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  My New Philosophy of Video Game Pitching Comes From a Pitcher Who Makes Video Games

  After shaking off a line drive to the face, I finished out my rookie minor league year in MLB 12 The Show‘s Road to the Show with an unblemished record, 10-0 in about 16 starts at two classifications. The team still lost games I started but, somehow, they managed to at least get me out…

  By Owen Good Published May 10, 2012
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  NCAA Football‘s Dynasty is Back in Action—but First, Here’s Rece Davis with an Update

  Career modes in sports video games do a superb job of helping you create the story of a single team or a player. Where even the best ones fall short is in making you feel part of something larger. Players are forced to hunt through menus for results and standings, and even then, it’s hard…

  By Owen Good Published May 10, 2012
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  If You Build It, Sportaku Will Come

  From the Worldwide Leader in Sports … Video Games, your 6 p.m. Sportaku begins now.

  By Owen Good Published May 10, 2012
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  Looks Like We’ve Got Some More Screens from Beyond Good & Evil 2

  Allgamesbeta has posted three more shots from Beyond Good & Evil 2, which match the look of the image that turned up yesterday Not the sexiest screens, though I do like the mountain in that first one. In the world of Beyond Good & Evil, it sure seems like people eat a lot of fish!…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 10, 2012
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  Is it Okay to Download a Pirated Copy of a Game You’ve Already Purchased?

  Commenter President-Magikarp has already purchased a copy of Street Fighter X Tekken on Steam, so he feels no qualms about downloading a pirated pre-release version of the game. How’s that sit with you? Okay, I have a question to ask. One that people are going to be very polarized on. Is it wrong to download…

  Speak Up Published May 10, 2012
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  A PlayStation 3 Game Will Be Part of a Church Service This Sunday

  Move over, Sunday service collection plate. You’re being replaced this coming Sunday by ThatGameCompany’s Flower, as the brightly colored PlayStation 3 title becomes possibly the first video game to be incorporated in a religious service. The idea for bringing Flower to church started with Andy Robertson, a writer who runs the GamePeople website and writes…

  By Evan Narcisse Published May 10, 2012
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  So Far, Ron Gilbert’s Next Adventure Game Is Way Over My Head

  Today, I got a package from Double Fine promising details on the legendary Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game. But… I can’t figure out what it is! It just looks like a jumble of cardboard pieces. Maybe this was supposed to be packaging for the USB key they forgot to send? I don’t…. understand… Is it…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 10, 2012
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  If Game of Thrones’ Warring Houses Were Beer Brands

  If you watch Game of Thrones or, particularly, have read George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire books, you know that the characters really have a penchant for drinking beer in the morning. So much beer! Wine is for the afternoon and evening, but the early hours get beer. I’ve always wondered what brand…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 10, 2012
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  Some People Will Tell You How Many Copies Minecraft Sold on Xbox 360. Some Won’t. [UPDATE]

  Microsoft press release today: “Microsoft today announced that Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, the console adaptation of the hugely popular PC game developed by Mojang, has broken all previous digital sales records, selling more than any other title in the first 24 hours on Xbox LIVE Arcade.” [That’s an excerpt.] Kotaku e-mail to Xbox public relations:…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 10, 2012
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  This is Not a My Little Pony T-Shirt, It’s a Final Fantasy T-Shirt

  Look, I know there’s a very vocal segment of our readership that doesn’t appreciate the warmth and humor of My Little Pony. What if we changed them to something else? Something a bit more… Final Fantastic? What, those obviously aren’t ponies. That was the problem, right? Cute animals outside of the context of a video…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 10, 2012
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  Diablo III Just Became the Most Preordered PC Game in Amazon History

  With just five short days before Blizzard’s diabloical threequel hits store shelves, Amazon declares Diablo III the most preordered PC game in the online retailer’s history, surpassing StarCraft II and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Blizzard must hate itself right now.

  By Mike Fahey Published May 10, 2012
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  Let’s Look More Closely at the Great Assassin’s Creed III Gameplay Trailer

  Have you seen the amazing debut gameplay trailer for Assassin’s Creed III? It debuted today. Watch it clean. And then watch it up top, with commentary from me. I saw most of the footage used in the trailer during a lengthy gameplay demo a couple of months ago. I wrote about it, but very much…

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 10, 2012
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  Get All the Quest for Glory Games from GOG.com

  Yessss. As of today, you can buy all five classic Quest for Glory adventure/RPGs from GOG.com for ten bucks. Worth it if only to hear one of Jennifer Hale’s early game voiceover performances.

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 10, 2012
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  Rumor: Kinect-Controlled Web-Browsing Coming to the Xbox 360 with Internet Explorer

  In yet another evolution of Xbox rumor, The Verge reports today that Microsoft’s game console will be adding full web-browsing functionality with a special version of their Internet Explorer software. The article claims that users won’t need to have the Kinect motion-sensing accessory to use the modified browser, but the software’s been tuned to work…

  By Evan Narcisse Published May 10, 2012
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  Sounds Like We’re Getting a LEGO: Lord of the Rings Game [UPDATE]

  MCV is reporting that they’ve found confirmation of a Lego: Lord of the Rings game in the brochure for the new LOTR toys. The slipped-up posting from the European online retailer ShopTo, seen here via google cache, seems to back that up. The posted (presumably European) release date is October 26th—if accurate, that means that…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 10, 2012
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  The Uncertain Fate of That Incredible-Looking Half-Life Remake, Black Mesa: Source

  It was almost four years ago that we first saw that incredible trailer for Black Mesa: Source, which looked like a full update of Valve’s classic PC game Half-Life. It truly was incredible—hell, I rewatched that trailer just now and I still feel incredulous about it. It basically looks like the first game redone with…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 10, 2012
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  The Harley Quinn’s Revenge Trailer Features Boobs, “B**ch” and a Little Bit of Batman

  The trailer for the next Arkham City DLC harley Quinn’s Revenge starts out about how you’d expect—with lots of hot (or, “hot”) close-ups of our favorite ICP groupie Harley Quinn walking slowly away from the camera. It then shows the new style she’ll presumably be rocking in the downloadable add-on. I like what you’ve done…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published May 10, 2012
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  Some Misled Xbox Minecraft Buyers Can’t Get Refunds

  It appears that Microsoft will not give full refunds to people who purchased the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft, even when they can’t use the game’s biggest new feature. Yesterday, Kotaku reported that in order to use Minecraft‘s local multi-player mode, you need to have a high-definition television. In response to Kotaku‘s request for comment,…

  By Jason Schreier Published May 10, 2012
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  I Lost Sleep Waging Holy War in the New Civilization V

  So, I have to be honest: I’ve spent two years avoiding Civilization V on purpose. It’s not that I have anything against the evolution of city-states into empires, or that I find resource-gathering, diplomacy, and warfare uninteresting. In fact, it’s exactly the opposite: I am deeply, painfully susceptible to the classic Civ player crisis of,…

  By Kate Cox Published May 10, 2012
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  This Real-Life Portal Turret Will Track And Shoot You

  This has to be the coolest thing I will see today. I need at least two to stand guard by my apartment. Not only does this currently uncased Portal turret track its victims with a camera, but it can even shoot (non-lethally) at them. And it’ll inquire after you if you’ve left its sights. The…

  By Tina Amini Published May 10, 2012