Adorable BioShock Proposal Asks “Would You Kindly Marry Me?”

Three and a half years ago, Stevie Kopas bought an uneccesary second copy of BioShock from GameStop as an excuse to talk to the guy behind the counter. This weekend that guy gave her a third copy, but what was inside was much better than a video game. “Did you see the new game?” asked…

Watch The 2014 Pokémon World Championship Finals Right Here

This is it, the final day of the Pokémon World Championships, where the top trading card and video game competitors are gonna show the world they were born to be winners — born to be champions. How can you not watch? The day kicks off with the Trading Card Game Masters top 4, followed by…

‘The World’s Worst Grand Theft Auto V Stunt Montage’

Their words, not ours. Yeah, yep, those were… pretty bad. But then, in a world where pretty much every possible amazing GTA V stunt has already been done, I suppose this is all that’s left. It’s a solid gag, even if it goes on approximately a hundred years too long. Watch and chuckle. Or perhaps…

The Tomorrow Children: Beautiful. Confusing… Controversial?

Q-Games’ The Tomorrow Children is a lucid dream of community, crafting, monsters and ‘Marxist parody’. A world where inhabitants work for the good of a communal town. And if that means bribing others to make your vote more equal than others? So be it. [This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK.] After years of the…

Fans Want A Robin Williams Tribute In The Next Zelda, Nintendo Responds

The late Robin Williams was so smitten with The Legend of Zelda he famously named his daughter after the title character. Shades ofWorld of Warcraft, fans have banded together viaChange.orgpetition to ask Nintendo to honor the actor and comedian in the next game in the series, and Nintendo has responded. The petition, now with more…

Our sister site Kotaku UK is on the ground at the 2014 World Championships. Check out their photos from the event, the rudest Pikachu ever, and keep watching for more from the biggest Pokemon battle of the year.

Star Citizen Teases Racing, First-Person Shooting

Every time I think Chris Roberts’ gorgeous crowdfunded space sim couldn’t possibly get any better, the folks at Roberts Space Industries release teaser videos for things like spaceship racing and first-person shooter modules. Most exciting for me is the upcoming racing module for Star Citizen, which adds what looks like planet-based competitive racing to the…

The Best Mega Pokémon In Action

We’ve firmly established that Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire‘s Mega Slobro is the best Mega Pokémon possible. Now we’ve got video proof. He’s shooting fire, spitting water and spinning like a top, all whilst being eaten by his own carnivorous shell. And, unlike his official artwork, he’s smiling while doing it. Mega Slobro is…

This Week In The Business: The Feeding Frenzy Is Over

QUOTE | “All that [Xbox vs. PS4] feeding frenzy last year was interesting, but I think, and I hope, that it has run its course now.” – SCEE head Jim Ryan, talking about how strong sales of consoles make innovation easier Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Steam…

Pokémon Trading Card Game Coming To iPad

Yes, the one from your childhood. The Pokemon Trading Card Game has been playable online for a while now, but on iPad? That’s just diabolical. And yet, that’s exactly what’s happening. An official iPad version of the Pokemon TCG has made an appearance at the Pokemon World Championships in Washington DC. It first surfaced in…

People Have Already Made Some Really Weird Sims 4 Characters

The Sims 4‘s Create-A-Sim demo is now freely available to everyone (with Origin), and here’s a little known secret about all people: they are completely bonkers. Want proof? Look at the bizarre Sims they dreamed up. OK, let’s start at the semi-normal (yet undeniably impressive) end of the spectrum to get ourselves warmed up. To…