Latest sign of our coming robot overlords? Yet another A.I. playing a video game Lots of us here in Kotaku-land like Drop7, the randomized number puzzle game that we think is one of the best iPhone games. So we just had to share Daniel Walton’s video of his Lego Mindstorms NXT robot running up a…

Final Fantasy XV: Everything We Know

The 15th Final Fantasy doesn’t have a release date yet, nor does it even have a release year, but there’s still plenty of information floating around about the next entry in Square Enix’s titanic flagship series. What used to be called Final Fantasy Versus XIII has been in development for over seven years now, and…

Marvelous, Meditative Space RTS Rymdkapsel Hits iOS, Android On 7/25

I raved about the game when it launched on PlayStation Mobile, so I recommend any non-PSM gamers who are equipped with iOS or other Android devices set aside $4 for July 25. That’s when you can buy and enjoy the minimalist real-time strategy game Rymdkapsel on those other mobile platforms. For now, study up on…

The Good News is There’s a Rambo Game. It’s the Bad News Too.

The good news is that First Blood gets its due. We knew this when Fahey showed us screens of Hope, Wash. The bad news is that Rambo: The Video Game looks like something for the PlayStation 2. It just looks terrible. Which, of course, means day-one purchase for me. Make no mistake, I’m a big…

Kingdom Hearts Looks Just As Delightful As You Remember

Man, this new Kingdom Hearts 1.5 trailer brings back memories. I can’t believe it’s already been 11 years since Square’s action-RPG first came out. This trailer, of course, is for the HD remake of Kingdom Hearts that will be out for PS3 on September 10 Really, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 is kind of a dumb name,…

Ahoy! The Best Part of Assassin’s Creed III Looks Even Better in ACIV

No matter what you thought about Assassin’s Creed III, most people agreed that the naval combat sequences were the best features of the game. This new gameplay trailer for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag shows the upgrades coming to the ship-sailing experience and how you’ll take Edward Kenway deep into the 18th Century Caribbean.

Somewhere out there there’s a super-sized working PS4 controller that Sony created during the development of Knack according to Mark Cerny. Wild guess: the super-sized controller influenced the PS4’s new trigger design, based on what Cerny says in the video below.

In case you didn’t know… you can read condensed Kotaku reviews of new games in the New York Times every month. The Arts section in today’s paper includes short versions of our reviews of Game & Wario, Deadpool, Color Zen, The Swapper and Company of Heroes 2. New round-ups monthly. Viva print! (And the Internet,…

Friends and colleagues of Giant Bomb‘s Ryan Davis remember the man in this week’s new episode of the podcast that Davis so capably hosted for years, the Giant Bombcast. For those hoping to do something in Davis’ memory, the GB crew plans to release a memorial T-shirt, with the profits from the sale of those…

It’s like the Kapp’n lives in San Francisco and can see out my gloomy-ass window.

One of our pals at Gizmodo believes he knows why people still pirate games, movies, music—you name it. Read his argument. And/or tell us here why you think people pirate. Other than for the peglegs, of course.

Local TV news discovers Wii bowling at old folks’ homes. Film at 11. [Deadspin]

The Moneysaver: Titanfall, 400 Days, PSN Money, 48 Sega Games for $5

Take me down to the Moneysaver city where the prices are cheap and the games aren’t shitty. Oh won’t you please take me home. Sweet deals galore in today’s roundup. PC peeps can get Titanfall for $12 off, 20% off 400 Days, or 48 Sega Genesis games for 5 bucks, which is basically a no-brainer.…

Horny Captain America Slaps Around Evil Obama in Fake Movie Trailer

Look, if you’re going to troll fans of the Marvel Universe, Falcon aficionados and all of America, you can’t do it much better than this new fake trailer for the upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Cap punched Hitler back in the 1940s. Now he’s slapping Obama. What are you trying to say, Taiwanese animators?…

This Cosplay Burlesque Is Electrifying

AnimeNEXT is a convention that isn’t afraid to be risque, judging from these videos of recent NSFW cosplay burlesque performances. Mind, this is a more modern interpretation of burlesque—it’s provocative show that can feature slapstick humor, skits, striptease acts and more. Up above we’ve got footage of Nana Valtiel, who performs her show dressed as…

The Weird Escapism Of Life Sims

The cash machine showed my balance at 245,000. It was the most money I’d ever collected. I’d already paid off a good portion of my balance in sensible parcels — you know, skim a little bit off of each week’s income and set it aside, chip meaningfully at your debt before you even realize money’s…

Can You Smoke Pot in Grand Theft Auto V?

In the gameplay trailer yesterday for Grand Theft Auto V, one of the three protagonists, Franklin, leaves a Medical Marajuana dispensary. As he’s leaving, he smells a vial in his hand and says “Damn!” Which raises the question: Can you smoke pot in Grand Theft Auto V? Yes, you were able to buy drugs in…

Study: Scientists Are Running Out Of Ways To Study Violent Games

Researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia gathered 64 students together and had them each play either a violent or non-violent game. Then the researchers pretended to drop their pens to see what would happen. Researchers have so much fun. So the 64 students were each tasked with playing 20 minutes of one of…

Online Petition Demands Return of Xbox One DRM

Video game petitions have a very long and mostly pointless history. As I’ve said several times, an Internet petition is worth the paper it is printed on. But I’ll give a little publicity to this thing, because it’s the most ridiculous one I’ve seen yet (that includes this.) Whether the work of PS4 fanboy trolls…

Fighting Game Scene Rallies To Get Stranded Gamers to Huge Tournament

The road to EVO, this weekend’s massive fighting game tournament, appears to be paved with the good intentions of others. Three different cases have popped up of strangers and/or surprise sponsors swooping in to ensure that some desperate gamers can attend the Las Vegas event. One case, covered by the Penny Arcade Report‘s Andrew Groen,…