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UncategorizedOnly One Video Game Awards Show Lets You Watch Solid Snake Blow Himself Up
Hey, Americans, did you know that many of the video games that you admired and obsessed over in 2011 were made in Canada? It’s true. Deus Ex: Human Revolution? Sword & Sworcery? Assassin’s Creed: Revelations? That one super-cute game about ponycorns that a five-year-old made? All crafted in the Land of Poutine. Such creativity should…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
Get Your GOTY
When the Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year Edition popped up on Tuesday I knew it was an instant ‘Shop Contest candidate. Then IGN weighed in with its parody, which got a lot of you guys to create your own. And /v/ pretty much blew the subject out of the water, making this subject,…
By Owen Good Published April 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Pan1da7’s gone poaching at the end of the week and carves another TAYpic notch on his belt. Good morning and welcome to Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves. Feel free to discuss anything on the subject of video games in our comments below. If you’ve got a good idea and the skills, tomorrow represents your last shot…
By Owen Good Published April 29, 2012 - Culture
Sunday Comics: What Would Valve Do?
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 April 27.—Read more of Virtual Shackles Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published April 23.—Read more of Awkward Zombie…
By Owen Good Published April 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
Patently Ridiculous: The Winners
When society is annihilated by World War IV and archaeologists from the year 3,000 examine the paperwork our society left behind, what will they think of us? Twenty smart ‘Shoppers put their best and brightest foot forward, including overall winner seivewright inside! arniejolt (2) had the best of the Earthworm Jim homages. musickkid43 (10) gets…
By Owen Good Published April 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Diablo III‘s Big Ad Debuts Tomorrow on Family Guy
Promising “a few juicy bits of never-before-seen Diablo III cinematic footage,” the game’s worldwide TV ad will broadcast sometime during Family Guy tomorrow, which is on Fox at 9 pm EDT/8 pm CDT. Diablo III is scheduled for general release on May 15.
By Owen Good Published April 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Numerology Proves Half Life 3 will be Announced at E3. Really.
Not a day passes we don’t get some “rumor,” wishful thinking, or outright bullshit about Half-Life 3‘s imminent arrival. This “tip,” sent by “Igor,” now adds numerology to the mix. Hell, it’s at least as reliable as all the other nonsense we hear. Here it is, verbatim: Gabe Newell’s Rank on Forbes’ Richest Men List:…
By Owen Good Published April 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Infinite Combos Scheduled for Termination when Street Fighter X Tekken Patch Arrives Mid-May
Four infinite combinations discovered last month in Street Fighter X Tekken all will be obliterated by a patch scheduled to move by mid-May, Capcom said yesterday afternoon. The combos affected Kazuya, Kuro, Xiayou and Pac-Man. Two were console exclusive characters (Kuro and Pac-Man, on the PS3) and Xiayou’s infinite hinged on a one-frame link between…
By Owen Good Published April 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 3 is Finally Releasing New Maps for PC Gamers
Ha ha, but who plays Modern Warfare 3 on PC amirite? Well, people do in numbers enough that Activision’s finally decided to sell them the “Content Collection 1” made available to Xbox 360 gamers earlier this year. It’s the first post-release content to become available for this version of the game. Content Collection 1 will…
By Owen Good Published April 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
No Justice, No Peace, No Ring for the Lakers, Says NBA 2K12
How important is Metta World Peace to the Los Angeles Lakers? Well, NBA 2K12 says the team would win the Western Conference with him in the lineup. As it is, he’s suspended for the next six games, and that’s exactly as long as Denver will need to dispatch the Lakers, according to the game. In…
By Owen Good Published April 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedDragon’s Lair, with Kinect Support, Arrives on Xbox Live in May
Announced back in March, the Xbox Live port of Dragon’s Lair was dated for May 18 by Microsoft yesterday. The game will feature Kinect support, allowing you to jump out of the way of the Lizard King and dodge the columns on the mechanical horse, if you so prefer. Digital Leisure is handling the port…
By Owen Good Published April 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
A Guild-ed Age for Savings
If you want to get in on Guild Wars 2‘s beta test this weekend, well, you’ll need to go ahead and pre-purchase (as in buy, like, right now) the game to get that code. Fortunately, there’s a deal on its deluxe edition if you were so inclined (the standard edition offers beta access; it isn’t…
By Owen Good Published April 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome everyone, to the Best of Kotaku, where I collect all of my colleagues’ best work from the past week for your viewing pleasure. Before we jump into the best content, let’s take a look at the image above. Look at it. Isn’t it pretty? I like to imagine that Chell decided to stay in…
By Tina Amini Published April 28, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Classic VHS Horror Game That Was So Funny It Was Scary
Yes my gatekeeper!! Last weekend, I was hanging out at a friend’s board game night. There were some dice on one table, and a deck of cards on the other. Then, over in the corner, some people started fiddling with a VHS player. “Oh,” I thought. “Um.” Before I knew what was happening, we had…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 28, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
In Celebration of Kirby’s 20th Birthday: Fan Art!
Twenty years ago today, Kirby made his debut in Japan on the Gameboy in Kirby’s Dream Land. Today, we celebrate the adorable ball of pink’s birthday, and some of us commiserate with his inability to drink in certain countries. Fortunately I am not amongst those that do. To celebrate, I’ve gathered some standout fan renditions…
By Tina Amini Published April 27, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
Quality Time With The Classic Video Game Characters You’d Switch Teams For
Yesterday on #Speakup, commenter chadoban asked which video game characters we’d all go gay (or straight) for. Your answers were as varied as they were enjoyable, so Chris Person thought he’d grab some of the most popular ones and render them into gifs. Check out the gifs below. Enjoy them. Place them on your desktop,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
As I mentioned in my review this week, I came to the Prototype continuity late. Now that I’m not hustled for time to pump out a review of a game the day after it releases, I feel like revisiting New York and finishing out the original Prototype, especially as I’ll get to stomp around a…
By Owen Good Published April 27, 2012 -
UncategorizedGameloft’s Newest Mobile Game Looks A Lot Like… Crysis 2?
People give the mobile-game developer Gameloft guff for making games that are perhaps overly-“inspired” by other popular games. But it’s interesting to look at them as a reflection of the increasing horsepower and ambition of mobile games—they’ve certainly come a long way since Hero of Sparta, anyway. This exclusive trailer for their newest game, Nova…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
Does This Mean Metal Gear Rising is Coming to Vita? [Update]
We’ve heard rumors before that Konami would be releasing Metal Gear: Rising on the PlayStation Vita handheld in addition to home consoles. This page from the Vita presentation during the AT&T Developer Summit appears to reveal that in addition to the other franchises we already knew about (including Bioshock and Call of Duty), Metal Gear…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 27, 2012