There is perhaps no group of gamers more mistreated than American Mother fans. While Japanese gamers have gotten all three games in the surreal RPG series, all we’ve gotten is Earthbound, a Super Nintendo localization of Mother 2. Americans didn’t get Mother on NES, Mother 3 on Game Boy Advance, or any of the subsequent…
Grand Theft Auto V is coming this fall, developer Rockstar Games announced today. The fifth installment in the popular open-world action series has been delayed from its initial spring release and will now be out on September 17 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Here’s Rockstar: Dear all Today, we have an official release date…
In a monster press release this morning, publisher Xseed Games announced that it’s bringing five new Japanese games to the U.S. this year: Killer Is Dead (pictured above), Rune Factory 4, Valhalla Knights 3, Ys Celceta, and Ys I & II Chronicles (for Steam). That’s one multi-platform game, one 3DS game, two Vita games, and…
EA is putting Medal of Honor on hold after the disappointing Warfighter, the publisher said during an earnings call.
Just announced during an EA earnings call: Insomniac’s Fuse has been delayed to EA’s next fiscal quarter (April-June).
Posted online yesterday, this gorgeous Oscar-nominated short, directed by John Kahrs, is well worth your time. If you saw Wreck-It-Ralph in theaters, you might have seen this already. If not… well, what are you waiting for? Paperman – Full Animated Short Film [YouTube]
Children die. I promise that isn’t as horrible as it sounds. This commercial for Skulls of the Shogun, a turn-based strategy game that came out on Xbox Live today, is actually kinda great. Dead children and all.
On MSNBC today, U.S. senator Lamar Alexander (a Tennessee Republican) set a new benchmark for insanity by claiming that games are worse than guns. “I think video games is a bigger problem than guns, because video games affect people,” he told host Chuck Todd. Once again, this is an actual U.S. senator. An actual senator…
Here’s the 84-year-old grandpa of YouTube user GrandpaPlaysGames reacting to shooters like Halo 4 and Black Ops II It is totally adorable. He should hook up with this woman. Can we start a petition to make that happen? Our 84 year old Grandpa plays Videogames! [YouTube]
Junction Point creator Warren Spector wrote a heartfelt note about his studio’s closure today.
Nintendo is really pushing Fire Emblem: Awakening, the strategy-RPG that comes out for 3DS next Tuesday. This new Awakening trailer—one of quite a few on Nintendo’s feed—shows off some of the class advancements, skills, weapons, and other aspects of character progression you can find in the game. Expect more on Fire Emblem—including Kotaku‘s full review—later…
This morning, I got an e-mail from a Kotaku reader named Jaime. “I am married to a wonderful woman,” Jaime wrote, “but she doesn’t enjoy playing videogames. She has from time to time, sat down to watch me play games like Okami, Ico or Shadow of the Colossus. She’s a big fan of Studio Ghibli…
The action game Soul Sacrifice now has a release date: April 30 for Vita, both retail and digital
Following rumors yesterday, Junction Point, the development studio behind Epic Mickey and its sequel, has shut down. Parent company Disney confirmed the news in a statement today: It was with much sadness that we informed our teams today of changes to our Games organization, which include the closure of Junction Point Studios. These changes are…
For the past two months, we’ve been running a feature called Pecking Order, in which we rank every game in a series, from best to worst. First up was Halo, then Grand Theft Auto Now it’s Final Fantasy‘s turn. Which game in Square’s crystal-packed behemoth is the best? Which is the worst? Which has the…
Rumors are flying that Junction Point, the game studio behind Epic Mickey and its sequel, the recently-released Epic Mickey 2, is facing some issues. Although Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts says the studio will be shut down, we have not been able to confirm that. However, multiple sources have confirmed to Kotaku that Junction Point’s…
You won’t be able to transfer save games from your Wii’s Virtual Console to your Wii U’s Virtual Console, Nintendo has confirmed to Kotaku Last week, Nintendo detailed how the Wii U’s Virtual Console will work when it officially launches this spring. It will be an entirely separate entity from the Wii’s Virtual Console—which you…
There’s a lot to love about Ni no Kuni, the wonderful PlayStation 3 role-playing game that came out last Tuesday. There’s also a lot to worry about. Between side quests, creature collecting, and all sorts of tricky boss battles, it can be an overwhelming game for new players. Fortunately, new players have Kotaku. Here are…
Wow. This is “StarCraft: Rebirth of the Swarm,” a sixty-minute film created by YouTuber/TeamLiquider CrainyCreation, who says it took him two-and-a-half years to make. It’s fully voiced and totally insane. Enjoy.
To anyone wondering: Our Ni no Kuni review should be up sometime next week. We’d rather be late than unthorough!
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