It’s A Super Luigi Galaxy!

Everyone’s favorite second-rate princess saver, Luigi, will be playable in Super Mario Galaxy 2, a major selling point for the Wii owner who detests blue overalls worn with red. Luigi, it appears, can do everything his brother Mario can do, whether that involves strapping on the Bee Suit again, riding Yoshi or wearing that new…

GameStop Placeholder Art Names Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood – Update

While Ubisoft is busy teasing players via Facebook, we’ve got anonymous tipsters sending us images of the placeholder art for something called Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. Ubisoft now confirms that this is indeed the next Assassin’s Creed title. Between this alleged placeholder art and a recent website registration for AssassinsCreedBrotherhood.com, we’re pretty sure we’ve nailed down…

Yoshi: Behind The Dinosaur

A faithful companion. A star in the making. Adoration, rejection, and finally, a triumphant return. This is Yoshi’s story… the real story. The year: 1990. With the release of the SNES, the limitations of the NES no longer forced Mario to be mountless. In stepped Yoshi, an inexperienced green dinosaur with a passion for licking…

Every Day the Same Dream Diary

Kikiyama’s Yume Nikki is a poem written in videogame. It takes the language of games and outputs a world so pronounced and realized that it’s almost too easy to overlook. At the same time just enough of the conventions are silently rewritten to make the game jarring for an unprepared player. There are no games…

Why E.Coli Bacteria Is Better Than Your Computer

Computers crash all the time, even when running Linux. Human beings do not. A Yale study compares the structure of the Linux operating system to E. Coli bacteria to help determine why you and I suffer so few system crashes. I suppose the prevailing question is this: Why the hell would anyone compare Linux to…

StarCraft II Hooks Up With Facebook

Starting with the release of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty your Facebook friends can easily become your Battle.net buddies as well, as Blizzard unveils integration with the world’s most popular social networking website. Odds are your Facebook and Battle.net friends list don’t coincide much, but that’s about to change, as Blizzard reveals Facebook integration features…

Come Chat with Sid Meier, Father of Computer Strategy

OK, maybe Sid Meier isn’t the father of strategy games, but he’s most certainly the father of Civilization and he’s here now to answer your questions on Kotaku Talk Radio. Meier will be our guest for the hour, talking about Civilizations past, present and, if we’re lucky, future. And he’ll be taking your calls live.…

Female Robots Represent In The War For Cybertron Multiplayer Trailer

Is that Arcee I see in this trailer for the online multiplayer modes in Transformers: War for Cybertron? Even if it’s not Arcee and just some generic female Autobot, it’s nice to see female representation among the ranks of robots in disguise. The Transformers have a ridiculous amount of female fans out there, and they’ve…

Relief In Sight For PlayStation 3 Dragon Age: Origins Crashing Issues

A patch to fix the frequent crashing issue that’s plagued PlayStation 3 players of Dragon Age: Origins since the release of firmware 3.3 is currently being tested by BioWare, though an actual release date is still up in the air. According to a posting on the official BioWare forums by online producer Fernando Melo, the…

The Agency Opens On Facebook

Fans waiting patiently for Sony Online Entertainment to get The Agency together can get a small taste of the spy game via The Agency: Covert Ops, one of the deepest Facebook games I’ve ever seen. Performing missions with your friends is nothing new for a Facebook game, but SOE’s The Agency: Covert Ops takes things…

The F.E.A.R. 3 Box Art Has Its Eyes On You

I’d say evil little psychotic girl Alma is almost looking hot on this official box art for F.E.A.R. 3, but her kids are watching. The box art is really quite lovely and striking, capturing the spirit of the new unholy trinity of Alma Wade and her two sons quite nicely. Hopefully the folks at Day…

Perfect Game Scores MLB 2K10 Player A Million Dollars

In January, 2K Sports put up a $1 million prize for the first person to pitch a perfect game in MLB 2K10. Today an Alabama man is $1 million richer. Pitching a perfect baseball game is no easy feat. It’s only happened 16 times since 1900, but of course in real life baseball they only…

The Mechs, Battleships & Sleeveless Shirts Of Gears Of War 3

Those details from Gears of War 3 were just the start. There are pictures to go with the info, too, of robots, lady soldiers and even some hot nautical action. Here they are! I know, I made a Waterworld gag, but in all honesty I like the premise of that movie, and I like the…

Make Your Own Ico Sackboy

YouTube user GoldenJellyBean dropped me a line to show that she’s now teaching folks how to crochet their own LittleBigPlanet dolls, dressed in the style of PlayStation 2 classic Ico. Looks good! If you don’t have a handmade Sackboy to start with, then take lessons from these clips first:

Alan Wake Review: Transcending Its Medium

Alan Wake promises to deliver a new style of storytelling to the Xbox 360: A “psychological thriller”, “riveting plot”, “multilayered character interactions”, all bullet points that scream: This game could be really bad. But it is a game by Remedy Entertainment, the creators of Max Payne. And it’s an intriguing idea, taking on the role…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

You never know where and when the next Assassin’s Creed will be set. But you can always expect the next Talk Amongst Yourselves to be set here at Kotaku. Please set your comments about video games beneath this post. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

I Am Afraid Of Angry Things That Live Under The Water

To: Crecente From: Luke Playing, and only mildly enjoying Alan Wake today got me thinking: how many other people have quirky tastes in games that stop them enjoying otherwise enjoyable titles? Me, I can’t stand the dark. In real life, I’m fine, but in games, I can’t stand it. It’s not fear, more…frustration, that the…

Red Dead Redemption To Get Free Co-Op Mission Pack

Outlaws to the End, a cooperative multiplayer mission pack for Red Dead Redemption, will be hitting the Xbox Live and Playstation Network this June for free. The pack, Rockstar Games says, will add a co-op mode and an “entirely new dimension” to Red Dead Redemption’s game play. “Multiplayer in Red Dead Redemption offers players a…

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There’ll Be No Barrel Rolls For This Star Fox

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