Mac owners, get ready to game like it’s 2001, as the Grand Theft Auto III trilogy has finally come to Apple computers. Better late than never, right? Thanks to Rockstar Games and TransGaming’s Cider engine, those of us who prefer Mac OS X to Windows can play Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: San…
Will I be playing Sonic Colors this weekend? Only the UPS man (or FedEx man) knows for sure. And will Sonic Colors live up to the promise of being a very good Sonic the Hedgehog game? Only future me knows! I’m keeping my fingers crossed that Sonic Colors does make an early appearance at Kotaku…
Man, it’s been kind of a tense day. Let’s shake it all off with a little off-topic conversation, clear the air and… hey, I just had a crazy thought… what about a cuddle party? I’m kidding of course, but the one time I was invited to attend a cuddle party while minding my own business…
Tim Schafer, creative force behind Grim Fandango and Brutal Legend, is ready and willing to give you that Psychonauts sequel you’ve been dreaming of. Now he just needs a publisher to finance the damn thing. When asked by games mag PSM3 about the possibilities of a sequel to 2006’s quirky psychic adventure, Schafer said “I’m…
Loving husband. Caring father. Secret octopus. This is the tagline for Octodad, an adventure game in which players struggle to raise a family, maintain a secret octopus identity and somehow walk upright on tentacles. Created by a team of students at DePaul University for the Independent Games Festival Student Showcase at next year’s Game Developers…
Halo Reach player and Forge tinkerer “Carnage A51” spent a month in the Xbox 360 game’s level maker, crafting a Rube Goldberg machine with a red letter ending. It may take a while to get there, but it pays off. Warthogs Mongeese and Ghosts toppling like dominoes and slow moving Halo golf balls may test…
The most exciting new addition to this week’s Japanese game sales chart is the appearance of Fallout: New Vegas. Looks like that “protest” against Japanese role-playing games campaign worked. While Fallout: New Vegas didn’t managed to unseat reigning champ God Eater Burst—or sell better than the Super Mario Bros. collection, Pokemon or Winning Eleven 2011,…
Wii hit de Blob is going 2D, HD and stereoscopic 3D when the globose, paint-drenched hero makes his way to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next year. THQ’s Blob also has a few new tricks, including one that made 3D Metroid games more fun. de Blob 2 retains the soft, brightly colored charm of…
We’ve seen off the wall knife kills before in Call of Duty multiplayer—remember this lucky Modern Warfare 2 stab?—but across the map, off the wall, off the floor and into the Achilles heel of an online opponent? The unlucky recipient—a player by the handle of “BotteDimix”—of this Call of Duty: Black Ops tomahawk is likely…
The Monday Night Combat battle continues… in your home! Uber Entertainment, makers of the Xbox Live Arcade hit, have made four of the game’s combatants available in resin form via the developer’s online store. These resin statues of Monday Night Combat’s PitGirl, Assassin, Assault and Tank classes don’t come cheap. They range from $69.99 to…
Apple’s App Store is flooded with short burst games to play… but what if you don’t feel like paying for the privilege? Here’s a selection of some of the best free gaming the iPhone and iPod touch have to offer. There’s no lack of free things to play, but why waste your time with iPhone…
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, let’s put this Wednesday to rest with a little off topic conversation as we enter… Kotaku After Dark! My day was busy writing about video games, buying video games, playing video games and making travel arrangements for the holidays. If you’re in the New York City or Orlando areas…
Electronic Arts will be hitting Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC users hard next year with a trio of newly unveiled games, sci-fi stealth action game Warp, twin-stick shooter Gatling Gears and Flash-based platforming game The Fancy Pants Adventures. Warp comes to us from the newly signed EA Partners member Trapdoor. The XBLA, PSN…
If you care deeply about pixel counts and frame rate—or are simply still on the fence about which console version of Call of Duty: Black Ops to buy—don’t miss Digital Foundry‘s deep technical tear down of the Xbox 360 and PS3 releases. Eurogamer’s techy side examines the two console versions of Treyarch’s latest Call of…
What if you took New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo DS and hacked a complete recreation of Super Mario 3 into the thing? Well, why stop there? Why not put some Metroid and Legend of Zelda in there too? Well, someone did that, creating the hacked New Super Mario Bros. 3, which not only…
Gross worlds collide when horny comic book fans get their hands on RPG Maker 2003. Not a dream! Not a hoax! Marvel Brothel is a fan-made role-playing game that turns Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters into a mutant whorehouse. Yes, in Marvel Brothel, the leader of the X-Men, Charles Xavier, decides that the best…
Sony’s Tokyo Jungle has some competition in video gaming’s survival of the fittest. Wildlife: Forest Survival from Electronic Arts lets you play as an alligator, hawk, rabbit, fox and more in its downloadable wildlife game due next year. Coming to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in spring 2011, Wildlife: Forest Survival lets players…
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