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…

One Minute Speed Date, And Other Weird Games

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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…