Who Said There Was No Future In Starfighter Video Games?

For a genre that was once dominant in the mid-90s, with classics like X-Wing and Wing Commander, the space combat simulator is by 2013 on its knees. Sure, indies and mods try their best to keep things ticking, but one Kickstarter project aside, it’s been a very long time since a developer with serious resources/money…

If BioShock Infinite Was An…Anime

The architecture and setting is about as far removed from Japanese animation as you could get, but that only makes these anime-styled images by doubleleaf all the cooler. We’ve featured doubleleaf’s art here before, and with good reason: it’s not only great art but is often hilarious as well. Not in this case, sure, but…

Meet The New King Of Metal Gear Cosplay

I’ve seen some fantastic Metal Gear cosplay in my time, but boy, I’ve never seen something that, from head to toe, looks this good. Like, look at the wear and tear on his shirt. The facial expression. The make-up. The hair. It is Snake, incarnate. It’s so good, in fact, you should check out the…

Minecraft Creator’s Latest Game Is Now Out (And Free)

While fans wait to play ox10c, the next big release from Minecraft creator Marcus Persson, he quietly unveiled a free Unity game over the weekend It’s called Drop, and if you ever wanted to play Super Hexagon but with typing, well, this is your game. Drop [Site]

What A DDOS Attack On A Website/Game Actually Looks Like

A favourite tool of hackers and other forms of online troublemaker, the DDOS – Distributed Denial of Service – attack is something we see a lot of in video games, whether it be people trying to take down a company’s website or even, in some cases, crash the games themselves. But just how does a…

The Only Thing That Can Make Futurama Better Is Some Team Fortress 2

In memory of Futurama, which last week was killed off for a second time, here’s a Team Fortress 2 video that recreates the show’s classic Robot Hell song & dance routine I like to think that, in developing and releasing the Source Filmmaker tools, Valve had this exact thing in mind. GentleBot Hell [SFM] [YouTube,…

As soon as the Oculus Rift came out, you knew it was going to happen. This guy (Cymatic Bruce) is running a Virtual Boy emulator on the headset, playing Insane Mouse Mansion

Some might call it a used 3DS or DSi. Nintendo, however, is selling “authentic refurbished” models of the handheld—with a warranty—on its U.S. online store. Take that, GameStop! [via Siliconera]

EA Sports Also Hurts After a Rough Week of Painful Cuts

Theoretically, sports should be one of the safer gigs in video games today. These are series that come out every year, they’re usually reliable sellers, the publishers have sunk a lot of money into a license, and often they’re the only ones holding it. It isn’t like taking a risk on a new concept that…

The Week in Games: All Aboard the Dragonwagon

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, whatever the hell that thing really is, reveals itself on consoles Tuesday and Wednesday. Soul Sacrifice for the PS Vita is another noteworthy release this week, along with Zeno Clash II on PC, 360 and PS3. Monday • StarDrive (PC) Tuesday • Zeno Clash II (360, PS3, PC) • Zombie…

Monaco, the top-down perspective, co-op heist game that’s gotten raveson the PC, was held back from Xbox Live at the last minute because of a “minor but important bug” causing multiplayer disconnects. No release date is promised, but the game’s creator says he hopes to submit another fix this week.

Beyond: Two Souls Wants You to Know It’s a Film with Exclusive DLC

Beyond: Two Souls, the PS3 exclusive game coming from Quantic Dream was an official selection at the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend, and presented this, its official trailer. It’s a big deal for a video game to get that kind of serious treatment, so the trailer goes all out in presenting itself as a serious…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Pot-Man

Yep. This guy was a lead-pipe lock for the ‘Shop Contest from the day we published his story—the story of a man getting busted with 55 pounds of doobage jammed in a Pac-Man arcade cabinet. Mugshots have a fine tradition here at the ‘Shop Contest so let’s add to it with Luis Tyler, who in…

Moneysaver PSA: Three Sales At Once and $40 Injustice: Gods Among Us

Sunday is a good day to save money. Bonus: Grab Injustice: Gods Among Us for $35 from Toys R’ Us. That’s a full $25 less than anyone else is selling it for, and the deal applies to the PS3 and 360 versions as well as the Wii U version. $5 shipping. Here’s the Kotaku review…

The Zillion-Dollar Suit Over Who Made Today’s Madden Will Go to a Jury

Unless they settle beforehand, on June 10 a federal jury will hear some of the claims brought by one of the developers on the first John Madden Football, a lawsuit that alleges Electronic Arts owes him millions in unpaid royalties. On Thursday, a federal judge ruled that Robin Antonick’s claim for unpaid royalties could go…

Sunday Comics: Path of Least Resistance

Welcome to Kotaku‘s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics, chosen by our readership. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon in the lower right corner. Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Published April 26. Read more of Penny Arcade Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published April…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Ding: The Winners

Pop culture crossovers are always a fertile field for the ‘Shop Contest, and bad mute mofo Héctor Salamanca of Breaking Bad supplied a full 20-finalist week for our venerable parody. Overall No. 1 ithius made a timely reference to BioShock, whose punchline you’ll have to see inside. Last chance to look at me, Hector ……

Coming Soon to the Small Screen: EVE: The TV Show

EVE Online is getting a television series, thanks to a partnership between the MMO’s publisher and an Icelandic filmmaker, and it will take its inspiration from the stories EVE players left on a website honoring the game’s first decade. Baltasar Kormákur, the director, was behind 2012’s Contraband and is currently working on 2 Guns, which…

Lobo Gives Batman the Finger in Injustice

We’ve known for a week that Lobo, the superviolent, self-regarding antihero biker, would be the first DLC character for Injustice: Gods Among Us. (Rumors have it that Barbara Gordon Batgirl, Scorpion from Mortal Kombat, and General Zod, who just read an amazing letter for Funny or Die, are the others). Here he is in action…

EVE Online‘s Second Decade Collector’s Box Might Get Me To Play Again

It’s hard to believe that EVE Online has been running for a decade. Even more impressively, the game’s been growing steadily over the past ten years, picking up refugees from stale fantasy worlds and showing them what the universe has to offer. I’ve been struggling to find a hopping on point for years. Perhaps September’s…