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No. 18 Leaves TEAM_ID 10
Of all the things written, posted, tweeted, shouted or cried about the end of Peyton Manning’s tenure in Indianapolis, I thought one of the most poignant came from a guy who has gotten to know him very well over the past decade. “Going to be weird taking Peyton Manning off of TEAM_ID 10 tomorrow,” Donny…
By Owen Good Published March 8, 2012 -
ReviewsMLB 2K12: The Kotaku Review
This could be the last dance for Major League Baseball 2K. For more than a year, all signs have pointed to Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of 2K Sports, leaving a licensing deal many have ridiculed from the day it was signed in 2005. 2K Sports has ended three team sports series in the past…
By Owen Good Published March 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Valve Delays Counter-Strike GO To Summer
You’re going to have to wait a tad longer for the next Counter-Strike. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will be a summer game, instead of a spring game, Valve’s Doug Lombardi told me today. The game is still coming to Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Mac, but Valve needed a little more time to get it to…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Your Choices Will Change BioShock Infinite‘s Story
BioShock Infinite will tell a different tale every time you play it, director Ken Levine says. Speaking to me during a phone interview last week, the BioShock creator said his upcoming shooter will feature significant choices—choices that have a significant impact on the way Infinite‘s story goes down “I don’t wanna present it as sort…
By Jason Schreier Published March 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Notch Explains Why Minecraft Is a Man’s World
It’s a simple question: Can you be a girl in Minecraft? Spy Party developer Chris Hecker asked that of Markus ‘Notch’ Persson, during a fireside chat at this year’s GDC. The Mojang CEO’s answer is that the iconic blocky look of his hit sandbox construction game is inherently masculine. Not that the hat-wearing programmer hasn’t…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedMove Carefully or Get Caught In The Act
Fresh from this year’s Game Developers Conference, we have video from Kotaku‘s Stephen Totilo showing upcoming iOS title The Act The lush, cinematically animated 2D game is a comic cartoon in which players control Edgar, a hapless window washer in pursuit of Sylvia, the woman of his dreams. As the video demonstrates better than a…
By Kate Cox Published March 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Tell Kotaku Game Club About Your Mass Effect 3 Saga!
Welcome to the first Kotaku Game Club discussion of Mass Effect 3. Since I hadn’t determined a stopping point ahead of time, we’re going to say that today’s discussion will cover everything through the mission on Menae. I imagine that some of you are already past that point, but I don’t want too many people…
By Mike Epstein Published March 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Shooting Down Rumors, Valve Says They’re Not Making a Game Console Any Time Soon
Delay those dreams of a Steam Box competing with a PlayStation, Xbox or Wii. Valve Software is not making a gaming console in the near future and that the various rumors swirling around don’t add up to them making their own set-top box. “We’re prepping the Steam Big Picture Mode UI and getting ready to…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Fallout Could’ve Been About Time-Traveling, Dinosaurs, and Monkey Murder
The original Fallout was a gamble that paid off big-time; it set in place a tone, gameplay philosophy and fiction that is still going strong today. Fallout games are best known for their evocative, funny, dark and violent post-apocalyptic world. But it could have been another kind of game entirely. In a Fallout post-mortem at…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedHow To Make Terrific Video Game Tree. A Video Demonstration
If you want to make trees in video games, you can grab a program called SpeedTree and get to growing, pruning and playing god. This is what game developers do, including apparently the makers of Batman: Arkham City, whose game had trees I forgot about. This is the kind of tech they’re showing at the…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Why Apple’s New iPad Won’t Win Over the Xbox Gamer
Apple’s next iPad is a tremendously powerful device. It boasts a gorgeous screen and some pretty impressive hardware. One prominent game developer even bragged that its specs trump those of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gaming consoles “People are always talking about blurring the line between handheld and console,” Chillingo co-head and director Chris…
By Jason Schreier Published March 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Software Designs Its Own Video Games For Humans to Play
Prototype game Space Station Invaders doesn’t look like anything special. It’s blocky, a bit clumsy, and derivative. Far from groundbreaking to look at or to play. However, its design is anything but ordinary. The point of Space Station Invaders isn’t so much the game itself, but its designer: an AI program called Angelina The New…
By Kate Cox Published March 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedPlease Let This Be The Thing That Gives Us Great Video Game Clothing And Hair
Clothes often look horrible in video games. People look like they have their suits and dresses painted on their bodies. Or their capes clip right through their arms. Terrible. And hair… long hair almost never works. So you get all these games that won’t let you give your character long hair. Thank goodness we’ve got…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
No Beta Planned for Halo 4
Unlike its predecessors, upcoming Xbox 360 shooter Halo 4 will not have a beta, 343 Industries revealed on its blog today. “Splitting resources to manage and build a beta is not on our schedule,” the developer wrote. [The Halo Bulletin]
By Jason Schreier Published March 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedWTPT: Evil Ryu Emerges in this Street Fighter X Tekken Short Film
Thousand Pounds Action Company is known for their martial arts choreography and film productions. Much of their work is inspired by anime and video games. Their latest production, “Street Fighter: The Devil Within,” is a short film where Ryu struggles with Satsui no Hadou, or “surge of murderous intent.” You can tell because there’s a…
By Tina Amini Published March 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedAnimated Star Wars: The Old Republic Makes Hilarious Light of Unpredictable Dialogue
Have you ever played a BioWare game where a dialogue option you chose resulted in a completely unexpected response? I certainly have. In fact, I distinctly recall cursing into the night, “Dammit, that’s not what I meant to say!” So has Redditor TerminalMontage, who made this hilarious and cute video on his experiences playing through…
By Tina Amini Published March 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedMix Drinks, Battle Slimes, And Cook Dragons in Adventure Bar Story
The best way to describe Adventure Bar Story, out today for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, might be “Final Fantasy meets Animal Crossing.” Though this new simulation-roleplaying game can’t boast the narrative depth of the former or the meticulous attention to detail of the latter, it’s still a charming adventure with a fantastic soundtrack and…
By Jason Schreier Published March 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedFrom Metal Gear Solid to Portal 2, Every Video Game Sounds Better in German
Why would you ever want to play a video game in a language you don’t understand? Once you hear Half-Life‘s G-Man, Metal Gear‘s Psycho Mantis, and Portal 2‘s Space Sphere speaking German you’ll understand completely. Our German-speaking audience might be scratching their heads right now, wondering what the big deal is. Well, the big deal…
By Mike Fahey Published March 8, 2012