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Finally, A Collectible Character Game With Real Action

The mobile collectible card genre has exploded over the past year, with players shelling out big bucks for virtual cards with statistics assigned to them. Players for teams of heroes, demons, pirates or robots and take them into battle, which is generally nothing more than a quick stats comparison. What if a game in the…

Here’s What’s Bothering Me About Batman: Arkham Origins

I watched the trailer for the upcoming Batman game that got released earlier this week and immediately had one inescapable thought: You can’t tell it’s a prequel. That’s not a good thing. Nothing about Batman’s look or affect in the four-minute clip makes it seem like he’s in the early days of his crimefighting career.…

Normal Human Beings Likely Won’t Play The Xbox One Like This

Phil Spencer, Microsoft Game Studio’s vice president, has a relationship with games that seems kind of terrifying. VideoGamerTV recreates it here, and it may give us an early glimpse at what using the full extent of the Xbox One’s capabilities may be like. Seriously though: do any of you actually play games like that? I…

My Love-Hate Relationship With JRPGs

I have a confession to make: I hate JRPGs. I also love them. Then I hate them. And I love them. And so on and so forth for 40 hours or so. I’ve been thinking a lot, over the past week, about the ambivalent relationship we have with video games. This was triggered by Star…

Watch Zelda Draw Her Life

Princess Zelda heard about all those “draw my life” videos on YouTube and decided to try her artistic hand at a similar one for herself. She’s certainly had a…unique enough life to warrant one. These kind of videos can be a really emotional or fascinating look into someone’s personal life, but I think doing them…

The Moneysaver: Halo 4 For $18, Tomb Raider $14, The West Wing

Everybody’s savin’ for the weekend. You’re gonna need some games to play with all this Memorial Day downtime you have, and lucky for you we’ve got Halo 4 for $18, it’s lowest price ever. Green Man Gaming also has Tomb Raider for it’s lowest price ever, under $14, once you apply coupon code GMG20-LLASD-D8WBQ. I’m…

DayZ Creator Summits Everest, No Zombies In Sight

Dean Hall, the lead designer of the multiplayer zombie sensation DayZ, has achieved his goal after setting off for the Himalayas last month: He has summited Mount Everest. Must feel pretty good. Probably at least like, half as good as stumbling across a wrecked helicopter full of supplies and weaponry. In all seriousness, good show,…

He Got A Video Game Tattoo To Remind Him To Be A Good Dad

As far as video games that would inspire a video game tattoo, Papo & Yo seems like an unlikely one, right? As moving as it is, Minority Media’s digital release is built on one man’s childhood, specifically the abuse he suffered at the hands of his alcoholic dad. It is an undeniably sad game. But,…

I Took This Amazing Tour Inside the Space Shuttle. So Should You.

During a trip to Seattle last week, I spent a Sunday afternoon checking out the inside of a space shuttle cockpit. This was one of the coolest things I’ve done in a while. I took the tour at Seattle’s Museum of Flight, a Boeing-backed museum that’s just extremely cool. I mean, look, they have a…

Fighting Sickness. Nailing Your Dream Job. Your Questions Answered.

Life is pretty damn unfair. Sometimes that means you’ll find yourself in a situation with no solutions. Sometimes the best you can do is cope. In today’s Ask Kotaku advice column, I have to answer some tough questions. And it hurts my heart to not have a quick fix for you all. If you’ve got…

A Lifetime Of Memories In Puzzle Game Form

When the explosions fade and the last echoes of gunfire die, as the bruises and broken bones from the roundhouse kicks and dazzling special attacks slowly heal, there comes time for calm, peaceful reflection. That’s the domain of Quell Memento. The third in a series of zen-like puzzlers from Fallen Tree Games, Quell Memento builds…

Video Game Rumors So Bad You Want Them To Be True

“Infinity Ward are combining Zelda with Professor Layton. The twist? It’s going to feature Bayonetta as an unlockable character.” “Sega are combining Forza with Minesweeper. The twist? It’s being written by JJ Abrams.” Ok, I’d play those. And you? You’d want such things to exist, wouldn’t you? If only to see how bad they might…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: E1 Salvador runs down the games that’s he finished so far this year. And AstroKid248 offers up a TAY Snacktaku review of Sonic’s corndogs. There’s a video coming, so check back later. And you can always go join the voices talking about video games and…

What Sort Of Man Builds Westeros In MineCraft? This Sort Of Man.

That crazy, epic 1:100 blocky replica of the continent of Westeros from Game of Thrones is so glorious it managed to catch even Time Magazine’s attention. They scored an interview with the project head Jacob Granberry, aka pizzainacup, giving us a glimpse at the man behind the madness. We’ve talked to folks working on the…

The Xbox One Uncertainty Principle

At the start of a cocktail party that was to end an exciting, bewildering and altogether odd day at Microsoft’s Redmond campus, I approached Microsoft v.i.p. Aaron Greenberg. Hell of a debut day for the Xbox One, I told him. Some impressive stuff, some confusing stuff. Some fierce reaction online. Greenberg nodded and told me…

The Folks Behind DMC And Enslaved Are Making a Mobile Game

I love Ninja Theory. Not only was it my favorite elective in college, they make some pretty wonderful action adventure titles, filled with expressive characters, quirky humor and Dante fan hate. Now they’ve partnered with Chillingo for Fightback, an 80s-style action game for Android and iOS. Boasting a “revolutionary touch-based combat system” as many mobile…

This Might Be the Most Expensive Pre-Order Ever

Codemasters’ racing game Grid 2 has a fairly expensive special edition that you can pre-order. How much is it? £125,000, or $189,016. What do you get for that kind of money, you ask? Well, Grid 2, for one. Also, a PlayStation 3. And a car. Yep! Grid 2: Mono Edition, freshly announced by Codemasters, is…

Scavenging Is Tense and Dangerous in Sir, You Are Being Hunted

Looking for supplies is all fun and games until the robots spot you. From then on, it’s all about running for your life. The above gameplay video for Big Robot’s tweedpunk survival game Sir, You Are Being Hunted shows what that looks like. (Spoilers: really exciting.)

Terraria’s 1.2 PC Update Is Coming In July, Has A Rocket Launcher

Re-Logic has uploaded a preview for the long-awaited 1.2 update for the PC version of their side-scrolling sandbox, Terraria. They also revealed that they’re “aiming for a July release.” The Terraria Wiki has a list of what this new update, which was first hinted at in January, might bring. [via PC Gamer]

The PS4 Had Better Hit Europe In 2013…

…Otherwise this full-page ad in Britain’s Metro newspaper is going to look very silly indeed. While a 2013 release for the United States is a certainty, there have been fears that, like was the case with the PS3, Europe would get Sony’s latest console a few months late. Hopefully this means that isn’t the case.…