Accurate Zelda Map Means You’ll Never Get Lost In The Woods Again

Hyrule is one of the most iconic settings in the history of video games. The Legend of Zelda players have been poring over it in one way or another for almost 30 years now. So when a serious fan sets out to make a faithful rendition of its map, you know he means business. Artist…

Track: New God Flow | Artist: Kanye West, Pusha T, Ghostface Killah | Album: Cruel Summer Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Highlight Reel: It’s Raining ATVs

We’ve rounded up some of the best highlights from the past two days in the gaming world and put them all together in one place for you. This week: An inventive new way to clear outposts in Far Cry 3, a very silly Skyrim joke and more! MY BEST OUTPOST LIBERATION (Far Cry 3) –…

​How Much It Cost to Put An Indie Game on Xbox One

Making games as a solo developer is a hard lifestyle. You can put a lot of hours into making something that goes nowhere. But figuring out what platforms to publish on and how much things will cost is a whole other stress. Here’s how much it cost to put one indie title onto Xbox One.…

Playstation Plus Crowns the Dragon With a Fez in August

August’s Playstation Plus line-up has been announced and includes heavy hitters like Dragon’s Crown, and indies FEZ and Proteus. It’s also a cross-buy heavy month. Here’s the list: Playstation 4 Road Not Taken FEZ Playstation 3 Crysis 3 Proteus FEZ (cross-buy with PS4) Dragon’s Crown (cross-buy with Vita) Playstation Vita Metrico Dragon’s Crown FEZ (cross-buy…

Sources: Crytek USA’s Leadership Quit Last Week

This afternoon, Crytek announced that they had downsized their Texas-based USA studio and moved development of the free-to-play co-op shooter Hunt: Horrors of the Guilded Age to their main offices in Frankfurt, Germany. What they didn’t say is that Crytek USA’s senior staff, including studio head David Adams, quit over a week ago because they…

Xbox One Pinball Game Delayed For A Damn Good Reason

Originally slated for release on July 31, Zen Studios’ Pinball FX2 for the Xbox One has been pushed back into August in order to implement changes need to allow players to import tables they’ve already purchased on the Xbox 360. Thank goodness. Fans were not at all happy when Zen announced the Xbox One version…

Deals: Xbox One External Storage, PS4/One Discounts, Pacific Rim CE

The HGST Touro is one of the only 7200 RPM external hard drives out there, and the 1TB model is only $60 today, which is as cheap as we’ve ever seen it. If you own an Xbox One, this drive can seriously cut your games’ load times vs. the internal hard drive, but any computer…

Sony Won’t Explain What’s Up With PS1/PS2 Games On PlayStation Now

Way back in February 2013, when Sony first announced the PlayStation 4, they talked a bit about their partnership with the streaming company Gaikai. With the power of the cloud, Sony said, we’d all be able to stream PS1, PS2, and PS3 games But things have changed. Today, those vague plans have coalesced into the…

Remember that leaked Deadpool movie test footage? It’s been released in a hi-res version, reportedly straight from Blur Studios itself. Update: An Escapist article says that the hi-res release isn’t an official one.

Mario Kart 8 Has Millions Of Peaches, Peaches For Me

Gamers took their sweet time making the inevitable “Peaches” joke for Mario Kart 8. But this video by YouTuber Linkums is clever enough that it’s fair to say it was worth the wait: So now that Princess Peach and Luigi both have their own theme music for Mario Kart 8, who’s next? My money’s on…

All 30 Mario Kart 8 characters, reviewed. ReadJohn Teti’s hilarious take on the cartoon cast in Nintendo’s newest kart racer. “Rather than being an empty sad-sack, Luigi has become the personified answer to the question, ‘What if Mario were kind of an asshole?’ And this is awesome.”

We’ve Come A Long Way, Baby

Talking with Stephen and Jason about Wolfenstein led me down an internet rabbit hole where I discovered this gem. It’s footage of the very first Castle Wolfenstein game, which was released way back in 1981. Something about the giant pixellated swastikas plastered across the bad guys’ chests makes me giggle: I can just imagine the…

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4,638,937 people played the Destiny beta, Activision announced this morning in a press release. That sure is a specific number! Says Activision exec Eric Hirshberg: “This is the biggest beta of this console generation by a wide margin and the largest console beta ever for a new video game IP to date.”