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  Nicktoons MLB is More Than The Bigs for Little Kids

  At E3, I visited the 2K Games booth every day of the show. Every day I went there, I saw these two guys from High Voltage Software in the 2K “Sports Bar,” sitting in easy chairs, playing Nicktoons MLB. As far as I know, it was all they did all day. After playing it with…

  By Owen Good Published June 16, 2011
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  After Pac-Man, After Galaga, Namco Generations Gets Weird, Pervy Dancing Eyes for PS3

  What’s next for Namco Bandai’s smart, hi-def remake series, Namco Generations, after Pac-Man Championship Edition and Galaga Legions? Mappy? No. Dig Dug? Nope! Xevious? Not even close. How about that Namco classic Dancing Eyes, the video game that turns undressing virtual girls into a pervy puzzle? Err… OK! Oddly enough, one of the next games…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 16, 2011
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  This Chiptune American Bandstand has a Good Beat, You Can Dance to It

  It’s hard explaining why syndicated dance party shows like American Bandstand and Soul Train were compelling television, unless you grew up in that analog era that predated VCRs, cable TV (in some stubborn households) and goddamn for sure the Internet. If we used classic game soundtracks, now it becomes something listenable, if not watchable, and…

  By Owen Good Published June 16, 2011
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  Box Head

  LOS ANGELES | A show attendee wears a box on his head as he walks the Los Angeles Convention floor during the Electronic Entertainment Expo on June 7, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Tomb Raider Hopes to Recreate a Gaming Icon Don’t think of Tomb Raider as an origin story,…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 16, 2011
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  Zero and the Reploids, This is Just a Tribute

  Mega Man Zero and his group of reploids team up in Samuel Donato’s rad entry into UDON’s Mega Man Tribute Contest More Mega Man Tribute submissions can be found HERE! Related Rampage: Assassin’s Creed Mega Man Zero by Samuel Donato / DXSinfinite Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 16, 2011
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  Another Peek At BioShock Infinite Explains How Everything Went to Hell on Columbia

  One of the big brains behind next year’s BioShock Infinite walks us through the back story of this layered, alternate history shooter, another chance to (at the very least) see more footage of this exciting BioShock spin-off. Irrational Games’ Ken Levine explains the war between the Founders and the Vox Populi, the factions that have…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 16, 2011
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  There’s Not Much Reason to Live in NeverDead

  In video games, death is anything but final. We’ve been playing games with some form of immortality or reincarnation for decades, whether that’s gamesaves, extra men, whatever. NeverDead enforces the concept in gameplay itself. No matter what grisly mishap befalls your hero, he will not die. The problem is NeverDead didn’t inspire a matching will…

  By Owen Good Published June 16, 2011
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  Female Shepard Finally Gets Cover Girl Glory in Mass Effect 3

  Mr. Commander Shepard, star of Mass Effect video game box art, is going to have to share the cover with his female counterpart, Ms. Commander Shepard, at least in the collector’s edition version of Mass Effect 3, BioWare says. While the masculine version of Shepard has dominated official screen shots, wallpapers and box art for…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 16, 2011
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  Arcade: The Last Night at Chinatown Fair is Coming This Fall.

  Documentarian Kurt Vincent says that after raising over 29,000 dollars through Kickstarter he plans on releasing his film, Arcade: The Last Night at Chinatown Fair, this fall. [Arcademovie.com]

  By Mike Epstein Published June 16, 2011
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  Duke Nukem Catches a Plane, as Only Duke Nukem Can

  We understand that many new video games ship with glitches. We (sometimes) forgive them. We also understand that some glitches are features or Easter eggs. We celebrate that, just as we celebrate this glitch from Duke Nukem Forever Duke Nukem Forever – Plane Glitch [YouTube]

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 16, 2011
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  Take Assassin’s Creed, Mass Effect and Other Gaming Greats, add Jedi

  Everyone loves Star Wars. If you don’t love Star Wars, you’re wrong. Some people love Star Wars so much, they want more things to be Star Wars. Forevergeek.com has taken 50 Star Wars Mashups from all over the internet and thoughtfully put them all in one place. Here are the video game tie-ins from their…

  By Jen Schiller Published June 16, 2011
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  A Tiny Bit of News About the Next Animal Crossing

  Katsuya Eguchi, creator of Animal Crossing and producer of the next game in that series, mostly talked to me about Wii U at E3 last week. But surely he had some news about Animal Crossing’s forthcoming 3DS installment? He did! (Not much) “To those Animal Crossing fans,” he said, “I just would like them to…

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 16, 2011
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  Game Club is Back! We’re Playing Shadows of the Damned.

  Kotaku is bringing back the Game Club next month! We’ll be playing next week’s Shadows of the Damned. If you’re planning on playing it, stay tuned and we’ll let you know when we’re going to start playing and how!

  By Mike Epstein Published June 16, 2011
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  Best Unapproved Kotaku Comment of the Day

  “What is with Kotaku lately and all their crying foul about Facebook games not being like? They being payed these days to be mamby pambys?” – submitted by prospective Kotaku commenter CaptainQuenta beneath our story about the circus of E3

  By Stephen Totilo Published June 16, 2011
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  Redbox Game Rentals Are Live

  Starting Friday the denizens of grocery stores, Walmarts and gas stations nationwide can quickly rent video games from kiosks at $2 a day. Ignoring for a second the option to rent by mail through Gamefly, that means a month’s rental will end up running you about the same amount you’d spend on buying the game.…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 16, 2011
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  Yes! That Really is the Head of Activision Acting Opposite Brad Pitt In A Movie

  We were all surprised to discover early this morning a smiling Robert Kotick, Activision Blizzard president, apparently landing his first acting gig opposite Brad Pitt in upcoming sports drama Moneyball It’s not a clever video edit. It’s not a lookalike. Activision confirmed with Kotaku that yes it really is Kotick telling Pitt he can’t have…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 16, 2011
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  What Is Japan’s Fetish This Week? Foreign… Flair

  Someone once told me, “Half-Japanese kids grow up to either be TV celebrities or porn stars.” Flip on television, and there’s half-British male model Joy selling Samurai Road 4 or singer Becky promoting her latest CD single. Turn on a dirty movie, and there’s half-Brazilian actress and Yakuza star Rio getting naked. This isn’t true,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published June 16, 2011
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  You Don’t Have to Play Battlefield 3‘s Silly Pre-order Game to Get Its ‘Physical Warfare Pack’

  Don’t worry, Battlefield fans. You don’t really need to engage in pre-order incentive nonsense for Battlefield 3, at least not if you want the “exclusive” weapons, ammo and add-ons that Electronic Arts is dangling in front of first-person shooter enthusiasts. Earlier this week, Battlefield 3, the other huge military shooter of the fall, did some…

  By Michael McWhertor Published June 16, 2011
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  A Look at Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation in Action

  Here’s our first look at the next map pack coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops. In the video we get a quick walk-through of Annihilation’s four maps: Hangar 18, Drive-In, Silo and Hazard. Hanger 18 takes place in Area 51 and is packed with conspiracy-theory Easter Eggs. There’s a nice mix of close quarter…

  By Brian Crecente Published June 16, 2011
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  Shigeru Miyamoto Wants to Unite Inverted and Un-Inverted Gamers

  During the same Nintendo developer roundtable where we were given a Tanooki suit history lesson, Nintendo godfather Shigeru Miyamoto discussed the new control scheme for Star Fox 64: 3D, and how the they may have provided the solution for a long-standing source of stress for him. Miyamoto’s issue revolves around inverting the game’s Y-axis controls…

  By Mike Epstein Published June 16, 2011