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You Wish You Were This Good At Draw Something
Perusing Draw Something‘s Facebook page, you’ll notice some very impressive drawings from players. Take a look at the gallery for some of my favorites pulled from the submissions on the app’s Facebook page. If you read up on our Gaming Apps of the Day, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of Draw Something. Even…
By Tina Amini Published March 17, 2012 -
UncategorizedBit of War, a De-Made God of War, is Now Available—and Free
It took more than five years, but Bit of War, which is God of War reduced to an 8-bit style platformer, is finally out, and it’s available for the low, low price of zilch. Holmade Games, the shop responsible for this, said the project has been going on in some form since 2007, and that…
By Owen Good Published March 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect‘s Producer Promises ‘We’ll Keep Listening’, and New Content that Brings ‘Closure’
Casey Hudson, the executive producer of Mass Effect 3, responded yesterday to the boiling-over outrage of longtime fans of the series disappointed in the game’s conclusion. Hudson’s full statement is free of spoilers, so worry not about that. In short, it sounds like he is promising extensions to the story, through DLC, that offer outcomes…
By Owen Good Published March 17, 2012 -
UncategorizedIs Super Mario Bros. History’s Greatest Masterpiece of Surrealism?
The surrealism of Super Mario Bros. would seem to be self-evident but, as PBS’ Idea Channel on YouTube says, perhaps it has been around for so long that its non sequiturs are taken for normal. Its wide acceptance (and a catalog of work spanning more than two decades) may make the Super Mario Bros. franchise…
By Owen Good Published March 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
Up-Armored Savings
Three new releases—Armored Core V, Ninja Gaiden 3, and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, highlight our weekly roundup of savings, bonuses and values to be found in video gaming. We’ve got them and more than 50 other offers inside! Software • Amazon has 19 Ubisoft PC download games DRM-free in a “Buy 1 for $5,…
By Owen Good Published March 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to another week of The Best of Kotaku. For this week’s best image found on the Internets, we have this Pokémon artwork done by Reddit user Jord-UK It’s my personal hope that I am continuously making you all change your desktop background, so here you go. Or save it for a rainy, “I can’t…
By Tina Amini Published March 17, 2012 - Uncategorized
All Of The Things Anyone Wrote about Uncharted 2
Over at the fabulous video game criticism archive Critical Distance, they’ve run their first “Critical Compilation” in a while, this one written by Johnny Kilhefner and dedicated to all of the best critical writing about Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. These compilations are always smart and interesting, weaving the arguments put forth by a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 17, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
I Have a Hard Time Believing This Duke Nukem 3D Map Was Drawn From Memory, But Okay
We’ve written about Mapstalgia a couple times before. On the tumblr, people submit maps of classic games that they’ve drawn from memory. This map of the Red Light District from Duke Nukem 3D, strains the whole “from memory” aspect of things, but it’s still impressive. (You can view the full version by expanding the image…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 16, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallBioWare’s Least Awkward Love Scene
But when it comes time to seal the romantic deal in a BioWare game, do things really need to be so awkward? Because damn, things have gotten weird. As Tom Bissell puts it in his Grantland critique of the game—”In fact, could we, as gamers, maybe politely band together to convince BioWare to can the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry
Greetings, Kotaku readers. Welcome to your Friday night open thread. You’ve survived another week! And good for you. It’s rainy and miserable in San Francisco, but it’s sort of okay. All the better for a weekend playing a ton of Mass Effect 3 Here, gathered from the internet, are some things for you to read:…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Here’s Infinity Blade II Running on an iPad 2 and an iPad 3
We’ve seen what top iPad game Infinity Blade II looks like on the new super-high-res iPad 3. But we’re been looking for a comparison. Enter Kotaku reader Alsandair, who has the new iPad and sent us two shots of essentially the same scene. There isn’t a dramatic difference, possibly because all the IB2 developers have…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedAfter 13 Years the Original EverQuest Goes Free-to-Play
One of the longest-running subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing games has finally succumbed to the sweet, sweet lure of the microtranscation-based business model, as EverQuest celebrates its 13th anniversary by going free-to-play. I never thought I’d see the day. Over the past few years subscription-based MMOs not called World of Warcraft have doing their best…
By Mike Fahey Published March 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Witcher 2‘s Xbox Enhancements Include a New Euphemism For Sex
Perhaps you have heard that The Witcher 2 is really good? Because you know what, it really is! And even better, the version that’s coming out for the 360 is still very much the same game that PC gamers fell in love with last year. The trailer above breaks down all of the updates and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedHitler Recaps the Week in Video Gaming
Godwin’s Law states that “as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.” As basically all video game discussion takes place online, let’s just cut to the chase and give der fuehrer’s take on recent events. Hitler finds out that Toadette is not playable in Mario Party…
By Owen Good Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Week in Evil DLC
Downloadable content. Everyone hates it—but everyone buys it. Yes, even you in the comments, smart guy. Here’s a look at the latest package of extensions and pre-order bonuses designed to crowbar the last dollar out of your wallet. Can you still respect yourself if you buy it? Medal of Honor: Warfighter Limited Edition Available: Oct.…
By Owen Good Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Loving Video Games is Right, and I Don’t Want to be Wrong
It’s hard for me to look at the news of the preceding 10 or so days and not feel like there’s been some enormous, possibly irreparable rupture between gamers and those who serve them. I certainly contributed to this with a post about the ending of Mass Effect 3 and the movement to have it…
By Owen Good Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Math Genius Appears To Have Guessed Diablo III‘s Release Date Two Months Ago
Yesterday, Blizzard announced that Diablo III will be out on May 15. Reddit seems to have beaten them to the punch. By two months. In January, Reddit poster SweenWSweens said he used a ridiculous mathematic equation to guess Diablo III‘s release date. By figuring out exactly what Blizzard community manager Micah “Bashiok” Whipple meant by…
By Jason Schreier Published March 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Epic Games’ Anti-Cloning Solution? Make It Huge and Add “Secret Sauce”
It’s not only smaller, younger developers who have to worry about cloning. Idea theft is on the minds of the people at Epic Games, too. Even though they make big, burly games like Gears of War and Bulletstorm, the developer still sees themselves as an indie, said Epic CEO Tim Sweeney. People could try and…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 16, 2012