Federal Jury Rules Nintendo Infringed On Inventor’s Glasses-Free 3D Patent, Awards $30.2 Million [UPDATE]

A New York federal jury has ruled that Nintendo infringed on inventor Seijiro Tomita’s 3D technology with their handheld 3DS, Reuters reports. The jury awarded Mr. Tomita $30.2 million in compensatory damages. Yow. From Reuters: In opening arguments last month, Tomita’s attorney, Joe Diamante, told the jury in U.S. District Court in Manhattan that Nintendo…

The Castle Doctrine, a burglary and home defense MMO by Jason Rohrer, now has a playable alpha. It’ll cost you, though.

Why SimCity Needs Subways

I live in New York City. Everyday I ride the subway to work; most people here do. I haven’t owned a car in 10 years. I live in the densest large city in America, one full of massive skyscrapers, immense culture and people of every race, culture and creed. Which is why SimCity is so…

Bethesda has launched a new store with all kinds of merchandise tied to their games. Some of the Fallout stuff is hot.

We’ve updated our Tomb Raider review with a verdict on the game’s multiplayer portion.

Starting today, PS3 owners can get the VR Missions DLC for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. It’s free until April 3rd.

Surely, This DayZ Squad! Trailer is Joking (It Is. And Don’t Call Me Shirley)

Police Squad! lasted one, glorious, six-episode season 31 years ago. (It’s still famous enough to have this memorable introduction sequence, which swapped gags each week.) The show was the forerunner to The Naked Gun, and this DayZ is a perfect tribute to the ZAZ (that’s the filmmakers Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker) brand of slapstick, absurdist,…

The Opening Cinematic For Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Is Pretty Damn Gorgeous

Capcom just released the introductory cinematic to Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, which comes out March 19 for Wii U and 3DS. Gorgeous, don’t you think? Too bad the real game doesn’t look like this.

Overhaul wants to know which devices to prioritize porting Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition to Android. Tell them here

If You Miss The Old-School Fallout Games, This Might Be For You

Underrail might be in development in 2013, but its roots are decidedly old-school. We’re talking influences like Fallout, Arcanum, Neverwinter Nights and System Shock 2. The Fallout influence is visible at a glance—I’d say, this is probably what a modern isometric Fallout might’ve looked like. But that’s only because Underrail doesn’t feature a huge aesthetic…

Twitter Trends Turn Deadly in This Insane Experimental Shooter

In the screenshot you see here I am being killed by zombies, but they aren’t normal zombies. They are #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithPope zombies, and they are legion. Created by Hamsteria! creator Sean McCracken (with game design support by his five-year-old son, Geoffrey), TweetsOfTheDead is a simple zombie shooter for iOS and Android that spawns enemies based on…

Game of Thrones As A Super Cheesy 1995 Cable Fantasy Series

Earlier this week, we saw Game of Thrones reimagined as a high school comedy. I mentioned that the high school in School of Thrones seemed 90s, and several of you disagreed. It only seemed 90s, but it was really much more modern. I think we can all agree that this latest spoof, posted by Hunter…

Islamic Extremists Made This Video Game

You sometimes hear American-developed video games set in real-world geopolitical hotspots—like entries in the Call of Duty, Battlefield and Medal of Honor series—get decried as jingoistic, flag-waving propaganda. And Pakistan has issued a ban on Call of Duty and Medal of Honorfor how it’s portrayed in those titles. And, yeah, while the claim can be…

Leaked Footage Of Star Wars‘ Newest Take On Battlefield And Call of Duty [UPDATE]

Over the past few days, I’ve been talking to multiple sources about Star Wars: First Assault, the troubled multiplayer shooter that could be LucasArts’s downloadable take on Battlefield and Call of Duty Today Kotaku can reveal gameplay footage from the Star Wars shooter, which has not been announced and may never actually make it out…

With Simple AI Like This, Why Does SimCity Need Cloud Computing?

With more and more players able to connect to and consistently play SimCity now, they’re seeing what GlassBox, the game’s simulation engine, has to offer. GlassBox has been pitched as an enormously sophisticated engine that supposedly requires the game’s servers to supply some computing power, necessitating the game’s notorious always-online connection. But a lot of…

Mobile’s hottest boxing game is even hotter on Tegra-powered Android devices. It’s out today on Google Play for $4.99.

Try These Two Techniques To Earn a 1000-Hit Combo in God of War: Ascension (The Not-Fun Way)

There’s a Trophy in the new PS3 game God of War: Ascension that rewards you for scoring a thousand-hit combo. Imagine the bloody combat artistry required to win this accolade! Imagine using the game’s wonderfully-varied arsenal of combat maneuvers. Or imagine the (possible) glitches players can find to earn this Trophy through just one tedious…

The Veronica Mars Movie Is Actually Happening… If They Can Raise $2 Million

Holy crap. HOLY CRAP. Five years after its unceremonious demise, Veronica Mars could be coming back in movie form, if creator Rob Thomas and star Kristen Bell can raise $2 million on Kickstarter to make it happen If you’ve never watched Veronica Mars, or if you’ve scoffed at it because it sounds like a shitty…

Some Bullet Hell Shooters are Too Hard. Some are Too Easy. This One is Just Right.

I want to be an amazing shoot-em up player, effortlessly weaving between endless streams of multicolored bullets, beams of light from my spaceship/airplane/magical girl painting enemies with glorious destruction. If only I were that coordinated. Sunny Tam’s Danmaku Unlimited 2 for iOS does not magically transform me into a proficient bullet hell shooter pro, but…

The Difference Between Luigi and Mario, According to People Who Would Know

You might think that the difference between Nintendo’s famous brothers is that one likes to wear red and the other wears green, or that one of them can sometimes jump a tad higher. But there’s another key difference. Luigi, the creators of the next Luigi-starring game from Nintendo say, is more emotional. That is essentially…