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See Watchmen, The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Avengers in All Their Toy Fair 2012 Glory
Spider-Man’s new movie mask sports yellow eyes. Catwoman’s nightvision-glasses-as-ears look works. And I still think Hawkeye’s going to be the best character in the Avengers movie. Feast your eyes on the big offerings from Marvel and DC from this year’s celebration of plastic (or porcelain) collectibles.
By Evan Narcisse Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Geoff Johns Says a Great Superman Video Game Needs the “Right Studio”
I started off my talk with DC Entertainment’s Chief Creative Officer on the wrong foot, by forgetting that Geoff Johns has been writing an Aquaman series. “You just proved my point,” he chided me. The point being that people rag on the publisher’s amphibious character, which is a phenomenon that Johns is trying to reverse…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 14, 2012 -
ReviewsGotham City Impostors: The Kotaku Review
Batman’s had lots of sidekicks over the years. Imps from other dimensions, mask-wearing dogs and his own kill-crazy offspring have leapt from the shadows with the DC Comics superhero. He’s trained them, scolded them and in case of Ace the Bat-hound, probably picked up their poop while out on patrol. But there’s been a tacit…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Panel Discussion Starts Now
Are we still pretending that comics and video games don’t have anything to do with each other? Not anymore, we’re not. Welcome to Panel Discussion, where the focus will be on comic books and sequential art, whether they connect directly to video games or not. Confused? Read this
By Evan Narcisse Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Don’t Blame Your Crappy Marriage On Video Games
With every new day comes a new excuse for nasty people to crucify video games. This time it’s a study by researchers at Brigham Young University, as reported by U.S. News in a story today titled “Spouses Being Pushed Aside For Video Games” that claims gaming is ruining marriages The study surveys 349 couples, each…
By Jason Schreier Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Twisted Metal Sets Game Critics’ Skulls Aflame
After a decade of lurking in the darkness just outside of gamers’ views the evil clown rides back into town, guns blazing, engines roaring, and game reviewers rarin’ for a shot. In the world of car combat, Twisted Metal has reigned supreme since the original game hit the PC and PlayStation back in 1996. Potential…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
The PlayStation Vita Needs a ‘Dislike’ Button
Sony’s new PlayStation Vita handheld sports a good amount of ways to connect with people. It will let you share your trophies, passively trade and unlock game content, and even broadcast how you’re feeling about the games you’re playing. Well, to a point. As it turns out, the Vita won’t let you tell people if…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Past and Future of Psychonauts 2
Until about, oh, early last week, Psychonauts 2 seemed like an idea—or maybe a wish—that would never become a video game. But then the man who made millions making Minecraft, Markus “Notch” Persson, offered, over Twitter, to “make Psychonauts 2 happen.” Tim Schafer, whose Double Fine Productions made the first beloved Psychonauts game told Notch…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedSkullgirls Picked Just the Right Day to Reveal the Deadly Nurse Valentine
You just know the team at Reverge Games have been giggling to themselves for the past week in anticipation of today’s reveal of Nurse Valentine, the Skullgirls fighter with a prescription for pain. Body bags, scalpels, and other implements of clinical destruction mark the repertoire of Nurse Valentine, continuing the 3D fighter’s habit of mixing…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Watch This, Play This and Then Have a Happy Valentine’s Day
Continuing in our long-standing tradition (aka yesterday) of Watch This, Play This are three pieces of entertainment to stave off that bitter Valentine’s Day loneliness, or that romantic dinner you totally forgot to plan but that you promised your significant other you would. Oops. WATCH: Kicking off this Valentine’s Day is a video of Jimmy…
By Tina Amini Published February 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedRatchet & Clank Terrorize These Hapless Businessmen
Ratchet might not want to harass anybody when he uses Clank as a helicopter, but sometimes it just can’t be avoided. In this video, which we shot at the New York Toy Fair on Sunday, you can watch the anthropomorphic feline ride around like an out-of-control… well, helicopter. [Music: Flight of the Bumblebee]
By Jason Schreier Published February 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedBeat Hazard Ultra is the Game Photosensitive Seizure Blurbs Were Warning You About
Until now your iTunes music library has remained passive, patiently waiting for you to allow it to waft delicately to your eardrums. With the release of the iOS version of Beat Hazard Ultra your music is now a deadly predator, lurking in your playlist, awaiting the call to be transformed into explosive levels of eye-melting…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
See Curt Schilling Shilling Kingdoms of Amalur on Jimmy Fallon
38 Studios founder Curt Schilling uses tales of baseball triumphs past to hook Late Night host Jimmy Fallon and then brings Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning in for the kill. While Schilling comes across as completely excited about the release of his company’s first major game, Fallon himself looks like he’d much rather talk baseball for…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2012 -
UncategorizedFirst PlayStation Vita Ad Gives Bad Advice
Here’s Sony’s first video advertisement for the powerful PlayStation Vita, an ad that the publisher says will be plastered on Fox, Comedy Central, and ESPN (among other networks) in the near future. The tagline? “Never Stop Playing.” You probably should stop playing at some point, though. To eat. And sleep. And read Kotaku
By Jason Schreier Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Survey: There’s a 1 in 10 Chance Words With Friends Will Get You Some Action
We all know that the “social” space has changed the dating scene. Facebook has thrown all sorts of new tools and little wrinkles our way. Now that the virtual hangouts have caught up with crowded bars as a place to meet a mate, social games are finding a new way to shine. Zynga ran a…
By Kate Cox Published February 14, 2012 - Uncategorized
Stop Copying World of Warcraft, Start Making a Better MMO
Commenter Kinecticdamage tries to shock massively multiplayer online game developers out of their World of Warcraft-fueled haze and on track to create something truly unique and beautiful in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. “In case of Doubt, copy WoW“, a message to MMO devs. I don’t know if there are any MMO analysts, business angels,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2012