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Hey, look at these snazzy new Wii remotes! The Mario and Luigi-themed controllers showed up during the Super Mario 3D World segment of today’s Nintendo Direct. These Wii Remote Plus peripherals come out on November 1st. Wonder if one of them lets a player jump higher than the other?

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Delayed Until February

The next Donkey Kong Country game has been pushed back to February of 2014, Nintendo just announced. It was previously slated for this December.

Maybe you want some different box art for Destiny Art that doesn’t make the back of one character’s head look like Master Chief’s visor. It’s a good thing that reader Lexxie shared this, then.

Nintendo Direct starts at 10am Eastern: you can watch it right here, or stay tuned to Kotaku for all the news as it happens. UPDATE: A new Kirby game, clones of Mario running amok in Super Mario 3D World and the return of Sega’s super-fast hedgehog to the Smash Bros. fighting franchise… and that’s only…

A Warm Welcome To The Playable Ladies Of Grand Theft Auto Online

Three out of my four playable GTA V characters might be male, but not one of them was greeted upon arrival in Los Santos with a rose and clumsy sexual advances. Now I’m not judging. Our liaison to the world of Grand Theft Auto Online is none other than Franklin’s pal Lamar Davis, and he…

Digital artist Phuwadon Thongnoum uses a terrific, dynamic style in his Street Fighter fan art gallery. Reminds me of the Samurai Jack animated series. Here’s Dhalsim, Blanka and Adon. There’s more over at his Behancé profile. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art…

GTA Online Is Now Live on Xbox Live and PSN [UPDATE: Server woes]

The multiplayer portion of GTA V, dubbed Grand Theft Auto Online, is now live on Xbox Live and, according to Sony, the PlayStation Network. The update is 59MB and GTA Online comes via a title update in the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. After you install that update, you will unlock GTA Online in the…

Plants vs Zombies vs Anime vs Robots

Official description reads: “C-Wars, inspired by Super Robot War, Fallout, CoD, is an ultimate match of retro-style images and innovative gameplay.” After this trailer, I am excited C-Wars [Site, via IndieGames]

FIFA 14 vs Pro Evo 2014: Which Football Game Should You Get?

There are two football games on the market. The vast majority of people will only buy one of them. So which one should you buy? Last year, it was a tough call. This year, it is not. Instead of reviewing each game separately, I’m going to compare each of them with regards to the important…

Xbox 360 Owners Say They Were Banned For Downloading Free Games

So, for a while now, and very much on the down-low, some Xbox 360 owners have been downloading free games, taking advantage of a loophole in Microsoft’s Xbox Live marketplace. I hope they enjoyed it, because a bunch of them are now saying they’ve had their consoles banned for their troubles. Here’s the situation: for…

Dildos, Sex Shops And Nintendo In The 1990s…One Man’s Tale

Time for another tale—albeit unconfirmed—of the inside workings of Nintendo, though this one’s a little saucier than the last. Because of Europeans and sex shops. Read it here via a 2011 translation of an account that originally appeared on fan site Classic-Zone. A fascinating read about what it might be like to be in Nintendo’s…

Wii U Gets 700mb Firmware Update

The Wii U has just got a big firmware update. Here’s the full list of changes/additions, courtesy of Nintendo: Version 4.0.0 U, available via an Internet connection, includes the following improvements: New Features: A feature to output video and sound to the Wii U GamePad when using Wii Mode¹ Users can choose to output to…

FIFA Men Still Love Each Other Very Much

Improving upon existing tech, FIFA 14’s new features include Friendly Goalkeepers™. Fifa keeper scores [imgur]

OoOo Pretty: here is the first early footage of Mighty No. 9, the spiritual successor to Mega Man. It’s a “super-short, super-rough engine test” on the Unreal engine, and the final product may end up looking rather differentaccording to today’s Kickstarter update.

The Breaking Bad Finale Was Ridiculous, Implausible, And Pretty Great

So here we are. The show’s over, folks. The final episode of Breaking Bad has aired. Let’s give it a look, and attempt to process. Significant spoilers follow from this point on, both in the post and in the comments. Y’all have been warned. A friend asked me how I felt about the Breaking Bad…

If Gabe Newell laid down some real talk: then maybe he’d say some of the things in this fake but hilarious open letter written by Dorkly about Half-Life 3.

GTA Online Will Launch Tomorrow Morning

Grand Theft Auto V has been out for a couple of weeks, but a big chunk of the game—the entire multiplayer part, actually—was missing at launch. Tomorrow, the ambitious GTA Online multiplayer suite launches as a free download for anyone who owns the base game. Tomorrow at around 7AM Eastern, to be more specific. In…

The PC version of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will come out on November 19. That’s right in between the PS4 and Xbox One versions, which will launch alongside their respective consoles on November 15 and 22. PS3, 360 and Wii U versions come out on October 29.

What Happens After Mortal Kombat’s Cutest Fatality

Yeah, the way that this video pays homage to the old-school digitized look of the first few Mortal Kombat games is cool. And it’s great that there are nods to signature moments of the latest MK title in there, too. But what really makes this video work is the secret revelation about thunder god Raiden.…

I Can’t Stop Watching These Cyclists Missing A Perilous Turn

One by one they ride. One by one they fall. Somewhere in France there is a lush green field where it’s always sunny, save a slow and steady rain of BMX bikes. There’s a stand where they sell fresh-squeezed limonade and the most fanciful umbrellas you’ve ever seen, elaborate cycle-repelling devices that defy imagination. One…