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Ready for Some Football? On the PS4, Not Really …
David Halberstam was killed in a car wreck the day I bought my Xbox 360. I don’t mean to trivialize the death of a great writer—October 1964 is one of my favorite books, in any subject—but it’s God’s honest truth that his death is the only reason I remember anything about the day. The rest…
By Owen Good Published February 24, 2013 -
What If Sony Hired Leonard Nimoy to Pitch the PlayStation 4—in 1981?
Hats off to IGN for making the past into a prologue with this PlayStation 4 hype video demake starring a pornstached Leonard Nimoy from 30 years ago. My God, I think the last time I heard that opening synthesizer anthem was in a Raycom highlight show before Maryland and Duke played in the 1984 ACC…
By Owen Good Published February 24, 2013 -
Cops Say Dad, Visiting Badly Burned Son, Stole Three Game Consoles From a Hospital
A five-year-old boy playing with a cigarette lighter set his shirt on fire and went to the hospital with serious burns on Wednesday. Cops allege that his father went to the hospital’s family waiting room, and consoled himself with a Wii, PlayStation and Xbox raided from a supply cabinet. Pittsburgh police say that Jim Skursky…
By Owen Good Published February 24, 2013 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Hands Down
Before you climb all over Bungie’s boy band for doing nothing and still looking ridiculous at the PS4 event, I want you to understand how damn hard it is get on stage and do nothing with your hands and not look ridiculous. This is why people still use handheld microphones or speak at lecterns they…
By Owen Good Published February 24, 2013 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Diggin’ in the Desert: The Winners
There are two types of people in this world, my friend: Those who start video game companies, and those who dig. Nolan Bushnell is both. A staged shot of Atari’s founder in the Dubai desert launched last week’s ‘Shop Contest. Though perennial all-star Sciteach got two entries in this week, he’s not the overall winner—uscg_pa…
By Owen Good Published February 23, 2013 -
Oh, look, Aquaman can win a fight after all. Oh, it’s against Cyborg … does that really count?
By Owen Good Published February 23, 2013 -
Captivate, Capcom’s huge annual showcase of upcoming games going back to 2008, won’t be held this year.
By Owen Good Published February 23, 2013 -
War Never Changes—It Just Gets Modded
The modern fighting force must be highly adaptable to enemies capable of asymmetrically modifying the theater of combat at any time. No general in history has ever said that, it’s just some official-sounding jargon-laced bullshit I thought up to explain why Pac-Man, Skyrim and Team Fortress 2 all fit together in this video by AndrewMFilms.…
By Owen Good Published February 23, 2013 -
Less Than Two Weeks Before Release, MLB 2K13 Gets a Trailer
Last month I cast doubt on the idea that MLB 2K13 would be noticeably different from MLB 2K12. This trailer from 2K Sports, released Thursday, shows me that I am wrong. MLB 2K13 will have the Houston Astros realigned to the American League, and they’ll be wearing their new uniforms. So if you are a…
By Owen Good Published February 23, 2013 -
Ubisoft Wants ‘to Improve Our Relationship’ with PC Gamers
Ubisoft’s name has been mud with PC gamers for a good long while. Ending always-on requirement to play games and other DRM restrictions helped it somewhat, but it is still widely perceived as a publisher most interested in Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 titles—and for good reason, as Rayman Legends fans might say. So the…
By Owen Good Published February 23, 2013 -
This is Boba Fett, one of the tables in Zen’s Star Wars Pinball series, which starts rolling out on Tuesday.
By Owen Good Published February 23, 2013 -
Judging by the .gifs, Microsoft’s Console Announcement Should Be Right Around the Corner
Scuttlebutt has it that Microsoft is eyeballing an April date to reveal its next console, in an event similar to what Sony held for the PS4 on Wednesday. While this is very, very thinly sourced, we’ve heard the same murmuring, and a domain registration by the company that handles Microsoft’s E3 keynotes has drawn a…
By Owen Good Published February 23, 2013 -
The Best Of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. Just remember, Mario was the first. The above image is courtesy of The Coolsumist. I’m officially on vacation for about a week and a half! Woo! I’ll see you guys on the other end of next week. Now let’s…
By Tina Amini Published February 23, 2013 -
First Game Of Thrones’ Season 3 Trailer Hits: Dragons, Wildlings & Flaming Swords
God it just looks so so so good. Just when you think you can’t get any more excited for the show to return from its too-long season break, you realise the budgets keep getting bigger and the drama keeps getting, well… if you don’t know what’s coming this season, look out.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 23, 2013 -
These Pranksters Make Smashing Gallons Of Milk Look Fun
The video by theCHAIZYchannel is nearly a week old, but boy did the jerk-like antics give me a laugh—so it seemed perfect for the daily off-topic thread here at Kotaku The prank works best when they don’t even try to make the fall believable. Also, when the granny tries to help the guy out. Priceless.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 22, 2013 -
There’s A Sly Inside Joke On The Cover Of Fire Emblem: Awakening
I’m not sure how many times I’ve seen the cover of the recent 3DS strategy game Fire Emblem: Awakening. Dozens, at least. And yet I never noticed that there’s a great little inside-joke hidden in plain sight. Fortunately, Bill Mudron caught it. If you look at the cover, you’ll notice that only one character’s face…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 22, 2013 -
This Sunday’s Episode Of Girls Presents An Existential Video-Game Dilemma
What do you do when you’re writing about the aimless, lost generation? You make a connection to video games, that’s what. Though to Girls‘ credit—the edgy HBO show created by Lena Dunham—the topic of video games comes up because someone’s clearly not sane. The connection to video games isn’t made because the character is aimless,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 22, 2013 -
He Took Refuge In Skyrim After His Sister’s Death. Bethesda Reached Out And Sent Him This.
Video games can be wonderful when you need someplace to decompress, when you need to tune the world out. That’s exactly what Redditor lb-Cyber needed during a tough spot in his life. “On February 21st, 2012, my sister passed away after a nine-year battle with cancer,” lb-Cyber wrote in a Reddit thread. Dealing with the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 22, 2013 -
Can the Razer Gaming Tablet Handle Crysis 3? See For Yourself.
The Razer Edge is a gaming PC stuffed into a tablet, but how much of a gaming PC? Enough to play Crysis 3, which seems like plenty. This video, shared via Razer’s official Twitter, shows “the intern” playing Crysis 3 with his handlebars. His handlebars. His handlebars. He can play Crysis 3 with his handlebars.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 22, 2013