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Monster Hunter‘s ‘Prance’ Goes On World Tour, Next Stop: Your Dreams

If ever there was a Monster Hunter gesture that deserved a dance-party video, it was the Prance. And so the guys at Explosive Alan have given us this excellent montage of pitch-perfect prancing, taking their MH characters on a tour through the world of games, cinema, television and beyond. They even stop off at the…

Daredevil Punching a Cancer Dinosaur Is My Favorite Panel from This Week’s Comics

Daredevil #26: Serious shit happens in this latest issue of Matt Murdock’s comic. Daredevil runs around scared senseless after getting his butt handed to him last issue by a physically superior doppelganger, terrified that he won’t be able to help Foggy Nelson as his best friend’s battles cancer. The reveal of the mastermind behind the…

Valve Has Crowdsourced Banning Cheaters In Counter-Strike

You might want to think twice before cheating in front of, if not being a jerk to fellow Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players now. For all you know, they might be an “investigator” capable of banning you. According to the Counter-Strike blog, Valve is debuting something called “Overwatch.” Although in beta right now, the idea is…

Comic Book Resources reports that—just weeks after a dust-up involving the banning and reinstatement of Image Comics’ Saga #12—digital comics distributor Comixology has once again pulled dozens of comics with explicit content from their iOS app, .

Get ready to lop off some heads—first-person slasher Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is having a free weekend on Steam. From now until Sunday at 4PM Eastern, you’ll be able to leap into battle and slice and dice for zero bucks. And, if you decide you want to buy the game, it’s on sale. Just watch out…

The Moneysaver: Infinite $40 On Consoles, The Wire, Retro Game Music

Some men just want to watch the world save. Welcome to another installment of the Moneysaver. Today console owners can grab Bioshock: Infinite for $40, which matches the weekend’s Gold Box price and is the cheapest it’s been on consoles so far. If you’re looking for PC parts we’ve got a very nice Rigged section…

Great Moments in Tweeting With Jonny Moseley

Skiing great Jonny Moseley types his Tweets one letter at a time, just like the rest of us. And here he is chiming in on an exchange betweenKotaku gossip Superannuation, Giant Bomb‘s Ryan Davis and me. This, folks, is what Twitter was made for. Just no one tell Jonny that Ryan Davis reviewed Jonny’s PS2…

Not Going To E3? Square Enix Has Got You Covered

We don’t know what Square Enix is showing at E3 this year, but you’ll be able to get the same view as Kotaku: the Final Fantasy makers are planning to run a livestream from their booth. Crushing disappointment: now in real-time. Or, hey, maybe we’ll all be pleasantly surprised! Maybe we’ll see Final Fantasy XV…

Final Fantasy XIV Reborn August 27, Gets Another Collector’s Edition

Final Fantasy XIV was released in September of 2010, and it wasn’t very good. On August 27, nearly three years later, Final Fantasy XIV rises again a realm reborn, and Square Enix is celebrating with a collector’s edition that’s much better than the original. Now available for preorder for the PC and PlayStation 3, Final…

New CGI Destiny Trailer Features Massive Nightmare Space Marine

I bet you thought that huge thing behind the space marines was going to be a giant worm, or an alien bug or something! Nope, it’s an even bigger space marine, with a gatling gun the size of a mid-grade sea vessel. Some very Halo-y piano in there at the end, too. No gameplay yet,…

Take a Look At The Witness’ Gameplay Right Here

For all the articles and interviews about The Witness, people have been wondering what the experience of playing the next game from the creator of Braid would look like. You can get a glimpse of The Witness in action in an interview on the official PlayStation Blog. In addition to the gameplay snippets, Jonathan Blow…

G.I. Joe Battleground Prepares To Deploy Ultimate Fan Service

When the folks at DeNA asked me if I wanted to talk to the producer of a new G.I. Joe game coming to IOS and Android, I had one question: “Real American Hero G.I. Joe, or movie Joe?” Obviously they answered correctly. Extending the partnership with Hasbro that brought us Transformers Legends, DeNA’s G.I. Joe…

Microsoft Promises More Japanese Support For Xbox One At E3

You might have noticed that this week’s Xbox One event was very… Western. Microsoft’s snazzy entertainment functions are all designed for American televisions. The games—FIFA, Call of Duty, Quantum Break—were all made by Western developers. Other than a two-second appearance by Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima, there wasn’t much for fans of Japanese games…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Zarynx returns with another Gil Toss and this time, she’s talking about nerdy spending habits when it comes to the stuff we’re obsessed with. Geek Empress takes a groovy journey writing about acid trip games. Finally, PocoGrandes launches n00bism, a new recurring feature where you’re…

Hey, if you’re wondering what’s next from the House of Mario—and who isn’t?—there’s going to be a Nintendo Direct broadcast during E3. It’s scheduled for 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time on June 11th. What do you think they’re going to announce?

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and The Denpa Men: They Came by Wave are part of the Nintendo Download’s weekly offering this time out. See the full list here

How Does Local News Cover The Xbox One? By Asking The Weatherman.

Meteorologists across the country are truly upset that the Xbox One isn’t backwards-compatible. This weatherman, who looks, sounds, and acts a bit like Brick from Anchorman, is not too pleased about having to “buy a whole collection of other games for 90 bucks each.” Poor guy. I bet Don Mattrick thinks he’s really backwards

EA Says Need for Speed Rivals‘ Open-World Chases Are Next-Gen Racing

New video game hardware is coming down the pike and those machines are going to need showpieces, games that show off why the PS4 and Xbox One are a significant step ahead of their predecessors. The guys making Need For Speed Rivals—the next installment of the long-running racing series–believe that they’re making one of those…

Square Enix America CEO Steps Down

The head of Square Enix’s American branch has left his post, just two months after the resignation of CEO Yoichi Wada. Square Enix America boss Mike Fischer left the company this month on good terms, Polygon reports. Fischer, who had been head of the game publisher’s American division for the past three years, is now…

Here’s The Craziest And Funniest Attack on Titan Interpretation So Far

This happens when you leave someone who enjoys the anime series Attack on Titan and who has some dancing skills alone in an empty room. The Japanese edits and remixes of the powerful opening were already hilarious, but with this take, originally posted on NicoNico Douga, just reached a whole new level. Crazy skills! 【涼宮あつき】Shingeki…