Jason Schreier

Here’s Captain Bubblenaut, a nifty-looking iOS game from veteran designers Dean Tate (BioShock, Dance Central) and Owen Macindoe (MIT GameLab). It’ll be out later this month.

Here’s The Etrian Odyssey Remake’s Lovely Intro

Well, really, it’s more than a remake: in addition to the “classic” mode that keeps the first Etrian Odyssey‘s dungeon crawling intact, Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl has a “story” mode that sets you up with a predefined party (and extra cut-scenes)! Above is the intro that sets up that story mode. Millenium Girl…

A Darker Look At The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is set in the same world as its predecessor, A Link to the Past, but it’s way in the future, and the Link you’ll play on the 3DS this November is totally different than the Link you played on Super Nintendo two decades ago. Video footage above.

Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright Is Coming To The U.S. In 2014

Nintendo has finally confirmed that the Professor Layton/Phoenix Wright crossover adventure game—which hit Japan in 2012—will come to North America next year. For more on Layton vs. Wright, check out our coverage from Japan

Donkey Kong, Tecmo Bowl and Wario Land 3 are all headed to the 3DS’s Virtual Console, Nintendo said today. Super Mario Bros. 3 is coming to Wii U VC later this year.

Nintendo Direct launching at 10am Eastern—you can watch it live right here, or stick around on Kotaku as we bring you all the news as it happens.

Want to write about video games for a living? Freelancer Nathan Meunier has just published Up Up Down Down Left Write, a guide to all things games writing. There’s a sample chapter up on the website.

Dragon Age: Inquisition Lets You Choose Your Hero’s Race

If you miss dwarfing or elfing it up in Dragon Age, the next one is all for you. Playable races were an integral part of the first Dragon Age, but Dragon Age 2 ditched non-humans in favor of dude/dudette hero Hawke, a choice that series fans questioned (among many other choices in DA2). Dragon Age:…

The Big Final Fantasy Question

Is Final Fantasy dead? Should we stop getting excited about the series? Is it time to abandon all hope? A great deal has been written about the decline of Square Enix’s titanic RPG franchise, and it’s hard to find a Final Fantasy fan who doesn’t have strong opinions about how the influential series has evolved…

Nintendo Direct Coming Tomorrow For Wii U, 3DS

Don’t you just love Nintendo Directs? There’s one tomorrow at 10am Eastern and it’ll be all about Wii U and 3DS games. Here’s hoping for news on Bravely Default

Valve Tour Leaks Left 4 Dead 3?

Well this is certainly interesting. Tourists at Valve’s Bellevue-based headquarters may have inadvertently leaked the existence of Left 4 Dead 3, a sequel that is not entirely unexpected, but still unannounced. Check out the following photo, shot by members of the Dota 2 Reddit community, who were invited to visit Valve while in town for…

Earthbound Sure Is Twisted, If You Think About It

Via Dorkly, here’s a look at what Ness’s adventure is really like, from an outsider’s perspective. Those poor squirrels. 🙁

The PAX Prime schedule is now live! Check it out right here

Tropes vs. Men In Video Games

That fedora. So good. This satirical send-up of “Men’s Rights” activists (starring funny video-maker and Mega-64 collaborator Frank Howley) makes a number of valuable points about the gender divide in gaming. Also it’s hilarious. Worth noting: there are certainly valid critiques to be made about Anita Sarkeesian’s “Tropes vs. Women In Video Games” series—and Kotaku…

Assassin’s Creed Will Actually End One Day

Many of gaming’s biggest franchises have no endgame in mind—ask Nintendo when they’ll stop making Mario games, for example, and you’ll be laughed out of Kyoto. And the actual NFL is more likely to end before Madden ever does. Assassin’s Creed, though? The folks behind Ubisoft’s longrunning action/adventure series say it’ll end one day. They…

Torchlight 2 Mac Port Hit ‘Unexpected Complexities’

A couple of readers have asked about Torchlight 2‘s much-delayed Mac port, so we reached out to developer Runic to see what’s up. Here’s their statement: The official word as of right now is that we encountered unexpected complexities in porting Torchlight 2 to the Mac, simultaneous with our scramble to ramp up on our…

Interesting Kickstarter project: Every Day Is Play, a book that will “showcase the works of designers, musicians, artists, writers and developers that have taken inspiration from the art that we grew up with.”

The Great Japanese Divide

As a JRPG fan, I’ve always had a hard time accepting that what Japan wants is often drastically different than what I want. So when Capcom announced this week that the next Breath of Fire—a series of traditional JRPGs revolving around a boy who can turn into a dragon—would not be a traditional RPG but…

Wondering just how many game studios have laid off employees in 2013 so far? A new website called GameJobWatch will help you navigate. Laid-off developers looking for work can also post their resumes in case recruiters come calling.

Blizzard’s Next Subscription MMO Is No Longer A Subscription MMO

The project code-named Titan is changing direction completely, Blizzard said on today’s Activision earnings call. It used to be a subscription-based massively multiplayer online game. No more. “We’re in the process of selecting a new direction,” Blizzard president Mike Morhaime said on the call. Titan, which has been under development for quite some time now,…