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Six Video Game Reviewers Team Up To Take On Dragon’s Dogma

It takes a strong party of adventurers to take down a dragon, but an even stronger party to dissect a game as massive as Capcom’s ambitious action role-playing game Dragon’s Dogma. Do these six brave heroes have what it takes?


April 10, 2012
News

All The Awesome Stuff We Saw At PAX East This Weekend

PAX East 2012 is no more. Legions of gamers have returned to their nests. Boston is finally at peace. But for three days, the US east coast morphed into a cosplay-stuffed playground for all things gaming, a wonderful wonderland of Mass Effect characters and developers who look like cats.


December 20, 2011
PlayStation

The Japanese PlayStation Vita Launch From Lining Up To Stripping Down

Over the weekend Sony unleashed the next evolution of portable gaming on Japan, and Kotaku was there. Here’s our complete coverage of the Japanese PlayStation Vita launch, from queuing up to booting up and beyond.


November 10, 2011
Nintendo

Super Mario 3D Land Has Game Reviewers Loving The Extra Dimension

Up until now the best first-party Nintendo game on the 3DS was a remake of a 13-year-old Zelda game. If anyone can steal Link’s place at the top of the charts, it’s a fat Italian plumber.


October 26, 2011
PC

The Battlefield 3 Reviews We Can Find Are Pretty Positive

Normally on the day after the review embargo for a major video game release is up sites like Metacritic are flooded with fresh opinions waiting to be woven together into one of Kotaku‘s Frankenreviews. Not so with Battlefield 3.


October 25, 2011
PlayStation

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Isn’t Fooling Game Reviewers

On November 1, Nathan Drake ventures into the hidden depths of the Earth to capture the most elusive treasure he’s ever sought — the heart of game reviewers everywhere.


September 6, 2011
PC

New Multiplayer Details, Sumo Wrestling, And The Price Of Being Elite: All The News From Call Of Duty XP

Badges awarded at Call of Duty XP give an idea of the activities that expo attendees enjoyed over the weekend. Kotaku spent the past two days the inaugural gathering for fans of Activision’s combat shooter, where the publisher revealed more details about the premium Call of Duty Elite subscription, we spent time with the game’s multiplayer offerings, and everyone gazed at a massive display of firearms. All that and more is here for you now.


June 2, 2011
News

The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable

Making small talk with your pot dealer sucks. Buying cocaine can get you shot. What if you could buy and sell drugs online like books or light bulbs? Now you can: Welcome to Silk Road.


May 8, 2011
In Real Life

The Best Videos Of The Week

Maybe you couldn’t keep up with your favourite Gawker Media sites this week. Or perhaps you could just use something fun to do this afternoon. Well, whatever the reason, we’ve got your prescription: Here are some of the best videos we watched during the crazy, post-bin Laden week that was.


March 5, 2011
News

Video Gaming’s Future, In Three Acts

Friday at the Game Developers Conference found Kotaku’s newshounds still hard at work in the city by the bay, getting their hands and eyes on everything being discussed and displayed at the year’s first major games industry conference.