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Video Games Most People Won’t Ask For This Holiday Season, But That You Should Give Them

If you are giving a video game gift later this year, there’s a chance you’ll be wrapping up a copy of Call of Duty or Nintendo’s NES Classic. You may be dutifully satisfying a request for Overwatch or doling out for PlayStation VR. This is what people will ask for. Maybe you’d like to toss…

This morning, a jury in Fort Worth, Texas found defendant Anthony Clark guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The FBI had accused him of working with a group of hackers to steal FIFA coins from EA. He’ll be sentenced in February.

A Closer Look At Battlefield 1‘s Historical Accuracy

Fans curious about the history behind Battlefield 1’s stories are in for a treat. YouTube channel Games of History released a longform video essay discussing the game in full. They talk about the truth and lies found throughout the game’s exciting campaign. Griffiths is pretty quick to take the game to task for various historical…

Inside The Taboo World Of Teen Pregnancy In The Sims

Normally, teens can’t WooHoo or get pregnant in The Sims. To “fix” that, some players use mods that allow teen sim romance. Surprisingly, these mods are popular with real teen girls who roleplay fictional pregnancies, ultrasounds and all, on social media for hundreds of thousands of people. ForeignSimmer, a YouTuber with an ongoing series about…

Watch Dogs 2 Marriage Proposal Takes A Tragic Turn

Non player characters can lead pretty dramatic lives. One couple from Watch Dogs 2 manages to go from being the happiest people ever to raging fisticuffs in record time. Brandon C captured the moment on YouTube. A young man proposes to his lover in a very picturesque scene. It’s so heartwarming that protagonist Marcus just…

Thanks For The Shoutout, Dishonored 2

As Ubisoft did for Watch Dogs 2, the developers at Arkane snuck a little Kotaku-themed Easter Egg into the second Dishonored game. We got a kick out of this one. This screenshot is, of course, a reference to the now-iconic email that Arkane creative director Raphael Colantonio sent out to staff after we broke the news…

New Google Experiment Tries To Guess What Your Crappy Drawings Are

The idea behind Google Experiments’ Quick, Draw! is to teach a neural network to recognize everyday objects based on the rushed scribbles of flawed humans. If it can figure out what I’m drawing, it can do anything. Quick, Draw! players are tasked with sketching out six different objects per game using mouse to touchscreen. The…

Players Who Pirated Pokémon Sun and Moon Say Nintendo Is Banning Them [UPDATE]

Given the amount of information that’s floating around, seemingly the entire internet downloaded Pokémon Sun and Moon before release. Well, it seems that the ban hammer is finally coming down on those pirates. Earlier this month, links containing files for Pokémon Sun and Moon started circulating the web. Not only did these files allow full…

Nintendo Is Doing A Zelda Escape Room

If you’ve ever had the urge to hug a Goron or explore a real-life version of the Water Temple, you may be in luck—Nintendo announced today plans to do a series of escape rooms centering on The Legend of Zelda, as part of a limited tour that will be traveling across the United States this…

Katamari Damacy Statues Are The Start Of Something Big

There’s nothing like a fresh katamari. First 4 Figures is kicking off a new line of Katamari Damacy statues the same way most Katamari Damacy games begin. Just a prince, his ball and endless growth potential. Remember when Katamari Damacy was something new and wonderful, filled with strange music and quirky goodness? Before they turned…

One of the greatest PC strategy games of all time is now available on the iPad. Looks like a fairly straightforward port, too.

Violets Are Blue, Roses Are Red

Brings a tear to the eye.

Civilization VI City Has Over Two Billion People

Used to be that if you got a population of over 20 you had a big city in Civilization. That was until Civ VI came along and changed everything. One of the new game’s features is that many of the districts you can build will share their benefits with neighbouring cities. This allows for some…

Sims 4 Babies Will No Longer Get Stuck, And Other Great Patch Notes

The Sims had a new patch today and it’s a treat to read about. Take a walk with me as we explore some of the most fun patch notes in video games. We have fixed the issue of babies getting stuck in apartments; stuck babies will be unstuck, and babies will hereby no longer get…

Indie Games’ Most Cryptic Mystery Apparently Just A Frog Fractions Teaser

One of the most cryptic, arcane mysteries in indie games has led its investigators to videos of the Frog Fractions developer tasting soups. Frog Fractions is an “edutainment” Flash game with an upcoming sequel that, many now think, the years-long mystery is teasing. For a year, a collective called the Game Detectives has been unraveling…

Hatsune Miku’s Biggest Rhythm Game Comes West In January

With more than 200 songs and over 300 costumes to collect, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Future Tone is so big Sega had to split it into two rhythm games, and both are coming to North America and European PS4 on January 10. It’s the largest collection of music from Japan’s virtual Diva to grace consoles,…

Newly Free EVE Online Aims To Prevent Exploits and Harassment

Today’s a big day for the ever-churning vat of intergalactic intrigue that is EVE Online. It just went free-to-play, which means a big influx of players to disrupt the universe’s precarious balance of power. I spoke with the game’s executive producer, Andie Nordgren, about how corporations are already using that to jostle for power, potential…

The Moment That Makes Morrowind A Masterpiece

Skyrim: Special Edition is a mess. It’sfull of glitches, and even if the base game offers interesting stories, the remaster misses the mark. The Elder Scrolls can do much better. In fact, it already has. Let’s take a look at the series at its best. Let’s talk about Morrowind People often praise Morrowind for intricate…

Watch Dogs 2 Will Patch Out ‘Particularly Explicit’ Genitalia [UPDATE]

Watch Dogs 2 is all about grit, but players didn’t expect to see realistic male and female genitalia on NPCs. That’s right—flaccid, full-detail, unabashed genitalia. In a video game. Woah. You can look, but you can’t repost—at least using the PlayStation Network. A player who uploaded explicit screenshots of Watch Dogs 2 genitalia using PlayStation’s built-in…

Overwatch‘s Big Sombra Update Is Now Live

Professional advocate for every shade of purple (and also hacker) Sombra is now available to play on Overwatch’s live servers. Update 1.5 is now live on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. In addition to Sombra, it adds a slew of new modes as part of a new Arcade feature, a new map, Ecopoint: Antarctica, to…