The dust has settled a bit, and opinions about BioShock Infinite are still all over the place. A couple new things worth checking out: First of all, erstwhile Kotaku contributor Tim Rogers has written a typically sprawling, highly enjoyable review of the game over at actionbutton.net. Second, Cameron Kunzelman has been collecting a whole bunch…

The State of Zelda In 2013: Finally Escaping Ocarina‘s Shadow?

A gaming series that’s been around for a quarter of a century winds up in a predicament. Change? Or don’t change? There’s only one answer, of course. Do both. Classic games are not classic music albums or classic novels. The audience for a great old game isn’t satisfied with reprints. They’d like a sequel, please.…

Now This Is Some Serious Warhammer 40K Cosplay

There’s dressing up as your favorite game or TV character, then there’s assembling a massive suit of Warhammer 40K armor. Like, say, this massive suit of Warhammer 40K armor. The outfit, which is based on an Imperial Fists captain in Terminator armor, was created by cosplay and prop-makers Daniel Høgh and Justina Šniukštaitė of Roses…

A Far Cry Villain and a Deus Ex Hero Fight in Real Life

The guy who voiced Adam Jensen hosted The Canadian Video Game Awards this past weekend. In its fourth year, the industry celebration inadvertently became a gathering of first-class voice actors. But, as you can see in the backstage video with Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s Elias Toufexis and Far Cry 3’s Michael Mando, they don’t all…

Troll Your Pals With Pineapple, Onions, and Xbox Live’s Pizza Hut App

Jesus Christ, you can order a pizza from your Xbox 360? Yes, thanks to Pizza Hut and Xbox Live, whose 172.65 megabyte food-downloadin’ app is now available for hungry hungry neckbeards like me and Fahey. The delivery app—demanded five months ago by Xbox Live users in this thread—went live this week. I so wanted to…

This Video Game Script Is Beyond Ridiculous

CNET editor Dan Ackerman shared this picture of the Beyond: Two Souls script today. It’s 2,000 blank pages. The representation of the conglomeration of all the spoken dialogue for Quantic Dream’s upcoming playable drama looks bigger than a stack of PS3s. And not the new Super Slim PS3s. I’m talking the original husky models. Sony…

Batman: Arkham Origins Will Have Multiplayer, Sources Say

The newest Batman game will have a multiplayer mode, we’ve heard from two independent sources. Batman: Arkham Origins, a prequel announced earlier this month, will be the third game in the Arkham series, and the first to have any sort of multiplayer, according to our sources. We’ve also heard details about at least one multiplayer…

The Moneysaver: Witcher, Venetica, Terran Conflict Free After Rebate

The time to click is now, free games, even with rebates, don’t last. Our friends at Deals.Kinja.com have pointed out Newegg’s crazy FREE after rebate sale today, which includes not only things like HDMI cables, but FREE copies of The Witcher, Venetica, and X3 Terran Conflict. Obviously, these will probably go quickly. Go get ’em.…

Bizarre Boyfriend-Maker is Back On The App Store, Slightly Declawed

Fans of boyfriends and strange iPhone chat games may recall Boyfriend Maker, the sometimes hilarious, sometimes genuinely creepy virtual companion app that was released last year for iOS before being summarily pulled from the App Store Developer 36You has brought the game back to Apple devices, albeit with some notable changes. It’s now called Boyfriend…

I Don’t Know What The Heck I Just Watched, But It Still Looks Cool

Nowhere is a game that defies words. That first clip, which shows something a bit like a digital neon cityscape? It’s the same game as this second clip of drones buzzing near what seems to be a planet: Which is also the same game as this third clip, where we explore a pastel-colored surreal landscape:…

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen: The Kotaku Review

Oh, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen. I want to like you. I really, really do. On paper, I should. On paper you and I should be thick as thieves. So why, please tell me why, I don’t like you? Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is an expanded, budget re-release of the original game which, you might recall,…

The New Link to the Past Took Its Sweet Time… But So Did These Games

After twenty-one years, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is getting a direct sequel. That’s quite the gap, twenty-one years. But it’s far from being the only big gap. Game development takes a long time, and during that time, a great number of things can go wrong. Licensing issues get in the…

The Real Problem With That Controversial, Sexy Video Game Sorceress [UPDATE]

Two weeks ago, I wrote an article that criticized one of the characters in the upcoming game Dragon’s Crown. Today, the man behind that character has responded to that article. On April 12, I published a post titled “Game Developers Really Need To Stop Letting Teenage Boys Design Their Characters.” It was a snarky, short…

Can Colonel O’Neill and Crew Survive Stargate SG-1 Unleashed?

Seeking to prolong the magic of the popular science fiction television series, Arkalis Interactive gets the original Stargate SG-1 gang together for one last big score. Having a cohesive cast of season actors voicing familar characters is great. Having a cohesive game would have been better. Building upon their experience with Stargate Command, a series…

Man Busted with Pot-Stuffed Pac-Man Machine; Sheriff has Witty Retort

Luis Tyler, a small businessman from Orangeburg, S.C., needed a creative shipping solution for acquiring 55 pounds of a common agricultural product. So he asked that his vendor stuff it inside a Pac-Man arcade cabinet. Which the cops knew all about, of course. Tyler, according to the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office, was busted by feds…

The Hero of His Game is NSFW. The Enemies, Too.

E-mail I received last night, referencing this article: Subject line: Dicks in Games Hello, I was in the process of finishing up an Android based game when you wrote the article about dicks in games and whatnot. My ‘hero’ is adick in a Hawaiian shirt. The enemies are pussies. You’ll probably get a chuckle out…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: contributor Zarynx has an important realization about all those treasure chests that you get loot from in RPGs: the stuff in there probably belongs to someone already. Which means that you’re stealing. And you can always go join the voices talking about video games and…

Dead Island Special Edition Includes the Headless Bikini Statue Anyway

Just because Deep Silver apologized profusely for Dead Island: Riptide‘s rather tasteless “Zombie Bait Edition” premium—a severed, bloodied, big-boobed bikini-clad torso—doesn’t mean they actually pulled it from distribution. The statuette is still included in special editions sold in Europe and Australia. Back in January, when the offer came to light, Deep Silver all but disowned…

If Only Every Online Game Had The Secret World‘s Fashion Sense

There’s something to be said for giving players a fixed set of armor and equipment upgrades to strive for, that perfect set of stat-enhancing items that let other players know exactly how accomplished they are. That something is “boring.” Any dedicated World of Warcraft player can look at another and suss out exactly what pieces…

Finally… Ratchet & Clank Are Getting a Movie

If you’ve played and loved the Ratchet & Clank games, then you’ve wondered why the series’ slapstick humor and crazy sci-fi action hasn’t been translated into a TV show or a movie yet. I know I have. Well, it’s finally happening A feature film based on Insomniac’s hit video game is scheduled to hit screens…