The Last Great Gaming Store In New York City’s Chinatown

This past Sunday, I decided to soak in the sights, sounds, and smells of the Big Apple by taking the train from my home in northern Manhattan to Brooklyn. Then I’d walk all the way back—or at least see how far I could go before my legs gave out. The Manhattan Bridge was on my…

​Watch People Get Freaked Out by The Evil Within

This is what survival horror is supposed to do: scare the heck out of you. It’s not just Kotaku‘s Tina Amini who got profoundly disturbed by The Evil Within. Bethesda put a bunch of non-industry folks in front of the upcoming Shinji Mikami game and recorded their reactions to the gory proceedings. Their jumps and…

These Dota 2 Heroes Belong In A Children’s Book

Botjira is an artist from Singapore who can turn the most intimidating Dota 2 heroes into adorable children’s books with a bit of watercolor. You can check out botjira’s other work on Deviantart, and you can order prints here via Reddit

Everything WildStar Has To Offer In One Final Pre-Launch Trailer

Carbide Studios’ massively multiplayer online science fiction role-playing game launches a week from today, with early start kicking off Saturday morning at 12:01 am Pacific. That makes this final features trailer the big pre-launch push for WildStar — if you don’t see something you like here, just keep on playing whatever you were playing. I’m…

Final Fantasy III is now available on Steam. The first legitimate PC version of the game is a port of the relatively recent 3D remake, and will set you back $15.99. Be sure to give your Warriors of Light distinctive names, so they aren’t confused with all of the other nameless, world-saving orphans.

You can now buy upgrades in Battlefield 4. If you’re jumping back into the game to try out the CTE or see how it’s working, you can skip leveling up by purchasing battlepacks directly. A post today on the Battlefield blog announced that battlepacks would be available for purchase, $1 for bronze, $2 for silver,…

Nintendo Has A Plan To Share Money With YouTubers

Almost exactly a year after Nintendo sparked a controversy over the way it was forcing ads on YouTube videos featuring footage from its video games, the company looks like it’s officially changing tack. It took to Twitter earlier today to describe a new “affiliate program” that will split revenue between Nintendo, Google, and the person…

Some People Can’t Play Watch Dogs On PC Right Now [Update]

Watch Dogs’ launch on PC has proven to be a little rocky, with reports around the web noting problems with uPlay, Ubisoft’s distribution service. Without uPlay, players can’t play Watch Dogs on PC. However, uPlay is acting rather funky for people right now. Some players report an “unrecoverable error” which causes the game to crash…

What the 2014 Version of Another World Would Look Like

Éric Chahi’s Another World (AKA Out of This World) is a timeless cult classic, one that holds up because if its stunning cinematography and narrative. So what happens when fans respectfully recreate a part of it? Magic. Polish director Bartek Hławka and crew made this fantastic recreation of the Amiga classic’s intro, dubbed Project 23.…

inFAMOUS: Second Son, Logitech Headset, $70 Off-Contract Moto G

PS4 owners that still haven’t played inFAMOUS: Second Son are missing out on one of console’s best early games. Today’s a great day to rectify that though, as Amazon’s Gold Box deal of the day is offering it up for $36. [inFAMOUS: Second Son, $36] We’re bullish about the importance of audio around here, but…

Watch 15 Minutes Of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Not only does this video contain more than 15 minutes of footage from the upcoming last-gen-only Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, it also includes more than 15 minutes of narration in both regular and Australian flavors. What a bargain! If this gameplay footage seems familiar to you, then perhaps you attended the PAX East presentation which it…

Mark Wahlberg Doesn’t Seem Too Shocked By Transformers. Or Anything.

Mark Wahlberg didn’t sound particularly jazzed to see Optimus Prime in the original trailer for Transformers: Age of Extinction. Lucky for us, the folks at Fox’s ADHD have figured out how the movie will probably go down (fictional spoilers ahead): For context, here’s the original trailer: Real talk, though: I am incredibly excited to see…

PS4 Developer On What It Means To Be Next-Gen

Back when new-gen was known as next-gen, gamers and critics alike pondered and daydreamed about the kinds of experiences we’d get with new hardware and promises of impressive power. And a lot of that anticipation has been squarely on the topic of shiny visuals. But there’s more to the look of a game than just…