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With a Mario Marriage Proposal This Super, How Could He Say No?
“Will you be my player two?” More beautiful words between two gamers have never been spoken. Offbeat Bride tribesmaid Kaharaminttu raised the phrase to new levels of sweetness with this creative coin box proposal to her husband-to-be. When Kaharaminttu’s “mancreature” told her that he felt it was silly that society always expected the man to…
By Mike Fahey Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Baldur’s Gate Is Back. New Characters, Dungeon Coming September 18
If you’ve been getting the urge to replay Baldur’s Gate, you might want to wait til this fall. The classic role-playing game will see new life on September 18, when developer Beamdog releases Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, an enhanced remake with new characters and a new adventure that the company says will take you six…
By Jason Schreier Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Walking Dead Game Comes To iOS in Fine Form [Update]
Many of us here at Kotaku are fans of Telltale’s episodic Walking Dead game. It’s been one of the most welcome surprises of the year—a zombie game that’s less about killing zombies and more about dealing with living in a world without laws or hope. Though the game was announced for Apple devices as well…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
At Least This $20,000 Banjo-Kazooie Toy Comes With Free Shipping
I like video game toys as much as the next guy. There are even a few toys out there that I’d be willing to pay money for. But twenty thousand dollars seems a bit high. And yet that’s the price that this one-of-a-kind Banjo-Kazooie prototype figure is selling for on eBay right now. According to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedWhy Final Fantasy Is Called Final Fantasy (And Other FF Trivia)
Did you know that Aeris’s death was inspired by the death of Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s mother? Or that the name Final Fantasy came from the sense of desperation Square felt back in the 80s? Okay, maybe you did. Still, this is an interesting, well-produced set of trivia from Square Enix’s ubiqutious role-playing game…
By Jason Schreier Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
New Super Mario Bros. 2 Is All About Fresh Power-Ups, Spiteful Multiplayer And Coins, Coins, Coins
Some things in this universe are constant. Death, taxes. Slow buses when you’re late. And the fact that Mario is into coins. He’s still into coins in the upcoming 3DS game New Super Mario Bros. 2. And it’s a good thing, because the game has lots of coins. So many coins. Pretty much all of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Angry Birds Space Scores a New Boss, a New Bird, and a Little Tetris Flavor
The biggest update yet to Rovio’s award-winning fowl-flinging space physics game sees the return of an inflatable hero, the appearance of the big (the operative term) boss of the sugary planet of Utopia, and a secret level loosely based on the most beloved puzzle game of all time. There are 20 new levels to conquer…
By Mike Fahey Published July 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis is the Pure Essence of Real-Time Strategy
Since its inception, the real-time strategy genre has gotten progressively more complex with each passing year, piling weather effects, terrain conditions, tech trees, multi-tiered objectives and more on top of a relatively simple core concept. Auralux is that core concept. Recently released for Android devices (it’s been out for the PC, grab a free demo…
By Mike Fahey Published July 26, 2012 -
Uncategorized1st-Person Perspective: The Strongest Female Characters
Here at Kotaku, we interview many wonderful video game creators and lots of powerful gaming executives. What we don’t do—what we’re going to do a lot more of—is interview the people who simply play video games. To fix that, Kotaku video editor Chris Person and reporter Evan Narcisse ventured to downtown Manhattan shop Video Games…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy XIV, Totally Overhauled, Is Now Called A Realm Reborn
Square Enix has completely rebuilt Final Fantasy XIV in a project that has now been rebranded “A Realm Reborn,” the publisher said today. Previously called “Version 2.0,” this will be the next incarnation of Square’s massively multiplayer online game, which has been modified quite a bit since it first came out in 2010. Square Enix…
By Jason Schreier Published July 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedHere’s A Trailer For An RPG With 40 Endings
Here’s the launch trailer for Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time, a new strategy-role-playing game that Atlus will bring to the U.S. next week for PSP. Yep, PSP. The Vita might not get new games, but the PSP does. And this one is looking pretty good. Rockin music! This is the fourth game in the Growlanser series,…
By Jason Schreier Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Did you load up like a glutton at a Las Vegas buffet during the Steam Summer Sale? Want to talk about what you’re playing, loving and 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…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedCrysis 3‘s Interactive Trailer Lets You Choose from Sneaky or Overpowering
This newest look at Crytek’s bow-wielding first-person shooter gives viewers the option to see what it looks like you take on enemies sneakily or jump in with guns blazing. The threequel set in a New York overgrown with apocalyptic levels of vegetation comes out next year for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
By Evan Narcisse Published July 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Four Core Concepts That Guild Wars 2 is Built Upon
Yesterday’s Q&A with Guild Wars 2 content designer Mike Zadorojny painted the development of next month’s blockbuster MMO in broad strokes. Today ArenaNet releases a series of videos that break the game’s design down to four core components: dynamic events, player versus player, personal story and combat. A massively multiplayer online role-playing game is much…
By Mike Fahey Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Heavy-Metal Art Of Darksiders II
Every corner of the Darksiders world is laced with art. There’s art on art, more art than you can shake a stick at. That makes sense, given the fact that Vigil, the studio behind Darksiders and this August’s Darksiders II, is headed up by well-known comic artist Joe Madureira. I spoke with Madureira last week…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Bubble Witch Saga Pops In On the Future of Cross-Platform Social Gaming
Today players of King.com’s popular Bubble Witch Saga can continue their Facebook-based quest on the iPhone and iPad. To some a free-to-play puzzle game that seamlessly synchronizes between Facebook and smartphone might not sound like that big of a deal. To others it’s another step on the path towards a future of platform-free gaming. Nearly…
By Mike Fahey Published July 26, 2012 - Kotaku East
Game Creators Are Constantly Looking To The Future. Here’s What A Few Of Them Are Looking At
Weekly Famitsu celebrated its 1,234th issue this week with an interview with several game creators abouth their thoughts on the future. Among the creators were Capcom’s Hideaki Itsuno, Grasshopper Manufacture’s Gouichi Suda, and Tecmo Koei’s Kenichi Ogasawara Director of the Devil May Cry series and Dragon’s Dogma, Hideaki Itsuno enthusiastically spoke of his dream to…
By Toshi Nakamura Published July 26, 2012 - Kotaku East
This Is a Rocket Launcher. For Plastic Bottles.
This summer, your Commando dreams are reality, thanks to Japan’s Marudai Corp. For a cool ¥28,350 ($363), the company will sell you its PET Bottle Launcher RPG-7 kit. It contains all the parts to make your own bottle launcher. Once you have the RPG-7 built, you fill a plastic bottle with water, set the launcher,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 26, 2012
