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  ZombiU Sprinkles Dead Island With A Liberal Dose of Dark Souls. In Other Words, It’s Rad

  Well, color me surprised. When Ubisoft debuted ZombiU as a Wii U-exclusive (Update: maybe not exclusive forever) zombie game at their press conference yesterday, I wasn’t sold. The trailer was exceptionally slick, of course, but who can even tell when it comes to zombie games anymore, you know? As it turns out, ZombiU doesn’t just…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published June 5, 2012
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  New Dead or Alive 5 Trailer Jiggles Out with a Virtua Surprise

  Fighter Dead or Alive 5 gets a new trailer—one that’s covered in cherry blossoms and drapped in kimonos. It features lots of kicking and lots of punching. There’s also a Virtua surprise at the end (well, it’s not that big of a surprise). Dead or Alive 5 is out later this September.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2012
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  Your Wii Data and Games Will Tranfer to the Wii U… Somehow

  Ata developers’ roundtable after E3 today, two of Nintendo’s top designers confirmed that “everything you’ve bought” will transfer from Wii to Wii U along with save files. But they did not reveal how. Stay tuned!

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2012
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  There’s Some F-Zero Hiding in the Wii U’s Nintendo Land

  There is some sort of Z-Fero style racing game, Nintendo producer Katsuya Eguchi showed today during an after-hours E3 showcase of the Wii U’s launch game. It’s not clear how fleshed-out the racing game is. We were shown a brief clip of a Mii character finding a signature F-Zero ship in the game’s Nintendo-item-filled hub…

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2012
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  E3 Kicks Off in Style With These Beautiful Images

  The first proper day of E3 was today, as it was the day the LA Convention Centre threw open its doors and greeted tens of thousands of industry and media types, all rushing to get their hands on some of the latest games. Here’s some wonderful pictures summing up the day’s events, from Nintendo’s big…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012
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  To Show Off Epic Mickey 2, Warren Spector Brought His Rare Disney Collectibles to E3

  It’s impossible to miss the huge amount of Disney love that Warren Spector brings to bear on the Epic Mickey games. The celebrated game designer has been talking about how much he cherishes the world Walt Disney engineered ever since the run-up to the first Epic Mickey game. But this year he did more than…

  By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012
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  We’re Live at Nintendo’s Wii U Hardware Conference

  Nintendo is talking about Wii U and we are here to listen. Kotaku editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo and I are sitting in the audience at Nintendo’s Hardware Showcase, where they’re about to announce… well, we don’t really know. Nintendo’s Katsuya Eguchi will be here, and that’s about everything we’ve heard so far. Keep refreshing this post…

  By Jason Schreier Published June 5, 2012
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  Super-Face-Punching Gameplay Footage From Injustice, the DC Comics Fighting Game

  Mortal Kombat developers NetherRealm Studios are currently working on a DC Comics fighting game called Injustice Here’s a ton of new gameplay footage, featuring superhero fisticuffs, impromptu building demolitions and an exploding cake.

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012
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  Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Producer Wants To Make Music Games For Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger

  The producer of the Final Fantasy music game wants to make a Dragon Quest music game. And a Saga music game. And maybe even a Chrono Trigger music game. Theathrythm Final Fantasy, a Square Enix-helmed 3DS game that blends the button-tapping rhythm of Elite Beat Agents with the gorgeous soundtracks of Final Fantasy, has earned…

  By Jason Schreier Published June 5, 2012
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  Star Wars: 1313 Looks Good Enough to Rip the Ears Off a Gundark

  We saw a pretty muddy clip yesterday, but today Lucasarts has released official media for its upcoming Star Wars title 1313. And, yeah, at least visually, the thing looks great I’m not sure the world, let alone this E3, needs another third-person, cover-based shooter, but just seeing the “classic” Star Wars universe make a video…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012
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  Here’s All of Today’s Nintendo News in One Place

  Just joining us? Have a paralysing fear of tracking down news individually? You’re in luck. Here’s all of today’s Nintendo news from the company’s E3 press conference in the one place. Handy. We’re Liveblogging Nintendo’s E3 Press Conference Right Here Pikmin 3 Confirmed as Wii U Title Nintendo’s Wii U Will Support Two GamePads Hallelujah!…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012
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  So, What the @$%& is the Deal With Swearing in FIFA 13?

  In Microsoft’s E3 keynote yesterday, a demonstration of voice-command Kinect support in FIFA 13 yesterday left the impression that if you’re on the adverse end of an official’s decision and you swear at the judgment, you could draw a booking for dissent. It sure looked that way on the video. There was a bleep and…

  By Owen Good Published June 5, 2012
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  See Nintendo’s Hardcore Wii U Controller in White

  Earlier this week, Nintendo showed off a new Pro Controller that’s designed to be used when playing titles that are ported from other systems, and not necessarily designed with the Wii U’s unique capabilities in mind. The first model shown was in black, but you know, since the console is also sold in white the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012
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  Watch Dogs Uses Microsoft’s New SmartGlass Tech

  In rather vague, unspecified ways, Ubisoft’s crowd-stopping Watch Dogs will make use of Microsoft’s new SmartGlass tech. Interesting. [CVG]

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012
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  Two Controllers Slows Down Your Wii U Games

  While Nintendo is making a big deal about the Wii U supporting two Wii U GamePads, don’t get excited just yet. Via Twitter, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has said, “When you use two, the framerate halves to 30 frames per second.” So that means all those 60fps Wii U games Nintendo has been banging on…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2012
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  Oh Dear, the Wii U’s Controller Battery Only Lasts For 3-5 Hours

  Here’s some E3 buzzkill for you: it seems the battery in Nintendo’s Wii U control pad only lasts for 3-5 hours. That’s…wow. That’s less than a lot of you would spend during a serious session with a game. This is going to be a problem given the nature of the controller; it’s one thing to…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012
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  Assasin’s Creed on Vita Manages To Make Combat Easier, Yet Harder. It’s Complicated.

  I’ve just had a chance to see a hands-off demo of Assassin’s Creed: Liberation, the new Assassin’s Creed game exclusive to Sony’s handheld Vita. I’ve complained in the past that Assassin’s Creed combat is way too easy, and yet this newest iteration in the franchise manages to make combat even easier Though well, it also…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published June 5, 2012
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  See Mario’s Creator Act Like a Goofball On Stage at E3

  The highlight of today’s E3, for me at least, was seeing Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto take the stage at the company’s press conference and finally take the wraps off Pikmin 3 The reveal itself was welcome, but what I really liked about it was seeing the dude go crazy with it. For many people, his…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012
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  I’m Knee-Deep In Synthetic Bad Guys in Halo 4’s Bold new Multiplayer

  When Halo 4 launches on November 6th later this year, it will ship with a full season of a multiplayer mode called Spartan Ops I got to check out a quick chapter of said episodic content today on the E3 showfloor, where the Majestic Spartan team met those red-laced synthetic enemies from the demo that…

  By Tina Amini Published June 5, 2012
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  Wow, Final Fantasy XIV, You’ve Changed

  Final Fantasy XIV’s launch was so terrible that Square Enix had to pull the game and promise to not bring it back until it was fixed. I don’t know if their gameplay tweaks have had any effect, but I do know the game is at least looking a lot nicer. Stay tuned later tonight for…

  By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012