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UncategorizedFans are Still Helping This Racing Game Look Amazing
Project CARS is a fascinating…project. It’s a racing game that, while helmed by professionals (the team behind Shift 2), is also being worked on by large teams of fans. Reader FLX1981, for example, went and filmed a track he and a friend wanted in the game. After making the suggestion and handing off the data,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 15, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch Mass Effect 3’s Different Endings, See What all the Fuss is About
OK, just in case this needs spelling out, this will contain ENORMOUS SPOILERS. It’s essentially all spoilers. But if you’ve already finished the game, or more importantly have not, will not and still want to see what all the ruckus has been about, read on! This isn’t a definitive guide on how to achieve them.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 15, 2012 - Uncategorized
Genius Turns Job Application Into Lucasarts Adventure Game
German Marius Fietzek wants a job at Tim Schafer’s Double Fine, who are getting to work on a brand new graphic adventure game. To apply, he didn’t just send in a letter. He made a video game. Fietzek’s effort, done almost perfectly in the style of an old Lucasarts adventure game (ie where Schafer and…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 15, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallIn Which Jennifer Aniston & Matthew Perry Teach us About Windows 95
An oldie, to be sure, even by this feature’s standards, but still a fun watch. Especially when you notice it was put together by GT Interactive, the company which would later try to pass itself off as Atari
By Luke Plunkett Published March 15, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallThere is a Fighting Game Based on Les Misérables
Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel Les Misérables is a literary giant. You’re probably also familiar with its long-running theatrical adaptation, which has been treading the boards for over thirty years now. But have you ever played the Les Misérables video game? You really should. Especially since it’s a 2D fighting game. The game is called Arm…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Total Recall Starts Now!
For the next hour, we’re looking at the history of video games.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Beware The Thumb-Devouring Frog of Doom!
Hi there, Kotaku friends. Welcome to the hump-day open thread. I hope your respective days have been productive and enjoyable. If you’re wondering what that image is from, you’ll have to check out the links we’ve gathered for you here tonight… A story about the intense segregation of St. Louis – This is definitely a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedFez Really Looks Like It’s Going to be Worth the Fuss
I’ve bagged on Polytron and Phil Fish and the development hell in which they’ve been stuck for four years. And Fish recently said some intemperate things about Japanese games development, and gamers. Standing apart from all of that is Fez, which just looks sensational in this six-minute video of gameplay from its trial version. And…
By Owen Good Published March 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
We’ll Never Have To Endure a Photo-Realisitic Sonic The Hedgehog
In an interview with Eurogamer, Sega’s Takashi Iizuka talked about his plans for the company’s long-running (but seemingly constantly creatively ailing) Sonic The Hedgehog franchise. Among other kernels of knowledge (Sonic is “the right fit” for Wii U, whatever that means), we learned that despite his daliances kissing human girls, he will never become photo-realistic.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Peter Molydeux Game-Jam Gathers Steam, Participants and… Maybe Even Peter Molyneux Himself [Update]
Yesterday, there arose a game jam that will turn Peter Molydeux‘s wacky game ideas into real, playable games. Since then, things have… escalated. The whole thing started yesterday when Double Fine programmer Anna Kipnis tweeted that someone should really get on organizing a game jam centered around the crazy ideas espoused by famed game programmer…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Dying Boy Gets His Own Personal Virtual Wonderland Built by a Game Community in Just Four Days
Long-time Everquest II player Carri Hoover has a son not quite as old as the game is. Sadly, however, six-year-old John Hoover is terminally ill, with doctors estimating he has only weeks left to live. Last Tuesday, March 6, she posted a request to the “Norrathian Homeshow” board on the official forums, a place where…
By Kate Cox Published March 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Obsidian’s Cancelled Project Was For The Next Xbox, Published By Microsoft
Obsidian’s ill-fated ‘North Carolina‘ game was slated for the next Xbox and published by Microsoft, according to sources familiar with the project who spoke to Kotaku today. Yesterday, after almost seven months of development, Microsoft cancelled the project, our sources said. Obsidian consequently had to let go of 30 people, as reported by several outlets…
By Jason Schreier Published March 14, 2012 -
ReviewsNaruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations: The Kotaku Review
It’s been nearly ten years since Naruto made its animated debut in Japan. Over the past decade Studio Pierrot has told countless stories of the young ninja and his friends, introducing dozens of characters into the ever-expanding sage. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations attempts to cram all of that into a single fighting game.…
By Mike Fahey Published March 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 3‘s Biggest Map Is Guaranteed, A Great Multiplayer Tutorial Is Not
On an evening in San Francisco when the people behind Battlefield 3 showed off the June expansion to their big war shooter, I asked them about the future beyond that future.. and about a missing element from their past. After June’s Close Quarters indoor-infantry-combat-centric pack comes the fall’s Armored Kill expansion. The latter is all…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Baldur’s Gate Teaser Website Conjures a Countdown
It will be less than 24 hours before we hear more about the mysterious Baldur’s Gate project from developer / digital distribution platform Beamdog. You can stare the timer down to eerie music here at the teaser website
By Pierre Bienaimé Published March 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedTiger Woods PGA Tour Resurrects Shaq (Doing Kung) Fu
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • Golf is probably the one thing people wouldn’t look silly playing when they play Kinect. Well, EA Sports will fix that, bringing back Shaq Fu (no, really) in this humorous YouTube promotion for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 featuring Woods and Shaquille O’Neal.…
By Owen Good Published March 14, 2012
