The horror game Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs had its share of gruesome moments. But one scene, cut from the game for being too disgusting, would have overshadowed them all. Amnesia Spoilers Follow. A Machine for Pigs, a game I very much enjoyed, tells the story of a late 19th century industrialist who is exploring…
All In The Space Trade: Here’s an in-depth look at how trading will work in X Rebirth, thegorgeous, massive space sim coming in November from Egosoft.
The guns are loaded, the chips are on the table: Just three nights remain until we find out, once and for all, how Breaking Bad will end. Surely there’s room for just one… more… theory. You guys have already listed some great theories about how you think the show will end. This new one, from…
There are plenty of good things to say about Grant Theft Auto V. As a digital creation, it’s remarkable to behold. But it also has its share of problems: For all the things Rockstar has gotten down to a science, GTA retains some fundamental flaws that its developers just can’t quite seem to fix. I…
Such swashbuckling swarthiness! We have now entered the period known as “Defcon Ubi-Trailer,” in which a month or so before a Ubisoft game release, the publisher starts putting out new trailers at increasingly closer intervals until we achieve some sort of trailer singularity. All the world becomes a Ubisoft trailer, and our existence dissolves into…
Do It By The Book: In this fine, thoughtful article at Quarter to Three, critic Tom Chick explains why he thinks GTA V‘s much-discussed torture mission is successful satire.
The excellent PS3 game The Last of Us had an equally excellent ending. As it turns out, that ending could have been very… uh… different. In this (spoilery) video, writer/creative director Neil Druckmann walks us through some of the same alternate endings he spoke with me about after the game came out, then further elaborated…
Track: Night Rider | Album: Focus | Artist: Stan Getz w/ Eddie Sauter Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
Three men enter. One man leaves. It’s time. Grand Theft Auto V has three main characters. Three sweaty, gun-wielding dudes, all vying for your precious attention and energy. “Play with us,” they implore. “We’re so lonesome without you. Come and play!” By now, most of you with the game have probably played enough to have…
The cast of the big-budget, Duncan Jones-directed Warcraft movie sounds as though it’s coming together, according to a recent report at Deadline. Among the stars reportedly in talks to take lead roles are Mission Impossible‘s Paula Patton, Star Trek‘s Anton Yelchin and Bullseye himself, Colin Farrell. The report says that Farrell has been offered a…
If there’s one things movies have taught us, it’s that when technology breaks, the best way to fix it is usually with violence. Punch it, kick it, smack it around… eventually, often at the last possible second, it’ll start working again. This outstanding supercut by Duncan Robson goes beyond merely combining a ton of famous…
Holy hell, that is a LOT of starships. This comparison chart, compiled by DeviantARTist Dirk Loechel, presents what he says is an accurate size-comparison between famous sci-fi starships. As far as I can tell it’s got more or less every single sci-fi starship ever, from Star Wars to Warhammer to EVE Online to Halo and…
Any game as sprawling as GTA V is gonna have some bugs and glitches. As it turns out, some of those glitches are very amusing. This video, compiled from a number of YouTube videos by AmazingFilms247, has some glitches that I sort of wish would happen in my game. I didn’t know Michael could ride…
Okay, it’s not the sagest advice I’ve ever heard, but it is pretty enjoyable advice nonetheless. This is Mr. Forthright, an older chap who gives all sorts of advice on his YouTube channel including how to pass a drug test and how to escape from a nursing home. His latest looks at how to goof…
Grand Theft Auto V‘s Los Santos is easily one of the most gorgeously rendered, thriving digital creations put on a disc. So it was only a matter of time before someone made a time-lapse video showing the game’s shifting weather in all its glory. This video, directed by Ben Buja, comes to us from Machinima.…
My greatest hope for the coming next-gen consoles is that they will surprise us. I hope that we haven’t guessed all the ways the Xbox One, PS4 and Wii U will use their new hardware to make us play games slightly differently. And what do you know, just today, the people making Thief described a…
Much of the joy of Grand Theft Auto V comes from a sense of freedom, of exploring an entirely different world. The story missions are fine, the heists are neat enough, but the bustling state of San Andreas is the game’s crowning achievement. Too bad it’s far too easy to run through it and miss…
Sure, lovely vistas and detailed visuals are two of Assassin’s Creed IV‘s biggest draws. But if they made the whole game in Minecraft and it looked this good, I’d play that, too. This video comes from SkyDoesMinecraft, and re-imagines one of ACIV‘s cinematic trailers entirely in Minecraft. It’s awfully impressive. I think the adorable Kraken…
Perspective is a funny thing. You can be so, so sure that you know something is laid out, then turn your head a few degrees and see it in a whole other way. That’s the basic conceit of Naya’s Quest, a new puzzle/platformer from Super Hexagon maker Terry Cavanagh. The game starts out unassumingly enough—you…
You Are The Lone Survivor: Here’s a PSA for survival horror fans: Jasper Byrne’s terrific horror game Lone Survivor is out today on PlayStation Network for PS3 and Vita. Up top, a new trailer for the extended Director’s Cut—if you haven’t played this game, do yourself a favor and check it out.
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