Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Could Use a Tune-Up, Says Producer [Update]

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was, on the whole, considered a better balanced edition than regular-old Marvel vs. Capcom 3. That’s not to say it couldn’t use some tuning, and Capcom’s top fighting game producer says a balancing patch could be coming. This despite rumors that the game no longer has a development team, and…

Dead Rising 3 Would Break the 360, That’s Why It Went to Xbox One

Properly conveying the size and behavior of a shambling horde of mindless, slobbering zombies takes up a lot of memory in video game development. That’s why the crowd at Cleveland Browns games is even more lifeless in Madden. And it’s why Dead Rising 3 decided to sit out the current generation for more power in…

Moneysaver: Steam Sale Day 10 Breakdown [Updated 11:20am Sunday]

Dealgularity. About the Moneysaver The Steam Summer Sale is without a doubt the year’s most well-known series of discounts on games, but at Kotaku we know you want gaming deals every day. Brought to you by the Commerce Team, the Kotaku Moneysaver posts every day at 2:15pm ET*, bringing you the best, most complete, and…

EA Sports’ College Football Series Survives Another Three Years

When word passed the NCAA waspulling its name and logo off EA Sports’ 21-year-old NCAA Football series, many immediately assumed it was the death of the title. Once everyone realized another entity altogether handles the 120+ teams who appear in the game, it became clear this was largely an ass-covering technicality. That was made even…

Well, Thank God, Someone’s Finally Making the Sequel to Chess

Next time you complain about Half-Life 3 taking forever, consider this: the modern game of chess is believed to have originated in 1575, and only now is Chess 2: The Sequel coming out. And it’s an Ouya exclusive. The game is by Ludeme Games and David Sirlin, a designer and game theory author who has…

New DLC Will Bust a Cap in Borderlands 2

Borderlands 2 will increase its level cap by 11 to 72 and cheerful blind amputee T.K. Baha returns in two more DLC extensions this fall that Gearbox Software announced today at PAX Australia. The level cap raise will occur in the “Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2: Digistruct Peak Challenge.” The challenge refers to a…

This Week in the Business: Staring Into the Uncanny Valley

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “If improved graphics aren’t combined with better animation, all these games are going to dive into the uncanny valley.”—Julien Merceron, worldwide tech director for Square Enix, talking about escaping from the uncanny valley with next-gen games QUOTE | “It takes women…

Finally: The Next Big Halo Tournament. Watch It Live, Right Here.

This weekend, we are finally seeing a strong return of eSports in the competitive Halo scene. Since Major League Gaming ceased operations of Halo events on their pro circuit, we haven’t seen a major tournament for the series in quite some time. Thanks to 343 Industries and the Arena Gaming League, all that changes in…

The Best of Kotaku, The Week Of July 15th

It’s San Diego Comic-Con week and Fahey is just flying back home today. Hopefully you didn’t miss his posts, but if you did, head over to Kotaku Selects, where I round up our best content from the week. As you all probably know, I am addicted to Animal Crossing: New Leaf. To the point where…

Here’s A Clip From An Episode In The Second Season of Legend of Korra

Didya watch the trailer for the second season of The Legend of Korra?Pretty good, right? Here’s something less dramatic: a small clip that shows us where Korra, Bolin, Mako and Asami are in book two—straight from Nickelodeon. Legend Of Korra: “Rebel Spirit Sneak Peek” Surprised that Mako is a cop? The creators talked about it…

The next game from Halfbrick, makers of Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja, looks pretty fun! Trailer right here.

Here’s Volante Design’s latest jacket—which is a redesign of the Assassin’s Creed III jacketthat put them on the map. It’s called The Eagle and it comes in a few different colors.

The Game of Thrones-Arrested Development Mashup You Have To Watch

A Ron Howard imitator and some clever wordplay just make the horrific events of Game of Thrones season 3 so… entertaining. Well done, Cracked Video below. It contains spoilers for Game of Thrones season 3.

DayZ Killmap Shows Where You’ll Probably Die

If you’ve played DayZ, you’ve probably died. A lot. And if you’ve died in DayZ, you’ve probably died in one of these locations, as highlighted by MyDayZ in this fascinating heat map: Nifty. Using our image annotation tool, note any place you’ve found it particularly easy to get shot and/or eaten. Speaking of DayZ: In…

This Amazing Art Is Made Almost Entirely Out Of Tea Stains

Did you know that you can make art by using tea? If you’re Dara Gold, artist and illustrator from Toronto, you can use tea stains to make pretty awesome art, too. Making art from tea doesn’t mean it all has to be brown, though. Tea comes in fruit flavors! That means there can be some…

WildStar Gets Two More Player Races, And One Is Deadly Adorable

I once said the first MMO that allowed me to play as a pink fuzzy thing with a raccoon tail would win. WildStar just won. Allow me to give you the official description of the Chua: Nearly as brilliant as they are sociopathic, the Chua are mischievous inventors who develop advanced weapons and technology for…

‘Checkpoint-Style Saving Is Killing Me’

It’s Ask Kotaku time! And guess who is back as my guest host for this week’s column? It’s everyone’s favorite stylish Kotaku writer: Mister Evan Narcisse. In this week’s Ask Kotaku we cover games, relationships, Kotaku and… Kanye? Yeah, sure, why not. I love the random, silly questions! Send more of those to my email…

There are so, so many ways to get around Animal Crossing‘s profanity filters. And I’m going to use all of them, until my townspeople’s catchphrases would earn this game an “M” rating.

It’s Jay And Silent Bob Vs. Plants Vs. Zombies 2

Okay, that explains why Kevin Smith’s hetero lifemate Jason Mewes was hanging out at the Popcap both at San Diego Comic-Con earlier today. Folks at Popcap tell me that Jay and Silent Bob’s real-life counterparts are huge fans of the franchise, which is why we’re getting a series of animated shorts in which the fictional…

There’s An HD Version of Soul Calibur 2 On Its Way

Today at San Diego Comic-Con, Namco Bandai announced that Soul Calibur 2 is getting a high-definition update for the PS3 and Xbox 360. According to Polygon, who are on the ground at Comic-Con, it seems to be a straight port from the original game—which launched in 2003. You can expect the HD port to launch…