​Catch A Glimpse of Titanfall‘s Expensive Live-Action Series

Usually, you have to wait months, years or decades before someone decides to pour blood, sweat and tears to make a filmed adaptation of a video game. Not with Titanfall. Work’s already underway on an effect-heavy series set in the world of Respawn’s mech-happy future. Looks pretty damn spiffy, if you ask me. This Free…

If you’re hanging out for Driveclub, it might be a while. Sony’s Sony’s Scott Rohde tells IGN the game went “back to the drawing board” last year so they can “make sure the game is great before we ship it.”

I Hope This Is The Future Of Action Figures

Boss Fight Studio are a small toy company, mostly made up of ex-Hasbro folks who worked on lines like GI Joe and Transformers. While they still do licensed work for big companies, its Boss Fight’s design for original action figures that look neat. Despite not having a universe or face to reveal (yet), the company…

Plays Like Syndicate, Looks Like…The Sabotage Video

Bringing together 1993 classic Syndicate and the video clip to Sabotage might not seem like your average video game inspiration, but that’s exactly what’s making LA Cops look so damn cool. Indie studio Modern Dream’s (the Button Affair guys) game drops you in a super-stylish, isometric 70s world and gives you two characters to control,…

​Let’s Make More Strategy Games This Pretty

It seems like more and more big-budget game developers are ditching their cushy studio gigs and striking out on their own to make smaller, often more interesting games. I’m into it. The latest of these is Duelyst, a self-described “tactical turn-based strategy game with ranked competitive play.” Here’s the new trailer, which shows off the…

WoW Level 90 Character Boosts Are Just An Expansion Pack Preorder Away

The physical editions of this fall’s Warlords of Draenor expansion for World of Warcraft will come with a code that’ll allow players to boost a character to level 90. Pre-order a digital edition from Blizzard, and you’ll get the boost right away. The Warlords of Draenor expansion gives players the ability to explore World of…

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Ellie and Riley From The Last of Us Get A Lovely Illustrated Tribute

Aw, man. I’m feeling emotions. We got plenty of new insight into Ellie and her friendship with Riley in The Last of Us: Left Behind. This illustration by Pugletz on Deviantartfills in as a nice coda. It’s heartwarming, it’s beautifully drawn, and it will probably make you feel things. (Spoilers for The Last of Us:…

The Sword Pokémon, Now As A Real (And Dangerous) Weapon

Sure, some people aren’t fans of Pokémon that resemble man-made objects. But having Pokémon like, say, Honedge—which resembles a medieval sword—means one thing: we can actually make these Pokémon a reality. (Without having to resort to horrific genetic experiments, I mean.) So really, it was only a matter of time before someone came along and…

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy: The Kotaku Review

One. Five. Two. Four. Six. That is not a string of numbers that need to be deciphered in a puzzle in a Professor Layton game. It is the order in which I’ve played the games in the Layton series that has concluded—for now—with the newest and possible best of the bunch. From Professor Layton and…

How To Get Out of a Gaming Funk

Can’t find anything to play? Nothing really clicking for you right now? It’s okay. This sort of thing happens. We’re here to help you out of your gaming slump. Now, there’s no sure-fire way to get you back on track when it comes to finding games you’ll enjoy. Gaming funks can hit you hard! Some…

IKEA Has Furniture For Everyone. Even Cosplayers.

You might think would be a joke commercial, but nope. It’s seriously trying to help! Well, as seriously as you can get helping a man find storage space for giant robot boots, anyway.

You Are Probably Not As Good At Pool As This Guy

Think vaulting a cue ball over your body like this is awesome? Just wait until he pulls out two billiard tables for his stunts. That’s when things get seriously impressive. Mind, one of the tables in these trick shots by Florian Kohler is a mini-table—but that fact just makes it cooler in my books. The…

Kickstart The Sequel To The Best Math Game Ever

It’s finally time! We’ve all learned about fractions thanks to Frog Fractions, but how will we teach our children about fractions 2? Luckily, this kickstarter is here, from the future, to help. First of all, if you haven’t played Frog Fractions, stop what you’re doing and go play it right now. It’s free. Right now.…