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UncategorizedBad Hotel Studio Making Another Cool-Looking Music Game
The studio behind Bad Hotel is back. They’ve just released the teaser above for their next title, Wave Trip Like Bad Hotel, Wave Trip is as much about sound as about graphics. Unlike its predecessor, however, Wave Trip looks to be more about side-scrolling motion than about defense. Additionally, it promises the ability for users…
By Kate Cox Published November 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Zynga’s Next Big Mid-Core Mobile Game Coming From November
That’s right, not in November, but from November Software, a team of former LucasArts developers looking to make the hardcore gaming experience more accessible with a game called Battlestone The screenshot above is not technically from Battlestone. It’s from Golden Arrow, the original project the folks at November showed off earlier this year. Using a…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Computer Security Research Team Finds Vulnerabilities in Modern Warfare 3
The same security company that found a security flaw in Steam earlier this year has found security holes in Modern Warfare 3 and CryEngine 3. As ComputerWorld reports, researchers from security company ReVuln announced their findings at a security conference in Seoul today. They demonstrated two major issues. The first was with Call of Duty:…
By Kate Cox Published November 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedOur Video Editor’s Current Favorite Thing In New Super Mario Bros. U
Kotaku video editor Chris Person declares that the best part of New Super Mario Bros. U is the game’s Boost Rush Mode, in which the sidescrolling game sidescrolls faster as you collect more coins. Chris is a man of taste and a devotee of Dyad. Speed-racing is his thing. He hasn’t played that much of…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedReturn To New Vegas: The Most Refreshing Video Game Sex I’ve Ever Had
My first brush with homosexuality was at age ten—and it happened thanks to Fallout 2. Imagine my surprise—being a girl with ultra religious parents—when I saw that given high enough charisma, my female character could flirt and then sleep with a woman named Miria in an early town. Before that I hadn’t even considered the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Curiosity Team is Working Hard to Compensate for Your Boundless Enthusiasm
Peter Molyneux and his team at 22cans are a visionary group, but that vision didn’t include a million people eager to find out what’s inside the cube in the developer’s first foray into experimental mobile games. Today 22cans thanks tappers for their patience and promises to fix the connection and coin-retention problems with Curiosity If…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedARC Squadron Soars in the Wild Pew-Pew-Pew Yonder
The fact I’m sitting here thinking, “Dammit, I really need to get an iPad,” explains both the general excellence of ARC Squadron and its one unfortunate shortcoming, though the game still is a highly recommendable rail shooter that shines with high production value. Yes, a larger screen would do more justice to the outstanding visuals…
By Owen Good Published November 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
#firstWiiUproblems: Not Knowing Which Screen To Look At
I have a Wii U, so I shouldn’t be complaining. I’m not. I’m observing. And my observation is this, my friends: observing a Wii U game is a brand-new skill I have not yet mastered. When I play this new console, I’m looking at the wrong screen half the time! Or I think I am.…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
ChefVille A Little Help Quests: Everything You Need to Know
While the first portion of the Jamie Oliver Food Revolution event may have expired in ChefVille, that doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of this famous chef. A new two-part quest series has launched in our restaurants that once again sees Chef Oliver teaching how to cook healthy, delicious dishes. Here’s our complete guide to…
by Brandy Shaul | Games.com Published November 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedTron Is Just the Place for Sweet Jumps in This GTA IV Mod
It’s true that the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV has given birth to some truly inspired mods. But not many of them totally re-paint Liberty City in as spectacular fashion as this one does. Modder Quechus13 re-skins GTA IV’s open world with the iconic, neon stripes of the Tron movies and throws in…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedSome Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation Players Encountering Save-File-Killing Bug
It’s starting to seem like fall, 2012 might just be best thought of as bug season. Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, the PS Vita handheld companion to Assassin’s Creed III, has a nasty save-corrupting bug hitting some players. The issue, as reported by players on Ubisoft’s forums, is corrupting save games and causing players to lose…
By Kate Cox Published November 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Week’s iPad Charts: The Angry Birds Death Star Approaches Completion
In case you hadn’t figured out how this works yet, Rovio releases a new Angry Birds game, and then it sits on the charts for months and months and months. This week we welcome the latest Rovio chart-sitter, Angry Birds Star Wars It’s a week of major releases on the iPad, unlike last week where…
By Mike Fahey Published November 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
I Was Ashamed of Being a Gamer. I Don’t Feel That Way Anymore.
Ever since I figured out how easy it was to be judged for loving video games, I felt ashamed of them. For years, I labored to widen the distance between my adult life and that comfy digital world I embraced during my formative years. I’d even say that distance bordered on rebuke as I left…
Samuel Sattin Published November 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
More Than 144,000 People Now Own Natural Selection 2
Natural Selection 2 came out last week, and the folks who made it have created this neat infographic to show off the performance of their new real-time-strategy/first-person-shooter hybrid. Notably: between pre-orders and sales, more than 144,000 people now own the game. Not bad for an indie made by a studio of seven full-time staff Click…
By Jason Schreier Published November 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Halo’s Story Got You Confused? This Chart Might Help. [Update]
I’ll be honest, Halo’s story confuses the hell out of me. Not the general outline, I get that, but the specifics and history of the universe are presented as a mess for someone who just plays the games and doesn’t get knee-deep in the external fiction. Why am I here? Who’s that guy? When did…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 9, 2012 - Kotaku East
Final Fantasy Games Have Never Been About Choice
Over the last week as I have spent more and more time with Bravely Default: Flying Fairy—a Final Fantasy in all but name—I have found myself thinking about the classic Final Fantasies and how they compare with the most modern non-MMO iteration, Final Fantasy XIII. When I first played FFXIII, many months before it came…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 9, 2012 - Kotaku East
Japan’s Real Robot Lady Turned into a Small Plastic Model
HRP-4C Miim is a humanoid robot, kind of like Asimo, but cuter. Japanese researchers toiled away for years in order to bring her to life, enabling her to walk and bow. And soon, she’ll be immortalized as a collectible. According to Tomopop, next February, Miim is getting a snap together figure that is posable. It…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 9, 2012 - Kotaku East
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy is a Classic Final Fantasy in All But Name
I vividly remember watching the Nintendo press conference right before the Tokyo Game Show in 2011 where they announced Bravely Default: Flying Fairy. I remember because I could not stop laughing for a good ten minutes after I saw the nonsensical title pop across my screen. I dismissed the game based on its name alone…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Silicon Knights Must Destroy Unsold Games
In 2007, Silicon Knights sued Epic over issues with the Unreal Engine (that it was unfinished and, thus, sabotaged Silicon Knights’ work). Epic won the legal tussle earlier this year and was awarded US$4.45 million. The headaches for Silicon Knights don’t end there. NeoGAF member Xenon noticed that page 41 of the court documents give…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 9, 2012 - Kotaku East
The Valkyria Chronicles 3 Anime is So True to the Game, I Forgot I Wasn’t Playing it
As I’ve said before, I was a fan of the Valkyria Chronicles series from the moment I first saw its debut trailer. Not only was it beautiful but also it got me, a man who never liked strategy games growing up, to spend countless hours on them. I love the series (though VC2 has more…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published November 9, 2012