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UncategorizedThese Old Folks’ Reactions to Black Ops II Are Adorable
Gather a bunch of 50- and 60-year-olds in a focus group, show them Black Ops II‘s violent, self-regarding trailer, and ask them what they think. Recipe for incomprehending outrage and comedy gold, akin to the infamous “Your Mom Hates Dead Space 2,” stunt EA pulled, right?. Not really. Asked why the game is so popular…
By Owen Good Published November 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
There Are At Least 4,294 People Playing Halo 4 Multiplayer Right Now, Three Days Before Launch
We’re up to 4,294 people playing Halo 4 online right now-at least. We can’t co-op, but we do have the breakdowns for competitive multiplayer and the story based Spartan Ops. Yesterday, there were at least 495 people playing the game online. This is a nine-fold increase. Halo 4 will be officially released on November 6.…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
Texas Patent Firm Asks Judge to Shut Down Magic: The Gathering: Online
A Texas intellectual property firm has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Wizards of the Coast-but, intriguingly, not parent company Hasbro-alleging that Magic: The Gathering‘s online version violates patents it holds on a video game you’ve probably never heard of. Given that Magic: The Gathering Online is 10 years old, and patent infringement cases are…
By Owen Good Published November 3, 2012 - Esports
Is Someone Starting a League of Legends Fantasy League?
I suppose this was inevitable. When you have eSports, with all the markers of professional sports-superstars, commentators, million-dollar prizes-at some point you’ll wind up with fantasy eSports. Domain watchdog Fusible spotted three registrations on Thursday and, combined with their owner, it suggests someone’s looking to create a fantasy League of Legends league. Who knows how…
By Owen Good Published November 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
Five Bucks Buys Six Exotic Rides in Forza Horizon‘s Next DLC Pack
The “Bondurant Car Pack” for Forza Horizon arrives on Nov. 6 and offers six new rides: The 2012 Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Spyder Performante; the 2012 Shelby 1000; the 2010 BMW M3 GTS; the 1965 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C, the 1993 Nissan 240SX SE, and the 2012 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. It’s 400 Microsoft points.
By Owen Good Published November 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
Court Rejects Claim that ‘San Andreas’ Hero was Based on Cypress Hill Backup Dancer
Unless he wants to try his luck before the U.S. Supreme Court, a backup dancer for Cypress Hill [not pictured, above] won’t be getting $250 million-or any money-from the makers of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. A California appeals court has upheld an earlier ruling against the dancer’s claim that the character of Carl “C.J.”…
By Owen Good Published November 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
GameStop’s Former PR Chief Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Almost $2 Million [UPDATE]
Chris Olivera, formerly the vice president of corporate communications for GameStop, pleaded guilty on Thursday to an embezzlement scheme that netted him $1.9 million over the course of two years. Olivera, according to his guilty plea, set up a fake PR agency (“Cloud Communications”) in Nevada, with a nonexistent person (“Jennifer Miller”) as its boss,…
By Owen Good Published November 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
Skyrim’s ‘Dragonborn’ DLC Gets a Trailer on Monday
Bethesda dropped this image via its Twitter yesterday afternoon, telling everyone to expect full details on Monday. This is in all likelihood the reveal trailer for Dragonborn, the game’s next round of DLC.
By Owen Good Published November 3, 2012 -
UncategorizedA Game So Frustrating I Can’t Stop Playing It
When I was 16, in an effort to improve my feeble hitting, I sawed off a broomstick, taped both ends with grip, and would spend hours in the back yard hitting driveway gravel at the galvanized roof of our horse barn. I was quite good at it. Still am. Unfortunately, pitchers my junior year did…
By Owen Good Published November 3, 2012 - Culture
This Week in the Business ‘PS3 has a Great Future Ahead of It Over the Next Few Years.’
What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “PS3 has a great future ahead of it over the next few years.”-John Koller, Sony VP, talking about the holiday season and future prospects for the PS3, as well as how it’s a “marathon, not a sprint” for Vita. QUOTE |…
By Steve Peterson Published November 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Moneysaver: Aprés le Déluge, le Deals
What are we calling it, is it Hurricane Sandy still? Technically that wasn’t a hurricane when it started smashing into things and bringing down power and flooding out datacenters and spawning the Kotumblr and canceling a marathon. Hurricane Sandy, Superstorm Sandy, whatever, it can’t bring a halt to the engines of video game commerce, and…
By Owen Good Published November 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Best of Kotumblr, This Week
Welcome to The Best of Kotak…Kotumblr! Our temporary digs while we wait for our sites to turn back up. That’s right, Hurricane Sandy. Flood our servers, take down our sites, strip us from power and chase the NYC writers out of our city, and we’ll still be posting great content. In your face, storm! Video…
By Tina Amini Published November 3, 2012 -
UncategorizedFive Year Old Girl One-Ups Making Her Own Game By Giving Her Own TEDTalk
Remember Sissy’s Magical Ponycorn Adventure, the absurdly adorable game made by a five year old girl? Now she’s doing things like TEDTalks, which unsurprisingly touch on her experience making Ponycorn. Her dad also chimes in, reminding us of the importance of enabling children to become creators, not consumers. Crazy to think the girl is so…
By Patricia Hernandez Published November 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
Halo 4 Reviewers All Glad That The Fight’s Not Finished Yet
Players jumped in by the millions to finish the fight in Halo 3, back in 2007. And yet, like many a franchise before it, the one-time trilogy of Halo games finds itself with a new fourth sibling, years later. This year, the old franchise-Halo first launched in 2001-found itself in new hands, no longer developed…
By Kate Cox Published November 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Week in Gaming Apps: Rumbly Tumblr Edition
Welcome to the first (and hopefully final) Tumblr edition of Kotaku‘s Week in Gaming Apps, where we look fondly back at the mobile games that touched our lives during this trying time, except for the one from Monday that we can only link to via Google cache. Since our normal format won’t work here, I…
By Mike Fahey Published November 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
Borderlands 2 Developers Bringing Back The Claptrap Webseries
It’s come to the point where I’m getting excited about any opportunity to see more of the characters of the delightfully silly Borderlands franchise. And apparently Gearbox is heeding my call, because they’re bringing back the Claptrap webseries, which, if you’re like me and haven’t even watched season one yet, you can watch all of…
By Tina Amini Published November 2, 2012
