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  Super Meat Boy vs. Bear Platypus-Monkey. Someone’s Gotta Win.

  You are summoner extraordinaire in Diluvium, a small game that arose from the TOJam game jam earlier last month. You summon animals by typing in their names, and you can create a totem pole of up to three animals. There can only be one of each animal on the playing field at once, and the…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published June 8, 2012
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  Here Are Even More Unreal Engine 4 Demos. These Have Guns.

  Did you see today’s hot new Unreal Engine 4 graphics demo? And read about how it will change the games we play on the next Xbox and PlayStation, perhaps? Well. We have even more UE4 demo videos to share with you. These are some crude game prototypes that Epic principal artist Shane Caudle cooked up…

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 8, 2012
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  Madden 13 is Mostly Law-Abiding in Its Physics—Though It Does Jaywalk at Times

  If you can sit up straight and squirm in your seat at the same time, I did when I got the news Madden NFL‘s creators revealed they were going to go for it this year, with their “Infinity Engine” offering real-time physics. It is a long overdue feature, something seen even in a striver title…

  By Owen Good Published June 8, 2012
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  Here’s Proof That Final Fantasy VII Will Actually Run On Your Vita

  In case you were worried that the Vita couldn’t handle your PSOne Classics version of Final Fantasy VII or something, here it is in action. It looks great, too! You might not be able to tell from the video, but the graphics are really slick. Square’s classic role-playing game will be available this summer when…

  By Jason Schreier Published June 8, 2012
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  Committing Genocide in Pokémon Helps Me Shape Who I am

  For me, beating a game isn’t in reaching the end point. Finishing a game is easy enough. Having the highest stats, the best gear, exploring and experiencing everything though? That’s not as simple. Still, reaching that “optimal state” is my personal holy grail. Once the path toward that optimal state is clear to me—once I…

  By Patricia Hernandez Published June 8, 2012
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  Ubisoft Promises 2013 Watch Dogs Release, Remains Cagey About Platform

  We’re still guessing about whether Ubisoft’s highly impressive Watch Dogs is in fact one of a few of E3’s stealth-reveals of the next generation of gaming. What we saw sure seemed too intricate and advanced to run on current gaming consoles. But Ubisoft has remained cagey about when and on what platforms the game will…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published June 8, 2012
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  THQ Sold Out to EA Sports Because It Didn’t Break Even on UFC 3

  In hindsight, it should be no surprise that THQ jettisoned its expensive exclusive license to make video games with the UFC’s imagery and fighters. The company is hurting badly and had gone through a huge, soul-searching reorganization, jettisoning its kids-stuff division and completely bailing on E3 this year as its stock price hovers around 66…

  By Owen Good Published June 8, 2012
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  What’s With All the E3 Hate, Guys?

  Now that another E3’s over, it’s time for people to gripe about what’s wrong with the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, But commenter rpm285sm doesn’t understand the all the bitching around the games business’ biggest trade show. He saw lots of things to be excited about and wonders at length as to why more folks aren’t…

  Speak Up Published June 8, 2012
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  A Fresh Look at The New Multiplayer Units in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm

  This video demonstrates all the latest updates that have been made made to StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm units since they were unveiled at BlizzCon last year. Some very cool stuff in here. The Protoss units on display are the Mothership Core, the Oracle, and the Tempest. Terran gets the Battle Hellion, Warhound, and…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published June 8, 2012
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  Star Trek Boldly Goes To Your Living Room, and Looks Really Good Doing It

  I was six years old when Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered. For the next seven years, I watched it every Saturday night with my parents and often, during the last two seasons, with my best friend and her parents as well. I was as nerdy as a nerdy child could be, and I loved…

  By Kate Cox Published June 8, 2012
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  These Guys Took Their Missed E3 Booth Babe Connections to Craigslist

  If you’ve attended E3, chances are you’ve probably had some interaction with booth babes. There’s simply no avoiding them, even if they are one of the tackier aspects of gaming’s biggest convention. But not everyone feels uncomfortable around booth babes. Some guys love ’em, and some guys even fall for them. A quick perusal of…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published June 8, 2012
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  Natural Selection 2 Is a Genius Mash of Counter Strike and Starcraft

  Have you ever played a real-time strategy game and wondered what life was like for the pawns you send out to battle? What if those soldiers weren’t brain-dead fighters, but could actually carry out smart decisions on their own, without you telling them to do so? Natural Selection 2 breathes life into an otherwise lonelier…

  By Tina Amini Published June 8, 2012
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  E3 2012 Proves That JRPGs Are Still Kicking

  Unless you’re a huge fan of dubstep and Michael Bay movies, you probably weren’t too excited after this year’s E3 press briefings. It was an especially disappointing slew of conferences for role-playing game fans, who were greeted by precisely zero new RPG announcements. Everything was very brown. The industry seemed locked into a future of…

  By Jason Schreier Published June 8, 2012
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  ‘The Painting Obama Fears’ Is Actually The ‘Modified, Uncredited Assassin’s Creed Character Art That Obama Fears’

  The folks at Wonkette and Mock, Paper, Scissors have noticed that a new $70-$4000 “painting” of late, right-wing muckraker Andrew Breitbart by artist David Bugnon looks awfully similar to character art from Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. No credit! Pic via Wonkette

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 8, 2012
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  A-Yup, Lost Planet 3 Shoots Its Sci-Fi Critters with an Old-Timey Rifle

  Lost Planet 3 happens in space. More specifically, future space. And it’ll have the star-faring ships and unlimited-ammo pistols that make sense in a sci-fi series. But the threequel will also let you blast a centuries-old bolt-action rifle at those nasty Akrid. What’s up with that? Even, if you account for the fact that LP3…

  By Evan Narcisse Published June 8, 2012
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  Comment of the Week, E3 Style, Over Here

  E3 is over and I’m exhausted and gimme your comment of the week. Link, don’t be a poop by nominating yourself, etc. etc. Happy Friday. And be sure to send Fahey your well wishes

  By Tina Amini Published June 8, 2012
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  Dominate the World by Shooting at Everything in Hybrid

  The Xbox Live Summer of Arcade will be upon us soon, and one of the games coming with it is Hybrid, a multiplayer shooter from 5th Cell. I had a chance to see Hybrid in action at E3 this week, and while the frenetic combat in a tiny map (the smallest one the game had…

  By Kate Cox Published June 8, 2012
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  Watch Me Vacuum Ghosts In Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon

  Here’s some gameplay we shot of Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, the sequel to 2001’s hit GameCube title, during E3 this week. The controls take a little concentration to master, but so far, Dark Moon seems just as clever and interesting as its predecessor. Check it out! (Video shot and edited by Chris Person.)

  By Jason Schreier Published June 8, 2012
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  Microsoft: ‘You Do Not Want’ an Xbox Smash Bros. Clone

  Sony PlayStation will soon have a Smash Bros. clone, a game called PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale that lets its most famous characters beat each other up. Why? Because it was a great idea when Nintendo first let Mario, Link, Samus and the rest of its best heroes beat each other up. Surely, Microsoft should join…

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 8, 2012
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  Rest in Peace, Rande, the Best Friend a Game Journalist Could Ever Have

  In May of 2006, months before I started writing for Kotaku, my then girlfriend and I went to the pet store to buy her a kitten. There were cages filled with various mewling beasts, fluffy, bright-eyed animals eager to find a good home. And then there was Rande. I didn’t like him at all. A…

  By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2012