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Huge Swords, Dozens of Monsters and One Awful Haircut

This here is the first teaser trailer for Bound by Flame, the new game by Spiders, the studio responsible for the sci-fi RPG Mars: War Logs. As you can see, this one’s a more fantasy-oriented RPG. In fact, “Fantasy Mars: War Logs without the ‘Mars’ part” seems to be pretty much correct, with the official…

The Metro: Last Light Developer DLC pack features a fully-stocked shooting range, an AI battle arena, and a museum filled with the game’s characters and creatures. There’s also a solo mission filled with spiders, so screw that. The pack will release September 17 for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. You can read about it…

Our Grand Theft Auto V review will run on Monday at 10am ET. Sorry, we can’t tell you more about the game right now, but the review, as they say, is in progress. GTA V will be released the following day, on September 17, for Xbox 360 and PS3.

Grand Theft Auto V‘s Map Versus Major Cities

We already know GTA V‘s map is pretty massive. But the meaning of that kind of adjective can be pretty difficult to gauge based on how you actually judge size metrics. As always, be prepared for spoilers of the land variety. If you don’t feel like checking out Grand Theft Auto V‘s map before the…

The PS4’s Developer-Friendliness Explained: More Games in Less Time

It’s nearly 2 months until the official release of the PlayStation 4, Sony’s upcoming big black box of dreams and wonders. Sony has focused on creating a high-spec machine that not only offers a plethora of nifty features on the user side, but was designed specifically to be easy to develop for on the creator…

Sony Explains Why It Changed the PS Vita’s OLED Screen

The new slimmer PS Vita has a new screen. It’s LCD, instead of the OLED screen found in the current model. Sony’s Andrew House explained why. In an interview with Nikkei, House said, “The main reason is that the LCD panel can now realize an image as high quality as that of the OLED panel.”…

Killzone: Mercenary: The Kotaku Review

Portable first-person shooters generally suck. The controls are too limited, the screens too small for fine detail, or the stories aren’t more than simple set dressing for an egregious bullet and blood ballet. Killzone: Mercenary does not feel like a portable first-person shooter. I was honestly expecting the worst when I discovered I’d been assigned…

Well, Okay. Maybe This Is A More Typical Day With PlayStation.

The other day we ran a PlayStation ad that gave us a tease of what life with a PS4 and PlayStation Vita could be like.I, for one, was pumped. Gamesies: The Show brings us a most excellent parody of that ad, playfully reminding us that things aren’t always so rosy in the land of PlayStation.…

Australian artist Patrick Brown updated his gallery with an intense Grand Theft Auto V piece to celebrate the impending release of the game. I love the tiny details such as the billboard with the fake company names, the Banshee next to Franklin, or the ad in the background with guys in Republican Space Ranger costumes.…

The Internet Reacts To Grand Theft Auto V‘s Map And Its Size

After months of speculation, the map of Grand Theft Auto V finally made its way to the web, and the details on it opened up the opportunity for a little bit of speculation. SPOILERS FOR THE MAP FOLLOW! Less than a day was more than enough time for the community to come up with some…

So, How Does the New PS Vita Screen Compare to the Old One?

We’ve seen the new PS Vita. It’s right up there! We’ve seen it up close. But we haven’t seen how the new LCD screen compares to the current Vita’s OLED screen. Until now. Twitter user Hiro compared the Ragnarok Odyssey title screen on his original PS Vita to the upcoming Vita. Here, have a look…

A Stabtastic Trailer Heralds Killzone’s Arrival To The PS Vita

Killzone: Mercenary has arrived to North America. What better way to celebrate than by watching gratuitous amounts of murder? The Vita’s own entry in the Killzone FPS series actually comes with not one, but two launch trailers. So generous! You can take a look at the trailer #2 below, which is a slightly slower demo…

Up Close with the New PS Vita Slim

Sony is making a new PS Vita. It’s lighter and slimmer. You’ve seen the promotional images, sure. But what’s it actually like? Gamers in Japan give their opinions. Sony rolled out kiosks for the slim PS Vita in Japan so gamers can get a hands-on with the revamped machine. As previously mentioned, the new Vita…

How Sony Plans To Win The Entertainment War

It’s no secret that companies affiliated with video games want to extend the reach of their consoles. It’s not a bad idea either. Be a gamer’s one stop shop for all of their media needs and they’ll never leave their console’s side. They’ll use your handhelds and mobile applications and whatever the hell else you…

New Marvel Game Gives Stan Lee Eleven Super-Powers. And Immortality.

No one likes to think about it but there will be a day when Stan Lee’s cameos will end. He may be an indefatigable 90-year-old but the co-creator of The Fantastic Four, Hulk and Spider-Man is still only human. But, in the upcoming Lego Marvel Super-Heroes video game, Stan Lee is pretty much omnipotent. Over…

Next-Gen Can Wait. Feast Your Eyes On Today’s Gorgeous PS3 Exclusive

Kotaku video-capture artist Steve Marinconz and I are worried. We’re worried that people don’t know about Puppeteer. Have you heard of it? It’s beautiful, fun, made by Sony’s Japan Studio, full of fresh ideas and it’s out today(!). How about if we showed you some of it? Check out 17 minutes of us playing the…

New Call of Duty Trailer Starts Off In Outer Space

In the latest single player campaign trailer released today from Activision and Infinity Ward, Call of Duty takes you into the sky. Like, way, way into the sky. The entire intro of this latest trailer takes place in space, which isn’t the typical grey and brown terrain we’re all too familiar with. And, of course,…

The Next Star Wars Pinball Trilogy Might Be Better Than The Last

The second triology of Star Wars tables for Pinball FX 2 and Star Wars Pinball begins with Darth Vader. Not the Midichlorian-rich little boy Darth Vader, but full-on, James Earl Jones-talking, force-choking, 25-sandwich-a-day-eating Darth “Motherf***ing” Vader. That’s how you start a second trilogy. Then we get a Return of the Jedi table, which screws with…

Today Sure Is A Good Day For JRPG Fans

Two big JRPGs on tap for today, in addition to this morning’s news that the team behind Far Cry 3 is working on their own Japan-inspired role-playing game First up is Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Remix (trailer above), an HD remake of the first Kingdom Hearts, out today on PS3. The remix also includes the new…

The New JoJo Fighter Is a Social Game in Disguise

When you first boot up JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, you’ll likely head right into the story mode to start unlocking characters. Three hours later, you’ll probably try versus mode, only to wonder where everyone else got all those cool costumes. The answer is the campaign mode. In it, you unlock the vast majority of…