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UncategorizedIt’s a Me a Mario! An 8-Bit Opera
The guys at JonandAl put together a Super Mario opera for the world to enjoy. As ridiculous as it is, I still can’t get the song out of my head. I dare you to not be moved when Mario gets that star power. If only they can remake the original movie as an opera… You…
By Chris Carolan Published November 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedCall of Duty Elite Trailer Shows What It Looks Like When Activision’s FPS Facebook Actually Works
So, getting Call of Duty Elite functional has been a struggle for Activision. The publisher’s promising that the social platform built for their best-selling FPS franchise will finally be mostly functional this week. The mega-publisher’s turned out a trailer to celebrate this occasion. In the clip, you’ll see an overview of Elite‘s basic functionality as…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Peek Inside the Home of Skyrim’s First Serial Killer
People love to collect in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim They collect loot, they collect books, horses and armor. They even collect butterflies in jars. But this guy (I’m assuming he’s a him because most serial killers are) likes to collect the bodies of decapitated female companion characters and undress and pose them. It’s just…
By Brian Crecente Published November 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedShow Us Your Space Sim Spirit For a Spot in the SOL: Exodus Closed Beta
Seamless Entertainment’s upcoming space combat sim SOL: Exodus is a game built for the most dedicated fighter pilots; the kind that long for the days of Wing Commander and Freespace, Privateer and X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter. If you can prove your space sim passion, then we might just have a spot in the SOL: Exodus…
By Mike Fahey Published November 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Gaze Into the Mystery of These New Final Fantasy XIII-2 Screens… Hey, A Chicken Lady!
In my hands-on preview, I talked about how Final Fantasy XIII-2‘s trying to shake things up a bit. You’ll find some new things in these screens, including a bizarre new character who’ll be popping up throughout the game. The woman in the feathered suit is Chocolina, a flamboyant chicken woman who’s a traveling merchant in…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Makers of Tony Hawk: Ride Want You To Fund Their Next Game
Tony Hawk: Ride developers Robomodo are kicking off a Kickstarter this week to help fund an Xbox Live Kinect game, a first they believe. While crowd-sourcing funding for indie, PC and mobile phone games has become very popular on Kickstarter, it’s unusual to see experienced developers looking for help to fund a game bound for…
By Brian Crecente Published November 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Customizer Fixes the Biggest Problem With Skylanders Toys
While the plastic characters Toys For Bob created to populate the world of Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure are certainly cute, colorful, and well-made, zero points of articulation makes them less action figure, more tiny statue. Action figure customizer supreme Jin Saotome brings four Skylanders to life in a whole new way. With a steady hand and…
By Mike Fahey Published November 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedVisit the Lovely, Re-Mastered Gulf of Oman in This New Battlefield 3 Trailer
EA DICE’s promised shiny, new revisions of classic multiplayer locales from Battlefield 2 and this new trailer shows off how the seaside environment looks when done up in the Frostbite 2 engine. For some reference, see the videos below for how the Gulf of Oman used to look in its previous implementation. Doggie52 Battlefield 2…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Tunisia, Egypt and Libya Look to Computer Games To Help Stabilize The Region
Think of it as a very specialized version of SimCity; one that replaces UFOs, monster attacks and city-flattening meteors with political unrest and economic upheaval; and replaces charming tiny animated people with real-time charts and in-person advisers. The SENSE program is a U.S. developed computer game that has been helping countries prepare for national transitions…
By Brian Crecente Published November 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedYour First Look At Indiana Jones the Facebook Game
We walked you through how the next Indiana Jones experience won’t be a movie, but rather a Facebook game, earlier today. Here’s a glimpse of what Zynga’s re-tooled Adventure World looks like. And yes, Indiana Jones Adventure World even has the theme music.” You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected].…
By Brian Crecente Published November 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Person You Want to Finally Start Playing Video Games with You
You’ve tolerated their presence in your life for years. Maybe it’s because they have attractive physical attributes, pay half your rent or gone halfsies. It might even be all three. But, if your partner—or heck, maybe just your roommate—is really going to understand who you are in the depths of your soul, then it’s way…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
America, France, and Britain Ruin Everything in Total War: Shogun 2 — Fall of the Samurai
Earlier this year The Creative Assembly took Total War: Shogun 2 players into the past with the Rise of the Samurai downloadable content. In March the company heads in the opposite direction with the standalone Fall of the Samurai expansion pack. Set in the 19th century some 400 years after the events in the original…
By Mike Fahey Published November 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedTactics, Teamwork and Tough Choices in Rainbow 6: Patriots
How far would you go to save a life? To save lives? Would you sacrifice an innocent civilian to save a hundred more? Ubisoft’s recently unveiled tactical shooter Rainbow 6: Patriots aims to tackle those tough (or at least, dramatic) questions. Last week, I headed down to Ubisoft’s headquarters in San Francisco to get an…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
It’s the Perfect Time to Beg for More Advent Rising
With advent season beginning yesterday, commenter Fontane couldn’t have picked a better time for the annual plea that someone, anyone, finish the Advent Rising saga There is nothing, and I mean nothing, I wouldn’t give to see the rest of this trilogy. About Speak Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a lot to say, and…
By Mike Fahey Published November 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
The New, Official Indiana Jones Prequel isn’t a Movie. It’s a Zynga Facebook Game.
One of the most popular video games on Facebook will be re-named this week. The game formerly known as Adventure World will be re-named for George Lucas and Steven Spielberg’s renowned hero Indiana Jones as game company Zynga adds the most extraordinary character to one of its games since FarmVille got a visit from Lady…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Next Kinect Will Read Your Lips, Know What You’re Feeling
If you look at the fancy Kinect Effect commercial (seen above) Microsoft’s been airing for the one-year anniversary of its best-selling motion-sensing camera, then you’re led to believe that all sorts of innovations might be made manifest via the device’s current iteration. But Kinect 2 might be even more mind-blowing, if a new report at…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Hope everybody had a Thanksgiving of epic proportions. Every year I end up going to a friends house to play Tekken 3 into the wee hours of the morning. Do you have any gaming holiday traditions? Talk Amongst Yourselves Thanks to reader Angryrider for today’s image. Take a crack at being featured atop TAY some…
By Brian Crecente Published November 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Moneysaver’s Cyber Monday Special Edition
With Black Friday behind us, today we embark on that other, safer and saner holiday tradition—Cyber Monday. Today’s the day when many online retailers offer values to shoppers starting their gift shopping expeditions from the safety of their own keyboard. We’ve got more than 100 listings for you below, including 78 digital downloads. Software •…
By Owen Good Published November 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedShooting Robots On the iPhone Never Looked so Good
It’s easy to look at Epoch in action and think it’s trying to be Gears of War for the iPhone. Easy, and thankfully, wrong. While the game is a shooter (of sorts), and is built around the idea of juggling between shooting at enemies popping out from cover and taking cover yourself, its controls are…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 28, 2011