It Only Took Him Two-And-A-Half Years To Make This 60-Minute StarCraft Machinima

Wow. This is “StarCraft: Rebirth of the Swarm,” a sixty-minute film created by YouTuber/TeamLiquider CrainyCreation, who says it took him two-and-a-half years to make. It’s fully voiced and totally insane. Enjoy.

Ni no Kuni Makers Respond To Wizard’s Edition Fiasco, Debunk Conspiracy Theories

Fans were not pleased this week when they learned that their orders of Ni no Kuni Wizard’s Edition were cancelled due to stock shortage. Some were puzzled as to why an eBay merchant, Play Canada, was able to get hundreds of copies of the game; many postulated that there was something sketchy going on. Today,…

THQ Employees Pour One Out For Their Homies

THQ is no more. Some gathered their personal effects, and some—like Neal Pabon here—poured out a 40 in memory of THQ. For the record: it’s a Saints Row 1 beer bottle. Which is to say, it’s old. One can only wonder what that guy about 49 seconds in tastes, eww. Thanks, Nick. THQ – Pouring…

Watch Far Cry 3’s Vaas Tear Up Liberty City On A Snowcross Bike

Sure, Jason Brody is also featured here—he’s the protagonist of Far Cry 3—but who cares? He’s riding in the back anyway. This bizarre video by insanegaz proves that the main characters from Far Cry 3 can be just as cool outside an island paradise as they are inside of it. Well, not Jason. He just…

How Many of This Week’s Gaming Apps Have You Played?

There are 16 games in this week’s gaming app round up. Nine of them represent nifty titles we played but didn’t have time to showcase this week. Seven received a full reckoning, thanks to our new app reviews. I’ve played each and every one of them. How about you? If you had told me ten…

The Most Interesting Pirate-Themed Levels And Areas

It’s not that hard to find great pirate-themed video game zones and levels. Gigantic ships, pirate hideouts on mysterious islands (or in space), full of treasure, topped with a Caribbean atmosphere; an ever-returning element of video games that will always be a pleasure to the eye. We’ve collected some of the most gorgeous and memorable…

Get a load of Brynden “The Blackfish” Tully, as played by Clive Russell in the upcoming third season of Game of Thrones

Disney CEO Vows to Examine the Company’s Violent Video Games, If Any Exist

In America’s wrenching argument over how and why we have so many mass shootings, such as the ones at Newtown, Conn. and Aurora, Colo., many have pointed the finger at video game makers to demand they take a good hard look at what they sell and its effect on impressionable young minds. And one CEO…

To anyone wondering: Our Ni no Kuni review should be up sometime next week. We’d rather be late than unthorough!

Resident Evil: Revelations on Consoles Looks Better but Still Sounds About the Same

On one hand, this is the first trailer for Resident Evil: Revelations on consoles and PC. That lets you see the game (which released on the 3DS a year ago) as you’ve never seen it before. On the other, that means you’re seeing something that looks like BioShock, starring Davy Jones’ bad guys from Pirates…

One Hell of an Arcade Beat-Em Up is Coming to Facebook, and Here’s Why You Should Play It

Console quality games are a hard sell on Facebook. Each day millions of people log into Facebook to tend their virtual farms or play colorful candy puzzle games, while the hardcore shooters or robot-powered action role-playing games attract daily users in the low ten-thousands. What’s it going to take to get traditional gamers playing on…

Only the “limited edition” NeoGeo X units are out of production, Siliconera reports

Kotaku Editor-in-Chief Here. Got Any Questions? [Update: No More Questions!]

Hey, Kotaku readers. It’s been about a year since I took the reins of Kotaku and just about a year since we brought in a lot of fresh faces. Much has changed. Much has not. I figure now is as good a time as any to hear from you fine readers about what you’re liking…

The official Kotaku t-shirts are on sale right now. Barbarian lady? $18. Snazzy K logo? $18. Both? $29. Go, Meatbun!

Reminder: The very good PC Version of the very good DmC is out today.

U.S. Senator: Video Games Gave Sandy Hook Shooter ‘A False Sense Of Courage’

Let the scapegoating continue. Adam Lanza, the person who shot and killed 26 people at Sandy Hook elementary in Connecticut last month, reportedly played Call of Duty, among other games. So for quite a while now, pundits and politicians have been drawing links between his heinous actions and the video games he played. Most recently…

This Is How You Survive Attack Dogs In Black Ops II

Or, as they’re now called, the K9 unit. Regardless of what you call them, dogs are no laughing matter in Call of Duty. As a scorestreak, they’ll mess your shit up. But! There is a way to survive them. It involves an assault shield though, which not everyone carries around—here is a demonstration by YouTube…

Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem Could Totally Be A Dress-Up Sim (And Other Wild Theories)

Earlier this week, Nintendo dropped one of the most interesting bombshells they’ve dropped in a very long time: the Wii U will get an RPG collaboration between Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei In the world of fan-fiction video game crossovers like Street Fighter x Tekken, Kingdom Hearts, and Marvel vs. Capcom, this might be…

Get out your bulldozers, EA reports that the SimCity closed beta is now live.

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes is Now on iOS. It Could Use Some Work.

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes is one of my favorite puzzle role-playing games. I loved it on the DS. I loved it on Xbox Live Arcade. I’ve got it for my PC. This week the game finally arrived on iOS, and I grabbed it immediately. So far I am less than impressed. Might &…