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Get a 3DS For Just $150 (at GameStop)
For the next week, you’ll be able to buy a Nintendo 3DS from GameStop for just $150. The 3DS, which was released less than a year ago for $250, has had its price further discounted at the retailer as a move to lure potential Vita purchasers away at the last second. Sony’s new handheld is…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedValve & Bethesda Release Official Portal 2 Mod…For Skyrim
To commemorate the opening of Skyrim’s fancy new Creation Kit on Valve’s Steam service, Bethesda and the creators of Portal have teamed up to release an official mod. Which brings Portal 2’s Space Core to Skyrim. How? Well, it quite literally falls out of the sky. To celebrate the opening of the Steam Workshop for…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Dating Secrets of Your Favorite Video Game Characters
Nathan Drake has recently purchased a new MacBook, after talking to several of his friends about it for several weeks. He has done more discussing the MacBook than he has actually using it, and secretly he enjoys causing the icons to sort of ‘pop’ along the bar at the bottom of the screen more than…
Leigh Alexander Published February 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedErox Is Supposed To Get Gamers Laid, But Somehow We Wound Up Discussing Armpits
In the interview above, the America’s Top Model winner and PlayStation The Tester star Adrianne Curry tries to sell our own Stephen Totilo on her new pheromone-infused fragrance aimed at gamers. Erox is supposedly what you need to spray on yourself to improve your chances with the one you lust after. Adrianne also talks about…
By Chris Person Published February 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
How Mega Man Met Samus
Mega Romantic | Mega Man meets his match in this adorable fan-made Valentine’s Day card. (Image by by Katie Crimespree.) Forget Call of Duty and Battlefield. Real Military Training Needs a Different Kind of Game You’re playing a game like Battlefield 3 or Call of Duty, shooting and grenading left and right. And you’re thinking,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe In and Outs of Surviving in I Am Alive
Ubisoft Shanghai’s upcoming adventure/survival game I Am Alive sure does look cool. Back when I saw the game a few months ago, I was impressed, with its gritty realism, and how it recalled Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. Just the other day, Stephen checked it out and was equally impressed. The video above walks you through…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
Psychonauts Creator Says Notch-Funded Sequel ‘Could Happen’
After joking around earlier, Double Fine head Tim Schafer has told Kotaku that a Psychonauts sequel funded by Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson could very well be a possibility. “Could happen!” Schafer told me in an e-mail today. “I have found funding on Twitter before!” This likely refers to Steven Dengler, CEO of Dracogen, who…
By Jason Schreier Published February 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
Does David Jaffe Really Recommend His New Game as A Sexual Aid?
Game designer David Jaffe has been in the news quite a bit this week. His newest game, Twisted Metal is set to launch in a few days and his recently announced impending departure from studio Eat Sleep Play made a bit of a splash. Unfortunately, while promoting Twisted Metal in an interview with GameTrailers, Jaffe’s…
By Kate Cox Published February 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
Here’s How Giants Will Fit Into The Next Skylanders Game
As you might have guessed from the screenshots, trailers, or your ability to read words, Activision’s upcoming Skylanders Giants will feature a set of new figures called Giants. You’ll be able to collect up to eight of the hulking creatures, which are twice the size of normal Skylander action figures both in-game and in real…
By Jason Schreier Published February 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
Man, That Sure is a Lot Of Gotham City Impostors DLC
Gotham City Impostors doesn’t hit Xbox Live until tomorrow, but you can get all of the Gotham City Impostors DLC you could ever want today. The game now has over one hundred selections of downloadable costume pieces, ranging in price from $1 to $4 (80-320 MSP). A majority of the DLC is obtainable the old…
By Nick Vannucci Published February 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedReceive Texts from Mass Effect Characters with the Mass Effect Datapad App
In addition to the the upcoming iOS game Mass Effect: Infiltrator, BioWare also announced an app called “Datapad” that would allow you to “stay in touch with all of the info in Mass Effect 3,” check the status of the war in the galaxy map, and even get messages from game characters. Okay, this kind…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Darkness II Weathers the Hellish Attentions of Game Reviewers
There are plenty of things you can do with a tentacle besides porn, and The Darkness II has them all covered. Jackie Estacado has gone through hell; now he faces an even greater challenge: Critics. There’s something living inside mobster Jackie Estacado, born of the blackest corners of the psyche, eons of human suffering and…
By Mike Fahey Published February 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedTiger Woods PGA 13 Will Let You Live Out the Golf Star’s Life, Starting at Age 2
EA’s upcoming Tiger Woods PGA 13 will feature a sort of “Jordan Challenge Mode”, which will allow players to enter the shoes of its titular golf star and live out the major events of his career, starting at age 2. Above is a video from the event where the feature was announced. We’ll have more…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedCrush 3D Will Frustrate You, In a Good Way
Crush 3D is a game that makes full use of the 3DS’s three-dimensional capabilities by producing platforming puzzles difficult enough to challenge the most die-hard of platformer fans. The game’s “crushing” mechanic has the player switching in between 2D and 3D at will, crushing and collecting as they try to navigate to the exit of…
By Nick Vannucci Published February 7, 2012 -
UncategorizedBioWare’s Mass Effect iOS Game is the Third-Person Shooter Mass Effect: Infiltrator
At a press event in New York today, EA announced that BioWare’s hit Mass Effect franchise will be coming to iOS as a new game called Mass Effect: Infiltrator, which will tie in with their upcoming game Mass Effect 3 The game was described as a “fully featured iOS third-person shooter” which will showcase “stunning…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
In Two Weeks, You’ll Fall to Your Death in the Next Call of Duty DLC Map
The globe-trotting nature of the Call of Duty series means that multiplayer maps have a plethora of locales to choose from. And the latest one is in… New York?! Wait, don’t run away! The Overwatch map hitting on February 21st is different, since you’ll be engaging in firefights 70 stories above the street in a…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
Sony: You Won’t Be Able To Bring PSP Discs To Vita
Sony has told Kotaku that there will not be a North American version of the UMD Passport program, which would allow PlayStation Vita users to transfer their PSP discs to the upcoming handheld. Sony debuted the UMD Passport program in Japan last December alongside the release of the Vita. Japanese gamers can insert their game…
By Jason Schreier Published February 7, 2012 - Uncategorized
No, Wait. This Is a Video Game for Grown-Ups
Have you ever made a video game character fear you? Have you ever imagined you could do that? Don’t think about the ghosts in Pac-Man dashing away from you because you ate the power pellet. Think about a realistic-looking game set in a quake-broken but realistic-looking city. Think about men in that city, men who…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 7, 2012