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Five Tips for Forming the Perfect Pokémon Team from the Greatest Player in the World
Having been crowned the Pokémon World Champion two years in a row, Ray Rizzo is the man to beat at this year’s competition. One would think a player of his caliber would keep his secrets to himself, but he’s ready to share them with the world. With the 2012 Pokémon U.S. National Championships rapidly approaching,…
By Mike Fahey Published June 21, 2012 -
UncategorizedMove Over, Cinderella. There’s A Replacement For Your 60-Year-Old, Meek Ass.
The tale of Cinderella, as most of us know it, is a Disneyfied version. It goes like this: a young woman lives in terrible living circumstances thanks to a wicked step-family, but her innate good nature and attractive looks change her fortune when a prince takes notice. The point of the story is karma, the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 21, 2012 - Uncategorized
When Grand Theft Auto Let Iranian Teenagers Do Things They Could Only Dream Of
It’s a proud part of American mythology that people from all over the world get to come here and pursue their dreams. Navid Khonsari has one of those stories. The Iranian-American used to work at Rockstar Games as cinematic director, where he helped steer the vision on games like The Warriors, Midnight Club II and…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 21, 2012 - Uncategorized
Official My Little Pony Games Bringing Friendship and Magic to Mobile Devices
While fans around the world slave over their own video game creations, Hasbro has teamed up with the mobile masters at Gameloft to deliver official games based on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, with the first offerings due out in time for Hearth’s Warming Eve, er, Christmas. While there have been official My Little…
By Mike Fahey Published June 21, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Are The Best Innovations In Gaming? The Ones That Let Me Walk Away From the Game.
I play many more games now than I used to when I was younger. There are a bunch of reasons for that. One is money: I have much more access to cash as a working adult than I did as a kid, teenager, or student. Another is time: again, as an adult without kids I…
By Kate Cox Published June 21, 2012 -
UncategorizedMan, You Guys Made Some Cool-Looking Trials Evolution Levels
The gates of hell. An asteroid belt. A few homages to old-school games. The super-talented track-making community busying themselves with RedLynx’s latest moto-physics hit have made all of this and more. This new Trials Evo trailer shows off some of the cleverest user-generated levels made with the Xbox 360 exclusive and, if you’re like me…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 21, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Newest Tales Game Is Looking Pretty Gorgeous
Here are some new official screenshots for upcoming Japanese role-playing game Tales of Xillia 2, which will be released for PS3 in Japan later this year. Now since we still haven’t even seen the first Tales of Xillia here in the U.S., I have no idea if or when this will ever make it here.…
By Jason Schreier Published June 21, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch This Guy Beat Diablo III‘s First Boss In Less Than a Second
It’s one thing to beat Diablo III‘s Skeleton King boss. It’s quite another thing to beat Diablo III‘s Skeleton King boss on Inferno, the game’s highest difficulty setting. And it’s quite another thing to defeat Diablo III‘s Skeleton King boss on Inferno… in less than a frickin’ second Behold, the greatest hits of Athene, a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 21, 2012 - Uncategorized
Cliff Bleszinski Thinks Modern Games are Too Easy, Promises Gears of War: Judgment Will Be Different
Cliff Bleszinski and the team at Epic are focusing hard on making sure next year’s Gears of War: Judgment actively challenges players. And if that results in a narrower audience? Bleszinski’s okay with that. Speaking with the site Xbox 360 Achievements, Bleszinski expressed his concerns that in trying to reach more players, the current generation…
By Kate Cox Published June 21, 2012 -
UncategorizedIf You Must Buy a First-Person Shooter on PS3, How About This Weird Painting One?
-Yawn- Great. The Unfinished Swan. Just another first-person painting game… that’s all we’ve got here. The story of this game? You’re a young boy who is chasing a swan into an unfinished painting. Yes. They’re really doing that again. Try something new, will you, Unfinished Swan developers? Don’t tell me… the boy is bald and…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 21, 2012 -
ReviewsQuantum Conundrum: The Kotaku Review
Let’s just get this out of the way: Yes, Quantum Conundrum is a first-person puzzler, just like Portal. Yes, it was designed by Kim Swift, the project lead on Portal. And yes, it shares some of Portal‘s core traits: there’s a physics-altering arm device, a goofy omniscient narrator, and an alarming number of buttons that…
By Jason Schreier Published June 21, 2012 - Uncategorized
If You Buy Diablo III Online, You May Have To Wait 72 Hours To Play The Whole Game [UPDATE]
In a bizarre decision presumably made to reduce server overload fight credit card fraud, Blizzard said last night that new Diablo III players may not be able to play the entire game. Here’s what Blizzard Support Forum Agent Medearn says: As of patch 1.0.3, when purchasing a digital version of Diablo III through the online…
By Jason Schreier Published June 21, 2012 -
UncategorizedWooing Women Is Damn Hard Work
If someone were to tell me I’d be required to use my social skills in a game, there are a few conclusions I might draw. I’d think they meant coordinating a group effort in something like Left 4 Dead or restraining my temper against adolescents suggesting I “probably work at Hooters” (it’s happened, folks). What…
By Tina Amini Published June 21, 2012 - Uncategorized
Save the Furries on Your Wii in This Week’s Nintendo Download
The unfortunately-named Lemmings-style survival puzzler Save the Furries makes its WiiWare debut this week, leading us headlong into another fine installment of the weekly Nintendo Download. Smack Down Production finally gets its hit iOS game Save the Furries onto the Nintendo Wii, challenging players to guide cute little green things across 60 levels of pitfalls,…
By Mike Fahey Published June 21, 2012 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Doesn’t Want You to Read That ‘Leaked’ Xbox 720 Document, According to Takedown Notices
On Saturday, a 56-page document that may or may not have been a real 2012 Microsoft plan for their next-gen Xbox. Hoax? Real? It appeared on the document-hosting service Scribd, which was served with a takedown notice that same day by a law firm that has done work for Microsoft. Today brings reports via The…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 21, 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! Man, some of those Splicers dressed really weird,…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 21, 2012 - Uncategorized
Ninja Gaiden 3 Was A ‘Japanese Hamburger,’ Creators Say
The folks behind poorly received action game Ninja Gaiden 3 tried too hard to make it appeal to Western tastes, says Yosuke Hayashi, head of developer Team Ninja, the studio behind the game. In a new interview posted by Gamasutra yesterday, Hayashi talks a bit about what he thinks went wrong, calling the game a…
By Jason Schreier Published June 21, 2012 - Uncategorized
From Skyrim to Mario, No Video Game is Safe From Conan O’Brien
Conan O’Brien and crew debuted a fresh batch of new video games last night, and I’m not sure which ones I should pick up first. Which sounds better, Super Diabetic Mario Brothers or The Elder Scrolls: Skymall? I’m all about Grand Theft Auto: Texting While Driving Edition myself, but only because the feature Conan’s writers…
By Mike Fahey Published June 21, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Best Games You Should Play, on Any Platform… Updated!
We’ve updated our lists of the best games you can play on just about any machine that plays games. These are our our top picks for everything from Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 to Nintendo 3DS and Android. You can see all the updates at their respective categories, all listed below. We’ve made the most…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 21, 2012