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The Game Faces Of E3 2014

Lots of people were playing video games in the Los Angeles Convention Center last week. Here are some of their faces—not all of which were obscured by virtual reality goggles. Looking good, everyone! So much focus! Ultra Street Fighter IV Co-Op Xbox One Kinect Game Fru The new Gauntlet The old arcade game, Michael Jackson’s…

How To Use Uber To Get A Ride From Optimus Prime

Today in Dallas, June 19 in Phoenix, and June 21 In Los Angeles it’ll be possible to use Uber to request a ride from Optimus Prime: Via Uber You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

What Spintires Is And Why It’s One Of The Top-Selling Games On Steam

Something curious happened over the weekend: a game called ‘Spintires‘ rose through the Steam charts, eventually becoming the top-selling game on Steam for a few days. Right now, as of this writing, it’s number two. One thing lots people, myself included, couldn’t help but asking was: why? What is it about this game that makes…

Peter Dinklage’s Destiny Performance Is…Not Great

We were all pretty excited when Bungie announced that their much-hyped multiplayer shooter Destiny would feature beloved actor Peter Dinklage, best known for his show-stealing portrayal of Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones, in a large voiceover role. For the past week or so, Bungie has been running an early-look alpha of Destiny, which gave…

Modder Finds Files for Better Graphics in Watch Dogs’ PC Version

Remember how stunning Watch Dogs looked when Ubisoft unveiled it two years ago? When the game came out last month, many players said that the visuals for the open-world game didn’t live up to that original teaser. But now an intrepid modder has found hidden files that improve the way the game looks, right there…

Deals: Sunset Overdrive, Halo 5, Shadow of Mordor, Lara Croft, 2DS

Unexpectedly, pre-orders of Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor on the PS3 and 360 are $10 off on Amazon today. We’re not complaining. [Shadow of Mordor] Want to see all our deals, and in one place? Check out Kinja Deals . Speaking of pre-orders, get $10 in Best Buy rewards for pre-ordering Halo 5 today. [Halo…

Screenshot and animation by Marty Seefeldt for a NES-era Black Widow game. Via Twist Street You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

​A Virtual Reality Fan That Really Blows

Kickstarter is an absurd place where dreams often become reality — dreams like USB-controlled fans that you control with your face. Above is the Kickstarter video for the Petal: a usb-controlled fan made to integrate with the Oculus Rift. It is both the most Oculus and Kickstarter-ey thing I have seen in a long time,…

Tomodachi Life Is Putting Me To Sleep (In A Good Way)

“Maybe you don’t know what the nights are like for people who can’t sleep,” the poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote in his Book of Hours I’ve fought with insomnia as long as I can remember. Rilke’s line here has always struck me as the best description I’ve read of the experience. Trying to force myself…

Game Where You’re A Jerk Cat Could Become A Real Thing

Catlateral Damage is already a fun browser game about knocking things off of shelves as a cat, but now it can become a full game, with features like lounging in sunbeams and tripping on catnip. We’ve shown the browser version before, but with the adorable kickstarter video above and the list of planned features, how…

Cover Art For The Next Game From The Creator Of Thomas Was Alone

Mike Bithell, creator of Thomas Was Alone, revealed the cover art for his next game, Volume. The artist is A.J. Hateley: Here is a look at concept art from the game: And here is a look at the game itself: A.J. has more video game-inspired art on sale at Gametee You are now looking at…

The One Thing Nintendo Left Out At E3

It has long been a silly and antiquated tradition for video game fans to pledge allegiances to companies, or to declare that any one of those companies has “won” E3. Yet it’s also inevitable that every single year at the Video Game Extravaganza in Los Angeles, one or two companies will have a stronger show…

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How The Alien In Alien: Isolation Works

The best kind of horror game doesn’t need any guns. It doesn’t need to scare you with difficult enemy encounters and shock value. Sometimes, silence is scarier than all of that. That’s a lot of what Alien: Isolation is about. Creeping through dark hallways of a mostly-abandoned space station called Sevostopol, you have to try…

​Destiny Alpha Gets ‘Dangerous’ Extension

The alpha test phase of Bungie’s ambitious new sci-fi shooter was supposed to end last night, somewhere around 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. It didn’t. That means that, yes, you can still play Destiny right now. That’s a reason to dance, right? In a tweet early Monday morning, the studio that created Halo announced that it…

The Final Boss of Final Fantasy VI In Its Full Glory

8-Bit Artist spent more than 200 hours on this painting, just to prove how insanely huge and incredible Kefka, the final boss of Final Fantasy VI, is. Here’s the full, 9 feet tall acrylic painting with all of its 111,747 pixels. Terra, Locke, Sabin and all the others would be so tiny compared to this…

Rainbow Six Siege Sounds Way Better With Real People

Rainbow Six fans were probably excited when the newest game was revealed at E3, but the players in the video they used sounded so scripted it, it sounded a bit ridiculous. Luckily, someone has posted video from the show floor featuring realistic gameplay. The video above popped up online yesterday, and appears to show a…

Realistic mud physics! Getting stuck is on a completely different—and realistic—level in the off-road truck simulator Spintires, where your biggest enemy is not other huge vehicles, or time, but mud. via Steam Community Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can…

Nevermind Unicron, Angry Birds Transformers Is Coming

Autobirds wage their battles to destroy the evil forces of the Deceptihogs. It’s not bad comedy — Rovio and Hasbro have combined forces to form Angry Birds Transformers. I knew this was coming. The moment Hasbro and Rovio first teamed up for Angry Birds Star Wars 2 with those interactive Telepod toys, I knew it…

The Imaginary Valve E3 Briefing Nobody Wants To See

We all imagined that special Valve event at a future E3 where all the magic happens and we all go home satisfied. OniNeoxes chose a cute, but unorthodox way to show his version of Valve’s presser with Tomodachi Life and Nintendo Miis. But this Tomodachi musical doesn’t have a happy ending. Valve E3 2014 the…