Don’t Forget, There’s A New Rune Factory Out Today

Did you forget that Rune Factory 4 is out today? I feel like you forgot. Don’t stress out too much, though: that’s what Kotaku is here for. Rune Factory 4, a 3DS game that is out today, is part RPG, part dating game, part life sim. The shtick is that you, the newly-appointed prince/princess of…

Crash, Boom, Bang: If GTA V hasn’t sated your need for intense car chases, Need For Speed: Rivals likely will. This latest trailer shows the new kinds of challenges they’re adding to chases, which let you unlock upgrades. I really liked Criterion’s Most Wanted (Rivals is developed by Ghost Games), and I’ll be intersted to…

Street Fighter Vs. Plants vs. Zombies Vs. Your Eyeballs

Look, you know how this is going to end. A bunch of super-powered martial artists against cartoony zombies isn’t much of a fight. But, oh no! The ranks of the undead are swelling! How will the World Warriors prevail now? Blanka. Good old Blanka. Thanks, buddy.

The Warcraft Movie Is Coming Out On December 18, 2015

The Duncan Jones-directed, possibly Colin Farrell-starring Warcraft movie will be out on December 18 of 2015, according to a tweet from Blizzard The Legendary Pictures film has been in development for a good long while now, though with Moon and Source/Code director Duncan Jones attached, it seems to have finally found traction, and now, a…

The New GTA V title update, in addition to enabling GTA Online, fixes a number of other issues players were encountering. Notably, Rockstar says that the lost car-upgrades issue should now be resolved, cash can’t get stuck below zero, and players won’t be occasionally be locked out of the Vanilla Unicorn strip club. Phew.

You just need to shoot more bullets! Check out this awesome paint/mod job on a NERF gun by SnarkyArts on Reddit—it’s a Vladof-brand gun from Borderlands 2. Curious about the construction/steps involved? Here’s thestep-by-step album documenting all that.

Blood and Thunder: Ubisoft has released the full tracklist for their guitar-teaching game Rocksmith 2014, the upcoming sequel to 2011’s Rocksmith. They’ve also released a video with some well-known rock guitarists weighing in on the software. Full tracklist below the break. Aerosmith – Walk This Way Alice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice Guy Alice…

Relive the Horrors of Public Transport with Train Simulator 2014

Everybody may be talking about GTA V, but why steal a vehicle when you could be a vehicle? Train Simulator 2014 allows you to inhabit the very soul of a train, to feel the very essence of what it means to be a locomotive. It also brings back the horrors of the daily commute I…

Leagues of Lore: I watched this entire League of Legends “Lore in a Minute” video and I still don’t really know what’s going on in League of Legends. But hey, there’s a lot of lore to cover.

This Is Literally The Worst DLC Of All Time

Yes, worse than horse armor. Yes, this is real. Yes, it’s an Amazon pre-order bonus Sonic: Lost World comes out on October 29 for 3DS and Wii U. Hopefully it’s better than its DLC. Hopefully all those risk-taking Sonic players enjoy it. UPDATE: For more elaboration on why I think this is so heinous, check…

Yes, Half-Life 3 was trademarked in Europe over the weekend, but don’t get too excited: trademarks come and go all the time, and this might not mean a thing. We’ve reached out to Valve to see if they’ve got anything to say, but we’re not getting our hopes up.

Why Peeks at Sports Games’ Next Generation are Usually Underwhelming

Yesterday, 2K Sports and EA Sports released looks at NBA 2K14 and Madden NFL 25 on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. At best, both are whelming—maybe not under-, certainly not over- . Madden, however did show a little more. Still, here’s why these teasers leave me cold: They may be showing actual gameplay footage…

In Batman: Arkham Origins, Barbara Gordon Isn’t Batgirl… Yet

That’s Jim Gordon’s daughter up there. Man, let’s hope this means you’ll eventually be able to play as Batgirl. The folks making Batman: Arkham Origins have already said that Batgirl won’t be a playable character in the upcoming prequel’s multiplayer: Batgirl won’t be playable, nor did I see any female characters for the thugs. When…

Amnesia Makers Tease Hard Sci-Fi Game Featuring A Freaky Computer

How freaky is the freaky computer? Well… watch this video all the way to the end. It’s around a six or seven out of ten on the freakiness scale, I’d say. Frictional Games, makers of the first Amnesia game The Dark Descent (and publisher of The Chinese Room’s sequel, A Machine for Pigs) have been…

If Breaking Bad’s Ending Played Out How Fans Wanted It To

Breaking Bad has an ending—maybe you’ve watched it? And maybe that ending played out the way you thought it would. Or maybe you had your own ending in mind…perhaps something more like these fan-servicey endings created by CollegeHumor? Obviously, if you haven’t watched the ending of Breaking Bad, I’d steer clear of watching this video!…

New Destiny Trailer Shows Off Spectacular Next-Gen Goodness

Here’s the latest trailer for Activision’s upcoming MMO/shooter, Destiny. This one’s set on the moon, and is designed to introduce us to one of the game’s enemy races, “The Hive.” Apparently the moon is going to be a centerpiece for Destiny—the shtick is that you play as a “Guardian” of the Earth, set out to…

GaymerX, the con that focuses on queer geek culture, will return next year on July 11-13th. Held in the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown SF, it’ll also be home to a wedding for that Portal proposal couple we featured this year. You can read more details here, and buy tickets here. Full disclosure: some of the…

Deals: X-Files, Arkham Origins, Alien(s), Gaming Keyboard, The Hobbit

It’s a multimedia Moneysaver with deals on DVD’s, Blu-rays, Audiobooks, and of course, games, as well as a very important announcement: Announcing our Black Friday Coverage This year we’ll be taking everything we’ve learned putting together Moneysaver, Dealzmodo, and Dealhacker and putting it to work in bringing you the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday…

Indie Sci-Fi RPG Looks Pretty Great

If you’re into JRPGs, here’s a game to keep an eye on: Cosmic Star Heroine, a new sci-fi indie from the folks behind Cthulhu Saves The World and the last two Penny Arcade RPGs. Those folks, Zeboyd Games, have just launched a Kickstarter for their newest project, which they describe as a turn-based sci-fi RPG…

Fans Seem to be Waiting for Big-Name Sports to Launch on New Consoles

The third of three sports titles releasing on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 at launch arrived on shelves today—NBA 2K14—but if reviews and sales figures for its peers are any indication, fans appear to be waiting for the next console generation before they buy the sports titles closing out this one. If at all.…