Video Games As Vintage Sci-Fi Books

Artist Joshua Ketchen has designed a series called Arcade Adventures, imagining video games as covers of vintage sci-fi books with in a retro-futuristic style. Here’s Resident Evil, Bioshock, Portal, Mega Man, Star Fox, Metroid, Earthbound and Pikmin, from an era where conquering space and alien planets meant the future. Pretty sure that Pikmin one at…

Over at the game’s official forums, community manager Loki confirmed that the dev team plans to release Terraria’s next big content update, version 1.3, in June. The Terraria wiki has a list of the new additions revealed by the team so far.

How One Game Helped Me Reject Homophobia

“I don’t mean to sound gay here, but…” “You did what? You bought her flowers? That’s a bit bent, mate.” “He’s pure under the thumb now, man. Since he started going out with her he’s become a bit of a poof.”—All things I’ve heard many times from heterosexual men, aimed at other heterosexual men. This…

Ramen Has Never Been This Lewd or Perverted

What kind of ramen do you expect from a game that revels in ridiculous breast physics? I guess you’d expect something like this. Ah, Senran Kagura. If you haven’t been keeping abreast, the game originally debuted on the Nintendo 3DS because its creator wanted some 3D boobs. Yes, that game. To date, there have been…

​Alien: Isolation Sure Looks Less Scary In Third-Person

One of the coolest things about Alien: Isolation was how thoroughly it put players into the quaking space-boots of its protagonist Amanda Ripley. There was a button for re-focusing her eyes! Today at GDC, Creative Assembly’s Alistair Hope demonstrated an earlier version of the game that was a more traditional third-person survival horror game. Destructoid…

A Closer Look At Valve’s First VR Unit

Just like its Steam Machine idea, Valve is teaming up with multiple hardware companies to release virtual reality systems. One of the firstis this one, the Vive from HTC. This video gives you a quick tour of all the Vive’s gear, including its two “paddle” controllers. I hope you’re ready to answer lots of phone…

Gabe Newell, Notch Make List Of World’s Richest People

Some people who make (or made) video games are dirt poor. Others, however, could start campfires using $100 bills. In this post, we’re looking at the latter. Forbes has released their 2015 list of the richest people on Earth, and while Bill Gates is back at #1 (with a net worth of $79.2 billion), we’re…

Bungie Explains Why They Really Killed Destiny’s Loot Cave

Back in the early days of Destiny, some players would spend hours just…shooting into a cave. The reason? Loot. Precious, precious loot. Eventually, Bungie patched what players were calling the “Loot Cave”—Bungie didn’t think it was a good way for players to spend their time. Or so theysaid: Shooting at a black hole for hours…

Up Close With Valve’s Newest Steam Controller

Today at GDC, Stephen got to mess around with Valve’s newest Steam Controller model. Check it out: Stephen also snapped this pic at Valve’s booth, which gives a couple of bullet-points about the controller: Some people are bagging on the thumbstick, but I dunno… I haven’t used this thing, but it actually looks kind of…

What’s Your Monster Hunter Weapon Of Choice?

Okay, it happened. I’m hooked on Monster Hunter. I’ve held off diving into the series for years now, but the latest game, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate on 3DS, has got me. We just added it to our list of The Best Games for 3DS, and it earned its spot. This game is great. I’ve been…

An Updated List Of Studios EA Has Bought And Then Shut Down

Massive game publisher Electronic Arts has a reputation for snatching up talented development studios and then running them into the ground. While some of EA’s big acquisitions remain successful today—like DICE and BioWare—the mega-publisher has also been responsible for the closures of a number of beloved game-makers. In the wake of today’s news that SimCity…

Track: The Grid | Album: Mockroot | Artist: Tigran Hamasyan Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Nvidia’s New Shield Console Is Nothing To Get Excited About

Last night at the 2015 Game Developers Conference, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said he was announcing three things—a revolutionary television, a game console and a supercomputer. He actually revealed an Android console, the third Nvidia device in two years to carry the Shield name. Yay? Having teased the announcement for the better part of a…