Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Monetary Value? runs down the few tidbits that have been revealed about Mirror’s Edge 2 GiantBoyDetective looks at another video game from inside a cartoon TV show, with this time’s example coming from Adventure Time. And, lastly, PyramidHeadCrab shares his personal experience in a rather…

Ubisoft Has Three Assassin’s Creeds in Development, Vows Innovation

Ubisoft is committed to making a new Assassin’s Creed game every year and is determined not to see the series collapse from franchise fatigue. How? “We are making sure the teams who are creating the different iterations have enough time—two years, three years, so that they can take risk and they can change the concept…

Here’s The Most Laid-Back Trailer You’ll See Today

Well, if you ignore the shark, anyway. Above is footage of the prototype version of World of Diving, a mellow Oculus Rift-enabled multiplayer diving simulator currently looking for funds on Indiegogo. Underwater fish photography never looked so appealing.

Meet Four New Pokemon, The First Gym Leader, And Everybody Else In X/Y

You’d think The Pokemon Company would have gotten all of its Pokemon X and Pokemon Y news out during the major gaming trade show that just blew through, but no — the info train keeps rolling. Meet your trainer’s pals, the first gym leader, and four new entries in the Kalos Region Pokedex. Let’s do…

Explore, Survive, Role-Play: Here’s The Latest Of Steam’s Greenlight

The city building game built by fighting game veterans and the “rogue-lite” with the awesome soundtrack are just two of the ten games that nabbed community-assured distribution rights on Steam this month. Let’s have a look at who and what they are. The first group, consisting of six games, was revealed yesterday: Assetto Corsa An…

Finally, Luigi Is MUCH Bigger Than Mario

If you’re familiar with Luigi’s stats, you know that he can jump higher than his more famous brother. He’s taller, too. Still, there’s no mistaking that he’s the second banana in the super-sibling pairing. But that all changes in the upcoming Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. The green-clad plumber grows to gigantic size in the…

You Know What The Morning After E3 Needs? Mighty Switch Force 2 Music

After being assaulted by a mix of horrific dubstep and “epic” video game trailer music for four days straight, it’s time for something a little more traditional — something like Jake Kaufman’s fantastic soundtrack for Mighty Switch Force 2. Mighty Switch Force 2 just hit the3DS eShop yesterday, and a good 50 percent of why…

If You Can’t See Man of Steel Tonight, Here’s the Budget Version

For comic-book movies, the bigger the budget, the bigger the expectations, the bigger the letdown. Table 8 Productions, makers of “Iron Man 3 on a Budget,” and “The Avengers on a Budget,” know the key to exceeding expectations is to kill all hope of them in the womb. Thus this trailer for “Man of Steel”…

Yoshi’s New Island Is Like the Old Yoshi’s Island. That’s a Good Thing.

The new game for Nintendo’s most nurturing dinosaur was available to play this week at E3 and Kotaku‘s Jason Schreier did exactly that. In the video above, you’ll see Jason try to talk and play at the same time—harder than it looks, especially in a crowded E3 Nintendo booth—while he gives you a quick glimpse…

Watch the First 8 Minutes of the new Ghost in the Shell Right Here

Back in February, we showed you the first trailer of the newest installment of the Ghost in the Shell franchise, Ghost in the Shell: Arise. With the Japanese theater release of the first chapter, border: 1 Ghost Pain, a week away, fans are getting a special gift: The first eight minutes of the film are…

The Japanese Games Kicking Ass At E3

Back in 2009 at the Tokyo Game show, Keiji Inafune, creator of Mega Man, Onimusha, and Dead Rising said the following: “Man, Japan is over. We’re done. Our game industry is finished.” But as this E3 is quick to show, this is hardly the case. Perhaps Inafune’s comment ended up being a wake-up call—a game…

Compare the Look of the Newest Smash Bros. Game to the Old One

Lots of attention—some of it creepy—has been paid to all the new characters coming to the fourth installment of Nintendo’s all-star beat-em-up. It’s great that the Animal Crossing villager, Wii Fit trainer and Mega Man are getting people excited. But there’s another reason to get hyped: this Smash will be in hi-def. That means a…

There’s A $90 Steam Game, And People Are Freaking Out

Strategy game Planetary Annihilation, which looks awesome, went live on Steam this week. Sort of. The game isn’t finished, but anyone wanting to play it now, ahead of schedule, can do so. For $90. That’s a lot of money, sure, for what’s essentially an alpha of the game, but in addition to access now it…

Bakemonogatari is an Amazingly Well-Directed Anime

As we’re coming up on the summer anime season, I’ve been purusing the upcoming shows looking for what I should keep an eye on. One anime, in particular, has stood out to me as a must watch: Monogatari Series Second Season There’s just one problem, I haven’t seen either of the preceding two series, Bakemonogatari…

I Never Knew I Needed a Sailor Moon Brawler in My Life

As I’ve mentioned before, when I was a kid, there wasn’t much in the way of anime readily available. On TV there were only two anime programs: Sci-Fi channel’s Saturday anime, and Sailor Moon. So needless to say, I watched me a lot of Sailor Moon Yet even at that time, I didn’t pick up…

The Poster for the First GTA Doesn’t Look Like Grand Theft Auto

Nowadays, we’re all used to the house style of the marketing art for Rockstar Games’ blockbuster open-world games: paneled mosaics with character likenesses and heavy black orders, with the game series’ name spelled out in the Price Is Right font. But GTA promo images didn’t always look like that. They used to be a lot…

Because E3 Needed Giant Bugs To Blow To Hell

As sure as the sun will come up tomorrow, there will always be a new Earth Defense Force game to look forward to. Blowing up everything on the screen, from giant ants to giant robots, never gets old. This is the E3 trailer for the latest game in the series, Earth Defense Force 2025. If…

Battlefield 4 Won’t Support Mods. Sorry.

Developers DICE never officially sanctioned the use of mods in Battlefield 3, fearing it could lead to stuff like exploits in multiplayer matches (which, you know, happened anyway). So has the studio reversed that decision for the upcoming Battlefield 4? Of course not. Speaking with PC Gamer at E3, DICE general manager Karl-Magnus Troedsson broke…

Sure, A Giant Floating Whale, Why Not

A skywhale flew near my house once. True story Xavier Etchepare is a senior concept artist at Ubisoft Montréal, where he’s done stuff like character art and storyboards. He’s worked on games like the Just Dance series, but most of the stuff you’ll see today is either personal or from old/abandoned projects. You can see…

The Oculus Rift Now Does 1080p

If there was one complaint about the early development kits for virtual reality headset Oculus Rift, it’s that the low-res display gave everything a kind of “screen door” effect. Fixed. Newer units of the headset now feature full 1080p support, doubling the number of pixels available, which is quite the feat considering how close these…