Final Fantasy XIV Isn’t Coming To Xbox Because Of A Silly Policy

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, the much-improved reincarnation of Square Enix’s online role-playing game, will be out on August 27 for PC and PS3, then later in the future for PS4. No Xbox 360. No Xbox One. Allow Naoki Yoshida to explain why. Speaking with RPGSite, the new director of FFXIV pointed a finger…

How To Make Final Fantasy VII Look Like An HD Remaster

If you’re playing the re-release of Final Fantasy VII on Steam, I have a friendly reminder for you: you can mod the game, just like the original PC release. Like we wrote last year, fans have been modding the PC version of FFVII for a long while—so much so that you could experience something like…

Blanka Is A Troll

Goddammit, Blanka. Look at him go on his public rampages, totally unapologetically. Causing all sorts of havoc! I’m definitely the sort of person to laugh at this kind of slapstick humor, but it’s even more golden with Blanka involved. I somehow missed the first episode of this, so in case you did too, here you…

Brave New World Is A Great Expansion To A Good Game, Six Critics Say

Improving greatly upon the base game while bringing new, fun things to the table? Yep, that’s how expansions should work. In fact, that’s how Civilization V: Brave New World works. After Gods & Kings, Brave New World is the second big expansion to hit Firaxis’ turn-based strategy game, bringing with it nine new civilizations and…

Can you believe this shit? Trampling on my roses?! No shame.

The NYU Game Center will be partnering with the EVO competitive gaming tournament to provide a MFA scholarship for prospective game designers to help “create the future of fighting games.” More info is available at the Game Center website. They’re also considering funding undergraduates using the same scholarship money, so if you’re interested in that,…

These Game Developers Don’t Want Your Money…Just Buy Them Pizza

It’s a good deal, since they’re apparently buying their pizza wholesale in Copenhagen these days. Stalagflight is playable on the Ouya and online. Watch me mess around with it in the video above.

Madden‘s $27M Payout Held Up While Someone Appeals the Lawyers’ Fees

It’s your money? You want it now? Tough. Now it could be another year before some $27 million is distributed to gamers from Electronic Arts’ settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought against the exclusive license its Madden NFL series held. Why? Someone’s objecting to the lawyers’ fees. To recap, more than five years ago Electronic…

I like to creepily sit in my Animal Crossing villagers’ homes and watch them sleep.

The Best Part Of Today’s GTA V Trailer Is Ten Seconds Of Multiplayer

Today’s new gameplay trailer for Grand Theft Auto V is filled with all sorts of nifty things you can do in the single-player game. You can keep those. All I care about is that last ten seconds of tantalizing multiplayer mayhem. I never finished the story mode of Grand Theft Auto IV. Hell, I only…

The Moneysaver: Brave New World, Smash Bros. 3DS, Link Between Worlds

We must save together, or most assuredly we shall all pay full price separately. Headlining today are our first deals on A Link Between Worlds and Smash Bros. 3DS, both $5 off with pre-order, though it’s worth noting that this is pretty early, and there’s plenty of time for a better bargain to come alone.…

An Amazing Takedown Of A Massive, Extremely Rare EVE Online Ship

I don’t play EVE Online, but even I understood the gravity of this ambush takedown of an immensely expensive Revenant ship, one of apparently only three in existence. PCGamesN‘s detailed breakdown makes sense of the jargon and of the encounter, which sounds like it left some bruised feelings in its wake. (Via PA Report)

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: TruthTellah talks about why the sorely missed Ryan Davis connected with so many people. PyramidHeadcrab wants to know who your favorite female video game character is. And Neryl shares a remembrance of GTAs past, looking back at Grand Theft Auto 3 And you can always…

‘Fake Geek Girl’ Stickers Used To Sexually Harass Women At Convention

What started off as a satirical joke this weekend at video game convention RTX quickly turned into an invasive prank. Harris O’Malley, known on the web as Doctor NerdLove—an internet personality who gives love and sex advice to geeks and otakus—never anticipated his sticker joke to be used aggressively against women at the convention where…

Plants Vs. Zombies 2 Is Weeks Away, But Aussies Get To Play Today

Fans of PopCap’s garden defense sensation were crushed late last month, when the eagerly-anticipated sequel slipped from its original July release window. The bad news? Game producer Allen Murray says we’ve still got at least four weeks before Plants Vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time comes out. The good news depends on how well you…

The Myth of the Summer Video Game ‘Drought’

My debut video for Kotaku discusses a problem as old as time itself, fewer video games come out during the summer. But perhaps we shouldn’t be calling it a drought.

Blink And You’ll Miss These Key Parts of the New GTA V Trailer

Almost everything shown in today’s gameplay trailer for Grand Theft Auto V was covered exhaustively in Stephen Totilo’s massive preview from two months back. (Don’t worry; there’s a smaller version.) But today marks the first time that we’re able to see some of these elements in action. So, let’s take a deeper look, shall we?…

Every Video Game Should Have A Morning Star Alpha

With talent like comic book artist Mike Choi and award-winning science fiction author John Scalzi attached to it, an interactive comic book tie-in for upcoming mobile shooter Morning Star was a no-brainer. But Morning Star Alpha is much more than a game supplement — it’s a fresh new idea that every game with a rich…

Fan-Favorite NHL Hitz Gets Updated—for GameCube

The dear departed Midway found a good deal of success in the arcade sports model, notably under NBA Jam and NFL Blitz, titles that were bought by EA Sports and re-released over the past three years. NHL Hitz was not picked up—but that doesn’t mean it can’t get an update, too. Modder John Mazzocchi has…

You Play This Xbox One Game By ‘Mashing To Mastery’

Things aren’t looking too hot for Ryse, the Roman Empire action game and Xbox One exclusive slated for later this year. Our down-under buddies at Kotaku Australia panned the game when they saw it at E3 this year. And now… well, speaking to GameReactor, Ryse design director PJ Estevez paints a bleak picture of gameplay…