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Final Fantasy Meets Mass Effect In This Amazing DLC Crossover

This is what happens when Final Fantasy XIII-2 characters wear Mass Effect space suits. The Japanese magazine Famitsu reports that the above pictures are part of a downloadable content pack that will bring armor from BioWare’s popular sci-fi role-playing game to Final Fantasy XIII-2 next week. No word on when or if this crossover will…

When Will a Modern Military Shooter Let a Woman Lead the Charge?

Will we ever see a Call of Duty game with a female protagonist? Commenter Nameloi wonders if the modern military shooter genre will ever give females a starring role on the battlefield in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Will there ever be a modern military game with a prominent female character(s)? This is something that…

Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Balance Was Just Tweaked a Tad

Mass Effect 3‘s multiplayer balance settings have been tweaked. If you’re the kind of person who wants to know that the Claymore Shotgun’s “Damage increased from [152.8-191.0] to [167.8-206.0]”, then read the official update. The stick thread is updated regularly.

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Welcome, wanderers, to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, game where you draw things? Knock yourselves out! This TAYpic by Snufkin puts the Hunters from…

Madden‘s March Cover Madness Features 31 Teams and the Rams Ain’t One

There are 32 players representing thirty-one teams—that’s right, one franchise has no representative—in the second edition of Madden NFL‘s fan-voted playoff for the cover of the video game. It’s possible there may be two teams with no candidate in the contest before it’s all over, too. Befitting a promotion that opened as NFL free agency…

Manila Counter-Strike Match Ends in Murder

A round of Counter-Strike at an internet cafe in the Philippines capital of Manila turned deadly on Monday, when a member of the losing team was murdered after an argument over the payment of approximately seven dollars in winnings. According to authorities the friendly wager of 300 pesos took a decidedly unfriendly turn, with a…

The Most Beautiful, Amazing Thing a Video Game Can Do? Be Really Frickin’ Hard

Too easy. If there’s one complaint that gets lodged almost universally about modern-day video games, that’s it. All the hints and dialogue prompts smothering today’s playable experiences betray a wobbly-kneed insecurity—”b-but what if they don’t g-get it?!”—on the part of those folks who sent games out in the world. And, even worse, incessant hand-holding insults…

British Retailer GAME Admits It’s Worthless, Prepares to Enter Administration

After an extended struggle with finances that resulted in the year’s hottest titles skipping store shelves, the GAME group prepares to enter administration, as the video game retailer’s board accepts the fact that “there is no equity value left in the Group”. What could be the end for one of Europe’s largest video game retailers…

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This Splinter Cell Live-Action Series is so Good You’ll Think It’s Official

Building off a very fancy short released a year ago, there’s now a very professional web series based on Ubisoft’s stealth series Splinter Cell. It’s called Splinter Cell: Extinction, and is made by Companion Pictures. It has nothing to do with Ubisoft whatsoever, as they’re very keen to point out, but given how slick the…

Mass Effect’s Epilogue Reveals Forbidden Love, Softball Scholarships

SPOILERS AHEAD. Since Mass Effect 3’s ending doesn’t really do the greatest job of telling you what happens next, fans are filling in the gaps. Some are doing the wrong thing and being totally serious about it. Others are giving the game an Animal House-style, 80’s comedy epilogue. Which, now that it’s here, I’m just…

Three Minutes of Beautiful Space, Just Passing Earth By

For all the Earth’s problems, many of which are ugly things, all it takes is a trip into space to remind us that this giant ball of dirt can still be a remarkable, beautiful place. This stunning footage was taken from the International Space Station. If it helps you to put on some Vangelis or…

The Battlestar Galactica Prequel Looks Surprisingly Great

There’s a prequel to the latest Battlestar Galactica series on the way, dealing with the adventures of a certain Bill Adama during the first Cylon War. Here’s the series’ first trailer, which it appears somebody snuck out of last weekend’s Wondercon. It looks exciting, and surprisingly expensive. Then again, it’s a trailer. It’s supposed to…

You Didn’t Ask for This Amazing Deus Ex Cosplay, But You’re Getting it

This is Videros, a cosplayer from Germany. You needed that intro because, for all intents, he may as well actually be Deus Ex star Adam Jensen, complete with future pants, fancy jacket and snappy sunglasses. About the only thing he’s missing is a shot of him eating cereal, but it looks like it was taken…

There’s a Giant Tie Fighter for Sale on Craigslist

There’s a beautiful crackpot in Seattle who is selling a Star Wars Tie Fighter on Craigslist. Not a little toy, or a model that sits on your desk. He’s selling 8 foot x 8 foot replica. Which you can sit in No idea what it was built for, but it’s on wheels, will hold a…

Looks Likes Dark Souls Might Actually be Coming to the PC

In January, publisher Namco Bandai said that a petition to have cult hit Dark Souls ported to the PC had its “attention”. Now, an Australian PC magazine is teasing something a little more substantial. The newest PC Powerplay mag has hit newsstands, and its back page, teasing next month’s issue (pictured above), isn’t very subtle.…

This Nazi Zombie Hungers for Your Brains (Well, Cash)

Nazi zombies are the stars of both movies and video games. With good reason. You combine a Nazi and a zombie and you’ve got twice the bad guy. The premise is now set in (poly)stone with this statue from Sideshow, which shows an undead member of the 1000-year Reich in full lurch. As with most…

Please, Watch This Insane LEGO Ninja Movie

This clip, called The Duel, is based loosely on a 2006 animated short called…The Duel. Only this time it’s in LEGO and shot in stop-motion, which makes it three minutes of your time well spent. The animation was done by Namchild, who says that no CGI was used whatsoever, and that only PhotoShop was employed…

Real Portal Boots, Straight From the Victorian Steampunk Heyday

DeviantArt user batman-n-bananas made a very fetching steampunk Portal gun. But what to wear with such a contraption? Why, mechano-Victorian long fall boots, of course, in which fancy modern tech is swapped out for reliable British steel. These are wonderful. And while they fit the “Steampunk Portal” brief perfectly, I like to think they’d be…

They’re So Obviously Mammals!

Artist’s Credit: Jung von Matt Readers, the OT just couldn’t keep me away. It tried, with instruments both blunt and sharp, but I’m back against all odds with a quick round-up of internet gems. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake rocked Mexico’s Pacific coast today – Thankfully, no casualties have yet been reported. You have to check…