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Thanks to You, Skyrim Now Has Fancy Crabs, Spider-Man and Tiny Nords
Skyrim’s offical Creation Kit hasn’t even been out a week (or half a week!), and already, there is some amazing stuff being done. There are now crabs with tophats A new island in the game. With a village on it. And the whole thing is made of ice. The chance to get a new follower…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Nintendo Employee Reported “Missing”
Meara Lynn Nichols, an employee at Nintendo of America, has been reported missing by her husband after failing to return home from an appointment at her son’s school. Although she had left her laptop on and Facebook account logged in, when she didn’t come home Matthew Nichols contacted the school, who let him know there…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Whatever, Hot Nazi Moon-Chick. Sarah Palin’s Going to Kick Your Ass
Greetings, Kotaku readers, and welcome to our hump-day open-thread. Hey, we’ve reached the peak! It’s all downhill from here. Here are some things from around the internet for you to enjoy and possibly talk about. There’s a new trailer for The Bourne Legacy – Whoo? I dunno, this sort of looks like that movie Shooter…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedKinect-Enabled Shouts and Dragon Mounts: Will Skyrim‘s ‘Game Jam’ Experiments Ever See the Light of Day? [Updated with Video]
At D.I.C.E. 2012, Bethesda Game Studios’ Todd Howard just showed an amazing highlight reel of mods the studio built into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim during a week-long “game jam” after the game’s release. Features like mounted combat, a lycanthropy skill tree, and one enormous mudcrab, the width of the horizon, were all shown. And…
By Owen Good Published February 8, 2012 - Reviews
The Darkness II: The Kotaku Review
The first Darkness game was released in 2007. With some original ideas for the genre and a setting that wasn’t space or a war, it was a surprise hit, and people still say nice things about it today. The second Darkness game was released in 2012. It’s…well…yes. While The Darkness was developed by Starbreeze, who…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
PSN Update Shows Vita Titles Discounted Between $3 and $5
The most recent PlayStation Store update has quietly delivered five PS Vita titles—discoverable by search—that show the digital versions costing between $3 and $5 less than their retail versions. Uncharted: Golden Abyss is listed for $45; it’s $50 at retail. Modnation Racers: Road Trip comes in at $27 ($30 MSRP). Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational…
By Owen Good Published February 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Is All The Free Stuff You Get If You Attend the DICE Gaming Summit
People pay thousands of dollars to hobnob with their fellow captains of the video game industry here at the DICE Summit just outside of Las Vegas. Or they call themselves a gaming journalist (that’s editor-in-chief to you!) and attend for free. And when you register, they give you a bag of stuff. A bag of…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Will Skyrim‘s Boss Say as D.I.C.E. 2012 Opens? Watch Here.
Todd Howard, the game director for Bethesda Game Studios (The Elder Scrolls, Fallout) is the keynote speaker opening the D.I.C.E. Summit, the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ annual conclave in Las Vegas at 9:30 EST. Howard’s address, whose livestream, courtesy of GameSpot, is embedded below, will cover “Why We Create, Why We Play.” Update:…
By Owen Good Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Creators of Monkey Island & Day of the Tentacle Are Trying To Make Another Old-School Adventure Game
Tim Schafer, an adventure game legend for his days working on old Lucasarts titles, has just put his Double Fine studio to work on a Kickstarter project. To “make an old-school graphic adventure”. Oh boy I say OH BOY because not only would Schafer – whose adventure gaming credits include Day of the Tentacle, Grim…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedAmerica’s Next Top Model Winner: World of Warcraft “Really Dropped the Ball With the Pandas”
Yesterday we posted an interview with former America’s Next Top Model winner Adrianne Curry, in which she tried to sell Stephen Totilo on her new pheromone fragrance Erox. In the end, though, we mainly talked about armpits. Curry is an avowed gamer and fan of World of Warcraft, and so in the second part of…
By Chris Person Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Do We Own Our Steam Games?
Republished from Rock, Paper Shotgun What do you own? Looking through my possessions, I feel fairly comfortable that the food in my fridge belongs to me. And I have an odd confidence that the hardware in my PC is mine. But the books on my shelves? I seem to have very little rights over them.…
John Walker | Rock Paper Shotgun Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Elegant Portraits for a More Civilized Age
Elegant Portraits for a More Civilized Age | Terry Fan has released more of his Victorian-era portraits of Star Wars characters. C-3PO and Yoda also have posed. The portraits are available for sale. (Terry Fan, via Neatorama) A Follow-Up with David Jaffe About that Oral Sex Remark In a promotional video interview that went live…
By Owen Good Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
A Follow-Up with David Jaffe About that Oral Sex Remark
In a promotional video interview that went live on February 6th, David Jaffe included a statement that I and others found objectionable. So I objected. After the piece ran, Jaffe reached out to me through Twitter and we agreed to schedule a call. Yesterday evening, we spoke about the issue by phone for roughly half…
By Kate Cox Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
You Can Hire These People To Write Term-Papers About Anything, Even Video Games
If you want, you can buy your college term-papers. This has been true for as long as there have been academic institutions—some students just don’t want to deal with the agony and all-nighters required to pull together a massive paper. They’d rather be socializing than sitting in front of a computer, bleary-eyed, cranking out half-coherent…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Find Out What SoulCalibur V’s Online Modes Have to Offer in the Updated Kotaku Review
DLC, patches, new modes… games evolve over time, so why shouldn’t our reviews do the same? When SoulCalibur V came out last week, the online lobbies were empty, waiting for intrepid warriors to fill them with the sounds of sword-clashing. Now that people are playing online, we’ve updated our review of the game to evaluate…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 8, 2012 - Uncategorized
Game Developer Sentenced to Death in Iran Asks Obama for Intervention
Amir Hekmati, the U.S.-born game developer sentenced to death in Iran for allegedly engaging in espionage for the CIA, has asked the Obama administration to do whatever it takes, including a prisoner-transfer, to save him from execution. Hekmati worked for the New York-based video game studio Kuma Games, where among other projects he worked on…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Romance and Enchantment of Rift‘s In-Game Marriage System Makes Me a Little Queasy
I was going to title this post “The Romance and Enchantment of Rift‘s In-Game Marriage System Makes Me Throw Up a Little in My Mouth”, but that’s far too long, and while spoil the cake? “Fahey is just bitter, he has never known true MMO romance!” Really? I’ll tell you about MMO romance. I was…
By Mike Fahey Published February 8, 2012 -
UncategorizedShank 2‘s Launch Trailer Paints the Walls Red
This launch trailer for Shank 2 is a spectacle of gore and cartoony style. One of the sequel’s additions to the original downloadable game is Survival Mode, which you can get your bloodthirsty eyeballs on right here. Both there and in the game’s single-player, rest assured that yes, you will feel like Rambo (and that’s…
By Pierre Bienaimé Published February 8, 2012