What Is This, A Press Release Or Bad Fanfiction?

Gigabyte has unveiled a new gaming PC at this year’s CES. The Aorus X7. It’s an impressive machine, but we’re not here for the specs. We’re actually here for the laptop’s accompanying press. Which is wonderful. I’m not sure whether the stuff you’re about to see is the result of a language barrier (Gigabyte is…

Snacktaku Special Report: Coca-Cola Life Surely Tastes Like Something

While vacationing in Buenos Aires, Kotaku editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo sampled Coca-Cola Life, a special green-canned version of America’s favorite sugar water developed specifically for Argentina and Chile. How does it taste? Not a clue. Stephen was so grateful the beverage inside the can was not green, he neglected to tell us how it tastes. This…

Luke Hates Funko’s Game Of Thrones Vinyl Figures

Excitedly I pasted this picture of Funko’s Game of Thrones vinyl figures into our site chat, eager to share what I thought was absolutely adorable with my fellow editors. “Yuck” said Luke Plunkett, breaking my heart. It’s not only the cute factor that draws me to these vinyl figures, which go on sale at retail…

Want to make modern-day Skyrim look amazing? Check out this Rock Paper Shotgun feature from Duncan Harris of Dead End Thrills—whose work we love to highlight here—as he outlines his process for making Skyrim look better than ever in 2014.

A Modern Love Story Unfolds, Courtesy Of Nintendo

Stand back, Romeo and Juliet. Here’s an epic tale of teenage love, rejection, bad grammar, and Miis—all of which unfolds on the 3DS’s Miiverse (or in other words, a social network on the 3DS and Wii U). It all starts with a user asking folks to comment if they need a girlfriend. One intrepid 8th…

​Watch 30 Minutes Of The New Longest Journey Sequel

If you like point-and-click adventure games and have a heart beating in your chest, you probably like The Longest Journey. And so you were probably happy to hear that Dreamfall Chapters, the next game in the series, had a successful Kickstarter campaign and will be coming to PC. If you’re wondering what the game will…

Two Kids Built A Minecraft Office For Their Dad’s Company

Apparently there’s some entrepreneur out there who is also a big fan of Minecraft, so to communicate with him, Avery and Eliot built a Minecraft version of their dad’s offices. The offices come complete with a meeting room, kitchen, and custom textures! Sure, at first it reminded me of when every company was building virtual…

This Baby’s Name Comes From Mass Effect, and Grandma is Thrilled

Here she is, and doesn’t she look adorable? This is Tali’Zorah, and that is indeed her entire full first name. She was born this weekend to a couple in North Carolina and yes, she is named for the Mass Effect character. BioWare, the studio behind Mass Effect, tweeted out her picture as a tribute this…

Vous etes si belle, Aveline. Assassin’s Creed: Liberation‘s HD facelift looks pretty impressive. The remastered version of the game that debuted as a Vita exclusive will be out next week for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

The studio that made the SOCOM series went kaput in early 2012 Its alumni re-formed into Special Operations Forces Studios and now bring you H-Hour: World’s Elite, which as this video shows, is right in their wheelhouse of third-person tactical military shooters. SOF Studios cautions this is all pre-alpha. “Nothing has been tuned yet. Really,…

7 Days To Die Is Like Minecraft With Gravity

I’ll just put it like this: 7 Days to Die is like Minecraft but with guns and lots of zombies. Really, that’s what it boils down to. Which is perfectly fine with me, considering how much I’ve enjoyed my time with 7 Days to Die. Building defences with friends and huddling in the corner hoping…

Hey GameCube fans: Got a free hour? If so, go read Emily Rogers’massive history of the Nintendo GameCube over at Dromble

All The Cool Pokémon Tournaments Are Using X & Y Now

You might as well just throw away your copy of Pokémon Black or White 2 — they won’t get you anywhere in life. The Pokémon Video Game and Trading Card Game Winter Regional Championships are upon us, and they’re strictly X & Y. The series of competitive events marks the first time the next generation…

These Classics Deserve to Be On Sony’s PlayStation Now Service

Look, Sony, all I want is to play Mark of Kri again. On my Vita this time. Whenever I want. I’m not one of those folks who’s held onto legacy video game hardware from eras gone by. So, when Sony announced their PlayStation Now streaming service yesterday and their intention to populate it with games…

3DS XL Down To $150, Plus and LIVE Updates, And A Crossbow [Deals]

Something for everyone in today’s deal roundup, including Torchlight II (code GFDJAN20) for $4, which is quite a bit of bang for your buck. PC gamers can pre-order Titanfall on the cheap, PS4 owners are too busy playing their free Don’t Starve to even read this, and the 3DS XL is down to $150 bucks…

Six Things You Should Know About Alien: Isolation

Alien: Isolation officially made itself known yesterday. If you caught a dated-looking vibe in the game’s visuals, that’s deliberate; Creative Assembly wanted to render the Alien universe as looked in the original 1979 film. You can get a better view of it in this video—but you won’t see any of this on the Wii U.…

Razer’s Making A Smartband. How Strange.

Over the past couple of years, gaming accessory maker Razer has made big splashes at CES with ambitious projects aimed at changing the the way we game. The Nabu smartband is out to change the way we live. I’ve come to depend on Razer for splashy game-related reveals at CES, projects that lead to products…