Jason Schreier

727 People Are Playing Black Ops II Online On Wii U Now (And 35 Are Playing Madden)

659 people are playing standard multiplayer and 68 people are playing Zombies mode on Wii U. More than last week For comparison, there are 511,529 people playing standard multiplayer and 124,321 people playing Zombies mode in Black Ops II on Xbox 360. Of course, it’s not fair to directly compare a console that launched last…

Something Tells Me These Wii U Auctions Aren’t Real

Call it a hunch. Call it a journalist’s instinct. There’s just something about these Wii U consoles that seems rather flimsy: Clearly people are hoping to cash in on the Wii U cardboard boom eBay

First Came The Interview About This Unusual Wii U Indie Game, Then Came The Drama

This morning, I saw someone tweet an article called “Gaming Journalism versus Nintendo.” Catchy enough headline. I had to check that one out. The article, written for the website Not Enough Shaders by a writer named Emily Rogers, levied a number of accusations at a large gaming website that was not named. (The article has…

iPad Video Games Just About Killed Homer Simpson Last Night

People like to hate on The Simpsons these days, but I still find Fox’s iconic cartoon show enjoyable, if not always super timely. See: this clip of Homer discovering iPad games, from the episode that aired last night. If you missed last night’s, Hulu has new Simpsons eps on a regular basis. It should be…

Show Us The JRPGs You’re Most Thankful For

As I write this, turkey is trying to burst out of my stomach, the Jets are embarrassing themselves on national television, and I’m using Persona 4 to distract me from the pain of both. Thanksgiving is great. So in the spirit of this wonderful, gluttonous holiday, let’s take some time to celebrate the genre of…

Here’s A Trailer For The Enhanced Edition of Baldur’s Gate

Happy Thanksgiving! Take a trailer for the upcoming remake of one of the greatest RPGs ever made. After some big delays, Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition should be out next Wednesday for PC (and somewhere around then for iPad as well). For more on the new enhancements coming in this edition of the iconic game, check…

In a fascinating interview with RPS, Peter Molyneux talks about over-promising, Curiosity, and his new Kickstarter.

Want To Be A Better Surgeon? Play Video Games.

This is rather interesting: a study floating around over the past few days (and documented in the above video) concludes that in a simulation of surgery, high schoolers who play video games regularly do as well—and sometimes better—than actual surgeon residents. But wait! Don’t stop reading and immediately yell at your children to stop studying…

Sleeping Dogs, Kingdom Hearts Discounted For Square Enix’s Black Friday

Sleeping Dogs for $30! Dead Island for $10! Kingdom Hearts 3D for $20! Like everyone else in the world, Square Enix is holding a Black Friday sale this weekend. From tomorrow through Monday, you’ll be able to buy a bunch of their games online at some decent discounts. Here’s the promo image (looking super pixelated…

Steam’s Autumn Sale Has Begun

Happy Thanksgiving! Time to stuff your turkey with cheap PC games. The Steam Autumn Sale begins right now. Looks like you can get Darksiders II for $16.99, X-COM for $33.49, and The Walking Dead for $12.49. And then there are the daily flash sales, and the indie sales (Torchlight II for $15! Mark of the…

We Have Successfully Convinced Harmonix To Add Call Me Maybe To Rock Band

Call Me Maybe. Rock Band. Next Tuesday. $1.99 Thank you for your support, Kotaku. Today is not just a historical day for Rock Band, or for Carly Rae Jepsen, or for indecisive phonecallers. It’s a historical day for all of us.

Survey: Kids Want Wii U More Than iPhones

Kids! They are crazy. We all know this. But what do they want for Christmas? Children are asking their parents for computers, iPads, and the Wii U, according to a new survey conducted by the folks at Nielsen Check out the charts: Possible conclusions we can draw here: 1. Kids want the Wii U more…

The Brooklyn Nets’ Brook Lopez talks about his love for Sega Genesis games and Sonic the Hedgehog

Blizzard Black Friday Begins Now: StarCraft II For $20; Diablo III For $40

Here’s Blizzard’s Black Friday sale, which starts not on Black Friday, but RIGHT NOW. StarCraft II for $20, Diablo III for $40. (With the amount of content in StarCraft II, by the way, that first one is pretty much a steal—I’ve probably sent several hundred hours playing SC2 online over the past two years.) If…

Here’s The Trailer For The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia

I didn’t know books had trailers now, but hey. At least there’s no dubstep. The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia is a hardcover tome chock full o’ concept art, Zelda history, and the OFFICIAL ZELDA TIMELINE. It looks pretty damn cool. For more on Hyrule Historia—created as part of a partnership between Nintendo and Dark…

Here’s A Stunning Minecraft Re-Creation Of Final Fantasy VII‘s Midgar

Earlier this year we showed off someone’s great Minecraft re-creation of Final Fantasy VII‘s iconic city Midgar This one might be better. Kotaku reader Jason sends in these pics from the Minecraft FF7 map he’s been working on (which you can find over at Aegis Gaming). Behold, enjoy, and shake your head at just how…

The Last Story Sold Super Well, And Now It’s Only $30

Remember how Nintendo wasn’t going to release The Last Story in the United States, even though it’s an awesome role-playing game and the Wii was barren for two whole years? Remember how XSEED came in and scored a publishing deal just by asking for the game late last year? Well it looks like XSEED made…

Steam’s Autumn Sale Starts Tomorrow, According To One Developer

Get your wallets ready. There’s a Steam sale starting tomorrow and running until November 27, according to Tamás Bakó, CEO of the team behind Secret of the Magic Crystals The winter sale, Bakó says, will run from December 20 to January 4. Just in case you don’t spend enough money on holiday gifts and Steam…

When The Wii U Crashes, It Sounds Like A Vuvuzela

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. This is horrible. Kotaku reader vipeness sent in this video, which shows his Wii U hard-locking and crashing during a game of Nintendo Land It seems to be happening to a bunch of other people too Vipeness isn’t too dismayed, though: “Booted the system right up and tried it again and it worked just…

Final Fantasy XIV Will Get Marriage, But Not Gay Marriage (At Least For Now)

When Final Fantasy XIV relaunches as Final Fantasy XIV: Let’s Pretend This Game Didn’t Happen A Realm Reborn in the near future, the people behind it plan to add a whole bunch of new features. One of those features, to be added in a future patch, is marriage. The traditional version, with men and women…