You Can Get Banned From Battlefield 3 For Fixing The Game’s Colour Palette

Battlefield 3’s got some of the most realistic visuals on the planet, and a lot of that comes from the game’s use of lighting. It washes out colour palettes like the desert sun at midday. Some people like that, but others don’t, which explains why there’s now a little hack available that removes the game’s…

George Washington as a Bad Guy? It’s as Crazy as it Sounds

Ubisoft broke with tradition earlier today by announcing that its first substantial Assassin’s Creed III downloadable content won’t be an extension of the main game’s story. Rather, it’ll be an exploration of what would happen if George Washington hadn’t done one of the most extraordinary things in human history and given up his vast powers…

Watch Animals Start Fights With Themselves Because Mirrors Are Confusing, Ok?

I am offended that Kirk thinks I always post cat pictures and videos. Appalled, even. I never do that. So to make up for all the lack of cat and animal related things I absolutely never get away with posting here, allow me to introduce a video of a bunch of animals getting really confused…

Konami Jumps into Major League Baseball—but It’s on Facebook

For those wondering what publisher would pick up a Major League Baseball license this coming year, it’s Konami but, alas, it is not for any console title. MLB Dream Nine is now out on Facebook, and it’s about what you would expect—a rigored click-this player-management simulation that has very little to do witb the sport…

The Best Thing Cliff Bleszinski Ever Did…

… was be visible. “So what,” you might say. “Isn’t that part of his job?” Actually, it isn’t. In his role as Design Director at Epic Games, all the man sometimes known as Dude Huge really had to do was work on the developer’s games. He could have brainstormed, play-tested and guided the Unreal, Gears…

Hitman: Absolution‘s Many, Many Views To A Kill

One of the coolest (and okay maybe kinda darkest) things about Hitman games is the fact that you can kill your targets in any of a dozen or more possible ways. Real pros can pull off a “silent assassin,” sneaking in, killing, and sneaking out without being spotted. But as we can see in this…

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This Guy Played Video Games on the World’s Largest High-Definition Screen. What’d You Do Today?

Brad Keselowski, the current No. 1 driver in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series, and winner in two of its first three postseason Chase for the Cup events, met his match on Tuesday at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. when Josh Bralley of Hickory, N.C. outgunned him to the finish in Activision’s NASCAR The Game: Inside…

The Mushroom Kingdom War Just Got Serious

The images of the Mushroom Kingdom warfare you see above and below are the work of Hakashidnrc, inspired by the Mario Warfare video released a few months ago. The retextured skins of military combatants turned into Mario and Luigi will apparently be released for Garry’s Mod, according to the artist. You might even recognize the…

Midweek Moneysaver: Championship Athletics

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. Software • Yesterday’s release NBA 2K13 (PS3) is $44.99 plus $2.95 shipping from Overstock.com. Elsewhere $56 and up. Best deal for Xbox 360 is $59.99 with…

Eurogamer Expo Begins Booth Babe Ban Next Fall

The use of paid models to advertise inside of conventions—better known as hiring booth babes—has been contentious for many years. E3 is chock full of hired promotional models; PAX (and PAX East) ban the practice The Eurogamer Expo, which takes place in London every autumn and attracts roughly 50,000 visitors, is now following PAX’s lead.…

Jumping the Snark with NBA 2K13‘s Dunk Contest Commentary

Appreciating the commentary in NBA 2K13‘s All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest, a first for the franchise, requires a little breaking of the fourth wall. Play-by-play man Kevin Harlan and analysts Clark Kellogg and Steve Kerr—Steve Kerr? Commenting on dunks? Really?—had to sit in a recording booth and imagine all kinds of bombastic dunks, and humiliating…

Hey, It’s That New New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC

Straight out of Japan, via German gaming site NTower TV, it’s a playthrough of the new downloadable content for New Super Mario Bros. 2. The new levels will be released on the 3DS’ American eShop on Thursday, for $2.50 per level pack. Let’s Play New Super Mario Bros. 2 – DLC-Special – Geld, Ruhm, Frust…

This is the Last Presidential Election Gimmick Mobile Game I Will Write About Unless One Kills a Guy

It seems lately that not a day goes by without another mobile game with ties to the upcoming presidential election arrives in my inbox. They paste the Republican and Democratic candidates into trite video game situations, offer to donate a portion of sales to the appropriate campaign fund. They call them exciting and action-packed. I’m…

Cliff Bleszinski Leaves Epic Games

The creator of Gears of War has left his position at development studio Epic Games. Epic announced the news in a blog post today, saying that designer Cliff Bleszinski has left to “chart the next stage of his career.” Bleszinski, who worked at Epic for 20 years, was often the face of the company and…

The Most Terrifying Thing about Telltale’s Walking Dead Series? Not Being Able to Control the Camera How You Want

Lots of people have been lavishing love onto Telltale Games’ adaptation of the Walking Dead. The terror of the zombie apocalypse—first imagined in Robert Kirkman’s comics work—comes across as deeply personal in the episodic video game series. People have cried playing these games. But another, angrier emotional response has been bubbling up, too, generated not…

4 Minutes of Resident Evil 6‘s Most Ridiculous Moments

We reviewed Resident Evil 6. We showed you what we think is the coolest mode in the game. We compared its use of an in-game playground to Gears of War 3‘s. We showed you how to microwave a monster’s hand. We offered some actually useful tips We’re just about done with our launch day (+1)…

Mordin and Tali Look Perfect in Dragon Age as Long as You Don’t Think About It Too Much

We recently shared fan artist Andrew Ryan’s lovely Dragon Age/Mass Effect crossover art, starring our 22nd century sci-fi heroes in the roles and costumes of Thedas’s fantasy realm. That post featured a work in progress; Ryan has been adding detail and characters ever since. Today’s additions are dynamic duo Mordin and Tali. The fantasy world…

Fantasy Conflict is Like Modern Conflict, Only Not as Modern

Gaijin Entertainment’s real-time strategy series Modern Conflict has garnered a fair amount of praise in iOS gaming circles, but many have criticized the series for a distinct lack of castles and dwarves. And so here we are. Where are we? Why the faraway kingdom of Baldoria, where greedy dwarves have swiped the crystals that control…

Bethesda Snags The Former Executive Producer of Star Wars: The Old Republic

Rich Vogel, a longtime game designer who most recently served as executive producer on BioWare’s online RPG The Old Republic, is joining Bethesda, the publisher behind games like Skyrim and the upcoming Dishonored Bethesda’s press release says Vogel and his new team will be working on “an unannounced project,” but Bethesda is also currently working…