The Coolest Part of Resident Evil 6

Resident Evil 6 is currently being mauled by the critics. It’s getting scores so low, you’ll have to check whether the reviewer is using a five-point scale or a 10-point scale. How bad is this game? Not so bad that it doesn’t contain something awesome. The absolute best thing in RE6, from what those of…

Crazy Things Happen In This Haunting Real-Life Minecraft Story

The protagonist of this video has had it rough lately. He wakes up in a strange world, with strange creatures. He loses his brother. He seems to be hallucinating, fighting for survival. In part three of this real-life vision of the Minecraft universe, the situation seems to go even more awry. Watch what happens in…

The Best Screenshot Artist in Gaming Captures The Beauty of Mass Effect 3

Duncan Harris of Dead End Thrills takes gorgeous, photographic game screenshots. He’s previously worked his magic on titles like Skyrim, Dishonored, and Mass Effect 2, among many others. Now, he’s casting his artist’s eye on Mass Effect 3. This high-resolution, lovely image of Grunt and Aralakh Company—fittingly called “Smells Like Victory”—is just the beginning. Scroll…

These Anime Girls Will Whip You into Shape

I’m a big fan of exercising. I don’t think I’m in a super great shape, but I like exercising—and I really think doing so is important if you have a sedentary job like mine. Perhaps you have a sedentary job, too. Perhaps you aren’t motivated. And perhaps you are into anime girls. Well, there’s an…

This Forza Horizon Trailer Makes It Look Like A Beautiful Game To Try To Avoid Crashing In

There are no adequate words in the English language to describe how bad I am at racing games. “Laughably untalented” comes close, but more often it’s phrased as a question, like, “What, you crashed so much that your car is on fire again?” Forza Horizon, therefore, is probably not for me. Because those cars are…

AOL Unleashes Video Taboo for the iPhone, Awkwardness Sure to Follow

What I really wanted to write up there was “AOL Unleashes Video Taboo for the iPhone, Countdown to Penis”, but I suppose when an app is released that allows people to randomly send video of themselves to other players the penis is implied. Let’s check out Clucks! Taboo is the party game that challenges players…

The Most Effective Ad I Ever Saw in a Video Game

There is a bakery in my SimCity city. It’s got a big cupcake on the roof. It’s been there, on the corner of some street and such-and-such avenue, for a long time (a few weeks!). It’s no Dunkin Donuts. Compared to Dunkin Donuts it actually is pathetic. I bet no one in my city likes…

Gordon Freeman Comes To Life In This Great Half-Life Short Film

Headcrabs, crowbars, and HEV suits all make appearances in this great fanmade Half-Life short, directed by Ian James Duncan and shot for $3,000 at a cottage in Hollywood, according to the folks who made it. As they write on YouTube: Finally see Gordon Freeman in the flesh in this cinematic horror short based on the…

What Facebook is Playing This Week: FarmVille 2 Rising

FarmVille 2 didn’t place on last week‘s list of the top ten Facebook apps by daily active users. Then I invited a few friends. Someone certainly invited a few more folks, as number 39 FarmVille 2 jumps into the top spot this week, surpassing even its Zynga sibling, Texas Hold ‘Em Poker. I’m going to…

This HD Remake of Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee Is Sure Looking Sharp

As of this August, we had only seen one screen of the HD remake of cult favorite Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee. But Oddworld Inhabitants unveiled pre-alpha footage of the work-in-progress at Eurogamer Expo this weekend. Along with a look at the game, it was announced that the remake’s official name is Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee – New…

Pokémon Black and White 2: The Kotaku Review

It’s four o’clock in the morning and I’m sitting outside my apartment chain-smoking cigarettes, mildly buzzed on cough syrup and decidedly not getting the rest I was supposed to be getting in order to alleviate the need for prescription medication in the first place. Instead I am grinding levels on my water and fighting-type Pokémon…

You Can Now Get Donkey Kong: Original Edition For 3DS, In a Roundabout Way

If you’re in the United States, own a Nintendo 3DS and want Donkey Kong: Original Edition, all you have to do is… …purchase and download the brand-new 3DS game Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone! or Crosswords Plus and register them before January 6. Perhaps that’s not the method you would have predicted. And just what…

Commence Monday Morning Systems

Video game news? Check. Cosplay? Check. Kotaku East? Check Sunday night systems are green. Let’s get this week started. [by Manolizer]

I Want More Sleeping Dogs

I know, I know, I’m late to the party. I finally beat United Front’s amazing Triad story, Sleeping Dogs. Our very own Tina Amini gave the game a glowing review and I’d have to agree; the game is spectacular, however upon completion I got to thinking. Why aren’t there more games like Sleeping Dogs, or…

Japanese TV Is Getting a Digital Lady Made from Crappy Graphics

Hatsune Miku proved that virtual idols could be big business. There are Miku video games, live concerts, and endless merchandising. So it shouldn’t come as a complete surprise that Fuji TV is rolling out its own virtual idol, a “digital announcer” named Lune Anri. Female announcers on Japanese TV don’t just read the news or…

Gearbox lead writer Anthony Burch says Borderlands 3 is being planned. Shocking!

The Wonderfully Weird World Of Chinese Oreos

My mother used to tell me not to play with my food, but the rule never applied to Oreos. It’s almost as if the cookie was meant to be played—you take apart the Oreo, lick the creamy center first and then eat the cookie as a whole. The Oreo (and the way to eat it),…

Japan, The Country That Isn’t FIFA Crazy

Ask your typical Japanese gamer what a soccer video game is, and he or she will immediately say Winning Eleven, or as it’s known in the West, Pro Evolution Soccer. That is the soccer game in Japan. One of the big reasons for this is that there is no national Japanese team in FIFA. The…

The Valhalla Knights 3 website is now open for your perusal.

Strict New Download Law Won’t Kill YouTube in Japan

If you think the internet is a place where information can be shared freely, a place where things like copyright law do not apply, and a place where you can do whatever you want, well, bad news. Starting today, a strict new download law ends your notion of the internet. At least in Japan, that…