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  The Next MotorStorm Will Be Remote Controlled

  The next MotorStorm won’t take place in the Pacific Rim or during an apocalypse; instead it’s a shrunken down version of the game, now starring remote controlled vehicles played on the PS Vita or as a Playstation Network download. The best part? When you buy the PS3 version of the game you get “full access…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 22, 2011
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  Watch Two Women Play Skyrim’s Haunting Theme on Violin and Piano

  This is Lara and Taylor playing the theme music to The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Lara is the one playing piano and singing, Taylor is the violin player. They made their own arrangements, so there is no sheet music. Just sit back and enjoy this middle of the day…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 22, 2011
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  Scrutiny on the Bounty Hunter: Eight Evil Hours in The Old Republic Changes a Man

  This weekend I finally spent several uninterrupted hours in the heavy boots of one of Star Wars: The Old Republic‘s more ruthless classes: The Bounty Hunter. Did the experience change my opinion that BioWare’s upcoming MMO is more akin to a single-player game that just happens to have other people in it? Not exactly. BioWare’s…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 22, 2011
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  The Boy Wonder Becomes a Man in Today’s Arkham City Robin DLC

  Along with the long-awaited PC release of Batman: Arkham City in North America today, Warner Bros. and Rocksteady have delivered the Caped Crusader’s trusty sidekick to us as well, neatly tied up with a pair of brand-new challenge maps and a couple of skins. Tim Drake’s Robin joins the staff of Arkham City‘s playable pals…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 22, 2011
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  Hand-made Felt Zelda Shirts for a Very, Very Good Cause

  To celebrate the launch of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Lionhead’s Lead Character/Creature Artist Jon Eckersley created these Zelda shirts for Lionhead Studio and Andrzej Zamoyski. You might remember Andrzej Zamoyski from this Kotaku feature. If you have not read it, please do. Jon, who is responsible for the creatures in the Fable games,…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2011
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  Pre-Order Max Payne 3 from GameStop And Get To Visit Payne’s Dead Wife and Child

  Max Payne is a dark, brooding figure. The torment over the violent deaths of his wife and newborn daughter are what drive him. And now they’re a great reason to pre-order a copy of Max Payne 3 from GameStop. Customers who pre-order Max Payne 3 at a U.S. GameStop store will get early access to…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 22, 2011
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  Blink and You’ll Miss the First Footage From the Next Big BioWare Franchise

  Earlier this month Game Informer gave us the first dust-filled image from BioWare’s mysterious new franchise. Now Spike delivers the first footage from the title, nearly three whole seconds that tell us absolutely nothing. Anyone else feel like a Corona? Sure would hit the spot following that brief flash of something bad happening to some…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 22, 2011
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  Reminder: Kotaku Game Club is Meeting a Day Early This Week

  Hey Game Clubbers, remember that our meeting on Uncharted 3 multiplayer is tomorrow instead of Thursday at 4pm Eastern. It’s the last one of the month so come with ideas for our next game!

  By Mike Epstein Published November 22, 2011
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  Super Mario Bros. 2 Was a Tiny, Tiny Influence on Super Mario 3D Land

  Nintendo is a company in love with its past, or at least the popular parts of its past. Except for Super Mario Bros. 2, a game the company doesn’t talk about much. Sure, Super Mario Bros. 2 let players choose from one of four Mario-verse heroes, a pre-cursor to the multiplayer New Super Mario Bros.…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 22, 2011
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  Skyrim Fans Bash on Modern Warfare 3 with Spatulas and Rolling Pins in this New NMA Video

  The Taiwanese news animators at NMA take on the newest Elder Scrolls game with a news report that covers Skyrim’s blockbuster launch and pesky bugs. It’s ironic to see NMA shining a spotlight on a title’s bugs when their own lo-fi, CGI oeuvre seems to be drawn from Will Wright’s nightmares. This clip isn’t as…

  By Evan Narcisse Published November 22, 2011
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  What Would You Like To See in a 3DS Version of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask?

  No, Nintendo didn’t announce a 3DS remake of Majora’s Mask while you weren’t looking, but with the success of Ocarina of Time 3D it would be silly not to, so commenter Daemon_Gildas has preemptively assembled his list of demands in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. So, “Majora’s Mask 3D” wish-list time. 1) Fully-usable Fierce Deity…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 22, 2011
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  Pepper Spray Cop is Now a Video Game Joke, Too

  He sprayed Occupy movement protestors at the University of California, Davis with pepper spray last week. He seemed to do it nonchalantly. And now the country’s most notorious campus cop has become an Internet meme (and his boss has been put on leave). Armed with Photoshop, people have placed this Pepper Spray Cop in many…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 22, 2011
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  Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster Gets Probed By New Extraterrestrial DLC

  The team-up between DoubleFine productions and one of the most beloved TV shows ever continues as a new add-on comes to Xbox Live this week. Unidentified Furry Objects introduces strange, interstellar new visitors to the storybook game and they’ll get a helping hand from Cookie Monster, Elmo and the kids and adults playing at home…

  By Evan Narcisse Published November 22, 2011
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  Augmented Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Today’s Talk Amongst Yourself is presented through the science-magic of augmented reality. Take out one of the specially-printed cards packaged with the original copy of TAY that you purchased (you didn’t buy TAY used, did you?). And switch on the AR mode in your TAY viewer. Voila! Also, please chat here about video games. Thanks…

  By Stephen Totilo Published November 22, 2011
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  What If a War Game Made You Question the Morality of Killing?

  Bullets pop out of the sand in front of me. They’re going straight up. For a second I’m confused. I look up, thinking maybe I’m misinterpreting what I’m seeing, that someone is shooting down at me. Then the sand begins to shift and the ground I’m standing on gives way. We fall into a massive…

  By Brian Crecente Published November 22, 2011
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  What Do You Call a Physics Puzzler Starring an Irish Human Cannonball?

  It takes a special kind of man to shoot himself out of thousands of cannons, bouncing his way through 120 puzzling levels filled with deadly obstacles. Or maybe just a really drunk guy. Nowhere in the description for YoYo Games Rick O’Shea does it actually mention our hero taking a couple of shots of whiskey…

  By Mike Fahey Published November 22, 2011
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  British Tabloid Warns of Xbox Live Con Artists

  Phishing scans are not unique to the Xbox 360. They aren’t even unique to game consoles. Anytime you connect to the internet, your passwords, your info. and your credit cards could be at risk. According to British tabloid The Sun (I know!), con artists are going after gamers. Crooks are sending out emails, directing people…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2011
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  Game Boy Classic Metroid II Coming to Nintendo eShop on Thanksgiving

  Before the 3DS launched, Nintendo promised that it’d be rolling out a catalog of Game Boy classics for their new handheld. While that roll-out hasn’t been as fast as some fans has wanted, a genuine classic’s hitting the system this Thursday. Metroid II: Return of Samus sends the iconic bounty hunter to the home planet…

  By Evan Narcisse Published November 22, 2011
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  Kojima Playing Metal Gear

  Solid | TOKYO, JAPAN: Idol Haruna Kojima at a recent Konami press event. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) You’d Better Pay Attention to Spec Ops: The Line Spec Ops: The Line is a little bit Heart of Darkness, a little bit Apocalypse Now and a whole lot of shooter innovation blended into a postmodern game about…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2011
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  One Million People Are Paying for Call of Duty Elite

  Never mind that the rollout for Call of Duty Elite, Call of Duty‘s stat tracking and social service, hasn’t been smooth, Activision is sending out a press release this morning to proudly announce that it’s sold one million premium accounts. Congrats! GameStop alone sold 600,00 Elite membership. According to Elite‘s status page, “Service Is Intermittent”.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published November 22, 2011