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Here’s a great essay from Tiny Cartridge about how loneliness inAnimal Crossingcreates long-lasting friendships

Oh My God, Look at This Enormous Shark in Assassin’s Creed IV

Shark Week is right around the corner, and Los Angeles just finished recovering from the sharknado so, of course, the latest batch of screenshots for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag would feature a couple of big-ass sharks prominently. They’re the assassins of the sea, after all. What you don’t see above is the guy is…

If You Liked Pacific Rim, This Is The Video Game For You

Both Pacific Rim games are terrible, by all accounts, which is totally unsurprising yet disappointing nonetheless. You’d think someone would be able to make a decent video game out of giant robots fighting aliens. Don’t worry, though—if you’re into Jaegers and mech and all that jazz, there’s a video game that’s well worth your time:…

Saints Row‘s Canceled Expansion Resurrected as DLC

First it was an April Fool’s Joke. Then it was real. Then it was going to be a standalone expansion to Saints Row: The Third. Then it was going to be part of Saints Row IV. Now Enter the Dominatrix is officially announced as DLC, and will arrive in October. Volition made the announcement at…

You know the kind of love that’s terrifying in a “might kill you” way?

Yeah, that sounds about right.

Ridiculous Moments In Hitman: Absolution

Here are a bunch of reasons to laugh at Hitman: Absolution, both intended and unintended by the game’s creators. On the one hand you have the funny physics glitches and warped limbs, and on the other you have AI dialogue reacting to your behavior. Courtesy of Machinima, it’s actually quite incredible to see just how…

PS All-Stars‘ Journey/Gravity Rush Stage Left on Cutting Room Floor

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale at one point had plans for a Gravity Rush/Journey crossover stage, according to images leaked by one of the game’s artists. Whether it was meant to be DLC is kind of a moot point, as the only post-release support the game is now getting is online match-making. PlayStation Euphoria noticed the…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: DocSeuss contributes a deeply personal post why he keeps coming back to TAY Kotaku. JJtheTexan plumbs the N64 and GameCube eras in his catalog of long-lost Nintendo games And feel free to jump in and help decide what the next game for TAY’s Game Night…

You Have Bested Me, Scribblenauts Unmasked

Here’s exactly how my short play session with the upcoming Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure went at the San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. “What about…DAMMIT!” Rinse and repeat. Since reading about Stephen Totilo’s adventures in 5th Cell’s upcoming DC Universe joint, I’ve been itching to give the game’s Bat Computer a go. I’ve been…

Angry Birds Star Wars II‘s Telepods Tech Is Really Quite Clever

Announced last week, Angry Birds Star Wars II gives fans the ability to swap out the bird (or pig) line-up in their iPad or Android game using physical toys, but Hasbro’s Telepods technology isn’t Skylanders. It’s much simpler than that. At the bottom of every packaged Angry Birds Star Wars Telepods figure, seen here in…

The Spy From Team Fortress Would Be An Excellent James Bond

Apart from the fact that Spy is originally from France, he’d still perform well in Her Majesty’s Secret Service. This video mashing up Team Fortress 2 with the most recent James Bond flick is so incredibly well done it leaves that impression. Guess who plays the antagonist with the funky hair. Spyfall [YouTube. Video by…

I didn’t know there was a final boss in Fifa 13, but there he is, and he’s guarding the goal like something straight out of Dark Souls, ready to wipe out the entire field with a single kick (if he can stand up). Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of…

On July 29, the Australian Classification Board willsit down to have another look at and possibly re-classify Saints Row IV, for which they refused classification last month—a decision which effectively banned the game in Australia. This follows the recent appearance of a low-violence version of the game on Steam.

New Star Wars Figures Know How To Make Money

A second series of those awesome Star Wars Black Series action figures are on the way, and they’re hitting four of the biggest fan favourites all in one shot. Where the first batch featured Luke, Vader, Darth Maul and a Sandtrooper, the second line will have Han Solo, Boba Fett, Greedo and…Slave Leia. It’s almost…

Minecraft Leaves The Earth, Heads Into Space

Just when you think you’re done being impressed by what people can do with Minecraft, somebody comes along with a mod that literally takes the game to another world. Galacticraft is a mod released earlier this year that turns your little Minecraft dude into an astronaut, able to jump into a rocket, fly above the…

If There Is A God, This New Syndicate Tribute Will Get Made

A little extreme, perhaps, to hinge the existence of a higher power on the funding for a video game project, but this isn’t your average Kickstarter. It’s for a game that is, in everthing but name, a new Syndicate title. So it’s important I wrote about Satellite Reign a few weeks back, but the team…

The Desert Is Swiftly Swallowing Darth Vader’s Old House

From ground level, it’seasy to see how old “houses” used in the filming of Star Wars can quickly turn into forgotten ruins. But when you look at the bigger picture, you get a more interesting story. A run-down old set from Star Wars Episode I has found itself the centre of an important scientific study.…

Russian Gas Truck Explodes, Caught On “First-Person” Camera

Russia, your people’s love of putting cameras on their car dashboards has won the day again. Only a few months after the craze let the world see an insaneevent it might otherwise have missed, this time we get to see a freway bumper-to-bumper become a fireball, a truck carrying gas cannisters exploding on contact and…

Think I’m ready to try out for the New England Patriots yet?

I’d also accept “auditioning for a role in Step Out” or “auditioning for a role in Step Out 2” or “auditioning for a role in Step Out 3: The Streets, 2”. One of my favorite features of Animal Crossing: New Leaf is the QR Reader that you unlock after talking to Sable (the sewing hedgehog…

Homeworld Games Getting HD Remakes

Surprising absolutely nobody – I’ve got money on these being the only releases the series’ new owners ever bother with – Gearbox announced over the weekend it will be releasing HD upgrades to both Homeworld and Homeworld 2. If you only want to play the originals – and you might, because time has been very…