Assassin’s Creed III was one of 2012’s most divisive games, but can we agree to enjoy a forest vista for a second? Look at that bird. Look at all those trees to climb. And, best of all… there’s no one to chase See more of Kotaku video editor Chris Person’s cinemagraphs of 2012’s most gorgeous…
Since the Wii U was released last month, it’s been unclear whether Nintendo Network IDs—the online username and profile for any Wii U owner who plays, communicates and shops online on the system—is forever baked into the Wii U it is initially registered on. Users are not given any tools to transfer their Nintendo Network…
A brief exchange on Twitter yesterday got me wondering how the media covered Tetris back in the day before that game’s release. I couldn’t find a lot of previews of Tetris from the late 80’s, but I did find a few. They’re terrific… and predominantly obsessed with the idea that Tetris, made in Russia, is…
Stare at these screenshots of The Phantom Pain, the new game announced at the Spike Video Game Awards that pretty much everyone knows is really Metal Gear Solid V Ah, but do you need more evidence that this is MGSV? Then keep staring. Keep staring, because what some people might see as, say, a water…
For four consecutive Mondays, we’ve counted the number of people who are playing Black Ops II on the Wii U. We’ve wanted to, however roughly, measure the uptake of online gaming on the Wii U, using one of the most popular online series around. Over those four Mondays, the combined number of Wii U owners…
Last Friday morning, my words on this site told you that BioShock Infinite, the long-in-the-works first-person shooter from one of the most respected game development studios in the world, was coming along very well. On Friday evening, if you were watching Spike’s Video Game Awards, your eyes might have told you otherwise. What can you…
Dark Souls II, the surprise sequel announced at Friday’s Spike TV Video Game Awards, is going to be tough, its creators promised in a press release. That’s to be expected. But here’s a surprise: the series’ creator, From Software’s Hidetaka Miyazaki, will serve only as a supervisor on the sequel, while the game will actually…
Tonight’s Video Game Awards on Spike TV will also be streamed online (including here at Kotaku) as well as through the Xbox 360. It’s via the 360 that viewers will be able to cast votes to tweak the show and one of its exclusives. Spike’s/GTTV‘s Geoff Keighley just shot me a list of the things…
It’s a big night for video games. We’ve got Spike TV’s 10th annual Video Game Awards airing live at 9pm ET/ 6pm PT, hosted by Samuel L. Jackson. Some of you may tune in to see which games and developers win top honors. I bet a lot of you are going to be most interested…
We’ve all waited a long time for a new BioShock, an even longer time for one overseen by Ken Levine, whose Irrational Games studio created the original 2007 sensation. On Thursday in Los Angeles, I didn’t have to wait any longer. I got to play BioShock Infinite, from the start, on a PlayStation 3. I…
Do you think I’m a bigger tipper than you are? Do you think I remember the name of my kindergarten teacher? Imagine that we’re friends and that a video game is asking you these questions. Imagine that it asks you to answer questions about yourself, too. For example, if you were the first person on…
The party ended for the once-mighty Guitar Hero series in 2011, when Activision finally decided that the world had played enough guitar video games. The last Guitar Hero we got was 2010’s Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. But a source familiar with the series’ development says that a Guitar Hero 7 was in development at…
Untethered to any movies, comics or TV shows, the Wii U’s Lego City Undercover will be -gasp- an entirely original Lego game from Traveller’s Tales and Nintendo. We saw it at E3 and today we’ve got a new look at it. Pretty nice, huh? It’s slated for an early 2013 release, though it’s unclear if…
The rhythmic combat game HarmoKnight will be coming to the 3DS in North America “soon,” Nintendo said today. The most interesting thing about the game? It’s the first non-Pokémon game that Pokémon creators GameFreak have made since Drilldozer on the Game Boy Advance. The game was released in Japan this past fall. See it in…
Wii Fit U will be released for Wii U in “the first part of 2013,” whenever that is. Nintendo says it’ll include dancing!
It’s Game of the Year season. You’ll be seeing lots of people name their Best Video Game, Best PC Game, Best Xbox 360 Game, Best Shooter, Best Fighting Game, Best, Best, Best… And yet I can tell you right now that some games that deserve recognition won’t win anyone else’s awards, because they don’t fit.…
Black Ops II has grossed a billion dollars in 15 days, says Activision, one faster than Modern Warfare 3. What decline?
Did you play Assassin’s Creed III? Did you have any questions about it? Questions other than why the tree climbing is so awesome or how in the world you trigger naval trading? You’re in luck. We’ve got two of the top creators of Assassin’s Creed III right here, ready to answer your questions. Ask your…
Formerly one of 2012’s most anticipated games, BioShock Infinite will hopefully be a highlight of February, 2013. But a game out of the public eye can be a game we begin to worry about. What can assuage concern? Not box art. Not models. No, we need to see gameplay. And we need to play this…
There will be a new Nintendo Direct tomorrow at noon ET. Watch it here. Topic unknown: Wii U and 3DS games
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