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Dammit, Mario, Can’t You Let Luigi Have His Moment Of Glory?

Japan is getting a very pretty Luigi 3DS XL handheld later this year. It’s got little green Luigis all over it, and a special logo for his 30th anniversary, riffing on the Super Mario Bros. 25th anniversary logo we saw a few years back. But wait, what’s that? In the top-right corner, as spotted by…

A Museum That Looks Like Every First-Person Shooter Game Ever Made

This “cultural centre” in Istanbul is called Sintralİstanbul. It was first opened in 1914 as the city’s sole electric power plant, before its current life as Turkey’s Museum of Energy. I share these photos by a pair of travellers here, and not on my personal travel blog nomorecleanundies.tumblr.com, because just look at these pictures By…

You Can Buy Your Own Life-Sized Iron Man. Tony Stark Not Included.

Iron Man toys are for kids. When you really want to buy Iron Man merch, and you have the money/space to make an impact, you buy this. A life-size replica of Tony Stark’s suit in the upcoming Iron Man 3. Pricing and ordering info are to come, but considering it’s life-sized, covered in automotive paint…

The Luigi Craze In Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Sure Is Ridiculous

It’s the year of Luigi. What better way to celebrate than with an RPG adventure where you drop into Luigi’s dreams? While that’s a weirdly specific way to celebrate a character, it’s exactly what you’ll be doing in the upcoming Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. And when you’re in Luigi’s dreams, the Luigibilities are endless.…

From 10am ET/ 7:00am PT on April 19 until 1p ET/10am PT on April 22, Microsoft will be running a free Xbox Live Gold weekend.

Now Hawken Has a Target Class. I Mean Healer Class.

No, I think I was right the first time. If you see the new Technician mech on the enemy’s team, kill it. If it’s on your team, hug it. If it’s you, then congratulations, you’re a helper. Way to help. Want to see pics of the new map you’ll be dying on? Along with various…

Sometimes, You Just Gotta Break Up With Your (Gaming) Buddies

Compatibility is difficult, that’s why there’s an entire industry behind dating and advising people on how to best find true love. It’s not just romance, though: compatibility is important, yet equally difficult when you’re playing games with your buddies. What if your playstyles don’t match up? Here’s an amusing video by TheWarpZone which looks at…

Real Life Photos Mixed With 16-Bit Video Games Are Amazing

The 16-bit era had unique visuals. Simple yet bright and colorful, we could always get lost in the tiny details. Taking parts of these memorable games and mixing them with a real life environment might sound odd, but if done right the results are beautiful. Two gents, deviantART user Victor Sauron and Glauber Tanaka, played…

The MOGA Android Controller is Now Available in Large

Last year, peripheral maker Power A introduced the Android-gaming world to the MOGA controller system with a pocket-sized game pad with a clip for holding your phone. It’s a nifty little device, but the game support wasn’t quite as expansive as I’d like. Today Power A releases the MOGA Pro, a console-sized game pad with…

Show Us What You Love And Hate About the Beyond: Two Souls Box Art

In a world where we’re constantly bombarded with gross, tacky box art, a well designed cover can be a breath of fresh air. To that end, how does the newly revealed, gunless box art for Beyond: Two Souls fit in? It’s time to weigh in, Kotaku readers. Using our image annotation system, show us what…

The Wii U’s Biggest Problem Is The 3DS

Analyzing a company’s position and their marketing strategy with consoles is often of little interest to me: I’m not an investor, and sometimes the conversations feel like a slightly more sophisticated version of people arguing about the CONSOLE WARS™ on forums. Bleh. And yet I walked out of a Nintendo preview event yesterday with one…

Watch Two Fighting Game Masters Punch with Words. (Not Really.)

They call one of them The Beast. The other goes by Skillian. Together, they represent the collective passion that have made the fighting game community one of the world’s most vibrant, and dedicated sets of game players. This past weekend, they talked about what it’s like to face off against someone else on a video…

Did Intel Steal Mass Effect Fan Art?

At least one BioWare staffer thinks Intel took and edited Mass Effect fan art for a logo on their website. This afternoon, BioWare writer Patrick Weekes retweeted an accusation by Twitter user @sa_roux. The accusation: that Intel stole fan art of Mass Effect‘s Tali for the logo on their latest game demo contest “I always…

Aquaman Isn’t Happy In This Preview of Next Week’s Injustice #4

DC’s been putting out a crankier, less friendly version of the Justice League in the comics tying into the newly released Injustice fighting game. Superman takes over the world for the greater good and some heroes align with him. Aquaman isn’t one them, though. It’s not the years of ridicule that sets Arthur Curry off…

Speaking of Transformers, Hasbro is kicking off the 30th anniversary of the franchise a year early with the Transformers Fan Built Bot Poll, giving bot lovers a chance to vote on thefirst ever fan-created robot in disguise. The winner will be made into a toy and appear in the IDW comics. Voting runs through May…

Daredevil Can’t Sense the Danger in My Favorite Scene From This Week’s Comics. What’s Yours?

When he’s running around as Daredevil, Matt Murdock’s nickname is The Man Without Fear. In an issue that brings the chain of recent threats to a head, that belief gets tested big time. Chris Samnee handles the pencils on this issue and I really love what he does with this page. Each super-sense gets a…

My Favorite Superman Comic Is One Where He’s Not That Super.

Today is Superman’s 75th birthday. (Lois Lane’s, too!) And, yes, that Man of Steel trailer is great. Count me among the people excited to see Superman fly on a movie screen again. But the buzz around Kal-El’s cinematic return is a convenient distraction from the fact that the Superman comics currently in publication aren’t that…

There are 18 Armors in the Official Iron Man 3 Game. Can You Name Them?

I can name every one of the 18 Iron Man armors buildable in Gameloft’s official movie tie-in, coming April 25 to iOS and Android, and it only took me ten seconds. I named them all Tony. It seemed appropriate. You’ll probably want to call them something else. Looking at the individual files Gameloft sent over,…

The Creators of Papo & Yo Are Making A Game About Bullying

Staring today, millions more people will be able to play my favorite game of 2012. Papo & Yo—the semiautobiographical magical realism adventure that explores life with an abusive, addicted parent—comes out for PC today, after months as a PS3 exclusive. The move to another platform will help the critically acclaimed game get a lot closer…

Moneysaver One-Shot: New Graphics Cards With Up To 7 Free Games

The graphics card(s) you choose for your new rig tend to be the most expensive component, and they don’t come cheap. We find that the best cure for wallet pain is free video games, and today we’ve got a lot of graphics card options for you to choose from, that include up to 6 highly-regarded…