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Left 4 Dead 2 Will be Valve’s First Official Linux Game
Valve’s been openly talking about developing on Linux for a while now, but a new blog post on the company’s site today has for the first time given us our first official information on the company’s plan to bring Steam to the platfom. They say they’ll be bringing Steam to Ubuntu, and while Left 4…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2012 -
Reviews
Endless Space: The Kotaku Review
There are plenty of games about flying a starfighter, or being a space merchant, or a humble lowly space marine who runs through space stations shooting everything that moves. There are plenty of games where you’re an officer in some kind of army of the stars, clicking your way to victory as your tiny little…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2012 -
Silent Hill Will be Scaring the Crap out of People at Universal Studios
Seeing as the actual games have given up on being genuinely scary, Konami and Universal are hoping that transferring Silent Hill to the real world might be a little more effective. This Fall, Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights at both its Hollywood and Orlando locations will be taken over by Silent Hill characters. Why? Because there’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2012 -
The Brilliant Game of Thrones Mod Gets a Very Wildling Update
It’s not like I wasn’t in love with Crusader Kings II enough as it was, but ever since the wonderful Game of Thrones mod for the grand strategy title turned up, it’s been destroying my social life. Having been first released in May, a major update has just been made that not only fixes a…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2012 -
There’s an Official Dark Knight Rises Game, Only…Well…it’s For Phones
The good news: there’s an official video game based on Chris Nolan’s third and final Batman movie, Dark Knight Rises. The bad news? There is none! Only mildly disappointing news, in that the game is “exclusive” to mobile phones. While that might be enough for some Batman fans to get a little huffy, the fact…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2012 -
Abandoned Airport is a Video Game Level Come to Life
Art may imitate life from time to time, but here’s a rare example of life imitating a video game. This collection of eerie images from an abandoned Spanish transport hub look cool in their own right, but what I found interesting about them was how they looked (to me at least!) like actual photographs of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2012 -
A Beautiful Look Back at the World’s Biggest Fighting Game Tournament
EVO 2012 went down last weekend in Las Vegas, and while the dust has settled on the actual tournament, it’s been long enough for this lovely video to be edited together. It doesn’t show the highlights of the matches. You can look elsewhere for those. Instead, it just focuses on the spectacle of the event.…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2012 -
It’s Duke Nukem. Reciting an Erotic Novel.
Captured at Comic-Con Connecticon, here’s Jon St. John – the long-time voice actor behind Duke Nukem – reading an excerpt from inexplicably popular erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey. Warning: it’s about as sexy as you think it is. Team Four Star makes Jon St. John read 50 Shades [YouTube]
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2012 -
Pokémon Black & White 2 Gets Another Terrific Animated Trailer
Two months after the first one, we’ve now got a second animated trailer for Pokémon Black & White 2. Actually, “animated trailer” doesn’t really do it justice. It’s more like a “short Pokémon movie that’s actually better than the Pokémon movies”.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2012 -
Yes, This is Dr. Who’s Actual Doctor Using a Mass Effect Omni-Tool
Here’s Matt Smith, the current Time Lord in the BBC’s Dr. Who, at this year’s Comic-Con, where he was spotted sporting one of Mass Effect’s fancy omni-tools. Just in case your in-progress fan fic cross-over needed a little more inspiration. Comic-Con [Crabcat Industries]
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2012 -
We Finally Get to See Some Footage From the Adventure Time Game
Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d you steal our garbage?! is coming out in October on the DS. While I love the fact it’s taking so many cues from old games like Zelda II, after seeing this, I’m a little worried it’s taking too many cues. Hopefully some extra polish is added to stuff like…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2012 -
Oh Man, I Need This Awesome Game of Thrones Xbox 360 Console
Tragically, this custom Xbox 360 isn’t available in stores. It’s just part of a competition HBO and Microsoft are running, where the wording makes it sound like there’s only one of these babies available. With the tasteful graphics and wraparound design (on both console and controller), those of us who don’t win it can just…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2012 -
Great Pics of New Team Fortress, BioShock Infinite, Borderlands 2 Figures
While we’ve shown the Gordon Freeman and Left 4 Dead figures before, this gallery of images from Comic-Con give us a good look at some other video game figures coming from toy company NECA, including their Borderlands 2 line and some awesome Team Fortress 2 pieces. Also, those Portal turrets? Wonderful. There are way more…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2012 -
Cosplaying Korra Almost Looks Impressed by Heavenly Sword, Skyrim & Final Fantasy Outfits
Yeah, Comic-Con went down over the weekend, but that’ll be getting its own gallery once the event actually winds up. Tonight, we’ll be looking at some of the best cosplay going down in places other than San Diego. Most of these are from either the recent Anime Expo or France’s Japan Expo, which is turning…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2012 -
Exploit Found in Minecraft, Some Users Able to “Impersonate” Other Players [Update]
Smash hit Minecraft has been slowly found to have been compromised over the past week, a flaw in the game’s authentication system resulting in a loophole that’s given us one of the weirdest exploits of a game in recent memory. Unlike your standard hack, which breaks into a game’s database and steals (or attempts to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2012 -
Great, Another Game of Thrones Game That Looks Terrible
Game of Thrones: Seven Kingdoms is the third official game to be based on George R R Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series, after a terrible RTS and a disappointing RPG Anyone hoping it would be third time lucky obviously didn’t know this was a browser-based, free-to-play MMO. Or had seen this trailer. It’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 13, 2012 -
Sexy Secret Agent Toys Are The World’s Most Dangerous Pin-Ups
Collectible company Gentle Giant and artist Kevin Dart have teamed up to bring out one of the coolest lines of original toys (as in, not based on a comic, movie or video game) I’ve ever seen. They’re the classic pin-up girls of the Honey Trap Army, a collection of what I can only assume are…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 13, 2012 -
This First-Person Medieval Game Continues to Look Terrific
We’ve been tracking Chivalry for a while now, mostly because there’s a chance it may actually get first-person melee combat right. Something no game in history has really managed. This new trailer explains a little more how the game’s (well, mod…that’s Half-Life 2 running under the hood up top) take on First-Person Melee (FPM…can I…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 13, 2012
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