The term “free-to-play” has become anathema to some gamers, and Nintendo doesn’t seem to like it all that much either. In fact, Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata says he believes that this trend is actively hurting their hardware business. Last week’s Q&A between Iwata and Nintendo’s investors was published in English today, and it’s full of…
Today’s Super Bowl was brutal to watch, even if you’re a Seahawks fan (okay, maybe not if you’re a Seahawks fan)—but at least there was one moment worth watching: Jack Bauer’s first TV appearance since 2010, in this new teaser for 24: Live Another Day Yep, the new Snake is returning to the role that…
In 2003, two companies named Square and Enix merged, and everything went crazy. It was one of those Transformative Genre Moments, you know? The world’s two biggest JRPG franchises—Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest—now belonged to the same company. Since then, both series have gone down very strange paths. Final Fantasy went back to its medieval…
The enhanced edition of Baldur’s Gate II just came out on iPad, and the folks who made it want to convince you that it’s worth your time and money. Baldur’s Gate II, of course, is worth your time and money. It’s one of the greatest RPGs ever made. The more pressing question is: which version…
The week before the Super Bowl in NY/NJ, some NFL players spend their time on the field. Others like to party it up in New York’s lavish nightclubs and restaurants. But Nate Irving? Nate Irving likes to play Pokémon The Broncos linebacker revealed this juicy tidbit in a Wall Street Journal article published today. Some…
One of the greatest games of all time is now on the Wii U Virtual Console, finally. Just two months after The Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds, you can get Link to the Past on your GamePad today.
Plans for a disc-free Xbox One? Halo 5 in 2015? A Halo 2 remake this fall? A massive dump of rumors posted on NeoGAF last night hints at all that and more: a new Forza Horizon this fall; a game called Shangheist that was cancelled when the studio Black Tusk started development on a new…
Danganronpa still looks like one to keep on your radar if you like games like Phoenix Wright and Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward. New trailer right here. (It’s out for Vita on February 11.)
QuakeCon is moving to July this year—Bethesda’s annual convention, usually held in August, will instead take place from July 17-20 in Dallas. No word on whether Doom creator John Carmack, usually the premiere speaker, will be on stage now that he no longer works for Id.
If you’ve got a hankering for some medieval RPG action, you’re in luck—in just a bit over a week, North America will finally get to play Bravely Default, which comes out for the 3DS on February 7. I’ve played 16 hours of Square’s newest role-playing game, on a review copy provided by Nintendo, who published…
This might be the coolest thing Square has done in a decade—instead of just making a boring ol’ story recap video for Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2, they made one in the style of Final Fantasy VI for Super Nintendo I seriously wish we could play this game instead of the real version.…
Could the PS4 emulate PS1/PS2 games? Eurogamer‘s Digital Foundry reports today that Sony is planning on it—and that they might add visual enhancements to those old games. No word on whether we’ll have to re-buy the ones we already own on PSN, if the rumor is true. (We’ve reached out to Sony for comment.)
There aren’t a lot of Jews in video games. This is something I’ve always found interesting—considering the disproportionate number of Jews in the world of film and television—but not particularly unusual. Jews make up less than 0.2% of the world’s population, so it only makes sense that we’d be in less than 0.2% of the…
Bad news for anyone who loves subscription fees: you won’t need a PlayStation Plus account to play The Elder Scrolls Online on PS4, Bethesda says. You need Sony’s premium service to play most PS4 games online, but Bethesda’s upcoming MMORPG (out in April for PC/Mac and June for PS4/Xbox One) will be an exception, because…
In 2012, Colorado resident Landis Edwards sued the folks behind The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion over a bug that erased one of his game files. The bug, Edwards said, violated the marketing copy on the back of Oblivion‘s box, which promised “open-ended” gameplay with “unlimited possibilities.” Edwards filed the suit as a class-action with a…
Your phone, your e-mail, your Skype calls… just about everything you use is leaking information these days. Including Angry Birds, according to a new report by ProPublica andThe New York Times This info comes from a close look at the much-discussed Edward Snowden documents, which reportedly reveal that spy agencies are snagging all sorts of…
Today in the department of Holy Shit That’s A Lot Of People, Riot Games brings us news that League of Legends now has 27 million daily players. 27 million. Twenty-seven million. Every single day. If League of Legends were a country, it would be the 45th-biggest in the world (out of 244). League of Legends…
The first part of Square Enix’s new indie Collective program is live today, and you can already start voting on the games you’d like brought to life. You can check out the website right here. There are three games in the first batch: an adventure game called Moon Hunters (Kitfox Games), an action-RPG called World…
The creators of South Park look tired, which makes sense, because they’ve been working on their game for what seems like forever. You can watch them talk a little bit about South Park: The Stick of Truth (out March 4 for 360/PS3/PC) in this short behind-the-scenes video, which is worth watching, because anything with Trey…
There is perhaps no feature more reviled in gaming than the one this column is named after: gamers, as a general rule, hate random encounters. Take Stephen Totilo, for example. The other day I was showing Kotaku‘s fearless leader a little bit of Bravely Default, the upcoming 3DS game that is best described as “what…
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