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Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Rathorial highlights the beauty of pre-loading content in a digital age, Zarnyx shares some favorite tracks that made exploring in games all the more enjoyable, and Marsh Naylor rants about title screens and menus Don’t forget that you can always go join the voices talking…

Sony’s Big PS4 Review Event

It’s just a few days before Sony launches their next-gen console. So they’ve rented out a few floors of New York City’s The Standard hotel to showcase some of the PS4’s upcoming games. Three of us from Kotaku are currently wandering the hotel, preparing to play some games and ask some questions. In the meantime,…

Easy Ways To Remember Pokémon Weaknesses In X And Y

Pokémon may seem like a simple game to outsiders, but fans know how complex it can really get. With the release of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, there are now a total of 718 pocket monsters to choose from. Each one can learn dozens of different attacks, and their strengths and weaknesses can vary greatly.…

Witness The Glory Of A 64-Man Battlefield 4 Base Jump

It takes up a lot of time and dedication, organizing an event where a full server of 64 people jump off a skyscaper in Battlefield 4, but it’s totally worth the effort. This is so much better than any of those precise and fast killshots that normally dominate Battlefield montages. If you attempt to do…

If You Love Loki So Much, Maybe You Should Just Play Him

Thor: the Dark World is in theaters everywhere, and we all know it’s only for naming uniformity that it’s not called Loki: the Dark World. The god of mischief is hot, so of course he’s the playable star of Marvel Heroes‘ update 2.0: Asgard. The Asgard update for Gazillion’s massively multiplayer Marvel Comics game kicked…

“Happy” Monday. Have a good weekend? Here’s some interesting stuff from Sunday night to get your week started right Watch A Guy Unbox A Real PS4 Sony’s Official PS4 Unboxing Video Is Hilariously OTT Loki Cosplayer Meets Loki, Universe Implodes Scammer Accused Of Ripping Off Over 100 Kickstarters

I shouldn’t like to be in Batman’s shoes when he has to face enemies like this in Batman: Arkham Origins That is just truly horrifying. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us suggestions if you’vegot them. To contact…

BioShock Infinite‘s New Expansion Bites Off More Than It Can Chew

What to make of Burial at Sea? Planned as a two-part episodic expansion for BioShock Infinite, it takes us back to where the series began: The majestic underwater city of Rapture. One part BioShock nostalgia trip and one part extraneous BioShock Infinite epilogue, Burial at Sea‘s first episode falls unfortunately short of both its predecessors.…

Dialogue? In my rabbit brawler? Overgrowth’s latest alpha update vid details the new dialogue system prototype, which shows what creating new levels and scenarios will look like once the game is out. Lots of technical stuff, but there’s a little bit of rabbits beating each other to pulp for all to enjoy.

Let’s Play Dress-Up with the New Lightning Returns Trailer

Good thing mizz Lightning has the time to stay fashionable in between going on missions to save the world. Otherwise, we couldn’t spend all this time looking at her fabulous outfits The latest and shiniest Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII interactive trailer from Squeenix has you help Lightning pick out a dress for her next…

“We’re fans of Warcraft 1, Warcraft 2, Warcraft 3, and we’d love to replay those games for sure.” J. Allen Brack of Blizzard, talking about making the first three Warcraft games compatible with modern PCs. “We actually have [several guys] who are working on a side project to do something like that.” [via Polygon]

Beating Up Hellish Cannibal Mutants in the Moonlight Sure Looks Fun!

It’s just a normal day in the world of open-world horror-survival game The Forest. Wake up, admire the scenery, get friendly with some critters, cut some wood. Craft a grotesque effigy to attract nightmarish mutants from the forest’s depths. Y’know, the usual. The Forest has been approved for distribution on Steam and its alpha version…

How Xbox Live Could Work For Games In The Real World

People have been trying to turn regular tasks – from desk jobs to chores – into games for years. It’s called “Gamification”, and the word makes me want to scratch my own eyeballs out. But this app idea, which brings the concept of stuff like Xbox Live to real world sport, is a lot more…

For $100, You Can Turn A Cockroach Into Your Personal Cyborg

I don’t know whether this tech is fascinating or truly horrifying. Probably a bit of both. The Roboroach is a small kit that you attach to the back of a cockroach. By “microstimulating” the bug’s antennae, you’re able to literally drive the thing. I mean, I know it’s “just” a cockroach. And that the device…

Scammer Accused Of Ripping Off Over 100 Kickstarters

Someone going by the username “Encik Farhan” stands accused of ripping off around 100 Kickstarter campaigns, exploiting a loophole in the supply chain that’s leaving a lot of small-time creators short of needed funds. So just what was the accused trying to do, and how did they do it? First, “Encik” identified a Kickstarter campaign…

The First Major Movie To Be Dubbed In Navajo Is…Star Wars

Star Wars has been translated and dubbed into dozens of languages, but recently it became available in one you don’t normally see on a DVD menu: Navajo. Following a push by the Navajo Nation Museum, and with the stamp of approval from Lucasfilm, the film can now be screened with a complete and (relatively) accurate…

Sony’s Official PS4 Unboxing Video Is Hilariously OTT

Pulsing music. A trashy sci-fi set. Giant gloves. It’s like a Daft Punk video. Only it’s got PlayStation studios boss Shuhei Yoshida in it. Of course, if you’d like to see something a little more real, there’s always Francis’ boyish enthusiasm

A Video Showing How The PS4 Dashboard Actually Works

Last week, Microsoft gave everyone a very handy tourof the Xbox One’s dashboard. Sony has yet to do the same, but in this video from a PS4 event in Hong Kong, we get the gist. You’re going to want to skip to 4:45 in the video above, and while the demonstration is in both Japanese…

Watch A Guy Unbox A Real PS4

Hey, it’s Francis! Someone went and sent Francis a regular, retail PS4, which he opens in this video like a kid at Christmas. If you’re here for his customary RAGE videos, sorry. This one’s literally about taking the same kind of PS4 you’ll be able to buy later this month, opening it up and plugging…

Metal Gear‘s Creator Wanted Sexy Cosplay and, Well, He Got It

“Quiet,” the sniper character of Metal Gear Solid V, is rather unsensibly (un)dressed for combat. Creator Hideo Kojima had a number of justifications for this, saying that he wanted an “erotic” character because that look would encourage cosplay. Yep. It did. Via Destructoid, this is Kelly Jean, a cosplayer from the U.K.. She sought to…