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Seven Years Later, Deadly Plague Returns to World of Warcraft

Late last night, reports WoW Insider, Death Knights in World of Warcraft contracted a bug which allowed them to cast plagues upon friendly targets. The afflicted death knights, as per their namesake, went apeshit with this newfound power, laying waste to Azeroth’s population in a way not seen since the infamous “Corrupted Blood” plague—which celebrated…

This Fan-Made Borderlands Shootout Video Takes Us Back to 2009

We’ve seen some swell Borderlands cosplay leading up to Tuesday’s release of Borderlands 2, but those were in still photos. Here’s a video tribute to the original characters from Gearbox Software’s smash hit from three years ago. Don’t go looking for much of a big story, surprise or sight gag—though I do like the post-production…

Play Pac-Man With a Portal Gun and Never Get Trapped By Blinky and Clyde Again

In Pac-Man if you were trapped by two ghosts, all you could do was jiggle the joystick and hope the pattern backed one off at the last minute. In PacMan Portal, you can just fire at the wall, slip through, and get back to chompin’. Created by Russian programmer Dj_smart, the game was updated about…

Someone’s Already Trying to Sell a Wii U on eBay. For $900.

Remember when the Wii launched? What were those things going for on the gray market, like $700 or something? Actually, yeah—Fahey did this analysis after the 2006 holidays and found the price, for a pre-order listing on eBay, spiked at $707, almost three times its MSRP. (That’s not counting this jackhole, trying to sell one…

Best Buy’s online store is sold out of the deluxe Wii U, says Jason Schreier. Try Toys R Us, unless you want basic.

The Moneysaver: Bordering on Insane

The big upcoming release is Borderlands 2 and we’ve found a sale on the DLC subscription so you can be ready when those extras start rolling out. None of the big three (Best Buy, Gamestop, Amazon) have the console versions discounted, so you’ll probably only find deals if you’re looking for the PC download. Elsewhere,…

The Best of Kotaku, This Week

Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. This week’s best image is a re-highlighting of that awesome Borderlands cosplay Luke showed us this week. It’s also very fitting since Borderlands 2 comes out so soon and I’ll be spending my weekend playing it for a review…

Too lazy to buy it in person? When PlayStation Store updates Tuesday, you can download Borderlands 2 for $59.99.

Still Mostly Optimistic About AMC’s The Walking Dead

I’m on the record saying that I’ve been disappointed by AMC’s treatment of The Walking Dead. The books are better. The video game is much, much better That said, I’m more optimistic about the upcoming season than the past ones, largely because it will recreate my favorite storyline from the books and introduce Michonne, my…

GameStop has, nationwide, sold out its preorder stock of deluxe Wii U models, says Fahey. Basic bundles are dwindling.

Obsidian’s “Project Eternity” RPG Kickstarter has already raised $630,000—halfway to its goal in less than a day.

This Isn’t The Black and Gold Deus Ex: Human Revolution You Remember. It’s Glitchier. Prettier. Better.

So “better” might be subjective. But while I absolutely adored Deus Ex: Human Revolution as it was, I would totally play this pop art version of it. It’s also making my heart ache to play the game again. We saw some screens of the shadow glitch last month, but you can see it above in…

Here Is EVE‘s In-World Memorial to Its Statesman, ‘Vile Rat’

As has been written before, Sean Smith of the U.S. State Department also was a deeply committed presence inside the world of EVE Online, as well as outside it, serving on the unique Council of Stellar Management, a governing body selected by its peers and convened in the real world. Smith was killed Tuesday in…

Francis is Back, and He is Pissed at the Wii U

Francis, the vox fulminati of gamers worldwide, has contemplated yesterday’s formal unveiling of the Wii U’s price, specifications and launch lineup and offers this cogent analysis of its shortcomings, plus the phonetic pronunciation of “TVii.” It evidently has less memory than his nonexistent wristwatch. And, in probably the most humiliating slam, “Apple charges less for…

Cliff Bleszinski Was A Drama Geek In High School (And Other Fun Facts About The Gears Of War Creator)

Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski did a cool Q&A on Reddit today. It’s a great read! But in case you’re in a rush or you don’t feel like going to Reddit, here’s one of my favorite excerpts. Redditor cheesiepoofs asks: 1) How did you get to where you are in the videogame industry? How…

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Pays Tribute to Slain Diplomat and EVE Online Gamer

In a memorial service today for four American diplomats assassinated in Libya earlier this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid tribute to Sean Smith, a consular officer for the United States who also served as a diplomat in EVE Online and as a member of that MMO’s real-world governing body. In her eulogy, Clinton…

For a While There, Wreck-It Ralph Barely Looked Human

I’m a sucker for watching a character visually evolve over time. It’s almost like looking at alternate lives that a fictional character could’ve embodied with slightly different personalities. For example, you can see how Spryo the Dragon seemed to have an entirely different attitude in these early designs And though the movie’s not quite out…

President Obama Returns to Madden—Through In-Game Advertising

President Obama may not be in Madden NFL 13‘s Super Bowl celebration ceremony but that doesn’t mean the POTUS can’t buy his way back into the game. Ads for his re-election campaign are popping up in the game’s multiplayer menu, but only in targeted states. Ohio, Nevada, Colorado, Iowa, New Hampshire and Virginia are the…

Fantasy Drafts Are Again a Reality in Madden

A server-side update has returned the fantasy-draft option to Madden NFL under its new Connected Careers mode, but only for online leagues. Still, anyone present in a league before it begins is able to participate in a draft of all of the NFL’s active talent, remaking and rebalancing each of the NFL’s 32 franchises. Fantasy…

You Can Play Black Mesa Right Now

The mega-ambitious, long-in-development Half-Life remake/tribute Black Mesa is finished, and you can download it from Gamefront right now and give it a whirl. You’ll have to follow the instructions on the Gamefront page, as Black Mesa requires that you install the 2007 Source software development kit. In the video above, you can see a comparison…