Evan’s Top Ten Games of 2013

A DLC add-on. A trippy mobile psychodrama. A triumphant rebirth. A chilling sci-fi future. A giant arcade cabinet that lives in New York City. This is what I’ll remember most about my video game experiences in 2013. Some of what I loved this year told great stories, tapped into my own ancestral history or messed…

If This is a Practice Mode for NBA Live 14, Better Late Than Never

This weekend NBA Live 14 rolled out a patch, but cautioned it was more of a building-block update, designed mostly to help future patches improve the game more conspicuously. The team also dropped this tutorial video, which is notable because it appears to show a new practice mode. The lack of a practice mode may…

Pokémon, Looking All Evil

You can lose yourself easily in Pixiv artist 猫鴉‘s gallery, where every single Pokémon got touched by evil, and became really unique and serious. Truly impressive stuff. Reminds me of cool concept art of visually stunning Japanese video games. Here’s some of the best of his work, but you can find more at his Pixiv…

He’s Got The Largest Video Game Collection In The World

With more than 11,000 titles spanning the width and breadth of gaming history, Michael Thomasson is the holder of Guinness World Record for the largest video game collection. That’s love. Or obsession. Maybe both. We tend to shy away from the “awards” published in the Gamers’ Edition of the Guinness Book of World Records every…

​I Don’t Care What This Video Says, There’s Nothing Wrong With Die Hard

Look, I like Cinema Sins. I enjoy their brand of jovial pedantry, how they pick holes in the movies that we love. But nope. While I appreciate the effort, there is nothing wrong with Die Hard

​Gone Home Being Remade As A Retro JRPG

Gone Home, the Fullbright company’s evocative house-exploration game, is being remade with an old-school JRPG look. Because why not? The demake will be the work of tech-savvy internet individual Seth Macy, whotweeted yesterday that he’s got the approval of the Fullbright Company to continue work on the project. He also shared some screenshots: It all…

Tomb Raider For $5, Steam Credit, And More Awesome Christmas Eve Deals

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The Best Videos We Made In 2013

Twenty thirteen has been an interesting year for Kotaku. In between our usual efforts of reporting on news, reviewing games and generally trying to provide you with entertaining features, essays, images and everything else we could put onto a screen, we’ve also set out to have more of a video presence on the site. We…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Lots of looking back at 2013 going on in TAY-ville. There’s SpaceGar saying that Killer Is Dead had the best art. Aestevalis runs down the best in anime. FrogFro wants to talk about your favorite music, from either inside games or not. And Pink Zapper…

It’s Snowing In Los Santos (Tomorrow)

A beautiful sight, we’re shooting each other in the face tonight, walking through Grand Theft Auto Online‘s magical holiday snowfall. I’m sorry. I probably could have resisted if I’d tried harder. Let’s just unwrap Rockstar’s Christmas gifts. (Update: Rockstar says the snow is tomorrow only.) Gifts like special limited-time, holiday themed items available in GTA…

“I think Valve is single-handedly keeping PC gaming going. If Valve went away suddenly, it would affect the entire culture… They’ve grown a cult around PC gaming, which is really cool.” Kerbal Space Program lead developer Felipe Falanghe, talking to PC Gamer about the role Steam had in KSP’s rise to popularity.

Reset, the rather good-looking indie sci-fi adventure game, has been funded overnight on IndieGoGo with only hours to go. Close one! Although its Director’s Cut stretch goal wasn’t reached, this means that Reset should be launching on PC around this time next year.