In a surprise twist marking my return to the site and consequent reclaiming of The Week in Gaming Apps round up, only two of this week's apps are physics puzzlers, and hey, one is not an iOS game! More »

What's happened in the business of video games this past week... QUOTE | "Push out the lifespan of PS3." - DFC Intelligence analyst David Cole responds to rumors that Sony is actually preparing to unveil and PlayStation 4 sometime next year. STAT | $4.27 million – How much Sony CEO Howard... More »

Yuji Naka, former head of Sonic Team where he was responsible for many Sonic the Hedgehog games, hasn't given up on the Wii. He has a new fishing game, Family Fishing, in the works, complete with its own unique controller. In development at Naka's new studio Prope, Family Fishing is more than just... More »

Artist Fergus Robinson brings the beautiful Triforce and adventurous Link to life in his top notch Zelda fan art illustration. Related Rampage: Link The Triforce by Fergus Robinson / Fergus (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? More »

If you ask us, Portal 2 is a great game. However, a few weeks after its release we took a look at its Steam Achievements and discovered that only half of its players had actually finished the game—and we also found that even less had played any of the game's co-op campaign. We decided to... More »

It's a perfect time to catch up on new releases and backlogged titles, now that the video game industry is going on what amounts to summer break. Perfect time for me to play Shadows of the Damned, I say. And so I shall, finally taking the shrinkwrap off Grasshopper Manufacture's game this weekend... More »

Some people go to the San Diego Comic-Con for the latest news on their favorite comic books, television shows, and movies. Some go to hobnob with the stars, or show off their latest cosplay masterpiece. More »

Hate Farmville, CityVille and all of its billions of pestering, needy fans? There's a simple way to get rid of the company that makes those games: Kill Facebook. Buried in Zynga's mammoth digital registration filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which could lead to injecting a... More »

Jon Stewart fumbles the ball on his take down of the Supreme Court's decision to rule that video games are protected speech this week, forgetting that he's living in the same glass house. Ironically, Stewart uses the very graphic video game images he thinks should be criminalized, on a television... More »

In this behind-the-scenes video for Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the Eidos Montreal development explores the world festering beneath the glow of amber lights, where humanity is in danger of losing itself and freedom fighters struggle to protect the last bastions of green lighting effects.

At a tournament in 2004, facing near-certain defeat, Street Fighter player Daigo Umehara turned back a hurricane of an attack from another top player Justin Wong. More »

The people who make FarmVille, CityVille and Empires & Allies think their company's stock will be worth at least $1 billion when they go public. The New York Times thinks the company's value could go up to $20 billion. More »

Before the cellophane came off your freshly shipped copy of 1985's Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment Center, Mario was already one life in the hole. More »

Being a Bounty Hunter in Star Wars: The Old Republic takes more than just scrounging up a missile-firing backpack and avoiding sarlacc pits. It's also about choosing whether you want to become a Mercenary or a Powertech when you grow up. More »

The game makers behind mega Facebook games Farmville, CityVille and Mafia Wars today filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission to take Zynga public in hopes of raising $1 billion. The billion dollar price tag, though, could change once bankers determine the true value of shares and... More »

After triumphant releases on the Android platform for the first two games in its retro role-playing series, Gamevil delivers the third and beefiest installment of Zenonia to the Android Market for the low price of completely free. More »

Retro Game Master has a new home in North America, streamed live on Kotaku every week at 8 p.m. eastern. But what if you miss it? Don't worry, we've got your back. More »

Someone needs to "fix" this so the soon to be angry bird starts off in a mailbox. [Reddit]

What's a fan of strategy games supposed to do when all around him or her there's news of delayed tactics/strategy games, metamorphosized strategy games and, well, not a whole lot to be cheerful about? More »

There's been much talk lately about the Predator Drone and how using it to take out enemies from a distance is like playing a video game. This sudden increase in Drone buzz may have something to do with the Paris Air show where a number of UAV are on display by a bunch of different companies, one... More »

It has been decided. The TAY image for July shall be Jacques-Louis David's masterpiece (and apparent Kotaku reader favorite) "The Death of Socrates". Although we don't know the exact date of Socrates' death, there's a one in 12 chance that he died in what we now know as July, making the timing... More »

Development of the People's Liberation Army video game, soon to be used to train China's armed forces, seems to be coming along nicely since last we heard about it. In this video we get a look at how the first-person shooter will work, and how it was developed. More »

One man's random pile of wood, pulleys, cables, and motors is another man's giant mechanical rabbit capable of projecting a marble into a tiny blue box from a mile away. More »

Nice To Meet Cha | OSAKA, JAPAN: Even Shinya Arino's business card, which I got a few years back, says "Kacho". (Photo: Brian Ashcraft) The Zelda Game of My Dreams Reddit user thepixelartist, who is a "professional 3D artist" by trade, has taken the raw game files included with The Legend of Zelda: More »

There will be no more official Lara Croft girls. After having flesh-and-blood Tomb Raider spokesmodels, Eidos is ditching the fan service and focusing on creating a realistic in-game Lara Croft. More »

Today, the South Korea GRB (Game Rating Board) apparently approved Crysis for the Xbox 360. Crysis has not been released on the Xbox 360. It's a Windows-only title. More »

On July 2, Animate is opening its latest super store in Shinjuku. If you've never been to an Animate, they're like hypermarts. For otaku. This latest Animate is no exception, with its four floors packed with anime, manga, and game goods. More »

Mike McCarthy, of Lionhead Studios, has for many a year now been working on the Fable series, bringing us some of the weirdest and most wonderful characters going around. In a world where angry bald space marines are the norm, and brown and grey the extent of most colour palettes, Fable's bright,... More »

Massively-multiplayer game Age of Conan has just jumped on the bandwagon and is releasing a free-to-play version. For those wondering, the existing, paid version is going nowhere, with free players given the option of upgrading should the fancy take them. One day, our grandchildren will laugh at... More »

Reddit user thepixelartist, who is a "professional 3D artist" by trade, has taken the raw game files included with The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker and turned them into something so glorious I'm getting dizzy just looking at them. Inspired by user 50CALBR's earlier efforts, he's got the game's... More »

This is Bowie's "Space Oddity" via Star Fox. With puppets!

The box art for 3DS game Nintendogs + Cats looks similar to the box art for Nintendogs. Make that looked. According to Japanese website Famicom Plaza, Nintendo said that the change was made to differentiate the two games. More »

There comes a point in every hardware cycle where the PC, thanks to its ability to be constantly updated, begins to pull ahead. Do things a console shooter can't do. More »

Last week we brought you the sad story of chiptune artist Andy Baio and his run in with the legal system over an album cover. Opponents of current copyright laws will no doubt then get a smile out of this. An anonymous sponsor in New York City paid people to put up posters of the album cover on the... More »