This Week In The Business: The Power Of The PlayStation Vita

QUOTE | “People who rag on the Vita don’t understand… the purchasing power of Vita owners.” – Guacamelee developer Chris McQuinn on why they think the PS Vita is a great target for game development Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “When shareholders are more important than the…

Music Video Recreates The Booze-Induced Haze Of Leisure Suit Larry

Leisure Suit Larry may not have exactly stood the test of time in terms of sheer staying power, but the series of famously salacious adventure games will always be remembered fondly for being some of the first major titles to broach topics like sex and human intimacy on their own sloppy terms. Norwegian DJ Todd…

Finally, a comic that gets sex right. If you read comics, you probably know writer Matt Fraction. He’s widely (and rightly) considered one of the best writers in the business, from Casanova to Hawkeye to other great stuff. Wired‘s got a really cool new profile of him, all about his latest comic Sex Criminals. A…

​A Health Game That Claims It’ll Improve Your Vision

For a game that says it’ll make your eyeballs work better, Ultimeyes isn’t exactly a work of art. It’s a work of science, though, one that presents a series of eye-training challenges in game-like form. After playing it a few times this week, I feel like it might actually work. Ultimeyes comes from Carrot Neurotechnology,…

Playstation Network Flash Sale: 30 Games for $1/each

Sony is kicking off your weekend with some deep, deep discounts on 30 different PSN titles, some PS3, some Vita, some cross-buy. Highlights includes Braid, Everyday Shooter, echochrome ii, Plants vs. Zombies, Super Stardust HD, and Tokyo Jungle. [Playstation Blog] Don’t miss all the rest of Friday’s gaming deals right here Title Sale Price Original…

Gameloft’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is now available on Android and iOS. A free-roaming adventure in which a man in a spider costume swings about New York, beating up thugs and pondering his relationships. Get it for $4.99 oniTunes or Google Play.

Help A Bunny From The Future Become Mayor By Murdering His Enemies

Spoiler: the stupid joke-gimmick glasses I’m wearing at the beginning of this video don’t do anything to make Not a Hero look any cooler. That’s okay, though. The new over-the-top action game doesn’t need help looking cool, because it happens in 2.25D. When I first wrote about Not a Hero after the game was announced,…

Oh Look, A Star Destroyer In Kerbal Space Program

Reddit user Quiznos323 built a Star Destroyer in Kerbal Space Program, and actually managed to get it into space (but not orbit). The ship was built using the B9 Aerospace and Lack Luster Labs mods They got it into space, but things quickly went a bit sideways. Well, maybe next time, Quiznos. Kerbal Space Empire…

Here’s 12 More Minutes Of Skywind To Gawk At

Hey, remember Skywind, that breaktakingly beautiful mashup of the two classic Elder Scrolls games Morrowind and Skyrim? Of course you do, because all us here at Kotaku can’t seem to stop posting about it Just look at this new developer diary, though, and you’ll see why. The ambitious plan to transport Morrowind into the engine…

Surprise! Octodad: Dadliest Catch will arrive on PS4 this coming Tuesday, April 22. The PS4 version will be more or less the same goofy trip as the PC version, though some of the back half has been re-tuned to be less annoying. (The PC version’s been patched, too.) I’ve been playing a bit on PS4…