In an interesting interview published by Gamasutra on Friday, Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski gave some advice to Japanese developers: add more multiplayer. “My advice to Japan is that in a disc-based market right now, you cannot [ignore multiplayer],” he said. “I’m not saying tack multiplayer onto every game… there’s a billion different ways…
As Kotaku reported last week, GameStop will indeed be selling Steam codes, the retailer said in a press release today. The program is called Steam Wallet and codes will be available at $20 or $50. You’ll be able to use them to access Steam’s “more than 1,800 titles,” GameStop said. You can buy them in…
Witness Reddit user BansheeIndian’s take on Nintendo’s brawler Super Smash Bros. It’s terrifying. And awesome. Full image below (click to expand): A Smash Bros. Drawing I just finished [Reddit]
Some people believe that Japanese role-playing games are meant to be single-player experiences, enjoyed alone in the dim blue light of your living room during marathon binge sessions involving little to no contact with other human beings. Other people believe that the first group of people are totally boring and that the single-player-only model is…
The only thing better than Segata Sanshiro, Sega’s greatest creation, is when people pay tribute to Segata Sanshiro. Witness this metal cover of Segata Sanshiro’s theme song and weep, my friends. Weep for the greatest mascot in history. Weep for a man who died to protect us. Weep for Segata. Segata Sanshiro – Metal Cover…
Gaming retailer GameStop is cutting down on its inventory, removing PSP games from a quarter of its stores, Kotaku has learned. “The consolidation is occurring to maximize the merchandising space in the smallest 25% of stores,” a GameStop representative told Kotaku. “It will also provide a greater assortment in those stores that will continue to…
Ridiculously fun mobile game Jetpack Joyride is now available for free on Facebook, which means you probably won’t do much work today. Check it out, if you haven’t already. It’s a simple idea, executed brilliantly. Also I totally got to like 5,000 once. Just saying. Jetpack Joyride [Facebook via Gamasutra]
Last week, Kotaku reported strong evidence that at least one of the eight finalists in the million-dollar MLB 2K12 Perfect Game Challenge had used an exploit to substitute weaker batters into the opposing team’s lineup and have an easier time tossing a perfect game during the contest’s qualifying round. If the allegations are true, the…
It appears that Microsoft will not give full refunds to people who purchased the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft, even when they can’t use the game’s biggest new feature. Yesterday, Kotaku reported that in order to use Minecraft‘s local multi-player mode, you need to have a high-definition television. In response to Kotaku‘s request for comment,…
Check out this pretty video of a few artists painting a giant Street Fighter mural at their local sushi shop. It’s neat how a wall can transform from a bunch of amorphous smudges to one hell of a drawing. Street Fighter Mural in Time Lapse [YouTube]
It’s hard not to get all wistful and teary-eyed when you watch these videos of Final Fantasy VI‘s various landmarks, faithfully recreated in Minecraft by builder Felix Trapper and set to glorious Nobuo Uematsu-composed music. The Narshe and Opera videos are particularly impressive (and tear-jerking) if you’ve played Final Fantasy VI. And if you haven’t,…
The next Hitman game will be out on November 20 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, Square Enix said today in a press release. There’s also a preorder-exclusive bonus called Hitman: Sniper Challenge, available only if you preorder the game at a GameStop. Here’s what Square Enix has to say about it: Developed by…
Some people who bought the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft have found themselves unable to use one of its most important features. Unless they feel like buying new televisions. The console version of Minecraft, which launched today on Xbox Live Arcade, offers a unique mechanic that isn’t available on the computer: split-screen multiplayer. You can…
Activision’s new Family Guy game will feature a parody Mass Effect level called “Mass Erect,” according to a source with ties to the game. Update: In a statement to Kotaku, sent after their original statement and after the publication of this story, Activision said none of this content will appear in Family Guy: Back to…
To celebrate Wolfenstein 3D‘s 20th anniversary, here’s a video of programmer John Carmack playing and talking his way through the 1992 first-person shooter. Carmack, the co-founder of Id Software and one of the key programmers behind the Quake and Doom series, has a lot of interesting things to say about the old Nazi-packed shooter (which…
Check out this creepy rendition of Nintendo’s iconic plumber, drawn by tumblr user Wednesday Wolf. It will haunt your dreams forever. (Full image below.) Wednesday Wolf [Tumblr via Dorkly]
This morning, Kotaku video editor Chris Person and I took a trip to New York’s Chinatown Fair, which reopened last Friday following a sudden closure last December. It doesn’t look very much like the old Chinatown Fair. The gaming landmark, once a Mecca for competitive fighting gamers, is now a family-friendly arcade. Still, new owner…
Paul Christoforo, best known as the man who set off an Internet firestorm after a spat with a customer went public last December, has filed a lawsuit against the company he worked for then. He’s going after N-Control CEO David Kotkin, the man who develops a gaming accessory called the Avenger Controller. Christoforo told Kotaku…
Two weeks ago, we reported that Adam Sessler had parted ways with television network G4TV. Today, popular Attack of the Show host Kevin Pereira said he is also leaving the network. [G4TV]
Everyone has a Diablo story. Mine is pretty straightforward. When Diablo II came out in June of 2000, I plopped down on a computer chair in the attic and camped up there for months, ganging up with Internet friends to defeat Mephisto over and over again in hopes that he’d drop something gold and that…
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