Holiday Gift Guide: What Do You Get The Vita Gamer?

Here we have yet another handheld gamer, and the Vita gamer needs holiday love, too. Perhaps more so than any other gamer, since the pickings are still somewhat (at least relatively) slim. What suggestions do you have for the Vita gamer? Watch out for our editors’ picks down below, but feel free to add yours,…

The Slickest, Sickest Dishonored Killing Spree I’ve Ever Seen

You know how you can play Dishonored either violently or stealthily? I tended to opt for stealth, even though I liked how fun the game was when things got action-packed. But I have never, ever seen someone take on the game with the kind of violent aplomb shown by kekkoSoNicSyNdIcAtE in the video above. Dude…

This Is Not The Dark Knight, But It’s Damn Close

Following up my review for the Hot Toys Avengers Hawkeye figure, I was surprised to find my order of the Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece The Dark Knight Rises 1/6th scale figure Batman arrive in the mail. Granted it was one month late, but the Hong Kong collectible company is both notoriously and understandably late in…

Tim Schafer Wants You to Know How Double Fine Makes Its Games

The Amnesia Fortnight sessions at Double Fine have been a sort of open secret at Tim Schafer’s Double Fine development studios. People can point to what’s come out of those brainstorming marathons, in the form of Iron Brigade, Costume Quest and Stacking. And the folks at Double Fine have made the latest Amnesia Fortnight public,…

Kotaku Reviews All Of This Year’s Biggest Games

This year has been chock full of games. With the holidays approaching we’ve rounded up some gift guides covering all sorts of bases for you. Price range, platform, etc. But what if you just want to refresh your memory of this year’s highlights? Here are all of our reviews of the biggest games this year.…

This Digital Boyfriend Game Is Like Dating Cleverbot, Except Even More Hilarious/Creepy

Who knew that you could use an app to get a made-to-order boyfriend? Seriously. I’ve spent the last couple of days occasionally “chatting,” shopping and playing dress up with a virtual boyfriend while playing the game Boyfriend Maker. Yes, I’m aware that this is a game meant for pre-teen girls. I can tell by looking…

Here’s A Trailer For The Enhanced Edition of Baldur’s Gate

Happy Thanksgiving! Take a trailer for the upcoming remake of one of the greatest RPGs ever made. After some big delays, Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition should be out next Wednesday for PC (and somewhere around then for iPad as well). For more on the new enhancements coming in this edition of the iconic game, check…

Your Thanksgiving Video Game Adventures

Playing a good Vita or iPhone video game under the table instead of eating turkey? Trying to convince your family to play the Wii U with you? Or maybe you’re trying to escape your family so you can get some PC gaming in? Celebrate or commiserate right here. Up top: pics of the Pikachu and…

Israel Has Turned Propaganda Into a Game, And It’s Pretty Gross

To help spin the good spin in its current stoush with Hamas, the Israeli Defence Force has launched a program called IDF Ranks. Which is, essentially, a game about being a mouthpiece for the Israeli Defence Force. It’s aimed at young internet users, both inside Israel but especially internationally, who are told that by signing…

Peter Molyneux confirms that a big update for Curiosity is coming. Also, there might be a GODUS crossover. (via VG247)

Holiday Gift Guide: What Can You Get For Over $100?

Oooo who is that special someone you’re planning on buying such lavish gifts for? Whoever it is, they’re lucky! There are definitely a wide array of fancy gaming gift options. The new Wii U? A swanky headset? A gorgeous leather bean bag chair from Restoration Hardware that I really wanted to get my big brother…

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed: The Kotaku Review

In a year in which I reviewed demanding motorsports simulations like F1 2012, and NASCAR The Game: Inside Line, with Forza Horizon thrown in for good measure, I can guarantee the toughest racing game I’ll play is Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed That is no joke. It’s simply one of the least-accessible cart racers…

See How Pretty Far Cry 3 Looks On PC

For nearly all of its pre-release marketing, Ubisoft has for some reason decided to focus on Far Cry 3’s cast and weird stuff like animals. Instead of, you know, the things people like most about those games: free-roaming action. This 16-minute clip, on the other hand, has almost nothing but, and is of the PC…

Talk Amongst Yourselves is where you should go to talk about games. And life. Happy Thanksgiving, Americans!

Capcom tweets that Dragon’s Dogma is coming to the PC. UPDATE: False alarm. Tweet pulled. Capcom: “sorry.”

Adventure Time’s Creator Has a Word About Video Games

Adorable. This is a clip by Pendleton Ward, Adventure Time creator, drumming up support for the wonderful-sounding LA Game Space And if that’s not enough to get you interested? The venture has also convinced Katamari creator Keita Takahashi to release his next game to backers of its Kickstarter for only $5. If people like this…

In a fascinating interview with RPS, Peter Molyneux talks about over-promising, Curiosity, and his new Kickstarter.

You Can Download the Sequels to Zelda and Pushmo to a 3DS Today

Here in America, it’s Thanksgiving. It’s a day to be be thankful, a day for eating turkey and cranberry sauce and a day for ignoring the normal Nintendo download update. Cutting to the chase, the sequel to Pushmo my favorite 3DS game is out today. The new one is called Crashmo. In the old game…

You can now take a look at the Wii U’s UK/Europe launch lineup, via VG247. The console debuts overseas on the 30th.

Wii U: The Frankenreviiu

It’s a new console! These are momentous events in gaming, and yet nobody seems quite sure how to react to Nintendo’s new entrant, the Wii U. To some, it feels like the last of a generation that launched with the Xbox 360 many years ago. To Nintendo, it’s the first of the next generation, well…