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Some Of The World’s Best Cartoons Are Hidden Inside Video Games

Quantic Dream, the studio behind Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls, are about as polarising as a developer gets. Some people hate their games. Some people love them! I’d like to think there’s one aspect of their output we can all get behind, though: the way they include some of the world’s best animation shorts…

Beyond‘s Ghostly Companion Is Quite The Real-World Prankster

It was only a matter of time before the lovable punks at Mega 64 took on Beyond: Two Souls for some real-world mockery. And lo, they have done so, and it’s pretty funny. Guess what: people don’t appreciate it when a dude with a camera goes around knocking crap over.

Kanye West Makes Wind Waker HD Infinitely Better

Boy howdy, the ability to take selfies in Wind Waker HD is the gift that keeps on giving, isn’t it? Just being able to take selfies in of itself is amazing in this game, provided the right commentary, sure. Nevermind when you add hip hop to the selfie mix—yes, we technically already knew how great…

Even Sony Thinks An $1850 PS4 Is “Bad For Gamers”

Video game pricing in South America has been outrageous for years, but it’s taken a recent backlash against the Brazilian PS4 to convince Sony to weigh into the matter publicly. And their statement is a surprising one. Instead of providing some vague justification for the exorbitant price and hoping we all just get on with…

The Final Fantasy VII Victory Music Sounds Incredible As A Cappella

A cappella master Smooth McGroove has made a name for himself by re-creating vocal versions of classic game music. His stuff is usually very good, but this week he’s outdone himself, tackling my favorite video-game victory music and utterly owning it. A while back, I wrote an article about choosing the perfect JRPG victory music…

GTA Girl Shows Too Much Skin (Fixed)

“GTA Girl”—as in, the girl you see on the disc of Grand Theft Auto V—sports typical beach attire. A bikini. Problem is, that get-up might show a bit more skin than some are comfortable with… Welp. Problem solved!

LOST Meets Bond In A One-of-a-Kind iPhone Mystery Game

Play a lot of smartphone games, and it’s easy to fall into a rut. This game’s like Angry Birds, that game’s like Jetpack Joyride, these games are like a combination of the two. Sometimes it can feel like there’s nothing new under your thumbs. Then you’ll play something like Device 6, and remember just how…

New Graphic Novel Re-Invents Superman as Clueless 12-Year-Old Kid

Think about it: a Superman-style superhero built for today. The whole savior-from-the-sky bit is crucial but everything else about the character would have to be almost completely different, no? More vulnerable. Less omniscient. More fashionable. Yet, for him to act with all that outsize brashness and altruism, he couldn’t be an adult. He’d have to…

He Forged Assassin’s Creed‘s Wristblade, Then Stabbed Stuff With It

FINALLY. Long have I waited for Man At Arms to make the iconic hidden wristblade from Assassin’s Creed, better known as one of the raddest weapons in video game history. Now he has, and he has not disappointed. At AWE me, master weaponsmith Tony Swatton has crafted the iconic spring-loaded wristblade from the Assassin’s Creed…

How The Xbox One And PlayStation 4 Are Changing Multiplayer Games

What does being a next-gen game or hardware mean, exactly? While the answer is kind of murky—in some ways, the coming generation doesn’t feel like a huge departure from our current generation of hardware—one of the places we can see concrete changes is when it comes to multiplayer games. So let’s talk a little bit…

Beyond: Two Souls Works Well As A 4.5-Hour Ellen Page Movie

The Ellen Page-starring movie/game hybrid Beyond: Two Souls was often as much fun to watch as it was to play. And now, thanks to Gamebillstudio, you can go ahead and watch the whole thing, even if you don’t own a PS3. They’ve distilled the essence of the game’s story into a two-part, 4.5-hour movie. The…

She’s The First Woman To Set An Arcade Game Record In Nearly 30 Years

On Saturday, September 19 at the Galloping Ghost Arcade in Chicago, Illinois, 30-year-old Caitlin Oliver set the new world record for the arcade version of Namco’s classic beat-em up, Splatterhouse. According to video game historian Patrick Scott Patterson, the last time a woman set an arcade game world record, Caitlin was around one-year-old. The old…

Online Passes Treated Every Customer Like a Shoplifter

Every time I bring home a new video game I have this ritual: I take a fish boning knife and slide it under a fold in the shrinkwrap, then twist. Then I try to remove all of the cellophane in one piece, like it’s the world’s biggest peel-and-eat shrimp. If it’s an Xbox 360 game,…

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Developer Apologises To TotalBiscuit, Everyone After YouTube Stunt

Following a public backlash over their attempts to remove a video critical of their game, the developers of Day One: Garry’s Incident have issued a public apology to, well, pretty much everyone. In a statement sent to Kotaku, Wild Games CEO Stephane Woods says: We sent TotalBiscuit a Steam key on September 26th, giving him…

The Current Status Of Cube World, And Why Fans Are Worried About It

It’s been a while since we’ve written about Cube World,the amazing-looking voxel-based RPG with a focus on exploration. Thing is, it’s been kind of mum over the last few months—causing many a fan to worry. Really worry. Click on expand on this screenshot to get a taste of how some fans of the game feel—it’s…

Source: The Next Aliens Game Stars Ellen Ripley’s Daughter

The next video game in the world of Aliens will star the daughter of superstar space officer Ellen Ripley, according to a Kotaku source. The game is called Alien: Isolation, and we hear it will be on both current- and next-gen consoles next year. Isolation is developed by the British studio Creative Assembly (Total War);…

Think Pokémon X & Y Are Too Easy? Try This.

As much as I enjoyed Pokemon X & Y,even I will admit that the games are kind of on the easy side. If a lack of challenge is a thing that bothers you, good news, chief. There are things you can do to keep things interesting in Pokemon X & Y. Let’s start with a…

Last Days To Save On Arkham Origins, PS3 GTAV Bundle, Cheap HDMI Cords

Only a few days remain until the next Arkham hits shelves, which mean only a few days remain for you to take advantage of all the pre-order discounts we’ve been posting. Reserve your copy on Amazon and get $10 credit, or for PC gamers, pre-order from Green Man Gaming to get the game for $37.50.…

Eldritch Is A First-Person Roguelike Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft

Sure, you’ve played roguelikes before, but it’s a bit different when you mix in the Old Ones of H.P. Lovecraft’s writing. Eldritch takes you into that world and keeps you there with solid, fun gameplay. Eldritch is available now on the developer’s website, and is coming soon to out now on Steam. Check out the…