The Strange Status of Star Wars: 1313, A Hot Game With an Uncertain Future

It’s not unusual for a newly-revealed video game to disappear for eight months. It’s not weird to be amazed by a game and then neither see nor hear anything about it for a while. The silence around Star Wars 1313, LucasArts’ seemingly next-gen game that wowed onlookers at last June’s E3 show, is nevertheless unusual.…

Four Official Shapes Change Eating Chicken McNuggets Forever

As you read this my wife is speeding to the nearest McDonald’s in celebration of the unearthing of an all-important snacking factoid—there are four official, McDonald’s-approved shapes for Chicken McNuggets. This changes everything. Business Insider recently had the opportunity to step inside the hallowed halls of McDonald’s headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, where they sat…

Never thought I’d play Pac-Man as a first person horror game, but it exists, and it’s an idea worth fleshing out more.

This browser game, made by College Humor’s Caldwell Tanner, might be the easiest video game of all time. Also the best?

After an eternity with the 2009 version of Gameloft’s racer, Windows Phone 8 goes multiplayer with Asphalt 7: Heat

This video looks at the process of writing Gears of War: Judgment

Get Up To Speed On Dark Souls In One Minute

If you’re still hesitantly considering dipping your toe into the massive, mighty intimidating Dark Souls, consider first watching this video from the folks at “Lore in a Minute,” which will get you at least a little up to speed on the goings on in the world. Yes, there is a lot more to Dark Souls…

Your Survival Guide To The Biggest Gaming Month We’ve Seen In Years

Get ready to never leave your house again. For some reason, every video game maker in the world has decided to release their products in March 2013. From Tomb Raider to BioShock Infinite to SimCity, next month is stuffed with games. Games games games. You’re probably a bit intimidated. We definitely are. So in order…

She’s So Good At Soul Calibur, She Doesn’t Need To Look At The Screen To Win

If there’s a gaming equivalent to trick shots, not looking at the screen while playing would be one of them—and one that’s all the more impressive when you’re playing against another person. Watching Kayane here—one of the top Soul Calibur V players in the world—defeat her opponent without actually looking at the screen is pretty…

ChefVille ‘Jed-Thai Master’ Quests: Everything you need to know

The Thailand event in ChefVille has expanded this week, with players asked to upgrade their Terrific Thai Station and Thai Gardens to unlock a new series of Thai dishes. There are three new quests to complete in Madeline’s “Jed-Thai Master’ series, and we’re here with a look at how to finish them off, thanks to…

The Ouya goes out to backers on March 28. And Kellee Santiago, co-founder of thatgamecompany has joined Ouya, too.

The F-Zero Miiverse Board Falcon Punches Its Way into My Heart

Oh Captain Falcon; you know how devoted your fans are, yes? Is it any surprise that they’ve recreated your likeness again and again online? Are you at all shocked that the F-Zero Miiverse board is one big Captain Falcon love-in? Today’s Miiverse Moment is a showcase of some of the best art the F-Zero Miiverse…

See the Cool Tech That Makes This Game’s Hand-Made Objects Go Digital

It costs money to make things in a video game. The software needed to achieve an eye-catching aesthetic aren’t cheap and the manpower to run them costs money, too. So, when it came time to make their upcoming project Rustclad, the folks at Skull Theater took a different approach: they’re making most of the objects…

Burt Destruction‘s Difficulty Gets in the Way of a Good Joke

Full disclosure, I know one of the guys who worked on Burt Destruction, which landed on Android and iOS stores a couple weeks ago. Jeff Reitman is the CTO of RunWilder Entertainment, the game’s maker. He and I performed in some stand-up comedy showcases together back before I joined Kotaku, and Jeff was a favorite…

A Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate demo and Fire Emblem DLC light up this week’s Nintendo Download

Kingdom Of Hyrule Decommissions Actual Rupees, Switches To Paper Curency

Enormous jewels that people have to hide in pots? Or worse, bury in the grass, outside? That’s not how you manage an economy, Hyrule. In fact, it’s the fastest way to ensuring your Kingdom one day winds up at the bottom of the ocean. A switch to paper currency like proper nations (or even polymer…

One Man’s Quest To Create Virtual Worlds Yields Spectacular Results

We’ve seen a ton of projects play with the idea of building gorgeous worlds, using randomly generated landscapes—sometimes even paying tribute to Minecraft—but having much more sensitive building and editing tools in a world looking much more realistic, like, say, a sandbox RPG or FPS, is certainly new and refreshing. The engine behind the demo…

Epic Games cofounder Mark Rein just bought a stake in the Carolina Hurricanes. The arena is 10 minutes from his office.

Everyone’s Favorite Reverse Tower-Defense Game Gets A Real Sequel

Anomaly: Korea wasn’t really a sequel to Anomaly: Warzone Earth, a “reverse tower-defense” game released in 2011 in which you maneuver tanks and convoys around a battlefield and direct them to blow away alien towers. (Lots of people loved it.) This one really is a sequel. The folks at development studio 11 Bit have just…

Yoshi’s Unlicensed Adventure Available on Android, At Least Until Nintendo Figures Out How to Remove It

If you’re a Hungarian Android developer looking to cut game design corners by co-opting an existing character, you might want to go a little more obscure than one of Nintendo’s most beloved characters. Spotted by the keen eyes over at NeoGAF, Era’s Adventures is a real game you can purchase on Google Play for $1.99.…