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  Geometry Wars, Blur Studio Will Likely Close After All

  With no sign of a buyer in sight, it looks like it is the end of the road for the troubled Bizarre Creations, the British game development studio behind Blur, Geometry Wars, Project Gotham Racing and James Bond game Bloodstone, according to a report on the UK site Develop

  By Stephen Totilo Published January 19, 2011
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  Mom Loses Her 6 Kids Over Game Addiction, Filthy Home

  A Uniontown, PA woman has lost custody of her six young children after investigators found the kids living in a filthy house littered with “animal waste.” Why the deplorable conditions? The mother is “addicted” to online computer games. Police say the kids, which are 11 years old and younger, were sleeping on bare mattresses and…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011
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  Waiting Anxiously To Play

  Waiting for her friend to come home so they can play the game together, Flickr user iwinatcookie gets creative with her collector’s edition LittleBigPlanet 2 Sackboy. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

  By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2011
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  Disney Pulls The Plug On Propaganda Games

  The makers of Tron: Evolution and Turok are no more. Disney confirmed the (not too surprising) closure of Vancouver-based dev Propaganda Games today, saying “The studio has completed all work associated with its most recent project.”

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011
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  Hands-On With Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition

  Capcom’s Seth “S-Kill” Killian walks us through the controls for 3DS’ upcoming Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition. The game will have the same stages, costumes and moves found in the console version. The game will have two different control modes: Pro and light. Light mode enables you to set up macros, essentially, into the…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011
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  There’s A Little Metroid In Dead Or Alive For 3DS

  Dead or Alive: Dimensions, the Nintendo 3DS entry in the long-running, extremely jiggly fighting game series, is coming from Team Ninja. That’s the same team behind Wii game Metroid: Other M. Now the two are coming together. How? A new video of Dead or Alive: Dimensions shows off two Metroid cameos, one from mini-boss Ridley…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011
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  Unleashing Your Evil Side In Dead Space 2 Multiplayer

  Dead Space 2’s Outbreak multiplayer mode pits fragile humans against twisted alien monsters in an all-out battle to see who kills what first. Let’s see how that looks through the eyes of a Necromorph. I’ve played plenty of games that pit human characters with guns against hideous creatures with super powers; games like Singularity, Left…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2011
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  Hands-On With the 3DS’ Picture-Morphing, Monster-Seeing Freebies

  Nintendo walks us through all of the many apps built into the 3DS. This is what you get out of the box for free the day you buy the system. We already knew about the ability to take amazing, 3D photos and look at them live. But that’s not all you get when you pick…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011
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  “Problematic” Gaming Linked To Depression, Drugs, And Fighting

  In a survey that’s sure to be taken the wrong way by somebody, researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have discovered links between “problematic gaming” and negative health behaviors like smoking, doing drugs, and fighting. But first, good news! the good news is that the study, which surveyed 4,028 adolescents about their gaming habits,…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2011
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  How Does The Nintendo 3DS Price Stack Up?

  Nintendo has revealed the launch price of the Nintendo 3DS, the company’s priciest portable yet at $249.99 USD. How does Nintendo’s stereoscopic 3D gaming handheld compare to the competition and its ancestors? The cost of buying into Nintendo’s latest and greatest portable gaming systems has been on the rise since the launch of the DS…

  By Michael McWhertor Published January 19, 2011
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  The 23 3DS Games You Can Play By June

  By this summer, three months after the Nintendo 3DS hits the U.S., there will be more than 30 games to play on the system, according to Nintendo. Here’s 23 of them. Reggie Fils-Aime today defined the 3DS’ launch window as between March 27 and June 7, when E3 kicks off, and said that more than…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011
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  It’s Official: You Can Transfer Your Purchases From DSi to 3DS

  YES! Tucked away on the official page for the Nintendo 3DS ( and yes, in the press release) is confirmation that Nintendo has finally come to their senses in regards to digital purchases. “System Transfer is a feature that enables you to transfer downloadable software already purchased on a Nintendo 3DS system to another Nintendo…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011
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  Hands-On With Pilotwings Resort

  Pilotwings Resort will have at least three modes of flight when it hits for the 3DS soon after the portable’s launch in March. Totilo walks us through some of the gameplay and controls of upcoming Pilotwings Resort. Totilo says that he’s not entirely happy with the game’s 3D effect, a first so far for a…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011
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  Are We Ready For The Next Generation Of Game Consoles?

  THQ isn’t ready for a new generation of consoles. Are gamers? That’s the question commenter Jamaicanmecrazy ponders in today’s installment of Speak-Up on Kotaku. The THQ article got me really thinking. Are we ready for next gen consoles? Is that something we would really want in the next year? I love my consoles this generation.…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2011
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  Hands-On With Steel Diver on the 3DS

  Totilo dives in to Nintendo’s submariner Steel Diver on the 3DS today in New York. This new hands-on with the game also includes a look at the game’s periscope mode. In the video above you can see the basic mechanics of gameplay, mostly the side-scrolling gameplay you’ll find in Steel Diver. But in the video…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011
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  Nintendo Finally Makes Online Play Easy With 3DS

  The Friend Code, the bane of every modern Nintendo gamer’s existence, is getting a major overhaul with the release of the 3DS, allowing friends to find friends with little to none of the hair-pulling frustration that is currently involved. Gamers who try to play online with others using the DS or the Nintendo Wii currently…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011
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  Science Fiction Heroes And Villains Converge In Red Faction: Origins

  Syfy and THQ have begun production on the two-hour Red Factions; Origins television movie, with stars from Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood, Stargate Universe, and everyone’s favorite liquid metal Terminator joining the cast. Syfy loves recycling stars, and Red Faction: Origins is continuing that tradition in fine form. The movie, a two-hour movie that…

  By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2011
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  Hands-On With The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

  Take a look at how Nintendo classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D will look on Nintendo’s upcoming 3DS. This top, first video, has Stephen Totilo walking us through some of the neat new features coming to the game when it hits the 3DS. That includes things like a gyroscope-enabled first-person mode and…

  By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011
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  Pre-Order the 3DS on Amazon Now

  Amazon is now taking pre-orders for Nintendo’s 3DS due out March 27 in the U.S. for $249.99. Get to it. Stay tuned to Kotaku’s 3DS page for a day full of updates, interviews and videos.

  By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011
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  Mortal Kombat Does Two Chicks At Once

  For some people the inclusion of female combatants in fighting games is an indicator that women can be just as strong and skilled physically as any man. Not this guy. NSFW sound effects ahead. Click to view

  By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2011