The Latest Patch for The Witcher 2 Adds A Sackful of Fluff

Patch 1.3 for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is live, delivering extended aspect ratio support, 3D Vision support fixes, item storage, cutscene flashbacks and more, topped off with “A Sackful of Fluff”, a lovely bit of free downloadable content.

20 Years of Sonic the Hedgehog All At Once, All For You

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of its spiky blue mascot and the upcoming double-stuffed Sonic Generations, Sega show us how far Sonic has come, how far he’s gone off course, and how Sonic the Werehog gameplay never really counted.

Gears of Wars 3 Gets Its Own Damn Throat Mic and Headsets

When the guy on the other side of your multiplayer game runs a chainsaw attachment for the umpteenth time, you’re going to want to make sure he hears what you call his mother clearly and succinctly. Mad Catz’s Gears of War 3 audio range is here to help. In preparation for the release of Gears…

Anomaly Warzone Earth is One of the Hottest iPad Games Yet

We loved, loved Anomaly Warzone Earth when it came to the PC. What’s to stop us from loving this backwards tower defense game when it hits the iPad and iPhone? Due out in the coming weeks, Anomaly Warzone Earth is an anomaly of a tower defense game. Instead of controlling the placement of towers, creating…

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Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Brings Twelve New Fighters at a Budget Price

This November Capcom fighting fans will feel the vengeance of Ghost Rider, the sting of Hawkeye’s arrows, the fury of Firebrand, and the sexy skill of Strider, four of twelve new characters joining the battle in Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. Capcom continues the trend of releasing disc-based updates to its popular fighting titles with…

Aliens: Infestation Slips Flesh-Hungry Xenomorphs Into Your Pocket This September

Popular comic artist Chris Bachalo breathes life into the 19 space marines doomed to die this September in Sega and WayForward’s Aliens: Infestation for the Nintendo DS. We knew it was coming; now we know what it is. Developed in collaboration with Aliens: Colonial Marines developer Gearbox Software, Aliens: Infestation is a 2D side-scrolling shoot-em-up…

Full Body Burnout Crash Is More Fun Than It Sounds

Burnout Crash seems to be a wonderful party game, the sort of title you pop on and pass and play with a group of rowdy friends. That it includes Kinect support only makes the experience better. All three of Burnout Crash‘s game modes have you controlling a car viewed from above. You’re high enough up…

This Reminds Me of That Time They Announced Family Guy Online

It seems today that all you see are quick and dirty browser-based tie-in games for popular shows on TV. 20th Century Fox is bringing Seth MacFarlane’s animated comedy online, giving fans a chance to make their pop culture laden flashback dreams come true. Part of a Fox initiative to reach consumers on whatever platform they…

You Know What Would Make an Awesome Video Game Documentary?

Commenter GiantBoyDetective has the drive, the limited resources, and the low-cost manpower to create the ultimate low-budget video game documentary. Now he just needs a subject. Let’s brainstorm in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. So since I love making movie and videos and I also love video games I think I may do a documentary…

Have Japan’s Xbox Mission Men Been Restructured?

In early 2010, Xbox Japan launched a new mascot, Sanrokumaru (literally, “360”), a businessman with an Xbox logo for a head. A year and a half later, he seems to have vanished. Poof! As part of a then new commercial campaign, Sanrokumaru was part of the fictional “Xbox Mission Department”. In each of the subsequent…

The Next Big Racer From the Folks Behind Trials HD

Racing—real racing—is all the line, finding the best approach to a turn, the best route through a curve and into a straight away. iPhone and iPad game DrawRace 2 is also all the line: tracing arcs with your finger along the race course as quickly as possible without marring your route with a bad turn…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Ah Wrestling. The noblest and most realistic of the Pay-Per-View programs. Anyone else feeling nostalgic for Andre the Giant? While I go watch Princess Bride, howsabout you all chat about video games? Big thanks to our submissions veteran Incursor for today’s testosterone-fueled TAYpic. To get your TAYpic featured here, be sure to submit your images…

The Wii U Has One Big Problem, But Still May Be the Signature Gaming Console of Our Times

I haven’t held a Wii U in more than a month. I hadn’t even watched videos of myself playing it. But I just watched a bunch, as I tried to make sense of what Nintendo is trying to accomplish with its next big video game machine and as I endeavor to figure out just how…

Is It Wrong That This Game Makes the BP Oil Spill Fun?

The latest diversion from the people behind cute, addictive iPhone games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope has you fighting an evil conglomerate (initials BP) accused of mining the earth’s riches and destroying the environment. In Blopster you control a cartoonish bit of red liquid tasked with cleaning up after a sloppy and greedy…

Did You Know Charlie Murphy Helped Launch the PS3?

Chas | NEW YORK, NY: Back in 2006, Charlie Murphy appeared at the PS3 launch at the Sony Style Store. (Photo: Brad Barket | Getty) This Video Game Art Packs Twice the Infamy We featured the art of Bjorn Hurri (Total War, Steampunk Star Wars) only a few weeks ago here on Kotaku, but since…

The GoldenEye Double-Remake for Xbox 360 and PS3 Runs Fast, Adds a Few Things

With no new James Bond movie coming out soon enough for Activision, we are indeed getting another polish of the GoldenEye remake for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, as a screenshot dumpl from yesterday more or less confirmed. Today, the game is official, announced in the form of a press release that manages to…

Is a 3DS XL Incoming?

In spring 2010, Hitachi showed off a 3.1 inch screen that could reproduce 3D graphics without graphics, shortly after Sharp revealed a 3.4 inch one. At that time, rumors swirled that either Hitachi or Sharp would be providing the 3D top screen for the then unreleased 3DS. Since then, details have been scant about who…

Wing Commander-Inspired Space Combat Game In the Works

A team of Austin developers are working on a new space combat sim inspired by the likes of Wing Commander, Star Wars: TIE Fighter and Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War Seamless Entertainment tells Kotaku that they hope to reinvigorate the dying space combat simulation genre with SOL: Exodus, a game that will have players…

Shadows of the Damned Director Leaves Studio

Massimo Guarini, who directed Shadows of the Damned, left developer Grasshopper Manufacture to start his own studio, Ovosonico. Previously, he directed Naruto: Rise of a Ninja. So far, Shadows of the Damned hasn’t sold well. [GameSpot]