Add WWE 2K14 to the list of sports video games with no announced Wii U version. (NBA 2K14 is "TBA," says Take-Two.) No Madden, no FIFA, no NCAA, no NHL. Will the Wii U see any sports titles? Read more
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There will be real football players, using their real names, in the debut of NCAA Football Ultimate Team this year.…
Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes…
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If you camped in the top floors of the Nuketown houses long enough that you wanted to change its hideous…
Some wild quantum powers, including the ability to "blink" or teleport out of harm's way, arrive today with Origin Crisis, the seventh DLC extension for DC Universe Online. Operations, raids and time travels explore such possibilities as evil Batman and good Luthor. This post explains how it all fits together. Read more
If you'd rather watch video games than play them on your console, Twitch.tv has the app for you, available for Xbox Live gold subscribers today. The app makes the top 300 live channels available for spectating. No streaming from the 360, only viewing. There'll be more at the next Xbox reveal in a week. Read more
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Pokémon X and Pokémon Y got a new game trailer this morning, and shed more light on the game, including four new…
Filming begins in Macon, Ga. on the Need for Speed movie, which this local TV reporter says is "a great moment for Macon, for Fountain Car Wash, and for all of the community." Read more
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Want to take classes from Professor Warren Spector? The University of Texas has created the Denius-Sams Gaming Academy. Spector will guide its curriculum and Paul Sams, Blizzard's chief operating officer, is also an instructor. Admitted students pay no tuition and get a $10,000 stipend.
The ESRB has asked the Chinese maker of a browser-based game to quit advertising it as rated Adults Only, reports…
THQ's bankruptcy couldn't kill it. Now, Metro: Last Light finally arrives for the big three—PC, PS3 and 360. Manhunt…
In no rec league could I ever throw a no-hitter. Alone on a basketball court I'd need half an hour to score 69…
Tim Schafer tells Game Informer that his studio, Double Fine, still is trying to buy back the rights to Stacking and Costume Quest from the dissolved THQ, and also Brütal Legend from EA and Iron Brigade (formerly Trenched) from Microsoft. "We can still make more of those games," he says. Read more
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An enterprising Grand Theft Auto IV modder just added the Millennium Falcon to the—wait ... wait ... Oh, my! What have you done? Oh my! It's BACKWARDS! You flea-bitten furball! Only an overgrown mop-head like you ...
EA Sports' former executive producer on NCAA Football testified that the game "generally tried to make the players perform as their real life counterparts, short of their name and likeness." EA and the NCAA are defendants in a potential class-action suit over the unauthorized use of college players' likenesses. Read more
The illicit, real-money profits made from a gold-duplicating bug in Diablo III have been confiscated and will be…
Well, the big idea I had was already grabbed up midweek. That would be the mashup of Electronic Arts and Star Wars.…
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We hope your mother has enjoyed her Mother's Day so far, and if you're a mother, that you have as well. In the…
Welcome to Kotaku's Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics, chosen by our readership. The images…
Yes, that's a banana in his pocket and no, Henry Gribbohm is not happy to see you. He drained his life savings, all…