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Can the Swedish Super-Gamer Conquer Kid Icarus 3DS? Yes He Can.

In the first of three videos I shot of Kid Icarus: Uprising at E3, you can see here the efforts of one Swedish super-gamer who was making his third attempt to conquer the previously-unconquerable third level of the game’s E3 demo. Watch as he beats this level into submission. (The next video in the gallery…

These Postcards Are Lousy With Midichlorians

I found these eight postcards at Lucas Arts’s E3 backstage meeting room, a place that was also home to a tiny museum and playable copy of Kinect Star Wars. Enjoy.

The Force Post Cards

There Will Be No Gold Wii Nunchuk

There will be a gold Nintendo Wii Remote Plus coming out late this year. Nintendo plans to bundle some of them with the new Zelda, Skyward Sword, and sell others separately. But what about a gold nunchuk? You’ll need some sort of Wii nunchuk attachment plugged into your gold (or white or black) Motion-Plus-enabled Wii…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

It’s time to talk about video games. So, talk about them. Thanks! Wanna get your TAYpic on Kotaku? Submit your pic to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)

The Big Games, Big Gadgets, Big Surprises of E3

The promise of uncompromising gaming on the go, a sexy new console from the makers of the Wii and a robust line-up of must-have, must-play games topped this year’s celebration of all things gaming in Los Angeles last week. This year’s E3 kicked off early last week with a look at what the makers of…

Backbreaker‘s Team Checks In Again With Icebreaker

In real life, I skate like a waddling five-year-old forever on the verge of crapping his pants. In Icebreaker, I’m light on my feet, spinning, deking, and sprinting away from the bowel-loosening checks coming my way. At the end of it all, there’s a shot on goal that always goes in. Icebreaker (99 cents), like…

The E3 Comedown

Game Over | LOS ANGELES, CA: At this year’s E3, gamers checked out the Microsoft booth. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian | Getty) Before Duke Nukem Was An Asshole, He Was a Simple Man In the latest Duke Nukem game, the titular star is an offensive asshole, much of his macho charm having given way over the…

Your PS Vita Games Might Look Like This

Earlier this Spring, a real-time technical demo for Trinigy’s Vision Game Engine showed off what kind of texturing and lighting the then-codenamed NGP could render. Trinigy’s released a new demo, this time trading the urban setting for a fantasy one, complete with real-time water reflection, glare effects, and lighting. As Kotaku previously pointed out, the…

After PSN Hack Arrest, Spanish Police’s Website Knocked Offline

On Friday, Spanish police arrested three in the PSN hacks. According to the BBC, this Sunday Anonymous knocked the website for Spain’s national police offline with a denial of service attack. [BBC]

Professor Layton Studio Making Gundam Game

Makes sense! Especially seeing how Layton designer Akihiro Hino is penning the story for new Gundam series, Gundam Age. His studio, Level-5, is also working on a new Gundam RPG for unspecified hardware. Gundam Age will encompass a new anime series, toys, plastic models, a plastic figure based in-store game, and a card-based arcade game…

3DS Crosses The Million Milestone in Japan

As of this past May, the Nintendo 3DS has sold over a million units in Japan. The glasses-free portable went on sale there on February 26. Congrats! [MANTAN]

Dark Souls Might Be Dark, But It Looks Fantastic

For all the bitching and moaning about Japanese games being creatively bankrupt, lame, or simply crappy-looking, there’s this, Dark Souls The game is the spiritual successor to the difficult and oh so moody Demon’s Souls and will be out this fall. The game is being developed by From Software, the studio best known for the…

Portal 2’s Chell Has Busted Out, and Is Having Her Photo Taken

I couldn’t bear another week of kids dressed up as Final Fantasy characters. So for this instalment of Fancy Pants, we’re looking at a single person in a single costume. That person is Emiri. That costume was made by marimbamonkey14. And the shoot is of Portal 2 star Chell. While the prop work isn’t the…

Women Responsible for Company of Heroes’ Developer Death Sentenced

The two women responsible for the tragic death last year of Company of Heroes developer Brian Wood have been sentenced to prison, The Herald reports. Jordyn Weichert and Samantha Bowling, both from Oak Harbor, Washington, were both steering the vehicle that collided with Wood’s car last September, killing the developer and injuring his pregnant wife.…

These Are the First Game Gear Games for the Nintendo 3DS eShop

Game Gear and the Turbografx are coming to the Nintendo 3DS eShop. According to Nintendo, here are the first Game Gear titles, all with a “Summer” release window: Columns, Dragon Crystal, Shinobi, Sonic Drift, Sonic The Hedgehog: Triple Trouble

Sega Exec Says Wii U Out Spring/Summer 2012

Nintendo has only said its new Wii U console will be out in 2012. Former rival Sega, however, has been a little more specific. In an interview with GameSpot last week during E3, Sega executive vice president of marketing Alan Pritchard said “the Wii U is coming out next spring/summer”. Blunt! It’s not, however, confirmation…

Why the Wii U Is Missing the Point

Silly Nintendo. All that marketing and research and they miss the blindingly obvious How to Sell Me on a New Console by Zac Gorman

An Explicit Look at the PS Vita’s Nether Region

We know the final name of Sony’s new portable. We’ve played it. We’ve seen the game’s Memory Cards. But we haven’t seen photos of the handheld’s slots. Until now. Website Game Watch Impress recently snapped photos of the Vita’s covered areas, including the Memory Card slot. 西川善司の3DゲームファンのためのE3最新ハードウェア講座 [GAME Watch]

Where Does All That E3 Swag End Up?

Why, in swag heaven of course. Swag heaven being eBay. Since most of you have never been to E3, let me tell you what happens once the showroom floors open: there are hundreds of people running around the booths collecting as much shit as they can get their hands on. T-shirts, lanyards, posters, fridge magnets,…