The SimCity Disaster Continues: EA Disables Features To Try To Get The Servers Working

Hey, remember when video games came out and then you could actually play them? As we enter day 3 of the SimCity launch debacle, EA has decided to turn off “a few non-critical gameplay features” in order to let people play on the servers, which have been broken since the game launched on Monday night.…

Finally an Original Mobile Game That Plays to Sonic the Hedgehog‘s Greatest Strength

When Sega’s Hardlight Studio released Sonic Jump last year, I shook my head. Jumping is not the ability Sonic the Hedgehog is known for. This week Hardlight has released endless runner Sonic Dash on iOS. That’s more like it. How do you make a good 3D Sonic the Hedgehog game? You take a bad one…

Dead Space 3‘s Awakened DLC Brings Back Those Horrific Hallucinations

Dead Space 3 presented a pretty radical departure from the first two games in the sci-fi horror series. Too many fetch quests and co-operative play made Isaac Clarke’s third outing against the Necromorphs feel less scary and atmospheric than DS1 & DS2. But, most of all, longtime Dead Space fans missed the freaky hallucinations that…

Indie Gem To the Moon Gets A Sequel… Sort Of

To the Moon, a lovely and emotionally evocative indie adventure game released in 2011, is getting a sequel… sorta. The game’s called A Bird Story, and it’s a short adventure that will be out this summer. Creator Kan Gao likes to think of it as a bridge between the first and second To the Moons.…

SimCity: The Kotaku Review

To many fans of the original city building simulation series, the idea of an online multiplayer game that required even solo players to be connected to the internet at all times seemed like a recipe for disaster. Maxis’ latest creation is easily the most compelling SimCity I’ve played since the 1989 original. Update: Final verdict…

The Nintendo Download this week has a demo for Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. Check out the full list.

No Matter How Big The Witcher Universe Is, It Can Be Summed Up In A Minute

A giant cataclysm. Hordes of monsters roaming around. Mutated monster hunters addicted to potions and mushrooms…That’s all you need to know to feel like home when playing The Witcher. You can forget the novels and all those journal entries. It’s always nice to see these animated quickies popping up on The Lore channel. Now can…

After Over 13 Years, Ash’s Charizard Returns to the Pokémon Anime

Ash’s Charizard is back. That’s right, because tonight on Pokémon: Best Wishes!, Pocket Monster trainer Ash once again got his Charizard. Fans of the anime will know that this Charizard is the fifth Pokémon Ash nabbed, and tonight’s episode, told partly in flashbacks, gave the Pocket Monster’s backstory. The Charizard became Ash’s most powerful, but…

EA Says ‘Performance Will Fluctuate’ As SimCity‘s Creators Attempt to Fix Game’s Problems

With SimCity‘s launch debacle entering its third day and the game remaining inoperable for many people, EA is shifting its tone and promising a resolution, but with no time or date for the fix. “We are aggressively undergoing maintenance on the servers and adding capacity to meet demand,” read a statement posted to the game’s…

Here’s What Japanese People Are Saying About The PS4

Sony announced the PlayStation 4 last month to much fanfare and a complete lack of an actual console. The stone has been cast and now we get to see the ripples. Japanese gaming magazine, Weekly Famitsu conducted a questionnaire between February 22nd and February 26th, where they asked Japanese game fans for their thoughts and…

Square Enix Producer Says It’s Time To Say Goodbye to “Social Games”

There’s nothing wrong with social games, m’kay? Social games are fine. But maybe it’s time to ditch that moniker. According to Takehiro Ando, a mobile game producer at Square Enix, recently did a post on Famitsu titled “Sayonara Social Games”, that might not be a bad idea. Social games are suffering from some bad PR.…

Unexpected Wii U Error Is Preventing Access to Online Beta and Firmware Updates In Japan

Error Code 105-3102. That’s apparently what some Japanese users have been running into when trying to access Nintendo’s e-shop on their Wii U. Not just the e-shop, but as prolific youtube video poster MEGUMIbernadette (who previously posted a video on the long load times of the Wii U) demonstrates in her video, attempting to update…

I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen a revolver this big. Even in a video game.

This Isn’t Bad Fashion Photoshop, But Damn, It’s Close

In Japan, it’s become a rite of passage. For years now, the country’s youth have piled into sticker picture machines at their local arcades and snapped photos with friends. But times change, and so do trends. As the years go by, sticker picture companies must keep pace. That’s led to some unflattering photos. Almost a…

Sixty year-old Shigeru Miyamoto tells GameSpot it’s “strange” not to think about retirement. It is if you are Miyamoto!

A Truly Bizarre Domino’s Pizza Commercial

Hello, everyone! This is Scott. Scott Oellkers. He’s the president of Domino’s Pizza Japan, and he’s here to totally weird you out. If you don’t know who Hatsune Miku is, Scott will tell you all about the virtual idol—and tell you about how Domino’s Pizza is teaming up with Miku for a new iTunes app…

You Can Now Dress Just Like Isaac Clarke

It’s been over two years since we saw the design for the first one, but Indonesian artist machine56’s amazing line of Dead Space hoodies and shirts are now finally ready to order, direct from the artist. You’ll find ordering info below, as well as a full catalogue containing other pieces, some Dead Space-related, others less…

A funny review of SimCity that captures the current frustrating experience perfectly.

Hey look, the folks behind To The Moon are working on something. We don’t know much yet, but the first game was amazing

I’d Like Fewer Addictive Games, Thanks

Describing something as “addictive” is often innocuous, even if the word can have wildly different meanings. Saying that nutella is addictive is not the same thing as saying that a drug is addictive, for example. One of those is meant as a compliment, the other…not so much. When we’re talking about games, describing them as…