Watch Dogs Includes A Kinect That Spies On People

Okay, the Kinect you can find in Watch Dogs isn’t called Kinect. It’s called Kinekt, with a (second) K. But still: this is a pretty funny easter egg. Eurogamer walks us through a little gag you can find in Watch Dogs, which includes a gaming device that Aiden Pearce, the protagonist, can hack into. All…

Vanishing Point: The weird horror PC game The Vanishing of Ethan Carter has been mostly been shrouded in mystery, but in today’s trailer we finally get to see a bit of it in action. I remain intrigued by this game.

​Riot Is Changing League of Legends‘ Most Popular Map

When a competitive game is as popular as League of Legends, any small change to the maps can have a major impact. Riot Games is about to push out a new and updated version of Summoner’s Rift, the most popular map in the game, and today they went more into detail about what that means.…

It’s Aiden Pearce on the line: While Watch Dogs imagines a world where we can hack anything from our phones, the reality is more often that the outside world is trying to hack into our phones. This new video feature from Motherboard takes a look at the ways your mobile phone can be hacked.

Here’s How Rare Hearthstone Cards Actually Are

When someone buys $50 (or more) worth of Hearthstone cards, they inevitably do some simple math to figure out each card’s rarity. But those numbers aren’t actually useful for figuring out your chances of getting a legendary or golden card next time. If you aren’t familiar with Hearthstone, it’s a collectible card game similar to…

Watch Sailor Moon’s New Art Style In Action

Check out the Sailor Moon remake’s first trailer, which showcases the new controversial art style. What do you think? Honestly, it still looks a little weird to me, but hey. It’s still good ol’ Sailor Moon. It’s supposed to match the manga, and in that respect, it succeeds, so!

Track: Idioteque | Artist: Radiohead | Album: Kid A Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Ubisoft’s Newest Deal Could Be Bad News For Some PC Gamers

Despite lingering tensions between AMD and Nvidia over the latter’s close relationship with major game developers, Ubisoft is extending its partnership with Nvidia to cover its biggest upcoming PC titles. Ubisoft announced the partnership in a press release Thursday, saying that it is working closely with Nvidia’s GameWorks program to develop four of its most…

GOG Is Launching Their Own Version Of Steam

Good Old Games—the digital store for retro games—just announced a new service called GOG Galaxy. It’s a DRM-free online service designed to offer auto-updating, cross-play, and an optional client for your PC games. Kinda like Steam. Minus the DRM. This could be interesting.

Watch Today’s Big Witcher 3 Event Live, Right Here [UPDATE: Over]

UPDATE (2:35pm): Stream’s over. Two big news nuggets: a new trailer for The Witcher 3, which is out on February 25, 2015 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC; and the announcement of GOG Galaxy, GOG’s take on Steam. Original post follows: Who needs E3? Today at 2pm Eastern the folks at development studio CD Projekt…

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Want a Playstation 4? Waiting for an E3 price drop that isn’t coming? Waiting for a new bundle announced at E3, the possibility of which is 50-50 at best? Stop waiting and get $30 off a Playstation 4 today, plus no tax depending on your state and free shipping. [Playstation 4, $370] One of the…

Dark Souls 2 World Record Speedrun 17:51:67

Bananasaurus Rex has apparently moved on from Spelunky, with this amazing Dark Souls 2 speedrun. Which I’m sure someone will top shortly.

Omega Intro: we haven’t seen much of the new Pokemon remakes, but someone’s already animated the footage to look like a cartoon. Awesome. (Via AlyMation)

The Best Things In Games Are Pointless

If you’d told me a while back that the best part of Mario Kart 8 would be Luigi’s cold, unyielding stare, I wouldn’t have believed you. But here we are, and there’s Luigi’s icy death gaze, and the truth is it is actually my favorite part of the game. As soon as people started playing…

Nintendo Chief Satoru Iwata Missing E3 On Advice Of His Physician

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, a longtime fixture of the gaming giant’s E3 presence, will not be at this year’s show, Cindy Gordon, Nintendo of America’s vice president of corporate affairs has told Kotaku. She downplayed any cause for alarm. “You won’t be seeing Mr. Iwata in person at E3 next week,” she wrote in an…