The creators of action-role-playing game Armed Heroes Online have denied allegations that they ripped off Torchlight‘s art assets, taking to the Touch Arcade forums today to call the claims “untenable.” Over the weekend, Runic Games President Travis Baldree pointed out that Armed Heroes Online had stolen a large number of art assets from his company’s…
I know what you’re thinking. “Boy, I wish I could use my iPad to control my Xbox 360.” What’s that? You’re not thinking that at all? You just want to play video games? You don’t care about ridiculous control schemes or hardware gimmicks? Well okay then. At least this one’s free: Microsoft released a new…
Star Wars: The Old Republic executive producer Rich Vogel has left developer BioWare amid a wave of layoffs, Gamasutra reports today. Rumors have also been swirling on Twitter and message boards that other staff at BioWare Austin, the studio behind The Old Republic, have been laid off as well. This could be part of a…
Would you play a Firefly game with first-person gun fights? Or Mass Effect-esque dialogue trees? Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski, who says he’d love to turn Firefly into a video game, has some interesting ideas for a hypothetical game based on the beloved sci-fi franchise. He even chatted with Firefly creator Joss Whedon this…
Are giant video game publishers a force for evil? Do they only care about money? What’s up with all that day-one DLC? We’ve got a real-life insider from a large gaming publisher here on Kotaku today to answer all of your nasty (and nice) questions about the world of video games. Since our insider would…
Konami has denied rumors that Metal Gear Solid 5 was revealed at San Diego Comic Con this past weekend, calling them fake on its UK Twitter account today. Earlier this morning, some Redditors claimed that Konami had announced the fifth installment in its popular stealth-action series during Comic Con, posting the above image as proof.…
Thanks to a Daily Deal over at the Steam Summer Sale, popular role-playing game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is $30 for the next half-day. You can also get a ton of Bethesda games for only $50. [Steam]
I’ve always thought that football and RPGs had a lot in common. Here’s proof. (Thanks, Peter!)
The next Gears of War game is coming this March, Epic said during a panel at Comic Con today. Gears of War: Judgment will be a prequel to the first game in the third-person shooter series. It will feature franchise characters Baird and Cole. It’ll be out on March 19, 2013 for Xbox 360. The…
If you’ve played Final Fantasy VI, you’ve probably seen some weird glitches. Maybe you killed a boss by casting the spells Vanish and X-Zone. Maybe you realized that certain stats don’t actually work as advertised. Or maybe you used Relm’s Sketch ability on an invisible enemy and accidentally wiped out your Super Nintendo cartridge. Oops.…
Latest gossip in the “Vivendi might be selling Activision” rumors that’ve been floating around comes courtesy Bloomberg, which reports today that Vivendi’s search is off to a slow start. Previous rumors had pegged Microsoft, Tencent, and Nexon as potential buyers.
There’s an exciting new video game console on the horizon. It’s called Ouya. It doesn’t exist yet, though over 34,000 Kickstarter backers have opened their wallets to ensure that it will. Ouya has made all of its money—over $4 million during its first 48 hours on Kickstarter—on three major selling points: 1. It will only…
Here’s the first Japanese TV spot for Dragon Quest X, the next game in Square Enix’s mammoth series that will be out for Wii on August 2. No word on a U.S. release yet. This will be the first Dragon Quest that is also a massively multiplayer online RPG. Want more footage? You can watch…
When Nintendo’s upcoming 3DS XL was first revealed to the public a few weeks ago, most gamers had one question: Where the hell is the second analog stick? It only seemed natural that the 3DS’s successor would ship with a right thumb-stick to accompany the left one. After all, a dual-joystick setup is typically the…
This is the first trailer for Mass Effect: Paragon Lost, an animated Mass Effect 3 prequel starring James Vega (voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr.). Paragon Lost is a collaboration between BioWare and Production I.G., the Japanese anime house behind Innocence, the animation sequences in Kill Bill, and the introductions to many of the Tales role-playing…
According to NPD data, the 3DS has sold five million systems in the U.S. since it launched in March, 2011, Nintendo said today. Nintendo will release a new version of the system, the 3DS XL, on August 19.
This is the intro to Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, slated for a November 18 release on Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, and Wii. I think I’ve watched it like ten times already. I hope all of the game’s musical productions are this good.
Get your wallets out. Valve’s annual Steam Summer Sale is here, and with it comes a deluge of ridiculous sales on excellent games. But the wilderness of wonderful discounts can be tough to navigate. Don’t worry: we’re here to help. The staff of Kotaku has put together a list of 10 games you should totally…
Coins. Costumes. Collections. Yep, this new trailer proves that New Super Mario Bros. 2 sure is a Mario game. Looks cool. And Mario-like. New Super Mario Bros. 2 is out for 3DS on August 19.
Here’s a confession: I’m a sucker for awesome Minecraft projects. Particularly the ones that recreate great RPGs or stunning worlds So I got a serious kick out of this blocky version of Chrono Trigger‘s Millennial Fair, created by Kotaku reader DarkScryPrime. DarkScryPrime says he used mods like RedPower 2 to construct the project, which even…
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