Steelseries Free Mobile Controller: The Kotaku Review

Nothing this small should work as well as the SteelSeries Free Mobile Controller does. Years of development have resulted in a tiny, pocket-sized controller that had me overlooking its small stature the moment I started playing a compatible game. Finding a compatible game? Not nearly as enjoyable. My experience with the SteelSeries Free controller at…

Forget Two Screens. Listen to the Wii U’s Dual Audio Trick.

We’ve got something for you to listen to. So grab some headphones. Ready? OK. Listen to the first clip. Watch it as you listen. Then let me explain: One of the weirdest innovations of the Nintendo Wii was the inclusion of a speaker in the system’s controller. It could crudely play sound effects or even…

The Brooklyn Nets’ Brook Lopez talks about his love for Sega Genesis games and Sonic the Hedgehog

Blizzard Black Friday Begins Now: StarCraft II For $20; Diablo III For $40

Here’s Blizzard’s Black Friday sale, which starts not on Black Friday, but RIGHT NOW. StarCraft II for $20, Diablo III for $40. (With the amount of content in StarCraft II, by the way, that first one is pretty much a steal—I’ve probably sent several hundred hours playing SC2 online over the past two years.) If…

The Nasty Jokes Hitman: Absolution Didn’t Have To Make

Hitman: Absolution is a game that requires a lot of sneaking around, and like most sneaking games, you’ll find yourself regularly incapacitating guards and stashing their bodies. Every time you stash a guard in closet, his body will slump standing up over to the left side of the enclosure. Every closet can hold two bodies,…

Six Comics to Be Thankful For 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…

Here’s The Trailer For The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia

I didn’t know books had trailers now, but hey. At least there’s no dubstep. The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia is a hardcover tome chock full o’ concept art, Zelda history, and the OFFICIAL ZELDA TIMELINE. It looks pretty damn cool. For more on Hyrule Historia—created as part of a partnership between Nintendo and Dark…

The Best Comics To Give This Holiday Season

Hooray: The notoriously difficult, hypnotic smartphone game Super Hexagon is coming to Steam next week

Take A Glimpse At Your Likely Video Game Future

Evan’s Note: Stumbles aside, the newly-released Wii U is already pointing towards one possible future for console video games. And, when it hits next year, the Ouya box might have the power to shift games development and delivery in a yet another direction. It all sounds great, doesn’t it? There’s just one catch… How’re you…

The very last thing the world needs is a $3.99 Disney app that sings “It’s a Small World”.

Here’s A Stunning Minecraft Re-Creation Of Final Fantasy VII‘s Midgar

Earlier this year we showed off someone’s great Minecraft re-creation of Final Fantasy VII‘s iconic city Midgar This one might be better. Kotaku reader Jason sends in these pics from the Minecraft FF7 map he’s been working on (which you can find over at Aegis Gaming). Behold, enjoy, and shake your head at just how…

Halo 4‘s Multiplayer Is At Its Best When Players Break the Rules

Now that Halo 4 has been out in the wild for over a week, it’s proper timing to accurately assess its multiplayer prowess. I had a lot of fun messing around with the various modes during my review event, but how does being in a room full of gamers compare to lounging on my bed…

Mobile Gaming’s World of Warcraft Gets a Battle Arena Spin Off Tomorrow

Gameloft’s Order & Chaos Online was mobile gaming’s answer to World of Warcraft, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for tablets and smartphones. Tomorrow the brand expands with Heroes of Order & Chaos, a MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) game shades of League of Legends This is actually a rather interesting reversal of the origin…

Protect Your Desk With This Adorable USB Portal Turret

Well, file this USB Portal turret under “Things you can get me for Christmas that I’ll only use once but will still totally love.” You can buy one for the Portal fan in your life (or for yourself) for $40 at Thinkgeek (Via John Davison)

You Might Be Able To Download the Wii U’s Firmware Update in the Background

You might be able to download the Wii U’s large, slow-downloading day-one firmware update while playing games, according to online reports from Wii U owners on Reddit and GoNintendo. It seems that there’s a secret background-downloading option. Good to know! We can’t test it on our already-updated Wii Us, but those of you who are…

The Last Story Sold Super Well, And Now It’s Only $30

Remember how Nintendo wasn’t going to release The Last Story in the United States, even though it’s an awesome role-playing game and the Wii was barren for two whole years? Remember how XSEED came in and scored a publishing deal just by asking for the game late last year? Well it looks like XSEED made…

Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?!: The Kotaku Review

There are plenty of shows that apparently only certain groups of people can appreciate. Adventure Time? Scoff! That’s a kid’s show! Definitely heard that one before. Adventure Time—created by the lovable and witty Pen Ward—is a cartoon show on Cartoon Network. It features two adventurers, Jake and Finn, who are the best of friends. They…

FarmVille ‘Mistletoe Lane Chapter 3’ Goals: Everything You Need to Know

Today marks the free launch of Mistletoe Lane in FarmVille for those players that didn’t pay Farm Cash to get to the game’s newest Christmas farm early. Waiting for all players when they arrive is a new chapter of goals to complete in the game’s storyline, with the six new Chapter 3 goals being available…

The Final Episode of The Walking Dead Asks You To Make The Hardest Decisions Yet

[The Walking Dead is a difficult series to write about. I want you to experience the game for yourself. After all, your game will likely play out entirely different from mine, given how dependent on player choice it is. But I still want to give you an idea of what it was like to experience…