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Alan Wake‘s PC Version Pays For Itself in 48 Hours
The PC version of the 2010 Xbox 360 exclusive Alan Wake has broken even in just two days, said a Remedy producer on the game’s official forums. “We are very happy with the sales and hitting #1 on Steam at launch was nothing short of amazing,” wrote Remedy’s Aki Järvilehto. “We recouped our development and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 20, 2012 -
ReviewsLumines Electronic Symphony: The Kotaku Review
Every time I fire up a Lumines game and am not instantly greeted by the mellow beats of Mondo Grosso’s “Shinin” from the franchise’s 2004 PSP debut, I can’t help but feel a little disappointed. That song will forever be linked with the magical feeling of the first game, when Q Entertainment’s simple and sublime…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
WTPT: Try Not To Spend Your Monday Replicating This Epic Battlefield 3 Jet Swap
Are we seriously nearing the end of February already? Where does the time go? It’s not like I spent the entire weekend playing Syndicate (except, oh wait, I did). We may as well spend a little more time trying to get through today quickly, because no one likes Mondays anyway. WATCH: In today’s “holy crap,…
By Tina Amini Published February 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedHow To Turn A Bunch Of Beige Blocks Into The Legend of Zelda‘s Link
This time-lapsed video of YouTube user thorkon’s Zelda-themed building blocks is truly awesome, the type of intricate creation that must have taken many, many hours to put together. But now we can add Link to the ever-growing list of game-themed computer cases that thorkon, aka 8-Bit Builder, has been modding and constructing for a while…
By Jason Schreier Published February 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
I’ve got a Ticket to Ride, and I Care, Very Much
If you’ve never played the board game Ticket to Ride, boy, are you missing out. It’s almost the perfect game. There are enough cards and rules to keep serious board gamers thinking, but the basic gist is simple enough you can be up and playing in only a few minutes. As with many other great…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedCan You Catch All the Puns in This Adorable Pokémon Love Song?
“I wrote a love song using only Pokémon puns,” reads the Reddit entry for YouTube user HelloIamDanica’s pocket monster-stuffed ukulele ballad. There are several words in that sentence I would normally avoid, but her music has moved me, and I think it could move Mewtwo. Oh god, it’s infectious! Sure it’s incredibly corny, but there’s…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
Metal Man, Air Man, Flash Man… Lego Man?
I love creative fan works. I never cease to be amazed at the brilliant drawings, sculptures, songs, videos, and more that devoted fans with artistic talent create and share. Today, reader Gavin sent us a tip about this Mega Man mural. Measuring an impressive five feet on every side, this wall art depicting Mega Man…
By Kate Cox Published February 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
Rift Breaks World Record For Virtual Love
Love was in the air in the world of massively multiplayer online role-playing game Rift last week, where players set a Guinness World Record for most in-game marriages in a 24-hour period. Rift tallied 21,879 marriages between 9am PST on February 14 and 9am PST on February 15. Assuming nobody decided to shack up with…
By Jason Schreier Published February 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
Who Cries for the Non-Player Characters?
We see them every day, but do we really look at them? When a nameless, faceless non-player character stumbles into your line of fire, who sheds a single tear? Commenter Sol does, and he wonders if you do as well in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Does anyone else feel sorry for NPCs? Strange question,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
Uncharted 3 Runs Away With Writing Award
The Writers Guild of America is a slight misnomer. In fact, there are two separate unions, WGA West and WGA East. But they work in tandem, and once a year they come together to celebrate the past year’s achievements in writing. The 2011 awards were presented on Sunday, February 19, in a simultaneous, shared event…
By Kate Cox Published February 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Praise be [Higher_Power_Of_Choice]! This is Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves, where we gather on a daily basis to discuss the joys and wonders of gaming all rolled up into one. Pit hasn’t yet made his return to a starring role in the upcoming 3DS title Kid Icarus: Uprising Apparently, Pan1da7—there’s no…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedMechAssault Creator Playing With Robots Once More
Day 1 Studios, the development studio behind MechAssault and F.E.A.R. 3, will release a new mech game called Reign of Thunder, it said today. There’s no info on platforms or a release date for the game, which sure looks a lot like MechAssault. All we know is that it stars giant robots attacking one another…
By Jason Schreier Published February 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Ends in Crash-Causing Chaos
To celebrate the successful press beta weekend for Guild Wars 2, the nice folks at ArenaNet gathered us all together in the main courtyard of Divinity’s Reach and killed us over and over again. The lag was bad enough with somewhere around a hundred members of the press and assorted ArenaNet staff bunched together in…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedTen Things I Learned From the Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend
Of the more than a dozen hours I spent playing in the Guild Wars 2 press beta event this past weekend, seven involved actively battling enemies, three and a half were spent exploring, and a half hour was dedicated to creating my four different characters. The final hour involved trying to throw myself into a…
By Mike Fahey Published February 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedInteractive Mass Effect Fan Film Lets Viewers Go Paragon or Renegade
There’s quite a few fan-generated homages to Bioware’s sci-fi universe out on the interwebs but surprisingly few use the twist that “Assignment” does. Featuring two Alliance operatives named Hale and Meer, the clip by Sneaky Zebra Productions lets players choose between alternate endings pegged to Mass Effect’s signature good-guy Paragon or kind-of-a-jerk Renegade behavior poles.…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 20, 2012 -
UncategorizedI’m Not Excited About Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Just Because of Metroplex
In the next major Transformers video game, you will be able to issue orders to a massive, rampaging Metroplex. You will be about to control Bruticus. You will be able to transform, as Grimlock, from robot to Tyrannosaurus Rex. You’ll breathe flames from your jaws. You will be able to fulfill the fantasies not of…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 20, 2012 - Kotaku East
Nobody Makes Sexy Anime Lamps like China
Long known as the maker of the world’s goods, China has also been an art development powerhouse for the game and animation industries. But hentai cartoons? Video game developers and companies have been using China as a source of cheap labor to do basic game development to art development long before the rise of the…
By Eric Jou Published February 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Dude’s Fun
Nice Sweater | CHIBA, JAPAN: Japanese celebrity Tanoshingo showed off Sega’s new arcade game MaiMai in style. (Photo: GameImpressWatch) Mass Effect 3‘s Spectacular “Take Back the Earth” Trailer Gives Us All a Reason to Fight If last week’s teaser trailer for Mass Effect 3 got your juices flowing, you might want to grab a towel…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 20, 2012