China Wants To Make It Easier For People To Publish Games

Publishing games in China has always been an interesting dark art, but now the Chinese government wants to regulate it in the hopes that it might make things simpler. Published in the People’s Daily, the communist party of China’s mouth piece, the General Administration of Press Publication, Film, Radio and Television has come out with…

I Watched Ten Game Developers Get Demolished by an MMA Champ

In nine years of covering video games and the people who play them, I have seen some egregious displays of machismo, but it’s never gotten to the stage where men have literally ripped their shirts off and wrestled each other to the ground. On Friday, though, I witnessed game developers from EVE Online studio CCP…

Track: Anxiety Reducer | Album: Gigantoid | Artist: Fu Manchu Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to – and gaming to – at the moment.

Shaq-Fu 2 Is Happening

The original was a game that even Electronic Arts admits was an “abomination”. This game’s crowdfunding campaign was, let’s be honest, a little weird. But whatever! A second Shaq-Fu game looks like it’s actually happening. The project passed its funding goal earlier today, developers Big Deez confirming that work is underway on both consoles and…

Why Indies Should Complain Less About Clones

I think most people are worrying way too much about most clones. The only clones that should be considered a big problem are direct rips that add nothing and are clearly only intended as a moneygrab. Most infamous clones are not of this type and indie developers should complain less and instead spend that time…

Soccer With Guns. Oh, Video Games.

Did you think sports games would be safe from the industry-wide insistence on turning everything into a first person shooter? I hope not. Yes, Supraball might add guns to soccer, and that might sound like an awful idea—but hey, it genuinely looks like it could be fun, judging from this trailer. From the game’s website:…

If Famous Books Were Actually About Pokémon

What do the people in the world of Pokémon actually read, you think? My guess is that they’d read the same things we do, only their versions of classic books have Pokémon in them. The reason I’m giving this any thought at all is because yesterday, Nintendo tweeted out stuff with the hashtag #pokemonbooktitles: Naturally,…