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The Classic Magnum Returns in an Upcoming Halo: Reach Title Update

At PAX’s Halo-fest, 343 Industries detailed a coming title update for Halo: Reach, slated for release sometime in October. The title update will balance several of the suit abilities, changing Armor Lock’s damage absorption to be based on the amount of energy a player has remaining. It will also shorten the duration of Active Camo…

The Razer Blade is Gaming’s Deadliest New Laptop

The death of PC gaming, it turns out, will be stopped by a new, multiscreen, ultra-thin, 17-inch $2,800 laptop from Razer. Accessory-maker Razer today unveiled their first laptop, codenamed the Blade. The laptop was developed with NVIDIA and Intel and features a Intel Core i7 processor, a “high performance” NVIDIA GeForce graphics processor, an LED-backlit…

This Custom Arkham City Xbox Could Be Yours

I love custom 360s. The best custom jobs take into account all the details of the console, transforming the 360 instead of simply applying a new skin. Xbox’s facebook page now includes a mysterious photo album titled ????. The images in the album are a gorgeous custom Batman: Arkham City Xbox 360, which is up…

How Do You Fuel a Marathon Gaming Session?

Aside from making us all hungry, commenter FortWaba shares with us the supplies he needs to make it through a video game all-nighter. What food and drink fuels your power-gaming sessions? Bring enough to share in today;s Speak Up on Kotaku. Some people use strategy guides, some use music, some go it alone… I just…

Guess Which Platform Gets Skyrim DLC First

The downloadable love affair between Bethesda and Microsoft continues with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, as the first two installments of add-on content are revealed as 30-day exclusives for the Xbox 360. They did it for Fallout: New Vegas, and heck, for awhile there it looked like the PlayStation 3 version of Fallout 3 wouldn’t…

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The Halo 4 Warthog Will Debut in Forza 4, But You Can’t Drive It

One of the biggest surprises of this weekend’s Halofest celebration of all things Halo here in Seattle is the news that Halo 4‘s Warthog will make its interactive debut this year, in a non-Halo game. The new Warthog will appear in the interactive car-ogling garage mode of this fall’s Forza 4. The series’ lead creator,…

Talk Amongst Yourselves- The Sleepin’ on the Job Edition

After today, we’re tapped out of TAYpics. If you’ve got a great idea, or a good idea, or a kind of okay idea, SUBMIT! Thanks to Prof. Gast for today’s TAYpic. Hopefully our pick for next month’s TAYpic will inspire more of you to edit away. Mostly because if you don’t Brian will eat your…

All of Gears of War 3’s Multiplayer Maps and Modes In All of Their Glory

A remastered version of Gears of War classic multiplayer map Gridlock rounds out the ten multiplayer maps that will be included Gears of War 3, Epic Games said today. All ten maps, detailed in the gallery above, will be playable in versus, beast and horde mode. The modified version of Gridlock includes graphic enhancements, new…

The Brave Firefighting Aliens of Titan Are the Real Heroes of Sprinkle

That humanity, always screwing things up for the little blue guy. The inhabitants of Saturn’s moon Titan lived in peace and harmony until human tourists accidentally set the place of fire. Typical. Good thing they’ve got some of the finest water physics yet seen on an Android device at their disposal. Mediocre Games keeps its…

Rage’s Subwaytown is My Kinda Town

We’re all big, BIG fans of Rage over here at Kotaku. I’ve already played three hours of the shooter, driving role-playing game and I can’t wait to play more. For now, though, I’m going to have to make do with this new gameplay video created just for this week’s PAX. In it, we see the…

Don’t Mess With Han Solo!

Pixel Wars – Pixel artist Weasly Grizzly shows Han on a good day (and a bad one). When Pokémon Got a Little Too Nazi Germany Pokémon. It’s a card (and video) game for kids. You capture monsters, they faint a lot, it’s all good, clean, harmless fun. Right? Well, mostly. Except for a few occasions…

After Yakuza Controversy, Street Fighter IV Studio Loses Celebrity Advisor

Shinsuke Shimada, one of Japan’s most famous comedians, retired from the entertainment industry this week after yakuza connections were revealed. Shimada was also an advisor at Dimps, the game developer behind Street Fighter IV, stepping down earlier this week. [Sanspo]

The Quest for a New Final Fantasy XIII-2 Trailer (And Stupid Dialogue)

The latest trailer for Final Fantasy XIII-2, the sequel to Final Fantasy XIII, features beautiful cutscenes, exciting gameplay, and some truly horrid dialogue. Can’t win ’em all! Some standout nuggets: “One more thing, don’t ever lay down and wait to die” and “Humans aren’t strong, they die easy.” La-la-la-la-la-la-la. Ungh. The pretty pictures flying through…

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Vs. the Retro Game Master

When not playing old video games, Shinya Arino is cracking jokes on Japanese variety shows. And when he’s not doing that, he’s doing other things, like commenting on Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World The Japanese Blu-ray of the film will feature commentary from Arino, star of Retro Game Master, and Edgar Wright, star of directing…

An 8-Bit Tribute to a Fighting Game Legend

It’s one of the greatest moments in fighting game history. EVO 2004, Daigo vs Justin Wong, Ken vs Chun-Li. One of the most brutal comebacks you’ll ever see And now it’s been recreated in adorable 8-bit style. Don’t ask why. Just enjoy it. Street Fighter: The Beast is Unleashed – 8-bit Remix [SRK, via it8bit]…

Minecraft Socks are Way Cooler Than You Think

Swedish feet-glove purveyors Happy Socks have teamed up with Minecraft developers Mojang to offer a range of…socks based on the hit world-building game. And as lame as that sounds, they’re actually pretty damn cool. Not only do they come in a box shaped like a brick of Minecraft’s world, but the three pairs you get…

Print Off Your Own Badass Game Covers

As someone who has printed more than one of these off for use in my own collection, I thought it was high time to highlight the great work that’s been (and is being) done over in this NeoGAF thread, where users are designing their own high-resolution PS3 game covers. These haven’t been focus-tested to death,…

Sonic CD is Coming Back. Because You…Asked For It?

Sega is bringing back Mega CD title Sonic CD, re-releasing the old game later this year on just about every platform under the sun. If you need specifics, that means Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, PC, iPhone/iPad and Android. The game will have the Japanese soundtrack and will also feature Amy and Metal Sonic. You…

The RPG That Parties Like It’s 1991

Sick of “modern” role-playing games and their fancy graphics engines and free-flowing first-person perspective? Why not try Legend of Grimrock. It’s like a breath of stale air (but I don’t mean that in a bad way!). Developed by indie studio Almost Human, it’s a quaint throwback to the days of early 90’s RPGs on the…