Need for Speed: Most Wanted’s Newest Trailer Shows Off Crash-Crazy Multiplayer Racing

The reel above highlights a bit of the multiplayer action in the upcoming Need for Speed game, with the competitive play and co-op challenges I talked up in my preview showing up in gameplay for the first time.

7 Must-Watch Minutes of Remember Me, Capcom’s Very Cool, “New” Sci-Fi Game

At first it looks like Assassin’s Creed, but it’s futuristic, stars a lady and… wow, this game looks cool and goes places AC has never gone. Seven minutes of footage, mostly stealth and platforming, as our heroine tries to trick her target into killing himself. You’ve seen it before, until the part where you’re playing…

SimCity Returns to the Mac in 2013

SimCity returns to the Mac in February 2013, when EA releases the city builder as a digital download via Origin. Seeing as many of us first played Maxis’ storied franchise on an Apple system, this is grand news. “Whether you owned a Macintosh or a DOS PC, we all have memories of laying down zones…

Sleeping Dogs: The Kotaku Review

Oh, Sleeping Dogs. Thank you for rescuing me from this slow, slow summer. Before Square Enix/United Front Games’ open-world kung-fu game, the most recent exciting game was Spec Ops: The Line. And not even everyone was 100% in love with that Sleeping Dogs came just in time to stir up the doldrums. It had been…

Looks Like The Final Fantasy VII Re-Release Is Out Today In Europe [UPDATE: And The U.S. Too]

Final Fantasy VII, once released on PC in the 90s, then accidentally re-released a few weeks ago, has been re-re-released today. At least in Europe. Update: It’s also out in the U.S. today. Here’s Square Enix’s press release: In celebration of the Final Fantasy franchise’s 25th anniversary, Square Enix is offering Members exclusive access to…

Mad Catz Releases a Gaming Keyboard from the Future

It’s completely modular. It’s got an LCD touch panel with program controls and integrated TeamSpeak. It’s made of freaking metal. The S.T.R.I.K.E. 7 gaming keyboard is a technological marvel, and it can be yours for only *checks price* $300, dammit. I’ve spent a great deal of money attempting to find the perfect gaming keyboard over…

Spy Hunter Get Reborn For Vita and 3DS October 30th

Get ready to have the theme from Peter Gunn suck in your head all over again. Warner Bros. Games just divulged that the previously announced reboot of the car combat classic will be hitting shelves in portable form on October 30th. It’ll be playable at Gamescom for those attending. The rest of us can take…

Black Ops II Multiplayer Blowout: Scorestreaks Replace Killstreaks, Livestreaming Goes Big-Time, Leagues, and More

So much for Call of Duty being gaming’s safely predictable 800lb gorilla. The people making the new Black Ops II are changing multiplayer. A lot. Adios, Killstreaks Black Ops II is still a first-person shooter (set in the high-tech future of 2025, mind you) and players will still be able to spend endless hours virtually…

Tera‘s Player-Versus-Player Battlegrounds Open August 22

With August 22nd’s Argon Queen update for Tera I’ll finally be able to focus my adorable rage on other players without having to deal with that silly party fight system thing they were using. Hooray for battlegrounds! I am not a PVP player normally, but I make the odd exception. Prior to next week’s update,…

Valve’s Doug Lombardi confirms the developer will not be showing Half-Life3 at GamesCom. The listing was a mistake

Is There Anything More Beautiful than Okami HD?

Tricky question! The HD version for the PS3 looks pretty damn good. If you don’t believe me, have a look at this gameplay footage. The HD version was revealed earlier this summer and will be out this November in Japan, with an international release slated for this winter. Be sure to check out Kotaku‘s impressions…

Some Jerk Throwing Money in the Street

There was the jerk who threw money to get a PC demo station (that was probably fake). Then, there was the jerk who threw money to get a booth companion (that might’ve been fake). And now, there was the jerk who threw money out of his car. That, it seems, was real. According to Chinese…

This Resident Evil 6 Gameplay Footage Might Give You Cabin Fever

Here’s some Jake “Snow-Covered Mountain” gameplay footage, complete with inevitable snowmobile action. Resident Evil 6 will be out this October.

Lost Planet 3 Shows Off New Enemies in Its New Trailer

Upcoming sci-fi title Lost Planet 3 shows off some of the gear in this new trailer. As someone pointed out on YouTube: If it’s so cold, why don’t these characters have headgear to keep their noggins warm?

Vergil Looks Different in this DMC Trailer

Remember Dante’s twin brother, Vergil? Well, he used to look like this. Then, he showed up in DMC: Devil May Cry, and now, he looks like this. Dante used to look different, too, but who’s counting?

Here’s a rumor about Half-Life 3, via a game listing for this week’s Gamescom show. Here’s good reason to be skeptical

First Look at Resident Evil‘s New *Free* Online Service

It’s called ResidentEvil.net, and according to Capcom, it’s “massive”. Launching with Resident Evil 6, the free site tracks all your game data—such as enemy kills, which weapons you dominate with, and your Mercenaries score, among others—to compare with Resident Evil 6 players all over the world. Besides allowing players to see how they stack up,…

BioWare: There’s No “Single Right Time” for DLC

Day one downloadable content sucks, I think. Personally, it makes me feel like a chump. But there must be a reason for it in games like Mass Effect 3, right? BioWare’s Fernando Melo has an explanation. Earlier this year, Kotaku broke the news that Mass Effect 3 had day one DLC. At a recent developer’s…

Meet Capcom’s Remember Me, a Stunning “New” Game That Was Actually At Last Year’s GamesCom

Last year, my favourite “game” of GamesCom had the working title Adrift. Set in a desolate, bleak vision of a future Paris, it was all about the trading of memories and some very sexy concept art Sadly, that’s about all it was. Hence the “game” business. This year, it’s back, and it’s back as a…

Japan’s Favorite Arrogant-Looking Chef Serves Up a Video Game Appearance

Celebrity chef Tatsuya Kawagoe is young, handsome, and an internet meme in Japan. The 40 year-old seems to have become an online gag because he’s a good-looking successful guy and sports what the Japanese call a “doyagao” (“self-satisfied look”; ドヤ顔). Besides owning restaurants and releasing his own sauces, Chef Kawagoe recorded a music single, which…