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Here’s A Bunch of Shit That Zelda Fans Say
I don’t know how many Zelda fans actually say any of this, but this Shit Zelda Fans Say video is kind of amusing if only because it’s so damn specific. Now let’s all agree to stop making Shit People Say videos. Thanks in advance. Shit Zelda Fans Say [YouTube – thanks, Andy!]
By Jason Schreier Published March 7, 2012 -
Gamers Are Now Angry at BioWare Because of An Image in Mass Effect 3 (SPOILER)
Fans have expressed outrage at the apparent reveal that developer BioWare used a stock photo as the basis for one of Mass Effect 3‘s main characters. Angry gamers sent a barrage of e-mails to Kotaku‘s tips hotline last night with links to the stock photo and the spoilery reveal from the action-roleplaying game, which was…
By Jason Schreier Published March 7, 2012 -
New Grand Theft Auto, Final Fantasy Games Could Be Headed to Vita [UPDATE]
British retailer Play.com has accidentally leaked the names of four upcoming PlayStation Vita titles, according to a news report published today. Update 2: In a statement to Eurogamer, Play.com confirmed that the above image is fake. Update: Some folks have questioned the validity of this image. More information below. A tipster sent gaming website Eurogamer…
By Jason Schreier Published March 7, 2012 -
All Those Video Games Might Be Kinda Good For You
Some people might try to convince you that video games are a waste of time. Here’s the perfect retort. Researchers at Simon Frasier University have concluded that games like StarCraft II improve players’ multi-tasking and cognitive skills, the Wall Street Journal reports. The researchers studied the behavior of 150,000 people who played Blizzard’s popular real-time…
By Jason Schreier Published March 6, 2012 -
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is Trying to Feel A Lot Like The Original
When Firaxis announced its new XCOM strategy game, Enemy Unknown, most fans went through the following two stages: 1. “Holy shit!” 2. “I hope this feels like XCOM.” Don’t stress too much. According to project lead Jake Solomon, you’ll get that old-school strategy feeling from XCOM: Enemy Unknown, which will be out this year for…
By Jason Schreier Published March 6, 2012 -
Metacritic Says It Has Removed Rule-Violating Mass Effect 3 User Reviews
Aggregating website Metacritic says it has deleted some Mass Effect 3 user reviews and will “continue to monitor” what seems to be a unified effort to spam pages for BioWare’s action roleplaying game, which hit stores today. This morning, a large number of Metacritic users gave negative reviews to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and…
By Jason Schreier Published March 6, 2012 -
Pittsburgh Organization Sticks Its Middle Finger At Gamers [UPDATE]
Ready to rage? Kotaku reader and Best Week Ever writer Dan Hopper sent over a link to this commercial, created by an organization called the Energy Alliance of Greater Pittsburgh. It will make you angry. Just listen to the way the disembodied announcer talks down to gamers, telling them they’d better do something useful with…
By Jason Schreier Published March 6, 2012 -
‘Ashley, Concussive Shot!’ And Other Voice Commands In Mass Effect 3
By now you’ve surely heard that Mass Effect 3, an action role-playing game and the conclusion to developer BioWare’s sci-fi trilogy, is out today for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. But you definitely haven’t heard Kotaku intern Nick Vannucci shouting voice commands to interact with the game on our office Kinect. Mass Effect 3…
By Jason Schreier Published March 6, 2012 -
World of Warcraft Image Could Tease Cross-Faction Gameplay
World of Warcraft creator Blizzard will make a big announcement about its popular MMORPG in two weeks, the website BlizzPlanet reports. They’ve dug up an image that seems to hint at some sort of cross-faction gameplay reveal. [BlizzPlanet]
By Jason Schreier Published March 6, 2012 -
It Only Takes a Minute To Summarize Metal Gear Solid‘s Story
Well, that’s a lie. This video, released last week by popular YouTube user Lore, only sums up part of the action-shooter-stealth series’ twisty, oft-incomprehensible story. Still, it’s worth watching if only to see Lore’s adorable cartoon portrayal of Solid Snake’s adventures. This video contains spoilers for Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2, and Metal Gear Solid…
By Jason Schreier Published March 6, 2012 -
How a Rabid XCOM Fan Became The Designer of Enemy Unknown
Sometimes there is such thing as serendipity. When Jake Solomon was in high school, he spent all of senior year playing X-COM, a classic sci-fi game series that is part turn-based grid battle, part strategic simulator. He loved the experience so much, he went into computer science so he could make games just like it.…
By Jason Schreier Published March 6, 2012 -
Capcom Says On-Disc DLC Is For ‘Easy Compatibility,’ File Size
A whole bunch of Street Fighter X Tekken fans contacted us over the weekend to complain about what appeared to be on-disc downloadable content in the fighting game, which comes out tomorrow for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Some gamers have outspokenly criticized the idea of on-disc DLC—after all, if content is ready in time…
By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2012 -
The Dev Behind Crysis Is Making A Mobile Game, And It’s Not What You’d Expect
Crysis has long been a benchmark for PC hardware, a high-octane series packed to the brim with nasty aliens and powerful graphics. So it only makes sense that developer Crytek’s next project is a cartoon game for your phone. Coming this spring for iOS and Android, Fibble is a physics-based puzzle game starring adorable extraterrestrials…
By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2012 -
Mass Effect 3‘s Reapers Are Invading The Earth Right Now
If you hear something outside of your window, do not be alarmed. It’s just the Reapers. To pump us up for Mass Effect 3‘s launch tomorrow, the brilliant minds at BioWare have constructed an alternate reality on Twitter in which the series’ menacing villains have arrived on Earth’s soil. Using the hashtag #solcomms, participants have…
By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2012 -
These Fable: The Journey Screens Will Make You Wanna Waggle
Just try not to move your arms up and down as you thumb through these screens for Fable: The Journey, the Kinect game that publisher Microsoft will release for Xbox 360 this year. Who says controller-free games can’t be pretty?
By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2012 -
Here’s How To Pronounce The Name of Assassin’s Creed III‘s Protagonist
Today we found out that the hero of Assassin’s Creed III, who calls himself Connor, was born Ratohnhaké:ton Here at Kotaku, we consider it our duty to answer important questions like “How the hell do I pronounce Ratohnhaké:ton?” So I asked Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft for an official guide. Their response: Ra-doon-ha-gay-doo’ So there you…
By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2012 -
BioShock Infinite‘s Heroes Will Change Each Other In ‘Profound’ Ways
How do you create characters that people care about? BioShock creator Ken Levine spends a lot of time thinking about that question. He also spends a lot of time thinking about ways to answer that question through video games, a medium that he says has yet to quite master the art of empathy. Perhaps that’s…
By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2012 -
Houses Explode In New Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Screenshots
Valve has some new screenshots for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the new reimagining of the popular Half-Life mod that has turned into a phenomenon over the years, selling 25 million (!) copies, according to the publisher. Counter-Strike: GO will be out this summer for Xbox 360, PC, Mac and PlayStation 3.
By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2012
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