​Hey, You Can Play Some Of The Best Indie Games Right Now

Soon, there will be a glorious deathmatch to decide the cream of the crop from 2013’s independently developed video games. That’s because the Independent Games Festival just announced its nominees for the awards that they give out annually to the most accomplished indie titles. Some of them aren’t out yet. But others are. Here’s how…

Sony’s CEO Said “Wow” 26 Times During His CES Keynote. Wow.

During today’s Sony keynote at CES, Sony’s Kazuo Hirai went through a very detailed speech about what he thinks is unique about Sony, emphasizing a certain sense of “wow” as he put it. He spent a lot of time discussing the successes of their past as well as the creativity in their present, bringing up…

​A Bunch Of Google’s Coolest Hidden Tricks, In One Video

I knew about some of these Google tricks already… Atari Breakout, the Zerg Rush, “Do a barrel roll!” But I didn’t know about all of them. Hat-tip to Buzzfeed Video for putting a bunch of great Google tricks in one helpful video. Be right back, I’m gonna go walk around Google maps as a wee…

New Humble Bundle, Revengeance On PC, Black Flag, Gaming Mice [Deals]

Humble Bundle is here and features a selection of six great indie games that you don’t already own as a result of other Humble Bundles, including Papo & Yo and Surgeon Simulator 2013. [Humble] Xbox 360 Wireless Controller With Transforming D-Pad | $40 If you want to use it with your PC or Mac, grab…

Sony’s Cloud-Based Video Service Will Stream Live TV Everywhere

Not content to just stream its games all over the place, Sony also plans to expand its Sony Entertainment Network streaming video service to deliver live television and DVR functions across multiple devices later this year. Who needs an HDMI pass-through? According to Sony Computer Entertainment president Andrew House, who took the stage during the…

Sony sold 4.2 million PlayStation 4s as of Dec. 28, Andrew House, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment, said at CES today. Microsoft announced yesterday it had sold 3 million Xbox Ones in 2013.

​Sony Announces Game Streaming Service, PlayStation Now

Soon, you’ll be able to play top-shelf PS3 games like The Last of Us on tablets and smartphones, thanks to Sony’s newly-announced PlayStation Now streaming service. Announced today at the company’s CES keynote, PlayStation Now will let users access Sony’s catalog of games on any device that connects to the service. PlayStation Now builds on…

Coming to PlayStation 3 on February 11, Far Cry Compilation is all the Far Cry games for $39.99. That’s Far Cry, Far Cry 2, Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. All the cries, four times as far.

Here’s The New Game From The Left 4 Dead Creators

Evolve survived the destruction of THQ one year ago and now the game is ready for a closeup. Game Informer’s cover subject is the co-operative/competitive shooter, which sounds kinda like, yep, something from Left 4 Dead, for which Turtle Rock Studios is best known. The game will release this fall for PC, Xbox One and…

Google Street View Glitches Show A Haunting Digital World

Finding something glitchy and weird on Google Maps and Google Street View is always exciting. It feels like finding the needle in a haystack, even if it’s just a malformed panorama photo. Artist Emilio Vavarella decided to collect the best ones into a gallery, to reflect the relationship between humans and technological errors. He named…

It’s About Time We Got A New RoboCop Video Game

If you ask me they should have just re-released the amazing 1989 arcade RoboCop arcade game with character sprites from the new movie, but I’ll take a free-to-play mobile shooter from Glu Mobile in a pinch. It doesn’t look too shabby, as mobile movie tie-ins go. A bit of cover shooting never hurt anyone. Well,…

Here’s the latest from Kotaku‘s official reader-written blog, Talk Amongst Yourselves: If You Want to Beat This Game, You’d Better Pause It • Here’s the New Anime You Need to Be Watching This Winter • Writing About Games Is Changing and the Games Are, Too • The Most Magical Pokémon Gets a Makeover TAY Classic…

There Are Four Ways To Mount A Motherboard In This PC Case

Origin PC is calling the new PC enclosure they’ve created “the most advanced and customizable desktop case in the world.” I think they might just have something here. Origin PC calls the feature, rolling out now exclusively to the company’s Genesis and Millennium lines, “Variable Mounting.” The case allows for the motherboard to be inserted…

Disney Princesses Would Be Fascinating Warcraft Characters

Poor Disney characters, they have to live through the weirdest transformations over and over. But there should be no escape for them, when the results are as good as LiberLibelula’s World of Warcraft mashup on DeviantART, where—among others—Snow White is transformed into a female dwarven paladin. So here’s Jasmine from Aladdin, transformed into a blood…

Is that… a Link to the future? Digital artist Jamie Boylan on DeviantART created one of the weirdest (in a good way!) pieces of Legend of Zelda fan arts. You can’t say it lacks enough twists. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art…

Watch Us Play Madoka Magica: The Battle Pentagram

Late last month, Japan got a new Madoka Magica game: Madoka Magica: The Battle Pentagram for the Vita. Half visual novel and half 3D brawler, The Battle Pentagram gives fans of the anime a new original story with the popular cast of magical girls. But how does it look in action? Watch us play in…