Pretty Sure This Is What Source Filmmaker Was Made For

Some people become heroes through combat. Others prove their worth through great feats of science or art. This hero, however, proves himself through simpler means. Above, an0nymooose uses Source Filmmaker to tell the story of a simple hero — a Saw Hero. He’s a hero for our times — a working class craftsman that makes…

Call Of Duty‘s Mech Technology Isn’t Quite Perfected Yet

Kevin Spacey’s future tech may be “20 years ahead” of the fictional future military’s, but that doesn’t mean it works perfectly all the time Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Goliath…

A note about our review plans for some of this week’s biggest games: As I mentioned last week, we’re not necessarily reviewing every game by its release date these days. Some games, particularly those with a focus on online, play merit a little more waiting before we review them. That said, there are a bunch…

Watch Every Secret Conversation In Super Smash Bros. Wii U

In Brawl we had Snake’s codec calls; today we have Palutena’s Guidance. If you play as Pit in Super Smash Bros. Wii U—out November 21—you’ll see a ton of hidden conversations between him, Palutena, and the nature goddess Viridi. Many of them are useful, and some are kind of hilarious. The fine folks at GameXplain…

The More I Played Overwatch, The More I Liked It

Blizzard’s Overwatch is, in the grand scheme of shooters, kinda simple. Each character has one weapon, levels are straightforward, and movement speed feels like everybody is a giant moon ape—not just, you know, the giant moon ape. At first I wasn’t impressed, but then I discovered how interesting its characters are. It took me a…

Gorgeously animated strategy game The Banner Saga will be coming to PS4 next year, along with even more small-team-developed games

Saw Hero

Saw Hero

Charge Your DualShock 4s in Style, Holiday Game Sales, and More Deals

This PowerA charging cradle can top-off two DualShock 4s simultaneously, and it’s down to an all-time low $17 today. Its 4.4 star review average inspires a lot of confidence too. [ PowerA DualShock 4 Controller Charging Station, $17] If you’re an Xbox One owner, or just don’t like the look of this cradle, we’ve rounded…

Remember the last-gen Assassin’s Creed comes out this week, too. Unity‘s been getting all the hype from Ubisoft but Rogue looks like it might be improving on the best parts of last year’s Black Flag.

There’s A Big New Game Award Show Happening This December

Spike’s VGX may no longer be this year’s big holiday showcase—former host Geoff Keighley just announced plans for a new December awards show, The Game Awards, which promises “awards, world premieres, musical performances, and appearances by game developers, eSports players and online content creators.” For the past few years, Keighley (a friend of Kotaku) has…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Bayonetta 2 : The TAY Review • Times when DLC was Better than the Game it was Made for • The Lisbon Games Week 2014 Report • Why Muv-Luv Was a Defining Entry in Modern Science Fiction TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

If Famous Directors Made Call of Duty

The Wes-Anderson-Call-of-Duty-Fox takes it all, but shooting and crawling—not to mention the plot—would be a lot different in all of Dorkly’s recent gallery, with Call of Duty and some famous screenwriters’ take on it. There are a few more over at Dorkly. If Other Famous Screenwriters Wrote Call of Duty [Dorkly] To contact the author…

Blizzard Wins Copyright Lawsuit Against Chinese Hearthstone Clone

The makers of a Chinese Hearthstone clone have come out to the public to “refudiate” reports that they had been sentenced to pay Blizzard over $1.6 million. Tencent News reports that Unico Interactive, the makers of “Crouching Dragon Legends,” has been ordered to pay Blizzard and its Chinese partner NetEase for copyright violations. Apparently, Unico…