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This Week in the Business: ‘Immaturity and Multiplayer Go Hand in Hand’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Immaturity and multiplayer gaming go hand in hand.”—Ethan Levy, design consultant, talking in depth about the new player experience in League of Legends and why it should be improved QUOTE | “It can take video games in general to a new…

Final Fantasy, Summed Up In A Minute: the Final Fantasy franchise has been around for a long while—here is the Cliffnotes version of its twenty-six year history by LORE. Just in time for Final Fantasy VII’s birthday!

Attention XCOM Fans: Check out this very cool PC Gamer breakdown of Zemalf’s incredible impossible-difficulty Ironman run in XCOM: Enemy Within. The guy made it through the entire game on its highest difficulty with no saves and zero casualties of any sort. Zero.

Track: Come Down To Us | Album: Rival Dealer | Artist: Burial Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

Xbox One Trolls Trick People Into Using Bing

When you’re in the middle of an online match against other people, the last thing you want is an interruption—but interruptions are exactly the sort of thing Xbox One trolls will try to induce. The secret? The trolls use gamertags that are actually Xbox One voice commands. Last time, we saw folks use “Xbox Sign…

Dead Island Headlines February’s Games With Gold Offerings

Starting tomorrow, Xbox LIVE members will be able to download the original Dead Island for free. Two weeks later on the 16th, Toy Soldiers Cold War will take Dead Island’s place and be available for free until the end of the month. [Major Nelson] 1-year LIVE Memberships are currently available for $40. With Sony offering…

A Game Where Your Shadow Changes The World

Fru is another creation from Global Game Jam 2014. It’s a platformer where you can’t see half of the platforms until you move into the right position. It starts out with fairly simple challenges, until about 2:40, when the acrobatics really begin.

A minor, but helpful glitch can boost your otherwise slow and sometimes tedious travel speed in DayZ. Try to reload your weapon while crawling and get ready to travel at the speed of light… or at least at the speed of a truck. Ready… Set… Go!!!! [Steam Community] To contact the author of this post,…

Soon We’ll Be Able To Buy GoPro Cameras With Our Xboxes

The GoPro line of action cameras generate some amazing footage, but who has time to navigate a search engine to find them? That incredibly inconvenient means of watching first-person bird videos will be a thing of the past later this year, when the GoPro Channel app launches for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One. It’s…

“Give me a superhero. Give me Batman plays football.” The slightly super-heroic secret origin of the NFL on Fox theme song, via our friends at Deadspin

One of the iPhone’s Earliest Slices of Genius Is Getting a Big Update

You remember those first few waves of iPhone games, don’t you? Some tried clumsily to mimic other experiences from the PC or consoles. A few tried to make use of the touchscreen or accelerometer in interesting ways but didn’t quite get it. Eliss—a clever but hard little game about moving planets with your fingertips—was one…

Track: Threats | Album: The Evil Jeanius | Artist: Jean Grae & BSBD Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

Not Content With Adult Vehicles, Man Drives Around In Little Tikes Car

Remember the Little Tikes Cozy Coupe? Maybe you used to drive one around as a kid, Flintstones style, or maybe you knew someone else that did. Well, one man decided to supersize the iconic red toy car and make it into a real car. You can see the fully-functional (Big) Little Tikes car in this…

Crimes & Punishments Really, Really Wants To Be A Sherlock Game

The latest installment of the video game adventures of everyone’s favorite public domain detective was announced for the PlayStation 4 today, along with a new trailer desperately evoking the BBC’s modern day buddy detective hit. Maybe it’s just me, longing for more Benedict Cumberbatch after the all-too brief third season of the series came and…

The next generation of EverQuest inches closer with the official launch of the EverQuest Next Landmark alpha test. Invitations to test the building portion of Sony Online Entertainment’s two-pronged MMO revamp will be going out later today. Keep a keen eye on your inbox.

New Dark Souls II Features Thrill, Delight And Concern

Actor Peter Serafinowicz is appearing in Dark Souls II. So is voice chat. The folks at PlayStation Access have returned from a special Dark Souls II preview event in London with a video packed with new features fans of the franchise might love. Or hate. It’s complicated. To an outsider, many of the new changes…