Have they added zombies to Pac-Man and computer solitaire yet? I am afraid to check. But I should not be, because they have added zombies to Minesweeper. That turns out to have been a terrific idea. The result of this mad combination is called Zombie Minesweeper: A Love Story In this iOS game you are…
Gaming against SOPA | On a day when Wikipedia and Reddit blocked their content to protest two controversial potentially speech-squelching, Internet-mangling bills—and legislators fell over themselves dropping support for those bills—an online guild, the makers of Minecraft and FarmVille giant Zynga all made their hatred of SOPA and PIPA known. Midweek Moneysaver: New Games Galore…
The people at Valve Software like to tease. They don’t, however, like to confirm the existence of new Half-Life games Kotaku reader ZombieK says he spotted these images in the beta for Valve’s spring-scheduled multiplayer shooter Counter-Strike: GO. Let’s classify them as teases. Or taunts. Or.. Easter Eggs? The shots first appeared on the Steam…
The rough day for the the Protect IP Act, the Senate’s version of the notorious SOPA, continues. Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, once a co-sponsor, has pulled his support. He Tweeted: “It is simply not ready for prime time.”
The most outrageous game Nintendo ever published could have been more outrageous if Nintendo hadn’t nixed a couple of jokes, the game’s creator, Chris Seavor, said in a recent interview. The game is Conker’s Bad Fur Day, which let Nintendo 64 owners control a foul-mouthed but cute squirrel through a series of adventures—many of them…
How’s Max Payne supposed to shoot in May’s Max Payne 3? How’s a third-person shooter supposed to feel as good to control as a first-person shooter? Rockstar Games delivers its answers in the video here.
Some of our readers hoped that we would be offline today. Some are upset to see Kotaku online and updating. They—perhaps, you—wanted Kotaku to join a widespread online protest against SOPA and PIPA, two anti-piracy bills that are making their way through Congress. Critics consider these things Internet censorship bills and have cheered Reddit, Wikipedia…
Mood lighting | U.S. Marines take aim in a scene lit like an action game. (Image via Flickr.) These Are The 40 Most Powerful People In Video Games The world of video games is full of mighty people-people whose mere whims control what video games we play, what we play games on, how we buy…
On Friday, April 13, Nintendo will start selling Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir for the Nintendo 3DS. It’s a horror game that uses the 3DS’ cameras to haunt the area you’re playing in with various apparitions. The game comes with a 16-page book that is full of augmented reality markers. Point the 3DS at the…
The PlayStation 3-only Starhawk, a game about large-scale futuristic combat that lets players drop buildings from the sky to support them—will be out on May 8, says Sony. The public beta starts today. We’re excited about this one
Good Luck, Link | You’re going to need it and a sword. (Image via Cracked.com.) Star Wars: The Old Republic: The Kotaku Review While dozens of video games have strived to capture the hearts of Star Wars fans through previously untold tales of epic space fantasy, BioWare’s massively multiplayer Star Wars: More » Gaming Industry Spent…
Many gamers and video game companies can’t stand the Stop Online Piracy Act and its companion bill the Protect IP Act (PIPA). But the Entertainment Software Association, the lobbyists who stage E3 each year and defend gaming’s freedom of speech rights, thinks PIPA is a good idea And they’re paying to support the legislation. Lobbying…
Critics of the Stop Online Piracy Act, you just might have a new ally: The President of the United States. The White House responded to a pair of online petitions today, expressing support for anti-piracy legislation but outright refusing to back the anti-piracy measures as outlines in the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect…
Gabe Newell Could Kill You | But first he’d make you wait a long, long time. (Image via Reddit.) This Could Be Your Last Chance to See Retro Game Master Last year Kotaku readers were enthralled by the daring exploits of Shinya Arino as he desperately attempted to finish a dozen of the most brutal…
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The Darkness II is a video game about restrained sex and unrestrained violence. It’s the kind of a game that will show you, through a half-cracked door, the back of a fully-dressed woman giving a man oral sex but will let you stretch a man, supine, across the length of your TV screen—suspended by the…
The FarmVille people at Zynga just hired Barry Cottle—former executive vice president of EA Interactive—to be their executive vice president of business and corporate development… … which you can re-read as: “EA and Zynga are going toe-to-toe in the world of Facebook games, downloadable games, iOS games and more” … … which you can re-re-read…
Year after year, we at Kotaku have done our best to tell you what’s going on in the world of video games. And we’ve heard your replies: “You guys are the best!” “You’re my favorite video game site” “Your color scheme is weird.” “Hey, was that really video game news you just wrote there? It…
Late. Twice in one week. We can’t explain what’s happening here, but Talk Amongst Yourselves, your official forum for chatting about games is late again. Please accept our apologies. We’re, uh, still in transition here at Kotaku! Thanks to Pinacollata for today’s TAYpic! Join in the fun and submit your own TAYpic. Please do your…
The problem with some iPhone games is that maybe they shouldn’t be iPhone games. The machine they’re running on has limits. Its screen is smaller than a back pocket. It has no control sticks. It has no buttons. These facts are not problems for simple games, like the elegantly terrific Angry Birds, but for today’s…
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