In Real Life

If Valve Was Hinting About Half-Life 3 On Saturday, They Were Being Very Vague

This one’s a bit of a stretch… but then, what am I talking about? It’s never a stretch when it comes to Valve.


December 6, 2011
News

What Could Epic Games Be Teasing For The VGAs This Weekend?

All you Kremlinologists who like to parse secrets out of video clips are SOL on this one. The teasing’s strictly of the verbal variety as Epic Games Design Director Cliff Bleszinski hints an all-new game during a promo for the upcoming Spike Video Game Awards.


December 1, 2011
News

Chuck’s Zachary Levi Is This Year’s VGAs Host

NBC’s Chuck tells the story of an ordinary geeky dude who becomes an ultra-capable super spy. It’s become an oft-embattled cult favourite for the parade of genre stars, nerd references and video game cameos and now its lead star gets to read the ultimate reward.


November 17, 2011
In Real Life

If Only There Were Actually Video Game Awards This Funny

Today, the nominees for the annual Spike TV VGA Awards were announced. It is a God-given right for people to bitch endlessly about awards shows, and so the moment the nominees were announced, a huge number of people jumped on twitter to joke, complain, and generally carry on about them.


December 16, 2010
News

VGAs’ Overall Television Ratings Slide For Fourth Straight Year

The Video Game Awards are a high-profile event, but trade mainstream exposure for a production some gamers find cheaply stereotypical. That bargain still hasn’t conclusively paid off; overall ratings declined for a third straight year, but gained in some demographics.


December 13, 2010

While You Were Sleeping

Kotaku AU

While You Were Sleeping was a well-received romantic comedy starring the luminous Sandra Bullock and the irrepressible Bill Pullman.

It’s also the name of a regular section here at Kotaku, where we round up all the best news coming in overnight, to save you trawling down the page for an excuse to not start work. Don’t say we’re not good to you!


News

Red Dead Redemption Cleans Up At The VGAs

To keep the show to two hours, they didn’t hand out all the hardware on stage at last night’s 2010 Video Game Awards. Here is the complete list of honorees. Neil Patrick Harris’ compensation was limited to just one award.


December 12, 2010

Uncharted 3 Is Due Out Nov. 1, 2011

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Is The Sequel To Prototype Still A Prototype?

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Resistance 3 Gets A Release Date

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