A Broken Super Bowl Is Way More Fun Than The Real Thing

The real Super Bowl is going to be played between two teams of professional athletes. This Super Bowl featured a team of genetically-engineered supermen and a team of pencil-legged children. The results were not pretty. Concluding his excellent “Breaking Madden” series, in which he’s tried to do all kinds of horrible things to EA’s sports…

Zachary Quinto, better known as Spock in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboots, is signed on for Agent 47, the reboot of Hitman on the big screen. No word on what role he’ll take. Rupert Friend is taking the place of Paul Walker, who was supposed to have played 47 before his death in a car…

When You Have to Hide Your Identity to Make a Video Game

Usually, it’s the characters in the video games themselves that have the code names. Agent 47. Solid Snake. The Illusive Man. But, here in real life, a young Iranian artist working on a game has fled his homeland and hides his identity, all so he can do the thing he’s always dreamed of. He’s going…

The Week in Games: Back in Business with Bravely Default

We now return to our regularly scheduled The Week in Games, now that we have enough titles to properly justify discussing an upcoming week for them. Key releases are Bravely Default on 3DS, the latest episode of The Wolf Among Us, and The LEGO Movie Video Game doing a Full Ginsburg on all eight (8)…

Modders Keep College Basketball Alive with ‘March Madness 2K14’ on PC

College basketball as a video game died long before the lawsuits that killed NCAA Football could do the job. A little more than a year ago, 2K Sports finally pulled the plug on the servers for College Hoops 2K8, the means through which most folks shared rosters reflecting the current year. But there still are…

Ken Kutaragi, known as the “Father of the Playstation,” will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Game Developers Choice Awards on March 19 at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Mark Cerny, the PS4’s lead architect, will present the award to Kutaragi, the former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment.

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Tron Dog

I’m wary of offering contest subjects that may be a meme or done elsewhere, and Tron Dog is a bit of an edge case, but it’s the best thing we’ve got going this week. Prepare for transport to the ‘Shop grid. First, Tron Dog’s provenance. Luke found him, sitting in his cute little cardboard cabinet…

Six Months of Work Went Into This Attack on Titan/Smash Bros. Mashup

For a fan of both Super Smash Bros. and Attack on Titan, this is about as good as it gets. Hell, if you’re a fan of just one of them, this video by AmazingArtistYellow still will make your morning. With the exception of Dr. Mario and Zero Suit Samus, the gang’s all here for the…

Sunday Comics: Faint Chances

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Jan. 27. Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Published Jan. 31. Read more of Penny Arcade Brawl In The…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Sad Keanu Figure: The Winners

The subject of this week’s ‘Shop Contest was a 3D-printed meme. Our corps of ‘Shoppers found many more playsets for this new action figure. We’ve got 20 finalists inside, plus overall No. 1 Captain Yossarian! Thanks to all who entered. There will be another contest tomorrow. 99typhoons 99typhoons2 arniejolt Brandon0151 Captain Yossarian Clokie Combokills Contrarianator…

After the Robot Wars, Mega Man Struggles to Adapt to Peacetime Life

Given Capcom’s posture toward the franchise lately, you’d think Mega Man was, in fact, forced into a listless retirement devoid of personal fulfillment. With the Robot Wars ended, and no Robot Masters left to fight, how will the Blue Bomber find meaning in his life? He doesn’t even have two hands. This video (by Drew…

Far Cry ‘Z-Day’ Mod Needs a New Name So Folks Know It Isn’t a DayZ Clone

This mod for Far Cry 3 is called “Z-Day,” and its creator says the name will be changed to something else before its final release is offered. It sort of shows how brand confusion can work in reverse, too, when people might confuse your game for something that it’s really not, and you really don’t…

The history and evolution of the Moblins are no longer a secret to everybody, thanks to this all-encompassing feature by GameXplainGameXplain. Here is something I did not know until today: The etymology of “Moblin.” It’s derived from the Zelda brutes’ name in Japanese, which itself comes from the Japanese words for “Forest” and “Goblin.” You…

Cops: Man Cut His Way Into a Pawn Shop to Get His Xbox Back

A 19-year-old Nampan (that’s the demonym for Nampa, Idaho) is in the slammer after police there say they caught him cutting through the roof of a pawn shop and making off with an Xbox he had pawned. More concerning, perhaps, was the AR-15 rifle cops say Olin Vickers had in his possession. That thing is…

When Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers plays Madden, he always plays as himself. Using someone else would be “cheating on myself.” With the Super Bowl in town, the Museum of the Moving Image opened its exhibit “Madden: 25 Years and Running.” A video by ANIMALNewYork shows what happens when NFLers get on the sticks.…

The Ocean Has Evaporated in This Grand Theft Auto V Mod

Last week modders showed Los Santos submerged beneath thesea. This week, they’ll show you the opposite. Here is Grand Theft Auto V with the ocean removed, leaving behind an almost otherworldly landscape. Why anyone want that? For starters, it speeds up underwater exploration tremendously (find that submerged UFO in a jiffy!). But also think of…

Taiwan’s Zany Animation House Weighs In on EVE‘s Huge Throwdown

Ah, there you are. I was wondering when EVE Online‘s insane space battle would catch the attention of Next Media Animation—aka the Taiwanese cartoon shop regularly pumping out videos of controversies and calamities in the West. The video fixates on the missed rent payment, literally, that started the hostilities on Monday, which is part of…