Defiance ‘Castithan Charge Pack’ Adds Playable Creepy White People

Nothing plays on the TV screen quite as well as an alien race whose defining feature is cake makeup and contact lenses. Defiance‘s dorkiest extraterrestrials look much better as playable characters in today’s ‘Castithan Charge Pack’ release. The ‘Castithan Charge Pack’ is a two-pronged bit of downloadable content for the video game portion of trion…

Well This Ad For Ouya Sure Is…Excessive… [UPDATE]

I don’t really have the words to describe this ad, although it’s not official according to Ouya. Whoever made this sure tried a ridiculous way to try to sell someone on an Ouya, though. Kind of has the style of Superjail!, yeah? In any case, we’ve contacted Ouya to ask about this ad and will…

The Fix For Disney Infinity PlayStation 3 Problems Is In

After two days of PlayStation 3 players being unable to play Disney Infinity properly without the game locking up and save game corruption, patch 1.03 has arrived to make things all better, mostly. The previous patch, 1.01, caused the game to lock up shortly after launching, as well as corrupting game saves. A workaround for…

According to GLaDOS, We’ve All Been Pronouncing ‘Dota’ Wrong

Good news: Dota 2 is getting a GLaDOS announcer pack, meaning that you’ll have the ability to pay to have GLaDOS chide you as you play. “Bad” news: the clip that teases her inclusion has a most surprising revelation. Listen to this GLaDOS clip of the upcoming announcer pack, courtesy of PC Gamer, which they…

YouTube Reacts Hilariously To Video of Geeky Women

Last month, we wrote about a song that featured women who take issue with the idea of a “fake geek girl.” Naturally, these women feel that they shouldn’t have to prove their geek cred. Since that sentiment was expressed via YouTube video, people left comments—and these comments could sometimes be ridiculous. Cue this dramatic reading…

Indie Game: The Infomercial. “If StarCraft is a sport, Divekick is a crime scene.” That’s Action Button founder (and sometime Kotaku contributor) Tim Rogers giving histrademark infomercial-style pitchfor Divekick, an absurd two-button fighting game he did not make but would still like for you to play. Tim, if you ever get sick of making games,…

Saints Row IV: The Kotaku Review

Saints Row IV, much like its predecessor, is a game that doesn’t make any excuses for itself. It knows exactly what it is and just how much it caters to the lowest common denominator. And you know what? It straight up loves it. It relishes it. And I love Saints Row IV for it. If…

With Xbox One Gaining Momentum, Sony Still Has Confidence

The most remarkable thing about Sony’s Gamescom press conference today wasn’t the big game announcements (Sony still loves indie games) or the PS4 feature demonstrations (the new menu looks like a video game console menu). It was Sony’s overarching, at times infectious confidence. While the event didn’t have the same razzle-dazzle of their PS4 reveal…

Looking good, Ratchet. Here’s Insomniac with a very promising look at the next Ratchet & Clank game, subtitled Into The Nexus. Some of this stuff—in particular the Nightmare Box—looks awfully interesting.

New Pokemon Trademarks Could Be Anything, Sound Like Fighting Games

So here’s the official word from The Pokemon Company on that mysterious Pokemon image that seemed to tease a Wii U game: “There is nothing to announce at this time. These are merely conceptual images.” Okay. So what are these new trademarks that Siliconera has unearthed, Pokkén Fighters and Pokkén Tournament? Could be anything. We’ve…

Xbox One Kinect Can Be Used For Motion Capture In Your Living Room

Project Spark, the games-creation toolkit for Xbox One and PC, drew a lot of attention at E3 for a deep feature set. That includes all kinds of motion capture, using the Kinect 2.0 sensor. You can mo-cap in your own living room. Team Dakota, Project Spark‘s makers, told a Gamescom audience today that full-body motion…

Moneysaver: No More Cross-Gen Blues [Updated 9/4]

Bridge the gap on the cheap. Update: Best Buy has launched a similar program, but it’s not as good as Amazon’s, and doesn’t feature any games that Amazon’s doesn’t. Sony made a ton of announcements at Gamescom today, including a $200 Vita with cheaper memory cards, and a $200 PS3. One of these revelations was…

League of Legends Hacked, Some (Encrypted) Credit Cards At Risk

One of the most popular online games on the planet has been attacked by hackers. Riot Games, the company behind the huge multiplayer online battle arena game League of Legends, announced today that “a portion” of North American accounts have been compromised Hackers were able to access usernames, email addresses, encrypted passwords, and some names,…

Awesome, PS4 Controllers Also Come In Red and Blue

Black? Boring. Check out these color variations of the DualShock 4 controller; up above we’ve got red, and below, blue. Or, well, technically, they’re Magma Red and Wave Blue. Same thing! According to a Sony press release, they’ll become available in North America later this year for $59, and in Europe for € 59. Here’s…

You Can Smoke Pot In GTA V, According to Ratings Board

We had a hunch it was going to be possible, and, now, the people who rate video games are letting the cat out of the dimebag. You can smoke pot in GTA V, according to the Entertainment Software Ratings Board. That same group has offered a bunch of other mild spoilers for GTA V, if…

Here’s what’s going on at Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Cimeas reflects back onSan Andreas and its pros and its cons, Sam G. recalls connections of childhood to Earthbound, GiantBoyDetective has an interesting interaction with a student who is excited to play Saints Row IV

Moneysaver: Don’t Starve, Vita Price Drop, Bureau, Blacklist, Saints

Deal or no deal? (Deal was the correct answer.) Update: The Walking Dead Vita Bundle has also been dropped to $200. Voting on the Best Gaming Mouse in our first Moneysaver Co-Op ends on Wednesday at midnight. Don’t miss out. Moneysaver and Dealzmodo on Twitter We’re going to be tweeting a lot more deals, and…

Ubisoft Clue Hints At a Late-November Xbox One Release Date

If you’re trying to figure out when Microsoft’s next console will come out in North America, today has provided a new clue. Note that the following post is all educated guesswork and observation. This is what we know: The Xbox One will be released in November. When in November? Microsoft hasn’t said yet. We also…

Bam! Pow! It’s A Dramatic New Batman: Arkham Origins Trailer

Among the many exciting bits in this new Batman: Arkham Origins trailer: Alfred (I think?) dressing down a young Bruce Wayne, the Caped Crusader’s first encounter with Future-Commissioner Gordon, and a heck of a lot of punching. Also, while we’ve all griped about the changes in the voice cast, I gotta say that Troy Baker…

Think Your Drive is Brutal? Check Out the Vehicles of Dead Rising 3

Capcom this morning put out a new cinematic trailer [NSFW language] for Dead Rising 3, and if you’ve gotten a good chuckle from improvised weapons like the paddlesaw, just wait the hell until you see the RollerHawg. The A-Team could only dream of being locked in a garage and coming up with something this dangerous.…