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Torchlight II and the Seven Game Reviewers That Can’t Stop Saying Diablo
Torchlight II is an isometric dungeon-crawler role-playing game in which players, alone or in groups, battle fantasy creatures in order to amass more powerful equipment, with which they can then use to fight even more powerful fantasy creatures. See how easy that was? I got through the entire Frankenreview introduction without mentioning Diablo Oh come…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
NBA 2K13‘s Demo Will Put Its Money Where Its Multiplayer Is
NBA 2K12 launched last year with a slew of online problems, disconnects, failures to connect and outright crashes, practically all of it tied to a decision to rewrite the game’s old online codebase, which dated back to the game’s Dreamcast origins and was an agonizing blemish even on a consensus game-of-the-year like NBA 2K12. In…
By Owen Good Published September 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
Let’s Talk About Our Horrible Bosses
In our next-to-last edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, I (Fahey) decided to stick with a simple question that encompasses the very essence of what Speak Up was originally created to do. Commenter Saljuice want to know which video game bosses have given you the most trouble. Stephen Totilo doesn’t count. Last night I spent…
featuring Saljuice Published September 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
Randy Pitchford Teased Details of Borderlands 2‘s Future During Our Live Interview Today. Here Are A Few.
Phew! That was an interesting two+ hours. Thanks to everyone for your questions, and a special thanks to Randy Pitchford himself, who went well into overtime after the original 2-hour mark. If you missed it, Gearbox’s CEO and the man behind Borderlands 2 teased a few details about the future of the sequel in some…
By Tina Amini Published September 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
League of Legends Will Soon Reward Players For Being Good To Each Other
Competitive games like League of Legends tend not to have reputations for particularly nice or well-behaved communities. In short, players are often foul-mouthed jerks to each other. The environment can be daunting to new players and can begin to wear down even the more experienced folk, after a while. Ignore and report functions, while vital,…
By Kate Cox Published September 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
Torchlight II Only Costs $20 So More People Can Play It
Torchlight II is a massive game. It’s packed full of content. You can spend many, many hours hacking away at monsters, questing with your friends, and making mods in this new action-RPG (out today for PC). Yet it’ll only cost you $20, a third the cost of most video games today. That’s a steal. So…
By Jason Schreier Published September 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Man Is Your New Frogger World Champion
Frogger doesn’t have a whole documentary devoted to it the way that Donkey Kong does, in King of Kong. But Konami’s coin-op classic does have a memorable episode from the Seinfeld TV show, where Jason Alexander’s George Costanza puffs up with pride over his longstanding high score in the game. But that fictional score of…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
Skyrim‘s Dragonborn is Freakishly Cute in Vinyl
Introduced at QuakeCon last month and now shipping to all the good little Dovahkiin boys and girls, Symbiote Studio’s Dragonborn vinyl figure now guards my computer desk from low-flying reptilian threats. Let’s unmask this tiny hero! The Dragonborn is the preview figure for the Symbiote Skyrim line, though I’m not sure what other stand-out, iconic…
By Mike Fahey Published September 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedFive Things I Like (And Five Things I Don’t Like) About The Latest Final Fantasy Game
I spent $31.42 on an iPad game two weeks ago. $31.42. On an iPad game. That’s the price you have to pay for Square Enix’s latest foray into old-school role-playing, Final Fantasy Dimensions. This new Final Fantasy is a traditional, turn-based RPG for both iPhone and iPad. You can download the app and play the…
By Jason Schreier Published September 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
Little Did You Know Super Hexagon Is Actually a Text Adventure From 1982
It’s not really a 1982 text adventure, but there’s certainly a 1982-esque text adventure version of the game that you can play right on your browser. Or you can try a timed, downloadable version for PC, Mac and Linux here Though it doesn’t compare to the incredibly tough original iOS game, it’s certainly very charming.…
By Tina Amini Published September 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedPlants vs. Zombies Dancing to “Gangnam Style” Is Incredibly Disturbing
The “Gangnam Style” dance is fabulous. Even as a cultural, inside joke, it’s still hard to deny how amazing it is. Even Deadpool gets behind the Gangnam Style dance. But when zombies with cones for hats take to the dance floor, horrifying, creepy things happen. I think it’s the way they’re looking at me, with…
By Tina Amini Published September 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
Tactical Shooters Live: Your First Look at Takedown, A Game You May Have Helped Fund
Six months ago, gamers helped veteran game developer Christian Allen meet his small team’s $200,000 Kickstarter goal, a goal he hoped would enable them to create a throwback to the wonderful, super-realistic, tactical, plan-or-be-killed shooters of old. They would call their new game Takedown and want to make it into sort of a 21st century…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedGuild Wars 2 Modded Into A Third-Person Shooter
Do you like Guild Wars 2 but wish it could feel a little bit more action-packed? pvpPROJECT has got you covered with this “Combat Mode” mod that adds free mouse-look to the game, more or less turning it into a third-person shooter depending on the ability you’re using. Of course, the mod isn’t official, and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
Randy Pitchford, CEO of the Company That Made Borderlands 2, Is Answering Your Questions Right Here
Borderlands 2 came out this week. It’s a stylish, personality-filled first-person shooter combined with RPG elements. It’s crazy funny. The story is better than the first game. Touching, even. It’s an awesome cooperative experience. Maybe get it on PC But you undoubtedly have questions. Questions that developer Gearbox’s CEO, Randy Pitchford, can answer. Type your…
By Tina Amini Published September 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedMorrowind Modded Into Skyrim Is Something You Must See
Behold these lovely screenshots and videos from Skywind, the ambitious fan-driven project to mod all of Morrowind in the world of Skyrim The project is already pretty stunning, but they have a ways to go. The modders are posting about their plans and goals on the forums of Morroblivion, a site designed to re-create Morrowind…
By Jason Schreier Published September 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedNightwing Is Not Nice To Wonder Woman in the New Injustice Trailer
Something in the world of Injustice: Gods Among Us is turning all of DC’s super-heroes into jerks. Not just Superman. All of them. And now they’re just beating each other up. Why is this happening? Who knows! But the fighting game from the makers of Mortal Kombat is now slated for an April 2013 release…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedThese Mario Clones For Android Are Ridiculous
I love my Android phone. I really do. It feels personalized, it does everything I need it to do, and even though it has its flaws, I still like using it better than I like using iOS and iTunes (which I experience with my iPod touch). Apps for Android, though, are rather infamously a minefield…
By Kate Cox Published September 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Next Excellent Rayman Game is On My iPad
Rayman Origins surprised a lot of folks last year with how charming and sharp its presentation and gameplay was. The product of Michel Ancel’s Ubi Montpelier studio felt like a playable animated cartoon, mostly because a very cool game engine let the dev team easily and quickly pull drawings into a game design. Origins was…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedEnhance! That NCIS Suspect’s Got a Game Box Portable!
Here’s an oldie but goodie we just found in a re-run. It’s a clip from season four, episode 13 of the crime show NCIS—an episode that sees our heroic law enforcers track a suspect down by hacking into his gaming life. This episode originally aired in 2007. Much has changed since then. NCIS is still…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Week’s Nintendo Download Involves A Little Boy Hanging Out With Grown Men In Spandex
While I’m looking forward to Denpa Men, a new downloadable RPG for the eShop that sort of looks like a cross between Pikmin and Dragon Quest, I would strongly urge the folks behind the game to reconsider the above marketing campaign. This is the type of stuff that traumatizes kids for life. This week’s roundup…
By Jason Schreier Published September 20, 2012