Video game development can take a terrible toll on a person’s mind, body, and soul. It can do even more damage to their bank account. Gordon Midwood, a developer whose game Derrick the Deathfin was released on the PlayStation Network at just about the worst possible time to release a game, says he went £40,000…
Seven months after leaving G4TV, gaming personality Adam Sessler has a new job. He’s now over at Revision3, where he’ll make video content, talk about games, and continue to refuse to wear pants.
One of the generation’s best RPGs, Radiant Historia, is on sale over at Amazon for just $15. UPDATE: Sale’s over!
The next episode of Star Wars has its writer. As rumored yesterday, Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3) will indeed write episode VII, announced when Disney bought Lucasfilm last week and slated for release in 2015. No word on whether he’ll be including Luke, Leia, and Han. Also no word on whether if…
Nintendo’s holding a midnight launch event for Wii U at the Nintendo World Store in New York City. Reggie’ll be there!
Those crazy folks at Atlus have released a whopping 28 new videos to celebrate Persona 4 Golden, their upcoming Vita remake of the critically-acclaimed PS2 role-playing game. Persona 4 Golden is out November 20. Look forward to the official Kotaku review—which, and get excited for this, may wind up being a collaboration between me and…
So you’re wandering around the map, minding your own business, just trying to get to the next town. You know, the place with the mystical coconut which you can bring to the king who will build you an airship that you can fly across the Dusty Mountains of Lon’dor-thak in order to rescue the mermaid…
Natural Selection 2 came out last week, and the folks who made it have created this neat infographic to show off the performance of their new real-time-strategy/first-person-shooter hybrid. Notably: between pre-orders and sales, more than 144,000 people now own the game. Not bad for an indie made by a studio of seven full-time staff Click…
Ahh, world maps. I love world maps. And I love world maps in Mario games. This particular map comes from New Super Mario Bros. U, the Wii U Mario game that will launch alongside Nintendo’s new console on November 18. It’s sort of reminiscent of Super Mario World—check out that ghost ship!—and it’s really interesting.…
The digital issue of December’s Game Informer is out now, and with it comes a boatload of new information on Grand Theft Auto V, including the fact that its world will be bigger than the worlds of Red Dead Redemption, San Andreas, and Grand Theft Auto IV combined (at least according to Rockstar). Holy crap.…
Hey Casey Hudson, executive producer of Mass Effect, what are you up to nowadays? Ooh, cool. Thanks, Casey. So what do you guys want to see in the next Mass Effect? And when do you think they should start changing the ending?
Grand Theft Auto V will star three protagonists. All male. Here they are. This comes courtesy the December cover of Game Informer, which you can see in its entirety here: This news confirms what Kotaku reported last year: both that it will be set in Los Santos, Rockstar’s take on Los Angeles, and that it…
A lot of people are worried about The Elder Scrolls Online, a Bethesda-published online game set in the world of their fantasy RPG series, which includes games like Skyrim and Morrowind But I must say, this video makes the upcoming game look pretty good. Some spectacular art. What do you think? Can Bethesda convince you…
We’ve got ourselves a brand new Wii U. Let’s take a close-up look. Nintendo’s new console is the first new home console since 2006, and as you can see, it’s exciting and shiny. Well. Shiny until you get your fingerprints all over it, you disgusting human. Watch the video for my initial impressions on the…
The first StarCraft II expansion is currently in beta, and many hoped that it would be out by the end of this year, but Blizzard shot down those hopes during an investors call today. Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime says they’re shooting for the first half of 2013. Heart of the Swarm will bring with it…
So Microsoft is running a new promotion. It’s called the “Halo 4 Combat Tour,” and its purpose is to encourage you to play lots of Halo and buy lots of Halo-related things. “The more you do, the more you get,” Microsoft says. They’ll give you Microsoft Points—Xbox Live’s confusing digital currency—if you play an excessive…
This is Nintendo’s head honcho, Satoru Iwata, one of the few people on earth right now with his hands on a Wii U. His fashionably gloved hands. So if you’re curious as to what will come in the Wii U’s deluxe black package (out November 18 for $350; the white basic package is $300), check…
Screw Obama: the most exciting news from last night is that marijuana is now legal in the states of Colorado and Washington. Of course, PAX Prime, annual gaming convention and mecca for nerds across the world, is also held in Washington. Don’t get too excited just yet: marijuana is still illegal on the federal level.…
Looks like we’re getting a new Shantae game, called Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse. GoNintendo’s got the details
It’s called Ragnarok Tactics, and it’s a tactical role-playing game set in the world of Ragnarok Online. Trailer’s above. Out today on disc for $30 and on the PlayStation Network for $25, the game actually looks pretty interesting. I’ve never played Ragnarok Online, but I’m always a sucker for a good strategy-RPG. (Although nothing has…
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