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  My Favorite Xbox Live Indie Dev Makes His Big iPhone Debut

  Last year Luke Schneider of radiangames released seven gorgeous shooters via the Xbox Live Indie Games program, each one better than the last. Then he stopped making Xbox Live Indie games, and I was sad. Come October 13, I’ll be happy again. Thursday, October 13 is the date when radiangames transitions from being a moderately…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 10, 2011
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  The Next Zelda May Vex Lefties, But Only Briefly

  At some supermarkets, the pen you can use to sign your credit card receipt to pay for your groceries is connected to a cord that is affixed to the checkout counter. Those among us who are left-handed know that that cord or string is sometimes only long enough for a right-handed person to use that…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 10, 2011
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  Enhance Your Out-of-Car Action with these Need for Speed The Run Sneakers

  I’ve owned a few pairs of video game-themed sneakers over the years. But the ones I’ve actually worn out IRL? Only one pair—the Pumas tied into True Crime: New York— have won that honor. The colorway and city-street grid worked with an understated branding that was surprisingly subtle and with what I already had in…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 10, 2011
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  The Combaticons Combine to Form Bruticus in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

  What could be bigger than a new Transformers game featuring Grimlock, king of the Dinobots? How about five robots combining into one mechanical titan? According to GameStop, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron finally gives us combiners. Despite featuring several characters named after members of the Aerialbots and Stunticon teams, High Moon Studios has shied away from…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 10, 2011
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  Final Fantasy XIII-2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and More Coming to New York Comic-Con This Year

  Comics aren’t the centerpiece of comic-cons anymore. For better or worse, the nerd gatherings that bear that nomenclature feature all sorts of pop culture, but I guess “culture-con” doesn’t roll off the tongue quite so appealingly. Anywho, New York City’s very own comic-con kicks off this week and among the many exhibitors on hand will…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 10, 2011
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  One Annoying Orange (and Several Friends) Show Angry Birds How It’s Done

  Whether or not you’re a fan of The Annoying Orange web series, you should still check out this fruit-filled take on Angry Birds. If you can stand the non-stop puns, make sure you check out all of the Annoying Orange friends, some of those surprise endings are pretty funny.

  By Brian Crecente Published October 10, 2011
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  Capcom Producers on Separating the Survival from the Horror in Resident Evil

  If you’ve been a die-hard fan of Resident Evil since its PS1 days, then you can’t help but noticed that things have changed. The moody atmospherics of that creepy Raccoon City mansion have given way to far-flung action set pieces against swarms of T-virus-infected hordes and/or skyscraper-sized monsters. In an interview with Gamasutra’s Christian Nutt…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 10, 2011
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  If 10 Million Preorder This Game for $1, Charity Loses (But Still Wins)

  Indie developer Nicolas Games wants to make a splash with its upcoming third-person post-apocalyptic survival horror title Afterfall: Insanity, so it’s devised an ambitious preorder system in which gamers can purchase the entire game for one dollar, as long as 10 million people preorder. This is how it works. Afterfall: Insanity can be preordered at…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 10, 2011
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  How Atari Sent Steve Jobs On a Spiritual Quest to India

  At his talk at GDC Online in Austin, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell talked about a wide variety of things, among which was Apple founder Steve Jobs, who he hired back in 1974. (For a complete story, see this great article at Gamasutra. “I gave Steve Jobs his first job,” Bushnell said, “That’s an interesting resume…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published October 10, 2011
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  It’s Time to Flaunt Your Video Game Message Board Cred

  In today’s historic edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Hongo details his extensive video game website message board history, and asks that you do the same. Where’ have you been? What is YOUR history when it comes to video game sites and boards? I started on a site called Nintendo Village as a member…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 10, 2011
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  Why The Deathmatch Kings Left Deathmatch out of Rage

  They invented the term, so why isn’t deathmatch available in Rage? The notion of players fighting against each other in a first-person shooter is so tied to the genre that it’s surprising when it isn’t included as a feature. More surprising though, is the idea that the people who may have coined the the term…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 10, 2011
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  Can the Creepy, Crossbow-Wielding Dark Meadow Beat the iPhone’s Greatest at Its Own Game?

  At first glance Phosphor Games’ The Dark Meadow looks like nothing more than a clone of award winning iPhone eye-candy Infinity Blade with a ranged weapon twist, but delve deeper into its madness and you’ll discover a character the sword and sorcery epic lacked. Chair Entertainment’s Infinity Blade showed the world the sort of graphics…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 10, 2011
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  Mafia Wars 2 is Live

  Stop farming. Stop building cities. Stop expanding your empire with your allies. Cease adventuring. You can now play Mafia Wars 2, which just went live on Facebook. Play it at this link

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 10, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Finish him! And talk here about video games, all you want. Thanks to reader Shadoroch for today’s image. Take a crack at being featured atop TAY some time this month simply by making a hilarious Photoshop or some other manipulation of the month’s image. Pull a clean version from this thread. Make sure your image…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 10, 2011
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  British Media Regulator Investigating Misuse of Video Game Footage As “Secret IRA Terrorism Footage”

  British communications regulator Ofcom is investigating how a UK documentary examining possible connections between Muammar Gaddafi and the IRA confused video game play for actual IRA footage of a helicopter being shot down. Ofcom received dozens of complaints about the misstep and they are investigating to see whether the incident should be considered a breach…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 10, 2011
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  The Time Xbox Japan Put People in Capsules

  Live | TOKYO, JAPAN: At the 2002 Tokyo Game Show, Xbox Japan rolled out Xbox Live pods. (Photo: Katsumi Kasahara | AP) First Look at the Blue Nintendo Wii To mark the Nov. release of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Nintendo of Europe is releasing a blue Wii. To date, Nintendo…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 10, 2011
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  Here’s Your First Look at Gameplay in Hitman: Absolution

  After a long teaser campaign earlier this year, Square Enix and Eidos finally revealed that everyone’s favorite bald, barcoded assassin would be making his debut on in a game built on this generation of consoles in Hitman: Absolution. Now, we’ve got a first glimpse at series hero Agent 47 in action, as he infiltrates and…

  By Evan Narcisse Published October 10, 2011
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  Netflix Kills Qwikster

  In the face of raging fans and looming confusion, Netflix today said they are killing off their DVD mailing spin-off Qwikster “This means no change: one website, one account, one password… in other words, no Qwikster,” according to a post on Netflix’s official blog by founder Reed Hastings. “Consumers value the simplicity Netflix has always…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 10, 2011
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  Xbox Employees Hard at Work on the Next Generation [Update]

  Doesn’t matter if Microsoft hasn’t made it official. The company is working on something that will succeed the Xbox 360. Employees at tech giants like Microsoft are always working on designing the future. Whether their work sees the light of day is another matter entirely, but several LinkedIn profiles, discovered by Twitter user @supererogatory, show…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 10, 2011
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  The Only Things Missing from This Model Spacecraft Are Lasers

  RayStorm, the classic 1990s shooting game, always felt like it got somewhat overlooked compared to the spate of shooters released that decade. Here’s a chance to once again give RayStorm the attention it so rightly deserves with a Kotobukiya model of in-game ship, R-Gray1. Like other Kotobukiya models, this is top notch stuff. The 1/144…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 10, 2011