Let’s Play Super Mario 3D Land & Mario Kart 7!

Sorry. By “let’s!”, I really mean, “watch me and Mike play them for a bit”. As you can see, Mario Kart is, well, Mario Kart! Super Mario 3D Land was a lot more fun, as it’s the only game I’ve yet to play on the 3DS that’s actually and genuinely improved (thanks to some clever…

Pinball Coming to Best Buy

Retailer Best Buy carries televisions, stereos, video games, and soon pinball machines. Stern Pinball, which claims to be the world’s only “real” pinball maker, is bringing its five best selling pinball games to the retailer. [Official Site]

These Wii Peripherals Are Getting Out Of Hand

When it takes up half your living room floor and doesn’t stop you from coming dead last, you need to question the worth in investing in a WiiCanoe. Note: German Wii attendants become slightly creeped out when you get into the canoe with them.

This Trailer Is Armored to the Core

Armored Core V is not the fifth game in the Armored Core series. Funny that. If you count cell phone games, there have been over 20 or so AC, but Armored Core V is the fourteenth entry in the series. The title is being developed by From Software, of Dark Souls fame. The game will…

Do Avatars Dream of Street Fighter?

Filmmaker Jon Rafman made about arcade fighting games, childhood, junk food, and the tragedy of beating a video. There’s a lot of big ideas here, and Codes of Honor is worth a watch. Codes of Honor was created in memory of New York arcade Chinatown Fair, but it’s much more than that. Much more. Codes…

Take a Tour of Microsoft’s Massive Gamescom Booth

Microsoft isn’t kidding around when it comes to a Gamescom presence. The company’s booth is enormous, encompassing everything from Kinect bubbles to Forza demo stations to the largest bank of computers playing Age of Empires I’ve ever seen

Bear Down for More Street Fighter x Tekken Screens

I can! Complementing the Gamescom Street Fighter x Tekken trailer is this batch of new Street Fighter x Tekken screens. I love compliments. I hope you do, too. (Did I tell you what a nice reader you are?) Street Fighter x Tekken is slated for a 2012 release on the PS3, the Xbox 360, and…

Madden Ultimate Team Unavailable During “Season Ticket” Preview

Madden Ultimate Team, the card-collecting/player-management/online multiplayer mishmash that’s become an obsession for many, will not be active during the three-day exclusive full preview of Madden NFL 12 offered by EA Sports’ “Season Ticket” premium subscription, according to EA Sports. It’s a blow to the value of “Season Ticket” as hardcore fans of Ultimate Team would…

From Super Hero to Buck Naked

Super Sentai is aimed at young boys, who dream of becoming super heroes. Namco Bandai churns out toys and video games to help fulfill that fantasy. But the kids aren’t the only ones fantasizing. Their moms are, too. Possible NSFW Photo ahead. The Super Sentai series, known as Power Rangers in the West, is an…

NBA 2K12‘s All-Time Team Takes Shape

By the end of the week we should know who’s joining Larry, Magic, Michael—and Kareem and Dr. J.—in NBA 2K12’s “NBA’s Greatest Mode. If fan voting over Facebook is any guide, it’ll be a lot of familiar faces. 2K Sports let the dialogue simmer for a month after announcing NBA’s Greatest, and asked the community…

Batman Keeps An Eye On Gamescom

The Dark Knight, he is everywhere. Watching. Waiting. Ensuring the innocent are able to go about their business free from fear, and danger. He does it in Gotham City and he does it in…Cologne, Germany. This Batman statue stands guard at Warner Bros.’ Gamescom booth. He is of course there for Batman Arkham City, which…

Blizzard Is ‘Very, Very Serious’ About Diablo for Consoles

Sounds like Blizzard is now a bit more serious about “exploring a Diablo-related concept for consoles.” What was something of an understated “interest” in bringing on talent for a version of Diablo III for video game consoles now sounds almost imminent. At Blizzard Entertainment’s Gamescom press conference, Diablo III lead designer Josh Mosqueira said the…

Rise of Nightmares Promises Only the Story is On Rails

Having enlightened us on the control scheme for Rise of Nightmares, the zombie-genre M-rated Kinect game, Sega seems to understand that for this genre on this device, people aren’t so much interested in story, just wielding virtual chainsaws to rip apart the undead. Hence the peppy elevator music and ironic tone in the game’s latest…

Take a Tour of Sony’s Gamescom Booth [Update]

Chances are, if you’re reading this, you won’t be at this year’s Gamescom. Never mind! We’re taking videos so you can pretend you’re here. All that’s missing is the smell of sweat mixed with juice, the cacophony of European accents and the over-abundance of swag bags sponsored by PC hardware companies. You’ll have to take…

Lollipop Chainsaw Screen Shots

Winter is Coming in these Game of Thrones: Genesis Screens

We’ve got some new screens from Cyanide’s upcoming PC Strategy game Game of Thrones: Genesis. (Some of these screens have been around a little while, but I figured I’d throw them in there as well). These shots might not look too remarkable, but that’s the thing about Game of Thrones—the devil’s in the details.The game’s…

Madden‘s Coveted “100” Rating Put Up to a Vote in Five Categories

The 100. A rarity that symbolizes perfection and nearly automatic success in sports video games, the difference between it and a 99 rating in a single attribute is in fact cosmetic. But the difference between a 100 and a 92—or an 88—is rather substantial. Fans of Madden NFL 12 have the chance to make a…

There Are Two Hedgehogs and Four Tails in This Sonic Generations Trailer

There’s only two Tails, but each Tails has two tails, making it four tails. See, I used the capitalization of the headline as misdirection! Just watch the video. Old and new versions of Miles “Tails” Prowler (or M.P.H. to his friends) join Sonic and Sonic in the Gamescom trailer for Sega’s generation-hopping hedgehog adventure later…

Now Anonymous Has Hacked The Secret World — Nevermind, False Alarm

Sorry, I see a guy in a modern-day setting wearing a white face mask and jump to conclusions. Still, the conspiracy-laden Earth of The Secret World seems like a great place for Anonymous to hang out, doesn’t it? I’d say developer Funcom should talk with the Anons, strike up some sort of deal to use…

Vote for BroShep’s Hair Color in Kotaku‘s (Un)Official Poll!

First, Mass Effect‘s FemShep got a poll to determine her official appearance. Now, BioWare is running a second poll to determine her hair color. But why should FemShep have all the fun? Poor BroShep is probably feeling kind of neglected right now. To remedy that, we’re hosting our own vote to determine BroShep’s hair color.…