Jason Schreier

Skyrim ‘Legendary Edition’ Is Coming June 4

A new version of Skyrim containing all of the game’s DLC will arrive this summer for $60, Bethesda announced today. June 4 for North America; June 7 for Europe and Australia. The Legendary Edition of Skyrim will be released on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. This edition of the massive RPG will include the game…

Phoenix Wright HD iOS Port Delayed Yet Again

Remember when we said you’d be able to play HD remakes of the first three Phoenix Wright games on iOS last fall? That never happened. For some reason, Capcom has stealthily delayed the HD port of their lawyer adventure games, first to April, and now… to July. Responding to a fan question on the company’s…

Gamasutra’s got a very technical look at the PS4’s specs, courtesy designer Mark Cerny. “The launch lineup for PlayStation 4 — though I unfortunately can’t give the title count — is going to be stronger than any prior PlayStation hardware,” Cerny says.

The Next Xbox Will Be Revealed On May 21

The next Xbox will be unveiled in late May, Microsoft has just confirmed. This is the first time the company has officially acknowledged their next-generation gaming console, which has been rumored for years now. We just got our invite to the event, which will take place in Redmond, Washington on May 21 at 10am Pacific.…

Rumor: The Next Call of Duty Is Called ‘Ghosts’

So, this is interesting. Rumors about a game called Call of Duty: Ghosts have been floating around for a month or so, but there hasn’t been much concrete info out there. Today, leaked retail listings and box art suggest that Ghosts could actually be a thing. Above you can see box art posted by the…

Nintendo revealed the launch line-up for the Wii U’s Virtual Console today on Facebook. Nothing surprising here: Super Mario World, F-Zero, Excitebike, and a few others.

Batman: Arkham Origins Will Have Multiplayer, Sources Say

The newest Batman game will have a multiplayer mode, we’ve heard from two independent sources. Batman: Arkham Origins, a prequel announced earlier this month, will be the third game in the Arkham series, and the first to have any sort of multiplayer, according to our sources. We’ve also heard details about at least one multiplayer…

The Real Problem With That Controversial, Sexy Video Game Sorceress [UPDATE]

Two weeks ago, I wrote an article that criticized one of the characters in the upcoming game Dragon’s Crown. Today, the man behind that character has responded to that article. On April 12, I published a post titled “Game Developers Really Need To Stop Letting Teenage Boys Design Their Characters.” It was a snarky, short…

These folks are making a documentary about The Legend of Zelda. Check out their website for more details—and a very cool Zelda-like Flash game full of details on the film.

Yet Another Metal Gear Solid Collection Is Coming To PS3

As rumored a few days ago, a new pack of Metal Gear Solid games is coming to PS3 this June. Not to be confused with the one that came out a year and a half ago. Here’s Konami: Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the METAL GEAR SOLID franchise, this PlayStation®3 exclusive package will include METAL…

Are you unemployed or under-employed, yet still buying and playing video games? We want to hear your stories. How do you clear space in your budget for an expensive hobby? Have you ever spent money on a video game that you really shouldn’t have? What have you done to help pay for your gaming habits?…

Mother 3’s Fan Translators Say Nintendo Can Have Their Script For Free

The people who translated Mother 3 to English say that if Nintendo ever wants to bring the quirky RPG to U.S. shores, the company can use their script. Free of charge. Writing on the Mother 3 fan translation website, translator Clyde Mandelin says that if Nintendo were to ever localize the game, he’d be happy…

Okay, Phoenix Wright looks amazing in 3D. Check out this new trailer for Ace Attorney 5, which will be out in Japan this July (and in the U.S. at some point in the future). Neat, eh?

‘Suspicious Package’ Found In Arizona Today Looks Really Familiar

I don’t blame police in Tempe, Arizona for calling in the bomb squad to examine this “suspicious package” they found on the street today, as reported by news network KTVK. And, yeah, I guess it’s for the best that they sent in a robot to try to detonate it. After the events in Boston this…

Ode To The JRPG Mini-Game

During the two-and-a-half decades I’ve been playing JRPGs, I’ve learned three important lessons: 1) If an NPC tells you a rumor, it’s true; 2) All valuables are hidden in bookshelves; and 3) Mini-games are almost always better than real games. It’s a strange phenomenon, don’t you think? We play role-playing games because we want to…

Jon Stewart Rips Senator For Attacking Video Games During Gun Hearing

As you might have heard, the U.S. Senate shut down a bill this week that would extend background checks on gun sales—a bill that most Americans supported. And of course, someone brought up video games. Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday, Nebraska senator Mike Johanns called it “ironic” that people who support the bill want…

Maybe The Earthbound Delay Wasn’t Really For Music Licensing Issues

For quite a few years now, people have theorized that Nintendo would never re-release Earthbound in the United States because of licensing issues: the quirky RPG takes music from Chuck Berry and The Beatles, among other artists. But! Earlier this week, Nintendo announced plans to finally bring their Super Nintendo classic to the Wii U’s…

Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall: The Kotaku Review

Perhaps the most exciting part of Dishonored, the triumphant assassin game released last year by Bethesda and Arkane Studios, was the feeling we’d get when entering a new area, a new chunk of Dunwall filled with apartments to loot and guards to terrorize. That’s the best thing about games like that, isn’t it? The feeling…

Did Intel Steal Mass Effect Fan Art?

At least one BioWare staffer thinks Intel took and edited Mass Effect fan art for a logo on their website. This afternoon, BioWare writer Patrick Weekes retweeted an accusation by Twitter user @sa_roux. The accusation: that Intel stole fan art of Mass Effect‘s Tali for the logo on their latest game demo contest “I always…

Bravely Default Will Still Be Called Bravely Default In North America

For quite some time now, the world has been laughing at the name Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, even as we begged Square Enix to bring it out of Japan. Today’s good news: the 3DS role-playing game is indeed coming out of Japan. It’ll be released in Europe this year. 2014 for North America. And it’ll…