The “World Championships” Of Medieval Combat Are This Week

This week, the worlds of role-playing, live-action role-playing, cosplay and military re-enactment will collide in France at the first ever Battle of the Nations, a “world championship” for medieval combat. Held in Aigues Mortes, 22 nations will be taking place, from the obvious (France, Britain, Germany) to contestants from places that aren’t even real nation…

Developer Says Its Wii U Dev Kits Are “Collecting Dust”

Those hoping for a Just Cause game – or any game from developers Avalanche – on the Wii U had better not hold their breath, because while the studio is in possession of some development kits for Nintendo’s console, it’s certainly not using them. In an interview with Norwegian site pressfire, Avalanche’s Christofer Sundberg says…

See Inside A PlayStation 3 Factory, Watch Consoles Being Built

Sony recently announced that it would be building some PlayStation 3 consoles in Brazil. Which would for most of us have been a fairly inconsequential piece of news, if not for the fact there’s some video of the factory floor, showing Sony workers putting the machines together. And it’s fascinating. While I’ve never seen how…

An Incredible Solo On A Digital Saxophone

There are times when you think you’re pretty okay at music, and then you go and watch something like this video of saxophonist Michael Brecker playing “Song for Barry” on the Akai EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument). And you think, holy pants, this is another whole thing entirely. It was a circuitous route that ended up…

Finally, You Can Play Dress Up With Drake

Nothing was the same…because now there’s a an app that lets you dress Drake up. You know, the rapper? Take Care? YOLO? Yeah, that guy. Just what you always wanted, right? I’m being flippant and yet I’m amused enough that I would actually give this a try. The app is called Dress Drake, and, well.…

What’s Your Favorite Game Of 2013 So Far?

In the words of one Frances “Baby” Houseman, 2013 has been wild. Wild! Well not quite as wild as Patrick Swayze in the rain, but you know, there have been a lot of good games. We’re not quite to the halfway point yet, but we have entered the more relaxed May period, which at this…

The Gay Joke In Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Is Harmless. Or Is It?

The first thing that immediately stood out to me when I initially previewed Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon wasn’t the neon, it wasn’t the hark back to the ridiculousness of the 80’s, it wasn’t even the blood dragons themselves. That’s because I didn’t get to see much of any of that before being hit with…

Here’s our own Tina Amini making a guest appearance on the Game Trailers Side Mission Briefing Podcast, talking Borderlands 2, video game violence, and snowman murder.

Flee In Fear From The Open-World Survival Horror Game The Forest

Open-world horror isn’t the easiest thing to do right. Horror relies on timing, and open-world games put so much control in the hands of the player that the scares are usually the first thing to go. Enter The Forest, which looks to combine elements of Lost and The Descent with the gameplay of… well, of…

SimCity Now Features Disappearing Mouse Cursors

SimCity’s latest v3.0 update has added an exciting new feature to the game: a disappearing or erratic mouse cursor. It’s easily fixed, but also a ridiculous bug to come up so long after release. Please note that this news comesa day after EA declared the game had “recovered” from its disastrous launch. The cursor will…

New Gran Turismo On The Way?

Well, duh, of course there is. The key here isn’t that there is a Gran Turismo 6 coming, but when We might find out soon, because Sony is teasing some kind of “exciting” announcement on the “future” of the series for next Wednesday. Could it be Gran Turismo 6? With the PS4 out in the…

The Most Gruesome Video Game Deaths

Which video game has the most gruesome death scenes? Surely Mortal Kombat 9 is a contender, in particular Noob Saibot’s first fatality called “Make a Wish.” It’s so ridiculous it stands out despite Mortal Kombat‘s already high level of gore. We’ve put together a list of some of the most gruesome video game deaths. Some…

A Massively Multiplayer Online Trading Card Game? Tell Me More.

For the past couple of years, the folks at Cryptozoic Entertainment have been making a lovely array of physical trading card, board and deck-building games, everything from the official World of Warcraft TCG to The Big Bang Theory: The Party Game. Now they’re going digital with Hex: Shards of Fate, the first free-to-play massively multiplayer…

It’s the Fifth Game of Another Mario Sub-Series! Let’s Take a Tour.

The fifth Mario vs. Donkey Kong game is upon us, though this is now the Mario and Donkey Kong series: Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move for the Nintendo 3DS. Any good? Yeah, good little puzzle game with some weird not-as-good mini-games. It’s $10, download-only. I’ll give you a tour. Just watch the…

Act Fast, And You Can Own This Rare PaRappa The Rapper Toaster

Bread is all well and good, but you know what’s better than bread? Toasted bread. Oh yeah, buddy. And what’s even better than toasted bread? Toasted bread with video game characters on it, of course. A rare, collectable PaRappa the Rapper toaster is up for grabs on eBay. There’s about a day and a half…

You’ve Got Will Smith’s Back In The After Earth Mobile Game

Or maybe that’s Jaden Smith. It’s hard to tell. Either way, this is the official endless runner of this summer’s Smith-Pinkett-Shyamalan blockbuster, After Earth. For once a movie-based endless-runner makes sense. Father and son crash land on a planet hostile to humans and must struggle to survive while being chased by monkeys and the hostile…

Six Reviewers Say Soul Sacrifice Is a Tense but Rewarding Experience

Megaman creator Keiji Inafune’s Soul Sacrifice is hardly a cheerful game, but it is certainly a joy to look at, if what these people are saying is anything to go by. The story, the world, the choices—all interesting setpieces of a grotesque, tragic world, held together by combat that, at times, can get repetitive, but…

Microsoft Customer Service Is Not Spilling Any Durango Secrets

You may be tempted, now that Durango rumors are flying hot and heavy, to ask Microsoft’s customer support representatives about the next Xbox. One Kotaku reader tried that approach today. He even brought up the memo that was reportedly sent to Xbox employees earlier this week It didn’t work. Microsoft customer support ain’t spilling. They…

World of Warcraft Loses 1.3 Million Subscribers, Down To 8 Mil

Blizzard’s massively multiplayer online game is no longer quite so massive. World of Warcraft is down to eight million subscribers, publisher Activision-Blizzard said in a press release today. That’s a 1.3 million loss from February to May—mostly in the East, Blizzard says, but in the West as well. The popular game is still the world’s…

As part of its push to accommodate indie and smaller developers, Sony today made the software development kit for the Vita completely free. The SDK supports a bunch of other Sony mobile devices as well. The games will be made available through the PlayStation Mobile Store.