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Watch Us Play the New Tomb Raider. Right Now. [UPDATE: stream over]

Ever wanted to see how Kotaku plays games? Well, now you can. We’ve set up a special channel on Twitch, where we plan to stream games for your amusement. We decided to start with Tomb Raider. Because it’s out today. So let’s listen to Kotaku editor Chris Person show you around the game. Enjoy!

Daenerys Demands To Know Who ‘Wins’ The Game Of Thrones, Doesn’t Unleash Dragons On George R.R. Martin

You don’t mess with Daenerys Targaryen when she wants something. And she wants to know who the heck wins the Game of Thrones. Or well, Emilia Clarke, the actor behind Daenerys, wants to know. According to Metro News, she’s so adamant about learning who wins the game of thrones, she’s begged George R.R. Martin to…

This year’s PAX East schedule is up! Are you going?

Ah, So This Is What It Takes To Paint Lara Croft

Check out the handiwork of Josh Summana, the guy behind this very cool time lapse of a Tomb Raider digital painting. Naturally, he includes the grime and the cuts Lara suffers in her newest game. Gotta show us that grit. It’s difficult to watch paintings like this one and not feel awed by how much…

I Sold My Video Games To Pay For My Wedding, And Said Goodbye To Part Of Myself

Stacks of games sit around my living room, as I organize photographs from my phone. I log onto Ebay and check prices. I list a few games. I sell one almost immediately. That one doesn’t surprise me. Tales of Symphonia. It’s one of the rarer in my collection, and I had expected to make quite…

Six Seconds Is Enough to Convince Me This is the Best Fishing Game Ever

From Vlambeer, creators of Super Crate Box—well heck, that opening bit alone is convincing enough, but look at the video anyway. Ridiculous Fishing hits iOS on March 14.

Return To The Crazy World Of Monday Night Combat With Outland Games

In Monday Night Combat’s future, people watch corporation-sponsored clones kill each other for fun. So it’s probably no surprise that in this world, those same clones are volunteered for the highly dangerous “televised combat running.” Anything in the name of entertaining the masses. Hmm, yeah, I could see an endless runner like Outland Games here…

Iron Man 3 Will Have All of Tony Stark’s Armors. All of Them.

The newest teaser for Marvel Comics’ upcoming action flick shows a bit more of the drama surrounding Tony Stark as his life blows up around him. There’s political tension involving a new President, best friend Rhodey flying around in the Iron Patriot armor from the comics and Mr. Stark himself looking decidedly haunted throughout. Iron…

Playing Video Games Makes Old People Happier, New Study Says

If you are old, you should probably play video games. Really, everyone should play video games. But especially if you’re old. Proof: a new study from the North Carolina State University (as reported by Medical Xpress) that examined 140 people aged 63+ and found that the ones who played video games were generally happier than…

The newly rebooted Tomb Raider is out today. Check out the review to learn about Lara Croft’s harrowing origin story.

Here’s What DmC: Vergil’s Downfall Looks Like in Action

DmC: Vergil’s Downfall is available for download today. If you haven’t read Evan’s review yet, I highly recommend you do. But If you want to see the DLC in action, along with a visual breakdown of a few of the major differences between Vergil and Dante, check out the video above.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Temple Run: Oz

With the release of Disney’s Oz: The Great and Powerful just days away, the house of the mouse teams up with Imangi Studios once more for another very special version of Temple Run Where Temple Run: Brave was a Disney take on the original game, Temple Run: Oz is a Baum-ified version of Temple Run…

Two Thoughts About This Impressive, Final Battlefield 3 Trailer And On Games That Last More Than a Year

1) I sure wish that a game like Battlefield 3 or any other online shooter could be as fun for neophytes like me as it appears in this trailer for the final expansion to Battlefield 3, but I’m sure I’d just die a lot if I tried to hop in and play. 2) There is…

SimCity Fanfic: The College Years

To celebrate today’s release of the newest SimCity, fantasy writer Kaila Hale-Stern cooked up some juicy fanfic. So enjoy her tale of multiplayer planetary population, dorm-room politics, and, well, a set of Sims making their way in their respective worlds. Ben gets back from class in time to see that Nina has built up the…

Rumors of Dead Space‘s Demise Are False, Says Studio and EA

A report earlier this morning, citing unidentified sources, suggested that Electronic Arts had terminated its Dead Space franchise—including work on an unannounced Dead Space 4—in light of poor sales of Dead Space 3. The game’s studio says the rumors are false, and EA itself disputes the portrayal of Dead Space as a troubled brand. “The…

Razer’s League of Legends Collector’s Edition Peripherals Did Not Help Me Win

When they aren’t busy making tablet gaming computers, Razer has been known to toss out the odd gaming peripheral. Today the company assembles a team of official collector’s edition League of Legends peripherals that, despite my hopes, did nothing to improve my in-game performance. A big part of the problem is the League of Legends…

Thief Reboot Coming To PC And Next-Gen Consoles In 2014 [UPDATE]

UPDATE: Game Informer‘s next cover is Thief, a reboot for the series by Eidos Montreal that will be out next year for PC, PS4, and whatever the next Xbox is called. The game is no longer called Thief 4 The April issue of Game Informer has more details on the new stealth game, which looks…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Brings Turtle Power Back to Video Games This Summer

Ready to feel like a teenager again? No? Me neither. But one part of gamers’ youths will coming back in the form of four mutated reptiles who wield deadly martial arts weapons. After a report surfaced yesterday of a new TMNT game, Activision has released info on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows:…

Tomb Raider‘s Film Reboot Will Mirror the New Game, Studio Says

Tomb Raider‘s reboot as a video game seems to have worked out well, so Crystal Dynamics is comfortable talking about their reboot plans for the film, too. Speaking to Variety, Darrell Gallagher said his studio is working with GK Films, producers of “Rango” and “The Departed.” Gallagher’s remarks stress that whatever the next Tomb Raider…

SimCity Launch Plagued by Locked Games, Download Issues and Server Queues

This morning at 12:01 AM Eastern time, my copy of the SimCity digital deluxe version unlocked in EA’s Origin service. For the next 20 minutes I experienced download failures, until finally the game began to come down the pipes. While it updated I napped, and when I woke at 3:30 AM the game was ready…