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This Ezio Statue Could be Yours for Just…$375
Sideshow Collectibles has released this line of Assassin’s Creed statues which feature star Ezio jumping from a busted building about to stab someone in the face. What could you expect to pay for such polystone heroics? It’s in the headline. Sure, he’s just under 14″ tall, and is “limited” to 2000 pieces, but boy, $375…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Look, I Only Killed Them Because My Jerk of a Cat Asked Me To
Greetings, Kotaku-eers, and welcome to the Thursday evening open thread. The week is almost over! It’s been a fun one. Below, find a selection of link-type-things from around the internet, arranged for your reading enjoyment. How the tv shows in The Running Man compare to reality – I need to watch The Running Man again.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedThese Developers Just Took Their Characters Out Back and Shot Them. For Real.
There’s retiring old video game characters by not using them any more, and then there’s retiring old video game characters by building little models of them and destroying them. Introversion, the developers of strategy game Darwinia, are done with the property. Having worked on it in some for another for nearly a decade now across…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty Population Explodes to 40 Million Users, Half Coming From Modern Warfare 3
Activision today said its Call of Duty franchise has more than 40 million monthly active users across all of its titles, half of that coming from the latest release, Modern Warfare 3 What’s more, there are 7 million users in the game’s Call of Duty: Elite online service, 1.5 million of them as paying annual…
By Owen Good Published February 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Why the Internet Gave This Man $1 Million. In a Single Day.
In case you’ve missed it, a video game idea on Kickstarter has helped smash the site’s records by raising over one million dollars in a single day That. Is. Bananas. And it begs the question: why? Why were so many people so willing to invest money in an idea that the video game industry itself…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
“LEGO Minecraft Micro World” to be Unveiled Next Week
The LEGO Minecraft concept that passed approval with LEGO’s petitioning board has a name and has a reveal date. It won’t be at Toy Fair this weekend, but it will be at LEGO World Copenhagen on Feb. 16. The set’s model name is 21102 LEGO Minecraft Micro World.
By Owen Good Published February 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
These Are the First PSP Games That Will Work On The Vita
Sony has released a list of the first 275 PSP games that will be available to be downloaded or transferred onto their new handheld Vita. Sony has put a note in the post indicating that the list is not complete, and that more games will be added in subsequent updates. It’s a far-reaching list, and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 9, 2012 -
ReviewsNeverDead: The Kotaku Review
At E3 in June, I watched Konami’s Shinta Nojiri play NeverDead and struggle to reassemble his dismembered, immortal hero just to dispatch what looked like the game’s run-of-the-mill enemies. These people have a real problem on their hands, I thought to myself, if they think that’s anyone’s idea of fun. For nearly two years we’ve…
By Owen Good Published February 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedHow Facebook Powers Up Angry Birds, or Enter the Birdquake
Rovio’s smash hit Angry Birds is coming to Facebook on Tuesday, but it’s not making it to the world’s largest social network without getting some community-aided enhancements. Play well with others and you could earn one of the four brand new power-ups that make the Mighty Eagle look like … just the Eagle. Earned through…
By Mike Fahey Published February 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
A Picture Worth Eight Thousand Dollars
Tim Schafer Made $8,000 While This Photo Was Taken | At D.I.C.E. 2012, Al Lowe, the creator of Leisure Suit Larry, met up with Double Fine’s Tim Schafer, whose studio had a pretty good day raising money for its next project. Al is helping with the remakes of the original Leisure Suit Larry games. (Photo…
By Owen Good Published February 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Double Fine’s New Game is a 24-Hour Millionaire
Less than 24 hours after its creation, the Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter drive has broken the $1 million mark. That’s more than double their $400,000 goal, and well beyond Kickstarter’s 24-hour fundraising record.
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedA Loving Chainsaw-Decapitation, Just In Time for Valentine’s Day
The latest trailer for Lollipop Chainsaw reminds us that just one bite from a zombie is all it takes to spell doom. Unless, of course, you have a loved one nearby to cheerfully chop off your head and keep it animated… somehow. Thankfully, Nick’s detached head isn’t utterly useless. It seems it can be used…
By Pierre Bienaimé Published February 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Effect Did Star Wars: The Old Republic‘s Launch Have on World of Warcraft?
Not much, apparently, at least not in December. Blizzard CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime was only able to give a vague answer to the question presented during the Q&A portion of today’s Activision Blizzard financial results call, but that vagueness speaks volumes. The answer came after the announcement that World of Warcraft subscribers were at…
By Mike Fahey Published February 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedHere’s Why the New SSX Will Outdo the Old SSX
So, I loved the original SSX games. Winter sports never held much appeal to me in real life, but the reckless abandon of speeding down a mountain and contorting a character’s body into insane tricks made me a lifelong fan of EA’s snowboarding series. Naturally, when I heard about the mega-publisher’s impending reboot, I was…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Diablo III Could Be Demonizing Desktops By June
Activision-Blizzard expects to release the highly-anticipated action-RPG by the end of Q2 this year, the publisher said in a conference call with investors today. We could be hunting loot and hacking up demons just in time for summer.
By Jason Schreier Published February 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Proceeds from Banned Foxconn iPhone Game Given to Foxconn Employee Who Attempted Suicide
Molleindustria’s critical protest game Phone Story was designed to achieve two ends: to raise consumer awareness of the conditions under which smartphones like the iPhone are produced, and to help serve as a fundraising tool. The game, originally released for iPhone last September, traces the life of a modern mobile handheld device. It starts with…
By Kate Cox Published February 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Let’s Not Jump To Conclusions About Kickstarter-Funded Games Just Yet
Has Tim Schafer changed the gaming industry? It’s a question I’ve seen on more than a few message boards and Twitter feeds over the past 24 hours, following the Grim Fandango creator’s announcement that his company Double Fine will use crowdfunding website Kickstarter to finance a new point-and-click adventure game The project has found astronomical…
By Jason Schreier Published February 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedTransform! Ridiculous Transformations and Showboating in Games
Sailor Moon magically changing clothes. Ultraman wasting precious minutes posing before battle. Spiderman summoning a giant robot. There’s just something special about watching a Japanese superhero show off. Over the years these ridiculous, over-the-top antics have worked their way into our hearts, and from there they’ve infected our games. Here’s a video of nothing but…
By Chris Person Published February 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedTim Schafer Raised $23,000 While We Interviewed Him
Tim Schafer sure is having a hell of a day. After asking the world to help his studio Double Fine make a new old-school adventure game, he has destroyed Kickstarter’s records for having the fastest-earning page. As of this posting, they’re at $875,000. That will change in mere seconds. Our own Stephen Totilo chatted with…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 9, 2012