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Telltale Games, the studio behind the critically-acclaimed The Walking Dead game series, is now working on at least one Game of Thrones video game, IGN reports That’s a perfect fit—and undoubtedly cool news to anyone who enjoys the murdery HBO series. IGN says they don’t know when or where the game(s) would be set, but…
Today in Crazy-Ambitious Kickstarters That Might Wind Up Costing Way Too Much And Getting Delayed But Hey They Sure Sound Cool, here’s The Mandate, a game about space. The premise: you’re the captain of a big spaceship, and you have to manage your crew, explore space, fight against other ships, and so forth. Also there’s…
Hello! Here at Kotaku, we’re not just about snacks, toys, and TV shows: sometimes we like to give you long, in-depth looks at the world of video games, too. In fact, we’ve got an entire section for Kotaku longreads, and in case you’ve missed some of them over the past few months and years, here…
If you have ever wanted to pretend to be a lawyer and defend a whale accused of murder, today is the day for you. The ridiculous new DLC for Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies—already a ridiculous game—charges you with investigating an aquarium and getting an orca whale off the hook. This a stand-alone case, live right…
Forget Game of Thrones. Screw the console war. The best part of last night’s South Park—episode two of the Xbox One vs. PS4 saga—was this single clip. I won’t say any more. Just watch it. (South Park spoilers, if you’re concerned about that sort of thing.) You can check out the full episode on South…
Spoilers for tonight’s South Park Poor Steve Ballmer. He’s out of Microsoft in real life, and he’s out of real life in tonight’s South Park, all because he wants to find a little peace in this brutal console war. Tonight’s South Park was part two of what will likely be a trilogy of episodes dedicated…
You can own a copy of Earthbound signed by creator Shigesato Itoi—the website Fangamer is putting up an auction for it on December 1. All proceeds go to James Hensiek, a big Earthbound fan who was recently diagnosed with cancer.
Valve is developing a new service that will allow you to stream games between two computers, and any Steam user can sign up to enter the beta right now. Just head to this Steam groupand sign up for a random shot at getting to test out Valve’s new program. What’s the point of all this?…
On Sunday, Atlus will announce something Persona-related. They’ve been teasing it for a while now, and lots of fans are starting to get stoked that Atlus might finally—finally!—announce Persona 5, the in-development next entry in the wonderful RPG series. Whatever they announce, it probably won’t look like this: This beautiful monstrosity was designed by Twitterer…
Via bookstore Twitter feed WaterstonesDork, here’s a colorful visualization of every single death in George RR Martin’s wonderful fantasy series. Each post-it represents a corpse. George RR Martin is a sick man.
Happy birthday, Half-Life! To celebrate, we all get to buy Black Mesa Black Mesa, the fan-made Half-Life remake that was released last year, has always been a totally free mod, but today, the folks behind the project announced that they’ve got plans to start selling a paid version, too. “Our decision to sell Black Mesa…
When the people behind the new Zelda game decided they wanted to use a top-down camera angle, they realized that looking at Link’s green hat for 20-something hours wouldn’t be all that interesting or pleasant. So they came up with a simple solution: MAKE EVERYTHING SLANTED. Look at that image, you guys. They designed the…
A group of game developers in Austria say someone figured out the password to their PayPal account and used it to buy themselves a bunch of new PlayStation 4s. The folks at Broken Rules, perhaps best known for the recent Wii U game Chasing Aurora, are in the middle of a crowdfunding campaign for their…
It’s no secret that the Vita is a flop. Sony’s powerful handheld has failed to make much of a dent in this brave new world of iPhones and tablets and crushing candy on your daily subway ride to work. The real shame is that the Vita is a great piece of hardware—Sony’s just never been…
We can confirm that as of today, November 18, 2013, the Duke of Cambridge Prince William Arthur Philip Louis does not have a PlayStation 4. Prince William would like a PlayStation 4, but he does not yet have one, for even the Earl of Strathearn is subject to the iron rule of a small human…
On January 15 and 16, Valve is holding a special event. I’m not invited. You’re probably not, either. It’s called “Steam Developer Days,” and it’s a two-day conference designed to showcase Valve’s upcoming living-room-centric PCs, the Steam Machines. During the conference, which will feature guest speakers from companies like AMD, Oculus, and Nvidia, attendees will…
UPDATE (4:01pm) – This afternoon, EA put up a blog post blaming the PS4’s day-one firmware update for “stability issues” affecting games on the new console. Now they’re saying that was a mistake. “The message on EA’s Help site was posted in error,” an EA representative said in an e-mail to Kotaku. “Players with questions…
No Random Encounters today, but feel free to hang out and talk about JRPGs right here. What sort of JRPGs do you want to see on the PlayStation 4?
The first part of Metal Gear Solid V wasn’t always going to be on next-gen consoles—in fact, series creator Hideo Kojima says it could have been a PSP game. Then we might have been waiting even longer between the game’s two parts. Speaking to Kotaku through a translator at the PS4 launch event earlier this…
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