The Godfather Of Soul Takes On The Game Of Thrones

Only one can sit on the Iron Throne. And I can think of no better man than the Godfather of Soul himself, Mr. James Brown. This mash-up of the Game of Thrones theme and James Brown’s This is a Man’s World by DJ Rozroz is way, way better than I would have thought this kind…

A Microsoft Creative Director ‘Doesn’t Get The Drama’ Around Always-Online Consoles, Devices

Adam Orth is a creative director at Microsoft Studios. That places him pretty high up on Microsoft’s video game chain of command. Not the top, but he’s an important guy. Anyway, earlier today, Adam took to Twitter to seemingly talk about our report that the next Xbox console will require an always-online internet connection While…

Triad is a great puzzle game about fitting people (and a cat) comfortably in a bed, such that they have a good night’s sleep. That’s harder than it sounds. Download it here. (Update: full disclosure… the game’s creator, Anna Anthropy, was housemates with me and a mutual friend in the summer of 2012.)

If You Like Final Fantasy Or Zelda, You Need To Play Evoland

I killed a few hours this morning playing Evoland, a new JRPG/Action RPG released on Steam. It’s a strange thing. It’s a game, sure, but it’s also a history lesson and a love letter to two classic and venerable genres, all of which makes it well worth the $10 asking price. Evoland is, as its…

BioShock Infinite Is Insanely, Ridiculously Violent. It’s A Real Shame.

Okay, it’s time to talk about it. About what, you ask? About how totally bananas the violence in BioShock Infinite is. The beginning of this game is astonishing. Flat-out. It’s one of the most effective, intoxicating game-introductions I’ve seen in recent memory. So let’s to do an exercise. Let’s imagine watching the opening of the…

A Dramatic Reading Of Horrible YouTube Comments On The Donkey Kong Pauline Hack

Mike Mika has a three-year-old daughter who plays video games. She was bummed to find she couldn’t play as Pauline in Donkey Kong, so Mike hacked the game to let her do that. It was a sweet thing to do. Not everyone thought so, though, judging by this video by Shesellssheshells. It features dramatic readings…

The Most Deserted, Abandoned Places In Video Games

You don’t necessarily need noisy, crowded cities to make a section of a game exciting. Uninhabited wastelands, post-apocalyptic worlds, a sea of sand dunes, vast grasslands… These can all be strikingly beautiful places, and capable of telling enticing stories. We’ve gathered some choice games below to show how well abandoned places can set the general…

Fans of classic Star Wars game Jedi Outcast should know that Raven’s Mike Gummelt popped into our comments section today to discuss with readers the development of the game. And share amazing starfighter mods. Well worth a read

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Screenshots Show, Yup, This Expansion Is 80s Crazy

No, it’s not an April Fool’s joke The 80’s-infused Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is a real thing, and these appear – note they haven’t been officially released – to be its first screenshots. Still no word exactly on what it is – a standalone expansion, DLC, new areas, whatever – but it certainly looks…

I don’t mean to alarm you, but the 20th anniversary edition of Another World just hit Steam

The Next Xbox Will Require an Internet Connection To Start Games, Sources Say

Two Kotaku sources have added more credence to the rumor that the next Xbox, expected to battle the PlayStation 4 in late 2013 or early 2014, will be an always-online system, though it will be able to tolerate dropped connections. “Unless something has changed recently,” one of the sources told us over email, “Durango consumer…

Which Is Worse, Aliens: Colonial Marines Or The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct?

It’s hard to say which game is the best of 2013 so far. But two games are in a dead heat for worst: Aliens: Colonial Marines and The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct Kirk was blunt about his thoughts on The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct: he thought it was the worst game he’d played all year.…

Another Sega Studio Bites The Dust

Sega’s Australian development studio, once known as Creative Assembly Australia and responsible for games like Medieval II: Total War, is to be closed down. Sega confirmed the move with Kotaku today, saying the developer will be shut down “later this year”.

Composer Bear McCreary has a great new post up at his always-entertaining blog in which he talks about making the music for Defiance, both the TV show and the game.

Here’s how Fox Business reported that closure of LucasArts had no effect on Disney’s stock price. Also, here’s how the media pronounces Kotaku (Note: This is not how to pronounce Kotaku).

Roger Ebert, R.I.P.

Legendary film critic Roger Ebert has passed away at the age of 70 after a long battle with cancer. Ebert wasn’t just a film critic; a liberal activist, a loving husband, a tech enthusiast, he also made headlines in the gaming press late in his life by sparring with gamers about the worth of the…

After 24 Pages I Finally Care About the Heroine of The Last of Us

Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic adventure for the PlayStation 3 looks brilliant, but I haven’t developed quite the excitement for The Last of Us that many of my colleagues have. I’m a little post-apocalyptic’d out — the idea of traipsing through another story about how men become monsters in extreme circumstances leaves me lukewarm. Particularly worrisome was…

This is Not the Injustice: Gods Among Us You’re Waiting For, But It’s Not Too Shabby

As comic book and fighting game fans anxiously await the April 16 release of Injustice: Gods Among Us, NetherRealm Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment deliver a tiny taste of the alternate-reality DC Universe battle royale in the form of a gorgeous little free fighter with collectible card tendencies. You won’t need a fighting stick…

The people who make “Lore in a Minute” have been branching out from video games to provide some fun (short!) history lessons about important video game personalities. This week, it’s Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell

Well, that’s it guys and gals. The console wars are over now that VoucherCodesPro (who??? what???) found that Xbox players are better in bed than PlayStation and Wii owners. What does this mean for people who own multiple consoles, though? You have more Very Important questions to answer, science.