How Shin Megami Tensei IV Stripped Me of My “Gamer Pride”

Like a lot of gamers out there, I take a lot of pride in my skill at video games—perhaps too much. At this point in my life, I’ve been playing video games for close to two-and-a-half decades. Somewhere in my late teens, I decided that I had to master the games I played, not just…

Now You can Buy a Tales Towel… With a Hood!

This past weekend at Tales of Festival 2013, Bandai-Namco displayed an impressive amount of merchandise. Some of it was sold at the event or in stores, other items were prototype items for merchandise scheduled to be released in the coming year. There were posters, programs, wall scrolls, post cards, and T-shirts. There were all kinds…

Spike TV’s Geoff Keighley has either had his Twitter account hacked or he’s suddenly gone giraffe crazy. Hopefully it’s the latter, because giraffes are awesome.

The First Few Hours Of BioShock Infinite Are Perfect For The Oculus Rift

Since using the Oculus Rift I’ve become a little obsessed with it. Part of that obsession involves watching videos of other people using the device, but I have a slight problem with how most of these videos are presented: just the familiar Oculus goggles, no real sense of how it feels or plays. That’s why…

Heaven Is A Device That Lets You Eat A Burger While Playing Games

These contraptions were given away by Burger King in Puerto Rico earlier in the year. Apparently as a joke. But that video is no joke. A device that holds a burger for you – or anything really, you could put chips or a casserole in there – while you’re gaming would be for many a…

A New Deus Ex Game Might Be Coming To E3

In March, Square Enix registered some websites for something called Deus Ex: The Fall. It didn’t raise too many eyebrows at the time because, whatever, dummy and decoy websites get made all the time. But today, only a week out from E3, the official Twitter account of Eidos Montreal – the developers behind Deus Ex:…

2013’s Best Video Game Art Is Beautiful (And Occasionally Bloody)

Into the Pixel is an annual competition which seeks to award and highlight the best video game art in the business. This year’s winners have been announced, and each piece will be showcased during E3 next week. It’s a prestigious competition, one that not only puts the artist and their work on the mantelpiece just…

Are Game (Sniper Rifles) Art?

Bill Doran makes replica video game weapons so good that were they not recreations of things that didn’t actually exist, you’d swear they were the real thing. His latest work is this enormous Halo sniper rifle, which, yeah, looks so much like something Master Chief would actually use it’s hard to believe it’s actually just…

The Last Of Us’ Multiplayer Looks…Yeah

Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us has multiplayer. Not that it needs it, but hey, video games. While there’s no official footage of the mode in action, this clip appears to have been prematurely posted (it doesn’t appear to be viewable anymore) by Spanish site Hobby Consolas. Let’s not be too harsh; it’s leaked footage,…

BioShock Infinite’s Hideous Utopia Is Cuter When It’s Made Of LEGO

For a racist stronghold full of nutjobs that you spend most of the game slowly blowing to pieces, BioShock Infinite’s Columbia is still a very pretty thing to look at. Just like this LEGO recreation of part of the city. If you look closely, you’ll see that creator Cool Whip has also built a little…

E3 Is Being Built, Right Now. Here’s What It Looks Like.

Gaming’s biggest show doesn’t kick off until next week, but expert teams of booth fairies and constructobots are already hard at work building E3’s cavernous displays. If only the real show was this spacious. Or quiet. You can see an interactive 3D panorama of the floor below; squint and you can already imagine what each…

A Video Of People Screaming At Last Night’s Game Of Thrones

There were two types of people watching Game of Thrones last night. Those who had read the books, and knew what was coming. And those who had not, and inevitably lost their shit Without getting into spoiler territory, let’s just say important things happened that, had you not been previously aware, might have come as…

An Indiegogo campaign for The Black Tower is now up and running. Don’t remember The Black Tower? It’s that French Final Fantasy tribute that looks terrific

The Great Game of Thrones Spoiler Has Finally Been Released

Do you hear that great whooshing sound? That is the sound of a massive spoiler being released into the atmosphere. We’ve kept it caged for so long, and it’s finally out there. Fly free, spoiler! SO, OKAY, FOR REAL, IT IS TIME TO TALK ABOUT LAST NIGHT’S GAME OF THRONES AND SO HERE COME SOME…

Oh My God They’ve Recreated Battlestar Galactica In Real Life

Typically “larp”—which stands for “live action role playing” game—is one of those words that can outright kill the mood. (No offense, larpers!) But this? This sounds a-ma-zing. The Verge reports that some larpers took a retired naval destroyer and used it as the setting for a real life Battlestar Galactica role-playing game. It’s an offshoot…

It’s Like Super Smash Bros., But With Archery

Hey, it’s a cool-looking Ouya game! This is Towerfall, a multiplayer fighting game inspired by the likes of Smash Bros. and Bushido Blade. It’ll be out for Ouya on June 25. Towerfall is developed by Matt Thorson, an indie designer responsible for tons of games including Jumper, a personal favorite (and the inspiration behind 2010’s…

Here’s that Maltese Joy Division Game You Asked For!

When I woke up this morning, you know what I said to myself? “Man, I sure would like a game loosely based on Joy Division’s song ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart‘ — preferably from the island nation of Malta.” Well it looks like I got my wish! Will Love Tear Us Apart?, which you can…

Gunpoint: The Kotaku Review

Good things often come in small packages. Gunpoint is just such a good thing, in just such a small package. Like the diminutive buildings you’ll spend the game circumnavigating and infiltrating, Gunpoint itself is an intricate array of interlocking circuits and gears, finely tuned and waiting for you to bend it to your will. You…

Remember Me: Beautiful or Pretentious? These Six Critics Can’t Decide

Whether they consider it the artistic achievement of the decade or just a boring, linear sci-fi brawler, one thing reviewers agree on is that Remember Me is rough around the edges. The question is how rough. While most considered the world of Dontnod’s futuristic action-adventure a joy to behold, the quality of the (English) voice…

The Best 2D Arcade Game Backgrounds

Classic 2D arcade platformers, brawlers and beat ’em ups can have amazing background art—with pixel perfect details and a wonderful color palette. Unlike the similarly awesome 2D fighter backgrounds, people don’t pay as much attention to these. Looking through 2D arcade game backgrounds, it’s funny to see how the artists were so into dodgy city…