It’s not Hyrule—it’s Lorule. Get it? That’s the twisted new dark world that Nintendo will introduce in The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, which is out for 3DS on November 22. Check out this sleek new trailer for an introduction to Lorule… and someone named Hilda? It’s unclear how Lorule is related to…
Here’s our first live-action look at the joystick-free Steam Controller, being used to play games like Portal 2 and Civilization V. Valve says they’ve got more live-action demos planned over the next few weeks and months. Valve’s Steam Controller, announced two weeks ago, might be one of the most interesting elements of the company’s living-room-takeover…
Today in News That’s Sketchy As Hell, here’s one of the worst social media gaffes we’ve seen in a very long time: New York Comic Con hijacking peoples’ Twitter accounts without their permission. See, attendees at the convention this week were given the option to connect their Twitter accounts to their badges, as Mashable reports.…
Soma, the next game from the folks behind Amnesia will be out in 2015 for PC and PlayStation 4, and it’s a doozy—a sci-fi horror game starring a psychotic computer that sounds like an angrier GLaD0S. Here’s the first bit of gameplay footage. The folks at Frictional Games have been teasing this reveal for the…
Five silhouetted figures sit in a smoke-filled room, sipping brandy as they vote upon the most important issues of our era: which Pokémon will make it into the next Pokémon game. Every few minutes they make the decision: who will live… and who will die? That’s how I like to imagine the Pokémon Selection Committee,…
Bad news ahead for Wii U owners who were looking forward to the upcoming director’s cut of Deus Ex: Human Revolution—the game will cost $50 on Wii U, even though it’s $30 on other platforms. Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut, which will be out on October 22 for Wii U, Xbox 360, PS3,…
We’ve always kind of assumed that Grand Theft Auto V will be out on PC at some point in the near future, but Rockstar has stayed quiet about the possibility, even after loads of speculation and murmurs from outside companies Today, the rumor cloud gets a little bit thicker. Gaming website Eurogamer says “multiple industry…
If Rockstar ever decided to switch gears and turn their open-world extravaganza into a nightmare-inducing horror flick, this would be a good start. Check out this trailer, put together by Kotaku reader Adrian Jurek, and just try to tell me you wouldn’t watch this movie. “You were my best friend!!!”
Surprise! Double Fine’s lovely turn-based RPG Costume Quest just popped up on the iTunes store Between this and The Cave last week, could Psychonauts iOS be on the horizon? Here’s hoping they can get the rights to Day of the Tentacle, too.
Your missing character issues may be going away—Rockstar says they’ve got a patch coming that promises to fix game progress issues in Grand Theft Auto Online, which has been facing serious problems since it launched last week. You won’t get your zapped characters back, but at least the mass character deletions—widely reported by players of…
What’s that you say? You can’t wait for February, when Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII comes out, and you need to watch footage in Japanese just to get your fix? No worries. We’ve got you covered. Via Square Portal, here’s a ton of new gameplay from the next Final Fantasy game, which is out for…
Today in Dumb Yet Hilarious Publicity Stunts, here’s online gaming store Good Old Games honoring the U.S. government shutdown with a special sale. GOG, which specializes in selling digital versions of classic games, is marking 50% off government-themed titles like Capitalism 2 and Tropico Reloaded for the next 24 hours. Also, Theme Hospital, because healthcare.…
Good news for people who like dragons and dragon flying and dragon fanfiction: Square Enix just announced that they’re bringing the action-RPG Drakengard 3 to North America and Europe next year for PS3. It’ll be $50. Drakengard 3 isn’t out in Japan just yet, but a western release was probably inevitable, as both previous Drakengard…
Japanese pop group World Order—helmed by former martial artist Genki Sudo—has put together my favorite video of the week so far. Slow-motion synchronized dancing makes everything better. Watch and enjoy. (via Laughing Squid)
It’s not a Steam Box, but they want us to believe it is: Xi3’s Piston might be the most confusing product in gaming this year, thanks to some muddled messaging and a deal with Valve that never went anywhere. So at this point you might be wondering: what is this thing? Why do people keep…
Gabriel Knight is coming back: Jane Jensen’s classic point-n-click adventure game is getting an HD remake on PC, Mac, and iPad next year, journalist Geoff Keighley reports. First bit of concept art is right here.
Turns out every time you waggled a remote to play tennis or swing Link’s sword, there was a Goomba pulling the strings. Who would’ve thought? JUST KIDDING. This is actually a homemade case mod, designed by Kotaku reader lyberty5. Your Wii does not have a Goomba infestation. “To pull off this mod I had to…
When Valve officially announced their Steam Machines two weeks ago, they skimped a bit on the details—we know that there will be a wide variety of living-room-centric PCs, and we know they’ll run the Linux-based SteamOS operating system, but we don’t know much about specs, or prices, or options. OR DO WE. Let’s travel back…
Warner Bros’ superhero-stuffed fighting game is getting one of those fancy collector’s editions and a whole bunch of new platforms: Injustice: Gods Among Us will come to Vita, PS4, and PC on November 12. (November 29 in Europe.) This is the ultimate edition, which comes with all of the game’s DLC, character skins, extra missions,…
There might not be any new footage in this recent presentation of Respawn’s Titanfall, but it’s a fun video nonetheless—20 minutes of concept art, gameplay, and discussion about the upcoming shooter, presented by Respawn community manager Abbie Heppe at the EB Games Expo in Australia this weekend. Titanfall, slated for release on Xbox One, Xbox…
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