007 Legends: The Kotaku Review

They say you’re not supposed to judge something by its cover, but screw it: 007 Legends‘ awful cover gives the game away. The second giveaway of the title’s quality also revealed itself early on: in the middle of the first level, Pussy Galore asks who our intrepid secret agent is. His response? The most monotone,…

League of Legends World Championship Draws Over 8 Million Viewers

On October 13, the League of Legends season two world championship tournament concluded, and one team, the Taipei Assassins, walked away with the $1 million prize. Today, Riot announced just how many LoL fans watched it happen. The stadium where the competition took place held 8000 spectators. Another 8,282,000 unique viewers—well over eight million people—tuned…

Broken Pre-Order Promise Angers Fans Who Wanted Rubber Watch [UPDATE]

A pre-order mix-up has left a number of gamers upset at both retailer Amazon and Aksys Games, the publisher behind the great adventure game Virtue’s Last Reward On September 14, Amazon promised to ship the above rubber watch as a bonus to anyone who pre-ordered Virtue’s Last Reward, which is out tomorrow for 3DS and…

FarmVille 2 A Bunny’s Brew: Everything You Need to Know

Along with the new Fangtastic Fun items that have been launched in the FarmVille 2 marketplace this week comes the arrival of a cute little witch bunny that we can now adopt on our farms. The Witch Bunny is released via the “Bunny’s Brew” quest, which sees you building a Cauldron on your farm. We’re…

Talented duo who wanted $1,000,000 to make an Old School RPG are nixing their Kickstarter. “Expect something more soon”

US Senator Really Hates It When Federal Money Goes to Video Games

Prom Week is a social game and a social simulation game, an IndieCade finalist designed by a team at the University of California at Santa Cruz. The game, which follows the social trials and tribulations of a set of teenagers during prom week, is in a sense a proof-of-concept work, designed to show off how…

The Unfinished Swan and The Art of Making A Mess

Playing The Unfinished Swan feels a lot like being three years old. You make a terrible mess, and then when someone asks you “Why did you do that?” the only real answer you have is that, weirdly, it felt right. There was just something about that wall that begged to be drawn on with crayons,…

The Only People Who Can Play the New BioShock Infinite Web Game Are People Who Pre-Order BioShock Infinite

There’s a new BioShock web game out today, from the people who made the pretty cool puzzle game Cogs. Would you like to play it? Then pre-order BioShock Infinite Did you already pre-order BioShock Infinite? Then cancel that pre-order and pre-order again. (So says the official FAQ.) The web game, BioShock Infinite: Industrial Revolution, certainly…

Joe Maduriera—comics artist and creative director on the Darksiders games—will be leaving dev studio Vigil Games.

A New Borderlands Game Is Coming to iOS Before The End of October

An advertisement in the official Borderlands 2 strategy guide says that the popular shooter series will come to iPhone and iPad by the end of October. The ad, first discovered by a Gearbox forum poster (and confirmed by Kotaku this morning), announces Borderlands Legends, an iOS game that “will blow your mind.” Here’s the full…

Celebrating Major League Gaming going global, Gameloft’s Modern Combat 3 is on sale for $.99 on iOS and Android.

Jumping Finn Turbo Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Flight games might be my favorite kind of game for mobile devices. The repetitive notions and addictive quality are a perfect match for the style of play I want to experience in bite-sized increments. I’ve been playing Jumping Finn Turbo—a flight game based on the Adventure Time series—obsessively these past few days. And the further…

Here’s What the Multiplayer Looks Like (So Far) in the Next Game from the Creators of Minecraft

Forget about fantasy and those armless creepers. Mojang’s next game is going sci-fi. We’ve already seen one glimpse at an early build of 0x10c, but that one didn’t have sound. The newest video uploaded by Mojang CEO Markus “Notch” Persson lets you hear the blasters and computer interfaces, as well as offering a glimpse at…

Cave Continues Putting Out the Prettiest Shoot-em Ups on iOS

When the bullets start flying on October 26, shmup fans will be too busy dodging and shooting to appreciate how pretty DoDonPachi Maximum looks on the iPhone and iPad. Thank goodness for screenshots. Shoot-em up master Cave is bringing this fresh new take on DoDonPachi to iOS devices later this week. Riffing on previous games…

Ubisoft is ‘Fast-Tracking’ The Assassin’s Creed Movie That You May or May Not Have Wanted

One or more Assassin’s Creed games a year plus Assassin’s Creed comics, Assassin’s Creed novels and Assassin’s Creed animated shorts are not enough for Ubisoft, which remains anxious to create the thing that all great video games need: an official Hollywood-made movie. The latest incremental news about the movie is that Ubisoft is partnering with…

Looks like “Michael“, one of the best commercials in video game history, is getting a sequel tomorrow.

The Wizard of Oz Facebook Game Will Get You, My Pretty

But not your little dog, because contrary to several canine-centric pages, your little dog should not be using Facebook. Spooky Cool Labs is bringing the classic film to Facebook, potentially creating the world’s first million member yellow brick road march. An article over at The Hollywood Reporter this morning describes a fully 3D adventure that…

Episode Five of The Walking Dead Should Be Out by December, Along With This Snazzy Retail Edition

Maybe your bandwidth sucks or memory storage space in your device of choice is at a premium. But if you haven’t played Telltale’s excellent Walking Dead games yet for the above reasons, the developer will be going to make it a bit easier for PS3 and Xbox 360 owners this winter. The episodic adventure experience…

Zerg Rushes, Suicide Attacks and Splash Damage: How Real Insect Warfare is Similar to StarCraft

Editor’s note: Our guy at Thwacke, a Canadian outfit that advises game developers in all things science, writes to us and says he’s got an expert who can explain how the Zerg in StarCraft have a whole lot in common with real insects. Are we interested? Of course we are! Read on, unless you’re squeamish……

The Sequel To Corpse Party Is Coming To America

Japanese horror game Corpse Party pleased (and creeped out) a lot of Americans when it came out for PSP last fall—the morbid, horrifying adventure game is also surprisingly delightful. So it’s great news to hear that publisher XSEED Games is also localizing the sequel, to be digitally released for PSP this winter. Perhaps this is…