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Gabe Newell To Face J.J. Abrams At D.I.C.E. Keynote Discussion

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has announced that Valve’s Gabe Newell and Star Trek (and now Star Wars) director J. J. Abrams will be opening up 2013’s D.I.C.E. Summit—with a joint discussion about storytelling, no less. Says Martin Rae, president of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences: “From TV to film and…

Sony has been fined £250,000 by the UK’s ICO for 2011’s big PSN hacking fiasco. They plan to appeal. [via GI.biz]

New Borderlands 2 DLCs Add a Myriad of Skins, Heads

Here’s a look at the new costumization options available in Borderlands 2. Each set is available for 80 Microsoft Points or $0.99 / £0.75 / 0,99€ for the Xbox 360 and PS3/PC, respectively (separate from the Season Pass). You can find a shot of the “Madness” set below. A Flood of New Borderlands 2 Heads…

Google’s Homepage Today Features A Terrific Little Ice Game

It’s Frank Zamboni’s 112th birthday! You might wonder who Frank Zamboni is. Have you tried googling it? You could either look him up the usual way, or try out Google’s newest playable Doodle The game, while simple at first, gets complicated fast. You, stepping into the role of a bespectacled handyman, are tasked with cleaning…

Ron Gilbert’s The Cave will be released on January 22nd for PSN & Wii U, and January 23rd for XBLA & Steam. Only a week!

Gamesindustry.biz suggests a $400 price point, and an October/November launch for Orbis and Durango, respectively.

Gabe Newell Has A Theory About Doctor Who. It’s Fascinating. And Confusing.

Careful, spoilers! Nerdist’s recently released two-part podcast deals, for the most part, with Gabe Newell and his company Valve. As a Doctor Who fan, I found one bit particularly interesting. At the beginning of part two, Gabe shares that he’s also a Doctor Who fan, and that he’s got a theory about the Doctor’s newly…

See How a Karaoke Bug Made Sleeping Dogs Hilariously Unplayable for One Guy

Some glitches are annoying. Some are downright infuriating. Still, they can (and do!) serve as the foundations of hilarious internet videos. The one above is a prime example—all YouTube user Cr1TiKaL wanted to do was to enjoy a little bit of Sleeping Dogs. What he got instead was a bug-fueled journey of absurdity and frustration…

The official Japanese Pokémon website teases an “important announcement” for January 8—next Tuesday. What could it be?

Battlefield 3 Will End Not With a Whimper But With A Dirt Bike [UPDATE: Video Pulled]

A YouTube user has uploaded the first teaser for Battlefield 3’s newest expansion, End Game. Among other things, the trailer features players chasing each other on dirt bikes, dodging helicopter fire with a dirt bike, and detonating explosives… while on a dirt bike. Dirt bikes! End Game is scheduled to arrive March next year. Battlefield…

The classic NES Mega Man series is coming to 3DS via the US eShop, Capcom announced. The first title lands on Dec. 27.

Asheron’s Call 2 lives again! … If you’re an Asheron’s Call subscriber, that is. If so, you can now play for free

First Dirty Bomb Gameplay Trailer Shows a Loud, Messy Urban Battlefield

Following up on last month’s trailer, here’s a look at some pre-alpha multiplayer gameplay from Dirty Bomb. The trailer takes us to a smoldering, half-destroyed version of London, presumably one of the levels of Brink developer Splash Damage’s new free-to-play title. We get to see mostly scenes of infantry action, though a few moments of…

Arma 3 has been delayed, and is now slated for a 2013 release. At least we’re still getting DayZ this year… hopefully.

Kotaku Gallery: The Last Guardian

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Kotaku Timeline: The Last Guardian

The question whether video games are art has been bothering gamers, journalists and critics alike for a long while. Proponents might say that art is subjective, that anything capable of eliciting a deep emotional response could be considered art. Then, perhaps, there is no greater argument for calling video games art than Team ICO’s work.…

Old Hitman Games to Get HD Treatment

Confirming rumors that emerged this summer, Square-Enix tells us that we can soon expect high-definition re-releases of the earlier games in the Hitman franchise. Both Hitman Trilogy HD and Hitman Trilogy HD Premium Edition are slated to arrive January 29, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, respectively. The compilations will feature: 3 classic Hitman titles…

Watch the Latest Nintendo Direct Here

Today’s Nintendo Direct revealed tons of new, great footage of titles coming to the Wii U. In case you missed it, the whole video can be found above. To make looking up the new footage a bit easier, here’s a list with the times to skip to to look at the most interesting games and…

Reddit says that back in August, Valve registered three movie site domain names. Wait… three? (via PCGamesN)

Peter Molyneux confirms that a big update for Curiosity is coming. Also, there might be a GODUS crossover. (via VG247)