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Nintendo Says Wii U Is Going To Be ‘Important For The World’

Nintendo will launch the Wii U this fall, at least a year before fellow hardware makers Sony and Microsoft release their own new gaming consoles. But Nintendo isn’t launching early to beat out the competition. They just want to change the world. “Being first in the next generation race is not important at all,” Nintendo…

By Jason Schreier Published July 20, 2012

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Go on and talk about the games you’re playing, loving and hating. Head over to Talk Amongst Yourselves, the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Go to the TAY forum at this link and do what you’ve always done: share your thoughts and opinions on…

By Tina Amini Published July 20, 2012

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Tutorial Teaches You To Very Carefully Take Down Evil Watermelons With Blade Mode

Much has been made of the fancy blade mode in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. It’s all about Raiden and his slicey-dicey sword. But how does it actually work? A few minutes of gameplay tutorial are now making the rounds, via IGN, showing the cyborg ninja himself in action. The watermelon-slicing is a little Fruit Ninja,…

By Kate Cox Published July 20, 2012

With the Triforce on Her Flank, Epona’s Friendship Really is Magic

This pretty much had to happen. If this irresistible crossover doesn’t become the best-selling t-shirt in TeeFury history then everything I believe in and hold dear is a lie. Artist Julia “JellySnail” Whittle combines the magic of The Legend of Zelda with the magic of friendship to give birth to My Little Epona, a golden…

By Mike Fahey Published July 20, 2012

This is What’s New In God of War: Ascension

To some jaded eyes, the new God of War revealed this past spring looked too much like the old God of Wars. Oh, they added multiplayer this time, but what was so fresh in the game’s solo campaign? Earlier this week, David Hewitt, design manager at Sony Santa Monica, showed me what was new. He…

By Stephen Totilo Published July 20, 2012

Smite‘s Latest Playable Hindu Deity is Decidedly Unsexy

Despite mild controversy surrounding the upcoming free-to-play online battle arena game’s depiction of Hindu gods, Smite isn’t quite done yet. The latest deity to join the online god battle is Bakasura, and he’s pretty damn creepy. Bakasura is an Asura, one of a group of power-hungry deities that are often used to represent moral and…

By Mike Fahey Published July 20, 2012

Mass Shooting at Dark Knight Rises Premiere

Early Friday, 12 people were killed and dozens more were injured after a suspect opened fire at a midnight Dark Knight Rises screening outside Denver. Colorado NBC affiliate 9 News is reporting that 12 were killed—ten of which died in the movie theater. Over seventy people were shot in total. The shooting happened in a…

By Brian Ashcraft Published July 20, 2012

Who Needs Cosplay Photos When You’ve Got Slow-Motion Cosplay Swordfighting Videos?

Cosplay cinematographer and convention hound Angel James de Ocampo was at Japan Expo 2012 this year, a French show that’s fast becoming one of the best places in the world to see people dress up as people from other stuff. What’s cool about his videos is that, instead of just taking cosplay photos, he gets…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2012

Panorama Shots Wrap This Game Around You

Reader Daniel, who’s playing MMO The Secret World, made these panorama screenshots and asked if we thought they looked interesting. I don’t have the slightest care for the Secret World and looked at every single one of them, so yeah, I guess that’s a yes!

By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2012

DayZ Might Have Some Competition From a New Zombie MMO

Zombie survival sim DayZ is awesome, but its ability to really follow through on its promise is limited somewhat by the constraints of the game it’s a mod for, ArmA II. The War Z, which has an awful name, sounds like it’s doing much the same thing, dropping people into a zombie-filled world and asking…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2012

Here’s the Gorgeous Intro (Well, Intros) to Guild Wars 2

It’s testament to just how damn pretty Guild Wars 2 is that, despite me being someone who’d normally rather set my face on fire than play an MMO, I’m quietly excited about sitting down the game. Until that time comes, though, I’m going to have to content myself with watching these intro videos instead. Which,…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2012

Men Spend 71 Hours Sorting 65,000 Pieces of LEGO. And Film It.

Delightful Swedish pair Rymdreglage, whose LEGO videos you may have seen here before, are making another LEGO video. This is a LEGO video about the LEGO video they’re making. In which they left a camera running while they spent 71 hours sorting 65,000 pieces from 100 boxes. Most of it is done by the one…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 19, 2012

Moscow’s Metro Isn’t a Post Apocalyptic Wasteland. It’s Actually Quite Lovely.

For a generation of gamers, the words “Metro” and “Moscow” will conjure images of an oppressive, bleak place, a last refuge for humanity against the forces of mutants, darkness and whatever the hell else had been conjured up when we blew up the planet. Which, I think, is a bit of a shame. Because in…

By Luke Plunkett Published July 19, 2012

It’s Time For A Breaking Bad Death-Pool

Tell me you guys watch Breaking Bad. You do, right? If you don’t… well, you should. It’s a very good show. It features a lot of what my sister calls “Capital ‘A’ Acting,” and kickass cinematography and cool music and it’s basically just wicked-cool. As the show fires up its final season (well, the first…

By Kirk Hamilton Published July 19, 2012

Apple Store Rips Down Torchlight Ripoff

The mall cops in the iTunes App Store today finally ejected Armed Heroes Online, a Chinese-published MMO, sold only in iTunes’ Canadian store, which evidently stole most, if not all, of its audiovisual assets from the PC dungeon-crawling hit Torchlight. The takedown came about a week after demands from Torchlight‘s lawyers. That doesn’t mean Armed…

By Owen Good Published July 19, 2012

The Uncertain Musical Fate Of Assassin’s Creed

Assassin’s Creed III is going to introduce a lot of changes to the series. It will feature a new setting, a new time period and a new protagonist. And one of the biggest changes has yet to be fully explored—the game’s soundtrack will be crafted by an entirely new composer. Jesper Kyd, the composer responsible…

By Kirk Hamilton Published July 19, 2012

Miles Davis Hated Everything

Jazz trumpet genius Miles Davis had a lot of things going for him. He had a unique musical intelligence, an unparalleled instinct for musical innovation, and a reserved sense of compositional control that set his music apart from the many trumpeters of his day. And yet when you asked people to list his positive attributes,…

By Kirk Hamilton Published July 19, 2012

Dyad‘s Ending Is Perfect

Few endings get it right—often, they can be the most disappointing part of a work. But Dyad, the PS3’s new psychedelic downloadable racer, nails it. Spoilers ahead! You can’t lose. Actually, most of the challenge and complexity that earlier levels build up to is gone. There’s only enemies lined up to make simple pairs, allowing…

By Patricia Hernandez Published July 19, 2012

Rhythm Thief And The Case Of The Ultimate Ringtone

Just listen to it. That’s the music that plays every time you clear a puzzle in Sega’s Rhythm Thief and the Emperor’s Treasure. It’s like… some unholy blend of classic Sega “level cleared” music and hilarious vocal jazz. I love it so much. I liked this game a whole lot, and the main reason I…

By Kirk Hamilton Published July 19, 2012

From Tetris to Metroid: The ‘Hip’ Tanaka Mixtape

Hirokazu “Hip” Tanaka’s music is infectious. It gets in your blood. Metroid, Tetris, Kid Icarus: if you own a Gameboy, or a Nintendo you’ve had one of his songs stuck in your head. Possibly for a week. This week on the Kotaku Mixtape, we take a look at one of the great composers of all…

By Chris Person Published July 19, 2012