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Get the Second Indie Royale Bundle While It’s Still Cheap
There’s a new crop of small-developer PC releases to be had on the cheap over at Indie Royale. It’s a quintet of games this time, as opposed to the four games that served as the site’s inaugural bundle. This time around, the offering includes CharliesGames’ Scoregasm, a space shooter set in a cosmic, branching-path gameworld,…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 10, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Is Either Skyrim‘s Greatest Bug or Its Greatest Feature
The Elder Scrolls series has had its fair share of glitches across its long history, some more interesting than others. The event in this video rides the line between entertaining glitch and fantastic feature. Watch as the swinging club of an enemy giant sends the player soaring upwards, to the rim of the sky, if…
By Matthew Buzzi Published November 10, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhat Super Mario Is
I recently heard from a reader who didn’t understand what was wonderful about The Legend of Zelda games. I tried to explain. And then I heard from him again. What, he asked, about Mario? What’s special about all these Super Mario games? I will try to explain: It’s running. Then jumping. Then falling down a…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Marvel Introducing Free Download Codes for Digital Copies For the Ultimate Comics That You Buy in Print
DC Comics has been garnering lots of media buzz, heightened awareness and increased sales on the heels of its recent New 52 reboot. Along with new re-imaginings of Superman and Wonder Woman, the publisher began making digital copies of its entire line available on the same day as the print versions. Moreover, every issue of…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Your Blasphemous Abominations Come to Life in This Week’s Nintendo Download
The sad bunny creature above has no reason to live, save your will. This is the power of Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!, giving you the power to create life from nothing with your 3DS. Who are you to play God?! Oh, really? Ten years with the Royal Shakespeare Company? And a Bounty commercial? Well then…
By Mike Fahey Published November 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Has Game Reviewers Shouting Its Name
The launch of a new entry in The Elder Scrolls series isn’t just a game release, it’s the beginning of countless adventures; the origin point for millions of tales waiting to be told. Let’s hear what stories of Skyrim the assembled game reviewers have to share. From imagination-powered origins rises the Dovahkiin, the fabled hero…
By Mike Fahey Published November 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Activision Hands Out a Free Month to Paying Members of Call of Duty Elite As Outage Continues
Call of Duty Elite remains basically down and out three days after the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Activision said today they will be extending all one-year paid memberships to the service by 30 days to help make up for the outage. They are also extending the ability to sign up as…
By Brian Crecente Published November 10, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Moon Knight Pinball Table? I’m Mailing Zen Studios My Babies
A year and a month ago I sat in a hotel room in Anaheim, California, telling the folks from Zen Studios how much their Marvel Pinball series for Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network needed a healthy dose of the fist of Khonshu. I don’t recall making a pact for my firstborn, but if I…
By Mike Fahey Published November 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
The First Teaser for the Next Alan Wake is VeryShort
If you like teaser trailers that are shorter than your best burps, go watch the teaser for the new downloadable Alan Wake game. A longer trailer of some sort will air during the Spike Video Game Awards on December 10.
By Stephen Totilo Published November 10, 2011 -
UncategorizedDrugs, Carnies, and Hats: The Multiplayer Shooter EA Killed
Blood Dust is a multiplayer shooter on steroids. Literally. You fight against spies. You fight against soliders. You fight against carnival freaks. And you’re all fighting for “blood dust”, a drug that’s like steroids but a hundred times better. The game was mean to be online only, a successful off-shoot of Electronic Arts’ take on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Reduce Your Gaming Withdrawal with a Free Nintendo DSi
Your hands get twitchy the second you put down your controller or step away from your computer. Your eyes roll into the back of your head and you groan “Gaaaaammmmeesss” with your arms straight out in front of you while stumbling around, searching for your next fix. Sounds like the chance to win a portable…
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UncategorizedSteve Goes to Las Vegas in the Official Minecon Trailer
The hapless hero of Mojang’s sandbox construction phenomenon gets a first-class trip to Sin City in this video made to promote the first MineCon. Created by H.A.T. Films, the clip’s been peppered by the avatar skins of the ‘Craft community, as culled from the participation detailed in this post. So, tell us, do you see…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Are We Putting Too Much Emphasis on First-Person Shooter Stats?
In today’s 75 percent accurate edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter BattleMoose87 wonders if we aren’t giving first-person shooter statistics more weight than they deserve. Are we? Do statistics matter to you when playing online games? With the recent release of two shooter heavyweights in Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3, alongside their own…
By Mike Fahey Published November 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Avoid Speed Traps, Downed Trees, Traffic Jams And Level Up While You’re Doing It
Waze isn’t a game, not really, but I can’t help using it like one. My wife gets viciously car sick when I drive, maybe because of how I drive. So she does a lot of the driving in our family, which leaves me with a lot of time to help her navigate and play games…
By Brian Crecente Published November 10, 2011 -
UncategorizedCrafting My Dragonborn Identity in Skyrim, Now Pronounced “Skrim”
Gather round, boys and girls, and I’ll tell you the heroic tale of the Dragonborn, the legendary Wood Elf, Redguard, or possibly Khajiit man or maybe woman…I suppose we’d better clear up the particulars before moving into the main story. Let’s make us a hero! A warning for those trying to avoid Skyrim coverage today:…
By Mike Fahey Published November 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Good day Kotaku! Are you managing to hang in there amidst anticipation for Skyrim? I can barely contain my excitement, personally, and the release is less than a day away! If you’re not interested in Skyrim, of course, there are plenty of huge games out there still. Tell us below what you are still planning…
By Matthew Buzzi Published November 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Pretend You’re Best Friends with Batman or Joker When Gotham City Impostors Comes Out in January 2012
Yes, yes: you’re already pretending you’re the Dark Knight in probable Game of the Year candidate Batman: Arkham City. But what if you’ve been waiting to pretend to pretend you’re one of Batman’s crew of crimefighters? You’ll finally get your chance when Warner Bros. releases Gotham City Impostors—the downloadable first-person shooter Kotaku previewed here—in January…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
Here’s What Eighty Dollars Gets You in The Final Fantasy XIII-2 Collectors Edition
We’re still a few months away from the release of the Moogle-riffic sequel to Final Fantasy XIII, but that ain’t stopping Square Enix from tantalizing fans with a beefy Collectors Edition. Plunking down the extra $20 dollars gets you a fancy sleeve illustrated by the legendary Yoshitaka Amano, along with a high-end concept art book…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 10, 2011 -
UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed Revelations Launch Trailer Doesn’t Bother Sneaking Up on You
What happens when bad-asses get old? They look back into history at the fates of other, long-dead badasses. Watch the latest trailer for the finale of Ezio Auditore’s saga and see how UbiSoft plans on making the gray-bearded assassin go out with a bang. You can contact Evan Narcisse, the author of this post, at…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 10, 2011 - Uncategorized
In My Day, Kids Played Mario
On Duty | LAS VEGAS, NV: Two ten year-olds hold their new limited edition Xbox 360 bundles. (Photo: Ethan Miller | Getty) Should You Buy The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim? Yes. Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls series has been catering to gamers’ open-world fantasy fantasies since 1994, each new title dragging players deeper into the world…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 10, 2011