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Whether Sequel or Reboot, New Need For Speed: Most Wanted is Basically Confirmed
Not too much of a huge surprise, as Electronic Arts earlier this month told everyone it’d be publishing another Need For Speed title in the final three months of the year, and everyone figured that would be Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2. Yesterday, IGN reported that an EA E3 booth schedule being sent around…
By Owen Good Published May 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Hitman 500
Joey Logano, the driver of Gamestop’s No. 20 Toyota in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, by all rights won Saturday with his outstanding Hitman-themed racing suit, patterned to look like a jacket and red tie. Gamestop’s put a ton of games on the hood of that car, but the suit is some next-level stuff. And we’re…
By Owen Good Published May 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Well, I believe this is the Kotaku ‘shop equivalent of a hat trick. Pan_1da7 was both a dual finalist in yesterday’s ‘Shop Contest and the overal finalist (that’s happened only once before) and he’s followed that up with the next day’s TAYpic. Gang, I really do try to feature other readers, but he’s really the…
By Owen Good Published May 27, 2012 -
UncategorizedIs This a Leak of Halo 4‘s Multiplayer Beta, a Parody, or Both? [Update]
We’re in the red zone for pre-E3 bullshit. A week before the show is usually when we get a dumptruck full of fakes, bogus retailer listings and LinkedIn resumes confirming everything but the return of the Dreamcast. This, however, is so bizarre I’m compelled to share it. Because someone may be having a little fun…
By Owen Good Published May 27, 2012 - Culture
Sunday Comics: Dead Island
Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Virtual Shackles by Jeremy Vinar and Mike Fahmie published May 25.—Read more of Virtual Shackles Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published May 21.—Read more of Awkward Zombie…
By Owen Good Published May 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
Shoppin’ Cats and Dogs: The Winners
Pancake, the Borderlands 2 loot dog, and a cat dressed in Journey cosplay, were the brave animal subjects of our mad photoshop laboratory last week. No doggies or kitties were hurt during this production, but we sure did have a lot of fun putting them in weird poses. We’ve got 20 winners inside, including Pan_1da7!…
By Owen Good Published May 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedSee a Sleek Sly Cooper Slink Around on the PS Vita
Last week, Sanzaru Games, the maker of Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time said the game would also release on the PlayStation Vita at the same time it arrives for the PS3. This video from the PlayStation Blog sheds more light on what that will mean. For starters, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time will have cross-platform…
By Owen Good Published May 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Square Enix’s American Boss Calls Activision “Crazy” for Dumping True Crime: Hong Kong
Publishing executives say complimentary stuff about their upcoming games all of the time. So what. But there’s an unusual history with Sleeping Dogs, which Square Enix will release Aug. 14—it was formerly known as True Crime: Hong Kong until Activision washed its hands of the franchise in the Feb. 2011 bloodbath that killed off Guitar…
By Owen Good Published May 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedFrom Those Who Brought You the MineCon Proposal, Here’s the Minecraft Wedding
Remember the Minecraft-playing couple who got engaged at MineCon back in November? Well, yes, they have now been lawfully wed and kissed and no man put asunder and all that goes along with the big day—including an outstanding Minecraft-themed throwdown for the reception. Chickens, sheep, a creeper, everything. The Minecraft theme wasn’t limited to just…
By Owen Good Published May 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Hitman Racing Suit is Either the Most Ridiculous or the Most Brilliant Thing I’ve Seen
We’ve featured Joey Logano, the driver who races the No. 20 GameStop Toyota in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series, several times before. He’s had some awesome car wraps before, hoods dedicated to Bioshock 2 or Red Dead Redemption—things that still look a little strange turning left at 120 mph. Well, when the flag drops at the History…
By Owen Good Published May 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Bogus Canabalt HD Hits App Store Just In Time to Scam Off Indie Mega-Sale
You may have heard that Canabalt’s on sale this weekend as part of the Because We May sale. But if you see something called Canabalt HD on the App Store, don’t buy it. It’s a fake. Adam Saltsman’s infinite-runner iPhone smash doesn’t have an HD version, you see. It’s always terrible when fake versions of…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Wii U will Get the Best-Looking Version of Aliens: Colonial Marines, Says Gearbox
Nintendo has yet to release the official hardware specifications for the Wii U, and it’s something Gearbox’s Brian Burleson, senior producer on Aliens: Colonial Marines, won’t discuss directly. But, he said to Eurogamer, the Wii U will get the best-looking version of the game because it has “more modern tech.” “Just trust me on that…
By Owen Good Published May 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
This is What a ‘Supernatural Assassin’ Does in Dishonored
If you’re not up to speed on what Bethesda’s Dishonored is all about, two things should fill you in nicely. One is Stephen Totilo’s “18 Things You Should Know About Dishonored.” And the other is that image at right, of a guy leaping off a rooftop and stabbing a dude in the neck. You’ll be…
By Owen Good Published May 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Memorial Deals
While generally not a big week for new releases, Memorial Day in the United States is a sales holiday for video games as much as it is for mattresses, hardware, refrigerators and everything else. There are more than 75 savings, discounts and bonuses below. Grab a beer and a hot dog and take a look!…
By Owen Good Published May 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Best of Kotaku, This Week
I’ve featured deviantART user wazzy88 here on Kotaku before. But, being a huge fan of Wall-E, I couldn’t help but feature his Pokéball work again. Wazzy88 has plenty of other half Pokémon, half other nerdy things that I also enjoy up on his deviantART page that you should check out. Moving on to our Best…
By Tina Amini Published May 26, 2012 - Culture
I Don’t Know What the Hell is Going on With These Guys, But I Like it
Chinese artist Xi Zhang works for online gaming powerhouse Tencent. He’s been in the video game business for nearly ten years now. Some concept artist’s work is shooting for realism. Others aim for mood. Zhang’s looks like something I would dip in honey and serve at a party, it looks that tasty You can see…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedChoose Your Own (Goofy) Max Payne Video Adventure
Max Payne 3 does a lot of things right—from the relentless, blood-soaked gunplay to HEALTH’s astonishing soundtrack But it’s not a particularly choice-based game; this ain’t Mass Effect, after all. The folks at Machinima wanted to see what would happen if they made the game a bit more choice-based. Also, if they set it in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Here’s a New Gameplay Trailer for the New Tomb Raider
It’s only a teaser for a full trailer but this video on Game Trailers TV offers a glimpse of what Crystal Dynamics’ reboot of Tomb Raider is going to look like. Based on the moments where where the re-imagined Lara Croft is drinking presumably fresh water and starting fires, it seems like basic survival skills…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 25, 2012
