PC

Insane Unreal Tournament 3 Modders Weaponise Nyan Cat

Modder Scott Coxhead lives up to his Cr4zyB4st4rd handle by merging Unreal Tournament 3‘s player-guided Redeemer with that scourge of the internet, Nyan Cat.


April 14, 2011
In Real Life

One Step Closer To Wall-E Society With This Kinect-Powered Chair

The best part about this Kinect-powered armchair? Microsoft’s going to release the source code for it. Shown off today at the company’s MIX11 coder symposium, the Kinect-powered La-Z-Boy is a proof of concept for the Kinect PC software development kit, which will open up development over Visual Basic and C++.


March 29, 2011
Retro

Some Guy Made A Portable GameCube

Not sure why. It seems the guy wants to sell it or something. Not sure how I feel about the exposed disc drive and the ever-so-close shoulder buttons.


March 18, 2011
Nintendo

How To Access A Demo 3DS’ Main Menu

Demo units of the Nintendo 3DS are out in many major retailers now. They autoload Pilotwings Resort, or whatever game they’re demonstrating, so you can’t access the device’s menu. Well, now you can, so you can see for yourself what lies beneath.


December 12, 2010
News

Anti-Defamation League Slams ‘Fun" Holocaust Video Game As Horrific And Inappropriate

A video game that depicts an uprising in a Nazi death camp has drawn harsh criticism from the Anti-Defamation League, which told Kotaku that the Holocaust should be off-limits for video games.


December 3, 2010
In Real Life

Predator Camo Comes To Kinect

You know in Predator how the creature is able to cloak itself in the surroundings and appear almost invisible? Well, someone figured out how to do that on Kinect.


August 31, 2010
In Real Life

Playing World Of Warcraft In StarCraft II

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There are World of Warcraft Blizzard fans, and there are StarCraft Blizzard fans. What do you get when the two meet? You get a World of Warcraft StarCraft II mod.


August 3, 2010

Dragon Age: Origins Is The First Game About Gay Marriage & The Power Of Mods

Robert Yang, a video game design student, created a Dragon Age mod that enabled new dating options, including gay romance. We’re republishing his account of what happened when he played it. There will be marked spoilers.


July 22, 2010
News

Games Within Games: Making Asteroids, Final Fantasy, Metal Slug In Starcraft II

Starcraft II looks to be an amazing game in its own right, but it’s also an incredible tool for making your own games.


July 20, 2010
News

The Best Terminator Game May Be Fan Made

We can’t say for sure whether FPS Terminator, a fan-made mod built on the Unreal Engine, will be the best, but it’s safe to assume that it’s better than the most recent entry, Terminator Salvation.