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The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Every week, we will be compiling the best of Kotaku. From our reviews and feature articles to comments from you, the community members. Highlighted first is our favorite image that we’ve found this week. The bronze, scholarly gentleman take on our favorite companion cube was a no-brainer. Want it for your wallpaper? We don’t blame…
By Tina Amini Published March 3, 2012 - Uncategorized
Rumor: Maybe Valve Really Is Making A Console
Respected tech reporter Joshua Topolsky is putting it all out there over at The Verge, reporting that the chatter about Valve Software getting into the hardware business isn’t a tease. He says Valve is making a console and that we’re going to be finding out about it soon, maybe next week at the Game Developers…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 3, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallWhat Does The Future Hold for Mass Effect‘s Painfully Punched Reporter?
“Kalisah Bint Sinan Al-Jilani, Westerlund News.” Say those words to any Mass Effect fan, and they’ll probably get a funny look on their face: A grin that’s half-silly, half-guilty. “Oh, man. I punched the crap out of that reporter.” What started as a somewhat shocking, offhand bit of violence in Mass Effect reached meme status…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 3, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Most Horrifying Moments In Gaming (For A Ten-Year-Old In The 90’s)
My love for video games started when my dad bought a Super Nintendo home in the mid 90’s. But as much fun as I had playing then, my young, impressionable brain was also scarred by a handful of gaming moments that left an indelible mark on my psyche. Even if those moments don’t scare me…
By Nick Vannucci Published March 2, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallNo One Lives Forever Had the Smartest Bad Guys
There were a lot of things to love about the No One Lives Forever games. The groovy music, the fresh-feeling 60’s spy motif (Austin Powers be damned!), the fearless, funny heroine Cate Archer. But even when compared to those things, the game’s writing stands apart. The villains’ banter, in particular, stands out. In a day…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Pitchers and catchers reported today on my Xbox 360 when MLB 2K12 arrived. 2K Sports’ baseball simulation will be getting the most of my attention in preparation for a review this coming week. I’m not sure I’ll have much time for anything else. What are you playing this weekend?
By Owen Good Published March 2, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch Us Jump, Flap and Sidestep in Doodle Jump On The Kinect
Developers at Lima Sky dropped by our office today so that I could play Doodle Jump…on the Kinect for Xbox 360. We got an exclusive reveal of the game today, and you can watch it in action in the video above that features yours truly dancing around in front of our office Kinect. You’ve probably…
By Tina Amini Published March 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
Konami Dares You To Tell Its Fox Engine from Reality
Graphics engines have gotten quite powerful, to the point that they can render wide-open spaces, far-off worlds, and incredible alien races. But can they re-create… a meeting room? Yes, apparently. Konami and Kojima Productions have posted an “Is it live or is it memorex?”-style challenge asking people to try to tell the difference between their…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 2, 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? Prototype 2: Horse Vehicle Armor and ‘Butt Kicker’…
By Owen Good Published March 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
Backhanded Box Quotes: ‘I Hope the Man Who Created This Game Burns in Hell’
Welcome to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of super pissed-off user reviews from people just like you! Whoa, whoa, don’t take that personal. This week, Backhanded Box Quotes looks at four video games which all committed the unpardonable sin of releasing in the past two weeks. SSX Released: Feb. 28 Critic: Mensrea (Metacritic) • “If…
By Owen Good Published March 2, 2012 -
UncategorizedA Mass Effect Raffle That Made Everyone Look Like Losers
The attempted raffle of an early copy of Mass Effect 3 this week still bothers me, even though its owners apologized and pulled back the gimmick when they realized it would run afoul of anti-gambling laws. The raffle or its legality isn’t what really troubles me, however. Backing up a bit, this is what happened.…
By Owen Good Published March 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
Platformers, Puzzlers, Frogs and more are our Xbox Live Indie Favorites
Every few weeks we here at Kotaku make a selection of some of the best indie games that Xbox Live has to offer. These are our latest favorites. You’ll be able to find the list here for reference, or in the “Kotaku‘s favorites” channel in the Indie Game section of Xbox Live’s Games Marketplace. Cell:…
By Nick Vannucci Published March 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
Actually, This is German for ‘The Wanna Wanga’
Me Chaade Su Goodie | The person who got this tattoo is definitely not a weak-minded fool. (Fuck Yeah, Tattoos) Leaked Assassin’s Creed III Pics Reveal British Ambush In these new screenshots from Assassin’s Creed III, leaked today by the website All Games Beta, the main character appears to be ambushing a group of British…
By Owen Good Published March 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
Hybrid to Hold a Beta; Signups Begin After GDC
Hybrid, the third-person online shooter set to release on Xbox Live Arcade this year, will have a public beta with signups beginning shortly after the end of GDC, which is next week. “Gamers will finally get to experience our innovative ‘combat focused movement’ for themselves,” Developer 5th Cell said in a statement.
By Owen Good Published March 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
Xbox 360 Mass Effect 3 Can’t Import Your Saved Game From the Cloud
EA has warned Xbox 360 gamers that their Mass Effect 3 saved games won’t import if they’re stored in the 360’s data cloud. They’ll have to be located on or transferred from the console on which they were created.
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 2, 2012 -
UncategorizedTecmo Super Bowl‘s World Championships are Tomorrow, and NFL Films Will Be There
• The world’s largest Tecmo Super Bowl tournament is tomorrow in Madison, Wis., featuring a field of 178 players. TecmoBowl.org also tells Kotaku that NFL Films will be present, apparently for a feature sometime later about video gaming and football. The event will be livestreamed and liveblogged from TecmoBowl.org’s official tournament page. The action begins…
By Owen Good Published March 2, 2012 -
UncategorizedBiff Tannen Delivers the Stone Cold Sure Things in Sports
Hey, are you a sports fan on the go? Who has time these days to watch the big game, or bother with messy DVR, or boring highlight shows? With Biff Tannen’s Sports Almanac, we’ll give you the weekend’s biggest matchups before they happen, thanks to these highly accurate peer-reviewed scientific simulations of sports video gaming’s…
By Owen Good Published March 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Video Game That Survived a Flood
Jake Kazdal did not go to work on Thursday expecting a water main to break over his head—or whatever it was that sent water cascading into his offices while his team was working on their video game. Video game development and floods don’t mix. Not very well. But lucky for Jake Kazdal, he and his…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
A Box Full of Pizza-Flavored Gaming Apps, With Frogs on the Side
Including a game called Pizza Vs. Skeletons in this week’s lineup of featured Gaming Apps of the Day seemed like a good idea, until Friday afternoon rolled around. Now I’m so hungry I could eat a deep-fried frog. Hold the unhealthy flies; I’m watching my vitality. Seriously though, I’m going to have to have a…
By Mike Fahey Published March 2, 2012