The Making of Tomb Raider’s Captivating E3 Trailer

Visual Works is the Square Enix team responsible for all of those amazing CGI Final Fantasy cut scenes. They’re also the folks behind those amazing Deus Ex trailers. Here’s a look at how they created the Tomb Raider trainer that stunned at E3.

Talk Amongst Yourselves

It’s Friday, and all I want to talk about is Harry Potter. But unless it’s video game related, I’m gonna have to fangirl somewhere else. You know the drill—keep on topic and no one gets avada-kedavraed. Or worse—expelled. Big thanks to Brian H. May, not only for today’s TAYPic, but also playing second fid—uh—guitar to…

Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer Rises Above Other Deck-Building Games

Combining the graphic design of collectible card games with the fast pace and accessibility of a board game, the iOS version of Gary Games’ Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer is a godsend to fans of card-based gaming. Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer is a combination card / board game designed by a crack team of…

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Season Four of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Begins Online in Clone Wars Adventures

While season four of the popular Cartoon Network series Star Wars: The Clone Wars officially kicks off this fall, players of Sony Online Entertainment’s free-to-play online game Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures will be able to play through an epic storyline leading directly to the first episode’s opening act. In an unprecedented collaboration between television…

So Dance Central Is *the* Kinect Game (Even in Japan)

Gotta Dance | TOKYO, JAPAN: Microsoft showed off the game this week at a Tokyo health club. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) No More Heroes Cosplay Has a Heroic and Revealing Bodysuit When she’s not cosplaying as Metal Gear Solid characters, Omi Gibson is cosplaying as No More Heroes characters. And when she’s not doing that,…

2011’s Biggest Selling Game Maker in Japan So Far…

This year isn’t over. It’s more than half over. Time to look back and see which game maker is doing the best in Japan. So far. According to Famitsu, here is a list of which game companies made the most profit in the period through game sales. The period is from December 27, 2010 to…

$25,000 Embezzled. What Was It Spent On?

In Salinas, California, charity worker Alexander Harvey turned himself in to authorities and was arrested for embezzling US$25,000 from the Salinas Junior Chamber of Commerce. Harvey formerly served as its treasurer. What did he buy with the money he embezzled? Twenty-five grand is a fair chunk of change. So, did he blow it on booze,…

Another Look at the Ace Attorney Flick

Takashi Miike, known for making a lot of cool movies (and some crap ones, too), is directing a big screen version of Capcom’s lawyer game series Ace Attorney Previously, what are reported to be photos of the film’s Kyoto set leaked online. Today, a spokesperson from Toho movie studio posted a low quality pic of…

So How’s That Non-Nintendo Pokémon Game?

As of today, Pokémon is available on non-Nintendo hardware, namely smart phones. Pokémon Say Tap? was released on the Apple App Store, and sister site Kotaku Japan checked it out. Pokémon Say Tap? is a free rhythm game for the iOS and Android. It’s free, so you get what you pay for. The point here…

The Regal Video Game Art of Nadia Mogilev

You know, this being video games and all, most of the concept art we feature shows men with guns, or destroyed landscapes or sometimes men with swords. Today, we’ll change that. Well. Mostly. There are still some men with swords, but today’s Fine Art has a gentler touch to it. These images are by artist…

China’s TF2 Rip-Off Also Loves Battlefield Heroes

So Final Combat, China’s seemingly shameless rip-off of Team Fortress 2, isn’t as shameless as we first thought. I mean, it’s not entirely lifting content from Valve’s shooter. It’s lifting it from EA’s Battlefield Heroes as well! This gameplay footage, sent in by reader Enrique, shows that while the game’s characters (and announcer) are straight…

Nintendo, Let a Skateboard Show You How To Do 3D

Nintendo is having problems putting old games in 3D. Don’t fret, Nintendo! Artist Jason D Ault is here to help. With a skateboard. Ault recreated retro title Skate or Die in 3D. On a skateboard. How awesome is that? You know what else is awesome? The Skate or Die theme songs. The theme song for…

Let’s Make a Deal with Awkward Nintendo Cosplay

TV game show Let’s Make a Deal recently had the honour of featuring not one, but two Nintendo cosplayers. The first, dressed as Link, had the honour of being an actual contestant. The second, dressed as Mario, did not. Link, Mario and Luigi visit Let’s Make a Deal [Go Nintendo]

Meet the Biggest-Selling Wii Game Not Made by Nintendo

A common complaint amongst third-party publishers is that the only games which sell well on Nintendo consoles are Nintendo games. Which is mostly true! Unless you’re Ubisoft. It’s been revealed that the single biggest-selling third-party game on the Wii is now (and is likely to remain, given the console’s impending replacement) Ubisoft’s Just Dance 2,…

What Is Sony-Microsoft.com?

According to DomainTools, Microsoft registered the domain Sony-Microsoft.com. No specifics what this entails—could be anything from software to game machines. Kotaku is following up with Microsoft. [DomainTools]

It Appears This Game has Turned You Into a Spider

This is Bound, in which you play Tom, who used to be just a regular guy but who has now been turned into a spider. Bummer. Due for the PC sometime towards the end of the year, it’s a student project from Stuttgart Media University, and while the black & white visuals aren’t exactly unique,…

No More Heroes Cosplay Has a Heroic and Revealing Bodysuit

When she’s not cosplaying as Metal Gear Solid characters, Omi Gibson is cosplaying as No More Heroes characters. And when she’s not doing that, she’s cosplaying as other things Just as No More Heroes is getting an adults-only PS3 version, Omi’s uploaded some pics of herself dressed as NMH2‘s Cloe Walsh Omi has a new…

PS3 Getting In On New Black Ops Map Pack

Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack Annihilation – already out on the Xbox 360 – will be available for PS3 users come July 28. The week after that, it’ll be a double XP extravaganza. Map Hits July 28th [PlayStation]

When Nintendo Is Your Penpal

Remember life before email? Like when people wrote letters? On paper? Kotaku reader Matthew does. Because during the early 1990s, he was a little kid writing them to Nintendo. While going through his old things for a yard sale, Matthew (not pictured) found a couple letters from Nintendo of America—replies. Matthew did things like ask…