Trine 2 will Feature Cross-Platform Multiplayer for PC and Mac

Trine 2 is getting both a Mac and a PC version, and developer Frozenbyte is going to see if they can play together nicely. The Steamworks version of the game will offer cross-platform multiplayer support, the studio said in a news release. A newly released Mac beta, available to all who preorder the game, will…

It’s Mario Kart 7, not Mario Kart 3DS, Because 7’s a Lucky Number

Mario’s debut on the 3DS was, appropriately, called Super Mario 3D Land. And never in the series 19-year history has the game had a numbered sequel (well, technically there’s Mario Kart 64, but it was not the 64th game in the series.) So why is the franchise’s 3DS version, due out in North America next…

Easing Our Way Into Subscription-Based Gaming

There’s a now-classic scene that takes place in many an alien invasion flick: The protagonist has finally realized that something is amiss, that the kooky guy shouting conspiracy theories for the first quarter of the film might have been on to something. “Where are the aliens?” he wonders. And the response: “They’re already among us.”…

Oh God, Desert Bus is Now on iOS and Android

Just in time for Desert Bus for Hope’s fifth annual charity drive, the infamous mini-game from Penn & Teller’s Smoke and Mirrors for Sega CD is now available on Android and all iOS devices. It is, by all appearances, a straight port of the unforgiving original, which requires you to drive eight hours in real…

Snowball Fight

A Winter Tails | Sonic and Tales have a snowball fight in this sculpture created by @BlueSonikku for Sega of America Gifts For Everybody Everybody games. (Finally!) With a million different types of gamers, there are a million types of gifts to be bought. This year, rather than going very broad, we’ve tried to offer…

Google’s Latest Doodle Draws You Into An Old-School Sci-Fi Adventure Game

The masters of information over at Google are commemorating American Thanksgiving with a quaint turkey doodle taking place of their usual rainbow font. It’s what you’ll see if you’re logging in from the United States. But non-American web surfers are getting something much cooler. Today’s Google Doodle offers up a interactive adventure game inspired by…

The Latest Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Screens Have Nowhere to Hide

Don’t look at me, I’m just as bewildered as many of you are that Sniper: Ghost Warrior did well enough to score a sequel. Perhaps it had something to do with the sexy scenery City Interactive is showing off in the sequel’s screenshots. While I’m a huge proponent for sniping early and often, I just…

Fund Against the Wall, A Gorgeous Puzzle Platformer

All of civilization clings to a giant omnipresent wall, your village is miles above you. What do you do? Against the Wall is a game in which you manipulate the walls around you to access new parts of “The Wall”. All with the one goal of just getting home. Elegant visuals, interesting gameplay and a…

The Hour of World of Warcraft‘s Twilight Is Almost Upon Us

With patch 4.3 coming soon to a World of Warcraft near you, Blizzard tossed us some video showcasing the three new five-man dungeons and the grand finale of the Cataclysm saga, the Dragon Soul Deathwing raid. It used to be I’d watch something like the Dragon Soul raid coming in the Hour of Twilight patch…

What Nintendo’s Game Creators Think of You

If you’ve ever played a Zelda game or a Mario game, you’ve played a game made by a bunch of people in Japan. Most likely, they were far away from you. But that doesn’t mean they didn’t think about you. They do think about you. A lot. In an unusual and interesting way. I recently…

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Might Remind You of Mass Effect, Pokemon

There was a collective sigh from the JRPG faithful when Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XIII-2 earlier this year. Some wanted more FFVII or more Kingdom Hearts. Instead, a return to Gran Pulse was in the offing. But, based on my recent hands-on with FFXIII-2, the sequel holds some intriguing changes to the formula set…

Follow Gameloft on Twitter for Free Android Games All Weekend Long

Gameloft is handing out free Android games over the Thanksgiving weekend via links in the @GameloftAndroid Twitter feed. The games be available for two hours at a time, meaning you’ve got an hour and a half to snag Dungeon Hunter II HD

Come Talk About Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Right Now!

Welcome, Kotaku Game Club, to the multiplayer edition of our Uncharted 3 talks! Thank you everyone for showing up a day early. I hope that you’re as excited as I am to get a healthy gaming discussion in before the holiday. In case you’re stumbling upon the Game Club for the first time, our group…

The New Final Fantasy XIII-2 Trailer Proves Square Enix Still Knows How to Make a Scene

While the Final Fantasy name may have lost a bit of its drool-inducing powers over the past two entries in the series, the Final Fantasy XIII-2 cinematic team keep the excitement alive in this latest trailer, “Battle of Valhalla”. If the team behind the sequel to one of the most polarizing entries in the series…

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Call of Duty Elite Is 95 Percent Operational, Mobile Versions Inbound Next Week

Call of Duty’s online Elite service is just about fully functionally, with the first episode of Friday Night Fights set to hit this week and the mobile version releasing as early as next week, Activision says. “We changed our status to green yesterday,” said Daniel Suarez, vice president of production at Activision. The service had…

Fantastic Four #600, Diablo #1 and a Ron Paul Bio are Some of This Week’s Most interesting Comics

It’s the day before Thanksgiving, so, if you’re in America, you should be heading somewhere to start your Thanksgiving festivities. But stop by the comic shop first, or at least check out the new comics you can get for download. There’s new stuff out. As always, I have recommendations: Comics You Should Consider Buying (from…

All the Gaming Black Friday Deals

Check out these Black Friday gaming deals, courtesy of our taller, more popular, better looking older brothers at Gizmodo, who have a larger list with electronics, as well. [Thanks for writing the intro copy, Gizmodo. –Ed.] The interactive tool works in most modern browsers, but if you’re having problems, the plaintext mode should work in…

Hey Guys, Serious Sam 3: BFE is Out Right Now

And you thought there weren’t any more games coming out before Christmas. Croteam has unleashed Serious Sam 3: BFE upon the somewhat suspicious PC gaming masses, flipping the bird at today’s more technical shooters in favor of old school shooting shit all to hell. It’s okay. I forgot it was coming out too. Hell, I…

uDraw Studio Instant Artist Doesn’t Quite Live Up To Its Name

Contrary to what the title led me to believe I was not instantly transformed into an artist upon starting up uDraw Studio Instant Artist, the pack-in software for THQ’s new uDraw Tablet for the Xbox 360. I did, however, manage to record an entire video without drawing one penis. Okay, on my third take I…