EA Got My SimCity Back, So I Killed It With a Giant Fire-Lizard

Following a struggle with the tech folks following a fault in the SimCity press servers, the lost city of Fahey’s Folly—aka the SimCity on the Edge of Forever—was found once again. In celebration, I unleashed red-hot dino fury. Since I’ll be using my own Origin account and retail servers for our upcoming SimCity review, Fahey’s…

Hey, Aliens: Colonial Marines Is Pretty Good As A Three-Part Comedy

The consensus seems to be that Aliens: Colonial Marines isn’t a very good game. But that doesn’t mean Aliens can’t make for entertaining playthrough videos. Ah, the wonders of YouTube. Enter the always-amusing Criken, who has been uploading his playthrough of Aliens: Colonial Marines to YouTube for the past couple of weeks. He just finished…

First-Graders Are Learning How To Write Video Game Reviews Now

My friend John found this hanging in a first-grade classroom here in NYC. It’s for the kids’ writing workshop. I think we’re going to start using it as the Official Kotaku Review Guide from now on. The best part? No mention of review scores.

These Tomb Raider Minimates—seen at ArtAsylum—really need a bow & arrow. Best weapon in the game. C’mon, guys.

The Journey Composer Walks You Through His Entire Soundtrack

Journey wasn’t just one of the best games of 2012, it also had easily one of the best soundtracks. Composer Austin Wintory assembled a remarkable collection of instruments and tonalities, the sort of holistic musical concoction we rarely get in games. With this new video, you can listen to the entire Grammy-nominated soundtrack and follow…

He Worked on Call of Duty, And Now He’s Making a Game About Dreams

Check out The Adventures of Dash, a puzzle-platformer where you control a narcoleptic boy. Every dream has a different art style. The game is from former Infinity Ward (Call of Duty) creative strategist Robert Bowling’s new development studio, Robotoki. Here’s the Kickstarter.

Based on the Nickelodeon series, TMNT: Out of the Shadows for XBLA, PSN and Steam is coming this summer. [Digital Spy]

At Least One Gamer Is Pissed At Sony For A Small, But Misleading Vita Description

Earlier this year, Kotaku reader Lewis bought a PlayStation Vita. He bought two 32 GB memory cards: one for games and applications, and the other for music. “I figured I could use it as an mp3 player as well as a gaming console,” Lewis told us. “Unfortunately, that is not the case.” As Lewis soon…

Well, that didn’t take long, Crysis 3 is already discounted (to $41.99), all versions (PS3, 360, PC and PC download).

Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC Gives Commander Shepard a Glorious Send-Off

The newest single-player add-on for Mass Effect 3 comes out this week and it assembles characters from the previous ME games for an all-new adventure. Here’s the official description: When a sinister conspiracy targets Commander Shepard, you and your team must uncover the truth, through battles and intrigue that range from the glamour of the…

Hey Pokémon fans! Get thee to a GameStop between today and March 24 to get your legendary Meloetta before she’s gone.

Skyrim‘s 1.9 update adds a new difficulty setting to the hit action/RPG and fixes a ton of bugs.

Every One of Us is Dead at the Beginning of The Silent Age

Plenty of video games have toyed with a desolate future in which an extinction level event has wiped humanity from the face of the Earth. The Silent Age isn’t about the future. It’s about right now. Bang, you’re dead. Well, maybe bang, possibly whimper. Discovering the how and why is the mission of a mustachioed…

Remember: It’s Not Just the NFL’s Exclusive License with Madden; the Players’ Union Has One, Too.

Gamers, including those who don’t even play sports video games, love to hate the exclusive license the NFL sold to EA Sports in 2005, making Madden the only NFL video game on consoles. Let’s not forget the NFL Players’ Association is a part of this, too. With just one exception (GameLoft’s NFL 2010 for iPhone,…

Yes, The New Assassin’s Creed Is Like That Lovely Zelda Game

They don’t make many games that let you sail wherever you want to go on the sea, battling other ships, discovering islands, hunting for treasure. But they do make some games like that. In fact, Nintendo made a Zelda all about that: 2002/3’s The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker for GameCube. Naturally, if you…

SimCity Won (and Broke) My Heart in Just Three Days

This is the story of how the new SimCity hooked me in three days. This is also the story of a bustling city on the banks of the Chickville river. A place filled with hard-working folk not afraid to get their hands dirty, plucking riches from the depths of the Earth and sharing them with…

A Planescape: Torment Sort-of Sequel Gets Ringing Endorsement from the Guy Who Wrote the Original

InXile’s already got one follow-up to a beloved old-school RPG underway, in the form of Wasteland 2. And now they’re getting ready to answer the dreams of fans everywhere by teasing a Kickstarter for Torment: Tides of Numenera, a game that’s the spiritual successor to acclaimed 1999 role-playing experience Planescape: Torment . Promising the same…

Gears of War Judgment Isn’t All-Prequel, After All

Most of this month’s Gears of War Judgment on Xbox 360 takes place before the three existing Gears of War games. But there will also be a short campaign called “Aftermath” that takes place concurrently with the near-final moments of Gears of War 3. The brief two-hour-or-so campaign follows two series regulars, Baird and Cole,…

Your Sunrise Can’t Be Compared to These Time-Lapse Captures

Real-world sunrises get more intense as we get closer to spring—but they pale next to what we can find in games. The lovely time-lapse moments you can see above, from Minecraft and Grand Theft Auto IV, among others, create living, breathing worlds that you just can’t wait to dive into. Video Game Sunrises [YouTube]

A poll shows that only 29% of core gamers want to buy a next-gen console at launch. What about you guys? [via Techspot]