A neat article at The Atlantic looks how the brilliant iOS game Hundreds is its own sort of haute couture cool.

The Alien Vs. Predator Battle Gets Mobilized with AVP: Evolution

With the console and PC release of Aliens: Colonial Marines right around the corner, Fox Digital Entertainment taps Angry Mob Entertainment (Predators, Muffin Knight) to give iOS and Android gamers something to do while everyone else is playing the Gearbox game. That something is Alien Vs. Predator: Evolution, a single-player third-person action-adventure game that’s really…

Homeland’s RPG Cuts Back On The Tension (And The Running Time)

College Humor’s series of JRPG adaptations of TV shows and movies continues today with Homeland, re-cast as something you’d have found on the Super Nintendo. CollegeHumor’s Favorite Funny Videos

If Mario Starred In Grand Theft Auto

We’ve posted one of Amirul Hafiz‘s Mario X GTA creations before, but he’s recently created a few more. I couldn’t help but share them with you all, especially because that Bowser one is genius. Potential new phone background? Definitely a contender. And here’s a bonus Sonic conversion to GTA. Mario Mugshot [deviantART via CyberWolf]

One Simple Ni no Kuni Tip To Help You Catch ‘Em All

I’m a sucker for sidequests in Ni no Kuni. I blame the stamps. In the game, each time you do a sidequest, you get a number of “merit stamps” on your stamp-card, and if you fill out a card, you can trade it in for power-ups. The tougher the sidequest, the more stamps you get.…

This group of fully-grown businessmen has been engaged in the same epic game of “Tag” for 23 years. Sounds fun.

Five Comics Where Humans Help Each Other 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…

The First Playable Villain in Avengers Alliance Isn’t All Bad

Dear Playdom, when you announce a playable “villain” for the wildly popular Facebook role-playing game Avengers Alliance, I expect a real villain, not Mr. Flippity-Floppity Magnet Man. Readers that have been following X-Men continuity since the early days are familiar with Max “Erik Lehnsherr” Eisenhardt’s propensity for switching sides at the drop of a hat.…

The Injustice Comic Prequel Explains Why Superman and Batman Are Fighting (Again)

It’s become a recurring trope that the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight beat each other up when things go terribly wrong in the DC Universe. The big difference in each of these brawls is the catalyst for the conflicts. As shown in a comic-book prequel releasing tomorrow, the reason for the World’s Finest…

This New Super Street Fighter Graphic Novel from Udon Delivers a Greasy Battle Royale

If you’ve seen an incredibly cool piece of Street Fighter art, chances are it originated from one of the talents at Udon Entertainment. The Canadian artist collective cranks out illustrated works for some of nerddom’s most beloved characters and has been making sharp, stylized interpretations of Capcom’s premier fighting franchise for more than a decade…

A Detailed Look At Character Progression In Fire Emblem: Awakening

Nintendo is really pushing Fire Emblem: Awakening, the strategy-RPG that comes out for 3DS next Tuesday. This new Awakening trailer—one of quite a few on Nintendo’s feed—shows off some of the class advancements, skills, weapons, and other aspects of character progression you can find in the game. Expect more on Fire Emblem—including Kotaku‘s full review—later…

Epic Citadel Shows Mobile Gamers Just How Pretty Android Can Be

Back in 2010, Epic Games released an Unreal Engine 3 tech demo for the iPhone and iPad that opened gamers’ eyes to the potential for console-quality gaming on Apple’s portable devices. Now it’s out for Android, and it’s prettier (and more useful) than ever. Available as a free download on Google Play and the Amazon…

Ni no Kuni Is Gorgeous, Reviewers Agree. But Not Everyone Is Head Over Heels.

I heard this one thing this one time. I heard that Ni no Kuni is whimsical? Have you heard that? I dunno man, I just heard it randomly somewhere. From the harshest critiques to the more forgiving ones, I’ve gathered the range of review scores pulled from Metacritic. Everyone definitely agrees this Studio Ghibli/Level-5 collaboration…

Why We Love (And Hate) Call of Duty’s Nuketown

Few maps evoke as much of a reaction as Nuketown does. Some love it, some hate it, and some—like me—can’t decide between these extremes. The Gameological Society’s Ryan Smith wrote a fascinating writeup on the divisive Nuketown, which delves into its history and explores the virtues and shortcomings of the map. As some of you…

Maybe All Games Should Have A ‘Very Easy’ Mode

This morning, I got an e-mail from a Kotaku reader named Jaime. “I am married to a wonderful woman,” Jaime wrote, “but she doesn’t enjoy playing videogames. She has from time to time, sat down to watch me play games like Okami, Ico or Shadow of the Colossus. She’s a big fan of Studio Ghibli…

FarmVille 2 Love is the Air Crafting Recipes: Everything You Need to Know

In addition to the Love is in the Air items that have been released in the store in FarmVille 2, productive farmers can also use some of these new Valentine’s Day items to earn coins via the game’s Crafting Kitchen. There are three new recipes available to craft in the Valentine’s Day theme, but as…

What Metroid Looks Like Through the Eyes of a 2nd Grader

Yesterday, a good friend of mine invited me to speak at an after-school game club in East Harlem about the game industry. As an adult, it was one of those very illuminating and humanizing experiences that reminds you exactly what it was like to love games dearly when you’re 11 years old. Trust me, the…

The action game Soul Sacrifice now has a release date: April 30 for Vita, both retail and digital

With Video Game Writing, the Devil Lives in the Details

In DmC, the new reboot of Capcom’s Devil May Cry series, hero character Dante is the offspring of an angel mother and demon father. He looks human but is of another breed altogether, a species of celestial rarity called nephilim who are incredibly powerful. They’re wild cards, nephilim are, and their bloodlines gives them the…

The Studio Behind Epic Mickey Has Shut Down

Following rumors yesterday, Junction Point, the development studio behind Epic Mickey and its sequel, has shut down. Parent company Disney confirmed the news in a statement today: It was with much sadness that we informed our teams today of changes to our Games organization, which include the closure of Junction Point Studios. These changes are…