Torchlight II will be out on September 20, developers Runic Games have just announced.

Namco’s Badass Retro Arcade Game Logos

I do love me some arcade marquees. The colours, the hand-drawn art, it’s all so very Roger Dean. This set are from Namco, before the company merged with Bandai, and could just as easily have worked as the logos for mid-80s thrash bands. Which is equally awesome. Namco Arcade Logos [VGJunk] Total Recall is a…

Who Needs An iPad When This Tablet Has Twin “Sticks”, a D-Pad And Buttons?

I love my iPad for gaming, but only for certain types of games. Usually the ones that don’t ask you to move a lot. Anything that requires a virtual d-pad, or joystick, or buttons, gah, no, kill it with fire. Unless…unless there was a tablet like this one. Archos’ GamePad is an upcoming Android tablet…

Sonic, You Are a Liar, And That’s Awful

This is a screenshot from Sonic Generations. It’s difficult to tell whether it’s an excess of optimism or just straight-up trolling. Sonic [HybridShadowz, via Tiny Cartridge]

Here’s the Basic Plot of the God of War Movie

It’s not often we get screenwriters going into so much depth ahead of time with their work, but then, when they’re adapting a video game, there’s not much to keep secret. Especially when it’s God of War. The guy gets angry, kills gods, and kills them brutally. Spoilers! Still, those wondering just what kind of…

Modern Warfare Comes to the Mushroom Kingdom, and it Looks Terrific

It’s been nearly 20 years since Nintendo last made a Mario movie. If they ever decided to make another one, and for whatever reason didn’t go the Paper Mario route, this might work. I mean, it’s barely Mario at all, but then, that didn’t stop them in 1993. At least this would have guns and…

George Washington vs Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Fighting Game We Never Played

This fabulous image, done as an inspiration for a competition over on the Papercut forums, makes me sad. Sad that this isn’t a game I can pick up right now and play until my fingers curl up and fall off. [SHOWDOWN] – Contest Brief [Papercut]

Discount Machete

Have you ever bought a machete on sale? I did, earlier this week. Monday I went up to the big box hardware store and snapped up a mower and a weed trimmer, because I’m an idiot who doesn’t simply write a check every month to a lawn service to do the same thing for me.…

Not to be Undersold, Another Florida Games Store Lists Itself on eBay

Three weeks ago, a Florida man listed his independent video game store, plus a ton of real estate and vehicles, for sale on eBay in a $3.5 million package deal. Another video game store two hours up the road has decided to undercut him, selling everything in its chain for $2.6 million. My spidey-sense tells…

Transformers Mobile Transforms into Transformers Legends in Time for PAX Prime

Announced earlier this month as Transformers Mobile, Transformers Legends is a card battler for mobile devices featuring first-generation Autobots and Decepticons. Sold. Wait, it’s free? Fine, I’ll buy two. Mobage will be at the North Hall near Exhibitor Registration during PAX Prime this weekend, which seems like an appropriate place for players to get their…

Super TIME Force May Have Just Released The Perfect Video Game Trailer

It has everything. Gameplay footage from one of the slickest looking games in the pipeline (and it’s from the guys behind Sword & Sworcery). A Saturday morning cartoon intro. And dubstep. Plenty of dubstep. Because it wouldn’t be a video game trailer without it! The game will be playable at PAX. If you’re going. *sniff*.

Hi There, Ridiculously Enormous Two-Person Mario Bros. Controller

More weird riffs on classic video games from the New York City gaming collective Babycastles and Katamari Damacy dreamer Keita Takahashi. We showed you their unusual takes on Ms. Pac-Man and an old-school shmup. Here’s Mario Bros.

Here’s An Inside Look At The People Making Torchlight II

We went and visited the lovely people at Runic Games today, They make a lovely-looking game called Torchlight II. And they work in a lovely office. A cozy office. But a lovely one. Check it out!

This Paranoid Conspiracy Theorist Might Be The Most Fun Mass Effect Marketing I’ve Seen

I still haven’t had a chance to play the new “Leviathan” DLC for Mass Effect 3, but I’m kind of loving the alternate reality advertising going on for it. The Alliance News Network Twitter stream, in the persona of reporter Emily Wong, “live” broadcast the invasion of Earth back in March when the Reapers hit.…

The PS3 Version of Skyrim Might Not Get Dawnguard’s DLC At All

Guess I spoke too soon. I figured yesterday that Dawnguard, the Skyrim DLC that 360 and PC owners are enjoying, would some day come to the PS3. A day later, Bethesda doesn’t sound so convinced. A statement issued by the company this evening reads: Earlier in the month, we provided an update on Dawnguard’s status…

Guild Wars 2 dev ArenaNet said they would turn off sales if too many concurrent players became a problem. They just did

Everything Breaks Bad In The Darkest, Strongest Episode Of The Walking Dead Yet

If there’s anything Telltale’s The Walking Dead game has taught me about myself, it’s that come the post-apocalypse, I’d be of no use to anyone. We like to think that all our time spent scoring video game headshots in Left 4 Dead and Dead Rising, or yelling advice at the protagonists of 28 Days Later…

No Kotaku Melodic Tonight

Sorry, music fans—due to me being in Seattle at PAX, there will be no Kotaku Melodic this week. We’ve been posting a lot of good musical stuff lately, so do go browse the archive and give it a listen. Also, for any Melodic readers who will be at PAX this weekend, two panels worth checking…

Report Says NBA Live 13 Will Be a $20 Digital Download

Rumor out of GameStop’s annual expo in San Antonio says EA Sports representatives told attendees that NBA Live 13 will in fact be a digital only release, and will cost $20 on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. The site IRB Gamer, attending the expo, said it was told directly of EA Sports’ digital plans for…

When the Transformers Team Up With the Justice League, Everybody Wins.

Spotted over at the Midtown Comics Facebook page, this glorious work from comic book artist Phil Jimenez doesn’t represent an actual project in development, which is a damn shame, because this…this. This. Optimus Prime as a Green Lantern. A Batman Autobot. The hand of Unicron. Wonder Woman and a freaking-invisible Seeker that transforms into an…