Less Than Two Weeks Before Release, MLB 2K13 Gets a Trailer

Last month I cast doubt on the idea that MLB 2K13 would be noticeably different from MLB 2K12. This trailer from 2K Sports, released Thursday, shows me that I am wrong. MLB 2K13 will have the Houston Astros realigned to the American League, and they’ll be wearing their new uniforms. So if you are a…

Ubisoft Wants ‘to Improve Our Relationship’ with PC Gamers

Ubisoft’s name has been mud with PC gamers for a good long while. Ending always-on requirement to play games and other DRM restrictions helped it somewhat, but it is still widely perceived as a publisher most interested in Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 titles—and for good reason, as Rayman Legends fans might say. So the…

This is Boba Fett, one of the tables in Zen’s Star Wars Pinball series, which starts rolling out on Tuesday.

Judging by the .gifs, Microsoft’s Console Announcement Should Be Right Around the Corner

Scuttlebutt has it that Microsoft is eyeballing an April date to reveal its next console, in an event similar to what Sony held for the PS4 on Wednesday. While this is very, very thinly sourced, we’ve heard the same murmuring, and a domain registration by the company that handles Microsoft’s E3 keynotes has drawn a…

This Week in the Business: ‘$299 is the Magic Price Point for PS4’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “$299 is the magic price point for PS4.”—Analyst Billy Pidgeon talking about what sort of pricing Sony needs for the PS4 in order to maximize sales while avoiding huge losses QUOTE | “Whatever launches in 2013 or 2014 or 2015, will…

The Moneysaver: Bio One, Get Another Free

Kotaku’s twice weekly roundup of the best discounts, combinations, offers and incentives in video gaming is brought to you by Dealzon Downloadables Green Man Gaming • Mar. 26 BioShock Infinite is $59.99 from Green Man Gaming and comes with several noteworthy bonuses: a $15 Credit or $14 Cash Back, the original Bioshock game, plus your…

The Best Of Kotaku, This Week

Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. Just remember, Mario was the first. The above image is courtesy of The Coolsumist. I’m officially on vacation for about a week and a half! Woo! I’ll see you guys on the other end of next week. Now let’s…

First Game Of Thrones’ Season 3 Trailer Hits: Dragons, Wildlings & Flaming Swords

God it just looks so so so good. Just when you think you can’t get any more excited for the show to return from its too-long season break, you realise the budgets keep getting bigger and the drama keeps getting, well… if you don’t know what’s coming this season, look out.

These Pranksters Make Smashing Gallons Of Milk Look Fun

The video by theCHAIZYchannel is nearly a week old, but boy did the jerk-like antics give me a laugh—so it seemed perfect for the daily off-topic thread here at Kotaku The prank works best when they don’t even try to make the fall believable. Also, when the granny tries to help the guy out. Priceless.…

There’s A Sly Inside Joke On The Cover Of Fire Emblem: Awakening

I’m not sure how many times I’ve seen the cover of the recent 3DS strategy game Fire Emblem: Awakening. Dozens, at least. And yet I never noticed that there’s a great little inside-joke hidden in plain sight. Fortunately, Bill Mudron caught it. If you look at the cover, you’ll notice that only one character’s face…

This Sunday’s Episode Of Girls Presents An Existential Video-Game Dilemma

What do you do when you’re writing about the aimless, lost generation? You make a connection to video games, that’s what. Though to Girls‘ credit—the edgy HBO show created by Lena Dunham—the topic of video games comes up because someone’s clearly not sane. The connection to video games isn’t made because the character is aimless,…

He Took Refuge In Skyrim After His Sister’s Death. Bethesda Reached Out And Sent Him This.

Video games can be wonderful when you need someplace to decompress, when you need to tune the world out. That’s exactly what Redditor lb-Cyber needed during a tough spot in his life. “On February 21st, 2012, my sister passed away after a nine-year battle with cancer,” lb-Cyber wrote in a Reddit thread. Dealing with the…

Can the Razer Gaming Tablet Handle Crysis 3? See For Yourself.

The Razer Edge is a gaming PC stuffed into a tablet, but how much of a gaming PC? Enough to play Crysis 3, which seems like plenty. This video, shared via Razer’s official Twitter, shows “the intern” playing Crysis 3 with his handlebars. His handlebars. His handlebars. He can play Crysis 3 with his handlebars.…

Now The Entire Staff Of Bungie Doesn’t Know What To Do With Their Hands

One of the funniest things to come out of this week’s PlayStation 4 event was the four Bungie guys, standing stock-still with their arms at their sides, looking… uncomfortable. Also, a bit like a Boy Band The odd appearance was best encapsulated by this image, which has become something of a meme over the past…

Nintendo’s Commercial For Luigi’s Mansion 2 Is Straight-Up 90s

Grab your Gushers, kids. This new commercial for the second Luigi’s Mansion—out March 24 for 3DS—feels straight out of 1995. That’s not a bad thing, of course. Nothing like some good old 90s nostalgia to brighten up your Friday afternoon.

A Vicious Man-Eating Worm Chases You Through This Week in Gaming Apps

Any discussion of the games I’ve played over the past week is not complete without a reference to the humongous worm with sharp teeth that chased with such persistence I never even got around to writing it up. But this isn’t the place to praise Worm Run for the excellent sense of tension it generates.…

BioShock Infinite‘s Pre-Order Scheme Is A Bold Step In Consumer Manipulation

Each week it feels like the video game industry is coming up with new ways to get you to pre-order games. Packaged bonuses, collectors’ edition cases, limited edition figures, in-game items, early access to betas, and more. Today, Irrational Games announced new Steam pre-order incentives for their hotly anticipated action game BioShock Infinite. The rewards…

The Thing I’m The Most Excited About On The PS4 Isn’t The Game Lineup Or Hardware

There was one feature—should Sony actually deliver on their lofty promises with the PS4—that left me feeling rather excited. It wasn’t the games, or the hardware. To Sony’s credit, that stuff seems cool—I’m digging the new triggers on the controllers and Watch Dogs touches on great subjects—but not as cool as a feature that is…

These City Skylines Prove Just How Far Video Game Graphics Have Come

Wednesday’s PlayStation 4 event showed us what next-gen graphics are capable of, so if you had any doubts that game environments could grow even better looking and more detailed, they’re probably now gone. Cities and city skylines in general were always a perfect way to show how beautiful a game is, so we collected some…

ChefVille ‘This Calls for Cake’ Quests: Everything You Need to Know

Observant chefs probably noticed the addition of Cake Batter as an option within the ChefVille Mixers. But we’ve just learned what the addition was for. Ever since ChefVille first launched, players have been longing to cook desserts, and it’s finally that time via the release of the Cake Oven, Cake Display Case, and more. There…