Xenoblade Chronicles developer Monolith Soft is hiring

The Magic of Photoshop Brings the PS4 Controller to Life [Update]

The PlayStation 4 is coming. There’s an event later this month which will apparently unveil the new game machine. Last month, Kotaku published loads of details about the PlayStation 4, including its controller. Members of game forum NeoGAF (Noisepurge, Kairu, Mista Koo, and Sickboy007) churned out digital mock-ups of what the PlayStation 4 controller could…

Don’t Fret, This Last of Us Gameplay Footage Won’t Infect You [Update]

Here’s a few minutes of The Last of Us gameplay, which has players groping around in the dark and dealing with scary enemies. It looks rather frightening. The Last of Us will be out this May. The Last of Us Gameplay Footage [GamesHQMedia@YouTube] The Last of Us [GameTrailers] Note: This post has been updated with…

George Lucas’ Daughter Could Probably Kick Your Ass: The Movie

Amanda Lucas, the daughter of Star Wars creator George Lucas, is an MMA fighter. This trailer is for a documentary about her, called Lucas, due for release later this year. It’s being made by Briton Bobby Razak, a director who makes MMA docs like this (as well as commercials) for a living. You can check…

Turning Skyrim Into A Game That’s Not Even Skyrim Anymore

I mentioned its predecessor, Nehrim, in my big PC mods roundup last week, so it’s only fair today I point out a project a little more contemporary in its aims. Enderal: The Shards of Order is a total conversion for Skyrim, in development by the same team behind Nehrim, that seeks to take the bones…

What if Mega Man was released on the Sega Genesis? Well, its music might sound like this

You Will Not Believe You’re Watching This L.A. Noire Blooper Reel

Is this reel real? Depth Analysis, which created the face scanning technology used in 2011’s L.A. Noire, for some reason released an outtakes reel on Thursday and it shows just how sophisticated the technology really is. We’re not just hearing voice actors flub lines, snicker and look off-camera, we’re seeing their game characters do it,…

These Are the Candidates for Madden NFL‘s Cover This Year—I Think

The past three years on Super Bowl Sunday, I’ve tried to handicap the field for the cover of the coming year’s edition of Madden NFL, the bona fide Wheaties box of sports video gaming. It’s gotten increasingly difficult as EA Sports has opened the search to a fan-voted process, from three candidates to 32 and…

The Week in Games: A Thief in Time Saves Nine

Fire Emblem: Awakening warms up the release schedule tomorrow in time for a new Sly Cooper and Dead Space 3 on Tuesday. Monday • Fire Emblem: Awakening (3DS) Tuesday • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dragonborn (PC DLC) • Dead Space 3 (360, PS3, PC) • Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (PS3, PS Vita)…

Kevin Costner’s Tatanka Hunting Simulator 2013 Dances With Irreverence

It may look like a cel-shaded reboot of Activision’s Stampede. However, this is Kevin Costner’s Tatanka Hunting Simulator 2013, an unauthorized adaptation of the Academy Award-winning Best Picture for 1991. It’s the work of Acid Wizard Studio at the Global Game Jam, which wrapped up last week. And it looks insane. From its instructions: “If…

Let’s Go Apartment Hunting in Gotham City with DC Universe Online

In July I moved back to my hometown to buy a house. After nearly 20 years of renting, I was grateful to never again worry about noisy upstairs neighbors, proximity to a laundromat, rent increases, security deposits or apartment hunting. And then DC Universe Online released Home Turf this week. The latest extension to the…

The Latest ‘Working Portal Gun In Real Life’ Hack Is Pretty Damn Cool

Mirrors lined with blue and red LEDs have long been a staple of Portal-themed decoration. Taking it to the next level, however, is jamin101wolf. He bought the Portal gun prop available through ThinkGeek and Amazon, then plugged the two mirrors into remote-control power boxes. With this he pulls off the effect of firing a red…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Horsing Around With Gabe

We’ve had a run of good luck with no-brainer exploitables, and that continues this week with Gabe Newell, donning a horse mask after giving a talk in Texas, and then firing up some kind of Half-Life gang sign. Here are a couple of still frames taken from a video; if the student on the right…

Sunday Comics: Starting Over

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. Brawl In The Family by Matthew Taranto. Published Feb. 1. Read more of Brawl In The Family Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Published Feb.…

Of Course Call of Duty’s Name Was Eventually Going To Lead To A Fish-Blasting Parody

Call of Duty. Or, CoD. It’s an abbreviation so ubiquitous it’s kind of weird that nobody thought to do this sooner. Indie dev Ryan Evans has made Cod of Duty, a short, simple game where you… shoot fish. You know. Cod. They’re even (mostly) in a barrel, just to complete the whole Call of Duty…

Borderlands 2’s Writer Says He’ll Change Tiny Tina If She Conveys Racism, As Some Players Think [UPDATE]

Today, an argument broke out on Twitter between Anthony Burch, lead writer on Borderlands 2, and a few players who think that Tiny Tina is a racist character. The issue, as some folks saw it, was that Tiny Tina appropriated African American lingo. See above video, which showcases Tiny Tina dialogue, if you want reference.…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Dildover: The Winners

Jason Rubin, the former THQ president, left work with head(s) held high last week. Though the publisher is no more, we’ll always remember his member, the good ole Penetrator from Saints Row: The Third. I couldn’t pick a single winner this week so there are two, the retro Atari VCS cartridge front from ParamedicFoetus, and…

MLB 2K13 Actually Has Some Marketing, Sort Of

In January, 2K Sports shocked sports video gaming with the announcement that it would, in fact, make Major League Baseball 2K13 this year. The label’s prior license with MLB expired at the end of 2012, and no one expected it to be renewed. Of course, it’s not like any other publisher was building an MLB-licensed…

Space Invaders Makes for a Great Themed Chess Set

It’s no secret I’ve stayed away from Kickstarter topics, as the whole thing by now strikes me as an Etsy for things that don’t exist. That said, there are some pretty cool projects there that have some reasonable fund-raising expectations and stand a good chance at delivering on their promise. This is one, a Space…

Rumor has it Brütal Legend is coming to Steam.