Flappy Bird Proficiency Required for Game Developer Job in China

Now…I’m not too sure I understand the whole Flappy Bird thing. I haven’t played the game, so while I might be in the dark, for potential employees of one Chinese game company, Flappy Bird knowledge might just be the way into a job. According to China News, an odd online job listing appeared online in…

Cease And Desist! Toei Animation Looks To Tackle Chinese Bootleggers

Toei Animation, the Japanese animation powerhouse behind some of our (and hopefully your) favourite animations, has started to investigate and send out cease and desist notices to Chinese companies for copyright infringement. Reported by Chinese gaming website Gamelook, Toei has reached out to a few Chinese gaming companies asking them to take down games that…

Okay, I Want This Arcade Game for My Living Room

Or my bedroom. Or the den. Or the dining room. Wherever, this huge cabinet can fit. It doesn’t matter. Steel Chronicle: Ganesh is an upcoming arcade game from Konami. The cabinet, which features huge screens inside, is very, very large. It also has feedback and a sound system to help immerse you even more. The…

China’s Communist Mouthpiece Wants Less Sex in Gaming

Sex sells. It’s a cheap and simple ploy that video game marketers have used for years. The Chinese game industry is no different. In recent years, famous Japanese adult film stars have been tapped to represent and market games to consumers, but now, one of the country’s biggest newspapers has come out against sex in…

Official Ghostbusters LEGO Was Worth Waiting 30 Years

From fan project to commercial reality, it’s been a hell of a ride for Brent Waller’s LEGO Ghostbusters, one that’s coming to an end now that the official set has been unveiled. Due in June, and priced at $50, it’ll include an improved Ecto-1 model and four minifigs, of whom Egon is easily the highlight.

Morrowind, You’re Looking Awfully Fresh

Good times alert: this is another new clip for Skywind, the fan project aiming to recreate the third Elder Scrolls game using the engine from the fifth.

So, Folks Are Paying For Titanfall Beta Keys

Never mind the fact it’s a beta, or that it’s being thrown open to anyone with an internet connection, some people wanted to get into the Titanfall beta so bad they were willing to pay for it. At time of posting, there are over 800 listings on eBay for Titanfall beta codes. Most are priced…

The Week in Games: There’s Money in the Banana Stand

Rayman Legends makes its way to Xbox One and PS4 this week, followed by Strider’s long-awaited return to the PlayStation and Xbox consoles, plus PC. But the week’s big gorilla arrives on Friday, with Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for the Wii U. Tuesday, Feb. 18: Earth Defense Force 2025 (PS3, 360) NASCAR 14 (…

Days In Toyland: Window-Shopping at Toy Fair 2014

The grand rollout of the coming year’s wares—Toy Fair 2014—happened in New York this weekend, already kicking out news of the next Transformers game earlier today. It’s also a showcase for the new collection of figures, both fully posable and less so. Take a peek inside. Evan Narcisse patrolled Toy Fair 2014 for us, bringing…

If there could be a scientific explanation for why fanboyism is a destructive force within video gaming, trust PBS (and Kill Screen‘s Jamin Warren) to find it. “A 2011 study found that … people have biases against creativity.” That’s one reason why you’re getting sequel after sequel every year.

The dulcet, Brokaw-esque baritone of Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime) introduces you to Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, due to arrive sometime this year. In science fiction—whether video game or film—nothing says “mailed-in sequel” like a title with a colon followed by “Rise of the Something–Something.” [IGN] The game will launch on everything: PS4 and…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Cup Noodles

Like it was going to be anything else this week. Here it is, all big and official, Cup Noodles shoveling snow outside the !!! CUPNOODLES MUSEUM in Yokohama, Japan. Everyone knew this would be the ‘Shop Contest this week as soon as Bash posted it on Monday, but I didn’t say so until now because I…

Make a Short Trailer Longer With a Very Detailed Look at Mario Kart 8

Yesterday GameXplain found eight minutes of stuff to discuss in the two-minute trailer introducing Punch-Out!!‘s Little Mac to Super Smash Bros. Today, they offer this fine-toothed combing of the Mario Kart 8 trailer, and after a whopping 26 minutes, there is nary a nit left to pick. GameXplain goes further than any reasonable person could…