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Get a Closer Look at Syndicate‘s Co-Op Demo, Out Today
After watching the last Syndicate trailer, I had to grudgingly admit that it did indeed channel some of the vibe of the original game. In this new video, Syndicate executive producer Ben O’Donnell walks us through the just-released 4-player co-op demo, detailing some of the features of the upcoming game’s co-op modes. “Breach apps” allow…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 31, 2012 -
How Video Games Helped Treat a Burned War Veteran
Have you ever gotten so immersed in a video game so fully that you lost track of time? You’re climbing the mountains of Skyrim or cruising the universe in Mass Effect, and the next thing you know it’s evening and you haven’t eaten anything in eight hours. For Sam Brown, a soldier who was badly…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 31, 2012 -
Breaking Bad Reimagined as a Meth-Addled 16-bit Video Game
The (awesome) TV Show Breaking Bad has a long history with video games, including the funniest, most accurate meth-fueled video game debates I’ve ever seen on a TV show, as well as some odd product-placement for the shooter Rage The guys at College Humor have taken it to another level, putting together this hilarious (incredibly…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 31, 2012 -
Long Live Llama Del Rey!
To make up for last week’s call for the demise of Betty Draper, this week, we’re saluting the one, the only Llama Del Rey. (Thanks, Dan.) I hope you had a good weekend and are raring to grab this week in your teeth and rip it a new one. But before that, kick back, relax,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 30, 2012 -
Triple Town Developers Sue Rivals Over Facebook, iOS Game-Cloning
Spry Fox, the game studio behind the Facebook game Triple Town, has filed suit against 6Waves LOLAPPS for their iOS game Yeti Town, describing it as a “blatant copy” of Triple Town In a statement posted to Spry Fox CEO David Edery’s blog titled “Standing up for Ourselves,” Edery and designer Daniel Cook list a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 30, 2012 -
The Tomb Raider Porno Trailer is Good; The Script is Even Better
We are proud—proud, I say!—to exclusively present the safe-for-work trailer for Exquisite Films’ upcoming Tomb Raider XXX, a porn parody of the Tomb Raider franchise. Behold, the cheesy rock music! Be dazzled by the wonder of porn-starlet Chanel Preston as she dons Lara Croft’s signature dual-pistols and adventure gear and climbs over rocks (near a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 30, 2012 -
Beware The Demon Death-Baby!
Yow! Sorry for that. That was a pretty terrifying way to start off the open thread, I know. Everyone recovered? Welcome to the week-ending open-thread! I hope you’re as excited for the weekend as I am. That image is taken from a great list of weird toys you’ll find among the links we’ve tracked down…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 27, 2012 -
The Week in Unbelievably Gorgeous Screenshots: Bioshock and Mass Effect 2
Since we ran a feature on Duncan Harris, the groovy “video game photographer” behind the website DeadEndThrills, I’ve been sharing some of his work each week here. This week Harris wrapped up Mass Effect 2 and dug into the original Bioshock, while throwing in a couple of enjoyable one-offs, as well. But first, he did…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 27, 2012 -
Red Dead Redemption Voice-Actor Details Cast’s ‘Redneck Zombie Romantic Comedy’ quasi-reunion
The cast of Red Dead Redemption are no strangers to rednecks, nor to zombies—Rockstar’s wild-west open world game featured plenty of the former in its original incarnation, and added an invasion of the latter added to the game via downloadable content. As we found out last fall, several members of the cast are reuniting to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 27, 2012 -
Check Out The Dramatic, Not-Quite-Emo New Trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines
Slow-mo trailers are all the rage these days, usually depicting extreme violence set to moody, emo pop music. It’s certainly become a popular practice in gaming advertising, and with good reason—those moody, introspective ads for intense action games can be pretty cool. Case in point—the above trailer for Gearbox’s Aliens: Colonial Marines, which IGN posted…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 27, 2012 -
Scientists Discover a New Pac-Man Frog
Look at that badass up there! That, ladies and gents, is a Suriname horned frog, dubbed the “Pac-Man Frog.” According to Prensa Latina, scientists in the South American country of Suriname found 46 new species of animals, from insects to fish to frogs. One of those frogs was a new species of Pac-Man Frog, which…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 27, 2012 -
Racial Epithet Shows Up on Minecraft Menu, Developer Apologizes [Update]
The newest version of Minecraft greets players with the sentence “You are a NIGGER,” if they switch their language settings to Afrikaans, the language spoken in South Africa and Namibia. It appears to have been the doing of an unruly Minecraft user who was among many people who worked on language translations of the popular…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 27, 2012 -
Death to Betty Draper!
Hello friendly Kotaku readers, and welcome to Thursday’s open thread. I hope you’ve been having a good week! It’s been a fun one here at Kotaku, and nice to see so many people in the gaming world making humorous typos. Here, gathered for your reading enjoyment, are some things from the internet. This Fox News/They…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 26, 2012 -
Three (Okay, Four) Ways Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Will Differ From Ghost Recon Online
The bulk of my time with Ubisoft’s upcoming Ghost Recon: Future Soldier was spent with single-player, but near the end of the session, I had a chance to talk adversarial multiplayer with the game’s developers. The burning question I had was: Now that Future Soldier is coming to PC, how will it be different from…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 26, 2012 -
Check Out The Witcher 2‘s Kickass New Opening Cinematic
At yesterday’s for the upcoming Xbox 360 port of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (my thoughts here), the folks at CD Projekt also showed us a brand-new intro cinematic that they had created for the game. It is… pretty damned sweet. It shows Letho, the gravely-voiced kingslaying Witcher antagonist from the game, using some…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 26, 2012 -
I’ve Got a ‘Revelaiton’ For You, Buddy
D’oh! | Looks like Capcom’s copy-editing department was too busy enjoying their excellent game to catch this typo. (Image via Bitmob’s Dan Hsu.) Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Puts You in the Brain of a Highly Trained Military Killer There has been a longstanding tradition of military fantasy in video games-you’re a part of an elite…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 26, 2012 -
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Puts You in the Brain of a Highly Trained Military Killer
There has been a longstanding tradition of military fantasy in video games—you’re a part of an elite team who have been honed into lethal killing machines by years of intense training. The rules of engagement are clear—we’re the good guys, they’re the bad guys, and we’re going to operate as a well-choreographed unit to take…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 26, 2012
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