December 25, 2013 -
Last Chance To Nominate For Our GOTY And Reader’s Choice Awards
We’re in the midst of evaluating and voting for Kotaku‘s Game of the Year for 2013. This year, plenty of readers have made their own nominations, and we hope you will as well. Below if our collection of nominations for Game of the Year 2013. All this week and next, our staff members are playing…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 25, 2013 -
The Best Gifts You Got For The Holidays This Year
Every year there are bound to be some Christmas-spirit-raising gifts and a few well-intentioned duds. So we’d like to know…what’d you get? Best and worst gifts? Did you send someone one of our gift guides as a helpful nudge? Or maybe you bought someone something so perfect you just have to share? Here’s your venue…
By Tina Amini Published December 25, 2013 -
Merry Christmas! Did Your Presents Make You This Happy?
By now, most households should be buried in shredded wrapping paper, unless yours is home to a fastidious person always ready with a trash bag and a dustbuster for those flecks of styrofoam packing that get everywhere. Anyone get any games? Anyone get a console? My parents live in town, and before I drove over…
By Owen Good Published December 25, 2013 -
A Fitting Finish For The Year Of Luigi
This was the Year of Luigi, but it didn’t feel like the Year of Luigi. At least not until today, when Japan’s Good Smile Company revealed the Nendoroid Luigi figure, and I fell in love. Nendoroid is probably the most popular toy line in the world for fans of giant heads on smallish bodies. Not…
By Mike Fahey Published December 25, 2013 -
Playstation Plus For $35, And A Discount On LIVE
Best Buy has a 1 year Playstation Plus membership for $35, which is $15 off retail, and the second cheapest the subscription has been. Playstation Plus is, in our opinion, the best value in gaming. It was the most popular Black Friday deal we posted, and was the fifth most taken advantage of deal of…
By Shane Roberts Published December 25, 2013 -
Studio of Indie Sensation Hello Games Flooded on Christmas Eve, Devs Say
“We have learned that laptops float sometimes,” one of the developers of small indie studio Hello Games Tweeted late today, breaking what appears to be the unfortunate news that the offices of one of 2013’s most exciting indie studios have all but been ruined. Happily, there are no reports of injuries, but the fate of…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 24, 2013 -
Up for a challenge? See if you can beat Claw’s Titan Souls, a free game in the Shadow of the Colossus mode that pits you against four massive beasts with only a single arrow and a single hitpoint. Amazingly enough, the game was made in only four days as part of Ludum Dare 28. (via…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 24, 2013 -
I Can’t Stop Staring At This T-Rex Staring At Me
Master of the optical illusion, brusspup, has recently uploaded a new video featuring a dinosaur of the tiny-armed variety. Staring at you. Wherever you go. That’s a pretty neat (creepy?) trick, no? Watch as one itty bitty T-Rex watches you like a lost puppy, and then 8 itty bitty ones, and then one big guy.…
By Tina Amini Published December 24, 2013 -
Evan’s Top Ten Games of 2013
A DLC add-on. A trippy mobile psychodrama. A triumphant rebirth. A chilling sci-fi future. A giant arcade cabinet that lives in New York City. This is what I’ll remember most about my video game experiences in 2013. Some of what I loved this year told great stories, tapped into my own ancestral history or messed…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 24, 2013