$30 Price Point Justifies Digital-Only Phoenix Wright 5

Much rabble has been roused about Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies, the fifth Phoenix Wright game and the first in the series to be digital-only. When it comes out this fall for 3DS, it will be an eShop exclusive. No physical copies. The downside of this arrangement is that your digital copy of the game is…

Ben’s Chili Bowl Half-Smokes and Chili Sauce: The Snacktaku Review

There’s a place called Ben’s Chili Bowl on U Street in Washington D.C. that’s been the talk of the town since 1958. Ben’s half-smokes and chili sauce — a riff on the traditional chili dog — has been raved over by the rich and famous and showcased on any number of popular cable food programs.…

Nintendo 2DS vs. 3DS: A Direct Comparison

Wondering how Nintendo’s newest piece of portable hardware stacks up to their older pieces of portable hardware? Via Nintendo of Europe, here’sa nifty little chart to show you all of the differences between the company’s three different 3DS models. Yes, the 2DS is a 3DS model. If you find that confusing, well, you’re not alone.

Top Smash Bros. Fan Sites Knocked Offline, Hackers Blamed

Having a single website go down isn’t so unusual. But in this case, bizarrely, the Smash Bros community has allegedly become a target for multiple distributed denial of service attacks (which disable a website’s server with high traffic). Meaning, we’re not just dealing with one downed website. We’re dealing with multiple out of commission websites.…

The Last of Us Getting Free Update, Sharp New Multiplayer Mode

When I reviewed The Last of Us earlier this year, I may not have given its multiplayer portion enough credit. The stripped-down deathmatches were enjoyable enough at the time, but the more I play, the more fun I have. And with a coming free update, the whole thing is gonna get bigger, more tactical, and…

Moneysaver: PSN Pax Sale, Madden, iTunes Money, 24, Castle of Illusion

The discount’s pull, the discount’s pull, click click click ’till the cart is full. The cart is full, the deals are new, and all the games are waiting, waiting on you, and you’ve got Pri-i-iime Deal Leaderboard Madden 25 + NFL Sunday Ticket [PS3/360] ($100) | Amazon | Coverage here Grab the rarely discounted Das…

Famous Cosplayers Become Video Game Butt-Kickers

Everyone knows cosplayers often dress up as video game characters. But what happens when a video game features characters based on cosplayers? Madness, that’s what. Dogs and cats! Sleeping together! Mass hysteria! The game in question is Comic Conquest, an upcoming tactical RPG that takes place—where else?—at Comic-Con. The game, coming to mobile devices, tablets…

New Zelda For 3DS Gets Handsome Boxart With Intriguing Icon

Here’s the excellent box art for November 22’s Nintendo 3DS (and 2DS—wow that feels weird) game The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. Hey, listen! What’s that orange icon in the top right corner? Why, that’s the logo for the Nintendo Network, which indicates that a game might have online multiplayer or support DLC.…

The Original 151 Pokemon, Drawn From Memory, Without Erasing

Normally having gaps in your memory is a bad thing, but in the case of blayzeon‘s sometimes-faulty memory? It’s pure entertainment. You can see that in action in this Pokemon project, where blayzeon drew up all the original 151 Pokemon from memory—which we’ve seen before—but this time, there was no erasing. Whatever was drawn out…

Test Your Powers of Observation with NBA 2K14‘s First Big Trailer

There’s always a little bit of a Where’s Waldo game when NBA 2K releases its first big trailer in the summer. New inclusions are featured without being highlighted or called out with text. So what can you spot in this reel? Well, there appear to be customizable wristbands (as has been hinted at before); probably…

First Look at South Park: The Stick of Truth Gameplay [Video Removed]

We’ve seen hilarious trailers and controversial screenshots for Obsidian’s upcoming South Park game. But there hasn’t been a lick of gameplay to be found for The Stick of Truth. But now we get to see it in action, thanks to one enterprising attendee from this weekend’s past Fan Expo in Toronto. In the almost eight-minute…

You Get Better Guns For Looking At Women’s Breasts In Killer Is Dead

Mondo Zappa, the hero of the new game Killer Is Dead, enjoys the occasional drink with a lady between missions. Apparently the reason he does is that as he stares at their breasts and legs, he works up the courage to give them a gift. In return, he can get a new gun arm! Here’s…

Introducing… The Nintendo 2DS. No, That’s Not a Typo.

Nintendo will be launching a new portable gaming system in October. It’s called the Nintendo 2DS. It’s a 3DS without the 3D, and it’s shaped like a thin piece of cake. “This is an entry-level handheld gaming system,” Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told Kotaku earlier this week when we got our hands on…

Wii U Price Drops $50 Effective September 20

Nintendo’s home console can be yours for just $299.99 starting September 20, the house of Mario announced today. That’s a $50 price cut for a console that’s about to get a steady flow of Nintendo-made games but that’s been struggling to sell at even half the pace of its predecessor. The Wii U will sell…

Wind Waker HD Releasing Early, If You’re Willing To Download It

The Wii U remake of the the GameCube’s Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker will be available two weeks earlier than initially announced by Nintendo, but only if you download it to the console. The download will be available on September 20. The disc version remains slated for an October 4 release. The digital-first promotion is…

Nintendo Doles Out Release Dates, Changes For Big Holiday Games

Mario and Donkey Kong are flipping release dates for Wii U this fall for what will be a Nintendo console and handheld line-up stacked with big Nintendo franchise sequels. Nintendo gamers, these are the major Nintendo game releases to choose from and, with few exceptions, the biggest games of the season for Wii U and…

Dirty Bomb Gets a Publisher and a New Name

Dirty Bomb, the free-to-play shooter coming soon from the makers of Brink, has changed its name to Extraction and while one might think the swap was done for reasons of taste or not attracting government surveillance, the real reason is more quotidian, says the studio. “Extraction was Dirty Bomb‘s original name,” developer Splash Damage wrote…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Zarnyx reflects on what gaming culture is like in her native Trinidad. You want a recipe for pulled pork, don’t you? Cooking with TAY has one.. Also, Stormborn draws anotherre-imagined, incredibly cute Pokemon for today And you can always go join the voices talking about…

BioShock Infinite Has A Board Game And It’s Brutal

It’s here! Like a murderous detective leaping from a Skyline, the Bioshock Infinite board game wants to come crashing into your house and help itself to the money in your pockets. It’s a pretty exciting proposition—unlike video game tie-ins of movies, board game tie-ins aren’t a meritless lake of bilge water. Some, like the Game…

Emotional Videos from a Frozen World Kept Me Playing Lost Planet 3

Lost Planet 3 is rough at times, with boss battles and backtracking that you’ll get frustrated at. But the game’s characters made me want to persevere through its sub-zero challenges. One of the ways you get to know them is in confessional-style videos that pop up every so often in game. Some of them are…