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This New 3DS EShop Game Sounds Pretty Fantastic

The Starship Damrey is a video game. It’s for 3DS. It’s out today. It’s called The Starship Damrey.


Warren Spector Sure Wishes Metacritic Was Less Relevant

Add Deus Ex and Epic Mickey creator Warren Spector to the list of people who think the video game industry should stop caring so much about Metacritic.



Behold, From The Depths Of Your Fears: Land Sharks!

Presenting the latest addition to the Monster Hunter gallery o’ monsters: Sharks that can crawl on land.


Now We Can All Be Kitty Girls And Boys In The Old Republic

In case you just hopped on the MMO bandwagon with the release of Star Wars: The Old Republic, it’s not a massively multiplayer party until the anthropomorphic animals arrive. The original EverQuest had the Vah Shir, World of Warcraft has Worgen and now Pandas, and The Old Republic has the Cathar, a race of intergalactic kitty people.


Screw It, I Can’t Wait To Tell You How Good Bombcats Is

Luke Schneider of Radiangames has created some of the coolest bite-sized shooters I’ve played, starting with Xbox Live Indies and then graduating to mobile platforms. Just check out the Radiangames tag here at Kotaku and see how much well-deserved love we’ve given him. Radiangames latest doesn’t hit iOS until tomorrow, but I can’t wait for tomorrow — Bombcats is a mobile physics puzzler that breaks the mould.


This New Pokémon 3DS XL Looks Like Grandma’s Sofa

But that’s okay! Because this Eevee themed 3DS XL is still really cute — and interesting looking.


Among The Sleep Has A Playable Alpha, And It’s Terrifying

First-person horror game/toddler simulator Among the Sleep now has a playable alpha you can try out. It starts out innocently enough, with your mum singing you to sleep, but from there, it goes downhill. Rapidly. Also, their Kickstarter managed to hit its funding goal. Huzzah!


No, Nintendo Didn’t Call Wind Waker’s Tutorials ‘Annoying’

An article floating around the web yesterday claimed that Nintendo had sent them a press release calling Zelda: Wind Waker‘s tutorials “annoying” and sailing “a bit of a chore,” but the Zelda makers tell Kotaku that’s not true.


Did You Know There Are Multiple Video Games Based On The Great Gatsby?

Everyone’s talking about Gatsby: the newest cinematic take on Fitzgerald’s classic drama made big bucks last weekend at the box office despite disappointing reviews.


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