The Men Behind The Men Of Uncharted 3

This is, wait for it, a making-of clip for a trailer. Silly, we know, but you may want to click play anyways and skip straight to 3:57, because buried amidst the back-slapping is a cool sight. It is, for those who haven’t viewed the “making of” featurettes on the actual Uncharted game dics, a quick…

A Week In Comments

Concentration Camp Game Was Meant To Be ‘Fun’ Comment by: LucasKane Nominated by: ca$h What the hell is up with Kotaku (and its readers) lately? Here’s a game that will inspire a kind of genuine emotional reaction, a game that puts you into a situation where your nameless enemy deserves killing, and it’s some kind…

Why Do The Spike VGAs Even Bother With “Awards” Part?

The Spike Video Game Awards were a great piece of entertainment, weren’t they? We got a Mass Effect 3 trailer, an Elder Scrolls V reveal, an amazing Batman trailer and awards for…hrm… It’s all a bit sad, isn’t it? That we had as big a reveal, and as expensive a collection of trailers as you’ll…

Tokyo Says “Sayonara” To Freedom Of Speech?

Legislation was voted on today in Tokyo that some contend not only robs creators of their freedom of speech, but is unfair. Earlier this year, legislation to control the depiction of “virtual youth” was shot down. Famed manga artists vocally protested the bill, drawing attention to its vague definition of “virtual youth” and causing it…

Oh Good, Elder Scrolls V Won’t Use That Broken Old Engine

While the reveal of a new Elder Scrolls game was a blast, it wasn’t the best piece of Elder Scrolls news to come out of the weekend. No, the other piece is much more exciting. Bethesda’s Nick Breckon has confirmed that the next game in the fabled role-playing series won’t, as originally suspected, be using…

More Details For SSX: Deadly Descents

The EA.com official page for SSX: Deadly Descents went live sometime last night, shedding a little more light on the return of the snowboarding series and dropping another three screenshots. According to the site’s official writeup, SSX: Deadly Descents tells the story of a team seeking ” to be the first to descend the faces…

Red Dead Redemption Cleans Up At The VGAs

To keep the show to two hours, they didn’t hand out all the hardware on stage at last night’s 2010 Video Game Awards. Here is the complete list of honorees. Neil Patrick Harris’ compensation was limited to just one award. Red Dead Redemption was thebig winner, with four awards, led by Game of the Year.…

PC Need For Speed Won’t Get Consoles’ DLC

Not only is Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit’s first downloadable content package not coming to the game’s PC version, the PC version isn’t getting any of the consoles’ paid DLC extensions, period, according to the game’s studio. Big Download reports that Criterion Games, on the official Need For Speed message boards, confirmed the lack of…

SSX New Screenshots

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: NPH WTF

After about one commercial break, it was clear Neil Patrick Harris was just up there cashing a check last night at the 2010 Video Game Awards. What won’t Doogie host? Is he available for birthday parties? This week’s challenge: Neil Patrick Harris’ rampage continues. His awkward intrusions on video games didn’t end with last night.…

Sunday Comics

Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Dec. 6 – Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Dec. 10 – Read more of Nerf NOW!! Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Dec. 6 – Read more of Penny Arcade Manly Guys Doing Manly Things by Kelly Turnbull published Dec.…

Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves

Every kiss begins with Kay, and every week begins with TAY. Nothing captures the radiant luster of your video game conversation like our one-of-a-kind princess-cut open thread. Nerf Herder is the weekend winner of the #taypics derby. There are six chances each week to get your handiwork featured. Just shop up this image and submit…

All The News, All The Trailers From The Spike VGAs

What happened at today’s Spike TV Video Game Awards? New game announcements, first look trailers (some with actual gameplay), release dates, and Neil Patrick Harris. Catch up on the most important news and videos right here if you missed anything. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Bethesda Game Studios reveals the sequel to Oblivion, the role-playing…

Uncharted 3 Is Due Out Nov. 1, 2011

Uncharted 3 opens with Nathan Drake once again facing deadly circumstances, perhaps not as imminent as a train hanging from a cliff. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception arrives Nov. 1, 2011. This premiere is entirely in-engine, says studio Naughty Dog.

First Look At The New SSX

EA’s extreme snowboarding series SSX is back. The next entry is SSX: Deadly Descents and it looks wildly different from any other SSX. Based on what we can see in this trailer, it looks like the features match up with what we already heard, with avalanches, squirrel suits and helicopter drops playing a big role…

Guillermo Del Toro Wants To Make You ‘Shit Your Pants’ With ‘Insane’

Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro has officially named the game he’s making with Saints Row and Red Faction developers Volition Inc. Del Toro’s horror game is Insane and it’s coming in 2013. See it teased now. THQ exec veep Danny Bilson says on his Twitter account that Guillermo del Toro and THQ…

Is The Sequel To Prototype Still A Prototype?

That’s what they’re calling it, anyway. As promised, Prototype 2 arrives next year in 2012, and here is the game’s debut trailer from the Spike Video Game Awards

Resistance 3 Gets A Release Date

The PS3 exclusive hits Sept. 6, according to this trailer, which just aired at the 2010 Video Game Awards in Los Angeles. The clip combines live action cinematics with gameplay sequences.

The First Mass Effect 3 Trailer Looks So Damn Good

BioWare and Spike just unveiled the first full look at Mass Effect 3 and holy hell does it look amazing. As previously outed by EA, the Earth is burning and terrifying machines are destroying the human race. Mass Effect 3 will be out by holiday 2011, according to this first-look tease of the shooter RPG.

Kratos Enters The Arena Of Mortal Kombat

Tipped earlier in the week, this Mortal Kombat trailer at the 2010 Video Game Awards makes it official: Kratos is a kombatant in the PS3 version of the game.