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Kid Icarus Uprising‘s Awesome Menus Require 11 Minutes of Your Attention. Trust Me.
Kid Icarus: Uprising as a game? Very good. Kid Icarus: Uprising as a thing to put on a stand? Eh… Kid Icarus: Uprising as a game with amazing menus? Wonderful menus and silly menus and clever menus? Amazing. Enjoy the video.
By Stephen Totilo Published March 23, 2012 -
‘A bad day for me: Dog attack and shots fired’
Christian Allen had to use his firearm yesterday to kill a bad dog. Normally this kind of story wouldn’t make it to us, but Washington State-based Christian Allen is a video game developer and a gun expert. Specifically, he’s the guy we told you about recently who’s trying to make an old-school tactical shooter with…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 23, 2012 -
You May Sign Up For the Hybrid Beta Now, Shoot It Out In April
When game developer Jeremiah Slaczka isn’t answering your questions right here on Kotaku, he’s making a multiplayer shooter called Hybrid with his team at development studio 5TH Cell. He’d love for you to join the beta of his game and try it out before its summer release on Xbox Live Arcade. But, hey, disclosure people!…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 23, 2012 -
Would Somebody Please Put This Guy’s Music In a Video Game? [Update]
Above the words you’re reading right now, you will find the music video for the song “Drugs,” as rapped by Kadillak Kaz, SnoopyBlue, Big2DaBoy and Cakeboi Sav. Why isn’t this song in a video game? Why isn’t any song by Kadillak Kaz in a video game? I mean, exactly how many times does a man…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 22, 2012 -
Watch An MMO PC Gamer Shoot His Way Into an FPS Player’s Console Game
The clip here is short, but incredibly cool. On the left is Eve Online, a spectacular sci-fi massively multi-player game, which you can play on a computer. On the right is the upcoming first-person shooter, Dust 514, which you will be able to play on a PlayStation 3. The games take place in the same…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 22, 2012 -
GameStop Boss Thinks the Next Xbox Will Play Used Games
The head of America’s biggest chain of game shops said he thinks it is “unlikely” that the next Xbox will block the playing of used games. “We think it’s unlikely that there would be that next-gen console [that blocks used games] because the model simply hasn’t been proven that works,” Paul Raines, CEO of GameStop,…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 22, 2012 -
The LittleBigPlanet Karting Game We Didn’t Ask For Actually Looks … Good?
Take a look at the first trailer for LittleBigPlanet Karting the PlayStation 3 game whose very existence is something of en eye-roller, except… that trailer actually looks pretty good. The people behind ModNation Racers, United Front Games, are making this one (in collaboration with LBP dev studio Media Molecule), which is both fitting and weird.…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 22, 2012 -
Why You Should Play Angry Birds Space, The Game Everyone’s Talking About
The fourth Angry Birds game is upon us. It’s called Angry Birds Space and it’s actually a far more impressive and interesting game of Angry Birds than we’ve ever seen before. It’s different. It’s harder. And it’s more expensive. Here’s what you need to know. It’s not Angry Birds 2, but it might as well…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 22, 2012 -
Why I’m Glad BioWare Might Change Mass Effect 3‘s Ending For the Fans
Today people got angry about Mass Effect 3—for a new reason Today, people said that the people making the game were doing something “dangerous.” “Respect lost,” one fan said. “This is dumb” another complained. “Backpedalling” “This is absurd” “You think we could work in porn?” Oh, that last one wasn’t about Mass Effect 3. It…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 21, 2012 -
Freak Blizzard Cancels Today’s Sportaku
Our ace sports reporter Owen Good is without electricity right now thanks to a blizzard at Sportaku HQ in Oregon. Because of that we’re canceling today’s Sportaku run of sports gaming news and delaying a promised Madden cover contest interview to later this week. Sorry, folks. Blame mother nature.
By Stephen Totilo Published March 21, 2012 -
BioWare Is Working on a Modified Mass Effect 3 Ending
Calling criticism of Mass Effect 3‘s ending “incredibly painful,” the co-founder of BioWare, the studio behind the game, said today that changes for the game’s conclusion are in the works. He promises an update on those plans next month. “Since the game launched, the team has been poring over everything they can find about reactions…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 21, 2012 -
Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Balance Was Just Tweaked a Tad
Mass Effect 3‘s multiplayer balance settings have been tweaked. If you’re the kind of person who wants to know that the Claymore Shotgun’s “Damage increased from [152.8-191.0] to [167.8-206.0]”, then read the official update. The stick thread is updated regularly.
By Stephen Totilo Published March 21, 2012 -
How To Take a Minecraft Pick-Axe To Your Favorite Website
There is a thing called Minecraft Anywhere, which is not exactly something that lets you play Minecraft Anywhere. It’s a marketing gimmick. A silly one, but a clever one, too! You might have some fun with it, if you’d like to have a Creeper run across your computer monitor right now… or if you’d like…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 20, 2012 -
Did Nintendo Just Create Better Words For ‘Multiplayer’?
If you thought the word “multiplayer” was a good way of describing the thing you do when you play a video game with friends, please consider the word “together.” That’s the option you’ll get in the new 3DS game Kid Icarus: Uprising if you choose not to play the game’s Solo mode. “Together” is pretty…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 20, 2012 -
Congressman Really, Really, Really Wants To Slap Cigarette-Style Warning Labels On Video Games
It may have been in early 2009 when Congressman Joe Baca first got the idea that video games should be slapped with health warnings. He wrote a bill that would mandate it. It went nowhere. He did the same thing in 2011. That bridge went to nowhere, too. If he was a predictable legislator, he…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 20, 2012 -
This Brave Man is Selling His Entire Comics Collection, All 150 Longboxes
Mark Waid says he’s “reached a point.” A point where he no longer needs his comics collection. He’s got 150 longboxes of comics. He’s done with them. He wants to sell every single comic. And he’ll use the proceeds to finance the creation of a new line of digital comics Mark Waid is a fantastic…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 20, 2012 -
Watch Our Latest Bonus Round Appearance, The One About the Future
You can now watch Giant Bomb‘s Jeff Gerstmann and your Kotaku editor-in-chief talk about the PlayStation 4, the next Xbox, the new iPad and…say something nice and optimistic about the Wii U. Check out the latest segment of GameTrailers‘ The Bonus Round with host Geoff Keighley. There’s even some hand-waving!
By Stephen Totilo Published March 20, 2012 -
With Any Luck, The Terrorists Really Are Using Call of Duty To Train
Semi-reliable British news source The Sun reports that terrorists are using Call of Duty and Halo to keep in touch with each other and train for terrorist attacks. “Kids’ fave keeps their plots secret,” The Sun blares, which may well be possible. Scum terrorists may be using Call of Duty voice chat over Xbox 360…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 20, 2012 -
When Mass Effect 3 ‘News’ Goes A Little Bit Wrong
The Mass Effect 3 Datapad is a free iPad and iPhone app that lets people read about the game’s alien races and other lore while they are on the go. It also lets them raise their Galactic Readiness in their Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 or PC versions of the game via a simple mini-game in…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 19, 2012 -
Behold: Nintendo’s Most Pointless Peripheral In Years
I possess an official stand for my Nintendo 3DS. Hooray. That’s like bragging that you’ve got a Wii Speak for your Wii or a propellor for your telephone. The Nintendo 3DS Stand (first seen in Japan) is free with every copy of this month’s Kid Icarus: Uprising, and it theoretically makes the game more comfortable…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 19, 2012
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