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Valve’s Next Dota Tournament Has One Hell Of A Payout
$2,019,002. That’s the current prize pool for 2013’s Dota 2 International tournament, which will be held this August in Seattle. It’s a massive payout—the biggest single-event prize pool in the history of competitive gaming—and it’s only possible because of crowdfunding. See, Valve is sellingInteractive Compendiums for their big event; for $10 you get an interactive…
By Jason Schreier Published May 16, 2013 -
This New 3DS eShop Game Sounds Pretty Fantastic
The Starship Damrey is a video game. It’s for 3DS. It’s out today. It’s called The Starship Damrey That’s about all we know about this new Level-5 product, and the creators want to keep it that way: the point, they say, is to keep us on our toes, like back in the NES days when…
By Jason Schreier Published May 16, 2013 -
Warren Spector Sure Wishes Metacritic Was Less Relevant
Add Deus Ex and Epic Mickey creator Warren Spector to the list of people who think the video game industry should stop caring so much about Metacritic. In his column for GamesIndustry.biz this week, Spector goes after Metacritic, a website that aggregates review scores for movies and video games and ranks them with a single…
By Jason Schreier Published May 16, 2013 -
Looks Like EA Is Making A New Online Game Called Dawngate
Ahh, the video game industry, where people come up with names by smashing random words together. Today’s entry: Dawngate It looks like EA didn’t mean to announce Dawngate just yet, as they haven’t, well, announced it, but Kotaku columnist Superannuation discovered that the Dawngate website is up and running nonetheless. Dawngate is a MOBA—that is…
By Jason Schreier Published May 16, 2013 -
No, Nintendo Didn’t Call Wind Waker‘s Tutorials ‘Annoying’
An article floating around the web yesterday claimed that Nintendo had sent them a press release calling Zelda: Wind Waker‘s tutorials “annoying” and sailing “a bit of a chore,” but the Zelda makers tell Kotaku that’s not true. Yesterday, the website Operation Rainfall—a blog originally formed as a fan campaign to petition that Nintendo bring…
By Jason Schreier Published May 15, 2013 -
Did You Know There Are Multiple Video Games Based On The Great Gatsby?
Everyone’s talking about Gatsby: the newest cinematic take on Fitzgerald’s classic drama made big bucks last weekend at the box office despite disappointing reviews So this seems like a good week to remind you that there have been a couple of different Great Gatsby video games over the past few years. In 2010, there was…
By Jason Schreier Published May 14, 2013 -
This Game Looks Quiet, Beautiful, And Absolutely Fascinating
This is The Novelist, an upcoming indie game by veteran designer Kent Hudson. It looks kind of amazing. I’ll let Hudson explain the concept, via his website: The Novelist asks one central question: can you achieve your dreams without pushing away the people you love? The game focuses on Dan Kaplan, a novelist struggling to…
By Jason Schreier Published May 13, 2013 -
Why Yes, I Do Want Another Incredible Machine
People who gamed on PCs during the ancient 90s may remember The Incredible Machine, a wonderful series in which you could construct all sorts of strange Rube Goldberg contraptions out of springs and ramps and balls. It’s back! Sort of. Contraption Maker, a spiritual successor created by some of the people behind the TIM games…
By Jason Schreier Published May 13, 2013 -
The Next Phoenix Wright Will Hit The West This Fall [UPDATE]
Ace Attorney 5 will get the ridiculous title Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies for the West, and it’ll be out on 3DS as a digital release this fall. That’s right, a digital release. Hope you’ve got a big SD card: Phoenix Wright’s new adventure ain’t coming on a cartridge, according to Capcom’s announcement…
By Jason Schreier Published May 13, 2013 -
What’s Up With This ‘Xbox Infinity’ Stuff?
Maybe you’ve seen the name “Xbox Infinity” floating around on the Internet this week. Maybe you’ve been wondering just what people are talking about. Don’t worry: we’re here to help. Let’s address some Frequently Asked Questions. Is that the real logo for the next Xbox? Nope. It’s a Photoshop by a Redditor named C-Ron So…
By Jason Schreier Published May 10, 2013 -
How To Break Final Fantasy IV
Have you ever wanted to make Rydia beat herself up? No? Well you might enjoy this anyway. Last year on Random Encounters, we learned how to break Final Fantasy VI. Today, I’m going to show you how to take apart one of its Super Nintendo predecessors, Final Fantasy IV (the one with Cecil and Golbez).…
By Jason Schreier Published May 10, 2013 -
StarCraft‘s Most Controversial Player Got Kicked Off His Team
Greg “IdrA” Fields, a professional StarCraft player well-known in the community for getting way too angry when he loses games, was booted from his team Evil Geniuses yesterday. Evil Geniuses, one of the biggest and most successful groups in the world of competitive video gaming, gave IdrA the boot for a comment he made on…
By Jason Schreier Published May 10, 2013 -
Want to own what could be the last physical PSP game released in the United States? The folks at Gaijinworks are taking pre-orders for Class of Heroes 2, and that’s the only way to get a physical copy. (Although if you want the game and don’t care about holding the disc, a digital copy will…
By Jason Schreier Published May 9, 2013 -
Final Fantasy X-2 Sure Looks Pretty In High Definition
I’ve always thought Final Fantasy X-2 was rather underrated by the Internet At Large. Square’s FFX sequel always got a bad rap because of the whole “pop group” thing, but the class-based combat system was actually kind of brilliant, and I dug revisiting the minigame-filled world of Spira to see how things had changed. Of…
By Jason Schreier Published May 9, 2013 -
The Studio Behind Aliens: Colonial Marines Just Laid Off Its Staff
TimeGate, best known for developing Section 8 and Aliens: Colonial Marines, may be no more. Kotaku has learned from two sources that the troubled studio laid off its staff today. Everyone was sent home early, according to one source. TimeGate had been facing financial issues for quite some time now. The company filed for bankruptcy…
By Jason Schreier Published May 9, 2013 -
Reviews
Super Mario World: The Kotaku Review
Super Mario World, which is a game about a plumber riding a dinosaur, is filled with rules that make absolutely no sense. For example, if you—and by “you” I mean the character you inhabit, Mario the plumber—jump on something dangerous, it will kill you, unless you are big, or wearing a costume, or riding a…
By Jason Schreier Published May 9, 2013
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