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Video Games Live Concert Tour Heading to Mexico, South America and China

The ever-popular Video Games Live tour, which features orchestral performances of a super wide range of music from games, has 50 newly announced dates for stops all around the globe, from Europe to Southeast Asia to South America and more. The tour (dates and ticket info here) will include concerts in Mexico City, Dubai, Beijing,…

The revival of R.B.I. Baseball will hit Xbox 360, PS3 and mobile on April 10, says Darren Rovell,despite MLB having not yet revealed any information about the game—no videos, no screenshots, nothing— aside from its title. PC, Xbox One and PS4 versions are also expected.

Star Wars: The Old Republic Players Are Finally Getting What They Want

It appears that player housing is coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic, or so this teaser video for SWTOR‘s SSHP seems to promise. SSHP is likely short for Super Secret Housing Project, which unlike the Super Secret Space Project (which became the Galactic Starfighter expansion) actually was a secret. The reveal was shocking, but…

Several Compelling Reasons To Be A Gamer

We all know that video games are ruining our minds, but perhaps games are at the same time teaching us lessons that can aid us in living our lives. That’s what Ryan Higa gets at in his new video. It’s true, though. Even in those weeks where you neglect all your work and friends and…

These May Be the 10 Worst Game Consoles Ever

Who’s up for a good argument? All of us, probably, and AllTime10s has made a list of what they believe to be the ten worst game consoles ever made that we can fight over on this chill Saturday. One or two of these are so bad I hadn’t heard of them, but most are quite…

Guy Who Rebooted Spider-Man Movies Thought It Was “The Stupidest Idea”

Marc Webb made music videos, and then he made 500 Days of Summer, and then he made The Amazing Spider-Man, a reboot of that feature movie franchise. But when Sony Pictures boss Amy Pascal offered him the Spidey gig, he called it “the stupidest idea I ever heard,” Webb said today at SXSW in Austin.…

Looks Like Titanfall‘s Day One Update On Xbox One is 840mb

Folks who have managed to snag Titanfall early from retailers are saying players who grab Xbox One disc copies of the anticipated online title this week will need to download a relatively manageable 840mb patch before they can play it. To be clear, 840mb is going to take a bit of time to download for…

The Insane Just Cause 2 Multiplayer Will Soon Be Even More Insane

The ridiculous mod that allows folks to play with each other in Just Cause 2‘s map has always been wild, but now the enterprising people behind it are continuing to add features that will expand upon the madness. This 0.1.4 update, which is now in beta, will include earthquakes and wearable hats and heatseeking missiles.…

Three Guys Made Six Games In Six Months And They’re Surprisingly Fun

Retro Game Crunch was a pretty crazy Kickstarter idea: Three developers would take votes on a theme every month and make a game based on the theme. Despite the rushed timeline, the results are quite fun. Rusty Moyher, Shaun Inman, and Matt Grimm teamed up for Ludum Dare to make a game in 72 hours.…

The second episode of this new season of Telltale’s The Walking Dead is now available on iOS devices via an in-app purchase. The ep hit PC, Mac, PS3 and 360 earlier in the week.

Welcome To The Weekend Of Phil On Kotaku

Happy Saturday, everyone. Your usual Kotaku weekend editor, Owen Good, has made his exit from this esteemed site, and I, Phil Owen, am not his replacement. I am merely a temporary caretaker, and hopefully I can assist in helping you, dear reader, survive this weekend. So let us drive off this metaphorical cliff in an…

Next Happy Meal toys are Skylanders

How much stuff goes into a video game? To celebrate Broken Age going on sale on Steam, Double Fine has released an infographic with a collection of stats from the number of textures in the game to the total coffee consumption of the team. via Double Fine

Best of Kotaku, The Week of March 3

So, this was an interesting week! If you want to catch up with some of our best stuff, you know where you can find them all rounded up. Forgive me if Kotaku Selects looks a little light. I was still on vacation for half of this week, ahem Stephen ahem. Have you all seen Her…

Video game-style intros for Memphis vs. Chicago on ESPN.

An Oculus VR game about therapeutic shark-punching: Well, I guess the shark punching is only therapeutic if you need it to be. Here’s a goofy trailer for Shark Punch, a collaboration between Chaotic Moon and game studio Team Chaos. It’s currently only playable at South by Southwest, but maybe one day, we’ll all get to…

Help A Robot Find Love By Fighting Through Colorful Dungeons

Heart&Slash is about a robot finding its place in a harsh world. With swords. And guns. And fists. And interchangeable heads. There’s also love to be found. The first thing you’ll notice about the game is that it’s got a really cool voxel art style mixed with cartoonish graphics. It’s not all about the art…

​Coming Soon (Maybe) to Your Xbox Dashboard: Political Ads

Video games can be great place to escape the drudgery of the real world. No need to think about tax rates, paying utility bills or contractor rates when you’re in a Halo multiplayer match. But the dirtiest competition in the real world—jockeying for elected office—might be landing up on an Xbox near you, if Microsoft…

Pokémon Family Reunions Rarely End Well

You capture a Pokémon, add it to your Pokédex, and never once think of the family the poor creature left behind. Maybe now you’ll think, you heartless bastards. Maybe now you’ll think. Or not. See, this is why I number my Pokémon instead of naming them. By stripping them of their Pokémanity, I never run…