A funny review of SimCity that captures the current frustrating experience perfectly.

Hey look, the folks behind To The Moon are working on something. We don’t know much yet, but the first game was amazing

I’d Like Fewer Addictive Games, Thanks

Describing something as “addictive” is often innocuous, even if the word can have wildly different meanings. Saying that nutella is addictive is not the same thing as saying that a drug is addictive, for example. One of those is meant as a compliment, the other…not so much. When we’re talking about games, describing them as…

Konami commissioned muralists EndOfTheLine to create this building-sized portrait of Mr. Cyberninja himself, Raiden.

MLB 13 The Show: The Kotaku Review

The oldest memory I have is of catching a baseball. Coming from a sports fan, this may sound like treacly, lump-in-your-throat stuff, but it’s true. I was three years old. My father was mowing one side of our front lawn, I was standing in the other, and I underhanded a pop fly into the air.…

Last spring, a SimCity producer told us EA was taking steps to “prevent” a Diablo III-style always-online launch debacle

This Big Lebowski Chiptune Tribute Is Better Than The F***ing Eagles

“I had a rough night, and I hate the fuckin’ Eagles, man.” That line from The Big Lebowski is one of my favorites from a movie chock-full of amazing lines. It was the first time Hollywood told me that as it turns out, it’s okay that I find The Eagles super annoying. Hey, The Dude…

Far Cry 3‘s latest patch, which takes a cue from modders and adds a bunch of requested features, is now live.

You May Have Already Played A Game Featuring A Beefy, Oiled Up Turkish Wrestler

Yesterday, Buzzfeed published an article featuring Turkish oil wrestling. People took note, because the sport involves men oiling themselves up heavily before wrestling. Winning involves putting your hands down your opponents pants, as you can see in the video above. Probably not something we’d get to do in a game, right? Actually… Fighting games, bless…

Full motion video-powered ambassadors of the CD-ROM era The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour are getting a sequel. Weird.

This Week’s iPhone Charts: We’re Off to See the Wizard

Imangi Studios’ Temple Run: Oz launched on iTunes yesterday morning. Today it’s at the number one position on the paid charts, and Mila Kunis isn’t even in it. The mind boggles. I suppose the blockbuster film coming out in two days has something to do with the success of the $.99 app. I mean, Temple…

Mass Effect 3: Citadel: The Kotaku Review

Let’s get this out of the way up front: Mass Effect 3‘s latest—and last—downloadable add-on, titled Citadel, is terrific. In fact, if you’re a fan of the Mass Effect series, particularly one who’s been there from the start, it was more or less made for you. Citadel is fan-service of the highest order. That term…

Season Two Of The Walking Dead Might Not Be Out Until Next Fall [UPDATE: Nope, It’ll Be This Fall]

When season one of The Walking Dead hit last year, a lot of people assumed that the episodic adventure series would turn into an annual thing. Many of us thought season two would be out in 2013. But alas. Season two of the critically-acclaimed series might not hit til fall of 2014, according to Telltale…

Midweek Moneysaver: Budget Crysis

This Wednesday edition of Kotaku’s The Moneysaver catches all the offers, promotions and bargains that can’t wait until the weekend. The Midweek Moneysaver is brought to you by Dealzon. Downloadables GameStop • Crysis 3 is $39.99 (next best $42 at Origin, elsewhere $60) GameFly • Yesterday’s release SimCity: Limited Edition is $47.99 (elsewhere $60. GameFly…

Even in BioShock Infinite‘s Alternate History, America Was a Woman. But Not a Nice One.

We all know Uncle Sam. The guy in the Old Glory-styled top hat and tails is the personification of the United States that American schoolkids grow up learning about. You probably know him from the famous poster strongly urging that you enlist and maybe you’ve seen him done up as a superhero But did you…

Everything Wrong With Deadpool in One Convenient Game Trailer

Deadpool is my second-favorite Marvel Comics character. Seeing him come to life (courtesy of IGN) at the hands of the studio that brought me two stellar Transformers games should be a dream come true, but the more I see of the Deadpool game the more I realize the character I fell in love with back…

It’s Easy To Kill Monsters. Fearing Or Respecting Them? That’s Another Story.

It’s not often I respect my enemies in a game—how could I? They’re just a target. A bundle of HP. An obstacle. Something to conquer. But when you’re a legendary Witcher, your (equally legendary) enemies demand respect. Monster hunting is not for the reckless; approaching creatures in the world of Temeria with an unsheathed sword…

Yep, SimCity Still Isn’t Working

See that image? If you try to play SimCity on the U.S. servers right now, you probably will. It’s a little different from the image we saw last night, and the server issues we saw all throughout yesterday, but the problem remains the same: people who bought SimCity can’t play it. Right now it’s 8pm…

A Quick Fix For Tomb Raider‘s Crash-Happy PC Version

I’ve been looking forward to playing Tomb Raider on PC for the last week, ever since Evan’s review made me think, “Okay, yep, sounds like this is indeed my kinda game.” I booted it up, played through the opening bit that I’d played at press events, and upon making my way past the dangling LOST-airplane……

PETA’s Whale of a Complaint with Assassin’s Creed has Nothing to do With Animals

The m.o. of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals complaining about video games is by now completely transparent. They’ve had problems with everything from Pokémon to Mario’s Tanooki suit, and little of it has anything to do with the harmful depiction of animals in a video game, or the corrosive attitudes that may spread.…