Current Pros Give the Old College Try in NCAA Football Ultimate Team

There will be real football players, using their real names, in the debut of NCAA Football Ultimate Team this year. They just won’t be anyone suiting up on a college football field this fall. A deal with the NFL Players’ Association gives NCAA the rights to use up to 2,500 current NFL stars, pictured in…

This BioShock Infinite Replica Weapon Fell Right Out of the Sky

Last time we saw anything from Vector Sigma Creations’ Weaselhammer, he’d made a weapon from the future in the form of the M-12 Locust submachine gun from the Mass Effect games. This time, he goes back into the past and crafts a swell looking machine gun from BioShock Infinite. The Triple R Repeater wasn’t my…

This Is Some Incredibly Impressive Marker-Free Facial Capture

It’s really amazing how flawlessly this motion capture demo—sharedby yasser3d—works in real-time without markers to capture every tiny movement of the actor’s face. Just look at the wrinkled skin animations at the 1:30 marker, it’s absolutely stunning, also the random facial movements around 3:30. Markerless Facial Motion Capture Demo [YouTube] To contact the author of…

This Game Might Include Every DC Comics Hero (And Villain) Ever

Imagine a video game that includes 33 Batmans (Batmen?), 130 Green Lanterns and even Aztek The Ultimate Man. Imagine a game that, its creators say, includes ever super-powered hero or villain in DC Comics’ nearly 80-year history. That game is real. It’s scheduled for a fall release. The game goes by the name Scribblenauts Unmasked:…

Okay, This Is A Rather Cool Way To Link Defiance Game and Show

I’ve been skeptical about the extent that SyFy’s Defiance television show would be interacting with Trion Worlds’ Defiance MMO, but this is pretty cool. This is Tiio Horn as Rynn, a member of the Irathient race that found herself in hot water in the TV series over the past two episodes. She’ll be spending a…

Obscure And Awesome Japanese Video Games Now In Motion

It’s relatively easier to find hidden video game gems than it was back in the pre-internet days. Now, there are fantastic sites, such as Obscure Video Games, dedicated to weird old games that most people have forgotten about. It’s still amazing how many cool, undiscovered games are out there. Obscure Video Games not only features…

You Could Always Print Your Own Bravely Default Figurines

Bravely Default‘s official Twitter account recently uploaded some Agnes Oblige figurines that were apparently done as a 3D printer test. They are somewhat rough. But if this one was finished and coated, it’d look pretty nice, I reckon. Bravely Default is coming to Europe later this year. It’ll be out in North America in 2014.…

The characters Miles Edgeworth and Trucy Wright will be appearing in the upcoming Ace Attorney game, Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies, as apparently noted in a leaked Japanese magazine article (Court Records via Japanator). As Kotaku previously posted, the game will be a digital release in the West. To contact the author of this post, write…

This Freaky Bird Looks Like a Cartoon Character

Have you ever seen a potoo before? You’d remember this Central and South American bird if you’ve seen one. How could you forget? Online in Japan, people are just discovering the potoo and comparing it to something you’d see out of a comic book or a cartoon. Yep! Seems about right. The bird’s huge eyes…

Classic 1994 Platformer Putty Squad Is Getting A Modernized Remake

System 3, the developers behind this remake—and the original early nineties games—are promising not only a new coat of paint, but also a complete overhaul of the game to better fit the expectations of 2013’s gaming public. Above’s a teaser to give you an idea what it looks like. Putty Squad is coming out this…

South Korea Has a Restaurant for Giant Robot Geeks

Tetsujin 28-go is a Japanese manga and anime about a boy who controls a giant robot. You might know it as Gigantor. It was also released in South Korea, where the gentleman who owns this restaurant fell in love with the cartoon. Bless him. As tipster Sang points out, the name of this restaurant is…

Among the Sleep Has A Playable Alpha, and It’s Terrifying

First-person horror game/toddler simulator Among the Sleep now has a playable alpha you can try out. It starts out innocently enough, with your mum singing you to sleep, but from there, it goes downhill. Rapidly. Also, their Kickstarter managed to hit its funding goal. Huzzah!

Here’s A Huge Truck Driving Through Mud. But With Excellent Physics!

Oovee Game Studios took to Kickstarter to ask for help with creating Spintires, their off-road driving game which, while nowhere near done, already looks amazing. Oovee’ Spintires will feature missions taking place in eighties Russia where you, as a truck driver, are tasked with driving cargo from point A to point B. The better you…

Pokémon X/Y Sure Looks Like France

As with past Pokémon games, the latest one, Pokémon X/Y, takes its visual cue from real world geography. For example, in the last big Pokémon titles, Pokémon Black/White, the in-world map was apparently modeled after New York City. This time, the game appears to be modeled after France—though, as one Kotaku reader points out, the…

The World of Japanese Husband Salaries

In Japan, there’s the salary you get from your company. And if you are a married man, there’s the salary you get from your wife. It’s called “okozukai” (お小遣い), which is sometimes translated as “pocket money”. Think of it as a husband salary. That’s what it is. Traditionally, Japanese women control a family’s finances. Even…

This New Pokémon 3DS XL Looks Like Grandma’s Sofa

But that’s okay! Because this Eevee themed 3DS XL is still really cute—and interesting looking. Joining the previously released Pikachu 3DS XL, the Eevee themed one is also limited edition and sold only via the Pokémon Center stores in Sapporo, Tohoku, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, and Fukuoka. Apparently, this is the first image of the…

New Star Wars Games Might Bring Back Old Series

Despite big layoffs in other areas, publisher Electronic Arts is opening a brand new office in Los Angeles for Battlefield developers DICE, the Wall Street Journal reports. The office isn’t a development studio per se; it’s there to “help with recruiting talent” for the company’s upcoming Star Wars games, which the report says are still…

Fallout, The…Music Video

A few years back, production team Light Forge Studios worked with the band A Crowd of Small Adventures on this Fallout music video. The Light Forge guys are Fallout fans. The band’s lead singer is such a fan that this song is actually inspired by the game Fallout. So yes, it’s all very Fallout. Except…

It’s Not A Video Game Bar. It’s A Video Game Restaurant.

The idea of video game-themed bars is nothing new, but there’s something about the idea of this video game-themed restaurant that I can get behind. EXP Restaurant + Bar is in Vancouver, Canada, and while it might be going a little overboard with the whole VIDEO GAMES THEME – giant screens showing gameplay is a…

The Ballad Of Modern Video Games

Kyle McInnes made this clip for the upcoming Ottawa Games Conference. There’s a pretty good rap in there about the state of modern gaming! But let’s be honest, I just like seeing them smash SimCity to little pieces with a baseball bat. So cathartic. Make Better Games. Ottawa Game Conference – May 29 – 31st.…