• Uncategorized

  Well, I’d Say This Stupid Error Message About Sums It Up, Diablo III-Wise

  Hey, I know that server errors are to be expected when an online game launches. That doesn’t make it any less annoying that I’ve been trying (quite diligently!) to log in to Diablo III for the last half-hour to no avail. I don’t even want to play with other people! I just wanted to click…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 15, 2012
• Uncategorized

  Come On, a Card Game About Tentacle Rape? [Update]

  Tentacle Bento is the name of a card game currently up on Kickstarter seeking funding. As of posting, it has received twice as much money as it originally said it needed. Which is a bit of a bummer, since it’s a game about raping girls with tentacles. Yeah, you can say this is a fetish,…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2012
• Uncategorized

  Sega’s Greatest Hero Had an Action Figure

  If you think I mean Sonic, get out. And don’t come back. I mean Segata Sanshiro, Sega Saturn ad man and star of easily the greatest video game commercials ever made During the height of his popularity in Japan in the late 90s, Takara released this figure based on Sanshiro (played by former Kamen Rider…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2012
• Uncategorized

  Diablo III is now LIVE

  After eleven years, the next entry in the Diablo series is now unlocked, open and ready to go. Or, at least, it should be. If you’ve got the client installed, have at it! And if you have any problems, comments or excited thoughts, please, leave them below. UPDATE – And whaddya know, people are having…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2012
• Uncategorized

  Batman Figures Pull a Knife on Arkham City’s Finest

  There are two kinds of Batman: Arkham City action figures. There are the standard ones, and there are the expensive ones. These are a new line of the standard ones, but before you let that put you off, some of them look pretty great. DC Collectible’s third series of Arkham City toys include six figures.…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2012
• 

  Uncategorized

  Kingdom Hearts 3D Trailer is so, so Cheesy

  Here’s an English-language trailer for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, for the Nintendo 3DS. Throwing Disney and Square Enix is still resulting in pretty much exactly what you’d expect it would.

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2012
• Uncategorized

  Official Servers Make a Battlefield 3 Comeback

  After it was discovered last week that the number of “official” DICE and EA Battlefield 3 servers on console had dropped significantly in the wake of a new rental scheme, the developer has moved to bring a large number of them back. We were told last week that no servers had gone offline; instead, DICE’s…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2012
• Uncategorized

  PC Zombie Darling Causes Sale Explosion, ArmA Devs Happy to Help

  Diablo III may have all the marketing and hype as far as the PC market is concerned, but I’ll be damned if anything, Blizzard-developed or not, is going to keep me from playing more DayZ this week. The zombie survival mod for Bohemia Interactive’s military sim ArmA II has come out of nowhere to be…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2012
• 

  Uncategorized

  Ghost Recon “Trailer” is More of an “Awesome Short Movie”

  In 2010, Ubisoft released one of the best video game “trailers” I’d ever seen, using fancy effects and real actors to bring Ghost Recon to life. Now, two years later, they’re back, and this one’s not only longer, it’s better. I can’t imagine the marketing pull this will receive will be worth the time and…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2012
• Uncategorized

  Designing a Better Steam, For PC and TV (and Phones!)

  Unlocks aside, Valve’s Steam service works pretty damn well. One thing it’s always been a little lacking in, though, has been its appearance. The latest redesign helped, but it’s still a little cluttered, a little messy. So designer Josh Collie thought he’d take a swing at redesigning the thing. I like what he’s come up…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 15, 2012
• CultureTotal Recall

  The Creator of Mario and Zelda Reveals his Secrets (in 1999)

  In 1999, Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto gave a keynote address at the Game Developers Conference. An address you can watch here in its entirety. Remember, this isn’t the quasi-executive, Wii Music Shigeru Miyamoto we know today. This is the designer at perhaps the height of his powers, with games like Super Mario 64 still fresh…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2012
• CultureTotal Recall

  Fresh New Images of Tired Old Hardware

  If you’re short on ideas for new wallpaper, and have a bit of a thing for old video game hardware, check out French artist Alan Cloiseau’s collection of vintage Sega, Sony and Nintendo systems and controllers. His personal site has plenty more great art.

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2012
• Uncategorized

  The Name’s Gambit; Remember It

  Hello camp Kotaku, and welcome to another Open Thread. If you’re reading this, it’s probably 10:40 PM EST, which means only 5.3 more hours until Diablo III unlocks. Well, 5.3 hours and one minute. (Or yes, if you want to be “more accurate,” 5 Hours and 21 minutes.) While you’re waiting, take some time to…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 14, 2012
• 

  Uncategorized

  Check Out All The Loot In The Diablo III Collector’s Edition

  Blizzard certainly didn’t skimp on the Diablo III collector’s edition. It’s a big honkin box, filled with an amount of loot appropriate for a game that is all about, well, loot. Stephen’s copy arrived at Gawker HQ… but he wasn’t there to receive it, so our own Tina Amini opened it up and had a…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 14, 2012
• Uncategorized

  Blizzard Offers Some Unlucky Diablo III Fans Refunds, Others “Free” Games

  Poor Aussie Diablo III fans who pre-ordered the game then lost their money (and game!) when retailer GAME went into administration yesterday, you’re suddenly in luck. Blizzard will be footing the bill, and getting you the games you paid for. The company has issued a statement that basically says “if you kept your receipt, buy…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2012
• Uncategorized

  The Witcher Developers are Working on at Least One Entirely New Game

  The Polish game studio CD Projekt is hiring for two new games, at least one of which has nothing to do with The Witcher One of the franchises is described as “dark fantasy” (just like The Witcher), and the other sounds like something totally different. “Our mature dark-fantasy world is well known around the world,…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 14, 2012
• 

  Uncategorized

  If You Ever Wanted To Get Kicked Out of PAX, Here’s How

  Comedian Nathan Barnatt, in his performing persona of socially awkward Keith Apicary, was removed from PAX East this year after interrupting the Rooster Teeth panel with a stage-rushing, trouser-dropping incident. Barnatt’s own compiled footage of Apicary’s antics at PAX East is now available. In the first half, he wanders around the convention like a geeky…

  By Kate Cox Published May 14, 2012
• Uncategorized

  I Still Have No Idea What The Hell Class To Play in Diablo III

  Diablo III comes out tomorrow. Which really means it comes out tonight at midnight. I’m excited to play it—more excited than I would have thought I’d be, to be honest. There’s only one problem. At the beginning of my adventure, I’m going to have to make a choice—I’m going to have to pick a character…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 14, 2012
• 

  Uncategorized

  Here’s 1:07 of Footage From Prometheus, Showing the Ship Landing

  You’ve seen spaceships land a million times, but rarely has it ever looked as pretty as it does in this clip from upcoming sci-fi flick Prometheus

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2012
• Uncategorized

  Activision Pays Ex-Call of Duty Developers $42 Million

  The ongoing legal feud between publishers Activision and former employees Jason West and Vince Zampella, the creators of the Call of Duty franchise, took an interesting turn today when Activision coughed up over $40 million. Note that this is not part of any settlement; according to Polygon, it’s the result of Activision doing a little…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2012