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Dutch Gaming Website Thinks Prey 2 Was Cancelled
Publisher Bethesda may have axed the first-person shooter Prey 2, according to a report from Dutch gaming website PS Focus We can’t vouch for PS Focus’s veracity, but the rumor has bounced around Twitter and other gaming websites today. This afternoon, Game Informer editor Jim Reilly tweeted that Bethesda had offered no comment on the…
By Jason Schreier Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Holy Crap, Super Time Force Looks Cool
Super Time Force, the IGF XBLA-Prize-winning game from Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP creators Capybara Games, is looking danged cool. These new screenshots give a sense of the game’s crazy action on screen, done up in the a signature old-school-yet-lush visual style. It’s fun to look through each one and try to parse what’s actually…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Freakin’ nothin’ for me, it looks like. Tuesday, I got Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 for review and played it until 3 a.m. When I went to bed, there was no sign of the 7.5 inches of snow that Eugene, Ore. would receive. Heavy and wet, it was like dumping a sack of Redi-Crete on…
By Owen Good Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Best Doom Painting Ever Is In John Romero’s House
This is a painting of Doom, one of the greatest games of all times. And surely this must be one of the coolest video game paintings of all time. It hangs in the home of Doom co-creator John Romero, who kindly took several high-res photos of the artwork for us and sent them along. Romero…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
EA Sports Opens a Bar in Vegas, Baby
No, it doesn’t have a sports book. But the EA Sports Bar at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas will feature Xbox 360s and PlayStation 3s, six high definition televisions, and an assortment of, duh, EA Sports titles for patrons to play. It’s another real world presence for the sports label, which last September opened a…
By Owen Good Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
How Long Should a Game Hang In There Online Before It Taps Out?
EA Sports MMA was conceived as a two-year series, alternating publication years with its Fight Night cousin. No one thought it would be getting a sequel after its major license, Strikeforce, was acquired by the UFC. But pulling the plug on MMA‘s servers shows the first edition’s lifespan fell far short of EA Sports’ expectations.…
By Owen Good Published March 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedKid Icarus Uprising‘s Awesome Menus Require 11 Minutes of Your Attention. Trust Me.
Kid Icarus: Uprising as a game? Very good. Kid Icarus: Uprising as a thing to put on a stand? Eh… Kid Icarus: Uprising as a game with amazing menus? Wonderful menus and silly menus and clever menus? Amazing. Enjoy the video.
By Stephen Totilo Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Week in Angry Birds Space and Friends
It’s hard for any other gaming app to shine when Rovio releases the first true sequel to the physics game that’s captivated millions of fans across the globe. Good thing there’s five Gaming App of the Day slots every week. Now I’m not saying the makers of Star Warfare, MotoHeroz HD, Abduction! World Attack and…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
“Player Encounters Hooker”: This Might Be the Most Epic Video Game Patent Application Ever
Patent applications let people dream big. Someone out there’s got a killer idea for the Litter Box of the Future or fart-proof underwear. There may be hundreds of hurdles to cross before any such thing gets made, but a patent lets them plant a flag in the land of unclaimed ideaspace. With video games, the…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft Hopes Value Can Make DRM “Go Away” In The Future
DRM protection in games is often controversial, but Ubisoft’s PC games have a record of shipping with restrictive, always-on activation that strikes a particular sore spot with gamers. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, Chris Early, VP of Digital Publishing at Ubisoft, acknowledged that including anti-piracy measures in games is a tricky balancing act that,…
By Kate Cox Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
I’d Rather Play a Boring RPG
We play video games for a number of reasons. Sometimes we need to kill time on the subway. Sometimes we want to pretend to be other people. Sometimes we crave that emotional gratification that you can only find in interactive entertainment. And sometimes, we play video games to be bored. Strange notion, right? “Boring” is…
By Jason Schreier Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Draw Something Adds Hunger Games Words
The Hunger Games is out today, in more ways than just the film release and yesterday’s iOS game Entertainment site Mashable reports that the insanely popular pictionary game Draw Something received an update today with seven new words, all pertaining to The Hunger Games franchise. Mashable reports on what words you might see pop up…
By Tina Amini Published March 23, 2012 -
ReviewsKid Icarus: Uprising: The Kotaku Review
How much to we value weirdness? How much weight do we place on eccentricity? There are so many video games that are essentially retreads of the same old tired space; it can feel so nice to see a game that, even while following the same basic formulas as its brethren, does so with enthusiastic weirdness.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedTim Schafer Hilariously Demos A 3D Adventure Game That You’ll Never Get to Play
Tim Schafer’s the three-million-dollar man, thanks to a record-breaking Kickstarter his Double Fine development studio launched to fund a new adventure game. While work should be starting soon on that crowd-funded creation, the respected designer showed off a project that probably won’t ever happen at a lecture last night at New York University’s Game Center.…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Survival Horror Just Isn’t Popular Enough in America, Says Resident Evil Producer
Anyone who follows video games knows that action games are big — very big. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 shattered sales records far and wide in its first 24 hours on store shelves and raked in a billion dollars in well under three weeks. The American video game market loves shooting things, and we…
By Kate Cox Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Child’s Play Doesn’t Appreciate Being Used to “Retake Mass Effect“
Citing a large number of refunded donations and confusion over the goal of the “Retake Mass Effect“ Child’s Play charity drive, Penny Arcade’s Jerry Holkins draws the line: “Child’s Play cannot be a tool to draw attention to a cause. Child’s Play must be the Cause.” While the fan-lead effort to show BioWare a more…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Nominate This Week’s Best Comment
It’s that time of week again, Kotaku readers. Time to nominate your favorite comment from this week. Last week’s Best Of winner was Jackslaps for a fun photoshop and creepy tale. What will this week’s be? You decide. Post your nomination below with a link to the comment in question.
By Tina Amini Published March 23, 2012 -
UncategorizedRemembering the Most Terrifying Horror Game of This Generation, Brought to You By Burger King
Silent Hill? Resident Evil? Siren? I used to fear these things, but in 2006 Burger King and Blitz Games rendered their scares impotent with the release of Sneak King, a stealth action advergame featuring the creepiest corporate mascot to ever hide in your wife’s closet. In the inaugural episode of the YouTube series “Don’t Press…
By Mike Fahey Published March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized
Bouncing Cows to the Rescue in Abduction! World Attack
Abduction! World Attack is not new. It’s not complicated. And it’s not super HD. But it is silly, fun, cute, and addictive, which makes a great combination. In Abduction! World Attack, you are a cow. You are a bouncy, leaping cow and you need to rescue your cow brethren from the UFO that has abducted…
By Kate Cox Published March 23, 2012
