Some Stuff You May Not Know About The Masters Of PC Gaming

Whether through its dominance of PC retail via Steam or its own classic franchises like Half-Life and Left 4 Dead, Valve is the king of hardcore PC gaming. Here’s some stuff you may not know about your PC’s overlords. In a new interview with Forbes, Valve boss Gabe Newell spills the beans on a number…

Why Hollywood is Fighting A Video Game Lawsuit

The long-running attempts by former college football players to earn a share of EA’s revenues from the NCAA series won’t just affect video games and “amateur” athletics. It could hit music, TV, movies and comic books, too. The legal battle, which was originally between former NCAA players and the games publisher, has grown over the…

PS3 Hacker Tells Sony How He Really Feels

Remember when George Hotz, aka “GeoHot”, appeared on television? He sounded so intelligent and well-composed, and Sony’s lawsuit just seemed unwarranted. Now, Hotz doesn’t nearly sound as well-composed, but rather NSFW and petulant. Well, at least he’s got flow and rhymes. George Hotz, along with the failoverflow team, cracked the PS3 open. He is currently…

Portal Guns Beat Chocolates This Valentine’s Day

Or, they do in this clip for Valve’s upcoming first-person puzzler, anyway.

The Japanese Mafia Wants You To Learn English

Crime saga Yakuza 3 takes players to the belly of the beast, giving them a chance to view the underworld up close and personal. But more than hostesses and mahjong was cut from the game, including an English speaking class. The English conversational industry is, according to Tokyo Vice writer Jake Adelstein, “one of the…

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The Best, Oddest And Video Gamiest Play Things Of Toy Fair 2011

Kotaku spent the weekend at Toy Fair 2011 in New York City to check out the newest toys around. From Transformers to Play-Doh to…Tetris the Card Game, we’ll be showcasing the toys that gamers will love or just find downright weird. This is what we saw… Tetris Tetris The Card Game? And that’s not even…

Mega Man, Duke Nukem, Sonic, Gears of War 3, Twisted Metal And More… The Last Big Toy Fair 2011 Gallery

So. Many. Video. Game. Toys. At. Toy. Fair. 2011. How ’bout we put a bunch of ’em in a gallery, huh? Sound good? This is Mega Man from D-Arts. NECA’s Duke Nukem Forever statue figure, set for April release. NECA’s Claptrap (from Borderlands), scheduled for May. NECA’s Gears of War 3 NECA’s Gears of War…

Mario Checkers, Mario RC Cars, Mario Memory Game??

By the time I saw some Mario and Luigi Halloween costumes at Toy Fair in New York City today, I was done taking pictures of Mario merchandise. There’s a lot of Mario stuff being made by a battalion of the world’s toy-makers. Perhaps you’ve seen some of it. Around many corners at Toy Fair there…

The Joker Debuts Atop A Stack of DC Universe Online Statues

DC Comics’s sculpture division makes a lot of statues, some of them of video games characters, some of them of super-heroes, and these that were at New York City’s Toy Fair this weekend of their super-heroes as video game characters. All are from DC Universe Online, the massively multiplayer online game released for PC and…

The Halo Mega Bloks Are More Impressive This Year

Last year, I went to Toy Fair and saw some Halo Mega Bloks. They were pretty cool. This year’s are better. This line, which I shot at Toy Fair 2011, is slated for release throughout the year. (In case you weren’t familiar with the brand, Mega Bloks are like Legos. I’m sure they get that…

Two Upcoming Non-Video Game Versions Of Tetris, Demoed For You

There were Tetris games at Toy Fair 2011 in New York City, but they weren’t video games. First, this is Tetris the Card Game from Fundex. It’s out this month. The other Tetris game at Toy Fair 2011 was Tetris Link, from Techno Source. It’s kind of like Connect Four. I played it, and am…

Hopefully No One Is Complaining About The New Final Fantasy Statues

We report so many sad stories about Final Fantasy these days, that’s it is bizarre to post some possible good news. The news is just a batch of pictures, though. Please admire the newest Final Fantasy statues from Square-Enix. The first three pictures here show a new line of statues that feature the summons from…

This Is An Official Plants Vs Zombies Board Game

The Plants Vs. Zombies board game is real. This is a prototype, essentially the rough draft of the game that the people at Screenlife are planning on making. I spotted it at Toy Fair 2011 where it was so new it wasn’t even in Screenlife’s printed brochure. It’ll be a 2-4 player game, with 80…

The Pokémon Captured At Toy Fair 2011

I found the Pokémon booth at Toy Fair 2011, and in the booth I found Pokémon DS cases, Pokémon card tins, a Pokémon movie, Pokémon toys… Pokémon, Pokémon, Pokémon. I also found some lovely Pokésymmetry. The main push is for Pokémon Black & White, the paired DS games that come out in the U.S. in…

The Newest World of Warcraft Statues Include An Amazing Headless Horseman

Take a look at the next World of Warcraft statues from DC Direct. These are from the forthcoming Series Eight. Also, check out the premiere headless horsemen.

Xperia Play’s Specs Break Down Battery Life, In-Box Freebies and More

You’ve read the news and seen the videos, now it’s time to dive deep into all of the specs for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, like that it can game for 5 1/2 hours on a single charge and its resolution. The device will come in black or white, and work on a surprisingly large…

Mario Bros. As A Cheesy Adult Film

A plumber. Laying pipe. A lady in a pink dress, and oh, those mushrooms. Super Mario Bros. is not a dirty movie, but if it were, it’d probably look something like this, complete with obligatory Dr. Mario gag. This is the latest parody from YouTuber DrCoolSex, whose previous parodies include Super Mario Bros: Jersey Shore…

These Video Games Are Now Art

For the next week, the CRG Gallery in Chelsea, New York, will play host to an artist who slips video games like Civilization and Street Fighter into his work. By “employing the visual language of engravings writ in the modern medium of ballpoint pen”, as the exhibition’s press release tells us, artist Butt Johnson “generates…

The Xperia Play in Action

The Xperia Play, confirmed today by Sony Ericcson, finally gets some videos that show us what gameplay will look and feel like on the Playstation Phone. Also, they won’t give you nightmares… so that’s a plus. Xperia Play gaming Xperia Play gaming 2 Aaron Duke, product manager for Xperia Play, explains the new device. Jonas…