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Tomb Raider: Definitive, New Humble Bundle, LIVE Gold [Deals]
Amazon’s gold box deal is Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition for $20 off. In gameplay terms, it was among the best of the major releases last year, with a single-player campaign that, if anything, was too long, and tons of collectibles for those that sort of thing appeals to. The next-gen port treatment is a great…
By Shane Roberts Published February 18, 2014 -
A Game That Lets You Swing Trash At Your Friends
Deathmatch comes in all shapes and sizes, but some of the most satisfying modes are the ones you don’t expect. Particle Mace knows this, and lets you swing lo-fi garbage at your friends. At Indiecade East, a yearly conference for indie game developers in New York, I interviewed designer Andy Wallace about his game Particle…
By Chris Person Published February 18, 2014 -
BioShock Studio Irrational Games Is Shutting Down
Irrational Games, the studio that makes BioShock, is shutting down. BioShock creator Ken Levine said today that he plans to move on to smaller, narrative-heavy games that will be released digitally. Levine, who ran Irrational, announced the news on the Irrational Games website today, noting that he’ll be starting “a smaller, more entrepreneurial endeavor at…
By Jason Schreier Published February 18, 2014 -
Ice-T Doesn’t Actually Hate D&D
After his comments about recording a D&D audiobook, you may be under the impression that Ice-T thinks the venerable role-playing universe is whack. Nah, that’d be dead wrong. In fact, the rap legend says “that s**t sounds dope to me.” The hip-hop icon has another episode of his Final Level podcast coming up and he…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 18, 2014 -
Relativity Puts You In An MC Escher Drawing
How do you design a building when gravity can change at any time? Willy Chyr is figuring that out with his first game, Relativity. Think about it as if GLaDOS gave you control over gravity instead of portals (minus the evil AI narrative). Somehow, Willy he decided that his first project should be a game…
By Steve Marinconz Published February 18, 2014 -
Miyamoto: The Year of Luigi Will End On March 18
Remember when we thought the Year of Luigi was over? We were wrong. Shigeru Miyamoto has just declared that it is still, in fact, the Year of Luigi, up until March 18, when we will enter the next Year, whatever that may be. The Year of Luigi began on February 14, 2013, and it will…
By Jason Schreier Published February 18, 2014 -
Street Fighter‘s Ryu Has No Idea What He’s Saying
Now that he’s finished harassing the X-Men, Pete Holmes takes his one-man battle against fictional characters to the streets. What does the Ryu say? Fans of Capcom’s storied fighting franchise will no doubt have used Google — as I just did — to figure out that Ryu is saying something along the lines of “Tatsumaki…
By Mike Fahey Published February 18, 2014 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Your Love Of Old Games Is Ruining Your Experience With New Ones • Retro Games Versus Modern Games • Thoughts On Titanfall On PC TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By Tina Amini Published February 18, 2014 -
Cliff Bleszinski: ‘I’ll Never Make Another Disc-Based Game’
Interesting words from the man who designed Gears of War: “The whole ‘old guard,’ where you get a Game Informer cover and an E3 reveal, is dead… I’ll never make another disc-based game for the rest of my career, and [at E3] they’re trying to woo buyers from Target and Walmart?” At this point it’s…
By Jason Schreier Published February 18, 2014 -
Three Pokémon: Latias, Latios and Kyogre, as modern aircrafts? That makes the Kalos Region Air Force a truly legendary one. DeviantART artist Dekus‘ piece is odd, but it’s totally awesome. And something like this would be a great mod in any flight sim out there. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing…
By Gergo Vas Published February 18, 2014 -
Sony announced this morning in an official release that they’ve sold more than 5.3 million PS4 units worldwide as of February 8, 2014. That’s quite impressive if you consider it’s still not out yet in Japan for four days and only three months have passed since it’s November launch. Hopefully these numbers mean more games…
By Gergo Vas Published February 18, 2014 -
A Hardcore Military Flight Sim That’ll Run On A Laptop
Modern flight simulators – not the recreational kind, the actual kind used to train pilots – are enormous, expensive things. They’re impressive, sure, but their cost and size mean they can’t exactly be used every day. Which is why a company has been given money by the US Air Force to develop something a little…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2014 -
Skyrim Weddings Are The Best Weddings
Reader Sam Balcomb and his wife Kimi celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary this month. Congrats guys! To celebrate, Sam whipped up this awesome Skyrim panorama in honour of their big day. Hope those kids aren’t allergic to dragon meat, because they look hungry.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2014 -
Nice View. Shame About The Neighbours.
Simon Robert is a freelance concept artist who has recently worked on the Game of Thrones TV series, Killzone (pictured above) and Ryse. You can see more of Simon’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper),…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2014 -
When A Modder Tries To Make His Own Game
Nick Thomadis, aka Darthmod, used to be one of the most celebrated modders in PC gaming. That was, until he walked away to go and make his own game. From scratch. For some people, modding is just a hobby. A way to tinker with their favourite games. For others, though, it’s a pathway to a…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2014 -
Valve Denies It’s Going Through Your Browser History
A user on Reddit has posted a decompiled module that claims Valve’s anti-cheat service, VAC, is quietly going through your browser history and sending results back to its servers. Something Valve boss Gabe Newell has made a public statement to deny. It’s technical stuff, but the gist of the original claim is that VAC is…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 17, 2014 -
A Few Surprising Ways That Pokémon and Science Influenced Each Other
While the creatures in Pokémon aren’t real, that doesn’t mean they’re not based on real things or scientific concepts. Heck, there are even scientific concepts named after things in Pokémon, amusingly enough. DYKGaming walks us through a bunch of fascinating facts about Pokémon and science in this video and if nothing else, it’s harder not…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 17, 2014 -
Seven Secrets About Using Facebook You Might Not Know
Maybe you know that you have an “other” inbox in your Facebook messages tab. But did you know that you can make your own avatar into an emoji in Facebook chat? The folks over at BuzzFeed have compiled a few cool facts about Facebook which is worth a watch—maybe you’ll learn something new. Now excuse…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 17, 2014
