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UncategorizedSpot the Comics References in the The Dark Knight Rises’ Newest Trailer
If you know your Bat-continuity, then the latest trailer for The Dark Knight Rises appears to be chock full of nods to various Dark Knight storylines over the years. There’s an apparent earthquake and a scene where Gotham gets cut off from the rest of the world. Those moments along with rioting in streets hint…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
Strange Visitor from Another Planet… Panel Discussion Starts Now!
Are we still pretending that comics and video games don’t have anything to do with each other? Not anymore, we’re not. Welcome to Panel Discussion, where the focus will be on comic books and sequential art, whether they connect directly to video games or not. Confused? Read this
By Evan Narcisse Published June 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Looks Like the First Information on the Vita’s Upcoming Call of Duty Game [UPDATE]
Mega-retailers Wal-Mart and Amazon have posted product information pages for Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified, the Vita-only version of Activision’s popular shooter franchise. The game is described as featuring an all-new campaign of “Special Ops Missions,” as well as multiplayer tailored to the Vita. It’s listed for $50, which is $10 more than most…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Trippy Interactive Music Video Never Plays The Same Way Twice
The brooklyn duo Chairlift has released a music video for their tune “Met Before,” and it’s something of a choose your own adventure… and depending on how you choose, that adventure can be dramatically different. The story follows some PhD students who, upon hearing a loose definition of the idea of a multiverse (this must…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
It’s Hot Out. Perhaps You Should Stay Inside for the Summer of Arcade, Instead.
The Xbox Live Summer of Arcade promotion has become a bona fide hot weather event in gaming. For the fifth summer running, Microsoft will be releasing and promoting promising download-only titles via Xbox Live Arcade. This year, the Summer of Arcade starts on July 18 and runs until mid-August. What’s on deck, when’s it coming…
By Kate Cox Published June 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
How a 375-Pound Lazy Gamer Lost 80 Pounds in Six Months
In December of 2011 I was not a healthy person. I was eating crap, drinking crap, and the life of video game journalist not located in a major city isn’t exactly rife with opportunities to do healthy things like running, walking… getting up out of your office chair. At my heaviest I weighed 375 pounds.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedMike Tyson Will be in the Next WWE Wrestling Game
Former heavyweight champion, Hangover co-star Mike Tyson will be in the WWE ’13 video game, his first official wrestling video game appearance, if not his first gaming appearance. (He’s been in a batch of boxing games). He’ll be playable as a wrestler in WWE ’13, but only if you pre-order the game or presumably purchase…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
Gamers May Need a Real-World Bill of Rights for Better Living in Digital Worlds
Diablo III has inspired quite a bit of conversation among gamers this year. The game sold millions of copies right out of the gate, but its constant connectivity, server woes, connection issues, claims of hacking, and real-money auction house have, collectively, inspired quite a bit of controversy. Over at The Atlantic, writer Yannick LeJacq uses…
By Kate Cox Published June 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Game Could Start a Global Thermonuclear War. I’m Okay with That.
If the “game” Mathew Broderick played with the War Operation Plan Response computer in the 1983 movie WarGames were half as engaging and addictive as WarGames: WOPR for Android and iOS, we’d all be dead right now. “Shall we play a game?” The line that nearly launched a thousand nuclear missiles in the classic film…
By Mike Fahey Published June 19, 2012 -
ReviewsSteel Battalion: Heavy Armor: The Kotaku Review
I used to have one of the hugely impractical, super-expensive controllers for the original Steel Battalion. It went MIA somewhere during the various moves of my adult life, but before it did, I remember that I broke it out in all its glory maybe one or two times. I never got very far in the…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Is Basically Burnout: Paradise 2, Thank Goodness
One of my happiest discoveries at E3 a couple of weeks ago was that this fall’s strangely-named Need For Speed: Most Wanted could and maybe should be called Burnout Paradise 2 This fall’s racing game comes from Criterion, the EA-owned studio that made the Burnouts, including the magnificent, open-world Paradise, before apparently getting the assignment…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 19, 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! Sure, Botticelli’s “Spring” is fantastical, but it’s no…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
Doom 3 BFG Edition Blasts Out of the Darkness in October
The remastered edition of Doom 3 announced a few weeks ago will hit PCs, PS3s and Xbox 360s this October. The BFG edition of the classic first-person-shooter will also include full versions of Doom 1 and Doom 2, along with seven new Doom 3 levels and the Resurrection of Evil add-on. The whole shebang will…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Most Amazing Collection of Marvel Vs. Capcom Art the World Has Ever Seen
Just in time for next month’s San Diego Comic-Con, UDON presents Marvel vs. Capcom: Official Complete Works, 192 pages of art from every collaboration between the comics company and the Street Fighter people, from the Punisher arcade game to Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 This comprehensive tome, due out in November in softcover format, is a…
By Mike Fahey Published June 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Says StarCraft On Wii U ‘Might Work’
The lead designer of StarCraft II says there are several ways the popular real-time strategy series could make its way to consoles—and that under the right circumstances, Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U might be a good fit. Blizzard has traditionally focused on PC-only titles, but the brains behind massive franchises like Diablo, Warcraft, and StarCraft are…
By Jason Schreier Published June 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedCelebrate 25 Years of Final Fantasy With One Insane Free Remix Album
I’ve heard plenty of Final Fantasy music remixes in my time, but OCRemix’s 35th free album release, Final Fantasy Random Encounter, is the first one I’ve heard that combines metal guitars with vocals in the style of “Airplanes” as made famous by Haley Williams of Paramore. Project director Brandon Strader sent us a link to…
By Mike Fahey Published June 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedZynga’s Next Arcade Game is a Riff on Bejeweled‘s Brilliant Diamond Mine
When I’m not playing Drop7 on my subway rides through New York City, I am trying to burrow ever deeper into my second-favorite iPhone game, Bejeweled—specifically that game’s Diamond Mine mode which challenges me to match gems in order to dig ever deeper down into the dirt at the bottom of my screen, as I…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 19, 2012 -
Kotaku EastThe Free-to-Play Square Enix Online Game You’ve Never Heard Of
When people think of Square Enix and online games, Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV—and perhaps the upcoming Dragon Quest X—are probably the games that come to mind. But late last year, Square Enix tried its hand at a free-to-play browser game by the name of MONSTERxDRAGON. MONSTERxDRAGON is a strategy RPG/card game hybrid…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
Anarchy Reigns Delayed in the West
Platinum Games upcoming online brawler Anarchy Reigns has been pushed to early 2013 in both North American and Europe, Sega stated today. The game will be released in Japan as originally planned next month. [Twitter Thanks KingKellogg!]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedNothing Says “Hack And Slash” Like Toyota Taxis
To promote upcoming 3DS game Samurai Warriors Chronicle 2nd, Koei covered a fleet of Prius taxis with the game’s title and characters—and then filmed a promotional video at Kumamoto Castle and Kato Shrine. The video is nicely shot provides a peek at some of Kumamoto’s biggest attractions. (No, not the taxis.) 戦国無双×熊本タクシー コラボカー出陣式 [YouTube]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012