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  Farmville‘s Maker Looks to Harvest a Cool Billion from the Stock Market

  As rumored two days ago, it is now confirmed that Zynga will hold an initial public offering of its stock on the NASDAQ tomorrow. The dominant maker of Facebook video games such as FarmVille and Mafia Wars has priced 100 million shares at $10 each. MarketWatch reported the development this afternoon, citing documents filed with…

  By Owen Good Published December 15, 2011
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  The Guy Who Made GTA IV Look This Gorgeous Is Hard At Work on Modding Skyrim

  The Icenhancer graphic mod for Grand Theft Auto IV turns Rockstar’s game into something some could mistake for film, rather than a video game. And now Hayssam Keilany says he is working on a mod to turn the sometimes jagged world of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim into a similar moving masterpiece. Keilany dropped a…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 15, 2011
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  Asura’s Wrath Demo on January 10th Lets You Try Out 2012’s Angriest Game

  They crank out a lot of Street Fighter and Resident Evil but Capcom also has a history of putting out weird, unique games like Okami, God Hand and Viewtiful Joe. Rageaholic adventure Asura’s Wrath seems to follow in the legacy of such idiosyncratic games. We’ve written a bit about the mythological sci-fi action brawler, but…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 15, 2011
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  Fans of Old Blaster Master Games and Christmas Songs Will Love Today’s Nintendo Shop Update

  There’s one major difference between today’s Nintendo Download and our recent installments. Mike Fahey isn’t writing this one. And that’s why this one isn’t as exciting as the recent ones. I mean, he got to tell you people about Pushmo, one of the best portable games I’ve played all year. I don’t have such great…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 15, 2011
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  The Wild, Wonderful World of Japanese Hair

  Fire up a Japanese video game, and you’ll see it—just look at the newly released Final Fantasy XIII-2, if you don’t believe me. There it is: hair. The West has its bald Space Marine. Japan, where it’s not cool to be bald, has hair wax and luscious locks. The degree of care and attention spent…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 15, 2011
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  GTA III’s Missing Missions, How Claude Got His Look And More You May Not Know About Rockstar’s Classic Game

  You might be celebrating GTA III‘s 10th Anniversary by playing it on your iOS or Android device, with that version freshly out today. Rockstar’s celebrating in a different way, though. On their official site, the developer’s revealing all kinds of trivia and minutiae about the open-world crime game that put them on the map. For…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 15, 2011
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  Gotham City Impostors May Be The Most Violent Batman Game Ever

  The beta for Gotham City Impostors is out today and it seems pretty cool so far. I haven’t been able to play online yet, but the tutorial showed me some of the cool gadgets you get to play with. I’m playing the beta on the PS3, but Gotham City Impostors will be released to Xbox…

  By Chris Carolan Published December 15, 2011
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  Have You Been Playing Your Skyward Sword This Week? Kotaku Game Club Wants to Know!

  Welcome to the second week of the Kotaku Game Club‘s series on The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. This week, we’re talking about the events from where we left off last week, the end of the Earth Shrine up through the Ancient Cistern dungeon. Hopefully the people who’ve been trying catch up because of our…

  By Mike Epstein Published December 15, 2011
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  Battlefield 3 Captures Google’s Zeitgeist

  Rebecca Black, Google+, Ryan Dunn and… Battlefield 3? Google just released their survey of top search terms for 2011, and Battlefield 3 holds the number five spot for one of the fastest-rising search terms in the world. The Electronic Art’s shooter beat out the iPhone 5, songstress Adele, Japan’s evacuated (TEPCO) Fukushima I Plant, Steve…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 15, 2011
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  The New Portable GTA III Has the Entire Original Soundtrack, Rockstar Says

  We’ve shown you how today’s 10th anniversary edition of Grand Theft Auto III runs on an iPad. But we haven’t been able to listen to all that much it. So we turned to Rockstar Games today and asked them if the iconic soundtrack of the original 2001 GTA III was in the new game. Rockstar…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 15, 2011
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  One of the World’s Best Cosplayers is Going Professional

  Regular readers of our Fancy Pants cosplay feature here on Kotaku will be familiar with the phenomenal work of Crystal Graziano. From Metal Gear to Valkyria Chronicles, she’s one of the most recognisable and successful video game cosplayers around. So much so that her work is now being professionally sponsored. In a sign that the…

  By Luke Plunkett Published December 15, 2011
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  And Now, the $25,000 Super Nintendo Cartridge

  Hot on the heels of the near-mint Deluxe Edition NES we posted about today comes word of an even rarer Nintendo artifact. Placing multiple popular games on one single cartridge, the Super Nintendo Campus Challenge cartridge was created for promotional competitions all over the world. There are reportedly only three in existence and one’s shown…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 15, 2011
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  This Syndicate Trailer Is Starting to Make Me Anticipate The Shooter Despite Myself

  I love the idea of the new Syndicate game and I love the original Syndicate, but I’m still too hard-headed to accept the fact that the two will coexist as one, very new sort of game. But playing it earlier this year and now diving deep into the game’s tech and toys, I’m starting to…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 15, 2011
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  It’s Time for a Lady Hero In Grand Theft Auto

  Drawing on familiar media representations and cultural histories for the sake of building a female gangster actually seems pretty difficult. The standard hullabaloo has, of course, arrived following the release of the trailer for Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V. One bit of disappointment that some fans expressed in seeing the video for the first time…

  G. Christopher Williams Published December 15, 2011
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  This Hysteria Alice Figure Is a Bloody, Wicked Mess

  Coming to comic shops and specialty retailers near you, these Gentle Giant sculpted action figures give Alice: Madness Returns a chance to play with the darker side of Lewis Carroll’s creations. Seen above is Diamond Select Toys’ Alice: Madness Returns Select Figure assortment, based on American McGee’s dark video game return to Wonderland. The $22…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 15, 2011
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  Operation Raccoon City Due Out on 3/20/12, Lets You Control a Cast of Resident Evil All-Stars in Multiplayer

  The single-player campaign of Capcom’s upcoming humans-vs-bioengineered zombies-vs-humans title has you controlling an all-new squad of characters in Resident Evil‘s most iconic locale. But Operation Raccoon City‘s multiplayer will let you play as some more familiar faces from the survival horror series’ history. The trailer above showcases out Leon Kennedy, Claire Redfield, Hunk and other…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 15, 2011
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  Ninja Gaiden 3 Cuts Its Way to Retail on March 2012, Pre-Order and Collector’s Edition Details

  Ever since Team Ninja’s been in charge of the modern-day Ninja Gaiden franchise, no character kills bad guys quite the way that Ryu Hayabusa does. Tecmo’s been teasing out the specifics of his next outing for a bit and finally passed along word of when we’ll be able to play as the viciously gifted shadow…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 15, 2011
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  Skyrim Patch 1.3 Is Live on Xbox 360

  The backwards-flying dragon killing and magic-resistance fixing Skyrim 1.3 patch is now live on the Xbox 360, according to Bethesda’s official The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Twitter account. Go get it and then marvel at the lack of reverse dragons.

  By Brian Crecente Published December 15, 2011
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  Wow. GTA III is On My iPad, and It Really Works

  Very few games are as iconic as Grand Theft Auto III, and it’s recent release to iOS devices does not tarnish its reputation whatsoever. I played the game on an iPad 1 this morning. I found the controls far more intuitive than I could have hoped for. The game is still a full experience, and…

  By Chris Carolan Published December 15, 2011
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  Game In Full Sunlight and Full HD with the Samsung Galaxy S II 4G

  Unlike a game of Dungeons & Dragons, your life doesn’t only occur in poorly lit, secluded areas. Behold the new Samsung Galaxy S II with giant, Super AMOLED Plus screen (making it visible in full sunlight, thin silhouette, and dual-core processor. It singlehandedly renders all other smart phones obsolete, old school, and ossified. It’s here,…

  Sponsored post Published December 15, 2011