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Become an Aperture Test Subject With Your Very Own Portal Jumpsuit
Toy company NECA, who recently released an official replica Portal gun, is letting people kick their Aperture fantasies up a notch with an entire licensed outfit Going on sale soon will be a pair of long socks fashioned to look like the game’s Long Fall Boots and, for those who really like to get in…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 12, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Kind of Man Sells Over $1,000,000 Worth of Rare Video Games? This Kind of Man.
A few days ago, an eBay auction offering thousands of video games was listed at over $1.2 million. An obscene figure, but when you consider it included the complete catalogues of every game released on the NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Virtual Boy, Master System, Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast (just to name a few), it seemed…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 12, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
That Game Where “Hulk Hogan’s” Chest Nearly Exploded
Wrestle War is a Japanese wrestling game that was released in arcades in 1989 (and on Japanese and PAL Mega Drives a couple of years later). Despite not carrying a single official license, it decided to rip off a number of high-profile wrestlers of the time, like Hulk Hogan (who was awesomely renamed “Titan Morgan”)…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 11, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
A History of Video Game Movies That Haven’t Been Made (And Probably Won’t)
As video game fans, it’s easy to get excited about movie adaptation news because, as video game fans, you expect this means the movie will one day actually get made. It doesn’t. That might be how video games work, but it’s certainly not how Hollywood works. This week has seen three big announcements in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Calvinball Theory of Building a Mythological World
Hi Kotaku, and welcome to the evening Off Topic post. You know Calvinball, right? It’s the game that Calvin and his tiger Hobbes would play in Bill Waterson’s genius comic Calvin and Hobbes. The whole point of Calvinball was that there are no rules other than the ones that have been made up in the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
Need For Speed Flick Gets a Hot Date
They’re already talking about February 2014 as the release window for Need For Speed the movie, which tells you everything you need to know about this venture, even 18 months away. Movies released in late winter, specifically February, are fucking terrible. Critics expect them to be fucking terrible. Their makers expect them to be fucking…
By Owen Good Published July 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
How The Internet Deals With EA
I really enjoyed these comics, published today by the hilarious folks over at Dorkly. No matter how you feel about video game publisher Electronic Arts these days, hopefully you can appreciate the ribbing. Enjoy: Head over to Dorkly for the rest! The Internet’s Guide to Dealing With EA [Dorkly]
By Jason Schreier Published July 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
Cyborg And Nightwing Join The Cast Of Injustice
The latest two additions to NeatherRealm’s upcoming Justice League fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us will be Cyborg and Nightwing. Kotaku‘s Evan Narcisse is on the show floor at San Diego Comic-Con, where he chatted with NeatherRealm’s Ed Boon. Evan will have more more info on Injustice soon.
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 11, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch The Mental Meltdown Of A Leaderboard-Beating Dyad Run
Dyad is the kind of game that’s tough to talk about—you kinda have to play it to get it. That said, watching a level play out gives a decent sense of the whole disorienting, often exhilarating experience. Here, Chris Person blasts through one of the early levels and puts on a pretty impressive show, earning…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 11, 2012 -
UncategorizedWho Needs a Dragon Shout When You Have a Rapping Bard?
There’s nothing quite like a bard in a tavern, strumming his medieval proto-guitar of choice (here a mandolin, there a lute, sometimes a harp) and humming dulcet tones. Then there’s this bard. He’s a little more 21st century than those other minstrels and troubadours. As he says: “You see, I bear some rare amazing information…
By Kate Cox Published July 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
More Superheroes Need Arkham City‘s Superpowered Fist-Fighting
Today, we’ve seen a rumor flying around that Rocksteady’s next Batman game will be a Silver Age-era game about the first time Batman met Joker. Variety notes that this period is when Batman formed the Justice League of America along with Superman and a bunch of other famous DC superheroes. Which of course, raises the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
One Console To Rule Them All
In today’s slightly late (sorry!) edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Gusi A. Rincon puts forth the argument for a unified console. Forget the console wars! If the big console makers would all just declare peace, everyone would benefit. Right now the best that could happen to the Game industry (just hypothetically speaking) would…
Featuring Gusi A. Rincon Published July 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Kama Sutra PlayStation Game Pitch Sony Turned Down
Game publishers get all manner of weird game pitches. Sometimes, one man’s weird pitch is another man’s potential goldmine… especially when sexual positions are involved. In an interview over at Eurogamer, Sony producer Pete Smith talked about a pitch the company once got for a game for the PlayStation 2’s EyeToy camera based on the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
Madden Challenger Closes Up Shop for Good
Once cited as proof—by no less than the boss of EA Sports at the time—that Madden NFL in fact had competition, the free-to-play browser-based sports management game QuickHit NFL is done for good as of the middle of next month. Bought out by Majesco a year ago, the QuickHit operation declined to renew its NFL…
By Owen Good Published July 11, 2012 -
ReviewsNCAA Football 13: The Kotaku Review
NCAA Football 13 arrives at a particularly nostalgic time in my life. I’ve moved back to my hometown—in a house literally across the street from the five-time state champion high school I graduated. Revered names like Jeff Hayes and Mike Chatham, Harry Jennings and Richard Grissom, and Clarence Edwards (pictured above, somewhat idealized) are flooding…
By Owen Good Published July 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
On the Ground at Comic-Con
The biggest party in comics is about to begin. San Diego Comic-Con officially starts tomorrow. Our own Mike Fahey and Evan Narcisse are in sunny SoCal right now, and as you see, Fahey is already all registered. Kotaku will be bringing you all kinds of SDCC coverage for the rest of the week and weekend.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 11, 2012 -
Uncategorized60s Robin Is A Hilariously Unsuitable Sidekick For The Dark Knight
The new era of Batman might be a little too…dark for the likes of 60s Robin. 60s Robin is the kind of guy that poses with his hands on either hip. His lines are full of cute puns and childish cuss words. I mean, his outfit doesn’t even match the glossy black of Batman’s. How…
By Tina Amini Published July 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
You’ll Be Able To Play The Next Game From The Creator Of Final Fantasy On August 14
Wii action-role-playing game The Last Story will arrive on August 14, XSEED said today on its Twitter account. Developed by Mistwalker in conjunction with Marvelous AQL, The Last Story is the work of Hironobu Sakaguchi, best known as the mustachioed creator of Final Fantasy For more on The Last Story, check out my preview and…
By Jason Schreier Published July 11, 2012