Budget Solid State Drive Roundup: The Best SSD for Less Than $100

Computers relying solely on age old hard disk drive technology should be deemed a thing of the past. Mechanical devices suffer from slow response times, so if and when performance matters, spending a small amount of money on upgrading a PC’s boot drive could pay off enough to render other potential upgrades useless. TechSpot’s first…

AverMedia Live Gamer HD: The Kotaku Review

Video capture devices confuse the hell out of me. For years I’ve wanted a hardware solution for PC video capture, perhaps something I could also hook a game console up to, but after a string of ill-informed purchases and a box full of cards that didn’t do what I wanted them to do, I settled…

If You Like Comics Or Trippy Dreams, You’ll Love This Game

Glancing out the window, the boy sees a dragon-like beast—something that seems like it could only exist in the imaginative scribbles of his sketchbook. An ornate, majestic creature with jade eyes, and fins that resemble coral reefs. It’s awe inspiring. And just like that, it’s gone—was it real? The answer, I find out as I…

The Unity Platform Gets Even More Impressive With Version 4.0

Version 4.0 of the Unity platform is available for purchase and download today. This is important, because eventually every game not made with the Unreal Engine will be made with Unity. I am only exaggerating a little bit. Unity is a cross-platform development engine that allows for developers to develop a game on one platform…

Here’s the Best Way to Travel in Halo 4’s Mongoose

Pity the lowly Mongoose. It’s outshadowed by the flying vehicles in Halo 4. And it’s not even the coolest ground transportation in the game, either. This humble ATV is what you use when nothing better is available. But Achievement Hunters found a way to make the Mongoose one of the more exciting travel options in…

Wired explains why the world’s most popular first-person shooter doesn’t have a big pro gaming scene.

It Is Known, Khaleesi: Game of Thrones Returns For Season Three This March

According to the Game of Thrones twitter profile, the third season will premiere on March 31, 2013. There will be swords. A veritable storm of ’em.

The Best Street-Running, Person-Shoving Game On The Market

You may think that the pedestrian-shoving in Assassin’s Creed III is pretty good. And it is, to a point. But as much as you’ll spend that game running down the street shoving people, you won’t do it with nearly as much style as the new iOS game Shove Pro The game’s been on my radar…

In the Intergalactic War Between Apple and Android, There Can Be Only One Victor

The smartphone wars rage across the universe, the warring factions locked in an endless battle to settle once and for all which is better, iPhone or Android. But wait… there is another. From YouTube’s Warialasky, creators of Tetris: The Movie, comes a fairly accurate representation of the current state of the smartphone market, with lasers.

What’s Up With The “New” LucasArts? Plus: More Gaming Secrets.

Editor’s Note: The person known as Superanuation is back again with another haul of gaming secrets. All dug up online, all publicly available if you know where to look. What’s up with LucasArts? Proper Games? And Whore of the Orient, a successor, of sorts, to L.A. Noire? Read on. Disney CEO Bob Iger’s recent comments…

After The Credits Roll In Black Ops II, Terrible Things Happen

Needless to say, there are spoilers in both this video and post. If you don’t want to know what the post-credit shenanigans are all about, feel free to move along. Now that we’re all clear, watch the above video with the most ridiculous post-credit scene I’ve been forced to watch, where two of Black Ops…

ChefVille ‘Thanksgiving Feats’ Quests: Everything You Need to Know

Late last week, we speculated that ChefVille players would soon be greeted with a Thanksgiving event. While our poll confirmed that the majority of players would only want to participate in the event if Mastery Stars were available instead of Ribbons, they are once again the name of the game here. If you’re willing to…

And Now I Need To See A Left 4 Dead 2-Themed Adventure Time Episode

I feel we haven’t hit our weekly quota of Things Tina Likes, so here’s a mash-up image of Adventure Time and Left 4 Dead 2, which, yes, I still play. In between Halo 4 Adventure time meets Left 4 Dead [nissemann123456789 via Insanely Gaming]

Origin Users are Suddenly Getting Hacked a Lot [Update]

Origin users—which means anyone who’s played Battlefield 3 or Mass Effect 3, among other games—should keep a close eye on their accounts. Some users are reporting a wave of hacked and stolen accounts. It appears that a hacker or hackers are managing to log in to Origin accounts and then change the e-mail address and…

Beat Hazard Ultra, the twin-stick shooter powered by your music, is finally on Android

Stevie Wonder’s “Skeletons” Is a Perfect Song for Grand Theft Auto V

The tune you hear in the newest teaser for Grand Theft Auto Vis not one of those Stevie Wonder songs that everyone knows like “My Cherie Amour.” It’s not a song-of-its-moment like “Jungle Fever” either. But “Skeletons” is an ideal match for the newest glimpse of Rockstar’s next big game. Just glance at the lyrics:…

This iPad Game Convinced Me to Be Friends With an Electric Cockroach

I’m not fraidy-scared of bugs. Unlike some childhood friends or past significant others, there’s never been any terrified bolting at the sight of, say, caterpillars or giant moths. I don’t love them either. Instead, I’ve always been fascinated by insect behavior. So I’m kind of glad that Help Volty lets me manipulate bug movements without…

Here’s the Second, All-New Trailer for Grand Theft Auto V

Fans everywhere have absorbed all the tidbits about Grand Theft Auto V ‘s multiple protagonists, its size and cultural aspirations. But none of that is a substitute for seeing the game in action so here’s the latest teaser for Grand Theft Auto V. What are you seeing in this trailer? Share the things that make…

TNNS is an Amazing Game, Right Down to Its iTunes Description

Over the past couple of days I’ve been playing the balls off of TNNS, Action Button Entertainment’s new paddle-ball game for iOS devices. It’s colorful, challenging and infinitely entertaining, and that has nothing to do with the involvement of frequent Kotaku contributor Tim Rogers Wait, that came out wrong. What I meant to say is…

Equip These Kotaku Shirts For +7 Style

Friends of Kotaku Meat Bun have dropped four new shirt designs this week, and we’re particularly fond of two of them because, well, they’re Kotaku shirts. One is the follow-up to 2010’s Kotaku-tan, only this time things have taken a turn for the Frazetta, our heroine re-rolling as a Barbarian and dropping the hammer on…