There Will Be No New Mass Effect 3 Endings, Just An Extended One

The free downloadable extension to Mass Effect 3 will beef up the game’s current ending, but it will not include ending or change what happened in the current one, the game’s creators said today. That information comes from a new post on the official blog of Mass Effect studio BioWare: Are there going to be…

Double Dragon Is Coming Back To Game Systems This Summer

Developer Wayforward (A Boy and His Blob) will revitalize the old-school brawler with Double Dragon: Neon, to be released digitally on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this summer. You’ll also be able to play it at PAX East this weekend.

Playing Tetris Clones Might Be Good For Your Eyes

Parents worldwide may keep chiding their children for sitting too close to the TV while playing video games, claiming it’ll ruin their vision. But researchers in the UK have figured out a way that bringing the screen closer to the kids can actually treat a common eye condition. Lazy eye (amblyopia) is fairly common in…

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Xenoblade Chronicles: The Kotaku Review

Xenoblade Chronicles taught me an important lesson: Never trust the Internet. You see, for the past few months, everybody everywhere on the web has been hyping the hell out of Monolith Soft’s new Wii role-playing game, which publisher Nintendo will release in the United States this Friday (though it’s been out in Europe for almost…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Welcome, wanderers, to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, game where you solve mysteries? Knock yourselves out! Welp, folks, it looks like the Kicking Guy…

Gods & Kings Join Civilization This June

Civilization V: Gods & Kings will be out for PC on June 19, publisher 2K Games said today. The upcoming expansion pack will bring religion and espionage back to the strategy series. [2K Games]

Skyrim 1.5 Patch Live for Xbox 360, Due Later Today for PS3

The patch Bethesda’s hit RPG that PS3 players have been waiting for—y’know, the one that should get the game working the way it’s supposed to—will be coming later today, according a tweet by VP of PR and Marketing Pete Hines. You’ll also get those upgraded kill cams and a slew of other features in the…

This Week’s Nintendo Download is Every Bit as Exciting as Free Mass Effect 3 DLC

Just because we pre-empted this week’s Nintendo Download for some special Mass Effect 3 news doesn’t make it any less exciting and important. Does Mass Effect 3 have music from The Shins? Not unless it’s a very special episode of Mass Effect 3. Does it have an exclusive interview with Epic Mickey creator Warren Spector?…

Free Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut DLC To Give “More Closure” This Summer

The extra content generated in response to fan outcry over Mass Effect 3‘s controversial ending will be out this summer, according to a press release issued by EA this morning. Players of the sci-fi threequel will be able to experience additional cinematics and epilogue cutscenes that add further clarity to the ending of Mass Effect…

Wow, This is How You do Awesome Box Art

Ah, Tiny & Big. One of the most promising PC indie games on the horizon continues to show others how its done, this time with its box art. The game’s getting a retail release in Germany, and will look a million bucks on the shelf with this comic-infused masterpiece tarting up the cardboard. You can…

Theatrhythm and Kingdom Hearts 3D Hitting North America in July

Square Enix has announced that its two hybrid franchise extenders—music/RPG and Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy and Disney-centric action/RPG Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance—will both be summer releases. The two 3DS games come to retail in July, with Theatrhythm available on July 3rd and Kingdom Hearts 3D on July 31st.

Dubai Turns into Hell on Earth in This Spec Ops: The Line Trailer

Mass lynchings. Vultures feasting on unburied soldiers. Lots and lots of sand where it should not be. Things look way past effed up in the new story trailer for 2K Games’ military drama. Watch and you’ll see Captain Martin Walker lead his squad through a modern-day paradise destroyed by natural catastrophe and a moral breakdown.…

Gabe Newell Just Made My Little Pony Fans Extremely Happy

Let’s get this out of the way first thing in the morning, before the rest of the herd tramples down Kotaku‘s tips email. During an interview with Geek a Week‘s Len Peralta, Valve head honcho and 854th richest man on the planet Gabe Newell admits that he is, as suspected, a fan of My Little…

République‘s Ambitions Are Way Greater Than Just Metal Gear Stealth

An American developer with serious Metal Gear cred. The production studio that made that MGS4‘s wild intro movies. Looking at the upcoming stealth game they’re collaborating on you could get the idea that this is just another Metal Gear Solid type game. You’d be wrong. The game follows a young girl named Hope who is…

Why You Won’t See a Super Robot Wars Game Outside of Japan

This week, Dainiji Super Robot Wars Z: Saisei-hen, the latest in the Super Robot Wars series, came out for the PSP making it the 64th Super Robot Wars related game in a series that is nearly 21 years old. The Super Robot Wars series was born from the most basic mindset of any fanboy: “What…

Taiwanese Man Destroys Finger While Playing Video Games

According to a broadcast on Shenzhen satellite television, a Taiwanese man damaged the cartilage in his finger while playing mobile phone games. The man would apparently play mobile games for hours and hours on end each day, swiping and tapping his phone. As a result, his hand is now injured, and he cannot bend his…

Namco Bandai Ready to Meld Games and Anime with New “Hybrid Discs”

This week in Weekly Famitsu, Namco Bandai Games CEO, Shin Unozawa sat down to discuss the company’s 2011 performance, and some plans for the future. Despite a shaky start last year, Namco Bandai managed to pull in massive sales totaling ¥440 billion by the end of the fiscal year. Most surprising, Unozawa pointed out, were…

Ten Totally Insane, Totally Bloody Japanese Flicks

During the 1970s, Japan made some amazing grindhouse flicks, like School of the Holy Beast and Terrifying Girls’ High School: Lynch Law Classroom. The country’s exploitation filmmakers have been going through a Renaissance in the past decade, concentrating on outrageous splatter flicks like Tokyo Gore Police and The Machine Girl. And it does not look…

Stupid Pigeons are No Match for a Man in a Paper Hat

If you’ve played SNK fighting game Fatal Fury, you know Terry Bogard’s Power Wave. Over the years, it has evolved—into chopsticks, apparently. Watch as Japanese comedy site Megwin has Terry Bogard takes on some pigeons with the Power Wave. 木製パワーウェイブで鳩を追い払えるか？ [Kotaku Japan]