Plants vs. Zombies 2, the much-anticipated (and much-discussed) sequel to 2009’s smash hit Plants vs. Zombies, will be out this July. Here’s a teaser trailer featuring our good buddy Francis.

Jack The Reaper is a zany-looking SNES-style game where you play as (a weirdly cute version of) death himself. You can absorb and combine the powers of your enemies, kind of like Kirby. Your mission is to collect the souls…souls which came from the moon? In any case, there’s a demo now if you’d like…

EA has revealed that The Sims 4 is coming to Mac and PC is 2014, likely followed by updated versions of the same expansions they’ve already released for The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. Expect more information later today via EA’s The Beat.

Minnesota Vikings Cut JRPG Fan

Chris Kluwe, the outspoken NFL punter, World of Warcraft and JRPG fan we’ve featured here frequently over the past season, was let go from his team, the Minnesota Vikings, today. Kluwe would frequently refer to his team’s upcoming game in the language of an MMO. His next objective, so to speak, is to find a…

Remember Me Isn’t a Sequel Or an Old Idea. Let’s See if It’s Any Good.

Remember Me is -gasp- an original game coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on June 4, a month that’s usually bereft of any interesting new games to play. Why care about this one? Take a look at the video above. You’ll see a third-person action game that has some standard platforming and some…

Report: The Next Xbox Will Let You Play Games Offline

Here’s a promising development in the ever-confusing drama surrounding Microsoft’s next gaming console: a new report suggests that you will indeed be able to play Durango games offline. Today, news site Ars Technica quotes the turnabout in what they say is an e-mail sent by Microsoft officials to all internal Xbox employees. The e-mail states…

Children Slaughtering Zombies Is More Fun When They’re Animales

Do not ask why Little Mexico has a zoo containing hundreds of elephants. Do not ask why the only people fighting the animal victims of a zombie plague are a pair of small Mexican children. Do not ask how a Roman candle can take down a full-grown pachyderm brought back from the dead via evil…

Moneysaver One-Shot: 4 Terabytes, USB 3.0, Low Price

Make more room for savings. Click here for the current Moneysaver roundup Click here for our Star Wars coverage from Saturday. I’ve been waiting for a really great external hard drive deal to highlight in the Moneysaver, and today’s the day. $150 gets you 4TB of well-reviewed space with USB 3.0 for fast access in…

Hilarious FIFA Fails Fall Down—but They Don’t Flop

FIFA, we kid because we love. You are one of the Big Four—the best sports video games each year. But you know the risks of having a real-time physics engine: It means the occasional noggin’ knockin’ (and salad-tossin’) in this anthology of wild moments via Rooster Teeth‘s Achievement Hunter. (NSFW language.) To contact the author…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: A pair of reader reviews covers recent downloadable titles. Contributor DamsonRhee talks about the first time she ever played a video game. It was Super Mario Bros, by the way. Great way to start off! Then, GiantBoyDetective says, in his own words, “I dislike the…

Enough With the Prequels, Already!

The tepid critical and commercial reaction to this year’s God of War and Gears of War prequels will hopefully send a message that I’ve been wanting the powers that be in all of entertainment to receive for years: Many of us who like a thing don’t care about what happened before whatever happened in the…

Fox News Host Calls Out ‘Hollywood’s Violent Video Games’ at NRA Event

This isn’t the first time Fox News’ Jeanine Pirro has name-checked video games in a rant meant to inflame people scared of any change to gun ownership rights. But this weekend, Pirro’s comments were made from the NRA’s bully pulpit. An address at the NRA Annual Meetings—reported on by Raw Story— Pirro said the following:…

Imagine Getting Your Head Chopped Off With the Oculus Rift

With the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset in developers’ hands, the fresh ideas are flying faster than a head tumbling away from the executioner’s axe. We’ve seen how much fun surviving can be in VR, now let’s check out dying, Ned Stark-style. André Berlemont, Erkki Turmmal and Morten Brunbjerg created this guillotine simulator in two…

You’re Just In Time For A Game Boy Micro Unboxing

In 2005, Nintendo shut the door on the original Game Boy with the miniscule Game Boy Micro, a brilliantly-engineered two-by-four-inch rectangle of compromise. It wouldn’t run original Game Boy or Game Boy Color titles — just Game Boy Advance games — but boy was it pretty. Many people hated it. I just bought a new…

Another Horrifying Thing to Do to Celebrities’ Faces

You’ve probably seenActresses without Teeth. Or Celebrities Without Eyebrows. Or Small Face Celebrities. Now, There’s Pin the Face on the Celeb. Lovely. On 2ch, Japan’s largest internet forum, a net user uploaded a series of “Pin the Face” style images of celebrities. Like the game Pin the Tail on the Donkey, physical features are being…

I Want China’s World of WarCraft Mahjong Set

NetEase, World of WarCraft’s China operator, has just started pre-order sales for a limited edition WoW: Mists of Pandaria Mahjong set. The set looks like two of China’s biggest names in gaming have combined and spit out a baby. According to NetEase’s homepage, there will only be 1000 of these special Mahjong sets available world-wide.…

“Attack on Coke” Will Melt Your Mind

Japanese anime Attack on Titan has a powerful anime opening—it’s something Kotaku has covered before. But imagine something else for a minute. Something like…Attack on Coke. This video, courtesy of tipster Sang, is called “Attack on Coke”. Edited by a Korean fan of Attack on Titan, the parody sure is interesting! It features re-cut footage…

Check Out China’s ‘New’ “Genuine American-Style Zombie Shooting Game”

Earlier this month, Chinese gaming giant Tencent announced a “brand new” game that will be released later this year. The game, War of Zombies, isn’t exactly a new game per se — it’s actually been talked about since 2010. Developed by Korean publisher Vertigo Games, WoZ has actually been around since 2010 but never released.…

Rumor: Nintendo Wants To Modify the Wii U to Run Smartphone Apps

Has it really come to this? According to Kyodo News, sources say that the Kyoto-based game maker is trying to modify its game hardware so it can run smartphone apps. “The game console and software maker has offered professional-use conversion software to application developers so they can produce smartphone games that can be played on…

To Fund Gaming Habit, Two Teens Steal Electrical Cables

There’s no doubt that China is currently going through an industrial revolution of sorts. Pretty much every city in the country is undergoing a construction boom. Taking advantage of this “boom”, two teenagers in east China’s Jiangsu province stole over 300 meters of construction grade electrical cable to fund their gaming habit. JsChina.com first reported…