Duke Nukem Creators 3D Realms Suing Gearbox over Unpaid Royalties

Apogee Software/3D Realms—the studio that spent more than a decade working on Duke Nukem Forever—is suing Gearbox Software, the company that bought that game’s rights and released the long-brewing sequel in 2011. Apogee/3D Realms alleges that Gearbox has refused to pay more than $2 million owed to 3D Realms from royalties and advances Gearbox received…

The Daily Show Takes a Shot at Microsoft and Xbox One

Last night’s edition of Comedy Central’s fake news program had cranky commentator Lewis Black ranting about new and upcoming technology. Along with Google Glass, Black takes aim at the Xbox One and its always-watching/listening Kinect camera. It’s pretty funny stuff. (Except that Black doesn’t mention that you’ll have a bit of control over what the…

Moneysaver One-Shot: $10 Bonus Pre-order Amazon Credit On Trade-Ins

Out with the olds. Well that title was a mouthful. Basically, you’re gonna sell Amazon some games, and in addition to the money they give you for said games, they’re going to give you an additional $10 to put toward pre-orders. We feature lots of pre-order deals on the Moneysaver, and yes, the money can…

Up Close And Oh-So-Personal With The PlayStation 4 Controller

At Sony’s E3 booth, they’ve got a PlayStation 4 on display and playable. You can’t get to the console itself, but the controller is just hanging out, waiting for people to mess around with it. So that’s just what we did. In the video above, I’ll take you on a quick tour of the controller.…

It’s A Tense, Fast-Paced Sneaking Simulation Extravaganza

On the E3 show floor, Kotaku’s Jason Schreier managed to get a hands-on with the Vita version of Curve Studios’ Stealth Bastard, re-dubbed Stealth Inc. for its console release. By the looks of it, the stealth-platformer hybrid made the jump to handhelds quite well. Stealth Inc. hits PS3 and the Vita this month

Our sister site Gizmodo loves the Xbox One’s non-gaming features, but they still think that Xbox Live Gold is still “one of the biggest rip-offs in tech.” Their argument

Yep, Cube World Still Looks Adorable

The developers of upcoming voxel-based sandbox RPG Cube World, Picroma, are posting a series of updates to their website discussing the many weapon skills each class will use in the game, starting with the Warrior. I want a plushie of that green thing. I don’t even know what it is but I want to give…

Nintendo Defends Choice To Have Retro Make a New Donkey Kong Country

Nintendo knows that the choice to have the company’s top-flight development studio in Texas make another Donkey Kong side-scroller was controversial—so controversial, in fact, that Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime actually addressed it in a video yesterday shortly before I asked him about it. The video stands out as one of the few original…

Sonic the Hedgehog leads the march of digital offerings for Nintendo hardware this week. The line-up also includes games like Mighty Switch Force! 2 and Shining Force: Sword of Haiya. Here’s the full list.

Mario’s Creator Likens Game Ownership to Toy Ownership

It’s clear what Microsoft thinks of game ownership—the Xbox One’s policies don’t communicate much of a belief in it. Sony scored a lot of points on Monday, but to be fair, it was a defense of the status quo. Where does Nintendo come down on the subject? Shigeru Miyamoto, the creative face of the company,…

The “World’s First Speed MOBA” Spawns On The App Store

Crafted by former members of A Bit Lucky and some folks from Trion Worlds, Solstice Arena is a free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena game that Zynga is calling the “world’s first speed MOBA.” What does that mean, exactly? Well, it means 3-on-3 matches last for 5-12 minutes, making it a very mobile-friendly. They’ve gotten rid…

The Best Moments of Nintendo’s E3 Direct, Mixed With Attack on Titan

If an anime with Nintendo characters existed, the powerful opening theme of Attack on Titan series would be a perfect cover song for it. It sums up Nintendo’s E3 direct rather well. The video, by demoncry54 is similar to one made for the Sony event. I have a strange feeling we won’t see an Xbox…

That Other XCOM Game Snuck Into E3

The folks over at Twitch have been streaming live gameplay demos from E3 all week. I know this, becuase every now and then over the course of the past few days I’d completely cut-off contact with my coworkers to enjoy a particularly compelling segment, like this one for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. I’ve been intrigued…

StreetPass Has Problems In The West. Nintendo Is Fixing Them.

At their E3 analyst briefing yesterday, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata revealed the company’s plans to revitalize sales of its handheld 3DS system in the US and Europe by fundamentally changing the way its StreetPass feature works. Currently, StreetPass operates by exchanging game data between 3DS consoles in close proximity to each other. Iwata explained that…

A Bestiary of Japanese FPS Player Types

Anyone who has played a First-Person Shooter online has encountered one of “those” players; the prepubescent brat who will kill them and then mock their corpse in some manner, the lone mute killing machine who will wordlessly charge through the map, efficiently slaughtering anything that gets in their way, the loudmouthed newbie whose sole reason…

According to its Director, Kingdom Hearts 3 Was Revealed a Little Early

Kingdom Hearts fans were overjoyed to the teaser announcement of Kingdom Hearts 3 at E3 on Monday. Tired of the wait? Ready to party? Well, don’t too hyped up – the wait isn’t over just yet. In an interview with Famitsu.com, director Tetsuya Nomura noted that the announcement for the first official numbered sequel in…

The Truth about Japan’s Amazing “Book Towers”

Jenga, this ain’t. Hundreds of books carefully stacked, creating what’s known as a “tower pile” (tawaa tsumi or タワー積み) in Japanese. Store employees spend thirty minutes—or more—to create these book sculptures that delight some and upset others. Traditionally, books in Japanese bookstores are stacked in small piles or placed on shelves—like anywhere else. The book…

Yakuza Series Developer Offers His Opinion On the New Consoles

As seen from thephotograph, the well-tanned Yakuza series developer, Toshihiro Nagoshi was walking among the crowds at E3 this year. Hopefully basking in the saturated spectacle of upcoming consoles and games. Nagoshi wrote on his blog about the Sony conference and the announcements from Microsoft and Sony (Unfortunately, due to flight delays, he was unable…

Garbage Can That Looks Like the Mac Pro Is a Hot Item in Japan

You know how people are comparing the new Mac Pro to a garbage can? Turns out one Japanese garbage can is already reaping the rewards. Below, you can see the Mac Pro. No, strike that. Below, you can see a garbage bin by Osaka-based design firm Ideaco. It really, really looks like the new Mac…

The LEGO PS4 Is Not $399

The amazing thing here in this video by builder Kooberz isn’t just that his LEGO PS4 looks just like the real thing, but that he got this done – and edited a video – so damn fast. The console was only shown off on Monday, and here he is good to go on Thursday! Lego…