Ivy Bridge Debuts: Intel Core i7-3770K Review

Since late last year Ivy Bridge seems to be the architecture everyone is waiting for. Although Intel is only anticipating a 10–15% processing performance bump when compared to Sandy Bridge, the big news comes in the form of improved graphics and efficiency, thanks to the move to a 22nm design process using new 3D transistor…

One Weekend Completely Changed My Mind About Tera

When I last left En Masse Entertainment’s upcoming MMO Tera I wasn’t exactly gushing with praise. The action-packed combat was there, as promised, but the rest of the game felt like the same old questing grind. Then open beta came around this past weekend, and I was so enthralled I nearly lost my children. What…

PC Gaming Lives on Without Me

I might be away for a couple of days, but I couldn’t let PC Gaming Lives fall by the wayside. Someone would steal it. These gaming PCs are expensive. So here’s two hours of PC-centric content!

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Cancelled, Developers Say, But New Game Survarium Will Follow in Footsteps

Just two weeks after promising signs of life from creative studio GSC Game World, it looks like post-nuclear horror FPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is dead for good this time. But that doesn’t mean that fans of GSC’s creepy Eastern Bloc survival shooting won’t have anything to play. In a series of Facebook posts unveiling, former members…

It’s Time For Your Daily Dose Of Robot Dinosaurs

Some days, you wake up, look around, and think to yourself “Gosh, I hope I get to see some screenshots of robot dinosaurs today.” Well today your prayers have been answered. Here’s a bunch of Dinobot screenshots from Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, courtesy publisher Activision. They are big and robotic and angry. (Also pictured: Decepticons,…

You Can Get 10 New Angry Birds Levels For Free Right Now

A free new update is available today called “Fry Me to the Moon.” Ten free new levels! Lots of space eagles! Android and iOS! [Rovio]

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But What Happens If You Set Fire To The Video Game Wedding Guests?

The Sims is video gaming’s great virtual dollhouse, inside of which a bunch of virtual people are made to experience joy, heartache and weddings that spontaneously turn into infernos. I found out about that last incident this morning, while helping grab images for our writer Kate Cox’s terrific story about the pros and cons of…

Octodad Glitching Out Is A Thing Of Nightmares

Physics glitches that are common at the start of development can be hilarious. But when it comes to Octodad: Dadliest Catch, they’re actually quite frightening. If your family wasn’t suspicious of your tentacles masked only by a suit before, they’ll certainly be wary when they’re flailing around like a wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing tube man.…

The Wonderful Windosill Turns Your iPad Into A Mysterious Toybox

As we fumble our way through action and strategy games on our touch-screen devices, it’s easy to lose track of the simple, sublime joys of touch. We get so caught up in rules and mechanics, learning unit strategies in Amoebattle or finagling bullet-time in Max Payne Mobile that we forget that the joy to be…

This Sandvich Won’t Replenish Your Health, But It Does Look Delicious

Team Fortress 2‘s Sandvich is a delicious treat that helps your Heavy class gain health mid game. As lowly, non-minigun-wielding citizens, we at least have the option of a sugary sandwich to eat. And I guess you can do so with a belt of bullets around your shoulders. Rosanna has baked a bunch of other…

A Beautiful Rendition Of Mass Effect 3‘s Melodies

No matter your opinions on the controversial ending to Mass Effect 3, if you’re a fan of BioWare’s sci-fi role-playing game series, you might dig this great original song, written and performed by singer Malukah. The background music is all from Mass Effect. Reignite – Mass Effect/Shepard Tribute Song [YouTube via Reddit]

Wednesday Watch This, Play This

Watch! Cake Sandvich inspired by Team Fortress 2 looks delicious. Watch! The Mass Effect 3 theme made even more beautiful. Play! Kirk plays the weirdly wonderful Windosill on his iPad. Watch! Octodad glitches are terrifying.

Help Prove That Video Games Aren’t Dumb

In an article published by The Atlantic earlier this month, writer Taylor Clark posited that “video games, with very few exceptions, are dumb.” Nevermind the ridiculousness of such a hyperbolic, inflammatory statement, responds Brainy Gamer’s Michael Abbott. We can prove Clark wrong So Abbott is constructing a list, one brainy offering at a time, to…

Watch Two Guys Get Robbed From Setting a Long Jump Record in Trials Evolution

Two men, three hands and a pair of rubber gloves may not sound like a recipe for video game victory. But it is! Until a cruel glitch denies them their massive accomplishment. Reader Jeff sent in this profanity-laced video of what’s presumably him and his buddies pulling off an epic vault on one of Trials…

What Video Games Teach Us About Marriage

Roughly two million couples in the United States get married each year, give or take a hundred thousand. Every pair does it for their own reasons, from the idea of a fairy tale happily-ever-after to the decidedly more prosaic need to share health insurance costs. It’s a big decision, coming with a number of legally…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Don’t let Wednesday win. Stay strong, everyone! Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, games that aren’t even out yet? Knock yourselves out! In…

These New Game of Thrones Screenshots Sure Look Generic

These are screenshots from the upcoming Game of Thrones RPG. You can tell this because they all say “Game of Thrones” in big letters. If not for those labels, would you have any idea what they were from? Or would you think, “Oh, great, another generic fantasy role-playing game.”? As a huge fan of both…

If We Scored Games By The Quality of Their Dragon Cutscenes, We’d Give Dragon’s Dogma a 10

Here at Kotaku, we’ve fallen in love with the possibly-broken-but-who-cares-because-it’s-awesome video game Dragon’s Dogma. We have hopped on the bandwagon despite or because this is the kind of game that lets you fight a goblin who asks “who let the dogs out?” We do not want you thinking that Dragon’s Dogma will be a perfect…

Man Guilty of Stabbing Wife After PS3 Argument

This week, a British court convicted Aymen Korbi, 21, of grievous bodily harm for stabbing his wife. Back in November 2011, a dispute broke out in their home in England after Korbi’s wife threatened to leave him. The previous night, the couple had an argument over how much time Korbi spent on playing his PS3.…