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UncategorizedThis Skyrim Mod Literally … Well, See For Yourself
This is an update to the Portal Core Space mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and it references the Meme Who Must Not Be Named. But it does so quite hilariously—and loudly. Turn your volume down before playing. It’s not NSFW, just loud. I especially like “Search Joke •Empty.” The Most Literal, and Best,…
By Owen Good Published February 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
March Mass-ness is Sooner Than You Think
There are eight days until pitchers and catchers report to spring training in baseball. More importantly, there are 24 until Shepard, Alenko and Liara report for duty in Mass Effect 3. Pre-order deals on the sci-fi epic RPG already are out, along with savings and credits on this week’s UFC Undisputed 3 and Twisted Metal…
By Owen Good Published February 11, 2012 - Uncategorized
Wired Controllers Blamed in Attempted Murder
Cops in a northeastern Pennsylvania community booked a man on attempted murder charges, saying he tried to strangle his wife with “a video game cord.” Either he was playing with wired console controllers from a generation ago, or the guy went and grabbed the Xbox 360 brick to choke his spouse. Either way, on Tuesday,…
By Owen Good Published February 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
Turn Out The Stars
Greetings, camp Kotaku. It’s friday evening, and that means it’s officially the weekend! I hope you had a fun week. I sure did. We welcomed more simultaneous voices to Kotaku than… maybe ever? Plus, we rolled out our plan to offer regularly programmed chunks of programming, sort of like we’re a TV network. (They’re still…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Week in Unbelievably Gorgeous Screenshots: Grand Theft Auto IV
Since we ran a feature on Duncan Harris, the groovy “video game photographer” behind the website DeadEndThrills, I’ve been sharing some of his work each week here. This week Harris brought in some great shots from a modded version of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV. Let’s take a look! (Small note: This week, the full…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Fleeing from the NeverDead tyranny, the last Battlestar, Goodlactica, leads a rag-tag fugitive fleet on a lonely quest to a shining planet known as UFC Undisputed 3 THQ’s mixed martial arts simulation landed on my doorstep today. Much as I’d like to spend time with Gregethor, my do-over mage in Skyrim (currently level 12, enrolled…
By Owen Good Published February 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Roof, the Roof, the Roof is Not on Fire, Says Konami
An image circulating Twitter earlier today seemed to imply a Konami office building in Japan was burning. It most certainly was not, a spokesman told Kotaku. Reading into Japanese Twitter users’ feeds, it appears this “strange smoke” might be only building steam. All is well.
By Owen Good Published February 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
Five Days of Pure Unadulterated Gaming App Hotness
Balls were kicked. Knights were wound. Towers were defended. Passwords were hacked, and the dead rose to detect among the living in another spectacular Week in Gaming Apps. What a wild and wonderful five days it has been. We got to play a colorful little tower defense game with an unfortunate pay scheme. We learned…
By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
Get Five Amazing Game Soundtracks For as Little as $1
Hey, why should indie game developers get to have all the bundling fun? Game composers should get to experience the joy of bundling too. I’m glad to see that they finally are. The folks behind the recent first-ever Indie Game Music Bundle are back with… can you guess the name?… the Indie Game Music Bundle…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Mass Effect 3 Misspelled “Renagade” Console is Up for Grabs [UPDATE]
EA has put a “Mass Effect 3 Mission Command” app on Facebook, through which fans can unlock some Avatar items and possibly get chosen for early access to the game’s upcoming beta. There’s also a big sweepstakes opportunity to win one of two custom Xbox 360s, painted in the game’s Paragon and Renegade themes. EA…
By Owen Good Published February 10, 2012 -
UncategorizedWhy We Love Our Commander Shepard
Many of us here at Kotaku like Mass Effect. And as people who like Mass Effect are wont to do, we really like to talk about its protagonist, Commander Shepard. Specifically, we like to talk about our Commander Shepard. You see, despite the guy on the box, the main character in the actual game can…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 10, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Dancing Bear is My Favorite Part of Street Fighter X Tekken
One of the only things better than beating a friend at a fighting game is childishly gloating about it, and no gloating is complete without an amazingly victory dance. That’s why I’m a giant fan of Kuma’s victory dance in Street Fighter X Tekken. It’s snarky, clownish and exudes a sense of “Neener-neener-neener” that’s hard…
By Chris Person Published February 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
Concentrate All Firepower …
Concentrate All Firepower on that LEGO Star Destroyer | The assembly of an enormous Executor-class Star Destroyer, in LEGO. It’s 50 inches long, 3,152 pieces. (via Geeks are Sexy) Your Guide to the New Kotaku Network Starting on the evening of February 12, Kotaku will begin to offer scheduled programming. Your listings are at left.…
By Owen Good Published February 10, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Most Adorable Exploding Humans I’ve Seen All Day
We reported last month on EA’s upcoming Warp, a top-down puzzler featuring Zero, a cute and cuddly little orange alien who makes humans (and anything else) explode violently into bloody goo. Today, we get to see Warp‘s gameplay in action! Really, there’s something deep-down comically satisfying in seeing a burbling little colorful G-rated guy pop…
By Kate Cox Published February 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Taco Bell PlayStation Vita Contest Seems A Little Weird [UPDATE]
Taco Bell is giving PlayStation Vitas to customers every 15 minutes — except when it isn’t. Over the past few weeks, the fast food chain has been running a promotional contest for Sony’s upcoming handheld system. Customers can take codes found on the “Taco Bell $5 Buck Box” and enter them in a submission form…
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2012 -
UncategorizedHate The New Silent Hill 2 Audio Tracks? Turn ‘Em Off
We reported late last year that Silent Hill 2 was getting an HD makeover. As a fan of that game, I see myself as a bit of a purist and snob. Honestly, I think it comes with the territory. So I kinda scoffed at the idea of someone re-dubbing the entire game for it’s re-release…
By Chris Person Published February 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Arkh Project is Creating a Game For “Queer People of Color” (And Everyone Else) [UPDATE]
There’s been article after article about how gaming culture (and perhaps all of nerd culture) is typically and fundamentally a straight, white, cis-male dominated scene. However you look at it, it’s hard to deny the fact that the character landscape in video games is a little monochromatic. This is where The Arkh Project comes in.…
By Nick Vannucci Published February 10, 2012 -
UncategorizedDon’t Worry, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare Won’t Shoot Away All the Story
In the previous developer diary about Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, the creative triumvirate of the Remedy dev studio said that they’re making this new Xbox Live game with more of an action focus in mind. But they’re back again to assuage any fears you might have about the minimization of the moody narrative that won…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 10, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Makers of Rock Band Just Rickroll’d Us All
We’re no strangers… to love… You know the rules, and so do I! Aah, Rick Astley. His tune “Never Gonna Give You Up” is one of the most enduringly hilarious pieces of music composed in the latter half of the 20th century. Usually, when you hear it, it means you’ve been Rickroll’d. But starting next…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 10, 2012