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Tuesday Watch This, Play This
Watch! Board games get sliced up to the tune of dupstep. Watch! John Carmack talks about killing Nazis. Play! Kirk mixes drinks on his iPhone in Bar Oasis 1.5. Watch! Friends get ready for a round of Battlefield multiplayer.
By Tina Amini Published May 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedJohn Carmack Does a Commentary Track for Wolfenstein 3D. Listen To It Now
To celebrate Wolfenstein 3D‘s 20th anniversary, here’s a video of programmer John Carmack playing and talking his way through the 1992 first-person shooter. Carmack, the co-founder of Id Software and one of the key programmers behind the Quake and Doom series, has a lot of interesting things to say about the old Nazi-packed shooter (which…
By Jason Schreier Published May 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedAngry Birds Breaks the One Billion Download Mark
The Angry Birds franchise has only been around since December 2009. Yet, today, Finnish developer Rovio announced that its hit mobile game has been downloaded more than one billion times. For some perspective, the U.S. Census’ world population currently estimate around 7 billion people on planet Earth. Even if you’ve got folks who’ve grabbed all…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedDragon’s Dogma‘s Ur-Dragon Is Too Tough For Any One Gamer
Meet Dragon’s Dogma‘s Ur-Dragon. He’s sort of like a video game kickstarter, except that he doesn’t need tons of gamers to fund him. He needs tons of gamers to kill him. The Ur-Dragon, like some of the epic bosses in Infinity Blade II and other online-connected games, is an enemy that is designed to be…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
If You Enjoyed Minecraft, Perhaps You’d Like These Other Games…
The “related” function on Xbox Live helpfully suggests some other video games that are just exactly almost identically akin to the new Xbox 360 version of Minecraft which came out today. As seen on my TV; apologies for the blurriness. At least that’s not Microsoft’s fault.
By Stephen Totilo Published May 9, 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! The only thing worse than being Angry Impoverished…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Sex Game That Crossed Lines and Unnerved Its Creator
A post by a psychotherapist on the RPG-Maker forums informed the world of his latest idea: a game about sex. Not the clean, safe sex we typically see in games, mind. The game would be an exploration of sexuality and the human libido, including the kinkier, if not darker sides of desireā€”from perversions to fetishes…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Classic FPS Wolfenstein 3D Now Available In Your Browser
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of classic first-person shooter Wolfenstein 3D, Bethesda has released a free browser-based version of the full game. If you’ve been dying to shoot Nazis 1992-style, now’s your chance!
By Kate Cox Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Record of Agarest War 2 Limited Edition Comes With an Inflatable Doll. And a Hand Towel
The series I’m convinced people only buy for its bizarre limited edition contents returns to North America on June 26, bringing with it more justification for my theory. Pixelated to protect her anime-innocence, the inflatable Felenne doll packed inside every copy of the Record of Agarest War 2 limited edition for the PlayStation 3 gives…
By Mike Fahey Published May 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Amazon-Exclusive Spider-Man Preorder Bonus Lets You Play as the Amazing Stan Lee
Just look at it, folks. That’s how you generate preorders right there. Amazon is going to be swamped. I didn’t believe it when Stan Lee said it back in March, and now that Activision’s made it official I’m still not sure I believe it. And I call myself a true believer. But yes, it is…
By Mike Fahey Published May 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedInsomniac Explores the Wild Facebook Frontier with Outernauts
Breaking with a long tradition of creating Sony-exclusive console titles, the studio behind Ratchet & Clank and Resistance brings the full weight of its wit and style to bear in Outernauts, a quirky new adventure role-playing game… for Facebook. Snuggled up with Sony for so long that people often forget it’s an independent studio, Insomniac…
By Mike Fahey Published May 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedBioShock Infinite Delayed to 2013 [UPDATE]
This fall’s much-anticipated BioShock Infinite will now be released on February 26, 2013, publisher Take Two announced this morning. The game had been planned for an October release. Updated with lengthy note from Ken Levine. “When we announced the release date of BioShock Infinite in March, we felt pretty good about the timing. Since then,…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 9, 2012 - Kotaku East
Behind this Mai Shiranui, There’s Tragedy
Last year started out well enough. It looked like it was going to be a big one for Yang Qi Han (aka Isabella Yang). She was all over the place, even appearing at the Cannes Film Festival. Then things got bad, real bad. Everything came to a head with Isabella hanging on the side of…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 9, 2012 - Kotaku East
How About a Part-Time Job Buying Diablo III?
Diablo III is coming out. Soon. And people (like this individual) are very excited. South Korea is no different. Gamers are jazzed about Diablo III. And whenever there are jazzed people, there are unscrupulous individuals ready to take advantage. A South Korea job site recently ran a listing for a company offering a “one day…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 9, 2012 - Kotaku East
In Japan, Social Game Makers To Phase Out “Gambling” Elements
Japanese social game makers DeNA and Gree both said they will begin phasing out controversial “complete gacha” elements in their games. Losing $700 million in one day sure is convincing! [Reuters]
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 9, 2012 -
Kotaku EastThis High School Student Will Saw You in Half
In the West, the “image character” for splatter game Lollipop Chainsaw is cosplayer Jessica Nigri. She’s great for events in America, but the commute to Japan is a little far. In Japan, the game needs a local image character, and a local is what it is going to get: American-born Japanese actress Mayu Kawamoto. Dressing…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 9, 2012 - Kotaku East
Persona Sure Makes a Lovely Arcade Stick
Persona didn’t actually make it. It’s a game, and games cannot make arcade sticks. Rather, famed Japanese peripheral company Hori produced this PS3 fighting stick. It is to mark upcoming fighting game, Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena, which is based on the Persona role-playing game. The game is a collaboration between Atlus and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 9, 2012 - Kotaku East
When Anime and Real Life Collide, Things Get Freaky
Before people in Asia and the West were Photoshopping the hell out of their faces to look like anime characters, artist Chris Scarborough was doing it to his subjects. For art. Scarborough’s series “Ideal Species” shows humans that look more humanoid. It’s as though he’s taken the anime aesthetic and transplanted it to the real…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 9, 2012 - Kotaku East
Kane & Lynch Developers Sued for Defaming Chinese People
Never mind that Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days was first released nearly two years ago (or that it was a bit of a turd), one lawyer in China sure is pissed. According to Global Times (via TechInAsia), Beijing attorney Liu Lin is suing Kane & Lynch‘s developer, Denmark-based IO Interactive, and its publisher, Square…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 9, 2012