The Heartbreaking Side Of Pro Gaming

Professional gaming is on the rise. Everyone’s playing, everyone’s getting paid to play, everyone’s watching, everyone’s happy. Right? Nope. Just like any other sport on the planet, for every winner, there is a loser. Yoon Sub “Locodoco” Choi is a pro League of Legends player. He’s had a pretty rough time lately, bombing out unexpectedly…

36 Years Of Console Prices, Adjusted For Inflation

If you thought the PS4 and Xbox One’s launch prices were expensive, well, they kinda were! But not as expensive as the NES. Or Neo Geo. Or Saturn, Or PlayStation, or Atari 2600. Reddit user Auir2blazehas run historical console launch prices through an inflation adjustment calculator (which normally use dollar strength and the cost of…

Woman Walks Off Pier Because She Was Checking Facebook

A “female tourist” has been rescued by police in Melbourne, Australia after walking off a pier. It wasn’t a suicide attempt. She was just too busy looking at Facebook on her phone. Victoria Police saythe woman – who couldn’t swim – walked off the famous St. Kilda pier at 11:30pm last night after becoming “engrossed…

PAX Will Now Have “Diversity Lounges”, Penny Arcade Says

The organisers of the Penny Arcade Expos will next year be introducing “Diversity Hubs” in an attempt to be more inclusive to attendees. Website Indie Statik first postedimages showing the plans, which have subsequently been confirmed to Kotaku by Penny Arcade. The “Roll for Diversity Hub and Lounge” at PAX events in Seattle, Boston and…

A Thousand Years Of Neverwinter Lore In One Minute

With hundreds of thousands of pen-and=paper adventurers adding their personal stories to the streets of D&D’s Neverwinter over the years, the Lore in a Minute folks wisely stick to bullet points in prepping gamers for the free-to-play MMO. I was always more of a Waterdeep guy myself.

Track: Black Shuck | Album: Permission to Land | Artist: The Darkness Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Google’s Top Ten Video Game Searches Of 2013 Are… Interesting

Quick, what do you think were the biggest games on Google this year? Grand Theft Auto? Call of Duty? League of Legends? Google has released their annual top-ten search lists for 2013, and the video game results are a little bit odd. GTA V is up there, sure, and so are a few other big…

Can you spot all the video game references? This nifty comic from artist Mario Zucca for Beutler Ink looks back at the year in pop culture. There’s plenty of hidden and not-so-hidden game references in there; see if you can spot ’em all. The full comic is below. Click “enlarge” to enlarge: [via Geekologie]

That Ain’t Right

Has the YouTube ContentID fiasco gotten absurd enough yet? This one’s via Twitterand there appear to be more and more like it, with creators seeing their own work deemed by YouTube’s copyright bots as the property of someone else. Cavanagh is disputing the claim, which is being held by a company called IndMusic. Hopefully this…

Assassin’s Creed IV’s Freedom Cry Add-On Is the Good Kind of DLC

People like to rag on downloadable content. It’s a boondoggle, detractors say. A crass way to get extra cash for a chunk of a game that should’ve just been included on the disk. That’s true in many cases. But Assassin’s Creed IV: Freedom Cry is the better brand of add-on, one where developers’ experimentation with…

Here Is Joel From The Last of Us Doing The Banderas… As A LEGO

You’ve seen Joel from The Last of Us doing the stupid-yet-somehow-kind-of-endearing Banderas meme—now, thanks to LEGO The Last of Us creator Brian Anderson, here’s a video of Joel from The Last of Us doing the stupid-yet-somehow-kind-of-endearing Banderas meme as a LEGO. Good work, Antonio

Marvel Heroes Readies $130 Worth Of Heroes And Villains For 2014

Earlier this year, Marvel Heroes gave unto the players of its free-to-play MMO the ability to purchase and play as Squirrel Girl. In 2014, along with the likes of Juggernaut, Magneto, Dr. Strange and Venom, Marvel Heroes adds Moon Knight as a playable character. If that’s not worth spending $130 on an “Advance Pack”, then…

Merry Christmas, from the Deer Hunter 2014 holiday update.

Here’s YouTube’s Reply To Angry YouTubers About This Content ID Mess

YouTube is responding to gamers and YouTubers who are upset about the Internet video giant’s extraordinarily aggressive new copyright sweeps. We’ve got a a copy of the e-mail they’re sending out below. You won’t see an apology here. You won’t see a change in policy. You’ll see support for the Content ID system that’s been…

The Most Ridiculous Victim of YouTube’s Crackdown is a BASIC Game

YouTube’s content ID match system may be the best way to keep copyright holders happy but it continues to cover everyone else in embarrassment. The latest example: This guy just got flagged for a playthrough video of a game. A game he programmed. In BASIC. This is “the action surfing adventure” Surfshooter, according to its…