Resident Evil Chronicles HD Makes On-Rails Zombie Killing Look Good

Heading to the PlayStation Network this June, Resident Evil Chronicles HD takes Wii rail shooters Umbrella Chronicles and Darkside Chronicles, bundles them together, and makes them look like this. I never got a chance to play these two Resident Evil side stories, so I’m quite looking forward to a chance to get my PlayStation Move…

Blame Capcom for No Watch This, Play This Today

Our usual noon diversions will have to hold off today so that we can make room for all of the new trailers spilling out of Capcom Captivate

Uh-Oh. Lost Planet 3‘s Developer Made Some Pretty Bad Games.

News of Lost Planet 3‘s announcement leaked earlier today, but here are the official screenshots, revealed by publisher Capcom at the Captivate event in Rome earlier this month. Development studio Spark Unlimited (best known for the poorly-received Turning Point: Fall of Liberty) is helming the title, a prequel to the first Lost Planet game. Which…

Dragon’s Dogma Looks Stressful, Includes Fat Rats

Bundled with the Resident Evil 6 demo this May is Dragon’s Dogma, a game as brown and green as Skyrim and, Capcom execs surely hope, just as interesting for fantasy game fans. Well, we can confirm from one of two new gameplay trailers released to day that the game includes large rats. Check that box…

Street Fighter x Tekken Vita Version Features New Characters, Cross-Console Play with PS3

We’ve got new trailers for the PS Vita edition of Street Fighter x Tekken. Capcom promises 55 characters in the Vita version: the 43 available in the console game as well as six more from each side. Blanka, Cody, Dudly, Elena, Guy, and Sakura round out the Street Fighter crew, and Alisa, Bryan, Christie, Jack,…

In Resident Evil 6, Even The Zombies Have Guns

While Resident Evil 4 is generally regarded as the highpoint of Capcom’s survival horror series, it also represents the point at which the franchise began abandoning its nerve-fraying focus in favor of a more action-oriented experience. Of course, if RE4 is the title that started alienating fans who prefer raised goosebumps to ratcheting body counts,…

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You’ll Get An Achievement For Killing Your Friends In Max Payne 3

Rockstar today released the full list of achievements for upcoming third-person shooter Max Payne 3, which will be out May 15. You’ll get trophies for pulling off headshots, ingesting painkillers, collecting Golden Guns, dangling from chains, and killing your friends, among other gory acts. Check out the full list on Rockstar’s website The Achievements and…

Cliff Bleszinski Was At Work Before 9am Today

Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski was at work prior to 9am this morning. Stay tuned to Twitter for further developments on this breaking story. [Twitter]

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Welcome 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, games that aren’t even out yet? Knock yourselves out! Indigo Prophecy‘s the game getting a macabre tribute…

New Resident Evil 6 Trailer Leads Today’s Avalanche of Capcom Gaming News

Want a new Resident Evil 6 trailer? You got it. Want a new, earlier RE6 release date? You got that too. (October 2!) Want a new Lost Planet? Well, you’re getting it anyway. Today’s the day an avalanche of news, trailers and screenshots hit the web, including here at Kotaku. And this avalanche started rumbling…

New Devil May Cry Trailer Shows the Revamped Dante in Action, Calls Him a Terrorist

A trailer for Capcom’s latest installment of the Devil May Cry series has leaked online. It shows off Dante’s controversial new look, as well as an old man in a suit ranting about terrorists. Despite the new look, the game doesn’t seem to be a departure from anything that made the older Devil May Cry…

Persona 4‘s English Voices Baffled By Anime Casting

Sentai Filmworks surprised fans at Anime Boston this weekend by announcing that the original English voice cast for Persona 4 would be reprising their roles for the North American release of the anime based on the PlayStation 2 role-playing game. Even more surprised were the voice actors themselves. Perhaps Sentai officials got caught up in…

The Norway Killer Who Used Call of Duty to Train Won’t Be Able to Use Insanity as a Defense

Anders Behring Breivik—the man who confessed to killing 77 people last year in the worst mass murder Norway has ever seen—has been found to be legally sane by court-appointed psychiatrists, according to the Associated Press. The new finding—by psychiatrists Terje Toerrissen and Agnar Aspaas—negates a previous assessment by other mental health professionals, which had declared…

Zen Studios Brings Its Free Pinball Platform to the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita

With FarSight Studio’s The Pinball Arcade hitting the PlayStation 3 and Vita today, Zen Studios wants to make sure everyone knows they’ve got their own pinball platform heading to Sony systems this spring, and it’s (technically) free. As they did with Pinball FX 2 on the Xbox 360 some two years ago, Zen Studios is…

Lost Planet 3 Debut Trailer Leaks Online

A leaked trailer shows that Capcom is readying a new entry in its Lost Planet series. The Lost Planet 3 trailer shows a frozen tundra, reminiscent of the the earlier game’s settings. The CGI heavy trailer, however, shows more snow, more bugs, and more giant mechas—and more giant mechas fighting giant bugs. The game is…

Resident Evil 6 Shambles Forwards, Now Out in October

Last we heard, Resident Evil 6 was out in November. Well, that’s now changed, as a leaked trailer – posted on Sony’s Italian YouTube site and since pulled – indicates the game’s release date is now October 2. We’ll have more coverage on the game later today. New Resident Evil 6 trailer [NeoGAF]

A Whole Bunch of Crazy Anime Mashed Up for Your Gaming Pleasure

For years Bandai Namco has been releasing mega crossovers of giant robot anime—ranging from Gundam to Evangelion to Voltron—in the Super Robot Wars series. But having made many other types of anime tie-in games in the past, giant robot anime aren’t the only anime Bandai Namco holds the licenses for. So earlier this year they…

French Presidential Candidate Goes Green with Final Fantasy

Above, French presidential candidate Eva Joly makes her pitch as the country’s Green Party representative. While she might not be familiar to Kotaku readers who do not follow European politics, the music playing underneath the campaign spot should be. It’s from Final Fantasy X If American presidential candidates can quote Japanese anime, why can’t French…

Gundam High Fashion Sure Is Bizarre

You are looking at Gundam inspired clothes. You know. Gundam. Giant mechas. Colorful uniforms. Gundam. Starting this April, a new men’s shop called “Strict-G” is opening in both Tokyo and Shizuoka. It will feature Gundam flavored clothing and accessories from Japanese brands, such as Edwin. Bandai Namco is also producing “original” clothing items, such as…