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Air Force Dad Surprises Son by Coming Home as a Jedi Knight

Col. Rob Kiebler spent 14 months away from his family serving with the US Air Force, both training and on a tour of Afghanistan. He recently returned home, and having not seen his son for over a year, wanted to really surprise him. Adorable. What just about brought the tears down for me, though, was…

There Are Many Places Cats Do Not Belong

I’m not Kirk. I don’t look a thing like him. I can’t even play Kirk on TV. He’s a jazz saxophonist. I’m a classical French horn player. I mean, really. We’re just worlds apart. But what I can do is bring you evening nonsense. Despite the fact that Guybrush—an on-topic cat—has taken over my mouse…

Batman’s Morgan Freeman & Catwoman Look Almost as Good as 3D Models as They do in Real Life

Say what you will about the in-game graphics (which look pretty good for a phone game!), this 3D character art for the Dark Knight Rises game is incredible The work of artists Uri So and Shenggang Dong, both from Redsteam (another of whose artists we’ve looked at Kotaku previously), they’re nestled right at the depths…

The Daring Adventures of LEGO Steve and the Creeper Explosion

Not a day after I get my hands on the official LEGO Minecraft set and this exciting stop-motion video has appeared, bringing the tiniest Creepers on the planet to terrifying life. Who shall save LEGO Steve? The first in a series of animated Minecraft LEGO shorts from YouTube user ForlornCreature sets up an odd alliance…

Need to play Spelunky Right This Second? In Your Browser? Now You Can.

Cave exploration has been all the rage this summer. Well, virtual caves, at least. With deadly, deadly consequences. In other words, everyone keeps playing and talking about Spelunky ever since its July debut on Xbox Live. But what if you really need to get yourself killed in new and creative ways when you’re someplace with…

Now Valve is Trying to Stop People Suing Them, Too

Joining the likes of Microsoft, Sony and Electronic Arts, developers and online retailers Valve have announced changes to Steam’s subscriber agreement that seek to prohibit users from filing lawsuits against the company. Saying that they “considered this change very carefully”, a Valve statement explains that “It’s clear to us that in some situations, class actions…

GTAIII on PSN Delayed

Originally due out today, the PSN re-release of Grand Theft Auto III has been delayed due to music licensing issues.

Papo & Yo Might Just Have the Prettiest Video Game Graffiti Ever

Graffiti’s played an important part in video games since early days, especially on console. Who can forget Jet Grind Radio‘s neon-colored spray paint? And, of course, Marc Ecko’s Getting Up centered its entire essence on the politics around graf writing. But upcoming PS3 game Papo & Yo might boast the most painterly street art ever.…

Though Mum on Specifics, 2K Sports Insists Jay-Z Isn’t a Glorified Celebrity Endorser for NBA 2K13

Jay-Z, the hip-hop mogul and entrepreneur, is indeed the executive producer of NBA 2K13, but what exactly that means as far as features within the game, 2K Sports isn’t really saying yet. “I don’t want to get too into detail right now, because we’ve got a lot of stuff coming down the road,” Jason Argent,…

First Trailer for Fistful of Rupees, A Zelda Western

Kotaku columnist and actress Lisa Foiles recently told readers about A Fistful of Rupees, a Zelda-themed spaghetti western. This is the official trailer, but for background, check out Lisa’s behind-the-scenes report The three-part Fistful of Rupees will premiere on the GameStation’s YouTube channel starting August 7. FISTFUL OF RUPEES TRAILER – Zelda / Western Mash-Up…

Amaterasu Is Already Beautiful. The Papercraft Is Just To Show Off.

Amaterasu of Okami fame is a majestic creature. One that is definitely worthy of artistic mediums, far and wide. And of these art forms includes the delicate nature of papercraft, seen above by artist Richi89. You can see older shots on his deviantART page. Ammy and Chibi [deviantART via Ian Brooks]

Man Prank Calls GTA Publisher With a Potentially NSFW Question

The executives at Take Two Interactive, publisher of such video game franchises as Grand Theft Auto, BioShock and Civilization take questions from investors every three months. The major bosses of all publicly-traded companies do this. Usually they don’t take prank phone calls. Today, they did. (Image inspired by the clean-thinking chaps at Game Developer/Gamasutra.)

Now This Is How To Get People To Work For Your Video Game Company

This video has been making the rounds today. It’s pretty hilarious. Worth at least 3 minutes and 19 seconds of your time. Even if you don’t want to work for Kixeye.

Hindu Group Wants Religious Arena Combat Game Pulled From QuakeCon

QuakeCon 2012 is coming up in just a few days. It’s a huge LAN party, featuring well-known speakers and panelists, and sprawling over Dallas. The roster of games, of course, features Quake tournaments but other games make a showing as well. This year, the online battle arena game Smite is one of a handful of…

What Crazy Video Game Dreams Would You Realize if You Had All the Money?

In today’s dream-fueled episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, amazingly-named commenter Mr. Allspark wants to give you all of the money in the world, hypothetically. I have a question for you. What kind of nerdy/video game related things would you do if you were rich? And I’m talking rich. That Scrooge McDuck swimming-pool-full-of-gold rich. Richie…

This Isn’t Mario Kart Running on the PS3, But It’s Close

Nobody at Sony is recommending that you recreate iconic tracks from Nintendo’s Mario Kart in the upcoming PlayStation 3 game LittleBigPlanet Karting. But what do you think is going to happen when you let gamers into a beta of a kart-racing game that has a very malleable track editor? You get Mario Kart tracks in…

Star Wars: The Old Republic Now Has Fewer Than A Million Subscribers

Star Wars: The Old Republic currently has less than a million subscribers, publisher Electronic Arts said in an investors call today. BioWare’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game has been hemorrhaging subscribers since it launched last December. Earlier this year, the subscriber total dropped from 1.7 million to 1.3 million EA did not give the number…

Yep, This is Modern Video Gaming

The people who run mega-giant-huge gaming company EA have said they want to put out few games. Probably to be like their rivals at Activision. Make a few huge console and PC games and maybe they’ll be golden. But they also believe in something else you may have heard about: that mobile games, Facebook games…

Rockstar will release three DLC packs for Max Payne 3 instead of the five originally announced, the company said today.

According to the latest financial results, EA has sold more than 1.3 million subscriptions to Battlefield 3 Premium