A Ten Minute Crash Course In Watch Dogs

Watch Dogs finally arrives later this month. To get us all even more excited for the ambitious-sounding open-world title, Ubisoft’s has released this lengthy trailer that sums up almost everything you can do in the game’s gorgeous rendition of a near-future Chicago. Unsurprisingly, a lot of those things involve shooting and driving cars really fast—only…

The Official Transformers: Age of Extinction Mobile Game Is Coming

From DeNA, the folks behind the Transformers: Legends mobile card game, comes Transformers: Age of Extinction, a combat runner based on the fourth film in a series I’m getting tired of complaining about. In development for iOS and Android, Age of Extinctions casts players in the role of the heroic Autobots as they run (or…

Sherlock Is Less Impressive When You See His Mistakes

I love the BBC’s Sherlock, but so many of his deductions come down to guessing extraordinary causes for mundane events. I guess including those times wouldn’t make for such an impressive character. While we’re here, can we also talk about how many of Sherlock’s incredible solutions involved being able to see a single fiber of…

Game Boy Camera Makes For A Whole New Kind Of Street Photography

Photographer David Friedman recently unearthed a set of beautiful black-and-white photos of New York City that he had taken in 2000. The only difference between these shots and the stunning higher-resolution ones available on his professional website? He captured all of the former shots with his Game Boy Camera. As he explains on his blog…

Xbox Live’s Free Game Program Is Changing In Some Big Ways

Xbox Live is going the way of PlayStation Plus—starting in June, when the ‘Games with Gold’ program launches on Xbox One, free games downloaded with the program will not stay on your account if you deactivate Xbox Live Gold. So if you’re an Xbox Live Gold member, you’ll be able to get free Xbox One…

Xbox One Without Kinect, Available For Pre-Order Now

Microsoft has just announced a $399Xbox One sans Kinect. Pre-order now and check out Kotaku’s coverage here. Shipping June 9. [Xbox One, $399] This post is brought to you by the Commerce Team, a dedicated group of deal hunters and product enthusiasts. We operate independently of Editorial to bring you the best bargains every day,…

Starting in June, Microsoft will finally remove the Xbox Live Gold paywall for Netflix, HBO Go, and other streaming services on Xbox One and 360. Here’s the full list of stuff you’ll be able to get without a Gold membership. (This confirms last night’s rumor.)

Rockstar Is Making It Easier To Find GTA’s Craziest Players

“Encouraging civility in online behavior” might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a blockbuster video game franchise that’s best known to the general for introducing multiple generations of children to soliciting and then brutally murdering prostitutes. But leave it up to the Grand Theft Auto masterminds at Rockstar…

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Jack Bauer Really Likes Shooting People In The Leg

From rowdy government officials to creepy terrorist sex cameras, 24 has it all. “Over the top” can’t even begin to describe this wonderful, ridiculous television show. By the end of last night’s episode—1:00pm-2:00pm—Jack Bauer is shooting civilians’ legs in order to start a riot so he can invade the U.S. embassy and rescue a framed…

Titanfall‘s newest patch lets PC players jack up the framerate to an “extreme” 144 fps. It also adds a lot of custom options for the new Private Match game type and a new round of game balance changes.

Toddler-horror game Among the Sleep is coming to the PlayStation 4 — with virtual reality support. As if playing a small child exploring a dark house in search of his missing mother isn’t scary enough, developer Krillbite says the game will be among the first to take advantage of Sony’s Project Morpheus VR technology. Nope,…

WildStar Finally Gets Around To Talking About Raiding

With less than a month left before the June 3 official launch of WildStar, Carbine Studios gives prospective players a look at the high-end raid content topping off the eagerly anticipated science fiction MMORPG. For those of you unfamiliar with massively multiplayer online role-playing game terms, a raid is an adventure meant for large groups…

Using the depth of field settings correctly makes this Minecraft village and its surroundings by MinecraftPhotography such great scenery. It rather looks like a LEGO diorama than an actual shot from the game. Minecraft — Plains Village (UHD Wallpaper)[MinecraftPhotography, DeviantART] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest…

League of Legends, As a 2D Fighting Game

One thing would be definitely cool in a League of Legends fighting game: There are so many champions in the game that playing them all would take a lot of time. Brazilian artist Iury Padilha transformed a few of these champions and the battlegrounds into a Guilty Gear-like 2D fighter. Here’s an other one from…