I appeared on College Humor's Nerd Alert show yesterday in order to make the other people on the show seem funnier.

The PSP2 is finally here. Sony revealed its brand new PlayStation Portable at an event in Tokyo today, giving us our first official look at the PlayStation maker's next bold foray into handheld gaming. Here are the first details.

Nintendo's glasses-free 3D portable gaming system will hit the US on March 27 for $US249.99

After months of speculation, Nintendo has today revealed the launch date for the new 3DS handheld at a press conference in Tokyo.

As all stores located on Army and Air Force bases will no longer be allowed to sell Electronic Arts' upcoming military shooter Medal of Honor, because an aspect of the game includes playable Taliban characters.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops' new Wager Matches are free-form game modes designed to be "adrenaline junkie fun," Treyarch Design Director David Vonderhaar told a gathering of press tonight.

This is a first for Kotaku.

Valve's Gabe Newell appeared at Sony's E3 press conference to say Steam is coming to the PlayStation Network, and Portal 2 will be available for the PS3 on the same day it releases for Xbox 360 and PC.

Kid Icarus' long awaited return was revealed today by Nintendo; he will star in Kid Icarus Uprising a title designed specifically for the new Nintendo 3DS.

Microsoft unveiled its smaller, sleeker Xbox 360 design, packing a 250GB hard drive and built-in wireless-n. Microsoft's Don Mattrick said it will be in stores by the end of the week, and will still cost $US299.

The Nintendo 3DS will have a 3D camera, two differently-designed screens, a tilt sensor and will be significantly more powerful than current handhelds, according to sources familiar with the system's development kit.

2K Sports just confirmed to CNBC that Michael Jordan, as rumoured earlier, will be featured on the cover of NBA 2K11. Asked how Jordan would appear in the game, 2K said only that there will be "some really good surprises".

ESPN, citing multiple unnamed sources, says 2K Sports is pursuing basketball's greatest player ever, Michael Jordan, for the cover of NBA 2K11 and may have plans to feature him as a playable character in the game.

Blizzard isn't in the habit of handing out release dates until it's good and ready, so when they say StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty will be hitting store shelves worldwide in late July, they damn well mean it.

The legality of a state regulating the sale and rental of violent video games to minors will be decided finally by the US Supreme Court this year, the justices decided today.

Marvel Vs Capcom 3 is official, with at least 30 characters and a 2011 release date for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Capcom confirmed last week.

Intrigue, backstabbing, secret messages and double agents: Reading the world's largest game publisher's counter-suit against the top people in charge of creating the biggest video game franchise in history is like dropping into one of their Modern Warfare video games.

How does the Apple iPad size up to other popular portable devices, gaming and otherwise? We've compiled a sizing chart that compares the iPad to items with similar functions, which could have folks digging out their old Etch-A-Sketches.

Speaking with Japanese newspaper the Asahi Shimbun, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata was quoted about the DS handheld's successor. Nintendo has since claimed that Iwata's comments were "misrepresented". That newspaper has fired back, saying its reporting was indeed accurate.