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After a decade of lurking in the darkness just outside of gamers' views the evil clown rides back into town, guns blazing, engines roaring, and game reviewers rarin' for a shot. More »
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Now that we've put the ever-questing of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning through its paces, it's time to see how it fared in the face of the assembled game critics. As far as I can deduce, it's either horrible or the best thing ever. More »
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There are plenty of things you can do with a tentacle besides porn, and The Darkness II has them all covered. Jackie Estacado has gone through hell; now he faces an even greater challenge: Critics. More »
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While it might not be quite as terrifying as the Circle Pad Pro add-on it helped inspire for the Nintendo 3DS, Resident Evil: Revelations seems to have scared some impressive numbers out of the assembled game reviewers. More »
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With the past couple of years dominated by Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat-style 2D fighters, it's nice to see the return of one of the big 3D fighting franchises. That is, unless you're a game reviewer. Then it's time to step into the critical ring. More »
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Great games often spring from a single brilliant idea, like a protagonist that can pull himself back together after being blown apart. Unfortunately this is also the case for many really crappy games. Where does NeverDead's mangled pile of people parts fall? More »
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Tomorrow marks the second time in Final Fantasy history that Square Enix releases a direct console sequel to one of the numbered entries in the fabled series. Considering the first time around we got a trio of pop divas playing dress-up, this one has to be better, right game reviewers? More »
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One of the most popular comic strips in Europe is now a major motion picture, and where there is a major motion picture based on a comic strip, there is a video game tie-in. Generally they aren't very good. Can Tintin save the day? More »
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Fans have been clamoring for the popular Japanese financial board game series Itadaki Street to make it to North America since the original was released back in 1991. Fortune Street for the Wii scratches that itch bloody. More »
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Racing into stores to end a fall gaming season filled with shining gems is Mario Kart 7, Nintendo's final shot in the war to make the 3DS relevant in 2011. Does it hit the mark? *eyes chart* Mostly? More »
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Sometimes game reviewers only have a couple of days to play and weigh a major game release before releasing their reviews. With indie sensation Minecraft they've had over a year. This is going to be the best Frankenreview ever! More »
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In their constant quest to turn the Need for Speed franchise into something more than just a racing game, EA tapped it's Black Box studio to create The Run, a game driven by equal parts speed and narrative. How'd that turn out? See for yourself. More »
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Before the folks at 343 Industries can prove to us they are a worthy successor to the Halo development throne, they must first show us that they respect the franchise's roots. More »
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With everybody from Mario to Saints Row scoring perfect 100s from game reviewers this season it's good to see a big-name title that bucks the trend. I suppose that doesn't apply if you're Ubisoft. More »
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Here comes Saints Row the Third, walking down the street without a care in the world, waving its giant purple schlong about for the whole wide world to see. Why is it in such a good mood? Perhaps the assembled game reviewers have the answer. More »
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Has Nintendo finally release a console installment of The Legend of Zelda series that critics don't immediately fall in love with? Look at that chart. Does that look like hate to you? No sir and / or ma'am, that's love right there. More »
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The launch of a new entry in The Elder Scrolls series isn't just a game release, it's the beginning of countless adventures; the origin point for millions of tales waiting to be told. Let's hear what stories of Skyrim the assembled game reviewers have to share. More »
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Up until now the best first-party Nintendo game on the 3DS was a remake of a 13-year-old Zelda game. If anyone can steal Link's place at the top of the charts, it's a fat Italian plumber. More »
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 wants you. It wants your friends. It wants to chew you and spit you out a walking, talking, stalking killing machine, but to get to you it's gotta go through the game reviewers first. More »
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There once was a small hobbit that left the Shire on a grand adventure, performing brave deeds and overcoming impossible odds for the sake of all Middle-Earth. This is not his story. More »
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Desperately attempting to please two different sets of fans on Sonic the Hedgehog's 20th anniversary, Sega has crammed two different types of hedgehog gameplay into Sonic Generations, a formula that never fails to create entertaining game reviews. More »
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Normally on the day after the review embargo for a major video game release is up sites like Metacritic are flooded with fresh opinions waiting to be woven together into one of Kotaku's Frankenreviews. Not so with Battlefield 3. More »
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On November 1, Nathan Drake ventures into the hidden depths of the Earth to capture the most elusive treasure he's ever sought — the heart of game reviewers everywhere. More »
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Did you know Batman: Arkham Asylum holds the Guinness World Record for 'Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever'? Judging from the initial reviews for Batman: Arkham City, that's probably no longer the case. More »
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For nearly two decades fans of arcade-simulation jet combat have found safe haven in Namco Bandai's Ace Combat series, so the developers decided to change everything. Yay? More »
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As the proud owner of a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder in dire need of a new manifold, I feel unqualified to say much more about Forza Motorsport 4 than the reviewers seem quite taken with it. More »
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Yes, I'm remixing lines from Dylan Thomas' "Do not go gentle into that good night", but only because game reviewers' mixed reactions to id Software's Rage have my head spinning. More »
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In 2009, From Software introduced gamers to a whole new world of pain with the PlayStation 3 exclusive Demon's Souls, a game that challenged the growing player handholding trend in favor of gripping that hand firmly and slicing it off at the wrist. More »
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Go ahead. Look the grizzled, battle-scarred Marcus Michael Fenix in the face and tell him his third game sucks. You can't do it, but don't feel bad. Even the most battle-hardened video game critics are humbled by his majesty. More »
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Relic Entertainment has proven time and time again with its Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise that it has a deep respect for Warhammer: 40.000. Does that respect extend to the third-person shooter? More »
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Should you spend your vacation time on Techland's Dead Island? Normally in this situation looking at a range of video game review scores would help. Normally. More »
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After spending more than a decade slowly morphing into Grand Theft Auto, Ubisoft's Driver franchise a metaphysical turn that seems right at home in San Francisco. It's the ultimate out of body experience! More »
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The invasion is over, the Chimera have won, and the end of humanity is nigh. But wait? What's that cresting the horizon? Why it's the Resistance 3 Frankenreview. More »
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If the assembled video game reviewers were a lazier bunch, they'd simply release a short blurb with each new Madden game calling it the best official NFL console game of the year. More »
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In the year 2000, Ion Storm unleashed the perfect marriage of futuristic shooter and skill-based role-playing in Deus Ex, a game so unique that even its own sequel couldn't replicate its success. Can any follow-up possibly do it justice? More »
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With a striking art style and a story based off of an ancient Jewish religious work, Ignition's El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is the sort of game that could go in any direction review-wise. As it turns out, it did. More »
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Catherine first caught gamers' eyes last year largely due to sexy half-naked images of its title character. Months later the game is on store shelves, and we've all gained a deeply profound appreciation for sexy half-naked images of its title character. Hopefully the assembled game critics got beyond that bit. More »
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As players prepare to lead Detective Cole Phelps through the seedy underbelly of 1940's Los Angeles, game reviewers have already cracked the case of L.A. Noire's worthiness wide open. More »
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In Splash Damage's Brink, rival factions do battle over the fate of a post-apocalyptic floating city called The Ark. Judging by the critical reaction of some video game critics, The Ark may have already sunk. More »
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After pausing to pay its respects to victims of Japan's earthquake crisis, the latest Motorstorm races to store shelves today, but first it must navigate the assembled video game critics in the Motorstorm: Apocalypse Frankenreview. More »
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