Jason Schreier

Remedy, the studio behind Alan Wake and Quantum Break, just announced a new title for iOS : the reverse-tower-defense game Agents of Storm

Nintendo’s big VGX surprise is… Cranky Kong. The old gorilla is playable in the upcoming Wii U game Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, which will be out on February 21.

Watch The Spike VGX Live, Right Here [UPDATE: It’s Over]

It’s Spike VGX time, which means we’re in for an afternoon filled with trailers, new game announcements, and a show that will hopefully be less gross than its tagline. UPDATE: Show’s over, folks. Highlights: No Man’s Sky, Telltale’s bigsurprises, Nintendo awkwardness, Titanfall Original post follows: The folks behind the show promise that this year’s award…

That ‘Fallout 4 Teaser Website’ Was A Hoax

Looks like it’s official: the Fallout 4 teaser website “TheSurvivor2299.com” was a hoax. Sorry, folks. A new Fallout game might be—is likely—in the works, but it’s not connected to that site, despite how deep their ARG-ish rabbit hole went. Don’t count on any announcements at the Spike VGX this weekend, either—Bethesda said yesterday they don’t…

Disney Buys Indiana Jones

Mickey Mouse now owns both Han Solo and his whip-bearing twin Indy—Disney has purchased the rights to the Indiana Jones franchise from Paramount, the film group that distributed the first four films in the beloved action/adventure series. Variety’s got the scoop. Disney can now produce and distribute new Indy movies. Get ready for Indiana Jones…

In case you’re still holding out hope that the “Fallout 4 teaser” website is real, here’s Bethesda finally saying something: “PSA: If you don’t hear it through an official channel like this, assume all rumors and speculation are false.”

EverQuest‘s Ambitious Mission To Take On Minecraft

When you build something in the open-world sandbox game Minecraft, you can share it with your friends. You can invite people to hang out in your little world of blocks and pigs, or can put your creation on YouTube, to be admired and posted on Kotaku for the world to see. But you can’t sell…

Squall Reacts To Final Fantasy VIII On Steam

Hey Squall, did you hear? Your game’s on Steam now. It’s kind of a big deal, dude. Because now tons of people can buy and play Final Fantasy VIII on their PCs? I mean, you must know what Steam is. Okay, sorry! I shouldn’t have assumed. Steam is this big network that lets people buy…

Sony says November’s top-selling PS4 game, not including PS3->PS4 digital upgrades, is… Flower! Not my first guess. Check out the full November chart right here

Today in Weird-Looking Games I’m Excited To Check Out, here’s the first US trailer for Danganronpa, NIS America’s crazy visual novel that’s supposed to be a cross between 999 and Phoenix Wright. It’s out for Vita on February 11. Psyched for this one.

There’s been a whole lot of Fallout 4 speculation recently, but Bethesda says they’re not showing anything at the Spike VGX this Saturday, putting some water on the rumor fires.

Capy—the indie studio behind Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery—will release their next game, Super Time Force, on both Xbox 360 and Xbox One. The bad news: they’re delaying it to next year.

‘The Graphics Are Definitely Like 10% Better Than The Old Xbox’

Warning: this post has spoilers for last night’s South Park. So it turned out South Park‘s entire Black Friday trilogy—three episodes of Game of Thrones-style warfare waged over the Xbox One and PS4—was just one big set up for South Park: The Stick of Truth Amazing. Check out the clip above for what will presumably…

British Game Store Now Sells Dinner In A Can

Hey there, video game fan. Do you like eating Christmas dinner but hate dealing with inconveniences like “shopping” and “cooking” and “pretending you haven’t hit rock bottom”? Try the Christmas Tinner, announced by British retailer GAME today, and you can come yet another step closer to not being human. Check out these beautiful people eating…

Final Fantasy VIII is on Steam starting today, Square Enix just announced. It’s going for $11.99, and it comes with an optional cheating tool called Magic Booster and the mini-game Chocobo World.

Square’s Going All Out For The Final Fantasy X/X-2 Remakes

Here are a bunch of new trailers for the upcoming HD remakes of sports sim Final Fantasy X and pop star emulator Final Fantasy X-2, which will be out for PS3 on March 18 (and Vita at some point in the undetermined future, unless that version is mysteriously cancelled.) They’re looking good. Certainly better than…

Nintendo’s New Wii U Commercials Ignore The Console’s Best Feature

If you have been watching TV over the past few weeks—particularly, if you spent all of Saturday watching a Harry Potter marathon on ABC Family because it was on and you like wizards whatever don’t judge—you’ve probably seen a commercial or two for the Wii U. Designed to help raise public awareness of the struggling…

If Video Games Had Upworthy Headlines

Upworthy’s headlines are pretty great. We wrote some for video games. Enjoy.

Final Fantasy VI On Mobile Isn’t Looking Too Hot

While there is no way I’m not going to replay Final Fantasy VI on mobile—it’s one of my favorite games of all time, and I want it on my phone—these sprites are seriously bumming me out. They feel flat and boring and lifeless, like the artists were told to transform everyone into goofy, watered-down cartoon…

Titanfall, Witcher 3 Highlight This Year’s Spike VGX

The Spike VGAs are now the Spike VGX. This year’s annual award show is happening this Saturday at 6pm Eastern, and although it won’t be televised live, we’ll have the whole three-hour extravaganza streaming here on Kotaku for you. So what should we expect? Other than the awards—and hopefully no teabagging—Spike says they’ve got the…