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

This Is Not One of the Six PS Vita AR Cards

It is an AR card. It’s made by Sony. It’s for the PS Vita. And it’s not the final design. Sony showed off the AR features tonight at an event in Tokyo Bay. This is a look at the AR cards for the PS Vita. It is not the final design, and Sony said it…

WWE Great Shawn Michaels Shows Us Some Hunting Games, Justifies His Love of Hunting

In the middle of New York City, in the back of one crazy truck, pro wrestling icon Shawn Michaels promised me he could show me the newest Cabela’s hunting video games in one take. He did and even fielded my questions about why he hunts with grace, all in a single video you can see…

Sony’s Sexiest PS3 Consoles Look Even Better In the Flesh

As you’ve seen already with the coloured Vitas, Sony has a range of fancy gear on show at the back wall of its Tokyo Game Show booth. Like the newly-announced FFXIII-2 PlayStation 3 console, its sibling, the Ni No Kuni PS3 and the entire range of DualShock 3s. If you didn’t love the Ni No…

How Three Genesis-Era Sonic Levels Look in Generations

Remember the Green Hill, Chemical Plant, and Sky Sanctuary zones from the Genesis-era Sonic the Hedgehog games? This is what they look like with a Sonic Generations makeover. Do you like what you see? I’m definitely digging the new life Sega is bringing to these iconic levels from the good old days. Seeing those familiar…

Gears of Wars 3 Decimates the Game Reviewing Hordes

Go ahead. Look the grizzled, battle-scarred Marcus Michael Fenix in the face and tell him his third game sucks. You can’t do it, but don’t feel bad. Even the most battle-hardened video game critics are humbled by his majesty. Marcus and his meaty Gears compatriots have been kicking Locust ass up and down the planet…