There’s a Musical Surprise In Skylanders: Swap Force

I was not expecting this at all. Don’t click if you don’t want to spoil it. As if aintricately lovely score by Lorne Balfe — the man behind the music for the first two Skylanders games, Assassin’s Creed III and Beyond: Two Souls — wasn’t enough, Vicarious Visions audio designer Matt Pirog put together this…

That was probably a bad idea. These silly GTA V mansions. Although there are several solutions for this, lifting it out with a cargo helicopter and not dropping it into the pool would be the funniest. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art that…

Japan Gets Anti-Radiation Swimwear and Underwear

Radiation is serious—especially in Japan. With the country still dealing with a nuclear disaster, people need to protect themselves. Osaka-based swimwear company Yamamoto Corporation unveiled anti-radiation work wear in the form of a wetsuit made from rubberized kneaded carbon. It can stop nearly 100 percent of harmful beta rays. Beta particles can change the structure…

Tetsuya Nomura Explains the Look of Kingdom Hearts III

It’s going to be a while before Kingdom Hearts III is completed, and a new video gave us a sneak peek. KHIII designer Tetsuya Nomura also recently provided more details about the game’s visual flair, expressing his desire for the game to look oh so Disney. As previously stated, Kingdom Hearts 3 will have a…

How To Access Your Vita’s Battery

Thanks to hackers, the words “portable console” and “removable battery” used to spell “nightmare” for Sony. The battery of the PSP famously offered hackers an easy back door into the console that until then required hard-to-find exploits in games. It’s no wonder the PSP Go was a closed system. So what about its younger brother,…

The Kickstarter for Mutant Football League didn’t meet its goal, hitting US$141,821 out of the $750,000 it hoped to raise. The team is regrouping.

Imagine Playing Video Games on This 270-Degree Movie Screen

In South Korea, a new type of movie screen is being rolled out. Make that, screens The tech is called “ScreenX,” and it gives a panoramic 270-degree view by also projecting on the cinema’s walls. This is different from panoramic projection developed in the U.S., which uses curved screens. AFP reports that in the next…

How Japanese Gamers Felt After Touching the PS4 and Xbox One

The PS4 and Xbox One won’t be out in Japan until next year, but many attendees to last month’s Tokyo Game Show got to try out the upcoming consoles and voice their opinions. Here’s what they thought. This week, Weekly Famitsu published the results from its TGS 2013 poll. One of the questions were on…

GTA V‘s Trevor Sure Likes Forklifting Some Weird Things

My new favorite Tumblr find of this week? Why, it’s “Trevor Lifting Stuff.” On it, Trevor lifts all kinds of stuff. Like a stepladder, for instance. The Tumblr is actually titled “Trevor soulève des trucs” in French, but it depicts the international language of lifting. Trevor lifts up a garden table. A cow. A mailbox.…

Blade Runner Gives Up, Goes 100% Noir

Blade Runner’s already pretty damn noir, from the colour palette to the pacing. So a trailer pitching the movie as an actual 1940’s black and white drama just makes sense, ok? Creator Chet Desmond says that it’s not meant to be an actual re-imagining of the classic flick. “As many have pointed out, Blade Runner…

Already, An Awesome Titanfall Action Figure (From Japan!)

Respawn’s big Xbox One exclusive Titanfall is destined to have a line of official action figures. Those mechs, they’re great. Until they actually arrive, though, fans are making do with their own stuff, like this incredible custom piece from Japanese builder nammkkyys. Note that this isn’t a modification of some existing model kit. He built…

A Robot Hasn’t Made It Until It’s On The Front Cover Of A Magazine

Yong Yi Lee is a concept artist from Singapore who works in the games business. Shame those magazines aren’t real. I’d subscribe in a heartbeat. You can see more of his work at Lee’s personal site and CGHub page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you…

Soldier Awarded Medal Of Honor, And You Can Now See What He Did

Retired US Army Capt. William Swenson was awarded the Medal of Honor yesterday for his conduct during a firefight in Afghanistan in 2009. What makes Swenson’s actions even more remarkable than the fact he’s now only the sixth living recipient of the medal is the way cameras captured part of the action that earned him…

Hey Miley Cyrus, Lay Off The Damn Sandwiches

Sometimes, a video comes along that’s just…perfect. Heavy Cyrus Wrecking Ball – SFM [HazzaHardie] … … … … OK, now’s the gif

Mirror’s Edge Felt Real, And That’s What Made It So Special

I could write about Mirror’s Edge all day. About how much I love it, how important it’s been to this generation of gaming. I could talk about its visual design, which remains as fresh and iconic today as it did back in 2009. I could take about Magnus “Solar Fields” Birgersson’s wonderful score. Instead, though,…

Computer Becomes Cockroach Mass Grave + Nightmare Fuel

Apologies if you were about to eat. Or open a computer. Or touch a computer. Or go to sleep. Ever Reddit user mistermustard posted these shots yesterday, saying “I don’t think I’m going to fix computers anymore”. Fair enough, man. Fair enough. I don’t think I’m going to fix computers anymore. [Reddit]

Giovanni, The Team Rocket Boss, Is Pokémon’s Best Villian

I’ll be honest: even though I’ve played through most of the Pokémon games, I don’t really remember most of the villains I’ve faced over the years…with one exception, Giovanni. TheJWittz here dives into the Team Rocket boss and shows us exactly why he’s so memorable—aside from giving us one of the best twists in all…

Track: The Zookeeper’s Boy | Album: And The Glass Handed Kites | Artist: Mew Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

They Look Like Toy Cars, But They’re The “Future Of Consumer Robotics”

This looks like something you’d find in the Hot Wheels aisle at Walmart, but it’s much more than that. It’s a character from Anki Drive, an iOS-powered tech toy coming to Apple Stores and Apple.com on October 23. Its creators call it “the future of consumer electronics.” If anyone would recognize the future of consumer…