Come for the killer Tetris tune, stay for the hypnotic Tetris gameplay. As much as I liked the latest from Smooth McGroove, I was oddly transfixed by the gameplay video that goes along with it. Tetris, man.

Every Star Wars Character Is Special, Like A Snowflake

With just a piece of white paper and some scissors, you can make your very own lovely, intricate Star Wars decorative snowflakes. ‘Tis the season, after all. These templates come to us from Anthony Herrera, who has made it oh-so easy to make a kickass snowflake shaped like Boba Fett, an AT-AT, or even a…

You Can Spend $140 On One Car In Gran Turismo 6

Gran Turismo 6 is coming to the PlayStation 3 on Friday, bringing with it the first real-money microtransactions in franchise history. It’s a game where five bucks can buy you 27 1998 Mini Coopers, or 2.5 percent of a ’66 Jaguar XJ13. European and UK microtransaction pricing for the sixth game in the storied racing…

The Year of Luigi Will Continue into 2014

Remember that in February, Nintendo declared the “Year of Luigi.” Unless they were retroactively declaring January to be a Month of Luigi, too, this proclamation should extend into 2014—and Reggie Fils-Aime, the Nintendo of America president, said today it does. Siliconera got an interview with Fils-Aime today and didn’t waste the shot at a clever…

​The Year In Video Games, In Just Under Two Minutes

What a year it has been. So much drama, so many exciting happenings, so many games. You’d need at least an hour just to cover it all… right? Well, maybe not. Malcolm Klock has put together this lovely tribute to the games of 2013 that runs just under two minutes. It’s really sorta just the…

Insomniac’s Space Pokémon Game Flees Facebook For Mobile Pastures

The makers of Ratchet and Clank turned their attention to Facebook last year, creating Outernauts, a hip, Pokémon-style battle game with absolutely splendid art design. Today Insomniac revealed plans to shut down the game’s web presence on January 31, focusing on making a mobile version more people might play. Insomniac relayed the bad news earlier…

Nintendo’s New Wii U Commercials Ignore The Console’s Best Feature

If you have been watching TV over the past few weeks—particularly, if you spent all of Saturday watching a Harry Potter marathon on ABC Family because it was on and you like wizards whatever don’t judge—you’ve probably seen a commercial or two for the Wii U. Designed to help raise public awareness of the struggling…

EA Won’t Work On New Battlefield 4 DLC Until Flawed Game Is Fixed

Flagship first-person-shooter Battlefield 4 is so troubled that the game’s development studio won’t proceed on development of any new, planned expansions until the game’s problems are sorted out, BF4 publisher EA told Kotaku in a statement today. That update comes at at an awkward moment. Online connection issues have been frustrating some players of the…

YouTube Users Overreact To Its New Comment System

The fact that not everyone is happy with the way YouTube comments work now isn’t news—not everyone wants to use their real names online, and Google Plus doesn’t feel like its taken off. Still, it’s amusing to actually hear some of the ridiculous reactions to the new comment system. Granted, this video Shesellssheshells doesn’t let…

Depression Quest, the thoughtful game about mental health, is now back on Steam Greenlight—it was initially taken downdue to death and rape threats. If voted through, the developer, Zoe Quinn, hopes to put the game up for free. (Update: Full disclosure, Quinn and I are friends.)

Watch This Clone Schoolboy Kick Some Evil Overlord Butt

There’s nothing like a good dose of Battle Royale-Style martial arts to brighten up your day — particularly when it’s against a horde of guys dressed like Cobra Commander. In the music video below, a clone school kid kicks the crap out of his would be oppressors. There’s some really solid stunt work in it,…

Bigby Wolf stalks iOS this evening in the first episode of Telltale Games’ Fables series. Released in October for PC, Mac and consoles, The Wolf Among Us begins a pre-comic murder mystery starring a fairy tale villain on the road to redemption. It’s a good start.

What The Inside of a Pokéball Looks Like

One of the greatest mysteries of the Pokémon universe has to do with Pokeballs, the devices used to capture and store your personal pocket monsters. You can’t help but wonder: just what in the world does a Pokemon experience while inside a Pokeball? There’s gotta be stuff in there, right? The Pokemon aren’t just like,…

Humble Bundle, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Walking Dead Season 2 [Deals]

In addition to great holdover deals from Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we’ve also got a new Humble Bundle featuring Orcs Must Die! 2 and Magicka. [Humble] Flat Amazon discounts don’t come around often, especially with this little effort. All you have to do is share your Amazon wish list to Facebook (you can delete…

Doki-Doki Universe Launches Tuesday on PS4

Doki-Doki Universe arrives on Dec. 10 for the PlayStation 3 and 4 and PlayStation Vita, the game’s developer, HumaNature Studios, said earlier today. It will be $14.99. The game is available over PlayStation Network and cross-buy is supported, so getting it for one system is as good as getting it for all three. Doki-Doki Universe…

If Video Games Had Upworthy Headlines

Upworthy’s headlines are pretty great. We wrote some for video games. Enjoy.