King Of YouTube Suggests 10 Free Horror Games You Can Play Right Now

Lots of people of watch PewDiePie. The cheeky Swede’s got more subscribers to his YouTube channel than, well, anyone else. In the world. It’s a fact YouTube themselves stumbled on a few months back. He spends most of his time sifting through all sorts of games long and short for his YouTube series, and a…

Privacy and player data on Xbox One have been big concerns ever since Microsoft revealed its next console. If Microsoft’s latest changes regarding Kinect and privacy haven’t quieted your worries, you can read through their privacy statement in full over here. Be sure to click on the learn more links to expand each category. If…

Tales of Symphonia Is Back and More Beautiful than Ever

It’s been a long time since the excellent JRPG Tales of Symphonia was released on the GameCube in 2003. Now, to celebrate its tenth anniversary, it (and its sequel) have been remastered in HD in Japan. But the question remains: Just how much better does it look on the PS3? To find out, I hooked…

If Attack on Titan Starred Japanese Fashion Models

Popular anime Attack on Titan does not star Japanese fashion models. But what if it did? What would it look like? Probably something like this. This is a spread from Japanese fashion mag Koakuma Ageha. It’s showing off Attack on Titan make up. No, Attack on Titan make up isn’t a thing among young Japanese…

See Shanghai Fly By One Man’s Window

If you’ve ever harbored any doubt that Shanghai is one spectacular city, then watch this video. Please. The megalopolis grows and pulsates right before your very eyes. The above video was filmed over a two-year period by photographer Joe Nafis. It’s beautiful. From the 23rd [Vimeo via ShanghaiIst] To contact the author of this post,…

Sony, it seems, is teasinga new version of the PocketStation. The device, originally released in 1999 and discontinued in 2002, was PlayStation 1 Memory Card peripheral with a monochrome LCD screen. But will it be new hardware or an app? An announcement is expected on November 5. [Thanks, Jan!]

New DualShock 3 Color Almost Lets You Peek Inside

I’m a sucker for clear electronics. I love seeing what’s inside. You know, the innards. Sony’s new DualShock 3 controller almost lets me do just that. As Gamer notes, the color is called “Crystal,” and it’s more of a frosted clear plastic. You may remember that Sony previously released a clear plastic DualShock 2 controller,…

Tales of Kizna Is the Epitome of a Shovelware Social Game

Over this past week, I’ve been working through the Tales of Symphonia Chronicles HD remaster collection and that made me curious about another Tales series game: namely, the Japanese mobile game Tales of Kizna. …And now I wish I wouldn’t have. Recently, I’ve been going through a lot of tie-in social games linked to bigger…

It was recently revealed that Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z will be out March 6 next year in Japan.

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

Playing GTA V Not As A Maniac, But As A Photographer

You don’t have to drivearound killing people and scooping up dirty money in Grand Theft Auto V. The game gives you a camera. You could just walk around taking beautiful photos, like Luis Serrano here. A lover of video game photographysince the days of San Andreas, he’s been using GTA V’s camera phone to take…

Are We Ready For Shorter Video Game Experiences?

Are we ready for leaner, tighter shorter experiences? Is that something we’d like to see in our video games? Having trudged through most of this year’s AAA video games, mindlessly blasting my way from cut-scene to cut scene, I’ve started to wonder: is it time the games industry learned to edit itself more effectively? (Warning:…

Crazy Man Puts Computer Inside Arm (Without Help From Doctors)

American Tim Cannon is a “biohacker”. That unsightly bulge on his arm there is where he stuck a giant computer chip beneath his skin, which transmits his biometric data to Android devices. Which will be interesting data and all but oh God just look at those stitches The chip is kept safe because it’s sealed…