Fable: The Journey Is Part On-Rail Shooter, Part Black & White, Part Fable

Fable: The Journey is an odd amalgam: a mix of on-the-rails shooter, of hand-waving magic, of Fable storytelling. It is, Peter Molyneux tells me, a departure from the numbered Fable games. “One, two, three was all about the bloodline and you played a hero and you had the destiny of a bloodline,” Molyneux said. “In…

Even the Giant Flesh-Hungry Spiders Look Pretty in Neverwinter

The Forgotten Realms depicted in this new trailer and screenshots for Cryptic Studios’ online co-op role-playing game Neverwinter could have been torn from the scribble pad I kept next to my character sheet back in my Dungeons & Dragons days. This is pretty much how I imagined my adventures back then, so many years ago.…

Get Ready for Valve-Branded Gaming Peripherals

Valve is teaming with gaming peripheral maker SteelSeries for a, ahem, series of Valve branded accessories for Valve’s most famous titles. [SteelSeries]

Kid Icarus: Uprising Looks at the Size of that Squadron

It’s been a long time since the world’s seen a brand new Kid Icarus game, but this year, Kid Icarus: Uprising is going to change that. Developed by Project Sora, Kid Icarus: Uprising is sorry to keep you waiting.

Wii U Discs Will Be 25GB In Size

In a wide-ranging interview with Kotaku regarding the new Wii U console, one of Nintendo’s chief game designers, Katsuya Eguchi, confirmed that the system’s proprietary disc format will hold 25 Gigabytes of data. That squares with our own reporting from before E3 and puts Nintendo in a good place to run games that fill up…

Nintendo Looking into Games that Support Two Wii U Controllers

Nintendo’s Wii U controller is such an extraordinary device that we’ve been hearing some skepticism from readers that the company would expect gamers to have more than one of them. After all, the thing looks expensive. It’s got a screen, and a mic, and a camera, and lots of buttons. Is Nintendo going to expect…

Hulk Hogan Runs into Yoda at E3

Hulk Hogan passed Yoda in the halls of E3 today. No punches thrown. No force choke applied. Hulk was here to promote his Kinect game, Hulk Hogan’s Main Event. We’ll be showing Hulk’s encounter with another short, but less green person, in the near future. That person just might be me.

8 Minutes of Our Hands-On Video Shows What It’s Like to Play Wii U

Stephen Totilo takes you on a whirlwind tour of Nintendo’s latest play for the living room, the touchscreen-and-motion-control Wii U. (But you’d watch 8 minutes of Totilo just to take a swim in those dreamy blue eyes, wouldn’t you?)

Everything We Know About Nintendo’s Brand New Console, Wii U

This morning, Nintendo unveiled the video game industry’s first new major home console since 2006. Yes, it’s been that long! That console is called the Wii U, and here’s everything we know about the machine so far. We’ve seen the Wii U in the flesh, played its games, seen its trailers and poked at its…

At Least One Good Thing Came Out of the PlayStation Network Attack, An Uncharted Thing

This November’s Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, will have LAN support. And you can thank the folks who hacked the PlayStation Network for that. This is the deal: The developers at Uncharted studio Naughty Dog were making a game that would include a three-person co-op mode and a 10-person multiplayer mode that they’re very proud of.…

Dark Souls Is Hard. Dark Souls Screens Are Easy (on the Eyes).

Dark Souls, the upcoming title from Demon’s Souls developer From Software is going to be a hard game. That bittersweet pill is made easier to swallow by the game’s beautiful look. Dark Souls will be out this fall.

Tomb Raider’s E3 Screens Are Beating This Poor Woman to Death

You know what’s so appealing about this new Tomb Raider? The vulnerability. So many games turn you into a superhero that it’s refreshing to see one where breaking bones and bleeding look as dangerous as it should be. Brian’s had a play of the game, and walked away very, very impressed

What the Hell, Here’s a Power Rangers Samurai Trailer

I couldn’t care less about Power Rangers Samurai, coming later this year to the Nintendo DS and Wii from Namco Bandai games. I just wanted to sing the Power Rangers song. Go go Power Rangers!

OnLive Brings Streaming PC Games to Your Tablet PC This Year

Cloud gaming service OnLive is going portable later this year, when the OnLive Player App brings PC gameplay to your iPad and Android tablet PCs. You can already download an iPad app that lets you watch other players enjoying the OnLive streaming service; now you’ll be able to join in. The OnLive Player App will…

Dynasty Warriors Vita Gameplay Footage Hacked Up

Brace yourself—not for the gameplay footage—but for the guitar soundtrack. Dynasty Warriors is coming to the PS Vita, and this latest trailer shows how the game will make use of some of the PS Vita’s features.

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Rushing Through Battlefield 3‘s Reworked Multiplayer

The recoil of guns in Battlefield 3 is deeply satisfying, especially when it’s followed by an enemy staggering and then falling. There’s still much to be seen and experienced with Battlefield 3, but at this year’s E3, Electronic Arts is giving press a first chance to go hands on with the game’s multiplayer. In particular,…

Because You Can Never Have Too Many Top Gun Games

Did 505 Games just kick off a trailer with the words “Every generation has its heroes”? I’m pretty sure that means we have to take a drink according to the new game reveal drinking game, and since this is Top Gun: Hard Lock title for the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3, we then have…

Super Mario 3D Gameplay Walkthrough

At E3, Kotaku gets an up close look at Super Mario 3D, the 3DS Mario title out sometime this year.

Starhawk’s E3 Trailer is Giant Metal Falling From the Sky

First shown during yesterday’s Sony press conference, this is the cinematic E3 trailer for upcoming multiplayer shooter Starhawk. And no, I don’t know why the bad guys stand in a circle and shoot one at a time either.