Why Not Celebrate The Fourth of July With Some Grand Theft Auto?

No, I mean the game. Not actual grand theft auto. Lamar simply misunderstood. A few hours ago, Rockstar surprised their fans with two sweet-looking wallpapers based on three characters from their upcoming sandbox action-adventure, Grand Theft Auto V. On one hand, we have Tracey and Jimmy, children of protagonist Michael, engaging in a little bit…

What Arkham Ayslum Gets Right And Wrong About The Criminally Insane

How do real psychiatric hospitals approach the so-called “criminally insane?” Who are these mentally ill criminals? And importantly, what does mental illness have to do with violence? In Batman: Arkham Asylum, the player takes on the role of the iconic comic-book hero, trapped in a psychiatric hospital with mentally ill criminals. Now, this is a…

This Is How You Have A Gunfight With Fireworks

Forget paintball on the fourth of July (or Canada day, for those of you celebrating earlier this week)—today, hardcodedchannel uses fireworks for their forest warfare. Clearly, they’re either feeling extra festive or extra awesome. Fireworks Warfare [hardcodedchannel]

How Do You Avoid Spoilers? What’s With Gamer Entitlement?

Happy Fourth of July and welcome to Ask Kotaku, where I answer all of your random questions. Keep the questions coming in for next week, and don’t be afraid to have fun with it! You can ask me anything. Who would win in a fight, a ninja or a zombified lion? What’s the best hangover…

A Serious, Somber Francis Weighs In On Jailed League of Legends Player

Out of his infamous furious persona, Francis took to YouTube to talk about Justin Carter—the League of Legends player who is currently jailed after making distasteful, but not-serious comments on Facebook. It’s clear that this hits close to home for Francis—not just as a gamer, but as a commentator who makes outrageous comments at times.…

How To Make Lots of Bells In Animal Crossing: New Leaf

I know how it is. You’ve got a house to expand, public works to develop, stuff to buy—whatever your reason, you need bells, and you need bells bad. No worries. I’m here to help you make bank in New Leaf. The Basic Stuff When you start out—before you have the island unlocked—the best you can…

DayZ Is So 2012. This Year, It’s All About Zombie Rabbits.

Recorded inside the ArmA 3 beta, this video gives us an insight into what would happen if Bohemia Interactive lost their minds. In a good way. RabbitZ | ARMA 3 ZOMBIE RABBIT APOCALYPSE [YouTube]

CGI Helped Turn These Real Locations Into The World of Game of Thrones

The world of Game of Thrones is more familiar than you might think, especially if you’re familiar with Dubrovnik. That’s a place in Croatia. Many memorable scenes in the last season were filmed there, and Redditor Rach11 took pictures to help us compare and contrast. From these pictures, it’s clear that CGI was used to…

There’d Be No Fictional Independence Without G.I. Joe

He fights for freedom wherever there’s trouble, G.I. Joe is here, on iOS and soon Android devices. Without the support of this top secret fighting force, multiple fictional universes would have been crushed under Cobra’s fashionable heels, so I celebrate our U.S. Independence Day by playing a game released by a Japanese company that hopes…

Moneysaver One-Shot: $12 Off Battlefield 4 Or Call Of Duty: Ghosts

Happy Independence Day. • Pre-order Battlefield 4 + Expansion [Origin] ($48) | Gamestop | Use code FIREWORKS-UYOK-ABRL-LSFO • Pre-order Call of Duty: Ghosts [Steam] ($48) | Gamestop | Use code FIREWORKS-UYOK-ABRL-LSFO Check out yesterday’s Moneysaver and Dealzmodo for lots more deals. Connect with Shane Roberts on Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, Tumblr, or Pinterest to get…

They Don’t Make Tutorial Levels Like No One Lives Forever Anymore

If you want to look at how much things have changed over the last decade and a half of gaming, look no further than the tutorial level. I love tutorial levels. Everything’s new and exciting, and there’s a new trick or move to learn around every corner. And there were no more glorious tutorials than…

This Divine Lightning Returns Trailer Marks Fang’s Debut Appearance

It’s not all about Fang, certainly. The trailer is themed around Lightning’s appointment as the world’s savior and her “divine mission” to save its inhabitants, but Fang’s few-second cameo is certainly a pleasant surprise. Square-Enix will release the final part of Lightning’s story for PS3 and Xbox 360 on February 11, 2014.

Killer Is Dead Seems Killer So Far

Killer Is Dead is the next game from Goichi “Suda51” Suda, the Japanese designer best known for stylish action games like No More Heroes and Killer7. It’ll be published by XSEED in North America, and it’s out on August 27 for PS3 and 360. Those are the basics. I got my hands on Killer Is…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: JollyBootsOfDoom deeply regrets the way he treated the citizens of three video game towns; BattleBorn talks about his favorite video game villains, and AstroKid248 looks into what kind of real-world skills one can pick up by playing video games. And you can always go join…

A Documentary About One of the Greatest Video Game Publishers of Old

King’s Quest. Space Quest. Leisure Suit Larry. Quest For Glory. What do these classic PC adventure games have in common? They were all published by Sierra On-Line. Now, a group of filmmakers want to look beyond the games and examine the legendary publisher’s people and history in a feature-length documentary. The catch, because there’s always…

Disney Already Scraping The Bottom Of The Star Wars Barrel

If you were wondering how long it would take Disney to really grab the Star Wars franchise by the neck and start squeezing, the answer is: not long! This (admittedly slick) clip is a tease for a Star Wars “takeover” of Club Penguin, Disney’s kid-centric online game. Yup.

Pocketwatch Games’ Monaco, the retro-styled co-op heist game that we really, really liked, is now out on Mac in addition to Windows. Oh, and there’s now a level editor with Steam Workshop support, as well. Get those creative juices flowing, people!

Playdead’s critically acclaimed black-and-white platformer Limbo is now available on iOS for $4.99. It plays absolutely beautifully on an iPad.

Cube World is Now Available [UPDATED]

After an official release announcement, followed by a long day filled with server crashes, bug fixing and careful testing, Picroma’s online store is officially back online, and Cube World, their voxel-based adventure-RPG sandbox, is available to purchase. Still, developer Wollay maintains in his blog post that in case of overly high traffic, the shop might…

Hayao Miyazaki Says Cutesy Anime Voices Are “Unbearable”

Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki is known for iconic anime like My Neighbor Totoro. He’s also known for telling it like it is. If he thinks using the iPad looks like masturbation, then he’s gonna damn well say that. But this time, he’s talking about voice acting—cutesy voice acting that he finds “unbearable”. Recently, Miyazaki divulged his…