A Man Has Played Q*Bert For Over 80 Hours To Break A 30-Year World Record [Update]

The last two guys to try and beat the Q*Bert world record had to pull out due to fatigue, because they’d need to have played the game for over 70 hours to beat it. Well, consider that record broken. Last week, two men—George Leutz (one of the failed iron men from 2011) and Ed Heemskerk—set…

Giant LEGO X-Wing Might Be The Coolest LEGO Set Ever Made

Normally when we post something LEGO-related on this site, it tends to be a custom build, because that’s where the really amazing stuff happens. Today, though, my hat is off to LEGO’s designers, because this new X-Wing model is fantastic. Replacing the older, weird-looking version (I never liked the nose), this Ultimate Collectors Series “Red…

That Terrific Mortal Kombat Series Is Back For Season 2

Mortal Kombat Legacy, the web series that was way more professional than it had any right to be, is back for a second season. And it’s looking even slicker. Some of the cast involved have appeared in projects like Glee and Hawaii Five-O, and they’ve even got the original Shang Tsung, but all eyes—well, both…

Destiny Dev Says ‘Nobody Plays Shooters The Way They Used To’

Well, Destiny, that didn’t take long. Speaking with Destructoid, Bungie’s co-founder Jason Jones says something that anyone reading this with mouse in hand at keyboard at front might find a little… weird. We did a bunch of ambitious things on Halo deliberately to reach out to people. We limited players to two weapons, we gave…

The Rarest PSP Game Ever Might Be This Hilton Hotel Employee Trainer

It’s real, and it’s… boring. Back in 2009, we reported that some 500 Hilton hotels created a training video game, and it wasn’t some PC game played on an HR computer. It was a PSP game with its own UMD disc. Well, now someone has gotten a look at its contents. The video above is…

“The biggest thing to come along since TV was invented.” Sony’s console retrospective moves to the PlayStation 2.

Major retailers already are taking preorders for Destiny, but if anyone’s showing a release date, it’s a placeholder.

Aliens: Colonial Marines Should Have Followed the Example of Sports’ Gaming’s Elite

Inside a publisher or a studio, there are few surprises when a video game bombs in its reviews. Before it goes from gold master to warehouse to retailer, the focus groups are empaneled, the “mock reviewers” are contracted, and their verdicts are in. Everyone knows roughly where the game will land in the all-controlling 100-point…

The Week in Games: Confidence of Crysis

The nanosuit is back this week with the release of Crysis 3 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance looks to carve out a niche for itself as well, as does DLC for Assassin’s Creed III Monday • March of the Eagles (PC) Tuesday • Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (360, PS3, PC)…

Everything I Know About Bungie’s Next First-Person Shooter, Destiny

The creators of Halo aren’t leaving their face-shooting skills behind. Destiny, Bungie’s first new game since they parted ways with Microsoft, looks and sounds like a first-person shooter—even if they don’t like calling it that. I flew to Seattle this week to get the official reveal of Destiny, or at least what teases Bungie and…

Bungie Reveals its Destiny in This Documentary

Bungie, the studio behind Halo is today revealing its next saga, Destiny, to be published by Activision. This is the first documentary describing the new sci-fi world the studio is creating. In Destiny, coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, players will be thrust into the role of defending Earth, setting off on adventures on…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Diggin’ in the Desert

Yesterday, I said to myself, “Self, this image of Nolan Bushnell, the man who founded Atari, digging a hole in the desert outside of Dubai, looks like an A-list exploitable for the next Kotaku “Shop Contest.” Now, if my self concurs (or disagrees), should it address me as “Owen,” or also as “self”? While I…

Here’s a Peek at Halo 4‘s Next Map Pack—Before Bungie’s Date with Destiny

Today’s the big day for Halo‘s ex, Bungie, which will soon tell all about its new affair, Destiny. That makes the discovery of these four images for Halo 4‘s forthcoming Majestic Map Pack quite a coincidence, indeed. It’s probably not as nefarious as it sounds, actually. NeoGAF user Wifiplayer13 found them by altering the URL…

Sunday Comics: This Situation is Butt

Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Published Feb. 13. Read more of Penny Arcade Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published Feb. 11. Read more of…

Takedown, the tactical shooter which ran a successful $200,000 Kickstarter in 2012, has found a publisher: 505 Games.

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Let Me Google Iwata For You: The Winners

Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata strapped on a Google Street camera to promote a new Wii U feature, providing us with the juice for our latest ‘Shop Contest throwdown. Many of these are .gifs, so take your time and let them load. When you hear a crunch, you’re there, and you’ll pull out 20 finalists, plus…

Approaching Wednesday’s reveal of the next PlayStation, Sony looks back at the first three, beginning with the PSOne.

The Latest Celebrity Golfer in Tiger Woods PGA Tour is Satan, Apparently

This image went out earlier in the week from the official Twitter feed for EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour series. “Night golf” is among a slew of features arriving in this year’s edition (along with an LPGA Tour mode, throwback equipment, and historic course layouts). Who better to advertise that than the Prince of…

In Injustice, There Can Be Only One (Guy in a Red Suit With a Lightning Bolt on His Chest)

Really now. Considering the history these two have, you didn’t think there was any way Flash was going to lose to Captain Marvel Shazam in the latest hype video from Injustice: Gods Among Us, did you? Let’s recap. Captain Marvel began life as “Captain Thunder” in Flash Comics, an ashcan edition published by Fawcett more…

Atari’s Founder Goes Digging in the Desert, but not for E.T.

Everyone’s familiar with the great video game burial of 1983, a disposal of Atari 2600 cartridges so bizarre it’s often taken to be urban myth. No, that’s really how they got rid of colossal flops like E.T. and the Pac-Man port, 30 years ago this September. Here, Video Games Live thought it’d be funny to…