What’s So Great About Xbox One’s Cloud? Titanfall‘s Devs Explain.

As amorphous, mercurial and intangible as its atmospheric namesake, the Xbox One’s Cloud is a feature that is hard to appreciate without a strong example. Luckily, Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment has one — dedicated servers. In anarticle on Respawn’s website, Cloud technology engineer Jon Shiring lays it out plain, echoing the sentiments expressed bycompany head…

Borderlands‘ Psycho and Handsome Jack Arrive In Time for Halloween

Commence to placing finger guns to your temple (or under your chin). NECA, makers of all sorts of plastic goodness for gamers, will have a latex Psycho mask from Borderlands 2—and another for insufferable baddie Handsome Jack, available in September. The quick-and-dirty cosplay deploys in time for the New York Comic-Con (and Halloween) for $26.99…

ArenaNet is live-streaming a run through a new dungeon coming in tomorrow’s Guild Wars 2 Sky Pirates of Tyria update. Head over to Twitch to check it out.

Pocket Mobsters Is An Ambitious Game. Ambition Is A Dangerous Thing.

In the whack-y world of the fictional mafia, right down the street from the jolly singing pirates, enthusiasm for climbing the corporate ladder is both good and bad. You need that hunger to stay ahead of the pack, but push too hard and you might find yourself riddled with bullets or, in the case of…

The Moneysaver: Tomb Raider, Far Cry 3, Judgment, DMC, Astro Gaming

The cheap wind begins to blow. Time for another week of deals here in Moneysaver land. With a great selection of recent high profile titles like Far Cry 3, Tomb Raider, DMC, and Judgment, a great app selection, and Jurassic Park on blu-ray, we’ve got the antidote to your Monday. Here’s your new dead simple…

New Record for ‘Most Nintendo Cartridges Blown Into’. Yes, That Exists.

Late Night host Jimmy Fallon wanted to set some new video game world records. So, apparently, he made some up. I mean, really, how else can you explain the categories that Fallon and guests notched achievements in? A bunch of (admittedly charming) people impersonating Ryu from Street Fighter? Come on. Still, as side-eye-worthy as these…

Game & Wario: The Kotaku Review

Are there insane people working at Nintendo HQ? Game & Wario suggests there are. Behold, one of the weirdest pieces of software ever made by the House of Mario, a game that is not a WarioWare game, is not a great game, but is a comedic must-play triumph. If you were a person to have…

Snacktaku Special Report: Twinkies Return July 15

Sorry, generic and off-brand creme-filled sponge cakes — your days are numbered. On July 15, the prodigal snack returns. An image on the Hostess Facebook page leads to HostessCakes.com, where someone with absolutely dreadful design skills has placed a countdown to July 15. That’s some quick work from Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & Co,…

This Toy Story Grand Theft Auto Mod Will Ruin Your Childhood

This character mod for Toy Story‘s Woody is the most terrifying thing you’ll ever see in Grand Theft Auto IV. Check out this montage from YouTube user El Brochachoto watch your childhood destroyed in real time. 0:49? NO. 1:04? Double NO. GTA IV – You Got a Friend in Me [YouTube] To contact the author…

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…