The Legal Battle Over Aliens: Colonial Marines Just Got Juicy

We’re still seeing fallout from one of the biggest video game flops in recent history, and some recent court documents reveal a number of juicy details that give us a behind-the-scenes look at the marketing of Aliens: Colonial Marines, including internal e-mails and some jargon-filled PR plans that are as insane as they are revealing.…

Tool Could Make You A Hearthstone Master, But You Can’t Use It

A Google researcher has figured out how to predict each card his opponent will play in mega-popular online card game Hearthstone. Don’t (or do) worry, though: the tool he developed is staying locked away forever. Google anti-fraud and abuse research lead Elie Bursztein developed machine learning/data analysis tech specifically for Hearthstone, which he demonstrated in…

You Can Remote Play PS4 Games On Sony’s New Phones And Tablets

Utilizing the same sort of technology that enables the feature on the PlayStation Vita, Sony’s upcoming Xperia Z3 phones and compact tablets will have the ability to stream PlayStation 4 games over Wi-Fi networks. That’s right, Sony is still making phones. I don’t mean to offend anyone out there with a Sony phone. I’m sure…

First-Person Temple Run Makes Samsung’s VR Headset Terrifying

Announced on the heels of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4-powered VR Gear headset, Temple Run VR takes the popular endless running game and puts it in a terrifying new perspective. It’s one thing to float above the action as a giant killer ape chases your thief/archaeologist through a never-ending maze of temple corridors, forest trails and…

Read This: A Transformers Vs. G.I. Joe Comic That’s Fun And… Smart!

Comic book recommendation: You can set your expectations low for many toy tie-in comics but Tom Scioli and John Barber’s Transformers vs. G.I. Joe ongoing comic series from IDW is shockingly impressive. The writing is wonderfully arch, but the main draw is the paradoxically sophisticated-yet-primitive style of Scioli. Take a look: Or, better, justgo to…

Cards Against Humanity Fifth Expansion, Dead Rising Apocalypse [Deals]

You can preorder, preload, and pre-save on Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition. $36 down from $50 after code NEVR14-U3AJ96-7004LF. Out 9/5. [Dead Rising 3] Cards Against Humanity’s Fifth Expansion is here, and since the first four are still regularly sold out, we expect this to sell out almost immediately. Base Game Expansion 1 Expansion 2…

Play This: A Hard Roguelike That Feels Better On Mobile Than PC

Game recommendation…. The Nightmare Cooperative is a stylish, simple-to-control, difficult game that has you moving up to four heroes in unison through randomized dungeons, collecting loot, fighting monsters, dying plenty. Five minutes of video impressions for you below… You can get the game on Steam (PC/Mac/Linux) for $6 but I recommend going for the mobile…

A Quirky Take on Turn-Based Strategy

The Behemoth makes games that are infamous for challenging players’ reflexes. But the next game from the indie dev studio slows things down a bit, putting the emphasis on planning instead of speed. Alien Hominid had players jumping and shooting through a brutally tough 2D side-scroller. Castle Crashers‘ co-op brawling put a premium on fast…

How To Get Infinite Money In The Sims 4

Nothing makes me lose your interest in a Sims game as quickly as suddenly having access to mountains of cash, so I shall not be taking advantage of the game’s built-in infinite cash cheat code. The rest of you may read/watch on. IGN put together this handy video to explain how to enhance your Sims…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: How Does Your Game Keep You Contained? Part 2 • A Chat with Little Worlds’ Jenna Hoffstein • Great Food Debate: Coffee vs. Tea • Game of The Week — Basically Call of Duty: Gundam [Gundam Side Story 0079] TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow…

Report: A Merger Might Cause an Xbox-PlayStation Monopoly in China

Media reports are coming in that Chinese media companies BesTV and Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group are merging. The two companies are respective joint venture partners of Microsoft and Sony for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in China. Sina.com, a major Chinese news portal, published an article early today confirming month-long rumours that the two…

Xbox One China, Right On Schedule

Chinese media is reporting that Microsoft’s Xbox One console is right on schedule for its September 23 release in the middle kingdom. Shanghai-based Dragon TV reports that the Xbox One has already gone through and was approved by the customs process in Shanghai and is now being packed onto trucks for shipment across the country.…

Giant Rabbit Appears, Lays Down On Farmland

Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, the man who brought the world the giant rubber duck and the giant floating hippo, has created another giant creature; a giant rabbit. Earlier this week, Hofman’s newest creation was unveiled in Taoyuan Taiwan: an 82-foot sculpture of a white rabbit as part of the Taoyuan Land Arts Festival. This new…