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Call of Duty: Bark Ops Is The Most Touching War Game Ever Not Made

I never realized how useful dog tricks could be for a Call of Duty parody video. The shake, fetch, and playful biting really lend themselves to battle scenarios, apparently. The ending is pretty much the best thing ever. I came. I saw. I laughed until I cried a little. Round of applause.

Captain America Gets Sworn in President of the United States

Borderlands 2 Really Does Boast An Impressive Array of PC Settings

The PC version of the first Borderlands was not considered a particularly good port, by any measure. Developer Gearbox took the feedback to heart, and promised PC players an improved experience for Borderlands 2 So did they deliver? It certainly seems so. British gaming commentator TotalBiscuit has created the video above, which takes an exhaustive…

There’s a Digital Version of the Talisman Board Game Coming, For Real This Time

Stop dragging my heart around, Games Workshop. After teasing us with a Capcom-developed version of the fantasy board game that devoured my soul in the early 90’s that never came to fruition, the Warhammer folks hand the property over to Nomad Games, who plan to create a series of Talisman games for PC and mobile…

The full soundtrack album for Torchlight II is now available for free download on Runic’s website.

Sony’s Big Tokyo Game Show Press Conference Happens Tonight. Start Your Guessing.

Sony will hold their big Tokyo Game Show press conference for all things PlayStation at 1pm Wednesday, Tokyo time. That’s midnight eastern… tonight! Our top men in Tokyo will be at the event, liveblogging away. Follow the liveblog here. We’ll have all the news for you, here on the site. What are you putting money…

DayZ Creator Wants You to Help Free His Friends Currently Held ‘Hostage’ In Greece

Dean “Rocket” Hall, creator of 2012 indie shock hit DayZ is pleading for fans to pressure Greek authorities, including the nation’s prime minister, to free two of his colleagues who remain jailed in the southern European nation. Video game developers Ivan Buchta (pictured above, at right, standing next to Hall) and Martin Pezlar were arrested…

The New Dead Island‘s First Trailer Is Not as Amazing as the First Dead Island‘s Trailer

The CGI trailer for Dead Island: Riptide does seem kind of similar to that emotionally riveting one for the first Dead Island game. Slow, soft (though not as good) music. A focus on loving characters in a bad spot. Pretty, warm colors. A sad ending. It just doesn’t go in reverse. And it certainly didn’t…

This is a Mobile Panzer Dragoon Game in Everything But Name

Microsoft Studios might be calling it Crimson Dragon: Side Story, but this incredibly deep and stylish shooter for the Windows Phone 7 is pure 2D Panzer Dragoon Side Story is the mobile companion to Crimson Dragon, the Kinect-powered Xbox Live Arcade shooter that last I heard was still in development limbo. The team creating that…

7 1/2 Minutes of Cube World Will Make You Smile, Unless You Hate Happiness

Inspired by Minecraft, Zelda, Diablo and more…capable of melting the heart of our own Luke Plunkett (actually, the guy already worships The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker)…and just all-around amazing-looking… This is the game codenamed Cube World. It’s being made by a mere two people and will be out for PCs eventually. It can be…

Fable Finally Feels Intense. But It’s The Horse That Made Me Care.

Forget the hero of Albion. Theresa—a prophetic seer who has appeared in all the previous Fable games—is not only hundreds of years old, but she likes to orchestrate things from the shadows. A character who commands true intrigue. She has visions of the future, but her motivations are always unclear. So she’s a mystery woman.…

LittleBigPlanet Vita Understands How You Feel About Online Passes

And the crowd roars! Except it’s more of an “aww man” than an “aww yeah.” A warranted reaction when you’re required to have a network pass to access the community options on LittleBigPlanet Vita Make that nine things you should know about the game, especially noting Kirk’s interest in community-made levels. Thanks for the empathy,…

Even An Olympic Gymnast Should Probably Not Play With a 3DS While Standing On Her Hands

Nintendo has a long history of getting celebrities—honest-to-goodness non-gaming celebrities—into commercials for their handheld systems. Nicole Kidman, Sir Patrick Stewart, Liv Tyler, Carrie Underwood, Beyonce, and America Ferrara have all appeared in ads for the Nintendo DS over the past five years. Those ads were actually pretty effective. Mostly they just showed people, if famous…

Now Apple gamers can get in on the Guild Wars 2 action, as ArenaNet releases the Mac beta client for the popular MMO.

Lieutenant Worf is Playing a Werewolf in the Castlevania Movie. Wait, What?

In the latest episode of Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist podcast, Michael “Worf” Dorn discusses his role in the big screen adaptation of Castlevania, a movie I had absolutely no idea was in production. In between discussions about piloting airplanes and the challenge of sticking to his vegan diet during film shoots, the actor known for portraying…

LittleBigPlanet Vita is an Excellent Reason to Pick Up a Nyko Power Grip

With LittleBigPlanet Vita utilizing the touch controls of Sony’s latest handheld to make creating and sharing levels more accessible than ever before, budding creators will need a lot of juice to bring their vision to life. Enter Nyko’s battery-enhancing Power Grip, making Sony’s dream of a batarang controller a reality. Nyko sent me the Power…

The Ladies of Resident Evil

As far as big name horror franchises go, they don’t get much bigger than Resident Evil. The survival series is iconic, spawning a slew of games and Hollywood hit films. No wonder fans love cosplaying as RE characters. Resident Evil doesn’t only star strong male characters, but strong female ones, too. Next week, Kotaku will…

A Game About One of World War Two’s Saddest Moments

The Warsaw Uprising was a tragedy. In August 1944, with the Red Army at the gates of the Nazi-occupied Polish capital, resistance fighters rose up to battle the Germans and help make their liberation a little easier. But Soviet help never came. Stalin halted the Red Army on the outskirts of the city and ignored…

Even Dragon Quest V Knows Prince Harry is a Naughty Boy

Dragon Quest V may have been first released in 1992, but even then, through the powers of the Super Famicom and Yuji Hori, it knew that the brother of the future King of England could be a bit of a handful And before you go thinking that was just slid in there for the 2009…

This is What a $1200 PC Gaming Case Looks Like

For many, spending $1200 on their entire PC would be a bit much. Spending $1200 on just the case? That’s crazy talk. Yet if you can afford it…and I know some people out there can…well, there’s a case for you on the market, and it looks great. Like something that should be sitting under a…