Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson, the runner up in a monthlong, fan-voted contest for the cover of Madden NFL 25, will star on the game’s Xbox One and Playstation 4 cover.

Dragon Age: Inquisition Drops In Fall 2014

Finally, after being cagey about specific details on a new Dragon Age for the last couple of years, EA revealed a trailer for the upcoming title in a press conference today. Inquisition will include a vast open world, and your choices will have much influence. Some characters will return, and naturally some will be new—we…

Now This Is How You Announce A Peggle Sequel

PopCap co-founder John Vechey took the stage to announce Plants Vs. Zombies 2: Garden Warfare today. But not before announcing a sequel to Peggle and doing an uppercut. I really wish more games were announced like this.

The Next Need for Speed Game is Rivals

Electronic Arts’ racing franchise will debut on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 with Need for Speed Rivals under the Frostbite engine. It will be built by Ghost Games, working in partnership with Criterion, which handled 2010’s Hot Pursuit and 2012’s Most Wanted reboot. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find…

A New Star Wars Battlefront Is On the Way

There’s a new Star Wars Battlefront coming from EA’s DICE division, built on the studio’s Frostbite 3 engine.

Yes, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare Looks Like a Crazy-Fun Shooter

The leaked action-centric mutation of Popcap’s super-popular Plants Vs. Zombies got confirmed today at EA’s E3 press event. The gameplay shown showed a squad of weaponized flora talking on a wave of undead, with multiple players controlling the most popular plants in the series. The game’s headed to Xbox One first, with an Xbox 360…

Watch EA’s E3 2013 Press Conference Live Right Here

Microsoft is about to take the stage in the first big press conference of E3 2013, and they’ve got quite a lot of convincing to do if they plan on making the Xbox One as huge a success as the Xbox 360 was. Will the worries over used games, game lending, privacy and internet requirements…

Project Spark Lets You Create Virtual Worlds on Xbox One

Today at Microsoft’s E3 press conference, the company showed off its game creation tools called Project Spark. Here, have a look. Project Spark Demo [IGN@YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft

LucasArts Might Be No More, But They’re Still At EA’s Press Conference

Looks like there’s a chance that we might be seeing what something with regard to EA’s exclusive license to develop Star Wars games at the company’s E3 press conference today. Kotaku‘s Jason Schreier snapped this pic and said that about 10 seats are reserved for LucasArts folk at the venue for EA’s press event. Disney’s…

Awesome Titanfall Mech Guards EA’s E3 Press Conference

As seen at the venue for EA’s E3 press conference by our own Kirk Hamilton.

Also touched-on during today’s WWDC keynote, iOS 7 will include support for third-party game controllers when it releases this fall. It’s not an Apple controller, but it’s a step in the right direction.

There’s a Hidden Message In The Witcher 3‘s Debut Trailer

Here’s a screenshot of the sneaky little hidden message game studio CD Projekt RED left in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt‘s debut trailer. It shares some extra info regarding the game and the trailer. Blink and you’ll miss it! The message appears briefly at around the 3:13 mark in the video below.

GameStop, Taking Preorders for Xbox One, Lists Nov. 21 as Release Date

GameStop already is taking preorders for the $499 Xbox One “Day One Edition”. Though Microsoft has not yet announced any release date other than “November,” the mega-retailer says the console will ship on Nov. 21.

New Xbox Live Reputation System May Reduce ‘Troublemakers,’ ‘Cheaters’

With today’s confirmation of a new reputation system coming to Xbox Live for Xbox One, Microsoft is tacitly acknowledging how miserable it can be to play games against strangers on Xbox Live. Details are scarce, but we get this much from a letter to Xbox Live gamers by Microsoft’s Marc Whitten: Reputation: Your new Xbox…

The Xbox One Is Now Available For Pre-Order

Amazon has the Xbox One Console, “Day One Edition” available for pre-order for the just-announced price of $500. If you know you’re getting it, this is a great way to skip potentially long lines and supply constraints. Ships in November.

Meanwhile, At WWDC, iOS Game Center Runs Out Of Green Felt

Talking about the sleek new look of iOS 7 at the WWDC keynote today, Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off the new bubble-fied version of Game Center, quipping “Game center — we completely ran out of green felt.” Thank goodness. You can follow the WWDC keynote live on Gizmodo here.

One T-Shirt Isn’t Enough for This Xbox Exec

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer made the rounds in in the slight-casual variation of the Game Exec Wardrobe: blazer, t-shirt, dark-hued jeans. But, eagle-eyed viewers will have noticed that Spencer quick-changed his tops as the morning went on. Think he was sweating a lot? Spencer wore shirts from the dev studios whose games will be showing up…

Meet the New Redesigned Xbox 360, Same Price as the Old Xbox 360

The new Xbox 360 design—in stores today, says Microsoft—features a design consistent with the one-half-glossy/one-half-matte look of its successor, the Xbox One. It also bridges future with present by having the same price as all current Xbox 360 models. The new look will be available in all current formats: $199 for the 4 GB version;…

Xbox Live Gold Price Not Going Up For Xbox One

Xbox Live Gold will cost $60 per year on Xbox One, as it does now, Microsoft confirmed today. In a letter to Xbox Live gamers, Microsoft’s Marc Whitten said: We are bringing the Xbox Live Gold membership from Xbox 360 to Xbox One starting at the same $5 per month for a one-year membership, and…

The Trash Talk During Microsoft’s Conference Was Awful [UPDATE]

Trash talk never sounds good—the things you say in the heat of the moment don’t make sense and cursing is unbecoming. So the awfulness when a Killer Instinct producer and an Xbox live community manager took the stage and trash talked isn’t surprising, although having it be scripted trash talk takes the awkwardness to a…