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NFL Blitz Returns to Set Up Us Da Bomb
A long-forgotten truth of NFL Blitz revealed itself to me as I looked to salt away my first victory: You don’t salt away any victories in NFL Blitz. You want a time-consuming play? Unload a deep pass route, like the fondly remembered “Da Bomb.” I’ve become such a slave to clock management, not just in…
By Owen Good Published January 4, 2012 - Uncategorized
32-Year-Old Homeless Man Found Dead Outside Japanese Arcade
January is always cold in Japan’s Mie Prefecture. This January is no different. For many, it’s a matter or turning on the heater. For the homeless, it’s a matter of survival. Recently making the rounds on 2ch is the story of a 32-year-old man discovered outside a Matsusaka City game center in Mie Prefecture. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2012 - Uncategorized
Skyrim and the Compass to Nowhere
Why do you do what you do in Skyrim? Here’s the idea of an open-world game: you do what you want. Skyrim is certainly an open-world game, no argument about that. Can you do what you want? Well, within the obvious constraints of the game, you can indeed do whatever you feel like doing. Want…
Rowan Kaiser Published January 4, 2012 - Uncategorized
You Are the Float
The Rose Bowl’s Kinect float | As seen in Pasadena, California on Jan. 2 (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) The 2012 Year in Games… a Preview That Has My Jaw on the Floor Finish playing the best games of 2011. Then tape this to your refrigerator. This is a preview, of some of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 4, 2012 -
UncategorizedCheck Out DMC: Devil May Cry Gameplay Footage. Then, Talk Hair.
With DMC: Devil May Cry, the iconic Capcom series has been shipped off to Westerners to develop. The game is being handled by Ninja Theory, the folks behind Heavenly Sword In this recent gameplay clip, the developers talk about DMC. Meanwhile, I just stared at the hair. Back when the game was first revealed at…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2012 -
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You’ll Find Hidden Chronicles To Be a Decidedly Different Sort of Zynga Game
Launching today on Facebook, Zynga’s Hidden Chronicles ditches farming and building in favor of unlocking the mystery of your uncle’s death via hidden object games. Okay, there’s a little building too. I didn’t even realize my uncle had died, but here we are in Hidden Chronicles, rifling through his stuff and travelling the world rifling…
By Mike Fahey Published January 4, 2012 - Uncategorized
Portal 2, The Best Game of 2011 is the Kotaku Game Club‘s First Game of 2012!
Welcome back, Game Club! It’s a brand new year, and we should make sure to start it on the right foot, right? There’s no better way to do that, I think, then to play a game we know is going to be great. Since we just gave Portal 2 our Game of the Year Award,…
By Mike Epstein Published January 4, 2012 - Uncategorized
When NBA2K12 Hates Your Name
Rich Funk is a glorious name. Rich Funk is not only a Kotaku (hi Rich Funk!), Rich Funk is also a NBA 2K12 owner. According to Rich Funk, “My legal name is Richard Funk. As I usually do with sports games, the day I got NBA 2K12, I created myself as a player in the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Sins of The Naked Gun Are Visited Upon Frank Drebin’s Son
White-haired action comedy hero Leslie Nielsen may have passed, but his legacy lives on in The Naked Gun: I.C.U.P., an episodic adventure series coming to iOS and Android devices in the next few months. Let’s check out the first trailer, shall we? Rather than spend the millions of dollars it would take to resurrect Nielsen…
By Mike Fahey Published January 4, 2012 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect’s Newest Cast Member Kicks Off New Dark Horse Comics Series
Thanks to previous mini-series, Mass Effect fans have been able to learn more about characters like The Illusive Man and Aria T’Loak. Now the fauxhawked soldier who’ll be running alongside your Commander Shepard gets the spotlight in the first issue of the new Mass Effect: Homeworlds series. You can take an exclusive look at issue…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 4, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Guy Modded a Real Gun
Some people mod games, while other people mod computers. Garrett Hunter modded a gun. Hunter customized a Beretta so it resembled the Samurai Edge pistol from Resident Evil, complete with a S.T.A.R.S. Raccoon City Police Department engraved seal, a two-tone wood grip, a Wesker-style skeletonized hammer, and a nickel-plated barrel. In the above video, Hunter…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2012 - Uncategorized
Gary Oldman Screaming Call of Duty Orders on Conan
Actor Gary Oldman has a long and lengthy resume with varied roles. But the one that concerns us today, and Conan O’Brien, is his work as Viktor Reznov from Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops In this Conan clip, Oldman voices some Reznov and talks about doing “battle chatter”,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch an Orderly Japanese Nerd Horde. It Will Blow Your Mind.
Have you ever wondered what thousands and thousands of Japanese otaku (geeks) look like when they swoop on a single spot? They look like this. The above video starts slow, but stick with it (or skip to 1 minute and 25 seconds in), and then marvel at the crowd that formed over night and how…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2012 -
UncategorizedZen Pinball Makes Its 3DS Debut Next Week
After successful silver ball outings on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and iOS and Android devices, Zen Studios brings their plucky brand of video game pinball to the 3DS next week with the downloadable Zen Pinball 3D, complete with support for downloadable tables. It’s no secret that I am slightly in love with the way…
By Mike Fahey Published January 4, 2012 -
UncategorizedTake a Look at the Guns and Gear that You’ll Get for Pre-Ordering Mass Effect 3
Back when Mass Effect 2 was a single-player only experience, fancy armor and special weapons didn’t count for very much. Sure, they helped you in the game’s campaign mode but that was a finite, non-competitive experience. But, now that co-op multiplayer’s coming to BioWare’s sci-fi threequel, the usual slate of pre-order bonuses may give you…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 4, 2012 - Uncategorized
Things Get a Lot Darker in These New Max Payne 3 Screens
Some of the previous looks at Rockstar’s upcoming hard-boiled shooter showed off series hero Max Payne out in the sunny environs of Sao Paulo, vacation shirts and all. But these new screens put the night back in the franchise’s signature noir look, even if Max sports a Hawaiian shirt. You’ll see the former NYPD officer…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 4, 2012 - Uncategorized
Japan’s Biggest Selling Cosplay Costumes of 2011 Were…
Some cosplayers make their own outfits. Others shell out cash for them. Japan’s largest cosplay costume emporium is Cospa. And the retailer listed its biggest selling outfits of 2011. Westerners might not be as familiar with these costumes as many of them are from adult, Japan-only computer games, light novels, and anime. Some, however, should…
By Brian Ashcraft Published January 4, 2012 - Uncategorized
The 2012 Year in Games… a Preview That Has My Jaw on the Floor
Finish playing the best games of 2011. Then tape this to your refrigerator. This is a preview, of some of the biggest and/or most interesting games coming out in 2012 (with a heavy bias toward big-company consoles and handheld releases, since that’s what gets announced earliest). January brings us Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, Xbox 360,…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 4, 2012