The 3DS’ Biggest Hits Can Be Pulled Straight from the Interwebs in This Week’s Nintendo Download

In the continuing saga of Nintendo getting a clue about how gamers want to get their experiences, the House of Mario is making Super Mario 3D Land, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Mario Kart 7 and Starfox 64 3D available from their eShop storefront. These downloadable versions will cost $39.99 each, just like…

Do Doom 3’s Graphics Hold Up?

I’ve always felt strangely about Doom 3. On the one hand, it was a fairly revolutionary game, graphically. The lighting was striking. On the other hand, it looked kind of gross: humans in the game were starkly lit with strange, bump-mapped faces and odd, robotic movements. But is that a bad thing or does it…

Behold the Old-Timey Glory of BioShock Infinite’s Collector’s Editions

Collector’s editions come and go all the damn time in video games. But it’s not every day that one of a game’s principal creators makes like a carnival barker trying to lure folks into opening up their wallets. That’s what Irrational Games’ Ken Levine is doing for the two limited editions of BioShock Infinite: “So,…

Heaven is Kicking a Cartoon Rabbit Down a Hill

The last time we checked in on curious indie game Overgrowth wasn’t exactly under the most pleasant of circumstances, so let’s today focus on what the game does best: rabbit violence. An action adventure game, this clip focuses on some of the recent improvements made to Overgrowth’s melee combat system, which in terms of how…

Felix Baumgartner’s Great Leap of Faith

Don’t believe everything you read in the papers. Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner isn’t just a daredevil. He’s part of an order with a much longer, and more deadly past. Leap of Felix – Assassin’s Creed Parody [YouTube, thanks Liam!]

Here Are Some Of The New Voluptuous Ninjas Coming To The PS Vita

The boob ninjas are back. With Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus coming to the PS Vita next February, developer Marvelous AQL has released a new trailer as well as images and profiles for 5 of its jiggly new ninja girls. Click through the gallery to see the titular new characters. Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus is scheduled…

First Look: Battlefield 3: Aftermath, Ready to Shake Up Multiplayer

The next multiplayer Battlefield 3 expansion, subtitled Aftermath, is set in post-earthquake Iran and features four new maps. Other new features include three new vehicles, as well as a new deadly crossbow. Besides all this, there’s a new Scavenger mode, which EA describes as, “an objective based Conquest mode where lost soldiers armed only with…

There are Giant Teddy Bears Riding the Subway. They Seem Friendly.

With traffic congestion a nightmare, the subway might be the way to get around Chengdu, China. According to and Mop and New China (via MIC), the city recently had a handful of bears ride the rails to promote taking the subway and the soon-to-open teddy bear museum in Chengdu. 中国片刻：成都”泰迪熊”坐地铁引围观 [News China] 成都地铁完爆北京地铁！泰迪熊集体卖萌搞怪无下限！！！ [Mop via…

Check Out Assassin’s Creed III‘s Stunning Recreations of Historic Buildings

As anyone who’s been paying attention is well aware, Assassin’s Creed III will be taking place during the Revolutionary War in America: A historic time in the birth of the United States. Game maker Ubisoft is going to painstaking lengths to get an authentic feel for the 1700s New England which you can see with…

Long Distance Sex? There’s an App for That.

Next January, Taiwan’s LovePalz will be launching its long distance lovin’ pleasuring gadgets. The devices, which seem to be designed for straight couples, have gotten Western news coverage—and more recently, Japanese. The devices support iPhone, Android, and more, and the two set LovePalz has units for both males and females, with each being dubbed “Zeus”…

Japan’s Virtual Mafia Bad-Ass Reduced To Pulling A Ramen Cart

Kazuma Kiryu. The “Dragon of Dojima” and one of the main protagonists of the Yakuza series. This walking powerhouse of violence has come a long way from his youthful days of beating up biker gangs through the seedy underbelly of Japan’s criminal world and to prison and back. According to his character bio, Kiryu was…

Hey, Sexy Wolverine!

Hugh Jackman, star of the upcoming Wolverine movie, does the horse dance with Gangnam Style maven PSY. Both PSY and Jackman tweeted out pics of the singer’s visit to the Wolverine set in Australia. Hijinks, until somebody gets their arm sliced off! Slicing gangnam style!!!! [@RealHughJackman] Had a great time [@psy_oppa] Kotaku East is your…

Google’s Android Robot Looks Like an Ancient Chinese Relic

Via Chinese networking site Sina Weibo, someone noticed this archaeological find at a museum in northern China, pointing out its resemblance to Android’s iconic Robot mascot. According to MIC, one Chinese net user even wondered about an ancient relic that looks like a bitten apple. Android [Sina Weibo via MIC] Kotaku East is your slice…

3DS title Inazuma Eleven 1・2・3!! was pushed back in Japan to Nov. 29 from Nov. 15.

Nintendo’s Most “Bizarre” Collaboration of 2012

Out of all the things Nintendo have worked on this year, this one is certainly the most bizarre. This is a set of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure hanafuda playing cards. The name of this set? Jojo’s Bizarre Hanafuda ~ Gold Fuda. Nintendo is, of course, originally a card company. Hanafuda is a traditional card game in…

Good Luck Eating this Ridiculously Large Sushi All By Yourself

Things in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture just feel big. The city isn’t nearly as jam-packed as in Tokyo, but the automotive town’s streets are wide and expansive (thank Toyota for that!). And the numerous cafes serve up generous portions that are known as “Nagoya sized” (名古屋サイズ). But this sushi isn’t Nagoya sized. It’s utterly insane. In…

Next Week, The New York Times Has a Tetris Surprise

Congratulations are in order for Kotaku reader Caleb, who wrote a crossword puzzle that the New York Times will be publishing next Thursday, October 25. What’s cool about Caleb’s puzzle is that he didn’t take the easy route and just submit game-related questions. I’ll let him explain: All of the black squares in the grid…

Judge Dredd Explains Why Most Video Game Movies Aren’t Up To Scratch

Karl Urban knows a thing or two about movies based on video games. He’s been in one. He’s also been in Lord of the Rings (above), Star Trek, The Bourne Supremacy and now Judge Dredd Given that Karl Urban starred in the not-quite-as-bad-as-other-game-to-movie-conversions-but-still-quite-bad Doom, we figured he might have a rough idea why filmmakers have…

Minecraft Meets Slender in This Dark, Creepy Mod

I know, you’re likely sick of Minecraft by now, and probably of Slender as well, but this combination of the two might light a fire under you. Or at least convince you to watch it for two minutes. It’s of a Minecraft mod called Slender’s Forest, which is recreating the basic gist of Slender: The…

Turns Out Princess Peach’s Parents Are Kinda Racist

Peach may love Mario, but as this clip from Robot Chicken shows, her parents are a little less enamoured by the Mushroom Kingdom’s saviour. And who can blame them! They’re royalty, he’s a plumber. Dude really needs to wear a suit. And do a better job of keeping his drug habit at bay.