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:…

Female League of Legends Characters Banned at an Iranian Tournament

League of Legends’ female characters wear revealing outfits—too revealing for Iranian hardliners. And thus, too revealing for an Iranian eSports tournament. According to Iran’s World Cyber Games Facebook page (via LoL Forums), the tournament has banned female League of Legends characters. They were banned to comply with Iranian customs. The following League of Legends characters…

The Last Express is now out on Android—almost a year after its iOS debut. This port of Jordan Mechner’s ’97 adventure game features the same improvements as its iOS sibling, including achievements and a three-tiered hint system. It can be grabbed here

Here’s a Game About Racing. And Superheroes Screwing Over Each Other.

Meet Speedrunners. It is a competitive multi-player platformer set in a city with too many crimefighters and not enough crime. As one of them, your job is to get to the crime scene before the others do. And that is where the fun starts. You see, the matches aren’t just about getting to the destination.…

For Ten Minutes, Mario Meets Modern Warfare Yet Again

The latest episode of the gritty and gripping web series Mario Warfare is here, this time focusing on the Smash Club, where Mario has to fight… actually, just watch it. I don’t want to spoil too much. If you haven’t been following this great series (you really should), you can check out episodes one through…

Battlestar Galactica Confused with Futuristic Aircraft Carriers

The Japanese language version of Chinese state media site China.org.cn recently ran an article titled “Four Major Trends in Aircraft Carrier Development.” Guess one of those trends is Battlestar Galactica art. China.org.cn (AKA China Internet Information Center) is a Chinese Government-authorized website (read: state media) and translates articles into a variety of languages, such as…