The Hottest Booth Cars Of E3 2013

Sure, E3 is a place where you can check out the latest video games and video-game hardware. But we know what all those randy young convention-goers really want to see: The sexy, curvalicious eye-candy spicing up the booths on the expo floor. Fear not, readers! We’ve got you covered with our gallery of The Hottest…

The Moneysaver: Splinter Cell Blacklist, Pokemon X And Y, Breaking Bad

Gotta catch ’em all, and save money in the process. Methamphetamine, espionage, Pokemon, the Moneysaver has it all. Hit up the Tech section for a sweet soundbar to better your living room, and don’t miss out on some Haswell goodness in Rigged. It seems that the Day One Edition of the Xbox One is back…

An Easy Fix For The Last of Us’ Annoying Save Game Glitch

A number of threads, posts and tweets around the web indicate that some players are having trouble saving in Naughty Dog’s latest game, The Last of Us. If the glitch kicks in, then the game tries to autosave but can never complete the task, resulting in lost progress. While not everyone experiences the glitch (no…

The World of A Link To The Past Has Changed in the New 3DS Zelda

The upcoming 3DS Zelda game, A Link Between Worlds, shares much of the same terrain with the classic Super Nintendo game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. But the game’s lead creator tells Kotaku that there are key map changes in this sequel. The new 3DS game is set at least a…

Streamlined Triforce Quest, No New Dungeons For Wind Waker Remake

Nintendo’s longtime chief of all things Zelda, Eiji Aonuma says the development team on the Wii U remake of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker will not be adding content to their remake of the open-ocean 2002 GameCube classic. But you will be making some. “My main goal in making Wind Waker HD was…

Danger Close—the studio that made EA’s two modern-day Medal of Honor games—has been dissolved. A report on Develop seems to hint that at least some members of the former studio are being absorbed elsewhere within EA.

A Video To Show You What Playing The Last Of Us Is All About

Sure, I’ve written a lot of words about the terrific new PS3 game The Last of Us But I haven’t really gotten to show you the game. That’s largely because, doubtless in a fit of spoiler-phobia, Sony put draconian restrictions on the amount of pre-release video footage they allowed the press to show. Those restrictions…

This League of Legends Pro Has His Whole High School Cheering For Him

League of Legends pro player ZionSpartan has just graduated high school and is ready to jump to the LoL scene full-time. Five years ago his teachers, schoolmates and parents would have laughed at the idea. Today they treat him like a champion. This video, part of the LoLChampSeries, demonstrates how eSports like League of Legends…

You Thought You Were Excited About Mirror’s Edge 2? Listen to This Guy.

Shockwaves rippled all over the video game internet when EA closed out their E3 press conference with a reveal of Mirror’s Edge 2. And, after careful investigation, scientists believe they may have located the epicenter of the fanquake. We can’t see this young man’s eyes but I’ll bet money that they were wet. May we…

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…