The BioShock Infinite VGX Award Video Was Wonderful

Though there have been some awful moments today—please don’t make me watch PewDiePie again—this stood out as one genuinely great segment of the 2013 Spike VGX. Irrational Games won Best Shooter for their game BioShock Infinite. Watch their lovely acceptance video above. Go here to see much more about the 2013 Spike VGX, including all…

Ubisoft Shows Off The Division‘s Next-Gen Engine

This is the “Snowdrop Engine” powering The Division, which spent about three minutes at the Spike VGX boasting of the detail it will deliver to “a chaotic and decayed New York City.” Not much in the way of gameplay, but If volumetric lighting, dynamic particle system and dynamic material shaders make you drool, then you’ll…

Confirmed: Telltale’s Making A Game of Thrones Series

The rumors were true: Telltale, the studio behind The Walking Dead, is making a Game of Thrones video game series, they just announced at the Spike VGX. It’s based on the show, and it’s coming next year. Telltale says it’ll be similar to their previous series, and there will be big battles—”You’ll be swinging a…

Bungie’s Destiny Gets Another Gorgeous Trailer

Fresh off its big cover in Game Informer this week, Bungie’s next space opera, Destiny, got this closeup premiere video at tonight’s Spike VGX. The game arrives Sept. 9, 2014. Go here to see much more about the 2013 Spike VGX, including all the award categories and their nominees.

​Elijah Wood Will Star In Double Fine’s Adventure Game Broken Age

Well, this is pretty cool. Tonight at the Spike VGX, Tim Schafer revealed that Frodo himself, Mr. Elijah Wood, will voice the male lead in Schafer’s upcoming adventure game Broken Age Wood will play the male protagonist Shay, a boy who has lived his entire life on a spaceship under the watchful eye of a…

Spike VGX Game of the Year: Grand Theft Auto V

No big upsets here: the Spike VGX named Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V their game of 2013. Other nominees were not named Grand Theft Auto Go here to see much more about the 2013 Spike VGX, including all the award categories and their nominees.

New South Park: Stick of Truth Trailer Is All About Farting

I mean, what else did you expect? Watch the new trailer above. South Park: The Stick of Truth will be out for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC this March. Probably. It’s been delayed a few times already, as South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone like to remind us. Go here to see much…

Nintendo’s Appearance On The VGX Was… Awkward

Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime came to today’s exclusive-news-filled VGX show today to reveal Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze‘s release date, confirm a leaked character—Cranky Kong, and show a couple of gorgeous levels of the game. Enough? Not according to VGX host Geoff Keighley, as you’ll see in the clip here. Is Nintendo being a bit too…

A Closer Look At Xbox One Exclusive Quantum Break

Time stands still and stutters after an experiment gone wrong in Quantum Break, the first next-gen title from Remedy, the makers of Alan Wake. The studio showed off the game with a trailer at tonight’s VGX. Here it is. First shown off at E3, Remedy treated us to a deeper look, with gameplay, at tonight’s…

Remedy, the studio behind Alan Wake and Quantum Break, just announced a new title for iOS : the reverse-tower-defense game Agents of Storm

Nintendo’s big VGX surprise is… Cranky Kong. The old gorilla is playable in the upcoming Wii U game Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, which will be out on February 21.

Tomb Raider Gets A Next-Gen Facelift

Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition will come to PS4 and Xbox One by the end of January, updating this year’s Tomb Raider reboot for the next-gen platforms. A specific date was not announced. [Update: Here’s the trailer!] Camilla Luddington, the voice of Lara Croft and Scott Amos of developer Crystal Dynamics introduced the game at the…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: I Love a Parade: The Winners

Here’s an aerial disaster only slightly less hideous than the Hindenburg. It’s Lady Gaga’s kawaii-face, which all-star ‘shopper sciteach stuck on a Sonic the Hedgehog balloon from last Thursday’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. He leads the march of a baker’s dozen finalists inside! For the record, I was partial to Brand Sliven’s Trevor-balloon, but the…

“Kabam Field”—Game Company Sponsorship Gives Stadium a Ridiculous Name

The good news is the University of California, Berkeley is getting $18 million, plus some scholarships, donations to its library and other stuff universities like to get from successful alumni donors. The bad news is they have to go around calling their football stadium “Kabam Field” for the next 15 years. This isn’t just some…

NBA 2K14 Keeps Crashing, but 2K Sports Says It Knows What’s Wrong

A recently released patch for the Xbox One version of NBA 2K14 appears to have done little to solve the repeated crashes occurring in the game’s MyCareer mode. While 2K Sports says it knows what the problem is, it has no timetable on when a solution may arrive. Server problems have bothered NBA 2K14 players…

Sheriff Offers Xbox One as Reward to Catch BB Gun Vandals

A shrewd lawman in a town outside of New Orleans has a novel approach to putting a stop to a recent wave of pellet-gun vandalism: Offer an Xbox One as a reward. Maybe that’ll get someone to fink on these twerps. Sheriff Greg Champagne of St. Charles Parish, La. offered up the bounty on Thursday.…

This Week in the Business: Worth the Paper It’s Printed On

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “I have to tell you—it doesn’t affect what we do … 100,000 signatures doesn’t mean 100,000 sales.”—Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, on fan petitions and campaigns trying to get certain games made QUOTE | “I don’t know why Iwata is…