Launch Your Friends Off Helicopters in Grand Theft Auto IV

I love Gav and Geoff from Rooster Teeth’s Achievement Hunter. They always find the most pointless, yet hilarious things to do in games. In today’s edition of pointless, yet hilarious things to do in games, the duo launches their character into the air in Grand Theft Auto IV. GTA is known for some wacky glitches…

Thumbs This Fast Should Be Illegal

I have no idea how YouTube user thedotnetkid trained his fingers to play Scramble with Friends this well, but I want to learn. “So far my best score is 3700 points in one round,” he says in the blurb of this new video he uploaded to prove that he isn’t cheating when he racks up…

Cloud Patrol is an Addictive Little Shooting Gallery With a Skylanders Hook

When Activision first announced the toy-meets-video game concept of Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, Apple’s iPhone was on the list of supported platforms. Today we finally get to see how the colorful plastic warriors interact with iOS in Skylanders Cloud Patrol. Rather than the story-driven adventures of the console, PC, and 3DS versions of Skylanders, Cloud Patrol…

Watch Lollipop Chainsaw’s Blood-Splattered Cheerleader Clean Up

Cosplayer extraordinaire Jessica Nigri garnered the most votes to become the real-life version of Juliet, the ass-kicking heroine of horror action game Lollipop Chainsaw. That victory comes with responsibilities, like posing at parties during promotional events and making commercials. In the faux TV spot, Nigri goes from filthy to feisty thanks to imaginary detergent Zom-Be-Gone.…

Thursday Watch This, Play This

Watch! Launching friends off helicopters in GTA IV is just as hilarious as that sounds. Watch! This guy is insanely good at Scramble with Friends. Play! Fahey takes a look at Skylanders on the iPhone. Watch! This is how Juliet gets the zombie blood off of her in Lollipop Chainsaw.

Watch This, Play This Begins Now

Stuff to play, stuff to see, here comes Watch This, Play This. Confused? Read this

There Will Be No New Mass Effect 3 Endings, Just An Extended One

The free downloadable extension to Mass Effect 3 will beef up the game’s current ending, but it will not include ending or change what happened in the current one, the game’s creators said today. That information comes from a new post on the official blog of Mass Effect studio BioWare: Are there going to be…

Double Dragon Is Coming Back To Game Systems This Summer

Developer Wayforward (A Boy and His Blob) will revitalize the old-school brawler with Double Dragon: Neon, to be released digitally on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this summer. You’ll also be able to play it at PAX East this weekend.

Playing Tetris Clones Might Be Good For Your Eyes

Parents worldwide may keep chiding their children for sitting too close to the TV while playing video games, claiming it’ll ruin their vision. But researchers in the UK have figured out a way that bringing the screen closer to the kids can actually treat a common eye condition. Lazy eye (amblyopia) is fairly common in…

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Xenoblade Chronicles: The Kotaku Review

Xenoblade Chronicles taught me an important lesson: Never trust the Internet. You see, for the past few months, everybody everywhere on the web has been hyping the hell out of Monolith Soft’s new Wii role-playing game, which publisher Nintendo will release in the United States this Friday (though it’s been out in Europe for almost…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Welcome, wanderers, 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, game where you solve mysteries? Knock yourselves out! Welp, folks, it looks like the Kicking Guy…

Gods & Kings Join Civilization This June

Civilization V: Gods & Kings will be out for PC on June 19, publisher 2K Games said today. The upcoming expansion pack will bring religion and espionage back to the strategy series. [2K Games]

Skyrim 1.5 Patch Live for Xbox 360, Due Later Today for PS3

The patch Bethesda’s hit RPG that PS3 players have been waiting for—y’know, the one that should get the game working the way it’s supposed to—will be coming later today, according a tweet by VP of PR and Marketing Pete Hines. You’ll also get those upgraded kill cams and a slew of other features in the…

This Week’s Nintendo Download is Every Bit as Exciting as Free Mass Effect 3 DLC

Just because we pre-empted this week’s Nintendo Download for some special Mass Effect 3 news doesn’t make it any less exciting and important. Does Mass Effect 3 have music from The Shins? Not unless it’s a very special episode of Mass Effect 3. Does it have an exclusive interview with Epic Mickey creator Warren Spector?…

Free Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut DLC To Give “More Closure” This Summer

The extra content generated in response to fan outcry over Mass Effect 3‘s controversial ending will be out this summer, according to a press release issued by EA this morning. Players of the sci-fi threequel will be able to experience additional cinematics and epilogue cutscenes that add further clarity to the ending of Mass Effect…

Wow, This is How You do Awesome Box Art

Ah, Tiny & Big. One of the most promising PC indie games on the horizon continues to show others how its done, this time with its box art. The game’s getting a retail release in Germany, and will look a million bucks on the shelf with this comic-infused masterpiece tarting up the cardboard. You can…

Theatrhythm and Kingdom Hearts 3D Hitting North America in July

Square Enix has announced that its two hybrid franchise extenders—music/RPG and Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy and Disney-centric action/RPG Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance—will both be summer releases. The two 3DS games come to retail in July, with Theatrhythm available on July 3rd and Kingdom Hearts 3D on July 31st.

Dubai Turns into Hell on Earth in This Spec Ops: The Line Trailer

Mass lynchings. Vultures feasting on unburied soldiers. Lots and lots of sand where it should not be. Things look way past effed up in the new story trailer for 2K Games’ military drama. Watch and you’ll see Captain Martin Walker lead his squad through a modern-day paradise destroyed by natural catastrophe and a moral breakdown.…

Gabe Newell Just Made My Little Pony Fans Extremely Happy

Let’s get this out of the way first thing in the morning, before the rest of the herd tramples down Kotaku‘s tips email. During an interview with Geek a Week‘s Len Peralta, Valve head honcho and 854th richest man on the planet Gabe Newell admits that he is, as suspected, a fan of My Little…