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  Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Spreads the Love In February

  Nothing says “I love you” like taking your significant other to a midnight launch event for Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, coming to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on February 15. This is the box art you’ll see hitting store shelves the day after Valentine’s Day 2011, when Capcom unleashes the…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 16, 2010
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  Princess Leia On The Wall, Asteroids On the Ceiling

  A lovely shrine to things that were excellent in the 1980s, as seen on the Flickr page of Touch Arcade editor Blake Patterson. Cool computer room, Blake!

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 16, 2010
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  Two New Modes Hit Crackdown 2 Today

  Crackdown 2 is getting two new gameplay modes, one free and one not, with the release of the Deluge Pack today. Before you download the pack, you’ll have to decide if you want to pay for the Crackdown’s version of Horde mode or if you’re fine with getting just the game’s take on capture the…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 16, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves Gift Guide

  It’s gift guide season here at Kotaku, though all the image we have today tells you is which game not to buy. Lesson learned, carry on and talk about video games, will you? Thanks to reader jaz350z for today’s image. Submit yours at #TAYpics

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 16, 2010
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  They’re Like LEGO, But Way, Way, Way Smaller

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Shopping Do you have “nanoblock” in the U.S.? They’re these made-in-Japan LEGO-type bricks, but significantly smaller. According to the nanoblock website, the world’s smallest blocks. Their small size means greater detail. Check out a nanoblock review here Here is a photo I took in a toy store of nanoblocks constructed…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2010
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  A Visual Guide To Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood

  This official trailer sets up the game’s single-player storyline. You’re seeing bits of the game’s missions in here. Your reviewer plays two of the game’s virtual training missions. This separate mode includes at least 22 platforming and combat challenges, each of them with a target score and an online leaderboard. This is the game’s multiplayer…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 16, 2010
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  Shift 2 Unleashed Unveiled Hyperbolically

  Electronic Arts today let us know that the next Need For Speed, the one following today’s release of Hot Pursuit, will hit in the spring of 2011. That’s really all they tell us about Shift 2 Unleashed, opting instead to drop this trailer on us and more adjectives than I think I’ve ever seen in…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 16, 2010
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  APB Goes Free-To-Play The Hard Way

  In September, Realtime Worlds’ cops and robbers MMO APB: All Points Bulletin closed its doors. In early 2011, free-to-play MMO publisher GamersFirst launches APB: Reloaded. GamersFirst CTO and COO Bjorn Book-Larsson tells Kotaku how the resurrection is going down. Developer Realtime Worlds launched APB in June, and while the Grand Theft Auto-flavored online game met…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 16, 2010
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  Not Your Average PC Gaming Rig

  As Korean MMORPG “The Exiled Realm of Arborea” nears its release, a fancy gaming rig is rolled out for the press, complete with six LCD monitors and fishnet stockings. As seen on Game Watch Impress Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2010
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  What Consoles Japanese Gamers Own, Which Ones They Play

  Just because you own a game console, that doesn’t mean you play it, right? At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, event organizers polled 1,171 attendees on a variety of topics, including the Move and Kinect. Only 7.7 percent are planning to buy the PlayStation Move, while 6.3 percent are going to buy Kinect. Other topics…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2010
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  Call Of Duty Looks More Fun When The Computer Does All The Shooting

  Your AI buddies in Black Ops may not be able to shoot the hinges, but they can shoot hundreds of heavily-armed soldiers, and do it so well you can clear a level without firing a single shot. Those must be some hinges! And OK, so ONE shot is fired, but we can overlook a glorifed…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2010
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  Would You Buy Half A Game Now And Pay For The Rest Later?

  Rod Cousens, CEO of Codemasters, has an idea on how to solve the growing dispute between publishers and retailers over pre-owned sales: sell you part of a game now then have you download the rest later. The battle, which has gotten rather public over the past twelve months, is over the revenues retailers like GameStop…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2010
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  The PS3’s Raunchiest Game Gets A Raunchy Trailer

  Female characters eating bananas. Female characters covered in goo. Female characters covered in ferrets? Strategy game Record of Agarest War 2 is the follow up to, wait for it, Record of Agarest War. That game was deemed “too hot” for GameStop, resulting in the limited edition package (the one with the boob mouse pad) getting…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2010
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  I Tried To Think Of The Most Harmless Thing…

  …something that I loved from my childhood, something that would never ever possibly destroy us. Vault Boy. By Renée Chio, as seen on Gamefreaks

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2010
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  Shenmue Creator Keen For Overdue Shenmue III

  Dreamcast saga Shenmue II ended on a cliffhanger. More than nine years later, fans still want closure and continue to demand a long overdue sequel to one of the most expensive games ever made. Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki is working on a social game Shenmue Town — not exactly the Shenmue game people have been…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2010
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  Stormtroopers Wanted, Enquire Within

  While the world waits for somebody to actually get a Battlefront game finished, fans of multiplayer Star Wars shooters may have to settle for a four-player game for the iPhone. Star Wars: Imperial Academy — which should be out in the U.S. any day now (it’s already available in Canada) — pits the player as…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2010
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  It’s Love Plus, But Fatter And Dirtier

  Love simulator Love Plus is taking Japan by storm. Forget figurines and t-shirts, the game even spawned vacation packages! The girls in Love Plus, however, are on the thin side. That might not be to everyone’s tastes. A Japanese adult game maker is hoping to plug that hole with “Debu Plus” (“Fatty Plus”). The game…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2010
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  Turning Old Genres Into New Games

  A good adventure game needs two things: tricky puzzles and pretty graphics. Kaptain Brawe certainly has the latter covered. It’s a new point-and-click adventure game made in the style of old point-and-click adventure games (think Day of the Tentacle), and from what we played of the demo, Kaptain Brawe is shaping up quite nicely. You…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2010
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  A Week In Comments

  Predict The Mature Content In Fight Night Champion Comment by: Ackbar-is-The-Boss Nominated by: madammina A demonic spirit will overcome the announcer and he will say “FINISH HIM” Your character will then rip his opponent’s legs off and use them to beat the remains of his body into a pool of blood. How To Piss Off…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 16, 2010
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  PS3 Racer Gets In Touch With Its Musical Side

  While I’d forgotten all about PS3 game Modnation Racers, I could never forget about rhythm action game Gitaroo Man. So it’s lovely seeing the two come together like this, helping each other out. User D-Mise has used Modnation’s robust character-creation tools to whip up what must surely be one of the most impressive things we’ve…

  By Luke Plunkett Published November 16, 2010