People with VAC Bans on Steam The Valve Anti-Cheat System (VAC) is probably the single most-used strategy to counter cheaters in online gaming. It’s used for all Source engine games and a ban in one game will keep you from being able to play any of the games on their list. Because the system is…

15-Minute Metal Gear Solid V Demo Is Ridiculous And Amazing

Shown off today during a Gamescom livestream, here’s the newest demo for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which will be out for consoles and PC… eventually. It’s silly. Very silly. There’s horse poop and goat murder and boxes with bikini models. Enjoy. (video via Shirrako)

Watch The Metal Gear Solid V Show Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

Are you ready to learn more about Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain? Maybe, say, a release date? Well, we’re not getting our hopes up too much, but today’s big Gamescom preview event should at least give us some more insight about what to expect from the next entry in Hideo Kojima’s batshit insane…

​Some PS4 Owners Can’t Play This Week’s Great New Indie Game

Hohokum came out for the various PlayStation platforms yesterday. The beautiful, weird exploration game isn’t quite like anything else on the video game landscape lately. So it’s really messed up that some folks who bought the game for the PS4 are saying that they can’t play it. Over on Sony’s message boards and Twitter, many…

Metal Gear Solid V Is Coming To PC

Who needs next-gen consoles? The Metal Gear Solid series is hitting PC once again with entry #5—both Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain will come to Steam, publisher Konami accidentally leaked today just before a big MGS livestream. Looks like someone on Konami’s web team jumped the gun. This is the first time in a very…

“We will clearly spend money on marketing the game, there’s no doubt about that. And we do [that] on games where we have very little to do with development, and with games that we fully develop. And we will definitely be spending money on developing the game – I want to make sure that it’s…

When (If Ever) To Put Gaming On Your Resume

Honing your skills in a video game is hard work. It takes practice, patience, and creativity. These are all assets that could help you land a real job, too. But do they? Have you ever emphasized your gaming background during a job search, and did it help? One notable success story that’s often brought up…

Track: Miss U | Artist: Shigeto | Album: No Better Time Than Now Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Deals: Advanced Warfare Xbox Controller, Corsair Gaming Mice

In addition to all the new Xbox One bundles we rattled off yesterday, the limited edition Advanced Warfare Xbox One Controller will also be sold separately. Like the Titanfall controller before it, it won’t be around forever. Update: The Advanced Warfare Controller is $55 on Newegg, price shows in the final step of checkout. The…

What Our Company Is Doing About The Attacks On Our Comments

Our parent company, Gawker Media, is taking several actions to deal with the troll attacks on our comments sections. Please read through this post, which is from our sister site Jezebel and explains what’s happened and what happens next. Notably, we will be bringing back the concept of “pending” comments, primarily for new readers. We…

Payday 2’s Creators Are Making A Walking Dead Game

Payday 2 creator Overkill Software is making a new game based on the popular zombie franchise The Walking Dead, the company just announced. Robert Kirkman, the creator of the original comics, said in a post on Steam that it’s “the co-op game that all of the Walking Dead fans have been waiting for.” Overkill has…

DOTA Heroes In Hearthstone Would Be Game-Breaking

Rollow, a fan of both DOTA and Hearthstone, created a huge deck featuring all Dota 2 heroes as if they were in Blizzard’s card game. With the appropriate powers and stats. There are 144 cards in this fan-made gallery, and some of them are ridiculously owerpowered, but still it’s a fun concept. There are some…

Rise of the Tomb Raider Isn’t Really An ‘Xbox Exclusive’

Yesterday, Microsoft dropped the first bomb of Gamescom 2014: that Rise of the Tomb Raider will be an Xbox exclusive. Except, wait. It’s not. Turns out this was yet another a case of shady corporate double-speak, and this is actually a timed exclusive. “Yes, the deal has a duration,” Xbox boss Phil Spencer told Eurogamer.…