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Playstation Vita Borderlands 2 Bundle Pre-Orders Are Live
The new Playstation Vita is lighter, slimmer, and has a better battery, and this bundle includes the excellent Borderlands 2, complete with cross-save functionality with the PS3 version. $200 gets you the console, the game, and an 8GB memory card, and you can pre-order now with price-match guarantee. No charge until it ships. [Amazon] This…
By Shane Roberts Published February 11, 2014 - Culture
Tell Us the Game You’re Unbeatable At
Maybe it’s through natural talent, maybe through hours of obsessively replaying something. Maybe it’s speedrunning Metroid games, maybe hustling people in Street Fighter. Whatever it may be, what game are you best at, and how did you get that way? Personally, I tend to find myself playing games as far as my natural skill will…
By Steve Marinconz Published February 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
NBA Live 14‘s Latest Patch is Talkin’ About Practice
As promised, NBA Live 14 pumped out a very large patch today to address the many shortcomings, omissions or problems the title showed at launch. Straight away it includes something that should make the game a lot more understandable: A simple practice mode. “Shootaround” is the first thing you’ll see when you download the patch,…
By Owen Good Published February 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Former Jeopardy! Champ Says Arthur Chu Is Playing the Right Way
With 74 straight wins and millions of dollars in winnings, Ken Jennings has dominated Jeopardy! like nobody else. And he says that the current champ Arthur Chu—who’s been the subject of a lot of scorn lately—has been using a time-tested strategy that’s worked for people in the past. Jennings’s record-breaking run made him probably the…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 11, 2014 -
UncategorizedYou Did It, Internet. Goat Simulator Is A Real Thing That You Can Buy.
Goat Simulator wasn’t meant to be a game played by the public—it was just the product of a game jam where the devs were playing around with programming stuff. But when the internet saw footage of the game, almost everyone agreed: we need to have a game that lets us mess everything up as a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
EA: Battlefield 4 Is ‘An Exceedingly Successful Product’
Two of EA’s biggest games had rough launches last year, and although SimCity seems to be in a stable place right now, the Battlefield 4 issues (and patches) continue—to the point where EA won’t work on downloadable content for their shooter until everything is fixed Question is, how are they going to handle these sort…
By Jason Schreier Published February 11, 2014 -
UncategorizedStart looking for those Half-Life 3 clues that aren’t there, folks. Valve has put up videos for all the presentations that happened at their no-press-allowed Steam Dev Days conference. Be sure to check out Michael Abrash and Palmer Luckey‘s talks about VR and the various Steam Machine talks, too.
By Evan Narcisse Published February 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
They Released Plush Doom Demons. He’s Here To Send Them Back To Hell.
Last year the folks at Gaming Heads brought upon this Earth a plague of cuddly, snugglyCacodemons and Pain Elementals. Here is their heartfelt apology, armed with with the fluffiest plasma gun ever. I know what you’re thinking. “This Space Marine plushie looks nothing like Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson or Karl Urban.” Oh come on, he…
By Mike Fahey Published February 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Mystery Pokémon Found Hidden In X & Y’s Code Is Star of Upcoming Movie
Officially, there are 718 known Pokémon…unless you count the three mysterious Pokemon found in X & Y’s code, that is. While we reported the existence of unannounced Pokémon back in November of last year, it wasn’t until last night that we started hearing details about what the deal with these Pokémon is. Obviously, if you’d…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Half Price Final Fantasy XIV, Xbox One With a Free Game [Deals]
Like a Phoenix from the ashes, Final Fantasy XIV simply refused to die. The re-released MMO is getting great reviews, and is well worth picking up today for $15, or half off MSRP. It’s not free to play, so if you enjoy the initial trial, you’ll need to keep paying for access, but at least…
By Shep McAllister Published February 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Best New Video Game Logo In a Long Time
The game this logo is for is multiplayer. It pits four players against one. The four are humans; the fifth is a giant monster. So they’re evenly matched. This, everyone, is a brilliant logo. (The game sounds like it’s pretty good, too.)
By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Activists Say Today Is The Day To Push Back Against NSA Spying
Last year, we stared the downside to living in the future straight in the face. After the NSA’s PRISM program was revealed—which worked via access to the servers and networks of major tech companies—it got a lot harder to deny the worst conspiracy theories about being surrounded by gadgets with all sorts of geo-tagging/always-online/picture-taking capabilities.…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 11, 2014 - Tips & Guides
One Easy Tip For Playing Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
I might not have recommended Lightning Returns, but I’m not going to let those grabbing the game anyway enter the fray unarmed. Though it goes against the hardcore role-playing game fan’s pride, I’d highly recommend playing the game on Easy Mode first. Boo! Hiss! Easy mode is for newbies and communists! Sure it is, but…
By Mike Fahey Published February 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Study Suggests iPad Gaming Makes People Feel Like Throwing Up
Researchers at the University of Minnesota say they’ve found a link between motion sickness and iPad gaming. The fact they played Gameloft’s Call of Duty clone,Modern Combat is delightful to me, but the game itself isn’t what makes people queasy. It’s how games are played on the tablet in general. In the study, half of…
By Owen Good Published February 11, 2014 -
ReviewsLightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII: The Kotaku Review
I’ve never been less emotionally invested in a character than I am in Final Fantasy XIII‘s pink-haired powerhouse, so when Square Enix tells me Lightning Returns, my response is “That’s great. What else you got?” She’s gorgeous. She’s powerful. She’s relentless. She’s fiercely dedicated to whichever path she finds herself on. Lightning embodies all the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Flappy Bird Creator Says He Pulled Game Because It was ‘Addictive’
Dong Nguyen, creator of the sensationally popular and excruciatingly difficult mobile game Flappy Bird, removed his game from Apple and Android marketplaces this weekend because he was distressed that people were becoming addicted to it, he told a reporter in his native Vietnam this week. “Flappy Bird was designed to play in a few minutes…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 11, 2014 - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Best Hot Dogs In Town, Reviewed • How Minecraft Helped Me Teach My Students Roman History • What Are Some Tips To Being A Good Gaming Dad? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By Tina Amini Published February 11, 2014 -
UncategorizedHere’s the latest trailer for Dying Light, Techland’s upcoming free-running-slash-zombie-apocalypse simulator. As the accompanying blog post from the game’s producer explains, this one lets us take a closer look at the setting and story behind all the zombie-bashing. Dig in!
By András Neltz Published February 11, 2014
