Toronto Mayor’s Crack Scandal Lands Him His Own Video Game

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been having a rough year, having allegedly been caught on tape smoking crack and then subjected to the great and terrible scrutiny of our sister site, Gawker proper. At least he got a video game out of the deal . Can you help Ford avoid reporters and crack pipes long…

PlayStation Network Goes Offline for Maintenance Tomorrow

PlayStation Network will be down for maintenance from 12:30 p.m. EDT to about 7 p.m. tomorrow. This is probably related to last week’s console-bricking patch, as Sony generally tries to avoid performing maintenance on the same day the PlayStation Store updates. So, PlayStation Store will be down, in addition to PlayStation Home and Account management…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: TheUnfathomableTruth links to another crazy theory about what might be going on in Metal Gear Solid V. PyramidHeadCrab wants to know what your favorite Pokemon are. He’s also got some thoughts on what the perfect Pokemon game would look like. And JJTheTexan takes a look…

Nintendo’s Turn For a 180? ‘Let’s Play’ Drama Might Have Happy Ending

A month ago, Nintendo played the unfeeling corporate villain in an online spat about popular Let’s Play videos and the gamers who make them. A month later, there is evidence of a possible resolution. The most positive sign is that Zack Scott, the popular YouTuber who first raised the alarm about Nintendo cracking down on…

This Is A Screenshot Of A Video Game

This is not a painting. It’s actually a game called Morphopolis If you’ve ever played Machinarium, you’ll find this game somewhat familiar. The game with robots and an industrial backdrop was actually an influence to Morphopolis, the creators say. Check it out here: This hidden object game will be out this summer for Windows, Mac…

Steam Trading Cards will launch on Wednesday at 2 p.m. EDT, Valve says. Several games will get cards on that day, too, with updates on Tuesdays and Thursdays to follow. Trading offers and a virtual binder to house the collection will be implemented later.

Now There’s An Attack On Titan 3D Action Game In Second Life

Aside from some visual novel side stories, there is no official video game for the hot new anime series Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) yet, so Second Life builder Moeka Kohime decided to make one of her own. How’d she do? Second Life celebrates its ten-year anniversary this month, and creators like Kohime are…

Meet The Cast Of Final Fantasy XV

I think I know why I’m so pumped for Final Fantasy XV: it kind of reminds me of Suikoden See, Square Enix just sent over some art and descriptions for the next Final Fantasy, and it seems to be one of those politic-focused, rebellion-heavy stories that makes Suikoden so special. Check out the plot synopsis:…

Watch the Silly Secret Origin of Street Fighter’s Hadouken Right Here

You’ve often wondered if there was a connection between the signature Dragon Punch projectile offensive move in Capcom’s Street Fighter games and, well, dookie. Or maybe midichlorians? Nope, it’s not affiliated with either. Whew. This video by LowBrow Studios offers up a completely made-up history of the fireball attack wielded by Ken, Ryu and other…

How Top People at PlayStation and Ubisoft See Their Own Games

Leaving no part of the E3 reporter’s notebook unused, I’ve come upon some slightly old (two weeks!), slightly illuminating thoughts from top people at Ubisoft and Sony about their company’s games. These are thoughts worth sharing with you. The first is from Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft, at the start of an eight minute interview…

Company Of Heroes 2: The Kotaku Review

Company of Heroes was a game for true armchair generals. There was no resource collecting, no tank rushes, none of the hallmarks of other games that look like they’re about a clash of armies but are really little but mouse-driven sprint races. Built around the concepts of cover and directional fire, suppression and morale, you…

Battlefield 3 moment of zen. Those vehicles are stuck, and the flag is still untouched. At least for a brief moment, the game mikeyteh was in had a monstrous ramp that I really hope someone hit with the dirtbike.

Woman’s Breast Implant Ruptures After Four-Hour Gaming Session

Reports out of China state that woman suffered at least one ruptured breast implant after lying on her stomach for four hours and gaming. According to Chinese news reports, Xiao Ai (a pseudonym) had recently got into an iOS app called Dragon Summon and was often staying up late to play the game. Earlier this…

Develop reports that Microsoft is investing $700 million in a new Iowan data center. The data center will power both Microsoft’s online Office 365 suite and the Xbox One’s online Cloud features. According to Microsoft’s Christian Belady, the expansion “supports the growing demand for Microsoft’s cloud services.”

New College Grads Get Together To Cosplay Their Favorite Game

Summer’s here, and for Chinese college students this means two things: summer vacation and/ or graduation! To celebrate their graduation and their friendship, a group of graduating students got together to cosplay their favorite characters from the first person shooter Cross Fire This group of students, eight in number, are part of the graduating class…

Meet This Year’s “Creepy Woody”

This is Egashira 2:50. He’s a Japanese comedian, who recently got his own posable figure. And damn, it’s creepy. That’s okay, I guess, because Egashira 2:50 (who Kotaku has previously featured here and here) is pretty creepy, too! He’s also considered the “most annoying” comedian in Japan. (That, however, didn’t stop Sony from having him…

Sadly, Jak’s Plastic Counterpart Is As Quiet as the Real Thing

Collectible figures purveyor Gaming Heads announced a deal with Sony Computer Entertainment to produce a line of statues themed around their crossover fighting game, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. Who’s up first? That would be Jak and Daxter. The silent protagonist of Naughty Dog’s classic platformer series, Jak, along with his chatty, human-turned-ottsel friend, Daxter, will…

Chinese Professor Calls For Graduates To Give Up DOTA

Like school graduations in the US, Chinese graduations also have commencement speeches; speeches where possibly famous or respected people give a”pep” talk of sorts to inspire the new grads. In one university in China, the commencement speaker took to a slightly different route with his speech, to urge new grads to stop playing video games.…

Animal Crossing Characters Changed Sex for Western Release? [Update]

The latest Animal Crossing game seems to have changed effeminate male characters into female ones for the 3DS game’s English language release. Eds Note: This isn’t new for Nintendo or AC. As pointed out by Legends of Localization, Animal Crossing: New Leaf‘s Japanese version features two characters named male “Grace” and “Roland”. Both Grace, a…

Dark, Somber iOS Platformer Jumps to PC With a Fresh Coat of Paint

We already showed you Nihilumbra once before. Now, Beautifun Games’ Limbo– and Portal 2-esque platformer is coming to PC (specifically, Steam) bearing gifts. The PC version boasts quite a few improvements, which you can see in action in the video above. In addition to a graphical update, the game’s getting a remastered soundtrack, controls and…