Yannick LeJacq

The edutainment classic and staple of many childhoods Zoombinis could get a modern rework, if this Kickstarter has anything to do with it. Help make learning (by solving pizza-based puzzles) fun again!

Heads up: The Sims 4 is now out for Mac. If you own the PC game, you can get the new version for free. If you’re just starting out, make sure to check out our tips for how to improve your Sims experience. Or how to kill your Sims once you start to get bored.…

One Of League Of Legends’ Best Players Gets Benched

When the North American League of Legends pro team Team Curse picked up Korean player Chae “Piglet” Gwang-jin last year, they thought they’d signed one of the best players in the world. Now just four months later, Piglet’s coach announced that he’s been replaced by a relative rookie in the starting line-up. The sudden change…

Super Smash Bros. Is Unbalanced, And That’s A Good Thing

Controversies over Smash Bros. characters like Diddy Kong and Little Mac illustrate a larger concern that people have with Nintendo’s famous fighting game: is it properly balanced? One of the most compelling arguments I’ve read says no. But then it asks a compelling follow-up: So what? Forrest Smith, a software engineer at Uber Entertainment and…

Fallout Publisher Sends Legal Threat To Game With ‘Fallout’ In Title

Indie developer and YouTube personality Jordan Maron is changing the name of his upcoming mobile game Fortress Fallout after receiving a cease-and-desist notification from Zenimax Media, the parent company behind Fallout publisher Bethesda. Maron explained in a video published yesterday on his popular YouTube channel CaptainSparklez (via Polygon) that while he’s been working on Fortress…

A “Definitive Edition” of Darksiders 2 is coming to the PS4, GameSpot has confirmed with publisher Nordic Games. Hooray for more new-gen ports?

Track: Ain’t That Easy | Artist: D’Angelo, The Vanguard | Album: Black Messiah Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

MMA Fighter Throws Hadouken At Opponent, Then Beats Him Up

There are so, so few opportunities to throw a hadouken unironically. “During an MMA fight” is one of the preciously rare moments to channel your inner Ryu and feel like a total badass—as long as you’re actually in the fight. Shane Campbell saw such a window during a recent bout with Derek Boyle. Here is…

The always hilarious Smash YouTuber Lythero has a new video showing Kirby doing his best Boo impression in a “fight” against Luigi. As one fan put it on Reddit: “Anyone who played Luigi’s Mansion will absolutely love this!” See more of Lythero’s great stuff here

Track: Gz and Hustlas | Artist: Snoop Dogg | Album: Doggystyle Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Developers Say Apple Is Rejecting Games For Having Images Of Guns

Apple has been rejecting some mobile games from the iOS app store for displaying guns in their promotional material and app store icons. So far, the regulation hasn’t had an impact on actual in-game content. First reported by Pocket Gamer, mobile developers began receiving rejections from Apple on “iTunes Connect,” the portal through which the…

Riot released a lengthy statement about the recent revelations that a League of Legends team manager had threatened one of his players this morning. The company’s explanation of its investigation and the ensuing discussion on the League subreddit are both worth reading for fans of the game and eSports followers.

Ubisoft CEO: ‘A Few Things Were Not Perfect’ In Assassin’s Creed Unity

During the Q&A portion of Ubisoft’s earnings call today, CEO Yves Guillemot touched on Assassin’s Creed Unity’s disastrous launch by acknowledging it wasn’t “perfect.” That’s one way to put it. His full explanation, in response to an analyst question about how the company thinks Unity’s problems could affect the future of the Assassin’s Creed brand…

GTA V’s Car Crashes Are Almost Too Realistic

I’ve always gone looking for trouble in GTA games. When Grand Theft Auto III first came out, my friends and I would get together and take turns going on rampages—competing to see who could survive the longest against the cops. With the new version of GTA V out, I’ve found another way to test myself:…

Here’s a cool new way to try playing The Sims 4: the creator of one of popular “legacy challenges” recently came up with an idea for another custom mode he’s calling the “moments challenge.” It adds neat short-term objectives and funny punishments (like grounding your Sims). Check out the rules here and give it a…

League Of Legends Team Fires Manager For Threatening One Of His Players

German eSports team Meet Your Makers (MYM) has “released” its manager Sebastian “Falli” Rotterdam following the revelation that he had threatened League of Legends player Marcin “Kori” Wolski to intimidate him against quitting the team. MYM announced that Rotterdam has been “immediately released” from the team as part of a lengthy message posted on its…

The surprisingly excellent zombie game Dying Light got its first batch of DLC today, Techland said in a surprise announcement. It’s called “Cuisine & Cargo,” and adds two additional “hardcore zones” (buildings) to explore in the game’s world. There are two more bits of DLC coming out in March and May respectively.

League Of Legends Player Tries To Quit Team, Manager Freaks Out

The new League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) is only just beginning, but the popular esports event has already been hit with a scandal as revelations surfaced yesterday that a manager of a well-known team threatened one player’s mother so he wouldn’t try to leave. The team in question is known as “Meet Your Makers”…

Mario Kart Pop Mash-Ups Are Surprisingly Great

What could possibly be better than Taylor Swift’s hit 2014 song “Shake It Off?” Setting the lyrics to music from Mario Kart, obviously. I recently came across this wonderful series of Mario Kart mash-ups from YouTuber roomdrifter, and it’s got some of the best Kart-themed renditions of pop songs I’ve heard since that awesome Drake…