Valve Adds ‘Pre-Release Reviews’ To Steam

Steam user reviews are, on a lot of occasions, hot garbage. That hasn’t stopped Valve from trying to separate the wheat from the chaff (or the wheat and chaff from Farming Simulator meme jokes, as it were), though. The latest step? The introduction of a “pre-release” review badge, mostly for Evolve. OK, at this point…

Good Job With The Graffiti, Dying Light

Video games have got a graffiti problem. So much video-game graffiti is dumb, unrealistic, or hamfisted. Considering that I’ve gone out of my way to criticize games that get graffiti wrong, it seemed worth taking the time to high-five a game that gets it right. Dying Light developer Techland could’ve very easily screwed up the…

It Ain’t Easy Being A GTA Superhero

The stuff we see in superhero movies is usually the action, or things relevant to the story. What about everything that happens in-between those moments? What is that stuff like? One GTA machinima series finds out. Here’s the story of Commandoflauge‘s “Pigman,” a superhero in GTA that has it tough. He’s not that fit, for…

All The Ways I Killed People As The Son Of Satan

Lucius is a sad-looking little boy. He’s also the spawn of Satan. The original Lucius pretty much followed the plot for The Omen: you’re the son of Satan, now go and kill everybody in your house one by one. Think Hitman, but as an evil demonic kid. Despite being somewhat fun, it felt very restrictive…

Spider-Man Joins the Avengers Early in This Fan-Made Movie Mash-Up

This week’s big comic-book movie news was the deal that lets Marvel use Spider-Man in their upcoming big-budget superhero movies. So here’s a well-done mash-up that re-imagines the Avengers‘ chaotic Manhattan battle sequence with a little extra wall-crawler in the mix. Presented by ScreenCrush, the remix is the work of mash-up creator Sleepy Skunk and…

Player Adds Holograms To World of Warcraft 

Here is World of Warcraft’s user interface, completely redone so that it looks more futuristic. It’s damn cool. Granted, having this “hologram” style displayed here by valkyrie s may not always be the most useful in battle, but still! I can already see this on the Oculus Rift. If you’re curious as to how this…

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.

How Pokémon Surprise Trainers On Valentines Day

Relax. It’s probably just a mega stone. For those of you that are confused: the 3DS lets you have themes. And apparently, certain themes make opening up a new game kind of funny, as evidenced by this screenshot by @FlatFootFox. There are other non-Pokemon examples, too, like this one from @Electivirus: Ha.

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…

Evolve Glitch Basically Creates 5 Versus 1 Mode

In Evolve, each of the four player classes is supposed to play a specific role in hunting down big, brutal monsters, with the various hunter types playing specific roles to help the team win. So when a glitch lets two support characters spawn and create a five-man team instead of the usual four-man squad, it’s…

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

CM Storm QuickFire Sale, $30 Far Cry 4, Star Wars LEGO, and More Deals

The CM Storm QuickFire mechanical gaming keyboard is listed at $120 today, which is an all-time low on Amazon. Plus, you can save an additional $20 after mail-in rebate. It’s tenkeyless, which you don’t see very often in mechanical keyboards, and lets you set custom backlighting profiles down to each individual key. [CM Storm QuickFire…

If you set the in-game date of the shipping version of SimCopter to Friday the 13th, the male residents would strip down and occasionally make out. The game was patched to remove this. The programmer who added it, Jacques Servin, was actually fired by Maxis You can reach the author of this post at [email protected]…

Binding Of Isaac DLC Adds More Everything, Including Co-Op Babies

The Binding of Isaac already received a major update with The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth last year, but designer Edmund McMillen is moving full speed ahead on a proper expansion. Today, McMillen revealed the add-on, which doesn’t yet have a release date, will be called Afterbirth McMillen is known for being exceptionally open with his…