2013 Was A Very Good Year For Facebook Gaming

Facebook gaming is far from dead — it’s just getting started. 2013 saw impressive growth in both audience numbers and diversity of Facebook game developer, making for one exciting year for free browser-based entertainment. According to Facebook’s AJ Glasser (that name sounds familiar), the lists here were compliled (baring the Staff Favorites) based on a…

Nothing Stops The GTA V Train. Not Even 10 Dump Trucks.

What better way to demonstrate the brute power of GTA V’s unstoppable train than to line up 10 of the largest dump trucks in a row and see what happens? YouTuber omenz321‘s video shows that it’s not easy to carry out such a thing, but at least the devastation scenery completely makes up for the…

Fez has sold one million copies, across all platforms, developing studio Polytron said today in a thank-you messageto everyone who bought, stole, or said they were boycotting it.

Pay Attention, Steam: You Can Now Return These Digital Games

The convenience of digital downloads comes with a price: you might not have to deal with physical media, but you normally can’t return the stuff you purchase on major distribution platforms like Steam either. But increasingly, other smaller services are willing to treat digital games a bit more like physical ones. Today, DRM-free distribution service…

Rockstar Teases Grand Theft Auto V DLC For 2014

GTA V DLC is coming at some point next year. “For those ready to jump back into the story of Grand Theft Auto V, we have big plans for substantial additions in 2014 continuing Michael, Franklin and Trevor’s action, mayhem and unexpected adventures in Southern San Andreas,” Rockstar writes in a blog post today For…

Nintendo eShop Credit, Wii U Bundles, LIVE Gold, 4KTV [Deals]

A slew of Nintendo discounts headline today’s Kotaku Deals segment. Also, stop not buying Persona 4 Golden, it’s only $17 right now (choose Amazon as seller on the right). $20 Nintendo eShop Prepaid Card ($16) | Best Buy $50 Nintendo eShop Prepaid Card ($40) | Best Buy Nintendo Wii U Deluxe Set with The Legend…

We’ll Be Playing Halo On Xbox One Come December 24, Sort Of

So it’s not what immediately comes to mind when you think of the Halo franchise. Spartan Assault is stillas close as you can get to playing Halowithout a first person view, and it’s the first Halo coming to the Xbox One. just in time for Christmas. Featuring more than 30 missions that bridge the gap…

Work on making Battlefield 4 the game it was supposed to be continues. The latest update for BF4 is targeted to fix some of the PC version’s stability issues and various other bugs.

We’re used to LEGO video games based on movies. Here’s a video game based on a LEGO movie. Maybe it’s leaning on the first full movie trailer a bit too much, but that’s only because that trailer was awesome. If the game manages to channel even a tenth of that awesome, it’ll be one-tenth as…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: “Water wells in the corners of my eyes as some part of who I once was passes away.” Truthtellah’s recap of the VGX is a thing to behold. SpaceGar breaks down how video games’ version of retro isn’t the same as other mediums’ retro. And…

Ubisoft Is Asking Surprising Questions About Assassin’s Creed‘s Future

We already know that Ubisoft would like to know if fans want to play an assassin’s free pirate-only sequel to Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. They also want to know if we’d like co-op, if we want horses back, if we want to play through different time periods in the same city, and…. hey, want…

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Will Launch March 18

Konami this morning set a March 18 launch date for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. Additionally, the Xbox One and Xbox 360 will get an exclusive mission—staring Raiden in his Metal Gear Rising incarnation. Xbox Wire also posted an interview with series creator Hideo Kojima, including that video above. They also posted the video…

China’s Horrible Pollution Is Certainly Not Fashionable

What’s in this season? Masks, it seems. At a recent outdoor jewelry show in Shenzhen, China, the models strutted their stuff on the runway in masks. This comes as many Chinese cities battle hazardous air quality and pollution in what’s being called a “smog crisis.” Not everyone in attendance wore masks. These folks did, though.…

In China, Online Games Just Keep Getting Better

2013 seems to be a great year for China’s online video game market with the release of some pretty cool online games. Deviating more and more from the standard click and grind RPG format, Chinese game companies have been pumping out interesting and visually appealing games, foreign and domestically-developed alike. One such example is Blade…