I heard this one thing this one time. I heard that Ni no Kuni is whimsical? Have you heard that? I dunno man, I…
In DmC, the new reboot of Capcom's Devil May Cry series, hero character Dante is the offspring of an angel mother…
For the past two months, we've been running a feature called Pecking Order, in which we rank every game in a series,…
Before there was Macross, before there was Gundam, there was Yamato. Space Battleship Yamato (called Star Blazers in…
This clip, seemingly done for Spartan Ops, was done by Planet Jump animation studio for the launch of Halo 4 last…
Surprisingly, blood suckers aren't as common in video games as you might expect. They might appear as a generic type…
Flipping through the Hyrule Historia book (which you can finally get in English) makes you realize that Nintendo's L…
Game development has exploded over the last few years, and now it seems like everyone is making a video game. You've…
There's a lot to love about Ni no Kuni, the wonderful PlayStation 3 role-playing game that came out last Tuesday.
We've promised that Kotaku's Bests lists—compliations of the best games for various platforms—will be changing,…

The secret to good customer service is not necessarily that the customer is always right. It's in pretending he is…
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week's best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom…
Evidently, removing scary scary violent video games from arcades is a trend now. So reports the Associated Press…
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For the last year or so, the Hyrule Historia seemed like a piece of the powerful and legendary TriForce. Fans of…
It's not that hard to find great pirate-themed video game zones and levels. Gigantic ships, pirate hideouts on…
Hey, Kotaku readers. It's been about a year since I took the reins of Kotaku and just about a year since we brought…

Earlier this week, Nintendo dropped one of the most interesting bombshells they've dropped in a very long time: the…
What is gaming addiction, exactly? There is an easy answer to that question, but there is also, naturally, much…

Last week, I headed over to Maxis headquarters in Emeryville to spend a big chunk of time playing SimCity. I decided…