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See The Giant GameStop Factory in Texas Where Your Used Games & Consoles End up

Around 80% of trade-ins that take place in a GameStop store are re-sold in the same location. Those that aren’t, though, are moved on to this enormous factory and processing facility in Texas. If a game is traded in and the disc is looking a little worse for wear, it’s sent here for cleaning (with…

This Man Built a Working Computer From Fallout. It’s Pretty Damn Great.

This elaborate custom PC was built for display at this year’s QuakeCon. You can take your pick as to what’s most amazing about the project: the fact it works, the fact it looks identical to a terminal from Fallout, or the fact the entire thing cost under $60. The PC’s exterior is hand-made, while the…

The Ultimate Batman Action Figure is This 18-Inch Dark Knight

When you spend over $400 on an action figure – that’s right, this is a posable figure, not a statue – you expect a certain level of “wow”. I’m not sure this Batman figure delivers $400 worth of wow, but it sure does come close. Standing an enormous 18 inches tall, the Hot Toys figure…

PlayStation Plus Subscribers Will Get In First During PlayStation All-Stars‘ Public Beta This Fall

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will get a public beta this fall, following a private beta that, over the weekend, was said to reveal eight more characters from the game’s roster and what appeared to be all of its stages. SuperBot Entertainment, the game’s developer, acknowledged the leak in a post today on the PlayStation blog,…

Finally, Someone Mashed Up The Theme Music To Game Of Thrones And Skyrim

The themes to Skyrim and Game of Thrones have a lot in common—they’re both driving, building melodies with a kind of “Nordic Triplet” groove going on. Sure, they’re in different keys, but that’s never stopped enthusiastic mashup artists in the past, so why should it now? GeekRemixed has put together this mashup by Fatboy Roberts,…

Porter Robinson’s New Video Is Like The Internet Ate Too Much Ice Cream And Had A Really Weird Dream

When friendly Mr. Anthony Carboni shared Porter Robinson‘s new video for “Language” yesterday, he described it as “What tumblr dreams about at night.” I agree. It’s a little bit Twilight/Hunger Games, a little bit The B.F.G., a little bit “Desktop Background Website.” And a lot awesome.

Royal Rainbow: The Katamari Damacy Mixtape

Few game soundtracks are flawless: You may have a couple of standout hits, but chances are you’re going to have a couple of stinkers as well. One possible exception, however, is Katamari Damacy. The first two Katamari soundtracks are almost perfect, ranking in as some of the most eclectic and vibrant music to ever be…

See How Sound Shapes Turns Your Vita Into A Fully Fledged Music Sequencer

I’ve had my eye on Sound Shapes for a good long while; the music-platformer-sequencer isn’t quite like any game I’ve played before, and I’m entirely enamored of its approach to musically integrated level design. In this video, Queasy Games’ Jonathan Mak puts together a track using the built-in level editor. As you can see, it’s…

The 12 Greatest Drum Solos On The Internet

Buddy Rich. Dennis Chambers. Dave Lombardo. Animal. These are the legends of the drums, masters who make the most acrobatic drum fills look effortless. It’s fun to listen to them play; it’s even more fun to watch. Here now, Kotaku Melodic presents the funniest, the shreddingist, the most entertaining; the 12 Greatest Drum Solos On…

Riding a Mech To The Bottom Of The Ocean In Mass Effect 3‘s Leviathan DLC

I’ve just played a chunk of one of the combat missions in the new Mass Effect 3 DLC, Leviathan. There was a boat. There was water. There was a mech. And Shepard dove to the bottom of the sea, Abyss-style. Before I got the controller, BioWare’s Nick Clifford took us through a cinematic near the…

Real Racing Wheels Out Some Damn Nice Visuals for an iPad Racing Game

I’m not sure how she handles, but Real Racing 3, sure looked fast today at Electronic Arts’ summer showcase. The game is the sequel in the cutting edge racer from Fire Monkey, the joint operation of Firemint (creators of Real Racing, as well as iOS hit Flight Control) and EA’s in-house studio Iron Monkey. An…

“All-Out Vehicle Warfare” Roars Down the Road in Battlefield 3: Armored Kill This Fall

Jets, jeeps and turrets galore feature in Battlefield 3: Armored Kill, the next expansion pack coming for the military shooter from DICE. The extension promises “all out vehicle warfare,” DICE said at EA’s summer showcase today, and will deliver a Tank Superiority mode as well as “Armored Shield,” a map set in Russia. These five…

See the New Levels id Is Adding To Doom 3

We’ve got ourselves a new trailer for October’s Doom 3: BFG Edition. This one highlights the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 game’s new eight-level “Lost Mission.” But what about Doom 4? Id is still working on it—they even moved their mobile designers onto the project, begging off any more mobile gaming for the time being—but…

Winter is Coming to The Sims 3. Also Summer, Fall, Possibly Spring.

Due out for the PC and Mac in November, The Sims 3: Seasons brings seasonal weather and events to EA’s popular people-growing game.

John Carmack Says Doom 4 Will Be ‘Done When It’s Done’

Speaking at QuakeCon today, Id’s John Carmack said they’re hard at work on first-person shooter Doom 4 and it will be “done when it’s done.” He added that Id had shut down its mobile division—previously responsible for phone-based versions of games like Doom and Wolfenstein—to free up more staff for AAA games like the next…

The Ludicrous $100 QuakeCon Steam Sale Includes A Lot of Games

This year’s QuakeCon Bundle Steam sale is crazy. It’ll save you over $200 and get you the following games for just $100… Brink Brink: Agents of Change Brink: Doom/Psycho Combo Pack Brink: Fallout/SpecOps Combo Pack Call of Cthulllu: Dark Corners of the Earth Commander Keen Doom 3 Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil Doom II Fallout…

Mass Effect 3‘s single-player Fireflight Pack delivers two powerful and five bonus weapons for $2 on August 7.

Skyrim: Dawnguard Is Out For Steam, Bethesda ‘Not Satisfied’ With PS3 Version

Skyrim‘s Dawnguard downloadable content is out on Steam right now, Bethesda’s Pete Hines announced at QuakeCon today. You can buy it for $19.99. The PlayStation 3 release is still up in the air, Bethesda added on its blog today, because the company isn’t satisfied with how it’s running: We are not satisfied yet with Dawnguard’s…

First Reveal of Madden for the Wii U Doesn’t Mention New Physics Engine

Electronic Arts today offered a first look at gameplay within Madden NFL 13 for the Wii U, but in a presentation listing the game’s features, the new runtime physics engine bringing dynamic collisions to the game’s PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions was not mentioned. Refinements to the passing system and to wide receiver catch…

This is What Playing Mass Effect 3 on the Wii U Looks Like

Fresh from the EA Summer Showcase, here’s a quick and dirty look at how Mass Effect 3 leverages the screen on the Wii U control pad. A launch title for the Wii U, Mass Effect 3 will include all downloadable content, the online multiplayer experience, and a primer on what’s come before for fans new…