Here’s What E3 Looks Like Right Now

There are still a few days left until E3 kicks off, but a few lucky folks have already had a chance to get a glimpse of the Los Angeles Convention Center,where gaming’s biggest annual event will be held. They’ve shared photos of the preparations in this NeoGAF thread, so we can stare at them endlessly…

Here’s a new indie game to put on your radar: The Magic Circle, a bizarre adventure from developer Jordan Thomas, who worked on Thief III, BioShock 2, and South Park: The Stick of Truth, among other games. I played some of The Magic Circle a few weeks ago—it’s fascinating, weird, surreal, and very clever. I…

Watch Someone Freak Out Over A Virtual Reality Opera

If you have an Oculus Rift, you’re probably always looking for new games and demos to try out. Well the next one is a bit different. It’s a short opera in a beautiful rendition of the afterlife. The film is beautiful on its own, but it’s also a perfect demo for a different type of…

I Like What Tomodachi Life Did To My Voice

Tomodachi Life is out today. There’s a lot to say about Nintendo’s whacky life simulator and the game’s lingering controversies. But why say them in my voice when I could be talking in any number of ridiculous computerized Mii voices? Character creation menus always bring out my insane gamer side, and the one in Tomodachi…

The Summer Of Old JRPGs: Final Schedule

We’re three days away from E3, which means it’s the perfect time to start thinking about games that came out 20 years ago. As I announced last month, this summer I’m plotting out a special project—sort of a book club for old-school JRPGs. Every week or two we’ll play and talk about an old game,…

Halo Theme Composer Sues Bungie Boss

Composer Marty O’Donnell, the man responsible for Halo‘s iconic theme song, is suing the head of his former company Bungie for not paying benefits he claims he is owed. In the lawsuit, O’Donnell alleges that when he was terminated, he had accrued vacation time, sabbatical time, and paid time off, which Bungie has not paid…

The punishing fighting-desperately-for-survival simulator Don’t Starve is coming to the PlayStation Vita, Developer Klei entertainment announced today. The Vita version will come with the original game and the Reign of the Giants expansion. Kotaku wishes one of our favorite PS4 games well in its new mobile-friendly home.

$30 of LIVE Credit for $20, The Witcher III CE, Alfred Hitchcock

Have an Xbox? Like free money? Today Best Buy will sell you a $25 Xbox Gift Card for $20, and then throw in an additional $5 digital card for free. 33% discounts on digital credit like this are basically unheard of. Buy it. [Best Buy] We’re feeling pretty good about The Witcher III: Wild Hunt…

The Best Way To Trap Cannibals In The Forest

Building traps and learning how to handle mutant cannibals is key to surviving The Forest. And as it turns out, you can use those traps to take cannibals on a wild ride, too. Here’s a silly GIF of what happened when a player who goes by the handle Commandor90 tried trapping a mutant in The…

Bethesda Might Have Gone Out Of Business If Not For Morrowind

Recently, Todd Howard of Bethesda Game Studios sat down for an interview with Germany-based Gamestar about Munich, bratwurst, and a game very special to his heart: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind After addressing topics like the success of Skyrim and the role open-world games have in the industry, Howard was asked which of his games…

It Took Seven Years To Tweet Every Word In The English Language

Early on the morning of November 30th, 2007, a newly-hatched Twitter account posted its first tweet. It was an odd message—simply the letter “a”: A half hour later, it was followed by another word, also beginning with a. Thirty minutes later, another. The only logic to the stream was that the words proceeded in alphabetical…

Alleged ‘Mario Maker’ E3 Photo Pops Up

What is Mario Maker? Is it real? Could it be one of Nintendo’s big surprises for E3 next week? This photo—allegedly of the E3 show floor—popped up on Reddit yesterday, and while we’re always hesitant to share these kind of rumors without corroborating them for ourselves, ex-Kotaku reporter Michael McWhertor, who has been posting photos…

Never Give Your Toddler A Portal Gun

Children! Aperture Science Handheld Portal Devices! Put them together and they’re cute as heck, right? Not so fast. Daniel Hashimoto (the dad behind Action Movie Kid) is at it again, this time using his After Effects skills to give his 3 year old a fully functioning Portal gun. You can see the results above. Let’s…

Sonic Runs At 179 MPH, According To Science

We all know Sonic is fast. But how fast is fast by the hedgehog’s standards? Not fast enough to win the race against Mario, clearly. Sorry, I know it’s still too soon. The research scientists over at The Escapist’s Game Theory video series put Sonic’s famed running abilities under the microscope and came up with…

Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: DOTA Diaries: I’m Afraid of Everything. • Smucker’s Uncrustables — The SnackTAYku Review • Rockmandash Reviews: Muv Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse [Anime] • TAY Predicts E3: Nintendo • An Online Gaming Journey – Pt. 2: Clans, Trolls, and Good Times TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY…

In Case You Forgot How Bad Dragonball: Evolution Was

Let’s just forget that we all agreed to pretend Dragonball: Evolution never happened for a few minutes and check out Cinema Sins‘ attempt to summarize what’s wrong with this live action adaptation of Dragonball Their ‘sin counter‘ will go wild for this one. Everything Wrong With Dragon Ball Evolution In Many Many Minutes [Cinema Sins,…