Three Weeks In Gaming Apps, In Case You Thought We Forgot

In the last exciting episode of The Week in Gaming Apps, the feature apologized for wanting to kill you. Afterwards it was so ashamed it hid for three weeks. Guess who gets to write-up 20 fresh mobile games? Not The Week in Gaming apps, certainly. It’s just an idea. A thought. A sometimes murderous thought.…

The World Needs A Cat Version of Street Fighter

Cats can be combative, albeit playful jerks—which makes them great choices for a fighting game, no? Well, if nothing else, this utterly silly (but fun!) rendition of a cat version of Street Fighter by ThePetCollective puts a smile on my face. Street Fighter Parody – Cat Fighter [The Pet Collective]

Watch A Fox Reporter Demolish A Hackneyed Anti-Game Argument

Today, an old man went on television and complained about video games. Then someone proved him horribly wrong. Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham and current head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, went on the John Stossel Show on Fox Buisness to tell why he thinks violent games are abhorrent and deserve to be…

E3 Aftermath, And Other Popular GIFs This Week

Jokes referencing the villager character of the new Smash Bros. started to get stale a few days after E3. Then, suddenly, hilarious videos like this popped up, squeezing out the remaining potential of the character. Outside of E3, newly announced and newly released games inspired people to capture the best moments as animated GIFs. Let’s…

Moneysaver One-Shot: BEYOND: Two Souls for $35 [GONE]

It’s just been brought to my attention by @HOTD2Dreamcast on Twitter that BEYOND: Two Souls is available for pre-order for $35 at the Sony online store. We’ve seen the game once or twice for 52 bucks, but this is a huge, almost 50% discount on the game’s $60 price. No idea how long the sale…

They Mastered Rhythm Games. How Does iNiS Handle Tower Offense?

Japanese developer iNiS — the name’s an acronym for “infinite Noise of the inner Soul” — has spent the past decade and a half perfecting the art of the rhythm game. From classics like Gitaroo Man and Elite Beat Agents to not-so-classics like last year’s DLC-packed Demon’s Score, iNiShave mastered the melding of sound and…

Nintendo President’s Animal Crossing House Is Decorated With His Face

What would you find in Reggie Fils-Aime’s bedroom? Well, we can’t tell you what’s in his real-life bedroom. His Animal Crossing bedroom, however, has bedsheets with his own face on them. Really! Not only that, but in this video tour, Reggie rolls around in those sheets. It’s pretty fantastic, if not a tad ridiculous. Like…

The Last of Us Ended Perfectly, And It Doesn’t Need A Sequel

As the old saying goes, “Video games beget more video games.” Successful video games beget sequels. And The Last of Us seems by any available measure to be a successful video game. That being said, I hope it doesn’t get a sequel. WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS FOLLOW FOR THE LAST OF US. The spoiler train is…

The Real Reason Nintendo Will Never Make A Pokemon MMO

We want it. We have to have it. Our desire for it burns like the heat of a thousand suns, but what would happen if Nintendo did make a Pokemon MMO? Gaming humor site Dorklymay be on to something here. I doubt even Valve’s Gabe Newell could save us. For more sick and twisted video…

Rumor About Xbox One Family-Sharing’s Downsides Has Flaws of Its Own [UPDATE: Microsoft Debunks]

We prefer to report on rumors that we can prove are true or outright debunk, but sometimes we get the ones we have to address without being able to say with certainty one way or the other. Enough of you ask about it; we need to tell you what’s up, as best we can. The…

How To Deal With Your Jerk Friends And Other Advice

In this week’s Ask Kotaku I answer a bunch of questions covering newly announced games, your friends and life at Kotaku Sorry I missed you guys last week. I was busy running around LA like a maniac and being really tired and stuff. But I’m back! So let’s get into this week’s questions on Ask…

Okay. Yes. I’m Cautiously Excited For Lightning Returns: FFXIII.

Square Enix has a lot of work to do. With Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII—the third game in what has become the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy—the folks at Square not only have to conclude Lightning’s story in a satisfactory way, they have to figure out how to appeal to RPG fans who were turned off…

Indie Developer Pulls Out Of PAX, Citing Penny Arcade Controversies

The small studio behind the upcoming first-person exploration game Gone Homesay they’re pulling their game from the next big PAX show because of their rising discomfort with the show’s organizers. “This morning we stopped pushing those long-held reservations about [Penny Arcade founders] Jerry and Mike into the back of our minds.” writes Steve Gaynor, head…

The Moneysaver: Fez $5, FTL $2.50, Hotline Miami $3, Haswell

Rise and save, Mister Reader. Rise and… save. Not that I… wish to imply you have been sleeping on the job. No one is more deserving of a deal, and all the effort in the world would have gone to waste until… well, let’s just say your Moneysaver has… come again. The right promo code…

Today marks the launch of the “All Hail Galvatron” event in Transformers Legends, slipping the free-to-play iOS and Android card game a little 80s animated movie continuity. The highlight of the event is the debut of Rodimus Prime, the little jerkwad who got Optimus Prime killed. I hope he gets eaten by Sharkticons.

Sony Releasing 4.45 PlayStation Firmware Fix Next Week

Gamers whose PS3s were rendered unusable by last Tuesday’s 4.45 PS3 firmware update will find relief on Thursday, June 27, with the release of a new system update that Sony believes will fix things. “We have identified the issue related to the PlayStation 3 software update (version 4.45) that impacted a small number of PS3…

Remember that awesome Peggle 2 announcement? Here’s the same announcement, only more extreme. We’re talking like, unicorns and explosions type of ridiculousness. And it’s official!

An In-Depth Chat With The Genius Behind Super Smash Bros.

Masahiro Sakurai is in pain. The creator of Super Smash Bros. suffers from calcific tendonitis in his right shoulder, and it shows: Sakurai often holds his arms as he talks, and he says he can’t use a regular mouse anymore. It hurts too much. Still, he is cheerful and friendly—if a little subdued—when talking about…

Is Marvel Heroes Worth Playing? How Do You Feel About Raccoons?

Between issues with early start and the official release being the week before E3 2013 craziness, I’ve not had much time to play Gazillion Entertainment’s “Marvel Diablo” since my days in the beta, so when people have asked me over the past few weeks “Is it worth playing,” my response has generally been “Oh my…

General Zod and Man of Steel ’s Superman Fly Into Injustice Next Month

With the Man of Steel movie debuting as a big hit, it’s no surprise that the movie’s version of Superman will be coming to the fighting game featuring the DC Universe’s biggest heroes and villains. And the Man of Steel skin will be joined by a playable General Zod add-on, who we first saw in…