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  Team Fortress 2’s Heavy Makes an Awesome Captain Falcon

  Oh, Source Filmmakers, is there anything can’t you do?

  By Evan Narcisse Published July 25, 2012
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  Oh Come On, This Cute Little Guy is Nowhere as Squicky as a Spider

  In today’s nearly completely random episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Althir believes that this friendly little fellow evokes the same sort of terror as would a flying spider. You folks should write more about games, lest the next one be a giant spider close-up. I’m an arachnophobia. Silly, considering there’s approximately three kinds…

  Featuring Althir Published July 25, 2012
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  Zynga Stock Drops 41%

  Zynga’s stock has suddenly dropped 41%. This is surprising news for the FarmVille maker, which has been facing difficulties on the stock market since it went public late last year. Shares fell to $2.99 a pop after hours today and have been fluctuating around there since. When Zynga went public in December, shares sold for…

  By Jason Schreier Published July 25, 2012
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  Dad Asks For Advice on Son’s Minecraft ‘Addiction’, Gets Told to Help Him Build Stuff

  Kid loves video game, spends lots and lots of time with it. Parent frets over kid, thinks offspring might’ve fallen prey to the bogeyman of video game addiction. It’s a scenario that probably plays out in thousands of homes. Maybe even yours. One father went to Quora, where questions get asked and answered by site…

  By Evan Narcisse Published July 25, 2012
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  Gabe Newell Wants to Support Linux, Because Windows 8 is a ‘Catastrophe’

  The head of Valve says his company is working to develop for Linux, calling Microsoft’s Windows 8 a “catastrophe” that will lead product manufacturers to abandon the platform. At a gaming event in Seattle last night, as reported by AllThingsD, Valve CEO Gabe Newell said the one thing holding back Linux is video game support.…

  By Jason Schreier Published July 25, 2012
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  Reviews

  Thomas Was Alone: The Kotaku Review

  I don’t remember the last time I played seriously with colored quadrilaterals. But I do distinctly recall that the experience didn’t leave me misty-eyed and smiling. The blocks at my disposal in Thomas Was Alone managed to do exactly that. It’s silly, really, for me to think of the playable avatars of Mike Bithell’s indie…

  By Evan Narcisse Published July 25, 2012
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  This Aston Martin PC Case is Gorgeous, and Derek Smith is the Best Friend Ever

  Custom PC builder Derek Smith had a friend that needed a PC, but couldn’t afford to purchase a brand-new system, so Smith told this friend he’d put something together. That something turned out to be a Cooler Master “Cosmos S” case transformed into the sort of PC James Bond would roll down an embankment in.…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2012
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  The Secret World Log, Supplemental: I Am All the Character Classes

  With Kate on holiday this week’s MMO log for The Secret World isn’t happening. This is sad. Luckily for everyone involved, I’ve been playing as well, and I am tired of people asking me what character class I rolled. That’s not how it works. Here’s how it does. For many players it’s quite liberating, being…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2012
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  One Of The Designers Of Guild Wars 2 Is Answering Your Questions Right Now

  Last weekend’s Guild Wars 2 beta just concluded, and the folks at ArenaNet are getting the game touched up for its August 28 launch. You’ve seen the game at cons, you’ve read our coverage, and if you’re lucky, you’ve even played for yourself. Guild Wars 2 is almost here. Surely you’ve got some questions. Mike…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published July 25, 2012
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  PC Gaming Lives, Now And Forever

  Wait, PC Gaming Lives? Hell, it’s doing better than living! PC gaming is kicking ass Oh, I get it. That’s the point; it’s a funny name. Our coverage of all things PC begins now with a very special reader Q&A. Grab your super complicated gaming mouses and let’s begin.

  By Kirk Hamilton Published July 25, 2012
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  An Early Look At Combat In The Banner Saga

  If you’re like me, you’ve had a curious eye on The Banner Saga since it was announced earlier this year. Three former BioWare developers went to Kickstarter before Kickstarter became “Kickstarter” (if that makes sense?) to fund a DRM-free PC/Mac RPG called The Banner Saga Art director Arnie Jorgensen has posted this update to the…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published July 25, 2012
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  Terrible Tech Support Rep Threatens to Leak Customer’s Home Address to Criminals, Customer Says

  A DayZ player/Reddit user says they recently got some really bad customer support. Not the wait-20-minutes on hold kind of bad customer support. More like the threaten-to-send-your-home-address-to-criminals kind. The saga, which popped up in Reddit and message boards for the popular DayZ zombie mod, involves some escalating exchanges between the gamer, known as SinisterPrime, and…

  By Tina Amini Published July 25, 2012
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  Chris Avellone Teases Planescape: Torment Successor

  Like its nameless protagonist, Planescape: Torment might come back from the dead. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz in an interview posted today, Obsidian co-founder and Planescape: Torment creator Chris Avellone said he’s “very tempted” to start a Kickstarter to revive his beloved classic role-playing game. Although he’d ditch the D&D—and maybe even the setting, too. “I think…

  By Jason Schreier Published July 25, 2012
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  Infinity Ward’s Next-Gen Call of Duty, id’s Next-Gen Surprise, 1666 And Other Gaming Secrets

  Editor’s Note: Do you want to read about some secrets about the gaming industry? Would you like to know about plans and projects that have been hiding in plain sight? The person known as Superannuation believes that you do and has another haul of them to share… An Infinity Ward engineer’s resume appears to corroborate…

  by Superannuation Published July 25, 2012
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  The 3DS Is Bigger In Japan Than In America

  Stare, stare, stare at Nintendo’s latest hardware and software sales figures and what do you see? The Wii and DS proved to be more popular in America and in “other areas” (aka the rest of the world) than they were in Japan by a wide margin. America is pretty big, of course! But the 3DS?…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 25, 2012
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  Halifax-Based NBA Baller Beats Studio Shuts Down After Five Years [UPDATE]

  The Halifax division of HB Studios, the Canadian group of developers behind numerous sports video games, is closing, an HB rep confirmed to Kotaku today. The studio is responsible for this fall’s NBA Baller Beats, an unusual and innovative Kinect game that teaches you to dribble with a real basketball (we tried it at E3).…

  By Stephen Totilo Published July 25, 2012
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  Dead Space 3 Changes Might Not Be Anything to Fear

  These days Dead Space fans seem scared by something other than the jumps and thrills of the series. It’s what the next installment in their beloved horror series could turn into that terrifies them. Visceral’s horror franchise has won players’ loyalty for a few key staples, like dark claustrophobic corridors, sudden scares and menacing Necromorph…

  By Tina Amini Published July 25, 2012
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  This Game Lets You Slap A Nazi Officer Around With A Broomstick

  I don’t even know anymore. I don’t know where to begin. Sometimes I have to wonder why we spend so much time writing about polished, big-budget games where there are games like BRUCEfilm’s Stay Dead out there. Here we have an iPad fighting game that uses real actors to stage ploddingly choreographed, cheesy fight sequences…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published July 25, 2012
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  Five Spoiler-Heavy Reasons The Dark Knight Rises Fell Flat

  As I exited the theater early Friday morning after a midnight showing of the third and final film in Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed Batman trilogy, the air was filled with excited chatter. “I didn’t see that coming!” “I knew it all along!” “I want to see it again!” The crowd seemed quite pleased. I wasn’t feeling…

  By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2012
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  How do you buy video games? Go on and talk about recent acquisitions that you’re playing, loving or even hating. Head over to Talk Amongst Yourselves, the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Go to the TAY forum at this link and do what you’ve…

  By Evan Narcisse Published July 25, 2012