The back-story behind a new Ultima game should be a horror show: Ultima—beloved role-playing game series designed by…
The only people who ever lose a console war are people who make games. The people who actually play games usually…

Latest sign of our coming robot overlords? Yet another A.I. playing a video game.
Apple's App Store turns five this week (it first opened on July 10, 2008), and to celebrate, many of the biggest and…

The multiplayer online battle arena genre started off as a fast-paced variant of real-time strategy games. This…

Last month I talked about a very personal and embarrassing problem that I have when it comes to touch screen gaming: …
It's a tale as old as the iPhone itself. Kid picks up parent's iPhone, kid plays game, kid accidentally buys a ton…

We already showed you Nihilumbra once before. Now, Beautifun Games' Limbo- and Portal 2-esque platformer is coming…
Good news for the flying, gaming public: The Federal Aviation Administration's bullshit,…

I've spent the past few days zapping aliens and maneuvering troops in the iPad version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and…

Popular browser-based massively multiplayer persistant-world puzzle game Puzzle Pirates is now available for the iPad. That could be dangerous.
The biggest news of E3 2013 was the battle between the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, a battle centered on consumer…

The first thing you do in Bloodmasque is sacrifice your face to the gods of uncanny valley.
Monday marks the beginning of Apple's 2013 Worldwide Developer Conference, where the tech giant is expected to…
Time to level with all of you. I have an embarrassing secret. My hands sweat… a lot.
It's the 10th anniversary of one of the greatest Star Wars video games ever made, and BioWare has teamed up with…
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And not just on an iPad, but also on an iPhone. Shizuoka-born artist Seikou Yamaoka uses his fingers and an app…
Since 2005, Namco Bandai's rhythm-tastic Idolmaster (Idolm@ster) series has been charming Japanese fans (and import…
Life is all about change. So are The Bests, the lists of games that Kotaku's editors think are the most superlative…