Deep Castlevania Discounts, SteelSeries Gaming Gear, Huge PSN Update

Amazon’s Mayhem digital game sale continues, and today’s highlight deal is Castelvania: Lords of Shadow 2 for just $20. Of course, there are still over 1000 other games available, so be sure to browse the catalog for anything else you need to add to your collection. [Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 , $20] 360 and…

Tickets for PAX Prime are now on sale. Go get’em before they sell out in ten minutes.

State of Decay‘s New DLC Is Out This Week

Let’s see if combat boots and camouflage make surviving a zombie apocalypse any easier. Already previewed back in April, State of Decay‘s Lifeline expansion hits on May 30th, bringing with it a new location, character and objectives. It’ll cost $6.99.

Here’s the first bit of artwork from the next Hitman game. Sadly that’s all we’re gonna get for a while since developer IO Interactive also said that it won’t be showing the game at E3 next month. For the time being, read more about upcoming Hitman news here.

How You’re Going To Build Houses In The Sims 4

Another day, another reason to get excited (or terrified) for The Sims 4. This morning, Electronic Arts released a new trailer for the highly anticipated life simulating-video game that spells out how the house-building mechanics work: Basically, it sounds like they work the same way that the character-creation system does. That is to say, it…

You’ll Be Able To Play Dragon Quest VIII On iOS Soon

My old PlayStation 2 just became a casualty of apartment cleaning, so it’s delightful to see Dragon Quest VIII—one of the PS2’s best role-playing games—on the iTunes Store in New Zealand today. The New Zealand iTunes Store is typically used as a testbed for game releases on iPad and iPhone, and although the eighth DQ…

Angry Birds Star Wars II invaded by clones. The iOS version of Rovio’s second Star Wars themed bird-flinger just updated with 40 free new levels, taking us even deeper into the second trilogy than we wanted to go. Other platforms shall update soon. Over at the Angry Birds blogthey’ve posted some awesome macro Telepod toy…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Transistor’s Soundtrack Reminds Me Why I Love Video Game Music • Game Of The Week—Robotic Limbs And Some Dude Named Cloud • Next Generation: Blurring the Lines Between Flash and Substance TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.

The Ghost In The Shell Movie We Never Had

I’m not sure a live action Ghost in the Shell adaptation would be a good idea, but an homage to the opening of Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 anime with real-life characters can’t hurt. Director Ash Thorpe and his Project 2501 team recreated the title sequence, Motoko Kusanagi’s birth, in a real-life environment, with a bit of…

8-Bit Donnie Darko Is Every Bit As Twisted As The Film

I remember my first viewing of Richard Kelly’s cult classic, Donnie Darko, as if it were late last night in a quiet, somewhat creepy house, silence pierced only by faint wwhistle of a rapidly descending jet engine. It went’s something like this (spoilers!). The 8-bit movie translators over at CineFix did an amazing job with…

Meet Pushmo World It is the upcoming sequel to Intelligent Systems’ 3DS puzzle games, Pushmo and Crashmo, and it’s coming to the Japanese Wii U (yes, Wii U) eShop on June 19. UPDATE: Nintendo has confirmed that Pushmo World will also launch on the US (and EU) Wii U eShop on June 19.

Caramel Banana Sushi Exists in Japan

Goodness! Just when you thought unusual sushi couldn’t get any more, well, unusual, there’s this: Caramel banana sushi. Starting tomorrow, conveyor belt sushi chain Kura is offering it in Japan. Remember, sushi rice is made with vinegar. Caramel is sweet. Then, there are bananas to contend with. All at once. In your mouth. This is…

Will consoles ever catch on in South Korea? Iconic Korean game developer Jake Song doesn’t think so, recently saying, “Consoles are largely limited and have limited specs so there is a consensus that they are looked down upon from an online game developer’s point of view… The markets for consoles are limited to USA, Europe,…