Backhanded Box Quotes: No Need for Creed

Welcome back to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of measured, thoughtful criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic and elsewhere. Assassin’s Creed III Released: Oct. 31 Critic: elgringo (Metacritic) • “They pulled off Mass Effect 3 with this game.” Score: 0 Critic: Skycrimson (Metacritic) • “I thought I was actually playing AC2 again because GS…

Nintendo’s holding a midnight launch event for Wii U at the Nintendo World Store in New York City. Reggie’ll be there!

Here Are 28—Yes, 28—New Persona 4 Golden Videos

Those crazy folks at Atlus have released a whopping 28 new videos to celebrate Persona 4 Golden, their upcoming Vita remake of the critically-acclaimed PS2 role-playing game. Persona 4 Golden is out November 20. Look forward to the official Kotaku review—which, and get excited for this, may wind up being a collaboration between me and…

Xbox 360 Supports 32GB USB Drives After Latest Update

Xbox Live’s latest dashboard update also delivered an increase in the size of the USB hard drives the console will support. The Xbox 360 can now save to drives up to 32 gigabytes in capacity, double the old limit if 16GB. Joystiq noted the capacity change and sought to confirm it with a Microsoft representative,…

No. 1 in the Polls Doesn’t Mean Much in Sports Video Gaming Either

Around sports video gaming’s water cooler, much is being made of NBA 2K13 clocking in as October’s No. 1 seller on the NPD charts, and it is indeed an affirmation for sports video gamers as a whole. Sports video games are, culturally, treated as an outlier in core video gaming, yet they routinely send two,…

A Wretched Hive of Scum and Gaming Apps

Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Week in Gaming Apps. Its continuing mission — to explore strange new apps, seek out new games and game applications; to boldly make thematically incorrect quotes in an article with a Star Wars title. Space played a large role in this week’s selection of Gaming…

Virtual Tourism Has Never Felt More Real

There’s this small problem I’m having with Assassin’s Creed III. It’s nothing to do with the game itself, actually, and everything to do with me. The problem is this: Assassin’s Creed III is turning me into a kind of obnoxious person. I’ve developed this running commentary while the game goes on. It has nothing to…

Puzzle & Dragons… It’s All Right There in the Title, Isn’t It?

GungHo Online Entertainment’s Puzzle & Dragons is a game that contains both puzzles and dragons. It’s generated more than three million downloads in Japan. I’d say a good half of those downloaded it simply because the game’s name features all anyone really needs in a video game. Puzzle & Dragons is an amazing combination of…

I (Kirk) went on the radio to talk about XCOM, PC modding, and Slender. Check it out, we talk games at 27:00

Seems Like Sonic the Hedgehog Will Be Getting New Games Next Year

The recent release history for games featuring Sega’s mascot has been a tumultuous one. But the blue speedster continues to lure players in with hopes that the new games will channel in some of the charm and challenge of olden times. According to multiple sources—GameRanx, Official Nintendo Magazine UK, VideoGamer and Nintendo Everything—that cycle will…

The First Gaming-Dedicated Android Handheld Goes on Sale

Want to play Android games but don’t want to invest in an Android phone or tablet? Are you children always taking your phone away to play games? The answer to these problems just went on sale in the form of the MG, the first pocketable Wi-Fi Android app-gaming system. PlayMG, the company behind the device,…

Watch What Star Wars: Episode VII Would Look Like If Wes Anderson Directed It

What would it look like if the man behind Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Life Aquatic, Rushmore and more directed the next Star Wars? It’d probably look a lot like this. And you know what? I might actually watch that. Wes Anderson’s “Star Wars: Episode VII” Audition Tape – CONAN on TBS [YouTube]

Hardcore Social: Dungeon Rampage is a Bloody Good Time

Playing social games doesn’t have to mean clicking on a farm. In Dungeon Rampage‘s case, social means wading into hordes of enemies and traversing perilous dungeons side-by-side with other people; you know — old school social, the way your mother used to make it. Oh the things I’ve missed while poking about FarmVille and CityVille…

How To Make Random Encounters Good

So you’re wandering around the map, minding your own business, just trying to get to the next town. You know, the place with the mystical coconut which you can bring to the king who will build you an airship that you can fly across the Dusty Mountains of Lon’dor-thak in order to rescue the mermaid…

Marvel Comics is partnering with Korea’s Smilegate for an Asia-only MOBA title based on their popular superheroes.

The Elite: Dangerous Kickstarter Now Actually Shows A Little Bit More Elite: Dangerous

You could be forgiven for seeing the initial launch of David Braben and Frontier Developments’ ambitious Kickstarter campaign for a new Elite game and thinking, “Okay, but where’s the game?” Most Kickstarter pitches these days at least show some hint of what the finished project will look like, but the Elite Kickstarter Page, upon first…

Step Aside, Jessica Chobot Licking A PSP. There’s A New Scandalous Picture, And It Involves The Wii U.

Oooh so scandalous. Courtesy of freelancer extraordinaire (and dear personal friend) Miguel Concepcion and his downright gorgeous cat Sebastian is a hilarious parody of Jessica Chobot licking a PSP. You know the one, right? This one! And here are a bunch of other ones, because why would you not want to see more of this…

Hunt (And Be Hunted By) Xenomorphs In The Freaky-Looking Aliens vs. Marine

It’s a longstanding, somewhat sick desire of many of us who play games to stand, back against the wall, in the dark, waiting for the aliens to come. Why? I guess we all just really liked Aliens? But it’s what so many of us want. Aliens vs. Marine, an in-progress game/mod by YouTuber Dave P,…

The My Little Pony game, released yesterday for iOS, is now available on Android. Go launch trailer!

Bad Hotel Studio Making Another Cool-Looking Music Game

The studio behind Bad Hotel is back. They’ve just released the teaser above for their next title, Wave Trip Like Bad Hotel, Wave Trip is as much about sound as about graphics. Unlike its predecessor, however, Wave Trip looks to be more about side-scrolling motion than about defense. Additionally, it promises the ability for users…