Please, Sports Games, Knock It Off With the Social Media Voting Already

This will be the third year EA Sports runs a March Madness-style vote-off for the cover of Madden NFL and on the whole, I’ve really enjoyed the first two. It’s a fun bar argument and the promotion is well run in conjunction with ESPN. Anthony Stevenson, the game’s chief marketer, has been forthright with me…

Valve Will Give Out Prototype Steam Boxes Within The Next Few Months, Gabe Newell Says

At least a few lucky customers will get their hands on prototypes the Steam Box within the next few months, Valve boss Gabe Newell says. Speaking to the BBC at the BAFTA awards show in the UK today, Newell said the company is still trying to figure out just how quickly they can crank out…

It’s Happened: Snoop Dogg Is Making A Video Game.

Disclaimer: Considering that the game is called Way of the Dogg, I’m gonna go ahead and call the rapper in question Snoop Dogg instead of Snoop Lion. Anyway, the man himself has gone ahead and made a video game, or at least lent his likeness and music to one. While it may lack the production…

Not a Fun Message to See in a SimCity Game

All of the apprehension fans of the series have exhibited over the prospect of a SimCity game requiring an internet connection to play, justified in a single message in the top-left corner of my screen. Earlier today I mentioned I have had no problems playing my copy of SimCity. It had much the same effect…

What In The World Do Video Game Writers Do? The Minds Behind Some Of Last Year’s Biggest Games Explain.

What does a games writer do, exactly? What is a writer’s job? If we’re talking about a writer on a movie or the author of a book, it’s easy for us to figure out on our own what exactly that person is doing. But when we look at the writer of a video game, things…

What ever happend to the “Tropes Vs. Men in Video Games” series? GameRanx investigates

Don’t Worry, They Haven’t Patched The Assassin’s Creed III Masturbation Glitch Yet

Reader Ryan sent in the video below, which features a notorious bug in Ubisoft’s latest blockbuster Assassin’s Creed game. The glitch makes it look like Connor likes his tomahawk a little too much. Look, Connor, it’s okay: we understand that sometimes the redcoat stabbing feels so good that you don’t want to stop. But you…

Watch Us Play the New Tomb Raider. Right Now. [UPDATE: stream over]

Ever wanted to see how Kotaku plays games? Well, now you can. We’ve set up a special channel on Twitch, where we plan to stream games for your amusement. We decided to start with Tomb Raider. Because it’s out today. So let’s listen to Kotaku editor Chris Person show you around the game. Enjoy!

Daenerys Demands To Know Who ‘Wins’ The Game Of Thrones, Doesn’t Unleash Dragons On George R.R. Martin

You don’t mess with Daenerys Targaryen when she wants something. And she wants to know who the heck wins the Game of Thrones. Or well, Emilia Clarke, the actor behind Daenerys, wants to know. According to Metro News, she’s so adamant about learning who wins the game of thrones, she’s begged George R.R. Martin to…

This year’s PAX East schedule is up! Are you going?

Ah, So This Is What It Takes To Paint Lara Croft

Check out the handiwork of Josh Summana, the guy behind this very cool time lapse of a Tomb Raider digital painting. Naturally, he includes the grime and the cuts Lara suffers in her newest game. Gotta show us that grit. It’s difficult to watch paintings like this one and not feel awed by how much…

I Sold My Video Games To Pay For My Wedding, And Said Goodbye To Part Of Myself

Stacks of games sit around my living room, as I organize photographs from my phone. I log onto Ebay and check prices. I list a few games. I sell one almost immediately. That one doesn’t surprise me. Tales of Symphonia. It’s one of the rarer in my collection, and I had expected to make quite…

Six Seconds Is Enough to Convince Me This is the Best Fishing Game Ever

From Vlambeer, creators of Super Crate Box—well heck, that opening bit alone is convincing enough, but look at the video anyway. Ridiculous Fishing hits iOS on March 14.

Return To The Crazy World Of Monday Night Combat With Outland Games

In Monday Night Combat’s future, people watch corporation-sponsored clones kill each other for fun. So it’s probably no surprise that in this world, those same clones are volunteered for the highly dangerous “televised combat running.” Anything in the name of entertaining the masses. Hmm, yeah, I could see an endless runner like Outland Games here…

Iron Man 3 Will Have All of Tony Stark’s Armors. All of Them.

The newest teaser for Marvel Comics’ upcoming action flick shows a bit more of the drama surrounding Tony Stark as his life blows up around him. There’s political tension involving a new President, best friend Rhodey flying around in the Iron Patriot armor from the comics and Mr. Stark himself looking decidedly haunted throughout. Iron…

Playing Video Games Makes Old People Happier, New Study Says

If you are old, you should probably play video games. Really, everyone should play video games. But especially if you’re old. Proof: a new study from the North Carolina State University (as reported by Medical Xpress) that examined 140 people aged 63+ and found that the ones who played video games were generally happier than…

The newly rebooted Tomb Raider is out today. Check out the review to learn about Lara Croft’s harrowing origin story.

Here’s What DmC: Vergil’s Downfall Looks Like in Action

DmC: Vergil’s Downfall is available for download today. If you haven’t read Evan’s review yet, I highly recommend you do. But If you want to see the DLC in action, along with a visual breakdown of a few of the major differences between Vergil and Dante, check out the video above.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Temple Run: Oz

With the release of Disney’s Oz: The Great and Powerful just days away, the house of the mouse teams up with Imangi Studios once more for another very special version of Temple Run Where Temple Run: Brave was a Disney take on the original game, Temple Run: Oz is a Baum-ified version of Temple Run…

Two Thoughts About This Impressive, Final Battlefield 3 Trailer And On Games That Last More Than a Year

1) I sure wish that a game like Battlefield 3 or any other online shooter could be as fun for neophytes like me as it appears in this trailer for the final expansion to Battlefield 3, but I’m sure I’d just die a lot if I tried to hop in and play. 2) There is…