On August 19, Scott Pilgrim (a game released in 2010) will get online multiplayer and a new character

4 Tips For A Better Date, Courtesy of The Sims

So I was playing the upcoming Sims expansion, The Sims 3: Supernatural, at the EA Summer Showcase last week. Here’s the thing: I’d never played The Sims before. I sure learned a lot about how to go on a better date though! Tip #1: Know how to control yourself before you go on out on…

Kotaku Hardware Battles: MMO Gaming Mice

Massively multiplayer online gamers have different needs than those of first-person shooter or real-time strategy fans. They need social interaction. They need extremely comfortable chairs. They need all of the Cheetos. But most of all they need buttons. So many buttons. PC peripheral manufacturers have sensed this need and have responded with specialized MMO mice…

Here’s The Three-Part Legend of Zelda Western You’ve Been Waiting For

Last week, we showed you the trailer for A Fistful of Rupees, the Zelda/Western mash-up directed by YouTube film group The Game Station. Here’s the full thing. Above is Episode 1 – The Wisdom. Episodes 2 and 3 are below. Enjoy. Episode 2 – The Power Episode 3 – The Courage

Watch A Live Stream of Sleeping Dogs Right Here

If you’re as anxious as I am to get your hands—er, eyes—on Sleeping Dogs, you can watch the folks over at Machinima play through the game live, right here. Personally, I’m going to ignore everything about this game since it’s currently sitting snug in my bag waiting to be opened and devoured.

They’re not just adding head-to-head multiplayer to SSX today. EA’s new, free title update adds no-stress free-riding.

Still Patiently Awaiting All Those ‘Vita is Doomed’ Stories

In today’s portable edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Domini N wonders when everyone is going to get around to forecasting the death of the PS Vita like they did with the 3DS last year. You know, I really, really don’t want to have to say this, but why have I seen no “Vita…

For Women Like You: Identifying with Lollipop Chainsaw‘s Heroine, Juliet

“You need to start taking better care of yourself. You need all the help you can get. Men don’t go for women like you.” “What is ‘like me’?” We are at a department store. My mother picks up a brassiere and hovers it over my chest as she closes one eye, sizing me up. “Raped…

When You Cross Adventure Time With Smash Bros. You Get Awesome

Even with an upcoming DS game on the way, I still cannot have my fill of Adventure Time. Particularly video game versions of Adventure Time, and especially considering how insultingly short the iOS game was. If Charlie Bink could have his way, there’d be a beautiful Smash Bros.-esque game based on the brawling adventures of…

Make Your Own Tunes In This Incredible Interactive Beatbox

Somehow or other I had never heard about incredibox, an interactive beatbox application that lets you drag-and-drop your own perfectly in tune, quantized grooves. Initial thoughts of “Oh, this seems cute” quickly gave way to “Man, this is brilliant.” The animations on the little beatbox dudes, the way their eyes follow your mouse pointer as…

Chik-Fil-A Flap Added to 2012 Campaign Game, Iran Attack De-Emphasized

The Political Machine, the PC game that lets you play out the Obama-Romney race for yourself has been updated to keep up with current events (and tweak some gameplay). Now you can make your candidate be for or against Chik-Fi-Let, which presumably means being for or against the fast food chain’s opposition to gay marriage…

Four Comics That Will Prey On Your Fears 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…

The Justice League Can’t Fight Their Way Out of This Terrible Video Game

Look, I’m not gonna lie: I did not have high expectations for Justice League: Earth’s Final Defense. I joked with co-worker Mike Fahey that the subtitle makes it sound like the World’s Greatest Superheroes would lose their fight. Little did I know how right that joke would prove. The iOS game developed by Chinese net…

Panel Discussion Assemble!

Are we still pretending that comics and video games don’t have anything to do with each other? Not anymore, we’re not. Welcome to Panel Discussion, where the focus will be on comic books and sequential art, whether they connect directly to video games or not. Confused? Read this

You can now pre-order Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for 10% off, and get access to the beta that starts August 14.

Sony Online Entertainment’s face-tracking SOEmote technology is now available free for all players of EverQuest 2

All of Valve’s Familiar Faces In One Battlefield

Can you point out every Valve game that makes an appearance here? Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Portal, Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2… the list goes on. [Video spoiler] I just wish Gordon hadn’t killed Chell, especially considering how half-assed the animation on that kill was. Plus, they seem like they’d be such good friends. Valve World…

Your Fate Does Not Concern Death In This Latest Darksiders II Trailer

Perhaps you’ve heard that Darksiders II will star Death. You hadn’t heard that? Well, it will! But sorry to say, he cares more about his brother War than he cares about you. This latest trailer is narrated by Skull-face himself, and it even ends with a roar, which as we all know is the key…

A Whole New Way To Play Video Games: Standing Up

It’s not every day you discover a whole new way to play video games. Yet over the past month, I’ve done just that—I’ve found a way to play games that makes me feel better, more alert, healthier, and more involved. How have I accomplished this? I’ve started playing video games while standing up. “Oh, damn…

The Trouble With Most High Fantasy Dialogue Is That It’s Terrible

I can pinpoint the exact line that finally broke me. Despite being an ardent fan of many books and games that use high fantasy settings, I’ve never had very much patience for some of their tropes. And last night, one ridiculous line in a thoroughly ridiculous, but mostly enjoyable, game finally pushed me over the…