The iPhone 5S May Break When Exposed To .50 Caliber Rifle Rounds

The iPhone 5s holds up to being dropped on concrete or submerged in a bowl of water, but put a couple of .50 caliber rifle rounds through it in slow motion and it nearly disintegrates. This wouldn’t have happened if Steve Jobs were still alive. Having tried and failed to procure an iPhone 5S in…

Nintendo Is Shockingly Honest About a Recycled Sequel

This is … remarkable. Well, that’s my view of it anyway. Nintendo published a news release this morning that described FIFA 14 on the 3DS in just about the worst terms you can apply to a new sports video game. “FIFA 14 Legacy Edition delivers unmatched authenticity that reflects the current football season with updated…

I Sold Too Many Copies of GTA V To Parents Who Didn’t Give a Damn

Dear Parents… We need to talk. There is something that has been eating at me for awhile, and I have had enough. I have been working in video game retail for almost 10 years now. I love my job. Some of my best memories begin with loving, bewildered parents walking into our store, naïve to…

How To Become Mayor Of An Animal Crossing Town

Step one: be you. Step two: be there. Check out Kotaku reader and TAY contributor Stormborn’s cute new comic series below, with promises of more to come.

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: JollyBootsofDoom wants to know if you had to make one of the three main characters in GTA V a woman, which one would it be?. Mandalorian armor lovers rejoice! General McFist has more ideas about what would make a great Boba Fett game. And Crisco…

Cool Short Film Puts Ryan Gosling Inside Two Grand Theft Auto Games

What’s the mystery connection between Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto V? It might be Ryan Gosling’s no-name character from Drive. Gamebill Studio’s Nabil Ayari captured footage from GTA IV and GTA V and stitched them together with shots from the 2011 miniimalist action thriller. The result? A moody, well-edited clip that throws…

115 League of Legends Champions, Voiced Perfectly By One Girl

YouTuber Elspeth clearly had a lot of fun mimicking the voices of all 115 League of Legends champions—especially when she impersonates the male champs. But all of them are very well done. My favorite? Definitely the murr-murring of Kassadin around the 2:01 mark. What’s yours? Voicing ALL League of Legends Champions (EVEN THE MEN!) –…

Final Fantasy XIV MMO Log Three: Play Us Out, PlayStation 3

Welcome to the third and final MMO Log before we slap a review on Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn and call it the better part of a month. This week I’m taking a look at the PlayStation 3 version of the game, which is just like the PC version after three or four beers.…

Mega Man Creator Keiji Inafune Will Answer Your Questions Tonight

Wanna know more about Mighty No. 9, or the history of one of gaming’s legendary franchises? Well, you’re in luck. Kotaku’s next live Q&A will star Keiji Inafune, father of the original Mega Man and its spiritual successor, who also worked on countless other games, including the Onimusha and Dead Rising series. The Q&A is…

What a time to be alive! Thanks, GTA V! Now let’s wait till someone does this with a forklift—or puts it on a truck, tows it with the tow truck and lifts the whole thing with one of the larger cargo helicopters. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the…

Consider This Your Cosplay Cure

This weekend at the Tokyo Game Show, some of the best cosplay in Asia was on display. There were those at the TGS event halls, but some of the most talented cosplayers graced the stage at Cosplay Collection Night. Japan’s biggest cosplay social-networking site Cure presented Cosplay Collection Night at TGS, with Cure members strutting…

It’s just a few stills, but this indie RPG already looks promising. The Last Hero’s creator submitted an annotated image album to Reddit in hopes of generating some attention for his side-scrolling RPG, which is currently waiting to be funded at IndieGoGo. If you dig hand-drawn pixels, give this one a look.

This Chinese Actor Should Be Phoenix Wright, Says Chinese Internet

Former Asian teen heartthrob and current all around action movie super star Aaron Kwok has made big waves again on the Chinese blogosphere. This time, the waves have nothing to do with how good or how bad any of his movies are, but instead, about what he looks like in one of his movies. Kwok,…

Cavemania Is A Grab Bag of Genres in Casual Game Form

What happens when you take a real time strategy game and an RPG, and wrap it all up in the package of a casual match three game? A huge stinking mess without a clear direction—at least that’s what I imagined when I was told about Cavemania. After taking my time with the game, I have…

The Metal Gear Solid Side Mission Demo Ended With A Badass Car Jump

If nothing else, Hideo Kojima knows how to work a crowd. So it’s only natural that he’d have something extra planned for the public day live performance of Tokyo Game Show 2013. In addition to the12-minute Ground Zeroes demo, Kojima also treated spectators to a brief side mission demo. Made specifically for the limited time…

Escape From China’s Mystery Rooms!

Have you ever wanted to be locked in a hotel room? Or even trapped inside a murder scene? Well fear not: your odd, twisted fantasies have sort of been realised in Beijing’s newest craze, the mystery room escape! Mystery room escapes in Beijing are akin to a smaller-sized fun houses. Basically it’s a locked room…

Apparently, The World’s Most Realistic FPS Will Be Free To Play

For eight years, a group of modders have been working on reworking DICE’s Battlefield 2 into a much more realistic and much larger-scale multiplayer shooter. In August, their journey came to an end, and the 1.0 version of their mod, Project Reality, was released. Now, the same group is working on a full game. The…

Westerners Want PS Vita TV More than Sony Thought

That PS Vita TV sure is a neat little device, huh? The device is hitting Japan this November and will be released elsewhere in Asia next January. But what about the West? In a recent roundtable Kotaku attended at Sony’s Tokyo headquarters, Masayasu Ito said, “Western gamers want [the PS Vita TV] more than we…

Stupid Man Took Out a $7,000 Loan for In-Game Items

In South Korea, there’s a show called Hello Counselor. On it, the celebrity panel talks with folks dealing with issues, which are often unusual. A segment on a recent episode introduced a couple dealing with game addiction. On the show, a 22 year-old woman (above) wanted to know how her husband could overcome his problems…

You Will Want These Tokyo Game Show Toys

Maybe you won’t want all of them. But I’m pretty sure there’s something in here for everyone. Have a look and judge for yourself. These photos were recently taken at the Tokyo Game Show merchandise section. There are items currently on sale in Japan as well as some upcoming goodies. Perhaps you might want them…