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If Your Favorite Websites Were Made Into Fabulous Dresses
If Wikipedia were a dress, would you wear it? How about Google? I don’t actually wear dresses, for I am not a lady. But I would wear the heck out of these garments from Victor Farentina. Each one is a design sketch that takes the sensibilities and color schemes of popular sites like Yahoo, Twitter…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedIn Dust 514 PlayStation 3 Armies Will Do Jobs For PC Players, Until It’s Time For a Double-Cross
Dust 514 is an upcoming free-to-play first-person-shooter on the PlayStation 3 that will connect to the massively-multiplayer online game Eve Online. This much we’ve known for several months, but pardon me for still having trouble processing how it’s going to work. Enter David Reid from CCP, the company behind both games, CCP, who demoed 514…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
Trials Evolution Leaderboards Crash Under the Weight of 100,000 Rabid Fans
Microsoft, publisher Ubisoft and developer RedLynx all thought they were ready for the release of Trials Evolution on Xbox Live yesterday. Turns out they weren’t. Players logging onto Xbox Live on Wednesday were met with long load times, missing ghost replays and an inability to connect. Just how many people were crashing their way on…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
Preorder Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, Get This Adorable Stylus
Square Enix said today it would include this cute stylus as a preorder bonus for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, which is great for two reasons: 1. It’s adorable. 2. It’s an actual bonus, not content that has been stripped from the game and only made available to people who preorder. Theatrhytmhtmhmrhmrthmrthm, which is basically Elite Beat…
By Jason Schreier Published April 19, 2012 -
ReviewsTrials Evolution: The Kotaku review
My time with Trials Evolution got me thinking a lot about human perfectibility. It’s essentially the principle that no matter how good a person is at something, given enough will and effort, there’s still ostensibly room for them to get even better. That idea seems to be one that developer RedLynx banks on. “Yeah, you…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedLive-Action Mileena’s Special Mortal Kombat Power is Walking on Loose Gravel in Heels
The UK’s live-action Mortal Kombat Vita ad campaign continues, swapping out Kitana for another of the game’s femme fatales and making a poor model navigate treacherous terrain in the least-sensible shoes imaginable. I keep expecting her to fall over screaming, clutching her twisted ankle. Perhaps that’s coming in the full version of the ad.
By Mike Fahey Published April 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Halo Movie Failed Because Microsoft Didn’t Understand Hollywood
It had a script. It had the backing of two major film studios. It had the support of Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson. Everything seemed like it was clicking into place for the Halo movie before it abruptly collapsed, and you can blame Microsoft for that, according to writer Jamie Russell. Writing in…
By Jason Schreier Published April 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedPay Whatever You Want For The Lovely Botanicula, Get A Bunch of Other Free Stuff Too
I think that Botanicula, the new game from Machinarium indies Amanita Design, is freakin’ wonderful. I already wrote about why I like it, so read that if you’re wondering about the game. Short verzh: If you have a heart and like lovely and funny things, you should play it. Botanicula comes out today, and as…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
Gamers Spend Over $1 Billion Per Year On Power When Not Even Using Their Consoles
Staying current on gaming isn’t cheap. The consoles themselves cost about $300, and new retail games launch at $60. Even for a player who avoids DLC and only buys year-old or used games, the costs add up. But what’s really costing gamers? The electric bills. Games consoles are known power hogs, but a recently published…
By Kate Cox Published April 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedGuy Almost Makes A Glorious Knife Kill, Gets Denied By Trigger-Happy Victim
Scoring a knife kill in a first-person shooter is the ultimate insult to your victim. It’s one of the most satisfying kills, too. But it’s not always easy to pull off, as this Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player finds out. He looks to be basically on the camera-focused player’s shoulders, so close to getting that glorious…
By Tina Amini Published April 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedDon’t Like Any Of The Games In The App Store? Make Your Own!
Canabalt? Pft. Make your own Canabalt, with art and level designs as you see fit. It’s not like the web-to-mobile game already has fitting art and great music. Sketch Nation Studio isn’t really a game, per se. It’s more like a mini game studio that you can fit in your pocket. It gives you the…
By Tina Amini Published April 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedEverything You Need to Know About Team Fortress 2 Lore in One Minute
If you’re only hopping onto Team Fortress 2 to shoot at people you’re missing out on a rich history of greed and betrayal dating back to the 19th century. The latest Lore video from The Game Station gets you fully caught up in 60 seconds, or your money back. The makers of the best Pokémon…
By Mike Fahey Published April 19, 2012 -
UncategorizedSometimes Real Life Is Just As Buggy As A Video Game
It’s always tricky to get water right in a video game. All those messy physics. Seems like real life is just as tricky. Check out what happens when you trickle water next to a speaker playing a 24hz sine wave. It’s like a glitch in the Matrix. Or Skyrim Cool Sound and Water Experiment! [YouTube…
By Jason Schreier Published April 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
DiRT, Bodycount Developer Codemasters Shifts Exclusively to Racing Games
The last few years have been rough for British game developer and publisher Codemasters. Despite a lengthy and varied history going back to the 1980s, their more recent games have seen mixed success. Last year, after their first-person shooter Bodycount launched to decidedly mixed reviews, and admist accusations of unlawful working conditions, Codemasters shut down…
By Kate Cox Published April 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
People Like You—Yes, You—Gave $9 Million to Kickstarter Video Game Campaigns Last Month
After the monstrous success of the Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter campaign, it’s impossible to escape talk of video game development powered by the internet’s largest crowdfunding destination. Part of all the buzz comes from the perception that there’s a lot of money out there that people want to contribute to help produce entertainment that they’d…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 19, 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! It’s about time that sad, ol’ greyhound in…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
Prey 2 Isn’t Cancelled, But It’s Delayed
Despite rumors, Prey 2 is not cancelled, publisher Bethesda said today. But it won’t be out in 2012. “Development of Prey 2 has not been cancelled but the game will not be released in 2012 as planned,” the company said in a statement today. “The delay is due to the fact that game development has…
By Jason Schreier Published April 19, 2012 - Uncategorized
How To Get Skyrim Looking As Awesome As Computationally Possible
I’ve been playing Skyrim again recently, and thanks to the wonders of modding, it is lookin’ damned fine. That’s not to say it ever didn’t look fine—when the game was released last November, it was a perfectly okay-looking game. A little rough around the edges in places, not the hottest textures in the world, but…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 19, 2012