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There’s a Kickstarter to fund the “Tweedpunk” shooter entitled ‘Sir, You Are Being Hunted’ [kickstarter.com]

Here’s The Difference The Day One Patch Made to Assassin’s Creed III [UPDATE]

Assassin’s Creed III is a very good game but also a fairly buggy game. And like many modern video games before it, the console versions were patched before they were even officially released. This means that the version of ACIII that you might have on disc isn’t really what you should be playing. The game’s…

This Week’s iPad Charts: Spider — He is Our Hero

In what is hopefully the last graphic installment of our weekly mobile charts, the classic (if a platform that’s only a few years old can have a classic) Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor skitters to the top of the free charts, and a pair of big budget console game tie-ins make paid appearances. Need…

Angry Birds Star Wars’ Only Hope? Obi-Wing Kabirdy, Of Course

The crossover between an incredibly successful film franchise and the near-ubiquitous mobile game continues apace, with the latest character reveal of Bad Piggy and Angry Birds versions of Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi. A slice of Angry Birds Star Wars gameplay is shown, but other than pigs in Stormtrooper attire nothing looks terribly like Star…

Black Ops II offers ‘Nuketown 2025’ as a Pre-Order bonus

Nuketown 2025, a retro-style multiplayer map inspired by nuclear test sites such as the one seen in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, will be available for Call of Duty: Black Ops II at release for pre-order customers. The above video should give a good idea what the map will be like.…

Hey, Want to Help Make a AAA Video Game? Just E-Mail Watch Dogs.

Ubisoft hasn’t mentioned anything about their show-stealing, hacker stealth game Watch Dogs for a while. That’s presumably because they’re off making it. And they need more people to help craft the initial entry of what’s presumably a new franchise. Based on the comments in the video above, the team working on Watch Dogs seems to…

The Wondrous Armor of The Grinns Tale

You’re looking at the tier six armor for Nexon’s utterly wondrous social RPG The Grinns Tale, which I wrote about on that website we had last week. Official launch is November 6, but you can play it now, or watch a video about the game’s whimsical design. Your choice!

Bless Me, Father, For I Freakin’ Love Nun Attack

Let me break it down for you: 12 years of Catholic school. Powder-blue communion suit. Did the Stations of the Cross ON MY KNEES for multiple years. Childhood best friend was an altar boy. (He’s fine. Nothing ever happened. Thanks for asking.) I say all this to establish that I know all about nuns. Nuns…

Feast Your Eyes on These New Dynasty Warriors Screens

Feast Your Eyes on These New Dynasty Warriors Screens [game.watch.impress.co.jp]

It’s Kinda Like a Power Glove for Couch Potatoes

Japanese peripheral maker Thanko is releasing a wireless gesture controlled mouse that you can strap to your hand and, along with Thanko’s Android-enabled TV converters, allow you to sit on you sofa and flick your finger around. The wireless gesture mouse can also be used with Windows and Mac OS. Watch it in action. Lazy…

WSJ: Microsoft Is Testing Its Own Smartphone

WSJ: Microsoft Is Testing Its Own Smartphone [updates.gizmodo.com]

This Is The Next PixelJunk. It’s a PC Game.

Kyoto based Q-Games is working on its new title. The game, currently codenamed PixelJunk 1-6, is being made with the PC specifically in mind. Above is a first look. The 1-6 codename references the game’s place in the PixelJunk series: it will be the sixth PixelJunk game. While developing the game, Q Games is also…

61 of the Best Indie Games Out There, All in the One Video

There are more indie games out there than you could ever hope to count. For every one you hear about on Steam, or on here, there are thousands upon thousands being made in bedrooms, studios and classrooms around the world. So knowing where to start on digging into some quality titles can be a bit…

Now THIS is the Halo 4 Unboxing You’ve Been Waiting For

Now THIS is the Halo 4 Unboxing You’ve Been Waiting For [youtube.com]

You’d Be Forgiven For Thinking This Was a Valve Trailer

When Valve released the Source Filmmaker code earlier this year, it was accomplishing two things. 1) Put an amazingly flexible set of tools in the hands of amateur filmmakers, who could go on to produce some amazingly professional results. 2) The most professional of those videos could serve as the very best kind of free…

A Strategy Game About Digging Yourself Off an Alien Planet

We looked at Maia a few months back here on Kotaku, but in a new clip put together for the game’s Kickstarter campaign, we get to see a whole lot more of it. It’s a game about, at its most basic level, managing a space colony/station. Only with all kinds of delicious tactical stuff added…

This Kid’s First Words Better Be “Goon Dah”

I know, Halloween was so last month, but this was too damn adorable (and well-made) to pass up on. Cosplay of the Day [TDW]

Four Minutes of Halo 4’s Multiplayer Madness

I’m so busy with the game’s singleplayer campaign I haven’t even touched Halo 4’s multiplayer yet. Which is a shame, because I’m sure it’s a blast turning those terrific new guns (and most of them are super satisfying) on actual humans. Halo 4 – First Ever Montage: “In with the New” [Bravo]

The Wolfenstein Movie is Back From the Dead

Roger Avary has been working on a Wolfenstein (id’s shooter series, not its predecessor) movie for over five years now, but in the meantime he’s been, um, a little busy So fans of the series, or of Avary’s work, should know that as of this week the project is back on the front foot, with…

Cultures Clash in These Assassin’s Creed III Videos

A culture clash theme anchors a couple of viral cosplay videos commissioned by Ubisoft Netherlands, showing Connor Kenway coming to grips with the new world. The first is above, here’s the second. There’s a choose-your-own-adventure outcome at the end, each outcome neither much surprising nor terribly violent. The costume and settings still form a nice…