It's been announced that publisher Future has plans to close a number of its video game sites, among them CVG. Games websites open and close all the time, and people losing their jobs is always a sad thing, but this one hits particularly hard because of CVG's long history. A history longer than any other games… » 5/29/14 8:00pm 5/29/14 8:00pm

Hello! TMI is a new branch of Kotaku that I'll be running. What is it? Well, it's something of an experiment in disclosure, storytelling, interviewing, and a bunch of other stuff, and I'd like you to join me. » 4/02/14 2:05pm 4/02/14 2:05pm

The motives behind shifting gender roles and economics are complex and nuanced. But screw it, let’s blame it all on Call of Duty instead. » 8/15/13 7:00pm 8/15/13 7:00pm

Defense of the Ancients » 11/12/12 8:00am 11/12/12 8:00am, aka , champion Wei Shanchuan (卫山川) doesn't have many regrets regarding his professional gaming career. Why should he? He's fairly young and he's won many national tournaments in China. So when he was approached by a reporter for a profile piece on his life as a gamer he was eager to give the…

GamePro magazine recently went quarterly but that doesn't mean you should count it out. The folks over at GamePro just dropped their cover on the net, saying that the new "periodical" is the last great video game magazine. » 11/07/11 1:28pm 11/07/11 1:28pm

This weekend, Bill Kunkel passed away. He was 61. » 9/06/11 8:30am 9/06/11 8:30am

Metacritic's founder made a little bit of a stir earlier in the week when he went on the A Jumps B Shoots podcast to discuss a wide variety of topics, one of them being that game reviewers were obligated to "review all the shit," not just good games or those expected to sell well. GamePro followed up for a… » 7/16/11 11:00am 7/16/11 11:00am

There's a lot we can learn from furries. While animal costumes might not be your thing, Lauren Rae Orsini says that they have inspired her as a journalist. » 6/28/11 3:20pm 6/28/11 3:20pm

There's stupid, and there's stupid. According to the country's biggest newspaper, South Korea's Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation ran a segment that sounds rather "thick". This might not be the dumbest TV news reporting on gaming ever, but it's up there. » 2/16/11 8:30am 2/16/11 8:30am

On October 20, Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione succumbed to lung cancer at a suburban Dallas hospital. The 79 year-old entrepreneur shook up both magazine publishing and Hollywood. Like many people, he also enjoyed video games. » 10/22/10 4:00am 10/22/10 4:00am

After nearly seventy days, the 33 Chilean miners have finally been rescued from over 2,300 feet underground. As the entire world celebrates, the area is swarming with reporters and journalists. It's a media circus! Cue the headline puns. » 10/15/10 2:00am 10/15/10 2:00am

Journalists in video games are as diverse and wide ranging as journalists in the real world. » 5/14/10 1:00pm 5/14/10 1:00pm

A small percentage of Japanese housewives lose themselves in torrid love affairs. An even tinier percentage become heavily addicted to online games, a new book claims. » 4/12/10 6:00am 4/12/10 6:00am