Tearaway Is Not LittleBigPapercraft but It’s a Great Love Letter to Your Fingers

Long before LittleBigPlanet became a household name among gamers, no one knew exactly what to make of Sackboy and his burlap buddies. In fact, you needn’t look further than its earliest previews to discover the only thing anyone could really agree on is that is was as adorable as it was ambiguous. Tearaway, developer Media…

In Fire Emblem, Marriage Can Be A Fate Worse Than Death

If you’re interested in the new 3DS strategy game Fire Emblem: Awakening, you’ve probably heard two things about it: first, that if a character dies in battle, they’re gone for good. Second, that characters can fall in love and marry one another. In other words, the two constants in Fire Emblem: Awakening are marriage and…

Gollum Tells Us What He Really Thinks About The Lord Of The Rings

Or would it be more accurate to say these are the thoughts of Andy Serkis, the man behind Gollum in the The Lord of the Rings movies? You decide. Here’s footage by wrst88 of Serkis going all Gollum on us when asked about the LotR movies, and one thing is for sure: there’s conflict! Andy…

Mass Effect, Dragon Age Actor Passes Away At Age 61

Veteran British actor Robin Sachs, perhaps best-known to the masses for his role as Ethan Rayne in the Buffy TV series, has passed away suddenly at the age of 61. Details on the nature of his death are yet to be made public. Sachs may be better known to you guys, though, as the voice…

Disney Will Be Making All Kinds Of Star Wars Spin-Offs

We already knew that the newly minted Star Wars-owners at Disney are planning a new trilogy, the first film of which will be directed by nerd-king J.J. Abrams It’s also been heavily rumored that Disney would be making spin-off movies outside of the trilogy. Sounds like that is indeed the way it’s going to go…

These Are The Dead Space Spin-Offs I Really Want to Play

I’m not a Dead Space guy. Oh sure, the series is great, but Fatal Frame and Silent Hill are more my speed when it comes to pants-wetting horror. But you know what would make me a Dead Space guy? Absurdist spin-offs and mods How about a survival-horror game starring legendary comedian, father figure and star…

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time: The Kotaku Review

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is a pleasant PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita game that feels like it has been plucked out of a time warp. It arrives on the eve of the expected February 20 announcement of the make-or-break PlayStation 4 and yet it calls back to an era of easy dominance by the…

Watch The 14-Year Evolution Of PC Graphics In One Really Long Video

Wow, PC graphics have really come a long way. YouTube user PerfectHandVideos created this fascinating, 130-minute-long collection of real-time PC graphics, using Nvidia demos, graphics benchmarks and in-game benchmarks in chronological order from 2000 to present day. The 3DMark 2001 Matrix scene still looks stunning, that’s for sure. The Evolution Of Real Time PC Graphics…

Zynga Cancels Three Games Less Than Four Months Old

During today’s Zynga conference call it was announced that the company would be closing CityVille 2, the incredibly promising The Friend Game and the mobile Party Place, three recent releases that performed below expectations. CityVille 2 was launched at the beginning of November 2012, delayed slightly due to Hurricane Sandy’s effect on the Baltimore development…

Soon leaving the computer won’t free you from your Farm—Zynga plans to bring FarmVille 2 and more to mobile in 2013.

Six Comics You Should Get This Week

If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…

Too Bad This Mega Man & Sonic Comic-Book Crossover Isn’t an Actual Game

The long-teased crossover between Capcom and Sega’s iconic characters inches ever closer and each bit of preview art makes fans teases fans with the fact that this mash-up doesn’t exist in playable form. Hey, if Mega Man can take on the World Warriors of Street Fighter and Sonic can duke it out with Mario in…

PR Vs. Reality: A Dead Space 3 Story

Once upon a time there was a video game publisher named Electronic Arts. Electronic Arts was a very big video game publisher with lots of money and friends. Every year, they would release lots and lots of video games, which they would sell for lots and lots more money and friends. One day, Electronic Arts…

Feast Your Eyes on the Amazing Artwork That Will Make You Think Batman Actually Exists

I didn’t like Lee Bermejo’s take on the Batman costume at first. For someone like me who grew up on Jim Aparo and Don Newton’s versions of the Dark Knight in the 1970s and 1980s, the way he rendered certain elements of that classic costume felt… off. The stiff lower part of the cowl? The…

Star Wars Pinball Proposes a Unique Trilogy With Its First Three Tables

When Zen Studios went to Lucasarts about a year ago, they offered a straightforward pitch for a series of Star Wars-themed pinball tables. OK, here’s the Original Trilogy pack: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi. OK, now here are the three prequels … “They said no,” said Neil Sorens, Zen’s creative…

Shooters Need To Get Better At Depicting Arabs

Whether it’s the news, television or the movies, Arabs have become synonymously linked with the word “terrorist.” And thanks to video games, we’ve become the target—literally. Both my job and my personal experience give me a unique perspective on the situation. I was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and moved to the Beirut, Lebanon…

Action combat-powered MMORPG Tera is now free-to-play in a non-insulting way. Go play!

It’s Adulthood vs. Childhood, The Video Game

We all get a little bit nostalgic from time to time. Childhood was so much fun; we could watch cartoons, eat candy all the time, and let our imaginations run wild. Doesn’t adulthood suck? Well… then again, adulthood has some stuff going for it too. We get to go to R-rated movies, and drink alcohol,…

Dragonborn is available on PC today for Skyrim fans, and European PS3 players will start getting DLC beginning Feb. 13.

Get Ready For Some Serious Halo Parkour

Watching this video by ReiKo, you have to wonder if the people who made Halo 4 intended for players to be able to pull off some of the insane trick-jumps that they do. The spacing is just right, the trajectories lead perfectly from point to point… maybe they planned it this way? Hard to say.…