The beautifully animated action adventure game Iconoclasts lands on Switch August 2. Think of it as a fusion of Metroid and Mega Man that controls like a dream and explores the role of religion in shaping a society. You can watch Kotaku’s Tim Rogers interview the creator here.

If you're not one of the more than 300,000 players that participated in the closed beta test for Tribes: Ascend, your time has come. On February 24 you get to stop reading about what Hi-Rez Studios has done with your beloved Tribes franchise and experience it first-hand.

Vacuum your floors. Reduce background noise. Make sure you have adequate lighting. Are we playing video games here or hoping to score? This Xbox Live video shows the steps needed to ensure a pleasurable Kinect Experience.

Microsoft has nailed down November 4 as the release date for the Kinect control system, with 15 titles available at launch.

Peter Molyneux took the stage today at Microsoft's E3 2010 press conference to nail down an October release date for the third entry in Microsoft Game Studios' flagship action role-playing game series000

Social networking hits the Xbox 360 full-force on Tuesday when the next dashboard update goes live. bringing Facebook, Twitter, and Last.FM to the masses.

We already know most of the details, but today Ubisoft officially announced Assassin's Creed 2, due out this holiday on all "current-generation platforms."

Bungie teases, but Microsoft comes right out and says it. The Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack is officially coming out on Thursday, April 9th.

Ahh, Huxley. Were it not for the Korean Open Beta - which apparently exists, and has players and everything - we would have to keep checking Snopes to see if it was still considered real or not. This just in - you will be surprised to hear that the MMO/FPS game has had its Western PC release pushed back until "the…