Watch The Father Of The Playstation Pretending To Be A Villain

The guys at Mega64 have released a 20-minute video showing how they made the hilarious GDC tribute to Ken Kutaragi. It’s fun to watch, but the best part is the former Sony CEO’s outtakes while performing as the “last boss” of the video. Kutaragi’s outtakes start at 11:40, you can jump to it here KOUNTDOWN…

Amazon Hires Portal‘s Kim Swift, Far Cry 2‘s Clint Hocking

Amazon is bolstering up talent in their video game development studio, and they’ve got two new high-profile snags: Portal designer Kim Swift and Far Cry 2 designer Clint Hocking have both joined Amazon Game Studios, Kotaku has learned. Swift, best known for helping create Portal, most recently worked at Airtight Games on the Ouya-exclusive Soul…

Maybe you’ve heard of 2048? The folks at Grantland have, including the popular smartphone game in a new list of media recommendations while almost entirely glossing over the fact that 2048 is a derivation of a clone of the well-liked game Threes. Well, Threes does get to be an oblique punchline at the end of…

Somehow, Dead Island Became A Fun DOTA-Style Game

I got a beta code for Dead Island:Epidemic. I didn’t love Dead Island. I couldn’t get into DOTA 2. So I didn’t expect to enjoy this game at all, but it’s actually a very accessible version of the biggest competitive games in the world. Around the time I started at Kotaku, I actually spent a…

Corsair Vengeance K70, So Much Doctor Who, PSN Update [Deals]

Your runner-up for Best Gaming Keyboard, and the #1 Best-Seller in Gaming Keyboards, the Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical is getting a rare discount today. Pick it up for $115 and game on. [Amazon] Update: Amazon is backordered, but you can still grab the deal, or grab it from Newegg for the same price. Titanfall, Battlefield…

A Sneak Peek At Amazon Games Studio’s Upcoming Titles

Sev Zero might be the first game coming to the Amazon Fire TV from Amazon Games Studio, but it’s far from the last. Here’s a look at what’s in store for Fire TV gamers. Amazon Games Studios has been putting out mobile games since 2012, but now that the Amazon Fire TV is here the…

Nuclear Throne’s April Fool’s Joke: An Entire Playable 3D Game

If you aren’t familiar with Nuclear Throne, it’s a 2D roguelike shoot-em-up. For April Fools, their joke was to announce they were changing the game to a 3D FPS. Except it wasn’t just a joke, they actually made an entire playable version. Youtuber JSmithOTI took a run through the April Fool’s build, check it out…

​Here’s Sev Zero, the First Exclusive Game for the Amazon Fire TV

The newly-announced Amazon Fire TV won’t just be letting you play Android mobile games on your TV. It’s going to have its own exclusives, too, and the first one—a sci-fi shooter called Sev Zero—looks like it’s aiming squarely pulling in people who play action-heavy games on consoles. Sev Zero’s being made by Amazon Game Studios,…

An Original Game Boy’s Life, Animated

Most original Game Boys aren’t being used to play games any more, but some are being used to make music. The opening credits to Europe In 8 Bits offer a colorful version of the journey a Game Boy takes to get from the factory to a chiptune concert. The video above is the opening sequence…

​Heists Coming to GTA Online This Spring

Everyone’s been waiting for the heists—the signature criminal activities from Grand Theft Auto V‘s story mode—to come to the game’s online component. Rockstar says they’re coming this spring A post on the Rockstar Newswire lays out updates coming to the blockbuster open-world title over the next few months: Capture Creator: Coming next week, the Creator…

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That Vita Game With The Talking Dogs Comes Out June 3

When you’re really excited about an upcoming game, it sometimes helps to completely wipe any trace of it from your memory, as I did with PlayStation Vita Pets.“Oh yeah, that game!” is slated for release next month in Europe and June in North America. I’m so excited I could forget again. In case you were…