A Game That Might Actually Make Karaoke Fun For Everyone

Karaoke is fun for some. For many, though, even with booze involved, it tends to be an exercise in fear and awkwardness. So hopefully this new card game can help. Karaokards is actually two games in one. Here’s the pitch: So when you support Karaokards you’re getting two different games: Karaokards Classic to play during…

Army Robot Fires Machine-Gun, Internet Watches In Horror

Military games that feature robotic combat drones are normally labelled as “futuristic”, or “near future”. Might need to change that to “contemporary” real soon. This video shows demonstrations by a number of companies, who were recently presenting their combat robots in front of the US military. Yes, that is a robot firing an MG-240 machine…

Somebody Is Actually Combining X-Wing And Homeworld

It’s a dream combination, I know, so it’s weird it’s taken this long to do it. But hey, Enemy Starfighter is just that: a space combat game with the art style (and some ship design influence) from the Homeworld series. It’s due for Windows, Mac and Linux, and along with space combat also promises some…

Something Else Cool About The Xbox One’s New Achievements

Remember, the Xbox One’s new achievement display does more than just look fresher. It also lets multiple people earn separate achievements from within the same game, even logged onto the same console, and display that as its own colour-coded pop-up. Here’s an example, taken from around the 11:15 mark in this video You’ll notice at…

Yes, Even NFL Players Can Be Pokémon Nerds

Looks like Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin Jr. got himself a steal. Teammate and All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman knows the score. [thanks Kevin!]

Boo Berry: The Snacktaku Monster Cereals Review Spooktacular

The sudden chill as you turn into the cereal aisle; the soft, lilting voice at the periphery of hearing, musing on breakfasts long ago; the ephemeral taste of berry-like flavor on the tip of your tongue — all these are Boo Berry, the Monster Cereal forever trapped between this world and the next. I must…

The Space May Be Dead, But It’s Still Pretty. The latest from Dead End Thrills: Grandiose shots of Dead Space 3.

Dadliest Voices: check out this new footage of Octodad: Dadliest catch, one of the silliest titles coming to the PS4 (and PC later this year). Now it has voice-acting! But also/more importantly: lots of hijinks.

It’s A Good Time To Play (Or Replay) Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Today, Square Enix released a newly updated version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution called the Director’s Cut. It makes a good number of improvements and additions to an already great game. To this day, I regularly have fun monkeying around in Deus Ex. The more I push it, the more I find weird and surprising…

Get your clicking fingers ready: registration for PAX East 2014 starts tomorrow afternoon. It’s safe to say that tickets will be sold out within the first few hours, so keep an eye out!

Track: Reflektor | Album: Reflektor | Artist: Arcade Fire Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to—and gaming to—at the moment.

I Can’t Believe Valve Messed With The ‘Bongs’ In Dota 2

Outrage after outrage, man. First Valve practically destroysCounter-Strike: Global Offensive by daring to mess with the most integral part of the experience, the chickens. Now they’re at it again with Dota 2—the latest patch messes with the bongs. Or well. They’re technically not bongs. Players just call them bongs. The point is, there used to…

GTA V Is Actually About Loneliness

Look, Franklin, you really need to sort your life out. Taking your dog for a nice, serene walk is all well and good. But randomly murdering some poor innocents outside of Taco Bomb is just wrong. You’re letting your “friends” get the better of you. But it’s not your fault. It was all preordained. Wish…

Spotted In The Wild: The PS4’s Dualshock 4 controller, all boxed up and ready to go. (Photo snapped by Sargon Aodisho, h/t Dualshockers/NeoGAF.)

Save On Gone Home, Vita Memory Cards, And All Your Pre-Orders

I was just chatting with Chris Person about Game of the Year contenders, and Gone Home was certainly a part of the conversation. If you haven’t played it yet, you’re missing out, and it’s $10 today on the official site. [Gone Home] Last Day to vote on your favorite gaming keyboard Tell us what you…