Kerbal Space Program Is All Fun And Games, Until The Moon Explodes

Squad’s sandbox space exploration game, Kerbal Space Program, is about constructing space-worthy vehicles and exploring the stars. Thanks to a healthy modding community, it’s also about blowing things up with lasers. Yay, modding community! Give humanity the tools to better itself, and it builds better weapons. While Kerbal Space Program only joined Steam’s Early Access…

Xbox One Ditches One Of Xbox Live’s More Annoying Limitations

Good news: Microsoft’s Xbox Live online service is going to undergo some noteworthy changes for the Xbox One, and will do away with at least one of the current system’s more annoying limitations. If you’ve ever tried to play a “Games for Windows Live” PC game while your roommate watches Netflix on your Xbox 360,…

You Can Ditch Microsoft Points After The Next Xbox 360 Update

Microsoft Points are going away very soon. Like, as soon as the next Xbox 360 system update. You’ll be able to turn all your meaningless points into real money whenever that happens. Microsoft’s Xbox Wire blog has got the news: Earlier this year, we announced that we are bringing local currency to Xbox 360 and…

I Would Play More Call of Duty If More Call of Duty Looked Like This

It’s not just the giant robot. It’s the old warplanes. It’s the rain. It’s the Weird War Tales-style oddness of it all. This is a real Call of Duty scene from an upcoming zombies-mode addition to Call of Duty: Black Ops II. But it’s just that. I’d go for a full game. Find out more…

How Do I Make My Tween Sister Understand The Dangers Of Social Media?

Youngins aren’t the only ones at risk partaking in social media platforms—just look at some of the controversies that transpired over Twitter that resulted in people being let go from their jobs—but they’re perhaps the most naive to it. On this week’s Ask Kotaku, I address that concern and more. Be sure to email me…

Zelda: Link to the Past vs. Zelda: Link Between Worlds

Via the folks at GameXplain, here’s a side-by-side look at the overworlds of the SNES game Zelda: A Link to the Past (right) and its upcoming 3DS successor, Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (left). Spoilers: they are identical. It’s uncanny. (Thanks, Ian!)

This Grand Theft Auto IV Mod Would Walk A Thousand Miles For You

Remember that Vanessa Carlton song from 2002? The one where she sings about walking a thousand miles while riding a piano across the country? Matthew Jackson remembers, hence this hilarious video of ChongMcBong & Sleepy‘s Grand Theft Auto 4 mod that turns cars into pianos. Mind, the original video is by taltigolt,this song on the…

The Save Problem

This morning, when I loaded up Animal Crossing for the first time in a month or so, I found myself nose to nose with the infamously angry Mr. Resetti. Resetti, a subterranean animal who gets off on yelling at people who reset their video games without saving, was there to yell at me for just…

Amateur Surgeon 3 Keeps The Trauma Center Dream Alive… Barely.

I loved the Trauma Center series from Atlus. It was over-the-top dramatic and played fast and loose with real medical procedures, but games were amazing fun. I miss them, so much so that Mediatonic’s stupid parody, now on its third installment, feels good to me, even if kicks off with me operating on a pug…

Moneysaver: Tomb Raider $10, Haswell Laptop, HDMI Cables, Gaming Mouse

We put all our skill points into Barter. Deal Leaderboard Saints Row IV Super Dangerous Wad Wad Edition ($1000000) | GAME via Kotaku PC Section Lenovo Haswell i7 and GeForce GT750M Equipped Laptop ($799.00) | Lenovo via Deals Kinja | Use promo code USPY599808 Monoprice HDMI cables 20%, including Redmere cables | Monoprice via TechBargains…

Edge has a very cool new feature about the making of Cart Life, Richard Hofmeier’s groundbreaking, award-winning life sim.

Elizabeth Looks Way Different in BioShock Infinite’s Rapture DLC

Two weeks ago, we found out that BioShock Infinite’s Burial at Sea DLCwill be bringing protagonists Booker and Elizabeth to the undersea city of Rapture from BioShock 1. Now we’re getting a closer look at how the noir variant of Columbia’s savior child will look. She seems less… innocent. Over on the official Irrational Games…

God of War II Director Back At Sony To Make Something ‘Freaking Huge’

God of War II game director and infrequent Twitter user Cory Barlog is back at Sony Santa Monica, according to a Tweet from the southern California PlayStation studio. Barlog had left Sony following the release of that PS2 game. We’re checking with PlayStation to see if he’s back on God of War. UPDATE: In an…

What A Slow Motion Water Balloon Fight With 1,500 People Looks Like

Getting hit with over a thousand balloons? It doesn’t look like much fun, although it does look cool in slow motion. Cue theslowmoguys,who suddenly find themselves in a water war with YouTuber Freddie Wong. Seems like they crossed the wrong guy! Geek Week – Slow Motion Water Balloon Fight with 1500 people Starring Freddie Wong…

Watch Us Play Take on Mars, A Serene Look At The Life Of Robots

Mars is a wonderful place, how come you’ve never been? Well, if you want to partake in the tranquil delights of living your robotic life on the red planet, then perhaps Take on Mars might take your fancy. A fair warning: I’ve added star wipes in the video above. You know, the long condemned video…

If Simpsons Characters Starred In The Last of Us…

…it’d probably look like this. Via DeviantArt user Raqos, here’s a brilliant look at what would happen if The Last of Us took place in Springfield. And now I kind of want to play the video game version of this. Roaming around Evergreen Terrace, throwing Flaming Moes at clickers. Full version below: (h/t Andrew)

Search YouTube For “Bronies.” It’s Magic.

What happens when you search YouTube for the word “Bronies”, you ask? First you get a listing of videos about Bronies. Then something magical happens. It’s another aspect of YouTube’s Geek Week, which also brought us yesterday’s impromptu games of Missile Command. I’ve been watching it for 10 minutes now. I should probably just boot…

Watch The Wonderful 101’s Epic Nintendo Direct Right Here

By the time you watch the Nintendo Direct hypecast for the upcoming Wii U game, you will definitely know when The Wonderful 101 is coming out. Hosted by Platinum Games’ Hideki Kamiya, this morning’s extended preview gave a deep look at the moves, tactics and characters in the upcoming action/strategy title. 101 feels a bit…

Conan O’Brien Plays Atari: ‘This May Be The Worst Day Of My Life’

Yeah, okay, so Atari games haven’t exactly held up. In the latest edition of Conan O’Brien’s “Clueless Gamer” series, the red-headed comedian takes his talents to old-school gaming, and the results are not pretty. Hilarious. But not pretty. At least Space Invaders is still fun!

Very Special Edition of Saint’s Row IV Costs $1,000,000

They’re calling it the Super Dangerous Wad Wad Edition, there’s only one available, and it’s exclusive to UK’s Game. It costs a million dollars. In case you can’t read images, here’s what’s included: Saints Row IV : Commander in Chief Edition A full sized replica Dubstep Gun A full day of spy training A trip…