A Whopping 40% Of Registered Voters On Xbox Live Can’t Decide Who To Vote For

Four out of every ten Xbox Live users who are registered to vote don’t know whether they plan to pick Barack Obama or Mitt Romney in the next presidential election, a Microsoft survey says. That’s quite the percentage. According to recent Gallup polls, only 8% of the country’s voters are undecided. If you’re counting at…

The Creator (And Cast) Of Broken Sword Would Like A Word With You

Well, this is quite a little thing—what begins as a sort of “making of” video of a new Broken Sword game transitions into a pitch from Charles Cecil, the man who created the much-loved adventure game series, on why you should help them make a fifth game, Broken Sword: The Serpent’s Curse I have a…

Digital Distribution Gets Bigger Every Year, But A Third of the US Still Doesn’t Have Broadband Internet

Despite the many good reasons for digital distribution to be catching on, there are 119 million reasons why retail discs need to keep being an option. Why 119 million? That’s the number of Americans that don’t have access to broadband internet. As Ars Technica reports, the FCC has found that roughly one-third of the country…

The Meaningful, Non-Devil May Cry Impact of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

“Revengeance”” -the act of gaining revenge at a rate of at least 2.54 times greater to that of standard revenge and 1.61 that of standard vengeance. -while revenge is [best] served cold and vengeance is served hot revengeance is often seen served with Cajun with a side of onion rings and often dumplings in the…

How Women Could Easily Lose All Their Rights, As Told By A Game

Imagine waking up to a world where people think less of you for reading or writing. Or one where it’s not likely that you’d learn how to read or write at all, and if you did, you’d have to get rid of the evidence—erase the data, destroy the letters. Imagine not having much control over…

Hello Kitty Introduces Kids to the Hellish World of Food Service

Hey kids! If you play your cards rights you might one day be the owner of your own cafe, working tirelessly day in and day out to please demanding customers that can’t even go to the bathroom on their own. Sound dreamy? Perhaps Hello Kitty Cafe can help change your mind. A free app from…

Was there a sequel in gaming history more disappointing than Yoshi’s Story? We can’t think of one. If you can, tell us.

A New World Record In Donkey Kong: 1,127,700 Points!

1,127,700 had replaced 1,110,100 as Donkey Kong champion Hank Chien’s newest high score, adding more proof to the idea that the dude simply can’t be stopped. This is, what, the third or fourth time that Chien has beaten his own high score to stay the King of Kong, right? Isn’t this guy a plastic surgeon?…

I Can’t Decide Which Of These Awesome Video Game Wallpapers I Want To Use Most

I’m partial to the Zelda triforce logo, but that Fallout Nuka-Cola wallpaper is pretty damn cool too. These were all designed by talented Kotaku reader Keena Venegas. Any of them catch your eye? Or your desktop? Wallpapers Video Games [DeviantArt]

How Not to Be Seen in Dishonored

The plague-infested streets and alleys of Dishonored‘s industrial city of Dunwall are rather dark and shadowy, but without proper use of stealth techniques one might as well be stomping through them on mechanical legs. Noise levels, line-of-sight, hiding bodies — these are the sort of things that make fans of stealth action so excited you…

You Won’t Be Able to Stop Playing This Borderlands 2 De-Make

Gearbox wants you to believe that they’ve dusted off an apocryphal pre-cursor to their hit sci-fi first-person shooter series. Okay, guys. Sure thing. Nevertheless, The Border Lands is terrific fun, letting you play pixellated versions of Borderlands 2‘s four main characters across multiple stages. The retro-styled browser game harbors the same “ooh, new gun!” addictiveness…

Three games in this week’s Nintendo Download: Abyss for the 3DS, VectorRacing for DSiWare and Metal Slug X WiiWare.

It Sounds Like Nintendo Wants to Make A Gamer’s Version of Facebook

Maybe we’ve been wrong about Nintendo. Maybe we’ve been wrong to be thinking in terms of Nintendo vs. Apple or Nintendo vs. Microsoft or Sony. Maybe we’ve even been wrong to think Nintendo’s big thing this fall is a new console. After I interviewed Nintendo president Satoru Iwata last week, I’m thinking that the angle…

Why Do These People Insist On Talking Over This Stunning Assassin’s Creed III Footage?

Game developers, Revolutionary War experts and voice actors band together in a concentrated effort to interrupt ACIII gameplay clips at every turn, in this first installment of Inside Assassin’s Creed III, a four-part series with a great deal of talking. I realize Ubisoft wants to give people insight into the development of Assassin’s Creed III,…

Without Final Fantasy V, This RPG Boss Would Have Been Indiana Jones

Souhei Niikawa is the CEO of Nipponichi Software, the maker of such hits like the Disgaea series, and Phatom Brave. In 1996, Niikawa joined Nipponichi Software to work in marketing, publicity, and game development, and after a successful career, in July 2009, he became CEO. Even after his rise in rank, Niikawa continues to have…

The Unfortunate Irony of Anti-Japanese Protests

In China, there has been a spate of anti-Japanese protests of late (more here). The nationalistic protests are over disputed islands (called “Senkaku” in Japan and “Diaoyu” in China). Sure, people should have the right to assemble and voice their opinion. But they should not start destroying other people’s stuff. At some of the anti-Japanese…

Choose Your Resident Evil 6 Skills Wisely

Resident Evil 6 will be out in less than two months, and apparently, the developers at Capcom want to make sure you have all the information you need to jump right into the game short of actually handing out copies of the manual. This time, new information on in-game Skills and Skill Sets has been…

Dark Souls: Prepare to Studio Ghibli Edition

Artist and fellow Texan Kyle Fewell crossed Dark Souls with Studio Ghibli for this wonderful illustration for Fangamer Versus Attract Mode. The little details are really what make this piece so special, from the little Totoro to the makkuro kurosuke. Larger image below; be sure to also check out Kyle’s site. Its Dark Souls/Studio Ghibli…

Report: Sexual Harassment Allegations at Japan’s Biggest Manga

One Piece. Naruto. Dragon Ball. These are just some of the iconic manga that have graced Shonen Jump. If you’ve made it in Shonen Jump, you’ve made it in Japanese manga. One young female manga artist wanted her work serialized in Jump. Instead, she allegedly ended up with sexual harassment. According to Japanese site Tantei…

I Hope This Upcoming User Generated Content Game Saves The Vita

Project Discovery, the new collaboration project between Sony and Kadokawa Games to create a new game from UGC (User Generated Content) is finally underway. With luck, this could be the sort of push the Vita needs to pick up some steam in Japan. According to details in this week’s Weekly Famitsu, Project Discovery will begin…