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Evan’s Top Ten Games of 2013

A DLC add-on. A trippy mobile psychodrama. A triumphant rebirth. A chilling sci-fi future. A giant arcade cabinet that lives in New York City. This is what I’ll remember most about my video game experiences in 2013. Some of what I loved this year told great stories, tapped into my own ancestral history or messed…

If This is a Practice Mode for NBA Live 14, Better Late Than Never

This weekend NBA Live 14 rolled out a patch, but cautioned it was more of a building-block update, designed mostly to help future patches improve the game more conspicuously. The team also dropped this tutorial video, which is notable because it appears to show a new practice mode. The lack of a practice mode may…

Pokémon, Looking All Evil

You can lose yourself easily in Pixiv artist 猫鴉‘s gallery, where every single Pokémon got touched by evil, and became really unique and serious. Truly impressive stuff. Reminds me of cool concept art of visually stunning Japanese video games. Here’s some of the best of his work, but you can find more at his Pixiv…

He’s Got The Largest Video Game Collection In The World

With more than 11,000 titles spanning the width and breadth of gaming history, Michael Thomasson is the holder of Guinness World Record for the largest video game collection. That’s love. Or obsession. Maybe both. We tend to shy away from the “awards” published in the Gamers’ Edition of the Guinness Book of World Records every…

​I Don’t Care What This Video Says, There’s Nothing Wrong With Die Hard

Look, I like Cinema Sins. I enjoy their brand of jovial pedantry, how they pick holes in the movies that we love. But nope. While I appreciate the effort, there is nothing wrong with Die Hard

Just Cause 2 Is Better With 800 Players

It’s always so much fun to play a game like Battlefield with 64 players on a map, but it really can’t compare to 850 players all flying around in their own personal 747s. I grabbed Leo and we ventured back to Panau to see what CHAOS we could stir up.

​Gone Home Being Remade As A Retro JRPG

Gone Home, the Fullbright company’s evocative house-exploration game, is being remade with an old-school JRPG look. Because why not? The demake will be the work of tech-savvy internet individual Seth Macy, whotweeted yesterday that he’s got the approval of the Fullbright Company to continue work on the project. He also shared some screenshots: It all…

​Players Say Rampant Money Hacking Is Ruining GTA Online

Los Santos is supposed to be a criminals’ paradise, a place where the right crew, the right weapons and the right vehicles let you unlock as much money as you can earn. But a plague of hacking is clogging GTA Online‘s in-game economy with billions—maybe even trillions—of dirty dollars. Most of GTA Online’s initial launch…

Tomb Raider For $5, Steam Credit, And More Awesome Christmas Eve Deals

Happy Holidays, whatever your holiday may be. 5% off Steam Credit Tomb Raider [Steam] | $5 Bioshock Triple Pack [Steam] | $15 $50 eShop Gift Card for $40 $20 eShop Gift Card for $16 Grand Theft Auto V | $40 Call of Duty: Ghosts | $40 Valve Complete Pack [Steam obviously] | $20 | GMG20-ZB5D1-93X49…

The Best Videos We Made In 2013

Twenty thirteen has been an interesting year for Kotaku. In between our usual efforts of reporting on news, reviewing games and generally trying to provide you with entertaining features, essays, images and everything else we could put onto a screen, we’ve also set out to have more of a video presence on the site. We…

Owen’s Top 8 Games of 2013

This year I turned 40 and, looking back, my gaming habits appear to have aged as well. In 2013, I probably acquired more titles and played fewer of them, overall, than in any other year. My pile of shame is so large it might spontaneously combust. Some of this is because I’m the site’s jock,…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Lots of looking back at 2013 going on in TAY-ville. There’s SpaceGar saying that Killer Is Dead had the best art. Aestevalis runs down the best in anime. FrogFro wants to talk about your favorite music, from either inside games or not. And Pink Zapper…

It’s Snowing In Los Santos (Tomorrow)

A beautiful sight, we’re shooting each other in the face tonight, walking through Grand Theft Auto Online‘s magical holiday snowfall. I’m sorry. I probably could have resisted if I’d tried harder. Let’s just unwrap Rockstar’s Christmas gifts. (Update: Rockstar says the snow is tomorrow only.) Gifts like special limited-time, holiday themed items available in GTA…

High Fives In DayZ? Not Even Once.

These 40 seconds represent the very essence of the open world survival horror game DayZ. DayZ is a tough game, and YouTuber 1TimeGames was lucky enough not to get shot. But this is just hilarious. One big disappointing high-five. DayZ – Tried to high-five a guy coming out of Grishino [YouTube] To contact the author…

“I think Valve is single-handedly keeping PC gaming going. If Valve went away suddenly, it would affect the entire culture… They’ve grown a cult around PC gaming, which is really cool.” Kerbal Space Program lead developer Felipe Falanghe, talking to PC Gamer about the role Steam had in KSP’s rise to popularity.

6,000 Video Game Deaths, Visualized as a Christmas Tree

‘Tis the season to die horribly in the snow while not wearing any pants. The developer of The Legend of Equip Pants, a quirky retro-styled episodic adventure game, just released their latest holiday-themed episode, titled Panta Claus. Mind you, this is the first episode to ever feature player death in the game. The map itself…

Reset, the rather good-looking indie sci-fi adventure game, has been funded overnight on IndieGoGo with only hours to go. Close one! Although its Director’s Cut stretch goal wasn’t reached, this means that Reset should be launching on PC around this time next year.

Help A Blizzard Dev Beat Cancer

Ron Nakada, a senior software engineer at Blizzard who has worked on World of Warcraft, got married earlier this year. He’s also been diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. Thanks to the wonders of the American medical and insurance system, Ron’s short-term disability insurance, which had been covering his treatment costs, has recently run out.…

Battlefield 4 Looks Awful Pretty From A Safe Distance

LEVOLUTION (groan) isn’t just the name of one of 2013’s dumbest marketing terms, it’s the name of this very pretty video showing that not everything in Battlefield 4 is dirt, explosions and shaky-cam. Seen from on high, these panoramic shots of Battlefield 4 matches show that there is beauty even in the multiplayer online shooter.…

Japanese Robot World’s Best (At Saving Lives, Looking Cute)

The DARPA Robotics Challenge was held the other day in Miami, pitting some of the world’s most advanced humanoid robots against each other to see which was the most lethal best suited to handling emergency situations. The idea is that there are plenty of scenarios in which human life is in danger, but it would…