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Modern Warfare Map Returns, Minus the Offensive Imagery

Earlier this month, one of Modern Warfare 2‘s most popular maps, Favela, disappeared. The reason was that the map contained imagery some players found offensive: holy teachings written in a bathroom. As previously reported, in a single room on the map, two paintings had been hung whose frames contained a decorative representation of a quote…

You Can Get a 250GB Xbox 360 For $99 (But There’s a Catch)

Microsoft is expanding its “pay as you go” plans for the Xbox 360 in the United States, adding a 250GB console (and a 250GB console + Kinect) to go alongside the 4GB console that’s been available for a few months now For $99, you can get the 250GB unit (the 250GB + Kinect deal is…

Gotham Overrun with Leather, Latex, and Itchy Plants

Last week, Kotaku took a look at the men of Batman. This week? This week, it’s the ladies’ turn. Brace yourself for the likes of Batgirl, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and more. Any one familiar with Batman knows that the outfits—both for both male and female characters—aren’t exactly a snap to pull off—literally and figuratively. They…

Not Even Famous Developers Could Save This Game From Kickstarter Failure

It’s quickly becoming accepted that for a game to really hit the big time on Kickstarter, it needs the involvement of people gamers can trust. Minimising risk, and all that. So you’d have thought a project involving the co-founder of id Software (Tom Hall) and the designer of Wizardry 8 (Brenda Braithwaite, both above) would…

The First Iron Man 3 Trailer Is Pretty Damn Great

Next spring, Iron Man 3 will hit theaters. Here’s the movie’s first trailer, which just hit. It looks…just wonderful. Iron Man 3 opens in the U.S. on May 3 and on April 26 in the U.K. Iron Man 3 — Official Trailer Marvel [Marvel@YouTube]

The Sad, Sweet Story of Justin and His Big Day Out Playing PlayStation Games

Every Wednesday, the Freddie Mac Foundation sponsors a segment on local news channels in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and Washington DC, turning the cameras on one of their kids who is in need of adoption. The latest was Justin, a “quiet, reserved child” who sure does love video games. So for his turn…

In Dishonored, Stealth is For the Boring

Having got the fancy ending for Dishonored, I thought I had some skills. Turns out my only skills were patience and cowardice. The way Flakked gets things done in this video shows me that my second, more violent playthrough might be a lot more interesting That slide near the end is the stuff of highlight…

Oh Look, a Game About Starting Street Riots

You’d think that, in the wake of last year’s London riots, developers would be wary of making a game based on civil disturbance, even when you consider its a topic rarely covered by games anyway So it’s nice to see Dot Product’s upcoming Wildfire Worlds not only tackle the subject, but do it in a…

Medal of Honor’s Launch-Day Patch Notes Are Hilarious

There’ll be a day-one patch available for EA’s Medal of Honor: Warfighter (it’s out later today), and as the publisher advises, you’d do well to actually download it before trying to play the game. Otherwise you’ll run into an epic list of glitches and broken features Note that these are for a game that has…

Microsoft has released the list of games and apps that will support Smartglass when it launches on Friday.

2012 Game Title of the Year: Hamlet or the Last Game without MMORPG Features, Shaders and Product Placement

There’s Already an Assassin’s Creed Movie, and it’s Awesome

While we wait for a feature-length movie about Assassin’s Creed, the kids at Corridor Digital have put together this five-minute clip for Assassin’s Creed III that is way better than it has any right to be. If I had to gripe, it’d be that the fat British guy needed more screentime than the skinny one,…

Xbox 360 Owners Sure Do Love Drone Strikes

Here’s a question from tonight’s US Presidential debate, put to Xbox 360 owners watching it on their system and taking part in the interactive polls. @carolynmichelle [Twitter]

Brilliant New PlayStation Commercial Makes Drake Fight Kratos

Here’s a new PS3 commercial – and spiritual successor to last year’s “Michael” – for the upcoming PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. It’s certainly something. While I disagree with my colleagues who think “Michael” was Sony’s best-ever ad for the platform, this is certainly the best commercial I’ve seen for a Sony gaming product in a…

Why Pulp Fiction Was So Cool

When I saw Pulp Fiction, I was 14. It was the coolest thing I had seen in my entire life. Since that day, I’ve seen the move probably a dozen times. Each time, I have more of an appreciation for the craft behind it. And so I loved this video essay, which went up at…

Classic NES music gets a soothing, modern makeover courtesy of The Electric Witch’s wonderful NEScapism

You Will Not Believe What This Ripley is Made of

Take a look at these images of Ellen Ripley, star of the Alien series. Take a good look. Squint if you have to. Now let me tell you that these are not photographs of Sigourney Weaver, taken while filming the movie. Nor is this a 3D image, made using data captured from the film. No,…

The Best Way To Transform Doom Into Thief Just Got A Little Better

After several years of existence, The Dark Mod remains the single best way to convert Doom into Thief. Hey, I’ll take it – I like Doom fine, but I like Thief better. The new version of the mod, version 1.08, adds a crap-ton of fixes and tweaks; way more than I could list here. And…

Return To New Vegas: How To Mod The Wasteland Pretty Again

There are so many good games out this fall. So, so many. There’s a type of video game for just about every type of video game player. But there is one thing missing: There’s no vast, open-world role-playing game. Bethesda, scions of the vast open-world RPG, have dedicated this year to the fantastic but decidedly…

Destruction of One Tiny Ship in EVE Online Costs Player $6000 Worth of Cargo

It’s no secret that you can get your virtual self killed—or at least space-shipwrecked—pretty easily in EVE Online. It’s a game of shifting alliances, of diplomacy and economics and war. A player flying around solo, in a small ship, is likely to find himself easy prey. One player, stewie Zanjoahir, apparently wasn’t thinking about how…