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Steam Gets a Mobile App for Droid and iOS

Valve’s popular cloud-based PC gaming platform Steam will now be accessible from your iOS and Android-based mobile phone, according to a press release sent out today by Valve. The app is currently available, though the service itself is in closed beta. From the press release: With the Steam app, gamers around the world may chat…

The Witcher 2 on Xbox 360 is, Thankfully, Still Very Much The Witcher 2

This week, I had a chance to sit down and play through a few hours of the upcoming Xbox 360 version of the 2011 PC-exclusive game The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The Xbox 360 version will launch on April 17th. I’m happy to report that the port meets expectations in every way—close your eyes…

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Synchronized Tactics, Punchy Ultraviolence, and Dumb Storytelling Abound in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

A couple of weeks ago, I visited Ubisoft headquarters to sit down and play through a large chunk of single-player content from their upcoming tactical shooter Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. I’d also played the game at E3, but this demo gave me a much better sense of how the stealth tactics will play out, as…

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Hey, Lucas, Hands Off the Goddam Merchandise

Hello team Kotaku, and welcome to your mid-week open thread! The open thread was telling me that it missed you the last couple nights, and that it’s so glad to be back with you. It’s been a cool week so far, both in San Francisco and at Kotaku. It rained some, which was desperately needed,…

What ‘Calibur’ Is Your Soul?

A Stick and Six Buttons | One of the big honkin’ custom controllers at last night’s Soulcalibur V launch party in San Francisco. Sources: The Next Xbox Will Play Blu-Ray, May Not Play Used Games (And Will Introduce Kinect 2) Microsoft will upgrade its disc technology for its next Xbox from DVDs to Blu-Ray discs,…

Rhythm Heaven Fever Makes Music Out of Sports, Fishing, and Samurai Demon-Fighting

Rhythm Heaven Fever is getting a Wii release, the better to bring out the groove in goofy, random situations. This trailer starts out subdued enough, with a boy kicking a basketball in time while sitting on a bench next to a girl. Cute! Next, it goes to a fishing excursion, which is fun enough, before…

Mario Party 9 Sure Does Look Like a Party

Granted, it’s a party on the Wii, but hey, a ton of people own Wiis! And thanks to Skyward Sword, many of us have even figured out how to plug it in to our new TVs and updated our firmware. So, should we want to pull out enough batteries to power three more controllers, we’ll…

Another Classy Video Game Port Succumbs to Assy Touch-Screen Controls

There’s this thing about fighting games—you really have to play them. They’re like a musical instrument, like a drum set; there’s this whole physical level of interaction you have with them that goes beyond the input required in the average video game. There’s a reason that games like Street Fighter IV encourage humongous arcade-style joysticks;…

Rob Riggle Shows You Today’s New Modern Warfare 3 Maps, Yells a Lot

The Daily Show‘s Rob Riggle continues his testosteronetastic bid to become gaming’s most ridiculous/funny/obnoxious spokesman. This tim, he’s walking viewers through Liberation and Piazza, two downloadable maps for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 that were released today. “Aaaagh! Guns! Bombs!” He shouts. “Haaaagh! Noobs! Explosions! Kickass!” It’s all kind of confusing, just like the…

At Least the Games Scene is Cooler Than Hollywood

Indie developer Phil Fish, maker of Fez, opined today that after spending a lot of time with Hollywood types (no doubt in promotion of the critically lauded Indie Game: The Movie, in which he and his game play a central role), he’s realized how cool the game scene is by comparison. Considering that the film…

Death Brings Nimble Platforming and Speedy Combat to Darksiders II

In Vigil games’ upcoming Darksiders II, players assume the mantle of Death, who is pretty much the only “personified supernatural force” more badass than War, the protagonist of the first game. The video above demonstrates gameplay from the early chapters of the game, showcasing Death’s lighter move-set and quicker combat abilities. Our intern Pierre saw…

The Terrific Game of Thrones Board Game is Full of Violence and Betrayal, Void of Sex

Lies, bloodshed, betrayal! Power and influence, secrets and whispers, fragile alliances shattered in heartache and death! Also, lots of intense, weird sex. These are the things I think of when I think of Game of Thrones. Christian T. Petersen’s A Game of Thrones: The Board Game has all of that stuff. Well, except for the…

The Solar-Powered House of the Future, Controlled With Xbox Kinect

The brainy brains at SCI-Arc and Caltech have designed an entirely solar-powered house that is clean, green, and energy-efficient. It’s also remarkably easy to use, thanks to the fact that the entire thing is powered by Xbox’s Kinect motion controls. Fastcodesign breaks it down: The Compact, Hyper-Insulated Prototype Solar House (CHIP) has an Xbox Kinect…

A Lannister Always Pays His Debts

Terrible Triangle | Jamie and Cersei Lannister gang up on poor Ned Stark via their character cards from A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Why The Apple Trackpad Might Be The Best Video Game Controller Ever Made I was designing a user interface for someone else’s social game the other day, and I was…

They Hired Rob Riggle to Sell You On Call of Duty: Elite

Starting tomorrow, the Call of Duty Elite ‘season’ begins with the first of four planned packs of DLC. Activision seems to believe that The Daily Show‘s Rob Riggle (a former serviceman himself) is the guy to sell it to us, and their new commercial features him taking a testosterone-y tour of Elite services, from study-able…

Learn All About the Xbox 360 Witcher 2 This Thursday

CD Projekt RED, the studio behind The Witcher 2, will be holding a live-streamed conference revealing the XBox 360 version’s release date, new features, and more this Thursday at 6PM GMT (1PM Eastern) on their Facebook page

Oh, to Sleep on a Pillow of Cake

Mmmm… cake. Wait, what am I doing? Oh, right! Hello, Clan Kotaku, and welcome to our Friday night open-thread. Did you have a good week? I sure did. It started raining in San Francisco but who even cares! Suck it, rain! Here, as usual, are some conversation-starters. “This had Oscar Buzz” – A reminder that…