Want A New SOCOM Game? Here’s The Next Best Thing

As the SOCOM series slowly went off the rails, careening further and further away from what made the early games so good, fans were left with nowhere else to go. As anyone who liked early Rainbow Six or SWAT games will tell you, when it comes to tactical shooters, they just don’t make ’em like…

BioShock Infinite’s Elizabeth? Passive? Not In This, She’s A Maniac

Having spent the majority of BioShock Infinite hiding behind walls or throwing things at you, you’d be forgiven for thinking Elizabeth was the peaceful type, only driven to acts of violence when absolutely necessary. Nope. Once she opens up a tear and winds up in 21st-century Liberty City, all bets are off. She’s a lunatic.…

Here’s A PS4 Game Trailer, In Case You Can’t Wait For E3

PC shooter Blacklight: Retribution is coming to the PS4. It was released in 2012 and ran on Unreal Engine 3, which may explain why the only way you could tell this was footage from a PS4 game is because I just told you it was from a PS4 game. On the bright side, Blacklight: Retribution…

Who Needs Nintendo? Fans Make Their Own Mario Bros. Game

Back in 2011, I wrote about a project called Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii, in which a group of fans were making their own sequel/expansion for the Wii platformer. Well, unlike most fan-created mods, these guys actually finished the job, and the game is now available for download. Newer adds 128 new levels, has new…

New Just Dance Game Leaks, Has…Ghostbusters In It

A new Just Dance game, called Just Dance 2014, has leaked ahead of an expected announcement by Ubisoft at their E3 press conference. A listing for the game has appeared on Xbox.com, containing screenshots and some brief information on the title, which has given up sequel numbering in favour of a sports game-like annual schedule.…

From THQ To Bigger And Better Things

Gerhard Mozsi is an Australian concept artist who got his start working for THQ’s local studio, before moving onto companies like Acony Games and Koch Media (who recently made headlines for buying Saints Row). The last few years, however, Mozsi has been playing to a slightly bigger audience, shifting gears to work on movies like…

Why So Serious, Amazing Cosplayers?

If there is another certainty in life beyond the accepted death and taxes, it is that by the time I get around to doing one of these cosplay roundups on a Sunday night, somebody somewhere has dressed up as Zelda/Connor Kenway/Chun-Li. All three old favourites are featured this week, albeit with fresh new cosplayers in…

Easily The Biggest Damn Assassin You’ve Ever Seen

Ubisoft traditionally has first dibs on the expansive “flank” of the LA convention centre, something which continued this year with the most ridiculously over-sized Assassin’s Creed poster you will ever see. The pros of such a spot? Well, as you can see, it’s huge. The cons? That Battlefield 4 banner you see in the background…

Game Of Thrones’ [SPOILER] Wedding, Now In LEGO Form

It loses a certain punch, I grant you, but it also picks up a certain charm. Most of it just from [Redacted’s] grinning face. Uncensored image follows, but be warned, in case you missed the subtle hint, spoilers follow. Red Wedding [diegoboy, via Brothers Brick]

Video Games, You Just Got Served By A Zombie Flick

Since what feels like the dawn of time, it’s been customary for the entire side of the Figueroa hotel – just down the street from the LA Convention Centre – to be draped in the livery of a big upcoming video game. Skyrim, Max Payne 3 and Final Fantasy XIII are just some of the…

This is What E3 Looks Like Right Now

The Kotaku crew has just recently landed in LA, ready for a barrage of news to hit us in our collective faces. But before the press and exhibitors and everyone else comes piling onto the convention center show floor on Tuesday, we wanted to give you a quick tour of what E3 looks like this…

Forza 5 Trailer Has Those Next-Gen Sports Cars, Jesus Rays

Here’s the problem with these next-gen consoles, and driving games in particular: as good as this Forza 5 trailer looks, just how much better does it look than Forza 4?

There is Xbox One…Marketing At E3

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Watch Dogs’ Expensive E3 Trailer Leaks Early

No doubt Ubisoft would have preferred you watch this within the context of the company’s big E3 press conference. Ah well. You may as well watch it here instead, right now. Not sure where this leaked from – there are multiple copies floating around, some like this with English subtitles, other in Cyrillic – but…

Here’s The First Poster For The Next Hobbit Movie

You probably shouldn’t go in there, Bilbo. I mean, I know you do, but still. You probably shouldn’t.

This Might Be The Best Nintendo Thing At E3 This Week

With their new console already out, and with the company deciding against holding a big E3 press conference, there’s seemingly little for Nintendo fans to get really excited about at this year’s show. But hey, who knows. If there’s one company able to conjure a megaton moment out of nothing at E3, it’s Nintendo. And…

My E3 hotel room key is brought to me by Thief. Very reassuring. I’m sure all my valuables are safe.

Here’s What Call of Duty: Ghosts Will Look Like on a Next-Gen Console

If you missed the “all-access event” for Call of Duty: Ghosts from earlier today, here is the gameplay footage from two campaign levels shown—”Into the Deep” and “No Man’s Land” featuring Riley Call of Duty Dog. Developer Infinity Ward said the sequences above were taken from the next-generation console version of Ghosts (you can tell…

Sports at E3: A Viewer’s Guide

Covering E3 always felt like going to a midlevel bowl game for me. It’s a salad of over-produced photo opportunities with big props, costumed actors and nonplussed celebrities, and when you do get one-on-one time with the real players, they’re on heavy guard to say nothing but the right things before the big game. Every…

Either Hip-Hop Gamer’s an official greeter at Los Angeles International Airport, or he was waiting patiently for Kotaku to touch down there today, as he was the first guy the gang saw after getting off the flight. Here, editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo models HHG’s state-of-the-art, platform-agnostic pants holder-upper.