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Team Fortress 2‘s Pyromania Heats Up with New Weapons and a City on Fire
A trio of heroes armed with powerful new weapons against the man (or woman) that would burn everything they’ve built to the ground. Day Two of Team Fortress 2‘s Pyromania update has me feeling the drama. I mean hell, just look at that still from “Meet the Pyro” up top. Oh yeah, I’m feeling it.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Don’t Be Fooled By The Cuteness of These Kid Superheroes
Kid or not, these super heroes (and some villains) are 100% committed to their personas. Being 3 feet tall won’t stop Thor from raising to the skies to invoke the strength of lightning. Magneto will go inside when his mother calls him for dinner, but not until he rips the swings off their chains. Even…
By Tina Amini Published June 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Three Graphic Novels That Might Make This The Greatest Week of New Graphic Novels Ever
Tomorrow, you will be able to walk into a comics shop (yes, they still exist, despite me downloading most of comics to an iPad), and you will be able to buy three graphic novels. One is by Grant Morrison. One is by Eddie Campbell. One is by Alan Moore. Morrison and Moore are merely two…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedZynga’s New Take On The Sims Launches Tomorrow on Facebook
Zynga has had a lot of success creating various types of what they refer to as “The Ville Genre.” CastleVille, CityVille, FrontierVille, and the monster that started it all, FarmVille Well, that’s only partially true. FarmVille may have been the first Ville game to become widely popular, but the first was actually YoVille, a Sims-like…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Star Wars: The Old Republic Update 1.3 Adds More Things That Should Have Been in the Game At Launch
Star Wars: The Old Republic update 1.3 is live, patching in a group finder tool and ranked player-versus-player combat, along with adaptive gear and Legacy character perks. Let’s get those subscribers back, BioWare! [BioWare]
By Mike Fahey Published June 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Mario Theme Music, as Performed by Diablo III
I’m a big fan of the fantastic sound design of Diablo III. I’m also a big fan of Koji Kondo’s original theme for Super Mario Bros. So as you can imagine, I got a kick out of this remix by YouTuber Tyler73123, who puts the sounds of Diablo III behind the music from Mario. Okay…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
YouTube Comes to Vita and Brings Sexy With It
Today’s PlayStation Store update brings a free YouTube app to the Vita, with a style that puts other portable video playing devices to shame. Streaming videos are sure to look amazing on the Vita’s screen, and it definitely helps that YouTube and Sony came up with an application to view them looks to be ten…
By Mike Fahey Published June 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Tekken Head Unleashes Twitter Tirade
Oftentimes, when classic games are re-released, there can be fan discontent about the quality of the porting job. If too many things are changed, fans are upset. This can be particularly dicy with voice-acting, given that many older games used outdated technology to record and compress audio, and many of the voice actors that worked…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Verdict is In: Fans Love / Hate the Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut
The Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut is the result of one of the largest fan outcries in the history of gaming, delivering a series of new endings to appease fans seeking more closure than the game initially provided. Have the fans been satisfied? Yes. Also, no. The comments below are taken directly from the dedicated…
By Mike Fahey Published June 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut DLC Now Available on PC
For PC ME3 players, Origin is now updated to include the Extended Cut, for free, under “Game Add-Ons.” Edit:And after a brief period where it showed up as “unreleased,” will now download and install correctly.
By Kate Cox Published June 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Build Your Own Super-Ugly LEGO House In Google Chrome
Hey, look! There’s this new thing on Google Chrome where you can build stuff with LEGO. It’s part of a new partnership, and it’s super cool. But don’t judge by my horrendous creation that you see above. You can build stuff right on the map of Australia or New Zealand in rotatable 3D, and share…
By Tina Amini Published June 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch Me Turn Into A Swarm Of Bats And Rip People Apart In Skyrim: Dawnguard
Here’s some video footage we just captured of Skyrim‘s first DLC, Dawnguard, which I’ve been playing today Watch me turn into a bunch of bats. Watch me drain peoples’ lives. Watch me re-animate dead bodies. No sparkles on this vampire, folks.
By Jason Schreier Published June 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Adult Swim Continues To Hit ‘Em Out Of The Park
I don’t think I’ve come across a single Adult Swim game on the iTunes App store that I didn’t like. They’re all fairly consistently amazing when it comes to gameplay, art, and the quintessential quirky/weird personality that is so in tune with my own. Velocirapture is another that hits that trifecta. It’s a fairly basic…
By Tina Amini Published June 26, 2012 -
ReviewsSpec Ops: The Line: The Kotaku Review
Spec Ops: The Line takes place beneath a sea of sand, deep within the Arabian Desert. In the game’s fiction, the once-opulent city of Dubai lays in ruins, stripped and wrecked by the wrath of nature. (And I mean: The hubris of this place! Maybe Dubai kind of had it coming.) This evocative, provocative setting…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
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! You’re missing your funny bone if you don’t…
By Tina Amini Published June 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedHere Are the New Mass Effect 3 Endings You Requested
My copy of Mass Effect 3, well-loved and much-played, is on PC. As I look right now, Origin hasn’t updated with the Extended Cut DLC yet, so I haven’t been able to experience any of the new content for myself. My Shepards — Eve Shepard, who shall we say, chose to be controlling, and Kate…
By Kate Cox Published June 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
DUST 514 Gives PlayStation 3 Owners an Exciting New Way to Pay for Beta Access
The first beta event for CCP’s free-to-play EVE Online tie-in for the PlayStation 3 kicks off this weekend. Players can enter for a chance to play in the beta event at the game’s official website, or they can just drop $20 in the PlayStation Store. Today (tomorrow in Europe) CCP launches the Mercenary Pack, a…
By Mike Fahey Published June 26, 2012