I Would Invisibly Kill A Man With Rats To Get My Hands On This Dishonored Control Pad

Reader Devin Smith, aka End Of Line Designs, has just put the finishing touches on this amazing Dishonored Xbox 360 control pad that goes way beyond simply painting a mask on a standard pad. The buttons have all been changed, the 360 light has been changed to fit the game’s look and there’s even some…

There’s A New Total War Game Coming, But It’s Not What You Think

Creative Assembly will later this year release Rome II, a proper Total War Game. They’ll also, presumably, one day take the wraps off a Warhammer title. As of today though there’s another Total War game coming, and it’s a weird one, because it’s not the Warhammer game, and it’s not the next true Total War…

Space Hulk Is Kicking Turn-Based Butt For The Emperor (And His PC, Mac & iPhone)

If you’ve never played Space Hulk – either the original board game orthe 1993 video game adaptation – you may not be as excited about this as I am. You are also someone who is missing out. This 15-minute demonstration video from GDC, courtesy of GameSpot, shows the new game in action. It’s as clunky,…

Darksiders’ Creators Want To Buy The Series Back

David Adams, the CEO of Crytek USA, has tweeted that he (or at least his company) is looking into buying the rights to the Darksiders series when it hits the auction block as part of the last sale of THQ properties This would be a big deal because Crytek USA is made up of refugees…

The Ouya console will go on sale in the US, Canada and UK on June 4. It’ll cost $99.

See Some Of Destiny’s Characters In Action In This New Video

It’s not a trailer, but it’s still pretty neat; to go with the concept art shown during Bungie’s Destiny panel at GDC was this short video, which is all about turning character designs into in-game models.

Here’s A Ton Of New Concept Art For Destiny, Bungie’s Next Big Game

During Bungie’s GDC panel earlier today, which was all about world-building, was this bucketload full of concept art, most of it unseen until today. Update – Here’s some video from the event as well, an animation showing off how characters went from the drawing board to the game The images you’ll see cover all aspects…

A First-Person Video Game Where You Play A Person Playing A Third-Person Video Game

Say that headline ten times fast, I dare ya. This video shows the game Atum, which is a student entry in the Independent Games Festival at GDC. In it, you play as a person in a room with a PC game, and to solve the puzzles in the game, you have to use objects from…

What Will Bungie Say About Their Next Game, Destiny? Watch Live.

Straight from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, hosted by Twitch TV and GameSpot

At GDC today, YouTube basically said it has seen how many people are watching other people play games on services like Twitch.tv, and is now serious about getting in on that action.

Video Games That Make You Feel Like Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones is not the only one solving annoying ancient puzzles in haunted caves, armed with a whip and dynamites, far from civilization. A setting like this is perfect for video games, so it is no surprise that many were influenced by the character, and the similarities in some cases are amazing. Well, obviously, all…

The X-Men Are in Good Hands. The Massive Might Not Be Deep Enough. Let Panel Discussion Tell You Why.

These might be the most important words in comics: “Hey, have you read that?” The medium’s lifeblood has always been the word-of-mouth that passes from one reader to another. The only query that might surpass the above is “So, what’d you think?” Hence, this recurring feature in Kotaku‘s slice of comics programming, where comics critics,…

Here Are All Of BioShock Infinite’s Secret Musical Covers

If you’ve played any Bioshock Infinite, you may have noticed a few familiar things about the soundtrack — some songs that really seem to ring a bell. Why is that? Well, it’s because the Bioshock Infinite soundtrack has a bunch of of 1912-ear covers of famous pop songs. With that in mind, I decided to…

Gearbox posted some details about that level cap increase update coming to Borderlands 2 next week on April 2 (which also includes a new New Game Plus mode). Details include the usual bug fixes, storage upgrades (including for Eridium), new relics, the return of the Pearlescent tier of weapons, and YES FINALLY another upgrade level…

Six Critics Clash Over Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity

Gates to Infinity is the latest entry in Nintendo’s roguelike/dungeon crawler franchise, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon. It seems it’s… a bit of a mixed bag, honestly. There are quite a few points reviewers are disagreeing on. Some say Gates of Infinity, compared to prior games, has been dumbed down, while others think it merely has been…

Mind Control That Ain’t Working Is My Favorite Panel From This Week’s Comics. What’s Yours?

Get it right, people: the women who’ve worn the mantle of the Femme Fatale in Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillip’s excellent noir Fatale series don’t have a superpower. They have a curse, one that they’ve occasionally been able to turn to their advantage. But the ability to make any man do what they want has…

Two Game Developers Quit Non-Profit, Objecting To Female Dancers At Party [UPDATE]

At least two members of the International Game Developers Association have resigned from their positions following a San Francisco party Tuesday night during which scantily-clad women reportedly made some attendees feel uncomfortable. Forbes blogger Carol Pinchefsky wrote about the party yesterday, describing a scene where women in skimpy shirts and costumes danced on stage. Student…

Take A Look At How Hotline Miami Plays On The PlayStation Vita

This spring, Vita owners will be able to play Hotline Miami. That much we know. But what does the game look like in action on the portable? Kirk Hamilton and I are at the Game Developers Conference this week, and we captured some footage of the game. Turns out, the gruesome indie game is a…

A PS2, Xbox 360 and a Significant Weapons Stash Found in the Home of Newtown Shooter Adam Lanza

“Video gamer.” It was the earliest and most persistent label media outlets placed on Newtown shooter Adam Lanza, after he ruthlessly murdered 20 kids and six adults last December. But that assertion seemed to be based mostly on interviews with people who knew his family, and not hard evidence. After months of speculation, an FBI…

Check out a Post-Mortem on the Original X-COM: UFO Defense,

Straight from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, hosted by Twitch TV and GameSpot