Michael McWhertor

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Gives You ‘Animus Project’ For Free

Ubisoft is giving the gift of downloadable content to Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood owners a little early, handing out the “Animus Project Update 1.0” for free on December 14. What do you get for your precious time and bandwidth? A new game mode, “Advanced Alliance,” for one. It’s a spin on the original Alliance Mode with…

Steam Is Just Giving Away Games This Thanksgiving

Savings just got ridiculous on Valve’s Steam service, with the company practically giving away games like Deus Ex, Half-Life 2, and Borderlands… and actually giving away tons of video games to Steam members on top of that. Check the official Steam site for “Give & Get” daily deals on the aforementioned games and more, because…

Blizzard Really Wants You To Start Playing World of Warcraft Now

If World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm expansion has finally piqued your interest in jumping into Blizzard’s massive-multiplayer online role-playing game, right now may be most fiscally sound time to invest in WoW. Blizzard is selling the first three releases in the six-year-old series for a pittance. Just five bucks for World of Warcraft, another five for…

Review: Sonic Colors Does Not Suck, It Merely Succeeds

What if Sonic the Hedgehog was not just a speedy mascot with a long list of furry sidekicks, but more like Mario, a loner with occasional superpowers that could let Sega’s mascot fly, drill through solid ground or become a laser? Sega’s Sonic Colors for the Wii explores the possibility of a Sonic the Hedgehog…

Pet Sounds & Smells

What say we spend our evening (or whatever time it is in your neck of the woods) sharing in the joys of off-topic conversation, whether it be about video games, Nicolas Cage, Spider-Man or a time traveling DeLoreans. Or pets. A new addition has come to Kotaku Towers West (South), the Los Angeles headquarters of…

EVE Online Incursion Trailer Brings The Drama

Seven years on, massively multiplayer online space drama EVE Online is still going strong. Over the course of the next three months, the universe of EVE Online will change with the Incursion expansion(s). EVE Online, with its space piracy and interstellar wars, certainly has its share of real-world and in-game theatrics, but this mood-setting teaser…

Dress Your Xbox Live Avatar In Tron Legacy

Tron Legacy fashions are coming to your Xbox Live Avatar, sleek skintight outfits that actually look like they’re ripped direct from the Grid, unlike those real-world Tron-inspired clothes. Can we interest you in your own mini-Recognizer? A sneak peek at the upcoming Tron Legacy (and Tron Evolution) additions to your Xbox Live Avatar are in…

PlayStation Store Update: Black Tuesday

The North American PlayStation Store really outdoes itself this week with the arrival of new games like Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, Dragon’s Lair and Spelunker HD… which, well, aren’t the newest of games now, are they? There’s a strong list of new downloadable additions this week—seriously, buy Pac-Man CE DX, people!—as well as plenty of…

Tron Legacy Avatar Items Gallery

Axl Rose Sues Guitar Hero Maker For Putting Slash In Its Game

Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has finally gotten around to being pissed off about 2007’s Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. He’s suing publisher Activision for $20 million for including ex-GNR guitarist Slash in the game. According to a legal complaint obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Rose is pissed that Guns N’ Roses hit…

Only Double Fine Could Bring You A Game With Farting Matryoshka Dolls

The people who made heavy metal fantasy adventure Brutal Legend and Halloween role-playing game Costume Quest have revealed their next game, Stacking, a simply named game with many layers. And Russian nesting dolls that emit vicious gas in gameplay. Double Fine Productions and THQ have unveiled the second of two games they’ll be releasing together,…

You’ll Never Get Your Hands On These Killzone, PlayStation Move Nikes

Sorry, sneakerheads and Killzone fans, but these new ultra-limited edition kicks from the most recent Nike and PlayStation collaboration are for “friends and family” only, two more Sony commissioned sneakers that will likely become instant collector’s items. Nike and PlayStation have created these, the PlayStation Move inspired Zoom Huarache Trainer and the Killzone themed Special…

Joe Danger Finally Gets The Monkey It Needs To Succeed

Hello Games’ cheerful PlayStation Network stunt ’em up Joe Danger was dinged by at least one person for not having enough monkeys in the game. That lack of simian stuntmen has been corrected with Joe Danger’s new downloadable content. Joe Danger’s freshly made DLC comes with a little Thanksgiving flavor in the form of collectible…

Joe Danger Update Screens

Stacking Screen Shots

Splatterhouse Visual Guide

The Splatterhouse launch trailer. A mix of Splatterhouses new and old. Four Splatterhouse games are on the disc. You will rip out the colon of enemies and see them bleed profusely from their anuses. One of the game’s throwback side-scrolling platforming levels. They’re better in idea than execution. Expect to fight hundreds of these. Rick’s…

Kotaku’s 2010 PlayStation 3 Gift Guide

The holidays are coming, and that means it’s time for you to start thinking about what sorts of gifts you want to give the PlayStation 3 owner and get as a PlayStation 3 owner this year. The PlayStation 3 had a strong year in 2010—hey, it was no 2009, when Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Demon’s…

An All-New Hate Machine

Kotaku goers, would you please help us get through this short-staffed Monday with a little contribution of your own? Man, we really appreciate you doing us an off-topic solid here. We’re at a loss for words. Let me tell you, it’s not always easy trying to co-author a site when it’s just you and Brian…

Glitch Is An MMO That Doesn’t Look Like Anything Else

Browser game Glitch is, first of all, maybe the first massively-multiplayer game to place its players inside the minds of supernatural creatures. It’s also the next project from (some of) the people who brought you Flickr. Yes, Glitch is different. The web-based multiplayer game is not about killing or farming, but growing, building and developing.…

The Future Of The Nintendo DS Looks Like Radiant Historia

The Nintendo DS has one more thing to look forward to in 2011 with the release of Atlus’ Radiant Historia, which brings an all-new 16-bit style, time-traveling “steampunk” adventure to the handheld next February. Radiant Historia offers owners more of what the Nintendo DS excels at, namely old-school style Japanese role-playing games that involve saving…