Mike Fahey

TrainStation Hops the Rails From Facebook to Mobile

The best rail management simulation on Facebook is looking to become the best rail management sim on iOS and Android, as Pixel Federation prepares to send a freshly repainted TrainStation to iOS and Android in the first half of 2013. TrainStation lets players build stations, create and manage a fleet of locomotives and explore the…

I Assure You This is a Fully Armed and Armored Female Berserker Statue

True story—during my time playing En Masse Entertainment’s MMO Tera, my guild and I were attempting to recreate the trailer for the film 300 in-game for some silly reason. When it came time to capture video for the Oracle scene, we went with a series of sultry and mildly demonic Castanic females dancing by a…

Mad Catz Plans to Create Mobile Gaming Controllers. And Mice. And Keyboards. And Headsets.

Power A has the MOGA. Nyko has its PlayPad. Steel Series has gone Free. Everybody’s trying to get into the mobile gaming controller market, looking to deliver a game pad solution that all game developers can embrace. Mad Catz isn’t just building a mobile game pad. They’re creating a universal Bluetooth technology initiative called GameSmart…

Christmas Was Very, Very Good to Angry Birds

Of the estimated 17.4 million new Android and Apple phones and tablets unwrapped on Christmas day, nearly half snagged a copy of Rovio’s bird-powered physics puzzler. It sure pays to be nearly synonymous with mobile gaming, doesn’t it? Using statistics gathered by Flurry.com, Rovio celebrates another year of Angry Birds success. 2012 saw the launch…

Razer Sabertooth Elite Xbox 360 Controller: The Kotaku Review

In 2010 Razer introduced the Onza, an Xbox 360 controller with enough extra bells and whistles to get it banned from Major League Gaming tournament play. Expect the same treatment for the Sabertooth, a refinement of the Onza that adds even more bells while removing select whistles. It’s not about cheating; it’s about versatility. When…

Noah’s Ark is Much More Menacing With Explosives and Teeth

The Book of Genesis tells the story of Noah and his Ark, the God-contracted vessel built to contain all the species of the world during the pressing of the holy reset button. While I’m only vaguely familiar with the tale, I’m pretty sure I would have remembered the Ark having evil chomping teeth that spit…

What Do the Ten Top Grossing iPhone Games of 2012 Have in Common? They’re All Free.

For every overpriced Final Fantasy re-release on iTunes there are dozens of free-to-play social games, refugees from a slowly fading Facebook love affair with microtransaction-driven casual titles finding new sources of revenue in the fertile mobile market. In this year’s list of the top grossing iOS games and apps (available within iTunes), the free-to-play game…

From Casual to Hardcore Gamer in 10 Easy Steps (or 40 Years)

While the folks at the iTunes gaming division might have trouble rooting out copycat games, what they excel at is making lists. In creating a list of ten games that can take a mobile gamer from casual to hardcore, those Apple list-builders have created a mini history of gaming in portable form. The Apple list…

Why Far Cry 3 Should Be Game of the Year

Far Cry 3 should not be my nomination for 2012 game of the year. I’m not a huge fan of first-person shooters. While I appreciate the technical accomplishment of the first two games in the series I’ve not felt compelled to complete either. I felt absolutely no excitement leading up to the third installment’s late…

The Final Week in Gaming Apps of 2012

It’s been a good run, but this is it: our final collection of worthwhile mobile games and Gaming Apps of the Day of the year. If this were a television show I’d cut to a montage right about now. Yep, still not a television show. Instead I’m stuck telling you about the games I’ve played…

How Do You Make a Zombie Apocalypse Kid-Friendly? Ice Cream, Of Course

A few years back I played a little Wii game called Cold Stone Creamery: Scoop It Up, and advertainment piece that involved assembling ice cream cones for random customers passing by a storefront. Thefty Jack’s Zombie I Scream is pretty much the same thing. Well, except your customers are undead and somehow the U.S. government…

I envy Android gamers playing Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery for the first time. It’s $1.99 on Google Play right now.

TegraZone Looks So Much Sexier in Windows RT

I’m so used to writing about Tegra-powered Android devices that I’d completely overlooked Windows tablets and laptops powered by Nvidia’s game-enhancing mobile processor. The blocky Windows RT TegraZone app is here to remind me. Along with adopting Microsoft’s deep abiding love for squares and rectangles, the TegraZone app of Windows RT collects a number of…

I’m Only a Dog Person When the Dogs Are Solving Crimes

I’ve always favored cats over dogs. Cats clean themselves. Cats do not require action on my part in order to use the bathroom. Cats have an intelligent look about them, so when they do stupid things it’s even more hilarious. I feel cats are superior to dogs in all ways but one—dogs make better detectives.…

Take Over the World One RPG Dungeon at a Time

Every corner of this dirty little ball we live on has been mapped and uploaded to the internet. Now it’s time to play with it. Life is Magic gives players the chance to team up and take over a fantasy version of the real world, one city at a time. Once you choose one of…

Facebook’s Favorite Games of 2012

There are what Kotaku thinks are the best games on Facebook, and then there are the games Facebook’s game curators and players think are the most playable pieces on the social network. I find their lack of Robot Rising disturbing. For the most part the official Facebook list contains the usual suspects. There’s a couple…

Touch Detective on Android, What Took You So Long?

After a highly successful stint on iOS, the stylish 2006 Nintendo DS game Touch Detective finally lands on Android. If anyone needs me I’ll be playing it all day. KotakuMobile is your one-stop shop for all of Kotaku’s Android, iOS and Windows Phone 8 game coverage. Follow @KotakuMobile on Twitter and stalk us on Facebook

This is Not an App, But You Should Play With It Anyway

Keri Smith’s This is Not an App is, as the title suggests, not an app. It’s an interactive exploration of everything an Android or iOS app can be when guided by your hands. Is it a recording device? A secret? A dream journal? A dare? Yes, but it’s more than that. Just as Smith’s popular…

Dungeon Rampage‘s Red Ranger Has Anger Issues

One of those hardcore social games, Dungeon Rampage shows off just how hard it can get with this trailer for the new Red Ranger skin and its festive bonus outfit. To tell the truth, I like this video mainly because it reminds me of what Christmas is like at my mother’s house, only instead of…

You Might Have Missed the Five Coolest Indie Mobile Games of 2012

Earlier this year the folks that brought us IndieDB and ModDB launched SlideDB, a site dedicated to giving indie mobile game developers a means to reach players beyond showing up on the iTunes or Google Play top charts. It’s given attention to games that otherwise might have been lost in the crowd—games like Dream of…