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Batman Would Completely Dominate World Of Warcraft

Billionaire Bruce Wayne uses his fortune to fund his never-ending war on crime. If events had played out differently, perhaps he’d be a gamer, using his fortune to fund a never-ending war against the Lich King. In this video mash-up created by Justin Herrera, the Dark Knight spends his considerable resources to create the World…

By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2011

Limbo Leads Developers Choice Award Nominations

BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 is nominated for five of ten awards at the 11th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. Rockstar’s western epic Red Dead Redemption is up for six. Playdead’s downloadable Xbox Live Arcade game Limbo has them both beat. Limbo’s stark visuals, thoughtful puzzles, and purposefully vague story captivated players last year, and they…

By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2011

The Xbox 360 Tries Again To Replace TV Programming

Starting this spring Microsoft will again test the waters for a video game that replicates, perhaps replaces, something you might watch on television. In 2009, Microsoft turned the once-popular television game show 1 Vs. 100 into a very popular mob trivia game on the Xbox 360. The game had a regular season, a live audience…

By Brian Crecente Published January 12, 2011

The Brutality After A Mortal Kombat Fatality

The fatalities in classic fighting game Mortal Kombat are so horrible. But have you seen what happens after them? Click to view Dorkly Bits: Mortal Kombat After Fatality [YouTube]

By Stephen Totilo Published January 12, 2011

Talk Amongst Yourselves

This is Kotaku’s official forum, the place where you can talk all you want about video games. Today’s excellent image comes from reader JIberry. Submit your best one to #TAYpics

By Stephen Totilo Published January 12, 2011

Explode American Capitalist Pigs For Free, For Fun

The folks behind Alien Hominid HD have a little Freudian present for you iPhone gamers out there. Developers The Behemoth are in the process of turning Super Soviet Missle Mastar, a mini-game hidden in Alien Hominid HD, into a free iPhone title. Complete with big white phallic missile, capitalist pigs and a U.S.-shaped target, all…

By Brian Crecente Published January 12, 2011

With Booze, Does Size Matter?

To: Crecente From: Bash RE: Epic Sends Me The Tiniest Gin and Tonic I see your mini-gin and tonic and raise you two mini cups of Japanese sake! What you missed last night Shooting Dogfaces, A Singsong Voice And My Other Favorite Gaming Moments Of 2010 It’s Game On In Japan’s Sex Hotels Did Capcom…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2011

Telling Others Where They Can Put Their Doodle

Put away your pens and paper, because the makers of the iPhone’s most popular games don’t want anyone else doodling. Doodle Jump from Lima Sky is a regular in the top ten on the Apple App charts, but it’s not the first iOS game to have “doodle” in it. However, other developers are claiming that…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2011

PSP2 Megaton To Drop On January 27

Rumor has it that Sony is holding a meeting in Tokyo on January 27 to finally reveal the PSP2. More info on VG247.

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2011

Shooting Dogfaces, A Singsong Voice And My Other Favorite Gaming Moments Of 2010

2010 might be over, but my memories of the year’s games still live on and on. Here are some of my favorite gaming moments of 2010. These are in no particular order and do know that these moments are not a list of my favorite games of 2010. Several of these games would show up…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2011

A Wretched Hive Of Scum And Assassini

Donglu Yu is an artist who worked on Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. With the game now complete and out in the wild, it’s time for Yu to share some of her amazing work. As a lover of heavy coffee table books that are full of concept art, I can only hope that one day, Ubisoft sees…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2011

Did Capcom Totally Copy Someone Else’s Work?

Capcom Mobile has a little game out on the App Store called MaXplosion, where you run around a science lab blowing yourself up. If you think that sounds familiar, well, that’s because it is. It appears to be almost identical not just in premise, but in execution and even visual themes to ‘Splosion Man, a…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2011

This Apartment Is No Nerd Slob Hole

The thing about nerd hovels is that the their stereotypical image is of being dark, dank, messy and cluttered with crap. Swiss dude Melonpan’s lair is anything but. It’s breezy and bright and all his game controllers, comics and figures are neat and tidy and displayed with such care. More pictures of his going’s on…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2011

After A Tough Day Of Farmville, Relax With Some Pokerville

Live Poker by Zynga, also known as Live Poker By The Guys Who Made Farmville, is hoping to be the world’s biggest “social casino”. I’m afraid it may be succeeding. It’s terrible. Yet it’s being played by a quarter of a million people. Go figure. LIVE Poker by Zynga on iTunes

By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2011

The PlayStation Phone, Torn Apart

Never mind that we’ve seen the PSPhone in action, Sony still hasn’t officially confirmed the product’s existence. Oh well. One Chinese website just apparently ripped the thing wide open. Granted, since Sony hasn’t yet confirmed the PSPhone, the product doesn’t officially exist. This dissected product could be anything — a real honest-to-goodness PSPhone, even. According…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2011

El Shaddai Is Out In April (In Japan)

Action game El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, with art by Takeyasu Sawaki (Devil May Cry, Okami) will be out in Japan on April 28.

By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2011

A Mario and Miyamoto For Nightmares

I never thought I’d see the day when the worlds of the Mushroom Kingdom and a Tool video intersected, but it appears 2011 is going to be full of surprises. This isn’t for the impatient, or the faint of heart, but there’s an eerie vision of the future to be found by sticking around to…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 12, 2011

Why Stop At Buying An Embarrassing Game?

Why not go all the way and buy a gaming chair and an embarrassing slip cover? Hey, it’s a mere $440, and you do only live once. A bundle for Cute-em-up shooter Otomedius X includes a copy of the Xbox 360 game, a copy of the soundtrack, a collection of illustrations, a sheet cover of…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2011

Japan Loves Buying Pokémon: Black and White

Pokémon: Black and White hit the 5 million sold mark in Japan, making it the fastest DS title to do just that.

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2011

Missile Command Movie Ready To Blast Off

Remember Missile Command? The 30-year-old game in which players…command missiles lurches forward towards the silver screen. Earlier this year, there were reports that a movie version of Missile Command, an Atari arcade game in which players try to save cities from raining missiles, was in the works. Hollywood is on a 1980s gaming tear of…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 12, 2011