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True Tales of Skyrim Adventure: A Dragon Raid and Gauntlets Unmade
Our week-long celebration of the stories The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim hatches in our heads continues today with a bawdy tale of blacksmithing and berserker rage, courtesy of commenter Isangrim. Stay awhile and listen! “Thrice damn this bastard Orcish steel!!” I cursed as the hot sweat dripped down from my brow to sting my eyes…
By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Assassin’s Creed Revelations Parody Video Takes You “Higher”
How excited are you about the new Assassin’s Creed? Does the hookblade make you want to break out into song? The parody tune spoofs Creed’s “Higher,” an appropriate if cringeworthy choice. Maybe just celebrate with any musical tributes, mkay? Assassin’s “Creed” Revelations Music Video Parody [YouTube] You can contact Evan Narcisse, the author of this…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Mobile Gaming’s Diablo Gets a Threequel with Dungeon Hunter III
While PC and potentially console gamers wait patiently for the biggest name in hack-and-slash dungeon crawlers to deliver its number three, Gameloft announces the third installment of one of the smallest: Dungeon Hunter III Some of my fondest gaming moments on the iPhone have been spent with Gameloft’s Dungeon Hunter series, and now that my…
By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Assassins’ Order has Not Yet Mastered Alphabetical Order
As seen in Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. What possible order were these Mediterranean cities supposed to be in? It wasn’t fixed in the first title update on the PlayStation 3. Will it be for the second? You can contact Stephen Totilo, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook,…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Multiplayer DLC Coming for Assassin’s Creed Revelations, PC Version Coming Nov. 29th
Just as Ezio’s last adventure sneaks its way into Constantinople (and the real world) today, Ubisoft’s announced that the first piece of DLC will be coming on December 13th. The Ancestors Character Pack will bundle four new multiplayer personas for players to take online. The Privateer, Corsair, Gladiator and Brigand will all come with unique…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Xbox Almost as Old as the Assholes on Xbox Live
Happy birthday, Xbox! You turn 10 today. Microsoft is celebrating your birthday by selling people a much prettier version of Halo: Combat Evolved They did not get you a bicycle. Honestly, they barely talk about you anymore. They prefer your younger brother, though I think they’re even more proud of that alien-looking thing that plugs…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 15, 2011 - Reviews
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: The Kotaku Review
Liquid fast, meticulously polished, wickedly consuming: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 doesn’t deliver stories or engender emotion in its players, but rather deals in raw adrenaline. A match of Modern Warfare 3 is punctuated by the rush of a well-placed shot, the anger at a surprise, unjust death. Infinity Ward’s latest iteration on the…
By Brian Crecente Published November 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedChaos, Catsuits and Chair Shots: This Is Your Saints Row the Third Launch Trailer
In pro wrestling, a chair shot is when you hit someone with a metal folding chair, usually in the head area. You’ll see one of those in the Saints Row the Third clip, along with all manner of open-world madness. Since it’s out today, you can get your gangstafied crazy on right now. You can…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedThese The King of Fighters XIII Combos Go Great With Your Opponent’s Entire Health Bar
Due out November 22 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the console version of The King of Fighters XIII seeks to address many concerns fans have voiced about the franchise. Concerns like lengthy matches, addressed in the video by massive combos that take out an entire life bar. Yes, it does take a great…
By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
How Do Game Reviewers Feel About Playing Halo: Combat Evolved All Over Again?
Before the folks at 343 Industries can prove to us they are a worthy successor to the Halo development throne, they must first show us that they respect the franchise’s roots. This has been accomplished by dying those roots to make them a little less gray. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary has just hit store shelves,…
By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedGo On A Cross-Country Run With the Launch Trailer for the New Need For Speed
Black Box’s Frostbite 2-powered racer puts the pedal to the metal today and EA’s released a trailer that’ll take you from 0-60 as far as Need for Speed The Run‘s story and gameplay features. You get glimpses of the characters played by Christina Hendricks and supermodel Chrissy Teigen. Of course, there’s Sean Faris as main…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Just When You Thought Sly Cooper Couldn’t Get Any Better — Playable Ninja Raccoon
In the original Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, Sucker Punch’s masked bandit hunts for pages from a special book that teach him the techniques of his ancestors. In the upcoming Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time you’ll get to play those ancestors, including master ninja Rioichi Cooper. The inventor of sushi who uses his famous…
By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Before You Start… Tips for Playing Assassin’s Creed: Revelations The Best Way
Whether you’re new to the Assassin’s Creed series or a seasoned acolyte, there are some things you can do as you prepare to play the new Assassin’s Creed: Revelations that will make your time with the game much better. Consider the following starter tips. They’re not spoilers; they’re my advice to you so that you…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedWatch Skyrim’s Amazing Flying Fossil Dragon Fight to Its Death
Yesterday, we had human faces disappearing in Bethesda’s hit action RPG. Today, in glitch-or-feature news, it’s dragon skin and sinew that’s nowhere to be seen. Being nothing but a skeleton doesn’t stop this dragon from putting up a fight, though. [thanks, tipster Peter] Skeletal Dragons in Skyrim? [YouTube] You can contact Evan Narcisse, the author…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Only One Character Could Possibly Pull Off Space Golf
Our daily Speak Up on Kotaku feature does not have to be a long-winded essay on some vaguely game-related topic. Sometimes it’s just a really great idea, like the one commenter Deuxhero had regarding everyone’s favorite plumber. Mario Golf+Mario Galaxy WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN DONE!? About Speak Up on Kotaku: Our readers have a…
By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Man in Tanooki Suit, Giant Bullet Spotted in Manhattan
Nintendo’s promotional stunt for Super Mario 3D Land turned part of Times Square into a version of the Mushroom Kingdom. That brought out paid and unpaid people decked out in Mario gear. Plus a massive Bullet Bill. We already ran video of this amazing PR stunt, but the shots photographer Rob Boudon snapped at the…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony Conjures Up Magical Harry Potter PS3 Bundle
The latest hardware/software configuration of Sony’s game console will be themed around the movie adaptations of J.K. Rowling’s mega-popular boy wizard. $250 gets you a 160 GB PS3, a 2D/3D Blu-Ray of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 and a voucher to download the first two films in the series. On the games…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Would you please stop reading this sentence and start chatting in the comments below about video games? This is our official reader forum for all things video games, of course. Thanks. And thanks to pan1da7 for today’s great image. Take a crack at being featured atop TAY some time this month simply by making a…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
American Icons Gallery Show Recognizes Classic Gaming Consoles For the Works of Art They Are
We live in an age of gaming gorgeousness. Gamers’ lives nowadays are filled with fancy normal mapping and illumination engines, powered by slickly encased hardware that outputs onto super-sharp screens. In short, there’s a lot of thought given to aesthetics in the present day. But, it hasn’t always been this way and an upcoming art…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedSnappy Dragons Sets the Flick-Based Mobile Destruction Genre on Fire
Since the dawn of touchscreen mobile devices players have been gleefully flinging destruction from one side of the screen to the other in an effort to destroy group A in the name of group B. Is there room for innovation in the flinging stuff genre? Not really. So how is Snappy Dragons so entertaining? Snappy…
By Mike Fahey Published November 15, 2011