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Lordy, Lordy, Fez Finally Gets a Release Date
Fez, the perspective-shifting platformer and poster-child for independent games development hell, is ready to go and will arrive April 13, says its studio, Polytron. That’s Friday the 13th, a fitting irony for something that’s been in production for more than four years. The game will be offered over Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft points,…
By Owen Good Published March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Pedophile Caught Thanks to Girl’s Nintendo Camera
A girl in the United Kingdom put away a man who molested her thanks to the camera on her Nintendo DSi, using it to surreptiously capture his assault and force a confession. John Fisher, 46, did admit to the abuse after his accuser (unnamed) snapped a picture of his hand groping her. Fisher’s going to…
By Owen Good Published March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
One Leaves, One Enters Kotaku‘s Power 40
If you scan the column to the right of the Kotaku.com/Power 40 list, you’ll find our reorganized list updated for March complete with individual updates where relevant, and a new addition: BioWare fans That’s right, BioWare fans. Your displeasure with this month’s release of Mass Effect 3 did not go unnoticed, and most notably resulted…
By Tina Amini Published March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
The FBI Is Making Virtual Crime Scenes With The Tech Behind Gears of War
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is using the Unreal Engine to create simulations and other training programs, BBC News reports today. Unreal is the technology behind games like Gears of War 3 and Mass Effect 3. According to the BBC, the FBI will use it to create “virtual multiplayer crime scene[s] in which its…
By Jason Schreier Published March 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedNo Surprises After One Round in Madden‘s Cover Contest
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • Madden NFL 13‘s cover athlete contest has moved to the second round, with few surprises. Aaron Rodgers advanced, despite Packer fans’ superstitions. Megatron absolutely dominated his first round matchup, with the largest margin of victory. Sebastian Janikowski was eliminated, despite everyone’s desire to…
By Owen Good Published March 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedA Very Moving Day for a Woman at The Masters
After two rounds at The Masters, the 44 best scores and ties, plus anyone within 10 strokes of the leader, make the cut. Since 2006, when the course was lengthened, no American amateur has survived to “Moving Day,” the nickname for Saturday’s round. Yesterday, I did so. As a woman. This past Sunday, I wrote…
By Owen Good Published March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Best Game Ever: Thief: The Dark Project is the Only Way to Stealth
Thought we forgot about Speak Up on Kotaku’s Best Game Ever? We were only biding our time until commenter DocSeuss and admitted his love for the one stealth action game that got nearly everything right. I’m done playing third-person stealth games. I can’t do it anymore. I want to, believe me, but… yeah. No. I…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Stop Hoarding Things In Skyrim Or Your Housecarl Will Leave You
College Humor has a great video out today that examines what happens when one resident of Skyrim hoards too much. And no, it’s not okay to stockpile all of those books that you’ll “read eventually” and all that random meat that you “might need one day.” It’s gross. In other words, clean out your house…
By Jason Schreier Published March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Five Reasons A World Without Used Games Might Not Be So Bad
The next generation of gaming consoles might not play used games. Sounds terrible, right? Maybe not. Over the past few months, rumors have suggested that both the next Xbox (codenamed Durango) and the next PlayStation (codenamed Orbis) will use technology that prevents customers from sharing and selling the games they play. Games might be tied…
By Jason Schreier Published March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Denis Dyack Claims Used Games Will Destroy Gaming
Secondhand games have been the bread and butter of retail chain GameStop for years, and the target of publishers’ ire for just as long. Many consumers prefer not to pay the new retail price (a hefty $60, for most titles) for every game they play, and the system of selling and purchasing pre-owned discs works…
By Kate Cox Published March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Joy Of Falling Through The Floor
Republished from Rock, Paper Shotgun However hard games try to create worlds, they remain artifice. They are stage sets. Painted boxes. And when you step outside them, you get to see how unreal that game world actually is. This, from time to time, can be a wonderful thing. Let’s raise a glass to the strange…
Jim Rossignol | Rock Paper Shotgun Published March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Digital Storm Beats the Heat With the “World’s Most Advanced PC”
Most boutique shops rely on other people’s technology to keep the insides of your expensive machine cool. With a custom-designed chassis, the proprietary Cryo-TEC liquid cooling system, and software capable of controlling 13 case fans all at once, Digital Storm’s Aventum isn’t your average boutique machine. The Aventum is a PC designed from the ground-up…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Brave the Darkest Depths of This Post for a Copy of Legend of Grimrock
The nice folks at GOG.com were so excited to Almost human’s Legend of Grimrock in our PC Indie Spotlight they spontaneously expelled 15 codes for the full game. I’m not touching them. I don’t know where they’ve been. As you may or may not have heard, the digital distribution platform formerly known as Good Old…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Aerodyne is a Minimal, Modern Take on Art Deco Design
Jeffrey Stephenson specializes in making sleek, minimalist, art-deco and mid-century inspired PCs. His website features a solid decade’s worth of custom wooden mods, spanning the range from full-fledged furniture to cigar box. The Aerodyne is his most recent project, completed this January. The sleek, compact retro PC is made of mahogany and aluminum. Stephenson’s gallery…
By Kate Cox Published March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
World of Warcraft Monopoly Replaces Uncle Pennybags with a Miniature Murloc
Just as the money for World of Warcraft Monopoly replaces those boring old numbers with the faces of Azeroth’s most influential, the Chance and Community Chest cards replace the stale old man in a top hat with the freshest seafood Azeroth has to offer. Two weeks ago PC Gaming Lives gave you an exclusive first-look…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedTera‘s Rabid Spokesman Brutalizes the Developers of Land of Dragonrunes
If you’re wondering why the graphics update for Land of Dragonrunes never came out, you only have the brutal hands of Tera spokesman and MMA legend Bas Rutten to blame. Well, that and the fact that the game doesn’t technically exist. Bas Rutten doesn’t let something as paltry as non-existence get in the way of…
By Mike Fahey Published March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Lovely New Pictures of Lovely Old Adventure Games
Artist Jón Kristinsson has started a Tumblr dedicated to his beautiful illustrations of point-and-click adventure games like Grim Fandango and Day of the Tentacle. Kristinsson says the project was inspired by developer Double Fine and its success raising roughly a bazillion dollars on Kickstarter for its upcoming new point-and-click adventure game. Check out the Tumblr…
By Jason Schreier Published March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Crucial Adrenaline SSD Review: Solid State Cache for Your Hard Drive
Last year we reviewed OCZ’s RevoDrive Hybrid, which saw the marriage of a 1TB hard drive and a pair of 50GB SandForce SSDs on a PCI Express card. The idea was to use the SSD controllers and 100GB of NAND flash as a high-speed cache for the much larger spinning disk drive. Potentially achieving performance…
Steven Walton | Techspot Published March 28, 2012