The Number of People Who Play League of Legends Just Blows my Mind

Because it exists in something of a bubble, outside of the normal video game release schedules and news channels, it’s often difficult for outsiders to grasp just how freaking huge PC game League of Legends has become. So here’s a reminder: it is freaking huge Developers Riot Games have released some user data for the…

Capcom Harnesses the Power of the Xbox 360 and PS3 to Simulate a Crummy Television [Update]

ttp://youtube.com/Hfq9cmEs6PQ&hd=1 Good news, everyone! Darkstalkers is being re-released! Bad news, everyone! It looks like complete garbage. Due out in “early 2013” on XBLA and PSN, Darkstalkers Resurrection is actually a bundle containing two games: Night Warriors: Darkstalkers Revenge and Darkstalkers 3 It’s got the stuff you’d expect (and even some new features), like online play,…

Missing a Leg? Have a “Medieval Face”? You Could Star on Game of Thrones!

A casting agency has put out urgent calls for extras, who will feature in the third season of HBO’s Game of Thrones, currently filming in Northern Ireland. They need male cellists, who have “medieval or period faces (i.e long hair & beard)”, and they also need men who can film at night, appear in a…

Whoah. This Is One of The Best-Looking Games I Have Ever Seen

Sorry, Battlefield 3. Sorry, Crysis 2. Upcoming driving game Project CARS is here to kick your ass and take your crown. The crowd-funded (and developed!) racing game has celebrated its one-year anniversary with, what else, but a fan-made trailer. I know, this is footage from its PC version (it’s also due for 360, PS3 and…

One Man’s Continuing Quest to Fix George Lucas’ Star Wars Screw-Ups

In case you’ve never come across the project previously, Star Wars Revisited is one man’s personal quest to gently sneak in and “fix” the Star Wars series. Not with re-shoots or drastic edits. Just by painstakingly looking at each frame of the films and touching up the little things that George Lucas overlooked when he…

Holy Cow, It’s A Ton Of New Persona 4 Golden Videos

Have I mentioned that I’m excited about Persona 4 Golden? Honestly, it’s the one reason I’m thrilled to have a Vita, and one of the games I’m most looking forward to this fall. And would you look at that? Atlus has dropped a ton of new videos of the game on their YouTube channel I’ve…

Nothing Brings a Family Together Like NBA 2K13

On his ass is Doc Rivers, of the 1986 Atlanta Hawks. Putting him there is his son, first-round draft pick Austin Rivers (25) of the New Orleans Hornets. And at the sticks for this wonderful family get together is Austin’s little brother, Spencer. “My little bro just crossed my dad in 2K13 with me,” said…

Microsoft is saying that the interactive polling during the Xbox Live VP Debate stream currently isn’t working.

Pile Of Industry Awards For Star Wars: The Old Republic a Sad Reminder of the Game That Might Have Been

The Game Developers Choice Online awards exist to give folks in the gaming industry a chance to highlight and celebrate the work of their peers in online games. This year’s award ceremony took place last night in Austin. The full list of winners includes nods to Diablo III for best audio and League of Legends…

The Great Kotaku Gaming Headset Roundup

Forget graphics—for my money, audio is the most vital aspect of a video game. It’s the thing that makes me get lost in a game’s world, that makes my pulse pound and sucks me in. But in order for a game to sound good, you’ve got to have the right equipment. So much video game…

I Could Clean My Entire Apartment To The Kickass Music From Jetpack Joyride

I’ve been going through my iPhone’s greatest gaming hits recently, rediscovering the old classics I used to play and checking out some new ones. I just have to say, the theme music from Halfbrick’s Jetpack Joyride just kills. I could clean my entire apartment to this music, and in fact, I would do so with…

I’ll Have Whatever Drugs Far Cry 3 Is Having

When I played Far Cry 3 last week, I was impressed by a lot of things—but chief among them was the audacity of the in-game drug sequences. Not many games have your character straight-up take hallucinogens, but why the heck not? As games like Alan Wake and Batman: Arkham Asylum demonstrated, it’s possible to creatively…

The Music, Monkeys, And Gardening Tools That Make XCOM‘s Enemies Sound So Fearsome

I hate Mutons. If you play XCOM: Enemy Unknown, you probably hate them too. The big, green, ape-like aliens are the shock troopers of the invasion, and they will make you cry. They’ll flank and shellack your team, lob grenades into places you thought were safe, and cut down your most beloved veterans in a…

ESPN Gives More Attention to the NHL in a Video Game Than It Does in Real Life

The National Hockey League is frozen in a labor impasse that so far has canceled opening night festivities scheduled for today, and shows no sign of ending any time soon. So, in steps EA Sports, using NHL 13, to provide a simulation and highlights for how the season would play out. Here are highlights from…

Guillermo Del Toro’s Next Movie Has a Little GlaDOS in It

Last we heard about Guillermo del Toro’s horror game inSane, it got cut loose from a frantically restructuring THQ. Today at New York Comic-Con, del Toro confirmed that the game is in search of a new development partner. He also revealed that Ellen McLain, beloved as the voice of GLaDOS from Valve’s Portal games, will…

Which One of These Things Is Not Like the Other? NCAA 14 Must Supply an Answer

The development team didn’t need to read a dozen reviews, all saying the same thing, to know where NCAA Football stood. A single presentation, in a creative debriefing shortly after the game’s July release, said enough. Four screenshots were shown, from NCAA 10 in 2009 to NCAA 13 this year. Guess which one comes from…

Try And Guess How Many Gaming References Are In This Game (Hint: There’s Billions)

Kotaku video editor Chris Person and I are really into Retro City Rampage, which is a parody of just about… every game we played as kids. Chris played 13 minutes or so of the PS3 version of the game. You can watch that here and listen to us try to identify as many of the…

A Hacked Portal Gun Replica ‘Levitates’ a Companion Cube

Hack A Day is a fount of awesome mods and game themed creations, featured here frequently, and this portal gun which “levitates” a companion cube is one of the best conversation pieces they’ve come up with yet. The construction is simple, really. They took a commercially-available portal gun replica and fitted it with the coil…

An Easy Way To Score A Couple Super-Rare Items In Borderlands 2

I’ve got a golden ticket! I’ve got a golden chance to make my way! When Charlie Bucket opened up that golden ticket, he probably wasn’t thinking that Willy Wonka was going to give him a sweet-ass sniper rifle, or a shield that generates ammo. And yet, in Borderlands 2, a similar golden key can give…

Watch The Awesome Things That Happened When Gordon Met Chell

We saw the poster for When Gordon Met Chell earlier this week. The short film the poster was designed for is now available for viewing. So is it a rom-com, as the poster lovely might have hinted to some? No. But this action thriller (“made on a budget of absolutely nothing,” according to its creator,…