Watch Dogs Will Be Out This Holiday For ‘All Home Consoles,’ Leaked Poster Says [UPDATE]

Watch Dogs, the impressive-looking game that stole the show at last year’s E3, will be out this holiday for “all home consoles,” according to leaked marketing materials received by Kotaku today. Check the images below to see both the front and back of the marketing materials, which mention a quote from G4 about the game…

This Is an Incredibly Odd Way to Experience The Wizard of Oz

When I was growing up, every holiday season was punctuated by a television airing of The Wizard of Oz. We’d gather around the television and watch Dorothy and friends learn a little something about themselves in the span of 101 minutes. The Wizard of Oz Facebook game has been around for four months, and we’re…

Finally, A Decent Look at The Star Trek Game

If you’re like me, you’ve wanted to actually see what the upcoming Star Trek tie-in plays and looks like. You have to put up with a lot of movie executive blather but there’s a bunch of gameplay on display in this promo clip for the Digital Extremes-developed title. It seems like players will be abe…

What People Used To Say About The Game Boy

3D without glasses? No thanks. I’ll take my monochrome sprites and go and have some real fun. The Game Boy was kind of a big deal. Revolutionary, even. Console-quality games on the go? Great Scott. Let’s look at what people thought of that. “Game Boy promises ‘any game, anywhere.’ It has a 2 1/2-inch LCD…

This Week’s iPad Charts: Hold Me Closer Tiny Dentist

I’ve only been doing these weekly charts since fall of last year, and this is the second time a free dental simulation game appeared on the free charts. At least this one features cartoon animals getting their mouths drilled full of holes. I can understand the appeal. It was a week of great change on…

Square Enix the MMO dev, can they fix it? Phase one of the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn beta begins on Feb. 25.

A Game So Weird, It Needs to Come With Its Own Encyclopedia

The developers at Simogo have made some of my favorite mobile games, the musical platformer Bumpy Road and rhythm stealth hybrid Beat Sneak Bandit. Those games were cute and easy to grasp. But their latest one Year Walk looks like a weird, first-person exploration head-trip. Thankfully they appear to know this and are offering up…

Class, Your Homework Today Is to Learn About BioShock Infinite’s Creepy Pseudo-History

The first installment of the Columbia: A Modern Day Icarus? video series reminded Luke, me and loads of other folks of the low-budget, off-putting documentaries and filmstrips that aired in the ‘70s and ‘80s. I used to have to watch those things in class, too, with some annoying homework assignment attached to them. Imagine if…

Here’s Five Of The Best Attempts At Creating A PS4 Logo

On February 20, there’s a good chance we’ll not only get to see the PlayStation 4, but also get to see its branding. Stuff like the logo. Unable to wait that long, Aussie company 99 Designs held a competition for users, asking them to come up with their own take. Being open to the general…

An IndieGoGo campaign for this great-looking Mark of the Ninja fan film is launching on March 11. Trailer to the left.

It’s Full Body Pong, You Guys. Full. Body. Pong.

Perhaps the most creative game at this year’s JAEPO arcade game expo was e Sports Ground. Utilizing a series of motion tracking cameras and projectors, the game transforms the floor into the game screen and your body into the controller. In many ways, e Sports Ground is a retro game collection containing some of the…

The Russian Military. Marching to ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’.

Are ya ready, troops? According to English Russia, one of the most popular marching songs in the country’s military is the SpongeBob SquarePants theme. There’s video proof, too, of numerous troops marching to and singing the song, showing that this is definitely a thing. A delightful thing. [insert joke about how in Russia, SpongeBob SquarePants…

A Collection of Crappy Animated Images

Just as not every anime can be a winner, not every animated image can, either! With all those still frames to deal with, you can bet some stinkers are going to slip past quality control. They always do. In Japanese, horribly drawn anime stills are called “sakuga houkai” (作画崩壊). They’re not necessarily only mistakes, but…

Download title Pokémon Scramble U allows 100 Pokémon to fight at once. It’s slated for this spring in Japan.

iPad? No, Sony Patented Something It’s Calling the “EyePad”

A new Sony patent hints at the possibility of tablet style, motion controlled gaming. It’s called the “EyePad”. Because that’s totally not confusing. Sony has a long proud history of “Eye” devices, such as the EyeToy and the PlayStation Eye. This moniker, which seems to be a codename, isn’t final. It’s not even a product…

Nude Photos, Drugs, and Cockroaches: Wild Stories from Game Shops

Retail is a tough racket. It’s no easy gig. Sometimes, it’s boring. Sometimes, it exhausting. And sometimes, it’s completely bonkers. Here are some colorful, disgusting, and just odd moments from the trenches of gaming retail, dealing with your fellow gamers. Kotaku reached out to a couple retail vets for their war stories. Eric Jou, former…

In This Racing Game, You Shake a Pig

Monster Hunter is everywhere in Japan—including the JAEPO arcade game expo. However, this Monster Hunter arcade is not, as you might expect, a co-op boss hunting game. Rather it is an arcade style racing game titled Monster Hunter Diary: Oink Oink Pig Race As you may have guessed from the title, Monster Hunter Diary: Oink…

Watch the trailer for Lord of Vermillion III, Square Enix’s latest entry in its card-based arcade game series.

Naming Your Son “Pikachu” Will Get Him Girls. Wait, What?

Selecting names ain’t easy—especially in Japan. Some Japanese parents consult with fortune tellers in hopes of picking a name that will bring their child good luck. One soothsayer has one. That name is Pikachu. Kotaku previously covered why Pikachu is a terrible name for Japanese children. Today, a fortune teller tells us why it’s a…

In This New Mario Kart, You Can Drive a Tank

Later this year, Nintendo and Bandai-Namco will release a new Mario Kart game, Mario Kart Arcade GP GX, in arcades across Japan. Today at the JAEPO arcade game expo, Kotaku East was able to get some hands-on time with the game. Mario Kart Arcade GP GX will feature at least one new character (Don from…