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Rumor: GameStop To Start Selling MacBooks?
Their main business may be games and related accessories but GameStop also sells refurbished iPods, iPads and iPhones. Pretty soon, they might just start selling MacBooks, too. An anonymous GameStop employee sent in a picture of the retail chain’s inventory screen that seems to suggest that you might be able to buy Apple’s popular laptops…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
Hi. How Are You? We Doing OK?
No cause for alarm. I just thought you might like to chat. I’m the editor-in-chief of Kotaku. You’re a Kotaku reader. How are things? How are we doing? Do you like our programming blocks? Kotaku Melodic? Kotaku East? Any others? Hate any of them? I’ve been enjoying Owen’s Anger Management more than I thought I…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
Getting Prepared for Diablo III the SteelSeries Way
As I prepare to spend Tuesday through eternity putting Diablo III through its paces, SteelSeries sent along a care package of diabolical PC accessories to help make the most of the experience. Red glow abounds! While other manufacturers release their own non-branded peripherals, SteelSeries, a Blizzard partner for a number of years, has the official…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2012 -
UncategorizedI Like The Sound of Call of Duty‘s New 1v1 Mode
The new Face-Off mode that’s coming to Modern Warfare 3 next week seems pretty cool. It will let players compete in 1v1 and 2v2 matches on small maps just made for the mode. The brand-new, totally-official and only-slightly-confusing video from the Call of Duty folks explains and shows most of it. The confusing part, as…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
I Buy My Mom Video Games Every Mother’s Day. It Helped Heal Her.
Mother’s Day is this weekend, and so the commercials for flowers and jewelry and Hallmark cards are incessant and overwhelming. But this year, for a gift, I did exactly what I did last May: I went to Amazon and I ordered my mom a new video game. My mother and I get along very well,…
By Kate Cox Published May 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
It Took Bubble Safari 41 Minutes, 31 Seconds Before That Facebook Game Thing Happened
Most Facebook games make you pay if you’re having too much fun. Or they make you wait. Or they require you to bug your friends. The question is simply: how long will the game wait before it smacks me with this roadblock? Bubble Safari, the newest game from Zynga and the latest in a ton…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Physics Puzzler is Amazeballs
The idea of rolling a virtual ball around the screen is not new. Nor is the idea of a physics-emulating puzzler. What I’m looking for, when I try a mobile app fitting that description, is execution and charm. Amazeballs provides. It’s not complicated. At least, not at first. Press button for rotation, roll ball around,…
By Kate Cox Published May 11, 2012 -
UncategorizedAll Your Favorite Video Game Characters Are Saying Terrible Things
All of the best moments in Unnecessary Censorship is brought to you in this Season 1 round-up. We’ve featured a few like it before, but these come from YouTube user WandTCorporation. I think I even spotted some necrophilia in there.
By Tina Amini Published May 11, 2012 -
UncategorizedGaming’s Greatest Mascot Gets A Metal Cover
The only thing better than Segata Sanshiro, Sega’s greatest creation, is when people pay tribute to Segata Sanshiro. Witness this metal cover of Segata Sanshiro’s theme song and weep, my friends. Weep for the greatest mascot in history. Weep for a man who died to protect us. Weep for Segata. Segata Sanshiro – Metal Cover…
By Jason Schreier Published May 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
Friday Watch This, Play This
Watch! These games should be rated AO with this kind of language. Watch! You got metal in my video game music. Play! Kate has some difficulty with Amazeballs on her Droid. Watch! Now you can bake a Portal cake while GLaDOS makes fun of you.
By Tina Amini Published May 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
GameStop No Longer Selling PSP Games In 25% Of U.S. Stores
Gaming retailer GameStop is cutting down on its inventory, removing PSP games from a quarter of its stores, Kotaku has learned. “The consolidation is occurring to maximize the merchandising space in the smallest 25% of stores,” a GameStop representative told Kotaku. “It will also provide a greater assortment in those stores that will continue to…
By Jason Schreier Published May 11, 2012 -
UncategorizedFinally, A Good Look at Beyond Good & Evil 2’s Detailed, Dirty Environments
It’s been a virtual flood of leaks and glimpses this week for Beyond Good & Evil 2. There’ve been comments about tech requirements and a screenshot of the sequel’s gameworld. Now, a video flythrough of the environmental design has popped up. Now, this footage has popped up before in a presentation that developer Michel Ancel…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
Now You Can Get Addicted To Jetpack Joyride On Facebook, Too
Ridiculously fun mobile game Jetpack Joyride is now available for free on Facebook, which means you probably won’t do much work today. Check it out, if you haven’t already. It’s a simple idea, executed brilliantly. Also I totally got to like 5,000 once. Just saying. Jetpack Joyride [Facebook via Gamasutra]
By Jason Schreier Published May 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Look out behind you! 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! Here we have a…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 11, 2012 -
UncategorizedAnd Then The Secret World Got All Naked
When I first installed and started The Secret World earlier this week, I encountered a tiny graphical glitch: everybody was naked. Not completely naked, mind you. I mean, they all had underwear on, and some of the shirts still showed up. There were just an awful lot of topless women and pantsless men running about.…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2012 -
UncategorizedEight Lessons Learned During My First Foray into The Secret World
The first beta weekend event for The Secret World kicks off today, giving countless players their first tantalizing taste of Funcom’s modern day massively multiplayer paranormal role-playing game, but there are tales of a hidden server — a server where members of the gaming press have had days to explore the dark corners of the…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
Someone Did Ask for This: Original Deus Ex Coming to European PSN
One of the best-loved games ever will be hitting the PlayStation Network, as Deus Ex gets released as a download in Europe next week. Eurogamer cites confirmation from Square Enix that the Ion Storm-developed title will be out on the 16th for £7.99. It’s not clear if this Deus Ex will be the original PC…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 11, 2012 -
Kotaku EastA Chinese Girl Group Probably Copied This Addictive Korean Music Video
Last summer, the sacchrine ditty “Bubble Pop” tore up the Korean internet. The video went viral and it stuck in everybody’s brains—more so in some people’s. Korean superstar Kim Hyun-a of pop group 4Minute (and formerly of Wonder Girls) released “Bubble Pop” on her first mini album. The video was supposed to be a radical…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 11, 2012
