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‘Bong Animation Did Not Sync Properly’ And Other GTA V Patch Notes

Software patch notes usually make for dry reading. Other times, as with The Sims, they’re pure poetry. The patch notes for Grand Theft Auto, like many things in Rockstar’s popular series of open-world mayhem simulators, are pure insanity. I stumbled upon the latest set this morning when looking into Rockstar’s new updates forGTA Online, and…

A Ten Minute Crash Course In Watch Dogs

Watch Dogs finally arrives later this month. To get us all even more excited for the ambitious-sounding open-world title, Ubisoft’s has released this lengthy trailer that sums up almost everything you can do in the game’s gorgeous rendition of a near-future Chicago. Unsurprisingly, a lot of those things involve shooting and driving cars really fast—only…

Rockstar Is Making It Easier To Find GTA’s Craziest Players

“Encouraging civility in online behavior” might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a blockbuster video game franchise that’s best known to the general for introducing multiple generations of children to soliciting and then brutally murdering prostitutes. But leave it up to the Grand Theft Auto masterminds at Rockstar…

PS4 Livestreams Are The Best Kind of Weird

The things people will do in front of a camera never cease to amaze, and people who own PS4s are no exception. People aren’t just broadcasting themselves playing games or having sex on the PS4. Christian McCrea, a man who created a blog that documents stuff he comes across on PS4 livestreams, is finding that…

The more I learn about Mousecraft, the more excited I get. Sony recently wrote a new blog postabout the cute-looking mashup of Lemmings and Tetris that gives some details about the game’s protagonist and token cat scientist named Schrödinger. Get it? The game comes out July 8th for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PC,…

PS4 Shooters Are Getting Pretty Weird

Sony has long had a gaping, Killzone-sized hole in its roster of PlayStation exclusive titles. This has left it shuffling behind arch-rival Microsoft, a company that’s always seemed to have a finger of the dudebro’s pulse when it comes to figuring out what people want from their shooters: Halo, Gears of War, Titanfall. If a…

World’s First Alaskan Native Video Game Looks Like a Lovely Fairy Tale

Alaska is far. And cold. But, there are beautiful stories there. Like many remote places, it’s home to a rich culture that many people might never learn about. How best to tell the world the tales that come from such a place? Make a video game. The first trailer for Never Alone appeared overnight and…

Sony Reverses Plans For Stupid PS4 ‘Upgrade’

Earlier this week, Sony announced that the upcoming PS4 racing game DriveClub would have a very terrible upgrade plan: PlayStation Plus members would be able to get a demo of the game for free, then upgrade for $50—$10 cheaper than retail—but the whole game would disappear as soon as their PS Plus membership expired. Unsurprisingly,…

The PS4 Controller’s Light Bar Won’t Turn Off Because Of Virtual Reality

Are you one of the people that’s been annoyed by the fact that the DualShock 4’s light bar never turns off? Well, Sony has finally clued us in to why the PlayStation 4 developers decided not to allow gamers to conserve battery life and their own sanity by sticking an “off” switch on the thing.…

Originally planned for a 2014 release, free-running zombie apocalypse game Dying Light is now being aimed at a February release next year. A post on the game’s official site says that developer Techland is taking more time to make Dying Light live up to their expectations.

Don’t Starve, an indie game best known for its punishing single player experience, is getting a free multiplayer add-on this summer, developer Klei Entertainment announced today. It’s just called Don’t Starve Together. So far it’s only been confirmed for PC. And while its free for current owners, the extra mode will raise the game’s price…

If anyone can make indie games, then where are the Black and Latino people? Developer Shawn Allen—one of the relative few people of color independently spearheading the creation of their own games—gave a talk at New York University’s Game Center that looks at the dearth of diversity in the video game creator talent pool. Allen’s…

For The First Time Since 1996, There’s No Need For Speed This Year

Think back. Can you remember a year when there wasn’t a Need for Speed game? The long-running racing series has punched in at least once every twelve months. It’s a bit of a surprise, then, that calendar year 2014 will come and go without a Need for Speed entry. Annual releases for the Need for…

The New Vita Is An Improvement, Mostly

There’s a new PlayStation Vita handheld out today. It’s called the Vita Slim, and while for the most part it’s similar to the first model, it does improve on a number of small things. Though there is the issue of that new screen… The Vita is, generally speaking, a good portable gaming device. For more…

Somehow, Outlast Has Become Even More Terrifying

Outlast was one of the best and most disturbing surprises of 2013. Whistleblower, a prequel out this week, is less surprising but no less terrifying. The new chapter offers up a fresh batch of blood-drenched bad guys that will make any horror buff cower in delightful fear. Whistleblower continues developer Red Barrels’ mission to “scare…

Treachery in Beatdown City looks like it could be something special. The indie game from Shawn Alexander Allen is promising a fusion of strategic, tactical combat and side-scrolling brawling. In addition to the intriguing genre mash-up, Allen wants to give players a far more diverse cast of playable characters than most other games. If any…

These Ugly Designs Could Have Been The Playstation Logo

Rejected Playstation logo concepts. Via R/Gaming You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

What do you get when you combine Lemmings and Tetris? Letris? Uh…sure. But the good people over at indie studio Crunching Koalas seem like they have a better idea with this painfully adorable-looking new game MouseCraft. Check out the new trailer above. It comes out July 8th for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PC,…

Your PC Must Be This Beefy to Play Wolfenstein: The New Order

When Nazis take over the world, Xbox 360s all around the weep in agony. Wolfenstein: The New Order will ship with a hefty four discs for Microsoft’s last-gen game console. You’re going to need a decent chunk of space on PC and PlayStation hardware, too. Bethesda’s letting players know the requirements they’ll need to run…

Even Superpowers Can’t Separate Seattle From Its Dark Past

Flames coursing around my arms, I look at the Seattle police officer standing before me. He puts his gun on the sidewalk and raises both hands in the air, shaking his head. I can accept his surrender or not. But I can’t stop thinking about the murder of a Native American woodcarver by anon-duty SPD…