Don’t Forget Your BatDad This Father’s Day

Your father might not the hero the city deserves, but there’s a good chance he’s every bit as cool and deserving praise as BatDad. Tomorrow’s the perfect day to tell him that. And if you’re dad’s not the best, maybe you are. Or you’ll be. Or you’re married to one. Or you’ve given birth to…

Meet SteamBoy, The Portable Steam Machine

Now that Steam Machines have established all one needs to play computer games via Steam is a small box, a controller and a screen, the SteamBoy combines those three things into one portable gaming system. Announced on the last day of E3 2013, the SteamBoy is an independent project by a group unaffiliated with Valve,…

The Honest Final Fantasy VII Trailer Wants An HD Remake, Too

C’mon, who wouldn’t want to see these heaving, panting examples of manhood rendered with high resolution HD graphics? Though I’m pretty sure every Final Fantasy game mentioned in Smosh’s honest trailer for Cloud and Pals is far beyond the statute of spoilers, I’ll be nice and warn you all ahead of time — they mention…

Get Salty Mario Kart 8 Figures In Your Next Happy Meal

Great news, people who like buying their food in creepy boxes. Once McDonald’s gets over this How To Train Your Dragon 2 business, the next Happy Meal toys are Ty’s Teenie Beenie Boos. Or I guess you could go with the Mario Kart 8 figures. What we’ll be having is a fine selection of racers,…

This Week In The Business: Mistakes Were Made

QUOTE | “Inclusivity always seems to end up on the cutting board.” – A female engineer at a top studio (who prefers to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal), discussing the “horribly familiar” arguments Ubisoft offered as to why a female character option was left out of Assassin’s Creed Unity Elsewhere in the business of…

Track: Hold On, We’re Going Home Artist: Drake ft. Majid Jordan Album: Nothing Was The Same Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Already, Far Cry 4 Has A Fan Film

Well, that didn’t take long. Literally days after being announced, folks are already making short films about Far Cry 4. Damn. In this short, RocketJump shows us what a real-life co-op attack on an outpost might be like. One of the dudes totally looks like Hurk from the game, too: …now lets just hope nobody…

Ten Things You Might’ve Missed About The New Zelda Reveal

Time for some trailer analysis! While we didn’t get to see too much of the new Zelda, the short footage we saw was still jam-packed with small stuff that was easy to miss. I mean, let’s be real, most of us were busy thinking about how amazing the grass looks now and such. Thankfully, GameXplain…

Games Are Harder When Your Self From Two Seconds Ago Is Chasing You

N++, like the other N games before it (Ncestors? Ntecedents?) is hard. In fact, this time, there are “evil ninjas” chasing you in some levels. These ninjas are, in fact, you from two seconds ago and you from four seconds ago, etc. They’re not in all of the upcoming PS4 game’s 1,000 levels, but there…

The Swedish Military’s Recruiting Game Is Really Fun

Games as recruiting tools aren’t anything new, but this little free browser game was more entertaining to me than America’s Army ever was. The point of the game is to emphasize how important teamwork is (and how you can learn it in the military), so it matches you up with 3 other players and gives…