Let’s Take a Tour of America’s Most Epic Video Game Company

My trip to North Carolina to attend the East Coast Games Conference in Raleigh last week was a ruse, a feint. My real target was a (mostly) unassuming office structure in the Raleigh suburb of Cary, the birthplace of some of the greatest games of the past decade. The company that was once Epic Megagames…

There’s Morse Code on the Call of Duty Website. Here’s What It Says.

It’s quick as can be but there’s an obscure teaser for Activision’s next big first-person shooter on the Call of Duty website. The concentric circles on the loading screen for CallofDuty.com contain morse code. You probably know what it says already, but it’s safe to consider this a sneaky sort-of confirmation from Activision. (If not,…

Piss Off Your Friends Once Again In Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

Last Friday, Sega introduced us to the sequel to their alternative to Nintendo’s Mario Kart. Racing against their PR team and the Sonic brand manager, I learned how developer Sumo Digital is working on setting Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed apart from their first Sega kart racing title. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, which Kotaku…

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Sometimes You Get Lucky With Explosions For The Sake Of Explosions

Sometimes being stuck with terribly unskilled Battlefield teammates isn’t such a bad thing. It isn’t so bad, that is, if their shenaniganry manages to kill the opposing team with dumb luck.

Glitch Tank Cleverly Turns Your iPad into a 8-Bit Board Game Battlefield

If Battlezone and, say, Risk had a baby, it’d look a lot like Glitch Tank. Michael Brough’s aggressively retro game turns your iPad into an 8-bit theater of sci-fi warfare. Whether it’s you vs. another human or fighting against an AI opponent, the basic mechanics are the same. Each player gets doled out three cards…

Solving a 5×5 Rubik’s Cube in Under Seven Minutes Isn’t Impressive, Unless You’re Blindfolded

Demonstrating the memorization and motor skills of some sort of humanoid robot, Hungary’s Marcell Endrey spends three and a half minutes getting to know a scrambled 5×5 Rubik’s Cube, slips on a blindfold, and solves it in just over four minutes. Not only did Endrey break the world speed record for solving a scrambled 5×5…

Final Fantasy‘s Chocobo Theme, In Glorious Acapella

The video is a little dumb, but I really enjoy this acapella cover of Final Fantasy‘s iconic chocobo theme. They’re taking requests for what to do next, so hit up the YouTube comments if you want to make a suggestion. (Aeris’s Theme, perhaps?) GEEKAPELLA #2 – Final Fantasy VII Chocobo Theme (Acapella Cover) [YouTube]

Monday Watch This, Play This

Watch! The record for solving a rubik’s cube while blind-folded has been broken. Watch! You wanted to watch something semi creepy today, right? Play! Evan enjoys retro action/strategy with Glitch Tank on his iPad. Watch! Explosions are pretty and, sometimes, useful.

The Adventures of James Vega

James Vega can be an easy character to overlook, in Mass Effect 3. He’s just another human guy, and the final game in the trilogy is the first time he appears. He hides out down in the Normandy‘s cargo bay, a little out of the way when Shepard’s just making the rounds. But James Vega,…

Sometimes Real Life Looks Just Like Skyrim

Here’s a surreal, beautiful photograph of an auroral storm over Arctic Henge in northern Iceland, featured today by NASA Looks straight out of Skyrim, doesn’t it? The Northern Lights sometimes pop up while you’re climbing Skyrim‘s frosty mountains, and that structure looks almost exactly like one of the game’s Guardian Stones. I feel like a…

Here’s The Exclusive First Look at the Max Payne 3 Comic

It’s been previously announced that Rockstar Games, Remedy Entertainment and Marvel Comics are teaming up to bring iconic cop to comics. Now, Kotaku can share an exclusive first look at the first issue’s cover, drawn by fan-favorite Greg Horn. We’re pretty sure that bottle of whisky is not standard-issue equipment for members of the NYPD.…

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Talk Amongst Yourselves

Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, games that aren’t even out yet? Knock yourselves out! Kicking Guy’s done turned into a werewolf in…

Angry Birds Space Hits 50 Million Downloads in 35 Days

Rovio’s focused assault on the casual gaming public continues to pay off big time, as Angry Birds Space surpasses 50 million downloads in 35 days, breaking all previous records and making developers of big-budget console titles feel reevaluate their careers.

Live-Action Halo 4 Web Series Will Bring Master Chief To Real Life This Fall

Microsoft may have derailed the Halo movie, but that won’t stop the publisher from bringing Master Chief to glorious live-action this year. Microsoft will launch a web-series called Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn this fall, Variety reports today The live-action series, composed of five 15-minute installments that will air on the networks Machinima and Halo…

Uncharted Lead Designer Leaves Studio

Naughty Dog lead designer Richard Lemarchand is leaving the studio to teach at the University of Southern California, where he’ll join the school’s Interactive Media Division. Lemarchand most recently served as co-designer on Uncharted 3. [Gamasutra]

A New Ultra-Compact Gaming Laptop Rises

When Alienware recently discontinued its M11x line of compact laptops, many feared the age of the 11-inch gaming machine had come to a close. Origin PC keeps the tiny dream alive with its EON11-S, so small it photographs well next to an Xbox 360 controller. A full-powered gaming PC in a tiny package, the EON11-S…

Our Titanic First Look At God Of War: Ascension‘s Multiplayer

I’m sitting in a cinema; the lights come up. The God of War: Ascension presentation is over. Amidst a hum of whispers and seat shuffles, there is a call for questions. Reluctantly I raise my hand. I’m handed a microphone. “Maybe I’m jet-lagged,” I begin, “but I’m a little bit confused…” No-one blames me. This…