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UncategorizedThis Is What It Looks Like When Disasters Strike In The New SimCity
There are those careful, obsessive builders (like my junior-high self) who disabled disasters, when possible, in our SimUtopias. Then there are those diabolical builders (like my high-school self) who delighted in bombarding their hapless SimHellholes with disaster after disaster. (My personal favorite was SimCity 2000‘s Monster.) So, what of disasters in the new SimCity? This…
By Kate Cox Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
It’s Like Pictionary, But With a Crappy Artist
I love art—adore it. Yet, I’m not very good at drawing. I wish I was better, and my lack of illustration talent is probably why I enjoy appreciating the work of others that much more. So going into today’s Gaming App of the Day, I could immediately identify with the game’s main character. That’s right,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Some Gamers Are Really Pissed At EA For Screwing Up This Weekend [UPDATE: EA Responds]
This weekend, Electronic Arts accidentally gave away thousands of free games thanks to a discount coupon, rewarded to anyone who filled out their marketing survey, that would take $20 off any purchase of more than $20. Some crafty gamers figured out that they could use the coupon more than once, and they walked away with…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedCall of Duty Elite Going Completely Free With Black Ops II
The Call of Duty Elite service will be completely free of charge for all players with the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops II this November, Activision announced today. Call of Duty Elite began life in 2011 with both free and paid premium subscriptions. While all Elite players have access to stat-tracking and social…
By Kate Cox Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Facebook is Playing This Week: In a World Without Zynga, Candy Crush Saga is King
Two straight weeks of FarmVille 2 being at the top of the daily active users Facebook game charts is plenty. This week I’m bending the laws of time and space to imagine a chart without Zynga—a chart in which Candy Crush Saga reigns supreme. It’s a silly concept, really. Without the success Zynga’s had in…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Most Horrifying Thing You Could Ever Catch A Zombie Doing
Video spoilers …is pooping. From one of my favorite YouTubers—and in the spirit of zombie week—comes this short and sweet clip of a very…unique encounter with Left 4 Dead 2‘s tank. I never thought I’d feel bad for a zombie until now. There he was, minding his own business on a flushable porta potty when…
By Tina Amini Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedPlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Enters Open Beta This Week
You can check out the beta for Sony fighting game PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale starting tomorrow, assuming you are A) a PlayStation Plus user or B) a Vita owner. If you want to play on PS3, and you don’t have PlayStation Plus, you’ll have to wait until October 23 for access to the beta, which…
By Jason Schreier Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedA Delightfully Melodic Take on the Monster Breeding Game
Thanks to the success of titles like Dragonvale you can’t swing a dead lizard without hitting a dozen games that feature mystical islands filled with magical creatures having sex with one another to create new magical creatures. Developer Big Blue Bubble has taken the sub-genre and made it into a musical. The familiar elements are…
By Mike Fahey Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Incredibly Cute & Clever Cosplay of New York Comic-Con’s Last Two Days
If you weren’t careful, you could step over some of the cutest cosplayers attending this year’s New York Comic-Con. Take this little Spider-toddler in the shot above. She’s only 19 months old but kept her mask on like a real superhero. Off to a great start, I say. Take a gander at the other outfits…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedKotaku Timeline: Grand Theft Auto V
All video games have a history… a history of rumors and official statements, of leaks, of screenshots, of trailers and other things that excite us, confuse us or do both. So how do we get from the smallest hint of a new game to the real thing? What’s the journey? Today, we’re debuting something a…
András Neltz & Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Gallery: Grand Theft Auto V
July 12, 2012 click here to return to our GTA V timeline! July 12, 2012 click here to return to our GTA V timeline! August 20, 2012 click here to return to our GTA V timeline! August 20, 2012 click here to return to our GTA V timeline! August 20, 2012 click here to return…
András Neltz & Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Places You’ve Been Playing Video Games…
Where have you been in the last few years? I don’t mean in the real world. I mean in that other world. The one where Skyrim’s customs officer checks your bags for juniper berries, or where amidst the rubble of a post-apocalyptic society someone found a working sticker machine. British artist AJ Hateley (who we’ve…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Wii Drops Price To $130
In advance of the Wii U’s November 18 launch, Nintendo is cutting the price of the current Wii console to $129.99. The console, which will be black, will be sold in a bundle with Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort (on one disc, interestingly enough), a Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuk. The bundle will start…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Who’s White and Who’s Japanese in Anime? Once Again, the Internet Compares.
Earlier this year, there were discussions online in Japan on the “whiteness” of anime characters. That discussion, it seems, is not over. A recent Japanese thread titled “Even After Seeing This, You Can Declare Anime Characters Japanese?” (これを見てもアニメキャラは日本人って言い切れるかい？) picked up this issue once again, trying to suss out the physical characteristics of anime characters and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Chinese Students Recreate Resident Evil, Freak Out Everyone
A group of art students at the Nanjing University of the Arts thought it was a good idea to create a Resident Evil fan film for a student get together. They proceeded to recreate scenes straight out of video games after hours on school property, bringing in dummy body parts, fake blood and weapons. They…
By Eric Jou Published October 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Nearly Twenty Chinese Bureaucrats Fired for Gaming at Work
Bureaucratic work is understandably boring but it has its perks: a steady income and a stable job. However, nineteen government employees in China’s far west province of Xinjiang have taken their jobs for granted, spending their office hours playing video games. The government employees were caught in late august after unannounced inspections by the local…
By Eric Jou Published October 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Cosplaying Lady or Not, Blue Noodles Look Disgusting
This weekend in Tokyo’s geek mecca, Akihabara, eatery LittleBSD wheeled out a noodle selling kiosk. LittleBSD isn’t your typical restaurant—it’s cosplay themed. These weren’t your typical noodles—they were blue. The noodles were “negi sio ita yakisoba” (ネギ塩痛焼きそば) in the image of virtual idol Hatsune Miku. “Negi” (green onions) is what the virtual idol is often…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
Bravely Default‘s Inevitable Sequel Will *Probably* Be on the 3DS
On Twitter, a Japanese gamer said she or he purchased a 3DS just to play Square Enix’s latest role-playing game Bravely Default—then asked the game’s official Twitter, if there were a sequel, would it also be a 3DS title? Here’s the reply: “Depending on the circumstances, I don’t think it would change. Because I think…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
My Uncomfortable Lunch At The Hello Kitty Dreams Restaurant
I like the color pink, and I’m not ashamed to say it. I wear pink shirts, I have a pair of pink boxers and a few pairs of socks that accidentally became pink but nothing could’ve prepared me for my lunch at the Hello Kitty Dreams Restaurant. It was an overload of pink. A few…
By Eric Jou Published October 15, 2012 - Kotaku East
How Burger Dreams Turn into Burger Nightmares
You know how promotional photos for fast food restaurants always look delicious? And then you get the burger, and it looks like a dog’s breakfast? That’s often the case, and the special burger tower that’s hitting Lotteria doesn’t look to be an exception. Japanese site Rocket News has photos of both tower burgers (which you…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 15, 2012