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UPDATE: Fighting Game Webcast Issues Statement on Harassment Jokes
Level|Up, the website that produces the Wednesday Night Fights streamcast, has indicated that Christian “ETR” Cain and Martin “Marn” Phan will not be invited back onto the web series. You can read the full statement in an update of the original post here
By Evan Narcisse Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
SSX Carves the Slippery Slope of Mount Game Reviewer
Just like the fine sport of extreme snowboarding itself, SSX‘s review scores start off pretty high and then suddenly drop. Okay, so technically they start off low and then abruptly rise, but that doesn’t work as a snowboarding metaphor. Either way, the SSX series has triumphantly returned, making its big debut on current generation consoles…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Latest DmC: Devil May Cry Screens Have Fans Seeing Red
Check out the latest batch of screenshots for the upcoming Devil May Cry reboot. Fans might well be disappointed with the stylistic ditching of Dante’s iconic white hair (which actually does appear in his Devil Trigger mode), but there’s no denying that these images scream style. DmC: Devil May Cry releases sometime in 2012, and…
By Pierre Bienaimé Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Original Prince of Persia Gets a Gorgeous HD iOS Makeover
Speaking of Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner, a beautiful high-definition remaster of his original masterpiece is now available for the iPhone and iPad, complete with new modes and animated cut scenes. Who’s up for a field trip to Persia?
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
A Wonderful Old Letter From One Gaming Legend To Another
Before John Romero co-created Doom he was just a kid. A very smart kid. When he was a teenager, he wrote a letter to Jordan Mechner, a very smart man who made a game young John Romero liked very much. Romero had taste, because Mechner’s Karateka was awesome, as was his later invention, Prince of…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedGravity Rush Floats to the U.S. on June 12th
Ever since it peeked out in early looks at the Vita’s launch line-up, Gravity Rush became the game I was most excited about for Sony’s new gaming handheld. Japan’s had it since the system’s launch there but North America’s had to wait to hear about a release date. We finally know that the game will…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Game Club is Back! We’re Playing Mass Effect 3
Hey Game Club, it’s been awhile. 2012 is already shaping to be a year of dramatic changes. We wanted to make sure our next Game Club was suitably epic, so we’re playing Mass Effect 3 One of the year’s biggest and most talked-about games, Mass Effect 3 is already a contextual powderkeg, inciting discussions across…
By Mike Epstein Published March 1, 2012 -
ReviewsJourney: The Kotaku Review
This is the story of a scarf. I’d knitted it off and on for most of life. I never felt any hurry to complete it; in fact, I never really knew how long I wanted it to be. Just, every so often, I’d pick it up and weave another couple of rows. Over the years,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed III‘s Official Box Art Verifies Revolutionary War Setting
Looks like that rumored image we ran last night of the protagonist from Assassin’s Creed III checks out—Ubisoft has posted the official box art from the game to Facebook that depicts the same tomahawk-wielding gentleman. In addition, Game Informer has shared the art from their cover story on the game, further confirming the setting. Looks…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedWTPT: This Halo: Reach Sneak Attack Is More Humiliating (and Hilarious) Than Teabagging
We all have our secret moves and special style to playing a particular first-person shooter (I like snipers, for instance), but have you ever tried the Bum Bait move? Rooster Teeth introduces this hilarious move in video form. I think we can admit that some of our actions in games are predictable. After all, seeing…
By Tina Amini Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedCircadia’s Simple, Ingenious Puzzles Breaks Down Music Games to Their Best Parts
Circadia doesn’t look like much when you start it up. Even after the tutorial, all you’re getting is a black screen with a white and colored dots on it. The goals are simple. The controls, even moreso. All you do in Circadia is tap colored circles to send out musical tones that need to hit…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedNoobz Movie Trailer Promises Another Terrible Movie About Gamers
Featuring a once-funny Jason Mewes and a Michael Cera look-alike—and a special Adam Sessler appearance!—is this ghastly trailer that will apparently be an actual film at some point (this Summer). A crew of friends and gamers get together to travel to LA for a Gears of War 3 tournament, dead set on winning the thing.…
By Tina Amini Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedThink You’ve Got Problems? What About the Pokémon Trainers?
World hunger? War? Global warming? Nonsense! Too long have the beleaguered Pokémon trainers of the world suffered quietly under their own first world problems. With one video, Kotaku reader csanders984 has become the voice of millions. Trust a member of the Kotaku community to have his finger on the pulse of the problems facing the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedSexual Harassment is a Joke to These Fighting Game Fans [Update]
Apparently, it’s okay to make fun of sexual harassment in the fighting games community. That’s what happened last night, as one of the biggest fighting game streaming broadcasts mocked the controversy that followed an episode of Capcom’s “Cross Assault” web series Wednesday Night Fights, produced by Level|Up and sponsored by fighting game mecca Shoryuken, aired…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
iPad 3’s Upgraded Display Will Be a World of Difference for Games
Apple fans are eagerly awaiting next week’s announcement about the iPad 3. We’ve previously reported that the new device is widely rumored to have an upgraded “retina display,” vastly improving the resolution which, in turn, makes apps and games look better. But reading about resolutions is one thing. What do the numbers actually mean? What…
By Kate Cox Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Case of the Foul-Smelling PS Vita Case
Those pretty plastic peripherals can be painfully pungent, as commenter Hongo found out after his recent purchase of a place to keep his PS Vita. It’s Stink Up on Kotaku! Never before have I bought an item that stunk. Ok, a few of them, but I’m talking about literally smelling of some foul odor. Enter…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Man, is it March already? Time rolls on and so must Talk Amongst Yourselves, the place where you can air your views on all things video games, and even some things not video games. Here we are at the start of a new month, which means new art for you dear readers to have your…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
How Five Xbox 360 Owners Kept Their Launch-Day Consoles Alive
Remember the Red Ring of Death? Though today it’s more meme than catastrophe, there was once a time when that terrifying symbol of hardware failure seemed to strike every Xbox 360 on the planet, morphing them all into useless bricks. But what about the ones that lasted? What about the launch-day Xbox 360s that still…
By Jason Schreier Published March 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Can Metroid and Crush 3D Make Up for a Week Without WiiWare?
Is it me, or is the Nintendo Download shrinking? This week we’ve got a beloved classic and the demo of an upcoming puzzle platformer for the 3DS, a spot the difference game for DSiWare, and that’s pretty much it. I might cradle my Wii and cry. At least it’s a pretty great week for 3DS…
By Mike Fahey Published March 1, 2012