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I Really Hope This Action-RPG Comes To The U.S.

Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has some screenshots for the newest Ys game, Ys Celceta: Sea Of Trees—a remake of Ys IV that is slated for PlayStation Vita in Japan this September. Looks pretty, no? Hopefully U.S. localization house XSEED brings it over to U.S. shores. They’ve brought over some of the other Ys games (including…

By Jason Schreier Published June 20, 2012

The 2012 Gawker Media Census Results Are In

You might have noticed that over the past few weeks we’ve been bugging you to take the 2012 Gawker Media Census. Well, try not to cry too hard, but the most exciting survey on the whole World Wide Web has come to a close. We learned all sorts of fun facts about the 2,647 Kotaku…

Valve Gives Away Portal 2 for Free to Teachers with ‘Steam for Schools’

If you’ve played games like Team Fortress 2 or the Portal titles, you know that Valve loves making players learn. The company’s already got a foothold in bringing their games into the educational space and that commitment’s going to get bigger. Today, at the Games for Change conference, Valve’s Leslie Redd and Yasser Malaika announced…

By Evan Narcisse Published June 20, 2012

Thanks, Split! For Letting Me Team Up with My Own Smarty-Pants Self

It’s a shooter that doesn’t let you shoot. A puzzle game without any blocks. It’s Split! and it’s surprisingly sharp. Touchy Interactive’s retro-styled iOS games has you controlling two soldier types who bust out of some kind of imprisonment. Red Dude and Blue Dude need to make their way through various levels of an enemy…

By Evan Narcisse Published June 20, 2012

‘So What if I’m a Woman. Let Me Play the Game’ – A Follow-Up

Addressing criticisms of her piece about PR sexism at E3, writer Katie Williams has posted a sharp, well-reasoned follow-up on her blog. Go read it! [Alive Tiny World]

By Jason Schreier Published June 20, 2012

E3’s Cutest Booth Babe?

I was going through the final unused pieces of my E3 reporting and realized I never posted this video. It’s nothing big, but it was one of my favorite sights at E3. Just a person in a giant LittleBigPlanet Sackboy costume. Later, I happened to walk by a rest area outside the PlayStation area. Sackboy’s…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 20, 2012

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, games that aren’t even out yet? Knock yourselves out! Is this painting a representation of the Gods?…

By Tina Amini Published June 20, 2012

Mario Looks Pretty Damn Cool Decked Out In Gold

Check out this official promo art from New Super Mario Bros. 2, which Nintendo will release for 3DS this August. Pretty, no? Everything just seems better in gold. More regal. More… gold. (via TinyCartridge)

By Jason Schreier Published June 20, 2012

Take a Bite from Steel Battalion‘s Most Unsanitary Moment

Bad enough I got drafted into Steel Battalion’s janky, totally unplayable war, but what made things worse was having to fight alongside a guy with pee-covered hands. Oh, and another guy who apparently likes having unholy relations with Vertical Tanks. The moment captured above happens in Steel Battalion‘s tutorial and it stuck out to me…

By Evan Narcisse Published June 20, 2012

The Strange, Scary, Fascinating, Exciting Future of Video Games, According to A Giant

You are, presumably, a person who plays video games and probably not a rich executive. Maybe you own an Xbox 360 or play games on your iPhone or maybe both. You have some favorite video games. And there are some series and some types of games that you hate. Maybe you keep up with gaming…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 20, 2012

Lingerie Football League Is Ready to Tackle Video Games

Those garter wearing gridiron warriors are coming to video games. That’s right, the Lingerie Football League inked a deal with Japanese developer Yuke’s Co. for a line of games destined to hit yet unspecified platforms. “As a leading sports and entertainment focused company, we have to keep a pulse on what is the next big…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2012

Attack Ads Come to Game of Thrones and Show How Dirty Politics Are

As summer heats up, so do the political attack ads. But it’s not only the Presidential campaign that is seeing it fair share of mud slinging. Westeros is, too. Warning: This post might contain spoilers. Here are a handful of commercials created by Super-PACs, like the the Committee to Protect Dragons, that ask very probing…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2012

2012 Saint’s Row Expansion Cancelled, Shifted into 2013 Saint’s Row 4

We are no longer getting a standalone $30 expansion to the insane open-world crime game Saint’s Row: The Third this year, as publisher THQ, emboldened by a change in leadership has nixed the project in order to expand it into a full-sized new Saint’s Row next year. Here’s new THQ president Jason Rubin on what…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 20, 2012

This Is Your Portal to GLaDOS

Oh, GLaDOS. Cruel, cruel GLaDOS. Here, the villain from the Portal games comes to life, in costume and utterly free of cake. Mean, witty, and slightly crazy, GLaDOS is one of the most memorable gaming characters in recent memory—no wonder she’s a fan fav. And no wonder all these folks decided to dress up as…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 20, 2012

Why the Days of Copycat Video Games Might Soon be Over

There are few things more heart-breaking in this world than a cloned video game. A game that takes something someone else has done and, with little effort, shamelessly copies it in the hopes of riding some coattails to a cash register. This industry is full of them, across all genres, from first-person shooters to strategy…