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You can get ‘80s-centric GTA Vice City merch—money clips! Rubik’s Cubes!—over at Rockstar Games’ online store

Space Hulk—the classic strategy board game from Games Workshop—gets a new adaptation for PC/Mac and iOS in 2013.

Maybe The Phantom Pain Is the Sequel to Something Else

The leading hypothesis as of this weekend is that mystery game The Phantom Pain is really a smokescreen for Metal Gear Solid V But, over on NeoGAF, a new theory has emerged. Looks kinda like GIRP, doesn’t it? It would be great to see a AAA game try to incorporate the fumbly body movement mechanics…

Where Did Devil May Cry‘s Old Look Go? Right into This Fan Film Trailer.

This isn’t the Son of Sparda at his wise-cracking, sword-swinging best. Instead, Steve Darling’s teaser clip for his fan movie about the hero of Capcom’s Devil May Cry franchise looks in what the original Dante is doing in his downtime. The old version of the DMC protagonist mainly just walks around and hangs out in…

Why I’m Glad We’ll Be Able to Play Sportsfriends‘ Wacky Sports Games

I’ve never forgotten Epyx Summer Games on the Commodore 64. A significant chunk of my teenage years were spent in a neighbor’s basement with crossed fingers, hoping that the collection of digital sports competitions would load and then that it wouldn’t crash. I didn’t know what the hell hackeysack was but I knew I had…

Assassin’s Creed III DLC Gives Both Connor and George Washington Alternate Histories

Unveiled at Friday night’s VGAs, the trailer for Assassin’s Creed III‘s next big DLC throws players into a world where George Washington became a malevolent despot instead of America’s first president. Considering how Connor was a close ally of the iconic general in Assassin’s Creed III, the potential for drama is high in this expansion.…

Capcom Announces Street Fighter x Mega Man. Yes, Seriously. And It’s Free.

Two of Capcom’s biggest franchises are celebrating quarter-century anniversaries right next to each other. Street Fighter has enjoyed all sorts of lavish promotions: a fancy chess set and an anniversary edition chock full of games and collectible goodies What’s coming for poor, ol’ neglected Mega Man, though? The poor robot hasn’t had a release in…

Did Metal Gear Solid 5 Just Get Secretly Announced?

Kotaku editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo is out in L.A. for the Spike Video Game Awards. And he’s dug up some evidence that appears to support the theory that the mysterious Phantom Pain game is in fact another Metal Gear title. — See the trailer here — The moody trailer for The Phantom Pain took everyone by…

Halo 4‘s Multiplayer Soap Opera Continues on Jan. 21. 2013

The Spartan Ops episodic missions for Halo 4 have provided a whole other narrative experience for players of the Xbox 360 exclusive. The weekly UNSC vs Covenant drama will continue in January. Here’s a teaser of what’s coming. Skip ahead to 6:33 for the trailer: Halo 4: Spartan Ops: VGAs Trailer

Gears of War: Judgment Shows Us How the Fighting Started

The key takeaway to this prequel to Epic Games’ sci-fi shooter series is the idea that the humans of Sera thought they could win a fight against the Locust. You’ve got Delta Squad’s Baird and Cole front and center as the Slugs start to break through the surface. Giant subterranean lifeforms? Check. Cover combat. Check.…

Here’s Samuel L. Jackson in Halo 4

Cortana, he’s not. The AI version of Samuel L. Jackson looks more like he should be holographically broadcast from an R2 droid. Master Chief probably won’t be making a poignant bond with this loudmouth.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Resurrects Dracula in the Modern Day

We knew some kind of sequel to the last Castlevania game was coming, and a new trailer shown during the VGAs offered up a ton more info. Narrated by the Belmonts’ sworn eternal enemy, the clip showed Dracula recalling past glories and vowing a return to power. The teaser seems to hint that you’ll be…

Here’s How Samuel L. Jackson Looks in The Walking Dead

Tonight’s host of the Spike Video Game Awards will be appearing in some of the games being honored tonight. First up, The Walking Dead

Watch This Speed Run Take Down Dark Souls in 32 Minutes

From Software’s sequel will be remembered as one of the hardest games of this console generation. It took some people weeks—months, even—to make their way to the final battle of Dark Souls. This ruthless speedrun by Freddy ‘Thanatos’ Vasquez blows through it in about half an hour. There’s some skipping but it’s still a hypnotic…

Nine Signs That Video Games Grew Up a Bit in 2012

We hear all the time that video games are a young medium, that they’ve still got so much untapped potential to wow us in unique and meaningful ways. And while it may seem like it’s been just another 12 months of sequels, remakes and disappointment, there have been signs that video games are maturing. Some…

You’ll Have to Wait a Little Longer for BioShock Infinite

First it was October 2012. Then it was February 2013. Now the release date for BioShock Infinite is March 26, 2013. Irrational Games’ next title already sounds it’ll be worth the wait. But, as announced by studio head Ken Levine, the delay is to make the game even better by fixing bugs. Eurogamer quotes Levine:…

PS3 Owners Might Still Be Getting Skyrim’s Dawnguard and Hearthfire DLC

PlayStation gamers, Bethesda swears it’s not ignoring you. Owners of Sony’s game console have been angered at how their platform hasn’t gotten any of the add-ons for Bethesda’s hit action RPG yet. The outcry has been that the publisher doesn’t care about the PS3 portion of the Skyrim player base. An announcement that the just-released…

Some of This Year’s Best Indie Games Will Come to Steam Next Year. We Just Don’t Know Which Ones Yet.

For the last few years, titles nominated for the Independent Games Festival’s various awards have been amongst the best digitally playable experiences in the preceding 12 months. But, as good as some of these games are, they haven’t all been as lucky as, say, Fez, which was able to make it to a wide release.…

Feminist Game Critic On Her Online Attackers: They Cast Me ‘in the Role of the Villain’

The woman behind Feminist Frequency hasn’t been shy about sharing stories of the harassment she’s gotten while trying to create Tropes vs. Women in Video Games. Anita Sarkeesian’s goal of examining how women get portrayed in video games won her lots of enemies but, according to her, they thought of themselves as heroes. In this…

Skulk, Stab and Speed Through Dishonored’s Dunwall City Trials Trailer

Revenge may solve everything, according to Dishonored‘s marketing spiel. But it doesn’t fill the burning need to teleport, slow down time or possess enemies once you’ve finished Arkane’s masterpiece. Thankfully, DLC that lets you craft more gloriously choreographed kills hits next week. Get your glimpse of the Dunwall City Trials in the video above.