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‘Extinction Mode’ Among the Rumors Trickling From Call of Duty: Ghosts

With about a week to go before the latest Call of Duty hits shelves, this is high season for pre-release leaks from those who managed to cajole an early retail copy out of someone. Did you know Call of Duty: Ghosts is on two discs for the Xbox 360? Yeah, well, neither did I. There’s…

Absurd Performance Art Flash Game Gets Highly Unanticipated Sequel

If colossally boring performance art that leaves you with a vague sense of being trolled is your bag, then have I got the video game for you. Marina Abramovic—star of 2011’s The Artist is Present—returns in another low-res homage to her work. Just remember to keep that shift key pressed. To recap: Pippin Barr, himself…

Buy A Year Of LIVE Gold, Get A $20 Xbox Gift Card

For millions of gamers, Xbox LIVE Gold has basically become another utility bill at this point, so any money that can be saved on the subscription service is always welcome. Pick up a year of LIVE from Amazon and get a free $20 Xbox gift card as a bonus. I figure you won’t have too…

The Dark Souls II PS3 beta for North America was supposed to take place very early this morning. It didn’t. Namco said they “thoroughly apologize for all of the confusion and issues,” and will reschedule it for later. Anyone who was in last night’s test will be allowed in the next one. “Your spot is…

DualShock 4, Now Shipping

If you ordered your Playstation 4 controller from Amazon, it’s probably in the mail, or possibly even in your hands. If you didn’t, they are temporarily out of stock, but I recommend getting your order in now (assuming you want an extra one), to get your hands on it as early as possible. Remember, you…

Actor Says He Lost a Big Games Role Because His Voice was Too Familiar

The guy who voiced Adam Jensen—the hero of 2011’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution—says he worked for two years as the voice of Jason Brody, the hero of 2012’s Far Cry 3, and lost that role because the two characters sounded too much the same. Man, I hope no one tells Nolan North about this. At…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Rosemary’s Babies

Last week Jason Schreier alerted us to the new 3DS JRPG he’s playing—My Little Baby 3D—with some hot screenshots that range from merely horrifying to kill-it-with-fire. I don’t know who the hell plays this kind of game but I bet he’s the type of guy who has a couple torsos in the basement freezer. Let’s…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: BatDad: Arkham Origins: The Winners

He’s not the dad we need right now. Hell, he’s not the dad we want, either. But Batdad, the aphorism-spouting alter ego of one Atlanta-area father, is the ‘Shop Contest subject we get this week, in 20 different sight gags including the overall No. 1 from Docherty! Just for the record, Contrarianator was helluva close…

So, we’ve discovered the formula for doing a next-gen trailer in the sports genre, especially when the series is miles ahead of the competition. Begin with a good 30 seconds of slow-motion pregame, then build up to kick-off/tipoff at the crescendo of a pop anthem. Here’s FIFA 14‘s trailer for PS4 and Xbox One.

Club Nintendo is Offering Color 3DS XL Charging Cradles on Oct. 31

Oh SHIT. How many Club Nintendo Coins do I have?! (rummages through couch.) Not enough! Shit!!!! (Completes survey for Game & Wario.) Oh thank God, I have 500. Now I can get a 3DS XL charging cradle when they start offering them on Oct. 31. Serious, when I upgraded to the 3DS XL—hey, wait a…

Turns Out This Impressive Luigi 2DS was Fan-Made

On Wednesday we received a tip about a slick-looking “Year of Luigi”-themed Nintendo 2DS. It turns out that it is a real 2DS, just not one made by Nintendo nor one that’ll probably ever be mass-produced. It’s a mod. The case was made by Matthew Wiggins, whose Rose Colored Gaming shop makes some high quality…

Is ‘The Jordan Challenge’ Returning to NBA 2K14 for PS4 and Xbox One?

One of the most confounding things about the NBA 2K series over the last two years is why two special modes—”The Jordan Challenge” from NBA 2K11 and “NBA’s Greatest” from NBA 2K12—have neither carried forward nor, at least, been re-released as DLC. But a curious domain name registered to 2K Sports may change that. Fusible,…

Someone on Twitter is reenacting Back to the Future—”in real time”—creating nearly 50 accounts for all of the characters (and the DeLorean). If you like the movie, you’ll love The Hill Valley Project. Seven hours ago, Marty saved George from getting run over, and he should wake up in Lorraine‘s bedroom any minute now.

Online Play Restored to PES 2014 on Xbox After Monthlong Outage

Konami says it resolved the monthlong online-play blackout for Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 on the Xbox 360. The fix is available through a title update that is available now. The publisher says the update delivers both online play and Master League Online service and corrects other problems users had updating the game. Additionally, a full…

The Best Of Kotaku, The Week Of October 21

It’s almost Halloween! We haven’t been doing anything themed in preparation, unless you count our ongoing Last-Gen Heroes and Zeroes features. You can take a look at our best content from the week over at Kotaku Selects What are your Halloween plans? I’ll be in Austin with my big brothers, celebrating a warmer part of…

50 Indie Games You Might Not Know About: check out this great write-up by Indie Statik that takes a look at a bunch of IGF entries that likely aren’t on your radar.

Every Pokémon You Can Catch In X & Y, In One Handy Map

Sure, you could look at your in-game Pokedex to figure out what’s located where…but not only do you have to encounter a Pokemon first to access them there, that method isn’t as useful as having all the information in one picture. Thankfully, Reddit user Bobdor is way ahead of us—check out this awesome map he…

From Red Dead To Square Enix, Readers Submit More Last-Gen Heroes

We’re wrapping up our second week of Last-Gen Heroes, our series looking back at the last eight years of console video gaming. Kind of gnarly that the PS4 and Xbox One come out so soon, no? Just a few more weeks now. As with last week, the opinion-warriors at TAY have been busy writing their…

If The Street Fighter Cast Was Gender-Swapped…

Take the Street Fighter crew, and flip the genders around. What do you get? Badassery, that’s what. Of course, maybe we should have all expected that...but still, it’s cool to see this skit of a picnic gone wrong by ReallyCleverAndroids. Don’t mess with Ryu’s rice, man. Also! A female version of Guile needs to happen…

We Took A Look At Two New Features In Batman: Arkham Origins

Batman does a bit more detective work in his new game. Good thing? Bad thing? Take a look as Evan Narcisse and I show you what’s new in Batman Arkham Origins. Take a look at our full review of the game here Batman: Arkham Origins is out now on PC, Wii U, PS3, and Xbox…