Activision dropped a surprise mobile Call of Duty on iOS today, and it's two, two, two games in one. Call of Duty: Strike Team gives players the ability to switch between first-person shooter and top-down tactical strategy with the press of a button. Want to see how it works? Read… 9/05/13 9:00am 9/05/13 9:00am

With all the world championship tournaments going on over the last few months, one tournament was sort of left in the wind. While this might have happened earlier this month, it's still interesting. During this year's Yu-Gi-Oh World Championships, a new King of Games was crowned. Read… 8/26/13 7:00am 8/26/13 7:00am

In keeping with our inability to notice anniversaries until it's too late, we'd like to point out that it was 15 years ago last night that Mankind and the Undertaker faced off in one of the most memorable and brutal wrestling matches of all time. Read on Deadspin 6/29/13 12:48pm 6/29/13 12:48pm

I love Star Trek. Some of my fondest early memories are of staying up late to watch reruns on the old black-and-white television we had on the third floor of our duplex on Oakwood Avenue in in good-old Norristown, PA. With the exception of Enterprise (It's been a long...no) I've watched it all, but I couldn't make it… Read… 5/20/13 9:30pm 5/20/13 9:30pm

There's a first time for everything. And once something is pioneered, others move in and make it theirs. But is that a rip off? One band seems to say so. Read… 4/10/13 5:00am 4/10/13 5:00am

When Nvidia wants crap to break apart, it breaks apart good. This is is a real-time dynamic fracture demo shown at GDC, running at 30 frames-per-second on a single Geforce GTX 680 graphics card. Ever wish you could spend money on a tech demo? [Thanks, Zak!] Discuss… 3/27/13 12:29pm 3/27/13 12:29pm

The graphics card marketplace can be quite confusing to the new PC gamer. There are no standardized labels, cards with the same number designation vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, and the internet is filled with people that swear their favorite piece of poly-processing hardware is the best. I've been buying… Read… 3/22/13 4:00pm 3/22/13 4:00pm

This week Capcom unleashes Darkstalkers Resurrection on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, bringing fans of the monster-fueled fighting game series both Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge and Darkstalkers 3, updated with online multiplayer, YouTube replay sharing, and a bevy of options to enhance your viewing… Read… 3/12/13 5:00pm 3/12/13 5:00pm

What if Mega Man was released on the Sega Genesis? Well, its music might sound like this. Discuss… 2/03/13 7:00pm 2/03/13 7:00pm

With the latest trailer for LEGO City Undercover my desire for an open world brick-based game for my Wii U reaches dangerous new heights. At the risk of sounding vain, I'm pretty sure TT Fusion has crafted this game for the sole purpose of seducing me. Read… 1/23/13 11:15am 1/23/13 11:15am

Released late last year on iTunes, Beat Gather is a rhythm game that lets players use their own music library to create finger-tapping levels and share them with the world, so I am sharing a couple with you folks. Warning: my taste in music is odd. Read… 1/21/13 11:30am 1/21/13 11:30am

Above, YouTube user OneHitKi11 describes an incident where, due to a random disconnection, he found himself swimming in the air after ejecting from a helicopter while playing DayZ.

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One of those hardcore social games, Dungeon Rampage shows off just how hard it can get with this trailer for the new Red Ranger skin and its festive bonus outfit. Read… 12/26/12 1:55pm 12/26/12 1:55pm

While snapping together plastic bricks will always hold a special place in my heart, sometimes I crave a more complicated building toy - something that requires an allen wrench and several dozen tiny little screws. The Gears of War King Raven Erector set fits the bill nicely. Let's build it. Read… 12/19/12 8:01am 12/19/12 8:01am

Nowadays, you hear stories of video game true love all the time. Weddings and proposals themed around a couple's favorite game are becoming increasingly common, as Kotaku has covered time and again. Read… 12/14/12 3:30pm 12/14/12 3:30pm

This is Alphagames, an amazing video put together by Evan Seitz. As it goes from A to Z, with a fairly recognisable game for each letter along the way, his animations and selections go from awesome to hilarious to, well, both. Read… 10/31/12 10:17pm 10/31/12 10:17pm