Sim game Cities XL is now in beta. Kotaku readers have been vying to join the beta test all week. Here are the lucky final 20 winners. More »
In the absence of a high definition Nintendo console – or even new Starfox games, for that matter – some fans have taken matters into their own hands, and are building a new Starfox game: Shadows of Lylat. More »
While the game was announced earlier in the week in Japanese mag Famitsu, Valkyria Chronicle’s website wasn’t due to open until today. Now that it’s open, we’ve got our first screens of the PSP sequel. More »
I walked away from my Mafia II demo at E3 pretty impressed with what the guys at 2K were doing with the series. Now it seems that demo has been released to the public, so let’s see what you think. More »
Ken Levine designed BioShock, but he’s not involved with BioShock 2. He and his team are working on another title, a very “ambitious” title. More »
The Inky’s video games blogger professes his love of “fake realism” but thinks the NVGs being offered with Modern Warfare 2′s “Prestige Edition” are akin to “giving away a free race car with Gran Turismo.” More »
While there’s always been a lot of chatter surrounding the possibility of Microsoft entering the handheld gaming space, Microsoft themselves have always been rather evasive on the subject. Which is why these comments from Shane Kim are so surprising. More »
It’s not a family tree – a) that would be too large and b) it assumes games mate and produce offspring. This is a family line, showing all Mario games, by generation, with their siblings. More »
When Earth Day rolled around, an army of Kotaku tipsters pointed out the Triforce from The Legend of Zelda‘s cameo in Google’s holiday logo. Turns out that’s happened more than once. A lot more than once. More »
