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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 - Kotaku East
This Is the Greatest Cute Bento Maker on Earth
In Japan, parents make bento lunches for their kindergarten kids. To make a healthy lunch look as appetizing (or rather, “fun”) as possible, many parents make them as cute as possible. As a parent of two boys, I’ve tried to make cute bento lunches, with the key word being “tried”. The materials you are working…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 - Kotaku East
One of China’s Biggest Game Companies Acquired a Stake in Epic Games
Chinese gaming and internet giant Tencent announced that it’s acquired a minority stake in Epic Games. According to Tencent, the company looks forward to sharing info and innovation with Epic across various platforms.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 - Reviews
The Hori Fighting Edge is a Beast of a Stick
Lots of people play fighting games. Many are happy to use their standard control pads. But real fighting game enthusiasts insist on playing fighting games the way they were meant to be played: on an arcade-style joystick. And no stick I’ve ever played with has felt more like sitting at an actual arcade cabinet than…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 19, 2012 - Kotaku East
Man Arrested for Selling $19 Worth of Dirty Drawings
Japanese police recently arrested a 40 year-old illustrator for distributing “obscene material”. This past April, the artist apparently sold three drawings through his homepage for a total of ¥1,500 (US$18.96). While the original news report does not detail the drawings, it’s likely they are explicit, uncensored adult manga drawings, which are legal to own, but…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 -
Kotaku EastThis A-Grade Fighter is Too Good to be Released Outside Japan
When people think of Japanese fighting games, they think of Street Fighter, Tekken, King of Fighters and BlazBlue. But would it surprise you to know that one of Japan’s most popular fighting game series hasn’t made it out of Japan since the GameCube era? The Mobile Suit Gundam VS series of games can be found…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published June 19, 2012