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13 GB Dead Rising 3 Patch Raises Questions About Gaming’s Future

There’s a 13-gigabyte update live for Dead Rising 3 today, and if you think that seems kind of big, well, that’s because it’s kind of big. This is one of the biggest patches in video game history—our previous definition of “big patch” usually clocked in at 500mb or a gigabyte—and it’s designed to both fix…

​What To Do With Prison Architect, A Video Game About Building Prisons?

Is it possible to create a prison management game without trivializing or misrepresenting the issue of mass incarceration? As video games mature and tackle more serious topics, players and developers should be aware of the values embedded in their systems. Prison Architect is an upcoming game by Introversion Software, a British independent company. Dubbing themselves…

Madden‘s Ratings Back Up Richard Sherman’s Trash Talk

Seattle’s Richard Sherman didn’t just swat away San Francisco’s shot at a Super Bowl, he also crapped all over the 49ers’ Michael Crabtree in a postgame interview straight out of Piper’s Pit. Sherman mocked Crabtree’s credentials while boasting of his own. So I wondered: Is there any objective proof for his claims? Why, yes! The…

Battlefield 4 Premium, Steam/PSN/LoL Credit, Banner Saga [Deals]

A nice discount on Battlefield 4 Premium using code 1WDO6K-KWDFJQ-U1E7AI is just the tip of today’s deal iceberg. With all your favorite Logitech peripherals on sale, 10 Tomb Raider games for $22, Trine for a buck, PSN and Steam credit discounted, and a whole lot more, you’ve got your clicking cut out for you. Amazon’s…

Major Glitch Makes Final Fantasy VI Unbeatable On Android

The Android version of Final Fantasy VI isn’t just ugly—it’s got a massive, game-breaking glitch, too. Warning: This post contains spoilers. Yes, this is a 20-year-old game, but hey, we’re trying to be nice. The glitch occurs about halfway through the game, during the fight between Kefka and General Leo in Thamasa. Kefka is supposed…

​Today’s Reason To Feel Good About Being A Gamer

You still get it, don’t you? That sneer on the face of someone who thinks that the hours spent playing video games are a waste of time. Here, show them this. If you’re the kind of person that follows the myriad ways that games can improve your abilities, much of the stuff in this video…

UK Anti-Porn Filters Might Screw Up League of Legends Patches

The strict “anti-porn” filtering taking full effect in the U.K. this month might cause problems for some League of Legends users who haven’t called their ISPs to opt out of the screening. It seems the patcher is trying to access a couple of URLs with the letters S and E followed by X in them,…

The Newest Assassin’s Creed Can Be Tough To Like, But It’s Important

I play all the Assassin’s Creeds and like them quite a lot, but should you play the newest one, Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD? Maybe. Liberation is, in my book, the weakest or second-weakest Assassin’s Creed that you can play on a PC or console. It depends on how you feel about the very first spartan…

Fan Writes 400-Page Blueprint To ‘Fix’ Mass Effect 3

Some Mass Effect fans protested the trilogy’s conclusion with cupcakes; others used Internet petitions. Gerry Pugliese was a little more ambitious. The self-proclaimed “huge Mass Effect fan” wrote a 400-page script that he calls “a fan revision, and blueprint, for fixing Mass Effect 3.” Called Mass Effect 3: Vindication, the script is full of new…

Here’s the latest from Kotaku‘s official reader-written blog, Talk Amongst Yourselves:The Mainstream’s So-Called Respect for Video Games Isn’t All That Great •I Don’t Want Your Help, NES Remix • In Case You Forgot, Witness the Beauty of Old-School Video Game Magazines TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

​DayZ Spurs Mass In-Game Suicide

Dean Hall’s popular zombie survival game is cruel and lonely. But the worst thing for many players is how much you need to run around to find anything useful. It’s enough to make you want to end it all. People playing DayZ kill themselves with the hopes of respawning somewhere with better materials to scavenge.…

Smart Alternative Against Battlefield 4 Helicopters

Stun_gravy and his friends prove stingers don’t need to be in Battlefield 4. The only things you need are a buggy, some C4 planted on its bottom, the mindset of John McClane and patience until an attack helicopter and the perfect moment turn up. Here’s the full video from different perspectives. It must have took…

I’m not sure if it’s the best Adventure Time fan-art I’ve seen, or the best Attack on Titan one, but a crossover like this was not expected. Rodrigo Alexandrino really changed poor Jake into a magical dog. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and…

Our Real-Time Digital Retouching Future Looks Mental

Forget Photoshopping still images, the future looks like it could be retouching moving images in real-time. According to DesignBoom, directors Bálint Nagy and Nándor Lőrincz created what looks like a real-time digital photo manipulation of singer-songwriter Boogie as she performs her new track. However, if you look at the video’s credits, you see listings for…

Mall Burns Down as Employee Plays Video Game

Last October, a shopping mall in south Beijing caught on fire due to an electrical malfunction in a McDonald’s. After a few months of investigation, it now appears the fault of the fire lies in the hands of one lazy mall worker who was too busy playing a game on his tablet computer. The People’s…

The Inevitable Erotic Metal Gear Solid V Figure

We told you not to be surprised! We told you that game designer Hideo Kojima was making MGSV character Quiet all sexy because, um, it’s good for cosplay, or selling figures, or something According to Kojima‘s Twitter, this is the “Play Arts Kai” version of Quiet The figure is still a work-in-progress This doesn’t exactly…

A Celebration Of Video Game Trees. And Bushes. And Grass.

If you’re a lover of niche video game Tumblrs, here’s a fantastic one: Video Game Foliage. “A blog dedicated to the beautiful and weird approximations of plants found in video games.” I came for the shrubbery, but stayed for the mention of Boku no Natsuyasumi, a Japanese series I’ve got a very soft spot for…

A Headset That Could Help Cure Gamer Rage

Visual designer Samuel Matson has an idea on how to rid the world of gamer rage. It’s not through medication, counselling or discipline. It’s through prevention. He’s designed a headset called Immersion, which not only uses biometrics to track a user’s heart rate, but can then adjust what’s going on in a game accordingly. Based…

Retailer Game Reviews Are Still The Best Game Reviews

A few years back, we showedyou the handiwork of some of the staff at Aussie retailer JB Hi-Fi, whose reviews of the games they were selling were refreshingly honest. They’re still at it. While they also review movies and albums, it’s the games we’re interested in here, JB Hi-Fi Reviews [Site, via Kotaku AU]

Hey, Booker, Got A Light?

I wonder if Irrational’s artists had future cosplay potential in mind when they designed the character of Elizabeth. Because whether in her Columbia or Rapture outfits, she’s fast becoming as popular as Final Fantasy and Zelda when it comes to dressing up. Not that we’re complaining. So long as people keep absolutely nailing it like…