Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Roboshop: The Winners

The three prime directives of the ‘Shop Contest: Serve the public trust; protect the innocent; uphold the funny. Working from a bigass statue of Robocop that, dead or alive, is coming to Detroit, we’ve got a baker’s dozen of hilarious ‘Shops inside, including overall No. 1 Negitoro! First, the original exploitable: And here are the…

NCAA Football Used Tim Tebow’s Real Name Before He Graduated

Real college football players’ names are not supposed to appear in video games if they’re still in school at the time they are published. But Tim Tebow’s name slipped into NCAA Football 10, which came out during the Heisman Trophy winner’s senior year at Florida. Tebow still was called “QB#15” in the game itself, unless…

The 360 Figures to Hang Around a Lot Longer than the Original Xbox Did

The Xbox 360 launched Nov. 22, 2005. Within two years, Microsoft unceremoniously discontinued its predecessor. The company expects the 360 to be with us a little longer this time. Yusuf Mehdi, a senior Microsoft executive, told Official Xbox Magazine that the company has a goal for the Xbox 360 of reaching a 100 million-unit installation…

The World’s Coolest Iron Man Game Is Still GTA IV—and It’s Even Better

Five months ago, modder H1Vltg3 gave us an Iron Man script for Grand Theft Auto IV, and it was already loads better than the official Iron Man moviegame of 2008. With another five months’ worth of polish, it’s even better. [Update:] There was some dispute over credit in the original video so the uploader swapped…

$100,000 Comic Book Found in the Wall of a $10,000 Home

A Minnesota man working on a fixer-upper tore down a wall and found, among the newspapers stuffed inside to insulate it, a copy of Action Comics No. 1. That’s right, Superman’s first appearance. The birth of superhero comics. It’ll go for at least $100,000—but it could have sold for a lot more. In a gobsmacking…

Madden‘s TV Offer is the Deal That Dares Not Speak Its Name

Last week, Madden NFL 25 announced an “Anniversary Edition” that at first didn’t seem like it had much to offer. Then word started to circulate in an officially unofficial way that a promo code could be used to watch DirecTV’s Sunday Ticket NFL broadcast on a PC, with or without signing up with the satellite…

It’s Memorial Day weekend, and today also is the 36th anniversary of Star Wars’ release. This is a perfect time to remember all of the pilots from Gold and Red squadrons who didn’t make it back. Stay on target!

This Week in the Business: ‘I Would Say, Hang on to Your 360.’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “I would say, hang on to your 360.”—Albert Penello, product planning boss for the Xbox One, talking about the genesis of the Xbox One and its lack of backward compatibility with Xbox 360 games QUOTE | “There has to be some…

The Best of Kotaku, The Week Of May 20

Oh, man, what a week! The next Xbox, officially called Xbox One, has been revealed. Now Sony’s and Microsoft’s secrets are finally out. Or, most of it anyway. You can read the best of our work this week over at Kotaku Selects. I’m pooped out from planning for E3, which is a great place to…

The Best Star Wars Cosplay You’ll See This Week

Reader Jules lives in Ireland. He’s cosplaying here as Old Republic’s enormous Darth Malgus, which might seem ambitious, but when you consider Jules stands 6′ 6″ himself – 6′ 8″ in the costume – you start to realise how perfect this is. He built the costume entirely himself; the other people you see in the…

The Xbox One has awesome new rumbling triggers, which can offer feedback. Nick Robinson over at Unwinnable has some issues with this: it’s now possible for the triggers to resemble, you know, real triggers. It’s a resemblance that makes him feel uncomfortable, but beyond that: what happens when we can’t say pulling a trigger on…

Check out Anamanaguchi’s newest video from their album Endless Fantasy. Go ahead, jean-jacket pizza-delivery science girl. You can help them expand the album beyond mere music by supporting them on Kickstarter

The Onion Takes On Xbox One

The Onion is ready for the next generation of video game consoles. Here’s their report on Xbox One. It’s surprisingly accurate. Xbox One Capable Of Controlling Users With Simple Voice Commands

This Week The Internet Went Crazy Over These Glitchy And Artistic GIFs

The reveal of the Xbox One might have overshadowed content on the Internet this week, but that certainly wasn’t the case for the craftiest of internet denizens who convert anything worthy into an animated GIF. Whether it’s some sort of a video game glitch, like giant Spock’s terrifying stare above, or a nice form of…

T-shirt purveyor Meatbun is having a Memorial Day sale, in which objects of art like these two Kotaku t-shirts are on sale for $5 each. You should buy them all. All of them.

Guess Which Game Falls Under Which Awesome Japanese “Genre”

Ever wonder why Metal Gear Solid comes with the tagline “Tactical Espionage Action” printed right on the box? Well that’s simple. While it may be a tagline in the West, it’s actually the game’s official genre in Japan. While in Japanese stores games are listed under the typical, broad genres you’d expect—i.e. RPG, action, shooter,…

All of Daft Punk’s Latest Album, Mashed Into One 8-Bit Song

Maybe you’ve heard the entirety of Daft Punk’s latest, Random Access Memories. But I’m guessing you haven’t heard the album in an 8-bit style, as a single song. Thankfully, Joe Jeremiah can indulge you there, with this here video. A-Bit of Daft Punk [Joe Jeremiah]

Finally, A Collectible Character Game With Real Action

The mobile collectible card genre has exploded over the past year, with players shelling out big bucks for virtual cards with statistics assigned to them. Players for teams of heroes, demons, pirates or robots and take them into battle, which is generally nothing more than a quick stats comparison. What if a game in the…

Here’s What’s Bothering Me About Batman: Arkham Origins

I watched the trailer for the upcoming Batman game that got released earlier this week and immediately had one inescapable thought: You can’t tell it’s a prequel. That’s not a good thing. Nothing about Batman’s look or affect in the four-minute clip makes it seem like he’s in the early days of his crimefighting career.…

Nintendoji is Cute, Quirky, Dungeon-Crawling Fun

Earlier this week, we took a brief look at Nintendoji, a Nintendo title only available to gold or platinum members of the Japanese Club Nintendo. And because of its very limited release, both Japanese and Westerners are unlikely to be able to ever play it—which is a real shame as it is a fun, cute,…