If You Think Thief 4 Looks Crap, Try This

The Dark Mod has long been one of the most famous PC mods around. Using Doom 3 as a base, the idea was to transform id’s shooter into an old-fashioned game inspired by the old-fashioned Thief games. It was great. Now it’s even better, because it doesn’t need Doom 3 anymore. Version 2.0 of TDM…

Why You Should Always Wear Helmets In Battle

Wenjun Lin is a Chinese concept artist who, like every other artist on the planet, has most recently done some cards for Applibot’s mobile juggernaut, Legend of the Cryptids. You can see more of his work at his personal site, blog and CGHub page. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if…

Maybe The Best Arnold Schwarzenegger Impersonation Of All Time

Close your eyes and it’s terrifying

Developer Had No Idea His Game Was Appearing On Steam

For most smaller developers, getting a game on Steam is an important milestone. Often the most important. So a lot of weird stuff has to happen for a guy to not even know people are buying his game. Yet that’s exactly what’s happened to Georgy Beloglazo, who in 2010 released a game called Phobos 1953.…

The League Of Legends World Champs Looked Incredible

The League of Legends Season 3 world finals went down in Los Angeles over the weekend. It was a big deal. You may not have known that from simply following online, but if you’d been at the Staples Center, like all these people were, you would have got a taste. Sequenced: Season 3 World Finals…

How Game Of Thrones Characters Are Like…Video Game Consoles

You see this kind of crap all the time on sponsored links at the bottom of expensive websites. “How [thing] is actually like [other thing]!” But this one, by Giant Bomb user Gold_Skulltulla, this one’s different. This one’s genius. Sure, it starts obviously enough. Joffrey as the Wii, Eddard as (SPOILERS) Dreamcast, but once you…

What Some Male Gamers Want Female Soldiers To Look Like

Crytek, the developers of online shooter Warface, probably wish they’d never asked. Polling users across the world what they wanted to see in terms of female soldier design, the results are…well. See for yourself. What you’re looking at here is some optional downloadable content for Russian players of the game. In an interview with Wired,…

The Greatest Sith Warrior In The Old Republic Is Even Scarier Up Close

Star Wars: The Old Republic couldn’t have Darth Vader, so it got Darth Malgus. Now that I’ve got him standing 20 inches high on my desk in the form of Sideshow Collectibles’ Darth Malgus Premium Format Figure, he might be my favorite Sith Lord ever. I mean, Darth Vader will always be an iconic figure…

Track: Civilization | Album: Audio, Video, Disco | Artist: Justice Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

You Won’t Believe How Much Someone Paid For One Digital Gun

Never underestimate how much someone is willing to spend on a digital item they can use in a game. First, we had the people who paid way too much for weed emoticons and digital stickers. This time, we’ve got someone that paid nearly $200 for a digital gun (pictured above) from Counter Strike: Global Offensive.…

Even Intel Reckons GTA V Is Coming To PC

Let’s talk facts. Every single numbered Grand Theft Auto game has been available on the PC. But that hasn’t stopped people freaking out over the fact that the latest game in the series, Grand Theft Auto V, has yet to be announced for the platform. In some ways, you can understand their concern. The PC…

Photoshops Ruin Ellen Page’s Video Game In The Best Ways

A game made by David Cage is not like most games. First of all, they might star folks like Ellen Page. And second of all, they usually require you to do some surprising stuff—some of which hit the right notes, and some of which really miss the mark. Because of that, it’s kind of easy…

Mad Catz’s Ouya-Killer Priced, Dated And Potentially Deadly

At $249.99, Mad Catz’s M.O.J.O. Android micro-console will cost two and a half times more than the Ouya when it’s released December 10. It’ll also be six times as powerful with the potential to stream games from your PC to your television set, so I’d say it evens out. Earlier this year, when Mad Catz…

Slow-Mo Dancers Make The Streets Of Tokyo Way More Fun

Japanese pop group World Order—helmed by former martial artist Genki Sudo—has put together my favorite video of the week so far. Slow-motion synchronized dancing makes everything better. Watch and enjoy. (via Laughing Squid)

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Government Shutdown Game’ Is Appropriately Unfair

Usually, comparisons to games are kind of flippant—which is probably why both Republicans and Democrats alike say the government shutdown is not a game. But if it was? According to Stephen Colbert, it would be called Not A Game: The Government Shutdown Home Game. The rules would be… interesting. As you might’ve guessed, boy howdy,…

BioShock Infinite Jokes Are Still Pretty Funny

Sure, the game came out several months ago. Most of the good jokes have already been made. And yet some of the goofier aspects of BioShock Infinite are still pretty funny. This video from Nerdist features Chris Hardwick and Chloe Dykstra as Booker and Elizabeth—the last time we saw them in these getups, they were…

The Dangers Of Kickstarter, Explained With A Sandwich

Kickstarter has been around for a fair old while now, and we’ve seen some great projects come to life thanks to the crowd funding service. It’s also brought us its fair share of disappointment. In my video above I explore a world filled with the promise of a kickstarted sandwich. Will the sandwich deliver everything…

Schools Give Kids Free iPads, Immediately Regret It

The Los Angeles schools’ billion-dollar big idea to give every kid an iPad has skidded to an embarrassing stop after the first recipients—including a valedictorian candidate—figured out a way to crack the security imposed on the devices to play games like Temple Run. L.A. Unified School District is now demanding the $678 gadgets back as…

Somebody, Call Wedge! Star Wars MMO Finally Adds PvP Space Battles

Sure, running around with a lightsaber or blaster pistol is a cool and integral part of the Star Wars experience. But, for the longest time, Star Wars: The Old Republic has been lacking one of the best things from the mythology: big honking space battles. Yes, yes, there have been crappy on-rails single-player dogfights in…

Xi3 Piston: Why You Should Stay Away From The Not-Steam-Box

It’s not a Steam Box, but they want us to believe it is: Xi3’s Piston might be the most confusing product in gaming this year, thanks to some muddled messaging and a deal with Valve that never went anywhere. So at this point you might be wondering: what is this thing? Why do people keep…