New Zelda For 3DS Gets Handsome Boxart With Intriguing Icon

Here’s the excellent box art for November 22’s Nintendo 3DS (and 2DS—wow that feels weird) game The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. Hey, listen! What’s that orange icon in the top right corner? Why, that’s the logo for the Nintendo Network, which indicates that a game might have online multiplayer or support DLC.…

The Original 151 Pokemon, Drawn From Memory, Without Erasing

Normally having gaps in your memory is a bad thing, but in the case of blayzeon‘s sometimes-faulty memory? It’s pure entertainment. You can see that in action in this Pokemon project, where blayzeon drew up all the original 151 Pokemon from memory—which we’ve seen before—but this time, there was no erasing. Whatever was drawn out…

Test Your Powers of Observation with NBA 2K14‘s First Big Trailer

There’s always a little bit of a Where’s Waldo game when NBA 2K releases its first big trailer in the summer. New inclusions are featured without being highlighted or called out with text. So what can you spot in this reel? Well, there appear to be customizable wristbands (as has been hinted at before); probably…

First Look at South Park: The Stick of Truth Gameplay [Video Removed]

We’ve seen hilarious trailers and controversial screenshots for Obsidian’s upcoming South Park game. But there hasn’t been a lick of gameplay to be found for The Stick of Truth. But now we get to see it in action, thanks to one enterprising attendee from this weekend’s past Fan Expo in Toronto. In the almost eight-minute…

You Get Better Guns For Looking At Women’s Breasts In Killer Is Dead

Mondo Zappa, the hero of the new game Killer Is Dead, enjoys the occasional drink with a lady between missions. Apparently the reason he does is that as he stares at their breasts and legs, he works up the courage to give them a gift. In return, he can get a new gun arm! Here’s…

Introducing… The Nintendo 2DS. No, That’s Not a Typo.

Nintendo will be launching a new portable gaming system in October. It’s called the Nintendo 2DS. It’s a 3DS without the 3D, and it’s shaped like a thin piece of cake. “This is an entry-level handheld gaming system,” Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told Kotaku earlier this week when we got our hands on…

Wii U Price Drops $50 Effective September 20

Nintendo’s home console can be yours for just $299.99 starting September 20, the house of Mario announced today. That’s a $50 price cut for a console that’s about to get a steady flow of Nintendo-made games but that’s been struggling to sell at even half the pace of its predecessor. The Wii U will sell…

Wind Waker HD Releasing Early, If You’re Willing To Download It

The Wii U remake of the the GameCube’s Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker will be available two weeks earlier than initially announced by Nintendo, but only if you download it to the console. The download will be available on September 20. The disc version remains slated for an October 4 release. The digital-first promotion is…

Nintendo Doles Out Release Dates, Changes For Big Holiday Games

Mario and Donkey Kong are flipping release dates for Wii U this fall for what will be a Nintendo console and handheld line-up stacked with big Nintendo franchise sequels. Nintendo gamers, these are the major Nintendo game releases to choose from and, with few exceptions, the biggest games of the season for Wii U and…

Dirty Bomb Gets a Publisher and a New Name

Dirty Bomb, the free-to-play shooter coming soon from the makers of Brink, has changed its name to Extraction and while one might think the swap was done for reasons of taste or not attracting government surveillance, the real reason is more quotidian, says the studio. “Extraction was Dirty Bomb‘s original name,” developer Splash Damage wrote…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Zarnyx reflects on what gaming culture is like in her native Trinidad. You want a recipe for pulled pork, don’t you? Cooking with TAY has one.. Also, Stormborn draws anotherre-imagined, incredibly cute Pokemon for today And you can always go join the voices talking about…

BioShock Infinite Has A Board Game And It’s Brutal

It’s here! Like a murderous detective leaping from a Skyline, the Bioshock Infinite board game wants to come crashing into your house and help itself to the money in your pockets. It’s a pretty exciting proposition—unlike video game tie-ins of movies, board game tie-ins aren’t a meritless lake of bilge water. Some, like the Game…

Emotional Videos from a Frozen World Kept Me Playing Lost Planet 3

Lost Planet 3 is rough at times, with boss battles and backtracking that you’ll get frustrated at. But the game’s characters made me want to persevere through its sub-zero challenges. One of the ways you get to know them is in confessional-style videos that pop up every so often in game. Some of them are…

Dota 2‘s Biggest Tournament Sure Is an Emotional Rollercoaster

Crying? There’s no crying in Dota 2! Well, except for The International 2013, the largest Dota 2 tournament in the world, where nearly every pro was overcome by tears—joy or sorrow—fueled by the emotion of an incredibly pumped-up crowd, as you can see in this recap video by Daniel Najarian. Beyond the International 2013 [YouTube]…

Isn’t It A Little Late For A PSY Video Game Tie-In?

Meanwhile, over in Europe, this is happening. Korea’s most popular musical export lends his gentlemanly style to two of Korea’s most popular online gaming exports. I can see PSY in MapleStory, but Combat Arms? “Gangnam Style” set the world on fire, and then “Gentleman” set the world on okay, I guess that’s all PSY had…

Who would have thought that the most dramatic screenshot from Battlefield 3 would not show any snipers, tanks or brilliant teamwork, but dancing… with a broken ankle? I didn’t see this one coming. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find.…

Borderlands 2 Is Getting a GOTY Edition This October

2K Games announced an all-encompassing Game of the Year package deal for their first-person shooter-RPG, Borderlands 2 Priced at $60, the pack will include, in addition to the main game, every piece of content tied to the Borderlands 2 Season Pass and the Premiere Club. Here’s the full list, courtesy of 2K Games’ press release:…

The next Angry Birds game is a kart racer. Huh. That’ll quiet the folks who complain Rovio only releases the same sort of game over and over again, I guess. And they’ve hooked up with Red Bull, which explains all theGo-ing.

The next Tales will be a mobile game. Tales of Link is the name of the newest entry in the long-standing JRPG series, according to a teaser site recently put up by Namco Bandai. The game hits Japan this year, and will be available on both iOS and Android as a free-to-play title with in-app…

This Is Why Sir Patrick Stewart Is Still The Most Lovable Actor

In a video uploaded recently by his girlfriend, Sir Patrick Stewart shows us how to do a perfect quadruple take, a rarely used device in comedy. Also, this might be the only instance where a video with a vertical layout is acceptable. Quadruple Take Masterclass [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to:…