Five Next-Gen Multiplayer Games You Should Keep An Eye On

While we’re still a month away from shifting into new consoles, already we can tell a few key things about what next gen will be all about. There will, for example, be lots of pretty weather effects. We will probably shoot lots of people in the face. Oh, and we’ll probably play a ton games…

Track: Unbound | Album: — | Artist: Cathedrals Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

The Ball’s in Your Court, NBA Live

The next six weeks will shine a bright light on a four-year question mark in sports video gaming: NBA Live. Every other team sport due for release this year has launched but this one. Like it or not, EA Sports will have the next month mostly to itself, and what it doesn’t say will speak…

Oh, So That’s How The Wii Keeps Running

Turns out every time you waggled a remote to play tennis or swing Link’s sword, there was a Goomba pulling the strings. Who would’ve thought? JUST KIDDING. This is actually a homemade case mod, designed by Kotaku reader lyberty5. Your Wii does not have a Goomba infestation. “To pull off this mod I had to…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: PyramidHeadcrab pinpoints the place where last-gen gaming went wrong for him. Spacegar wonders what we look for in a game. And JJTheTexan offers up some thoughts on the Best Video Game Weapon of All Time And you can always go join the voices talking about…

You Won’t Believe One Person Created This Whole Game

Universum: War Front is an incredibly ambitious game. It’s a combination of real-time strategy, MOBA, role-playing game and third-person shooter, set in a wholly original universe. Impressive, moreso when you realize everything you see and hear in the video is the work of one guy. Cyril Megem has spent the past year and a half…

Batman Should Never Try To Get A Driver’s License, Clearly

If Batman ever tried getting a driver’s license…well, according to this video by Animation Domination High-Def, he probably shouldn’t, cause he’d be crap at taking the test. But it’s okay. His failed attempts would make for hilarious stories. And like he says, Batman can always fly! So screw having a license, really. BATMAN: DRIVER’S TEST…

We Know More About Valve’s Steam Machines Than You May Think

When Valve officially announced their Steam Machines two weeks ago, they skimped a bit on the details—we know that there will be a wide variety of living-room-centric PCs, and we know they’ll run the Linux-based SteamOS operating system, but we don’t know much about specs, or prices, or options. OR DO WE. Let’s travel back…

Get ready to go back to Hong Kong. United Front Games—the dev studio behind last year’s Sleeping Dogs—has announced Triad Wars, another game set in the universe of the open-world undercover cop drama. All right, who wants to lay odds that it’s a mobile tie-in or a free-to-play multiplayer title?

The Latest Pokémon Anime Really Nails Pokémon Red And Blue

How closely does the Pokémon Origins anime mirror the events of Pokémon Red and Blue? See for yourself in these 24 awesome animted GIFs shared by Pokémon fan Robin on his Tumblr. Minor spoilers and childhood memories ahead! Pokémon Red vs. Pokémon: The Origin [Rabalogy, Tumblr] To contact the author of this post, write to:…

Here’s a new gameplay demo of The Long Dark, a chilly post-apocalyptic survival game that’s currently on Kickstarter. The game, which will be released episodically on PC, is being made by a collection of talented developers. It sounds (and now, looks) pretty interesting.

Buggy penis physics: check out Eurogamer’s story on Mount Your Friends,the competitive climbing game where your character’s genitals spin like windmills. Apparently, this is a feature that was not actually originally intended. Thank god for bugs!

Today’s Deals: LIVE Gold, Razer Naga Hex, Tomb Raider Collection

Grab Razer’s MMO mouse, a top contender in our gaming mouse voting, for its lowest price ever today in “wash yourself in the blood of your enemies’ red.” A great choice of accent color for the discerning adventurer. Razer Naga Hex | $58 LIVE Gold 1 Year | $40 Games PC Mac PS3 Borderlands 2…

How To Survive Driving Into The Ocean In GTA V (And Other Fun Facts)

Speaking of the little details that make GTA V so great, here’s a video that answers questions I didn’t even know I had. Like, does a helmet actually do anything to protect your head? Can a car run out of gas? Can a car that’s run out of gas still explode? If a tree falls…

Excellent Battlefield 4 Beta Elevator Shoots Players Into the Sky

Battlefield 4 is currently in beta. So is the elevator that shoots players into the sky. Some gamers have been having a lot of fun with it, including this guy who uses it to leap above a sniper and surprise-kill him from behind. That’s the video above, by Stun_gravy. Here’s a fun discovery one, via…

Unintentionally Awesome Moments In GTA Online

You really are a bastard, Ohcrapnick (I think that’s your name. That’s the what the guy called you at 0:28 of this video, anyway). But you’re one hell of a driver, straddling the highway barrier in Grand Theft Auto Online, I’ll give you that. Ohcrapnick’s daredevil antics, death by cash register, and a couple of…

Amazing LEGO Ninja Fight Will Make You Wish You Were A Kid Again

What goes on inside the head of a child playing with a couple of LEGO ninja? Stop-motion animator supreme Counter656 gives us a thrilling peek. Adult toy collectors (like myself) spend hundreds of dollars trying to recapture the magic that toys held for us as children. Counter656 spends dozens of hours recreating it so we…

Don’t Buy This Grand Theft Auto App on Android

Friendly reminder, the “iFruit” companion app to Grand Theft Auto V is available, as of now, for Apple iOS devices only—and it is free. That hasn’t stopped some guy from selling one under the same name for $2.79 for Android phones and tablets. What’s more, users allege the name of the app was changed, from…

Assassin’s Creed IV Looks Good So Far. But Can It Save The Series?

In 22 days’ time, we’ll know what’s really up with the next Assassin’s Creed. We’ll know if all of those trailers and videos Ubisoft has been pumping out for AC IV: Black Flag—13 of them!—have been the oozing confidence of a team that knows they’ve made a great game or have been the sprayed misdirection…

Injustice Hits Vita, PS4, PC Next Month

Warner Bros’ superhero-stuffed fighting game is getting one of those fancy collector’s editions and a whole bunch of new platforms: Injustice: Gods Among Us will come to Vita, PS4, and PC on November 12. (November 29 in Europe.) This is the ultimate edition, which comes with all of the game’s DLC, character skins, extra missions,…