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These Battlefield 3 Prints Were Made For Your Walls
You know that one sparse wall in your bedroom? Graphic designer Terry Mack has it covered. Literally. In the making since January, these propaganda posters will motivate you to keep fighting the good fight in Battlefield 3 The lighthearted jabs at some of the staples of publisher EA’s vastly popular first-person shooter should be familiar…
By Tina Amini Published March 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedJazz, Teddy Roosevelt, and Jumping Off the Edge: What Makes BioShock Infinite Tick
Game designer Ken Levine was here in Washington, DC last week for the Art of Video Games festivities at the Smithsonian American Art Museum last week, and I had a chance to sit down with him and discuss Irrational’s big upcoming project, BioShock Infinite We’ve heard about some of the game’s bosses and about how…
By Kate Cox Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Shoot the Pig with this Bullet Hell Trainer
I love bullet hell shooters—you know, those insane shoot ‘em up games in which you pilot a small craft into a storm of projectiles. They’re great. And the iOS handles them pretty well, too. This latest effort, Pig & Bullet, is less a bullet hell shooter and more a bullet hell trainer. Meaning, this game…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedSkyrim 2012 Is Now A Genuine, Magic-Packed Short Film
We’ve shown you all three episodes of “Skyrim 2012,” two filmmakers’ modern-day take on Bethesda’s popular role-playing game. Now John and Justin Grosjean have cut the whole thing together for your viewing convenience. It’s a thirteen-minute short film that the brothers say will be featured at the Phoenix Comicon this year. And it ends on…
By Jason Schreier Published March 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Gentlemen’s Guide to Arcade Fighting Stick Etiquette
Think you can simply saunter into your local gaming establishment without a care in the world and deliver sound trouncings to the local ruffians? Well think again, my friend. The fine young fellows of Fighterpedia have utilized the latest in moving picture magic to create a survival guide for today’s rough-and-tumble fighting game scene. There…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Citizens of Rapture Have A New Year’s Surprise for Andrew Ryan
Andrew Ryan may think he has squashed the forming rebellion in Rapture, but his New Year celebrations might prove otherwise. While the underwater city is bustling with laughter and the clinks of champagne glasses, the more unruly citizens of Rapture are plotting their vengeance against the ruling Andrew Ryan. If you pay close attention to…
By Tina Amini Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Watch This, Play This: Monday Diversions
Watch! BioShock’s Rapture is in for a surprise come the New Year of 1959. Watch! This video will guide you in the art of using an arcade stick. Play! Ashcraft suggests Pig & Bullet to train your bullet hell skills on your iPhone. Watch! All three Skyrim 2012 videos put into one compilation in preparation…
By Tina Amini Published March 26, 2012 -
Uncategorized50 Things About Assassin’s Creed III That You Should Know
You can assassinate a bear in Assassin’s Creed III. You can run around the battle of Bunker Hill, flanking the British to surprise them in their camp. You can go to the frontier and relax in a tree. You can help found a nation. You will be able to do so many excellent things in…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Why Gamers Love to Fail
We play games to win. To complete challenges, to finish stories, to overcome obstacles. Games are goals and we need to meet them… right? Or do we, really? Might we play, instead, to feel the thrill of failure? Perhaps getting our butts kicked regularly motivates us more than we think. And yet, surely there must…
By Kate Cox Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Batman’s AWOL as Vampires Overrun Gotham in This Justice League Dark #7 Preview
One of the more impressive things about DC Comics’ New 52 reboot is how they’ve made horror and superheroics co-exist, without either genre seeming diminished. Whether it’s the Rot turning Animal Man‘s life upside down or Batman’s encounter with I, Vampire‘s Andrew Bennett, the mystical terrors that surface in the new continuity don’t seem like…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome, wanderers, 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, game where you draw things? Knock yourselves out! Today’s TAYpic comes courtesy of halfbeast and plunges…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedLast Week’s Most Persistent Rapper Is Actually Getting His Song in a Game
Some people have questioned the outreach strategy of hip-hop upstart Kadillak Kaz, who spent an hour or so last week Tweeting a plea to any vaguely video-game related Twitter feed he could find, imploring them to put any of his music in their games. Question Kadillak’s technique no longer. Indie game developer Michael Frauenhofer is…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Angry Birds Space Blasts 10 Million Downloads In Three Days
Rovio’s bird-flinging physics game hit the 10 million mark this weekend, the developer said on the official Angry Birds Twitter account this morning. Angry Birds Space came out on March 22. [Angry Birds]
By Jason Schreier Published March 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedPretending to Use the Force Works Better with Kinect Star Wars
We’re just a week away from the April 3 launch of Kinect Star Wars, the game you get when you buy that sexy new Star Wars Xbox 360 bundle. While my hopes aren’t particularly high for the game, at least it gives pretending to Force Choke someone important context. Kinect Star Wars stands to play…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Ten Officially Sanctioned Guild Wars 2 Screenshots
As I mentioned in my questions and answers post, I’m not allowed to share my own screenshots of the Guild Wars 2 beta weekend with you folks, so Arenanet and NCsoft provided me with ten official screens vaguely connected to this weekend’s experience. How vaguely connected? The top shot here shows an Asura thief, a…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedEverything You Wanted to Know About Guild Wars 2
Last month I shared what I learned during the first Guild Wars 2 press beta weekend. Now the student becomes the master as I tackle the questions Kotaku posed had about the eagerly anticipated massively-multiplayer game after spending another beta weekend adventuring in the world of Tyria. The second Guild Wars 2 beta weekend has…
By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Epic Mickey 2 Needs the Power of Two… Development Studios
Junction Point—the development studio founded by legendary game designer Warren Spector and later acquired by Disney—made 2010’s Epic Mickey all by themselves. That technologically ambitious and mostly pretty game came out exclusively on the Wii. But, now that Mickey and Oswald’s next outing will be a multiplatform affair, Junction Point’s getting some help. Via e-mail,…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 26, 2012 - Kotaku East
Taiwanese Weather Girls Ripped Off By Chinese Weather Girls
Last December, Guangdong Satellite TV Station introduced a change to their regular weather broadcasts. Instead of stuffy meteorologists or on-air reporters reporting the changes in the weather, they hired a group of undergraduate Chinese girls. The group, called Pin-Ko Pie, is made up of nine college girls who have “modeling” experience. These nine girls take…
By Eric Jou Published March 26, 2012 -
Kotaku EastWhen Your Daughter Thinks She’s an Anime Doll and Talks to Creepy Guys Online
Online, 15 year-old Venus Palermo is “Venus Angelic”. With her huge anime eyes and pale skin, she plays up her doll-like appearance with special contacts and make-up. And this London-based teen is starting to gain followers in both Japan and the West. “Mommy cooks Japanese, thinks Japanese, goes to Japan with me,” Palermo wrote on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2012