After several false starts, years-in-development StarCraft II finally began closed beta testing. That probably means the game is still on track for release the first half of this year. Probably! More »
To the chagrin of Kotaku, this year’s Tokyo Game Show will be in September. Such a bad idea. But hey, they’ve been doing this show for twenty years. So that must mean they know what they’re doing. More »
Riot Games, the game company behind action role-playing game League of Legends, has signed a deal to get the game distributed in Southeast Asia. That’s good news, but it’s also bad news. Now, it’s more bad news than anything else. More »
Lucky her! Back in July, the city of Derby, UK asked for suggestions for new roads. After getting over 100, the city council narrowed down the choices to eight, including Lara Croft Way. More »
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Here’s the trailer for Star Trek Online’s first major content update, in which the Borg decide to give the whole Borg Queen thing another try, since it worked out so well the last time. More »
This March, action game God of War III comes roaring on to the PS3. Big bosses and graphic pyrotechnics, the game looks big and bad arse. More »
In 2008, Kotaku broke the news that former Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden designer Tomonobu Itagaki left Tecmo and sued the company for unpaid bonuses. More »
DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou Black Label EXTRA, the Xbox 360 port by 5pb, was released with so many bugs that production was halted. It’s 2010, there’s still no patch, and now a game exec writes, “I want to die”. More »
Cutscenes are nice and all, but gameplay is what we want to see. And gameplay is what we will see! More »
This edition of Kotaku Off Topic is definitely not about video games. I mean, there is a Mac at the top of the post, which should make that pretty obvious. More »
