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Wanna See More of Dragon Quest X In Action?

Square Enix’s wildly popular (in Japan) role-playing game series is coming to the Wii and Wii U as Dragon Quest X. Only this one’s an online multiplayer RPG, a decision that’s not sitting well with some Dragon Quest fans. Watch some new footage of DQX right here and judge for yourself. The above footage—part pre-rendered…

Would you Camp Outside for 8 Days To Get a Copy of Gears of War 3? David Tyson Would

David Tyson, aged nineteen years, is sitting outside of the Best Buy Theatre in Times Square for next week’s Gears of War 3 launch party. If David had showed up today I would say that it is a little excessive, but it turns out he has been there since Sunday night. That’s right, he has…

NBA Boss isn’t the First League Commissioner to Appear in a Video Game [Corrected]

Some ramped-up role-playing sequences in NBA 2K12‘s “My Player” career mode have delivered an unlikely first: David Stern, the NBA commissioner, is the first league officer—to anyone’s recollection—to appear, both in voice and in motion capture, in a video game. [Clarification] While Roger Goodell (NFL) presents the Lombardi Trophy in the Madden NFL Super Bowl…

Retro Game Master Episode 12: Golden Axe

This week on the season finale of Retro Game Master the Kacho takes on Golden Axe. Released in 1989 by Sega for the arcade, this high fantasy side-scroller beat ’em up later made its way to a number of different consoles. In the game players take on the role of a dwarf, a barbarian or…

Honey Badgers? In NBA Jam? It’s More Likely Than You Think

With the NBA lockout looking like it will wipe out a lot of games this year, some basketball video game makers are looking outside the league’s real life rosters to create enthusiasm and interest. NBA 2K12 for example, is bringing 15 of the sport’s greatest players to life. NBA Jam‘s going with goddamn honey badgers…

Patches, The Good Kind

Tokyo Game Show – There was a time when patches weren’t just to fix broken things. Holding Out Against a Hero You see the icon, you read the name, you boot it up, you think Tiny Heroes is about deploying a diminutive unit to plunder the gold from the dungeon laying out there before it.…

Daytona USA May Be Coming To A Video Game Console Near You (Again)

What’s this?! A new rating for a Daytona USA video game? What could it mean?! If we’re venturing guesses, we’ll go with Sega reviving the classic arcade racer for an Xbox Live Arcade and/or PlayStation Network re-release. But that’s just an educated guess, based on the fact that Sega has already released games like Sonic…

The Gears of War Timeline Leads Right Up to Midnight Monday

Need a refresher course on Gears of War history on the eve of the release of the third installment? Epic Games has posted a handy timeline that takes you from the Pendulum Wars to when you slip that puppy in your Xbox 360 next week. It’s been awhile since the original Gears of War came…

Six Minutes of Gears of War 3‘s Campaign (and the Ladies Who Make It Better)

Epic’s Gears of War 3 offers a deep, feature-rich package—between its copious multiplayer modes, lengthy campaign, and flexible co-op modes, it’s easily the deepest Gears game yet made. Epic has already detailed the various multiplayer modes, as well as the redesigned horde mode, so in this video, we’ll walk through some general impressions of the…

Watch Soulcalibur V‘s Two New Additions, Astaroth and Viola, Smash It up

Two more fighters are officially confirmed for next year’s most anticipated weapons-based fighter, Soulcalibur V: oversized axe-wielder Astaroth and a new contender, Viola, who has a touch of Freddy Krueger to her. The giant Astaroth looks as he always does—a hulking executioner with yet another dramatic change of clothes and skin tone. His trademark axe…

The Kotaku Game Club is Playing Gears of War 3!

The wait is over, everyone: Game Club is back! September is the beginning of blockbuster season in the world of video games. The release calendar is rife with returning franchises and long-awaited new games. Most major publishers are bringing out their big guns. The CivWorld experience was great, but it’s time move on to something…

Emmerich Not Directing Asteroids Film, But he Liked the Script

Looks like rumors that Roland Emmerich, the director behind such films as Independence Day, The Patriot and The Day After Tomorrow, is set to direct an Asteroids movie, based on the video game may not be true. In an interview with Collider, Emmerich denies taking on the role of director, though the position was in…

Last Night, Kotaku Was on a Boat

Day one of the Tokyo Game Show is done and dusted. Our day, however, wasn’t finished. Sony invited a group of the gaming press onto a boat to eat traditional Japanese food and demo PS Vita games. There were several titles on hand, which we played (and filmed). We didn’t even throw up on anybody’s…

The Beautiful and the Badass Toys of the Tokyo Game Show

Some come to Tokyo in September to play games. More come to buy crap associated with them, though, as some of the most popular stalls at TGS aren’t the ones with demo units, but stacks of t-shirts, action figures and art books. In the gallery above you’ll find the best of the gear available at…

Has Your World of Warcraft Account Been Hacked? Remain Calm and Watch This

Having your World of Warcraft account compromised is a terrible thing which, upon discovery, might seem like the end of the world. Do not despair. Instead, press play and let the soothing British narrators of Blizzard customer service lull you gently to sleep. Blizzard has launched its customer service YouTube channel, recruiting some reassuring Brits…

This Fall on PlayStation Move…

Remember that PlayStation Move controller you bought last year? Well, they’re still making games for it! Resistance 3, for example, is fully playable with PlayStation Move and that just came out. And to serve as a reminder that Sony’s motion controller is still very much a thing, today the company laid out its Move plans…

WipeOut 2048 Only Needs One Vita Thumbstick, Thanks Very Much

Line up each version of Wipeout against a wall and, in all honesty, the only major difference is the platform it’s appearing on. So what differentiates WipeOut 2048 on the PlayStation Vita? It’s not the system’s guts, since they give us a game that looks disturbingly similar to the PS3 edition of the series. It’s…

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Quiet Little Moments Make Battlefield 3 Stunning

The first thing I notice when I maneuver Sgt. Henry Blackburn, 1st Recon Marine, through the smoking door frame of the Tehran apartment complex isn’t the smoldering bodies lying on the ground nearby, it’s the piece of paper drifting through the room. I follow it with the tip of my gun, watching it drift around…

MLG‘s Walshy Participating in Duathlon for Gamer’s Outreach

Halo Pro gamer and MLG icon David ‘Walshy’ Walsh has announced he is participating in a duathlon for Gamer’s Outreach charity, to benefit his local children’s hospital. It’s a gamer trying to do good, so help out! Spread Word