The latest XIM peripheral – a line which has longallowed console gamers to use PC accessories – is now out, and for the first time includes the Xbox One. The XIM4 won’t be out until well into next year, but it’s already being teased, shown here running Call of Duty: Ghosts on an Xbox One…
Machinima says there’s a “full film” coming on January 3, with a series to follow. If this teaser was supposed to get people excited, well…OK. I mean, if you really love Borderlands, it might be cool! For the rest of us, like most of these live-action attempts, it might be a little too low-rent (though…
ToeJam & Earl 3 was once in development for, among other consoles, the Sega Dreamcast. Thanks to that console’s demise it was never released, the code eventually finding its way – like so many other Sega series – to Microsoft’s Xbox. That game was awful, but if you ever wanted a taste of what the…
Creepy Sims Santa doesn’t care if you’ve been naughty or nice. He’s partial to either, especially when it’s on the living room floor. Santa is always watching [Reddit]
Update: The Infernape listed in the article below is actually considered legal. There is a way to use the US Walmart code for the HA Chimchar to obtain the Pokemon in other regions. Dream World Pokemon can also be caught in any ball. The Torterra is still completely illegal. Secondly, it has been confirmed that…
Grand Theft Auto is in at least one way a victim of its own success. It’s so popular now that some aspects of it have become entrenched, and may never be able to be changed. Like the game’s title font, which in 1997 might have been cool, but which today could be seen as a…
UPDATE – Looks like it’s back. Skyrim and Deus Ex are now both available for under $10. Merry Christmas! Hope you weren’t planning on buying – or in some cases playing – any new PC games today, because Steam’s servers have either been down or crushed for much of the day. The service’s support Twitter…
Valve wants to say “Merry Christmas”. So everyone gets a copy of Left 4 Dead 2. You get a copy, you get a copy, you get a copy, you get a copy. If you jump on Steam before 10am PT on December 26, you can download the multiplayer shooter for free. The only catch is…
Ron Nakada, a senior software engineer at Blizzard who has worked on World of Warcraft, got married earlier this year. He’s also been diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. Thanks to the wonders of the American medical and insurance system, Ron’s short-term disability insurance, which had been covering his treatment costs, has recently run out.…
LEVOLUTION (groan) isn’t just the name of one of 2013’s dumbest marketing terms, it’s the name of this very pretty video showing that not everything in Battlefield 4 is dirt, explosions and shaky-cam. Seen from on high, these panoramic shots of Battlefield 4 matches show that there is beauty even in the multiplayer online shooter.…
The DARPA Robotics Challenge was held the other day in Miami, pitting some of the world’s most advanced humanoid robots against each other to see which was the most lethal best suited to handling emergency situations. The idea is that there are plenty of scenarios in which human life is in danger, but it would…
Lee Souder is a cinematic artist who has worked for studios like Treyarch, Sony Santa Monica, EA and Pandemic. He also, in his spare time, has some ideas on what Nintendo’s Metroid series should look like. What you’ll see below, then, is a combination of both his professional work, along with the Metroid stuff. You…
The Xbox One is a substantial piece of hardware, especially if it’s sitting near a PS4 and/or Wii U for comparison. So it shouldn’t surprise you to see people hard at work trying to make the thing smaller. This is an Xbox One laptop. With a built-in screen and a slimmer form, it “shrinks” the…
Russian designer Mikhail Kalashnikov, creator of perhaps the world’s most famous firearm, passed away today at the age of 94. He leaves behind a somewhat complicated legacy. Born in 1919, he was a tank commander in the Second World War, but in his spare time was also a keen inventor. While spending time in a…
And so 2013 draws to a close. We’ve seen a ton of amazing cosplay in our weekly Fancy Pants feature, but what you’re about to see is the very best of it. Below are my favourite cosplay photos from 2013. Most are here because of a combination of an incredible photo and world-class outfits, but…
Forgot Your Password? is an eight-volume set of light reading by artist Aram Bartholl. Inside those eight volumes you’ll find every single Linkedin password that was stolen then leaked online last year. All 4.7 million of them. Not that Aram stole them. They were just easy enough to find that he found them and had…
Track: Godzilla | Album: Godzilla (EP) | Artist: Fu Manchu Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.
In the movie business, there are artists who design things, then there are special effects artists who blow them up, light them and get them wet. It’s no different for video games. While this feature usually promotes concept art – it’s very pretty, after all – it’d be unfair not to also acknowledge the tireless…
Reader Andy thought he was performing a pretty typical search on his Xbox One. It’s the holiday season, so he wanted to search for some Christmas music. He did not getwhat he was expecting. I’m picturing a very happy family, all gathered around the tree, some Bing Crosby playing softly in the background. Father says…
Nintendo’s advertising has been woefulfor some time now, but as bad as this particular clip is, at least it’s finally doing it’s job. It spends two minutes telling you over and over THIS IS A BRAND NEW SYSTEM, YOU SHOULD TOTALLY BUY IT. The only way it could be any more blunt is if Reggie…
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