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Only Art Can Bring Halo, Uncharted & Assassin’s Creed Together
Evan Shipard is an Australian artist who has worked on some big movies and movie franchises, such as Wolverine, Narnia and even House of Flying Daggers He’s also worked on a number of prominent video game commercials, including Halo’s Deliver Hope spot and trailers for Battlefield 3, Uncharted, Assassin’s Creed and God of War Shipard…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 -
UncategorizedAn Adorable Scott Pilgrim Wedding Game
When reader Simon got married recently, he wanted there to be a little surprise for his new bride. So he and a few friends sat down, took a knife to the Scott Pilgrim game and ended up with this little clip which played after the ceremony.
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
Blizzard Apologises for Diablo III Launch Mess, Delays Real-Money Auction House
In a statement released tonight, Blizzard has apologised to fans for the technical problems plaguing Diablo III since its launch, and has announced that as a result of these the release of the game’s real-money auction house has been delayed. The statement, signed by “Blizzard Entertainment”, says “we’d…like to say that we’ve been humbled by…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 17, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
Welcome to Atari, Sir, Here’s Your 1973 ID badge
Ronald Jardine was one of the very first employees at Atari. We’re talking the early 1970s here. Employee #159. Wonderfully, Jardine recently took photos of his old ID badge from his time there and uploaded them, giving us an insight into the cutting-edge security methods employed at the blossoming tech company. It was…a card with…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
You Won’t Sleep After Seeing Soft & Cuddly
Soft & Cuddly was a 1987 game for the ZX Spectrum. It was neither soft, nor cuddly. It was horrifying Strange and mildly disgusting in a way only British-developed game for personal computers in the 1980s could be – and I say that as a good thing – it tasks the player with collecting the…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Damn Natalie, You a Crazy Chick
Hi, Kotaku, and welcome to the Wednesday open thread. Let’s have at it. Things from the internet! Revolting Snacks of America tackles the Hello Kitty Marshmallow Pop – “A disintegrating sidewall tire inflated with stale red-velvet cake and stored in a puddle behind the dollar store.” The “Fuck You” pizza from Pizza Hut – Ha,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Diablo Widows Get Dildos in French Sex Shop Stunt
Ladies, have you gone lonely as your lovers have spent hours trying to penetrate the secrets of Diablo III (or, more probably, penetrate the game’s login screen). Well then, the French sex shop Absoloo wishes to soothe your frustrations—with a free vibrator. It helps if you read this in your best Hollywood-affected French voice, but…
By Owen Good Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Diablo III‘s Error 37: “Don’t Call It A Comeback!”
Last night, Diablo III‘s Error 3003 may have been hot, but tonight, it looks like Error 37 is making a comeback! Like Derek Zoolander himself, Error 37 has risen from the ashes of last night’s failed walkoff with so-hot-right-now upstart Error 3003 and emerged once more as the dominant Diablo III error. The original and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Even Pikachu Dressed Up For The Premiere of The Avengers
Did you go see The Avengers opening night? Pikachu did. Pikachu is a hardcore fan, didn’t you know? I mean, did you dress up as four of the Avengers, all at once? I didn’t think so. How many evolutions do you think it takes before we achieve Thorchu? I definitely choose you, Thorchu. Mainly because…
By Tina Amini Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Has Diablo III‘s Rocky Launch Hurt PC Gaming?
There’s no denying that the error-filled launch of Diablo III has been something of a debacle. But has it really harmed PC gaming? Indie game designer Jeff Vogel worries that it may have, sharing the above thought on his personal blog When the highest-profile PC release of the year has a a launch this problem-filled,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Hey, Look at These Max Payne 3 Postcards
Max Payne 3 throws a lot of highly stylized violence at you and almost all of it is beautiful to look at. But you’ve got to keep moving through Rockstar’s latest release in to order to get Max the answers he desperately craves, which means you can’t necessarily enjoy the ambiance as much as you’d…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Which Video Game Controller Is Best? No, Seriously. Which?
For this week’s Burning Questions, Jason and Kirk talk about video game controllers. Which controller is better, Xbox or PlayStation? What do touch-screens like the Wii U and the Vita hold for the future? Is the Kinect good for anything except pausing Netflix videos (and is it even that good at that)? What is the…
Kirk Hamilton & Jason Schreier Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
I Just Saw The Last of Us in Action, and It Looks Amazing
I just watched two people from Naughty Dog play The Last of Us in Santa Monica. It was the best demo for a game I’ve seen since Assassin’s Creed III a few months ago. Here’s what happened. What played out was similar to the trailer that Sony just shared—Joel and Ellie, the series’ two protagonists…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedFree-to-Play Football Title Loses Its NFL License
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • QuickHit Football had a solid debut year in 2009 and won an NFL license a year later. Then it lost its director of design, a veteran of the beloved NFL 2K5, and was bought up by Majesco around E3 last year. Now it’s…
By Owen Good Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Activision and EA Settle Case Over Call of Duty [Update]
Activision and EA have agreed to file a settlement agreement in their dispute over Call of Duty, according to a Bloomberg report The settlement is from a countersuit brought by Activision against EA accusing them of attempting to pry Jason West and Vince Zampella away from them. The initial suit was brought against Activision by…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 16, 2012 -
EsportsLeague of Legends World Championship Promises ‘The Biggest Payday in eSports History’
League of Legends will put $5 million up for grabs this summer and fall in its second annual world championship series, pitting the winners of six regional championships against one another at the University of Southern California’s Galen Center on Oct. 13. The world champion will take home what Riot Games is billing as “the…
By Owen Good Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Two Fitness MMOs Go Mano a Mano with Their PvP Plans
Last year I profiled Fitocracy, which isn’t a video game per se but a gamified fitness regimen that draws from concepts familiar to role-playing video games. One MMO analogue it lacked, however, was the idea of player-vs.-player combat. Well, that’s no longer the case. While Fitocracy on Monday revealed its system for PvP duels, it…
By Owen Good Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Report: Activision Tried To Dig Up Dirt On Ex-Call of Duty Developers
The ugly court battle between Activision and its former employees has gotten even uglier. According to documents obtained by The Los Angeles Times and released today, Activision hired a man named Thomas Fenady to “dig up dirt” on Call of Duty creators Jason West and Vince Zampella so the company could build up a case…
By Jason Schreier Published May 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedMadden Hopes Its New Theme Will Be Music to Your Ears
Madden NFL 13 will sound a lot different this year. Some quarterbacks will call audibles in their own voice. Bone-crunching hits have been mixed in from NFL Films audio. The crowd is going to explode on big plays and go stoic on drive-killing turnovers. But where the game will sound most different is in the…
By Owen Good Published May 16, 2012