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First Look at the Special One Piece 3DS XL Handhelds

To mark the release of 3DS title One Piece: Unlimited World, Nintendo is rolling out two One Piece branded 3DS XL units for Japan. One is “Luffy Red”, and the other is “Chopper Pink.” Priced at 25,980 yen (around US$260), the units come packed with a download version of the game and will go on…

John Carmack Has New ‘Full-Time’ VR Job, But Is Not Quite Gone From id

Legendary game programmer and Doom co-creator John Carmack is getting a new “full-time” job. He’s going to be working as the head of technology at Oculus VR, the company behind the upstart Rift virtual reality goggles. Is this the end of an era? Possibly, though the situation is a bit confusing. The word from the…

Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright Is Coming To The U.S. In 2014

Nintendo has finally confirmed that the Professor Layton/Phoenix Wright crossover adventure game—which hit Japan in 2012—will come to North America next year. For more on Layton vs. Wright, check out our coverage from Japan

Donkey Kong, Tecmo Bowl and Wario Land 3 are all headed to the 3DS’s Virtual Console, Nintendo said today. Super Mario Bros. 3 is coming to Wii U VC later this year.

Only Wii U Owners Can Dress Up as Mario in Rayman Legends

When it got delayed earlier this year, Rayman Legends became a symbol of the agonizing plight of the Wii U owner. It was cruel to hear a game that folks were holding out for would be going to competing consoles. But now, there’s a little reward for Nintendo loyalists that PS3 and 360 owners won’t…

Stan Lee Needs To Be In Every Video Game Ever

Legendary comic book creator Stan Lee is the master of film cameos, and no stranger to video game appearances either, but it’s not enough. He needs to be in every video game, from Duck Hunt to The Legend of Zelda. I’m not sure how involved Stan Lee really is with the Stan Lee’s World of…

Nintendo Direct launching at 10am Eastern—you can watch it live right here, or stick around on Kotaku as we bring you all the news as it happens.

What Video Games Actually Sell: Greatness

Video games today are no longer part of the entertainment industry. They’re a new industry, yet one as old as history—the Myth Industry. Games are about greatness. In games, we can become world-saving heroes. In fact, it’s assumed that we will be. It is the very structure of games to place each player into the…

Witness the legendary longbowmen of England, capable of firing intracontinental arrows in Civilization V through the English Channel, right into French territory. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us suggestions if you’ve got them.

No Bethesda Games Coming To Wii U Anytime Soon

In a recent interview at QuakeCon, Bethesda’s Pete Hines explained to Joystiq why they’re not bringing any of their upcoming titles—The Elder Scrolls Online, Wolfenstein: The New Order and The Evil Within—to Nintendo’s console in the near future: None of the games we’ve announced are being developed for the Wii U, so it’s guaranteed that…

Well, Project Eternity Looks Pretty Hot

This fresh screenshot the devs at Obsidian released for their upcoming RPG Project Eternity is just too damn awesome. Looks like Planescape: Torment mixed with the first dungeon from Baldur’s Gate 2. And that’s not a bad thing at all! To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

These Bass Players Look Like They’re Petting Dogs, And It’s Amazing

Okay. Yes. Okay. Let’s talk about Bass Dogs. You all probably know that sometimes I like to put some fairly out-there stuff in the nightly off-topic spot. Sometimes that stuff involves music. Sometimes that stuff involves animals. And SOMEtimes, that stuff involves dogs photoshopped into band photos so that it looks like bass players are…

If you’re deep into The Last of Us, check out the now-complete four-part Dark Horse comic series American Dreams, which tells Ellie’s backstory. Also, check out this cool new Wired interview with series illustrator/co-writer Faith Erin Hicks.

An Inside Look At How That Awesome Comic-Con Mech Was Made

No, robot overlords didn’t make the awesome Comic-Con mech that tried to befriend kids this year. Humans did! Hence why the mech needs someone to pilot it—not that it’s immediately obvious that someone is in the suit. Kind of begs the question: how did they pull it off? Here are a couple of inside looks,…

Nintendo’s Latest Plan To Explain The Wii U: Jokes!

Nintendo’s latest stab at improving the messaging around the Wii U involves jokes. Everyone likes jokes! Here we see a new Nintendo UK ad featuring British comedian Rufus Hound. Nintendo seems to have seen Sony’s pitchman Kevin Butler and thought, “You know what, we need someone like that!” The results are mixed, though it’s good…

Want to write about video games for a living? Freelancer Nathan Meunier has just published Up Up Down Down Left Write, a guide to all things games writing. There’s a sample chapter up on the website.

I’ve been looking forward to playing a finished version of the tabletop/deck-building tactical RPG Card Hunter since I first played it at PAX last year. If you’d like a new in-depth look, check out this video, in which one of the game’s developers takes on Alec Meer of Rock, Paper Shotgun

This Hilarious Cartoon Is Like Adventure Time, But Way Cuter

Bee and Puppycat returns, this time continuing where the last amazing episode—which you should definitely watch—left off. It seems that there’s way more to Puppycat than meets the eye, and I’m not just talking about how it might be either a cat or dog (or both?) If this seems familiar in some ways, it’s probably…

Check out this great feature on Jason Rohrer, maker of the controversial new game The Castle Doctrine

This Guy Proposed On Reddit Using Memes. She Actually Said Yes.

Nerdy proposals are often creative, but they don’t usually happen on Reddit—nor do they typically involve memes. For some people, those might not be the most romantic, memorable things. But for this couple? It’s perfect. Here’s what happened. Yesterday, SirTechnocracy got on Reddit’s “Advice Animals” subreddit, and he made a thread titled This is a…