11-Year-Old Kid Gets Grand Theft Auto V, Freaks The Hell Out

I have two immediate reactions to this video. 1) Really? REALLY? 2) What are these parents thinking? Apparently a store in France started surreptitiously selling copies of Rockstar’s highly-anticipated blockbuster a few days early. And apparently parents need to pay more attention to rating labels. Kids who can’t even look at Grand Theft Auto V‘s…

A Cartoon Show Full of Video Game References

What if instead of playing through fetch quests, time travel missions, and volcanic mountain ascents, you could just watch them? Guess what? Bravest Warriors is the non-interactive video game you never knew you wanted. Premiering on Frederator Studios’ Cartoon Hangover channel in November 2012, Bravest Warriors takes the old school gaming nods from Adventure Time…

This Game Stars A Potato (And Looks Pretty Great)

Kickstarter has been a real boon for retro gaming recently, hasn’t it? First General Chaos, then River City Ransom: Underground, and now a retro-inspired platformer that was kickstarted almost a year ago releases. It’s a regular wellspring of nostalgia. You may not remember playing as a potato, though, which is O.K. because you probably haven’t…

Looks Like Pokémon Announcements Are Blasting Off Again

The Pokémon Company has teased us with even more news about something Pokémon-related. The official Pokémon Twitter account tweeted around noon today: “Heads up, Trainers! We’ve got a surprise for you! Tune in Monday at 8 a.m. PDT for a special announcement!” With exciting news like Pokémon Bank and scads of other details about Pokémon…

Zelda Versus Jason Links To A Different Past

Who knew that the mastermind behind Jason was some blonde kid in a cave? Well, better hide your teenagers, Hyrulians, because this is one ReDead that doesn’t stay that way. The Legend of Camp Crystal Lake [Reddit]

This Week in the Business: Dealing With Change

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “If you’re not scared, then you didn’t push yourself enough.” – Jordan Weisman of Harebrained Schemes, talking about their new Kickstarter for tabletop/video game hybrid Golem Arcana QUOTE | “We wanted everything that we did to be just crazy. We wanted…

Why World War I Usually Gets the Shaft in Gaming (Until Now)

In the last thirty years, there have been (by my count) 59 games, mods, or betas featuring a setting from World War I, otherwise called The Great War. World War II, otherwise called the Second World War, boasts something like 257 of the same. Ubisoft Montpellier announced last week that it would be doing its…

Watch Lightning Cosplay As Other Final Fantasy Characters

Not since Final Fantasy X-2 have there been this many wardrobe changes in one Final Fantasy game. And Lightning has taken the opportunity to show her fandom for the series that preceded her in the latest trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. It looks like she loves Final Fantasy VII almost as much as…

Shield Your Eyes: Stallone and De Niro Brawl in Video Game Mo-Cap Suits

I’ve seen De Niro beat up meat-heads in all kinds of suits, most of them tailored, some of them even pressed. His newest combat garb is… less flattering. As older actors are wont to do, Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro are teaming up to make a movie about keeping in the fight despite their…

The Hot Toys Event in Japan Was a Geekgasm of Iron Man

I’ve made no secret for my love of the Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece line of collectible figurines in the past. So, when I discovered that they were having an exhibition event in Tokyo, I immediately set about finding some way to go. Well, it turned out that while the exhibition itself would be from Saturday,…

Fable: Legends Is Sounding Like An Xbox One MMO

In an interview on Games Industry International posted yesterday, Lionhead studio head John Needham outlined the developer’s big-picture plans for Fable: Legends, its upcoming Xbox One exclusive title. According to Needham: “This is the next big Fable game that is going to be out for five to ten years so it needs to be big,…

World’s Largest Star Wars Collection Includes a Working Cantina

Rancho Obi-Wan, a Star Wars museum in Northern California, holds 300,000 unique Star Wars-related pieces, earning it the Guinness World Record for the “Largest Collection of Star Wars Memorabilia.” Steve Sansweet, former LucasFilm employee and curator of Rancho Obi-Wan, says that when Star Wars came out, he was “hooked from the very beginning.” His passion…

First Images from Need for Speed Movie Forgot Cars, Yo

Disney released the first stills from the upcoming Need for Speed movie to remind audiences that it will, as promised, have actors; actors like Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad and Scott Mescudi (Kid Cudi). I can’t help but feel like there’s something missing, though. Something like cars. If you saw EA’s E3 2013 press conference,…

The Best of Kotaku, The Week of September 9

By the time you read this I’ll be on an ATV somewhere driving through the woods. So while you have that image in your mind, feel free to peruse Kotaku Selects for our best coverage over this week. And prepare for full on Grand Theft Auto V coverage assault from Stephen and crew next week.…

Hey Kotaku, I’m Your Weekend Editor

Top o’ the weekend to you, Kotaku! I’m Dan Crabtree, and I’ll be filling in for Owen for the next two days as your weekend editor. While I may not be able to promise you that Half Life 3 will ever be announced, I can promise that I’ll dish up a healthy helping of gaming…

Justin Bieber Posted A Batman Vs Superman Script. Trolling…Right?

As our lovely reader Nerdgazm pointed out to us, pop star Justin Bieber Instagrammed something most unsettling today: a script that suggests he may be auditioning for the role of Robin in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Batman vs Superman movie. …yeah. While I have no strong feelings about this, I imagine that if that’s a real…

In Case You Needed A Reminder: The Human Body Is Amazing

Here’s someone that will probably make some of us feel bad about our own workouts: a calisthenics bodyweight expert called Frank Medrano. He’s pretty good at showing us some of the awesome things the human body is capable of. It’s kind of absurd, the things he can do—as Chris put it to me, the dude…

The Clown Prince Of Crime Is Positively Petrifying In Plastic

I don’t know what’s worse. Having this Sideshow Collectibles Sixth-Scale Joker figure standing on my desk, or knowing he’s on a shelf or in a closet in his box, biding his time, chuckling under his breath. Give me the Batman: The Animated Series Joker any day. At least I know my demise will be quick…

Teamwork: It’s the key to fighting monsters. Of course, “teamwork” online usually means yelling “Oh shit!” at one another over and over. But the guys in this video (via PC Gamer) demonstrating Phosphor Studios’ in-development PC MMO Nether are much more communicative. For more about Nether check out this interview at Gamespot

Next-gen is almost here: via Microsoft’s Major Nelson, here’s the first Xbox One console to come off the assembly line. Just two months until we get our hands on both next-gen systems.