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Please Be Careful With The Dangling Rhino
Greetings, Kotaku readers. Or I should say, the five people who are reading this site right now instead of blowing one another to smithereens in Modern Warfare 3 Here is our nightly open thread, bolstered by some conversation-starters contributed by several members of the Kotaku editorial staff. They are as follows: Black Rhinos are airlifted…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedHey Kids, Cave Story is Now Out on the 3DS, and It Looks Like This
From NIS America and original developer Nicalis comes Cave Story 3D, a game that graphically overhauls a title that really needed no graphical overhaul. How’d that work out? Let’s take a quick look. There’s late to the party, and then there’s arriving there a couple of years afterwards with a party hat and a bottle…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Haunting, Lovely Essay From a Son Who Grew Up Geeky
Over at Gamers With Jobs, Julian “Rabbit” Murdoch has shared a personal essay that is as lovely as it is sad. It’s titled “Yes, Dad.” In it, Murdoch talks about visiting the hospital to see his sick father, and the different ways that the two of them remembered his childhood. When I turned 10, two…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Xbox.com To Upgrade Its Social and Video Features in the Coming Days
In preparation for the upcoming Xbox 360 dashboard update, Microsoft has announced that they’ll be updating the website Xbox.com over the coming days to implement some of the dashboard’s new features before it launches on consoles later this winter. Users will be able to search the Zune store online and buy and rent movies from…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedReminder: No Matter Which Dark Souls Character You Play, You Will Die a Lot
“Sure,” Dark Souls whispers to you in the dark, “you’ve got your Modern Warfare and your Legend of Zelda. But I’m not going anywhere.” This game is designed to be played, mastered, and played again far after its launch date. This latest video demonstrates a number of the game’s character classes, shows a bunch of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is the Recession the Next Big Video Game Bad Guy?
Would you shoot someone responsible for America’s horrible housing market? Would you like to? What if you met his wife and kid first? How did we get here, and where are we going? What happens when the 99% rise up, and more to the point, how happy will you be to play a video game…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
An Epic Marvel Cosplay Shoot
Marvel Cosplay –Photos from the photo shoot with Cosplay Photographer Jay Tablante and cosplayers Yaya Han, Riki Le Cotey, Megan Marie and Marie Claude Bourbonnais as seen over on Marvel Should You Buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3? Yes. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the Madden of this generation, a video game…
By Brian Crecente Published November 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Latest Rayman: Origins Trailer Gets Predictably Slap-Happy
This latest trailer for Ubisoft’s upcoming Rayman Origins gives a great sense of the game—charming, chaotic, and full of slapping. So much slapping. In the video, we meet the cast of characters and get a quick tour of the many weird locales that the game will take us to. What’s the expression? “Play Rayman: Origins.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Pokémon Fans Cannot Escape Victini This Holiday Season
With a Victini-themed sweepstakes, the limited theatrical release of Pokémon the Movie: White-Victini and Zekrom, and a special December distribution event, players will be hard-pressed to elude the victory Pokémon this holiday, not that they’d want to. The Pokémon Company International is leading Victini’s victory lap this holiday, starting with the V for Victini Sweepstakes,…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2011 -
Uncategorized30 Seconds of Skyward Sword: A Clever Musical Trick
The music of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is delightful. The musical trick the game’s creators pull in the game’s main shopping area, the bazaar, is one of the first things I discovered in the game that made me smile. Lisen to the clip here to hear how the music changes as Link walks…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Settling Catan is Much More Impressive with 3D Pieces
I’ve seen plenty of 3D versions of the hit multiplayer board game The Settlers of Catan , but nothing quite as impressive as these 3D game pieces, ready to by 3D printed and shipped from Shapeways. When flat pentagonal pieces just don’t get the job done, smack one of these little bastards down on the…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedUbi Trying to Make Things Drawsome with new Wii Tablet Peripheral
Maybe no company’s speaking to as many different strata of gamers as Ubisoft right now. You want hardcore action games? They’ll serve up the Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six and/or Prince of Persia series. You want a goofy party game? Choose from the Just Dance, Michael Jackson and Black-Eyed Peas franchises. Think that your console should…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty: Black Ops Hours Played Nearing 3 Billion
The population of the planet just hit 7 billion people. The total number of hours played online in Call of Duty: Black Ops, released one year ago, just exceeded 2.8 billion, according to Activison.
By Brian Crecente Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
XCOM Delayed past March 2012
The first-person shooter reinvention of PC classic X-COM has been delayed past its March date to some time in publisher Take Two’s 2013 Fiscal Year. It will be out between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013, on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
By Stephen Totilo Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Yes, We’re Getting Another Call of Duty Next Year
It’s sort of a no-brainer, what with the rocketing success of the Call of Duty franchise. But Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick confirmed today that not only will 2012 see the release of Diablo III, but also a new Call of Duty game. Is it the game Sledgehammer was said to be working on before…
By Brian Crecente Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Gamer Thwarts Teen Gunman’s Attempt to Steal His Copy of Call of Duty
A 27-year-old man fought off an armed teenager in a dark parking lot when the would-be robber demanded his copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 at gunpoint, Kansas City police say. The 18-year-old was arrested earlier today after following a customer from a GameStop. When confronted by the teen, the 27-year-old fought for…
By Brian Crecente Published November 8, 2011 - Reviews
Sonic Generations: The Kotaku Review
Even after 20 years, it’s amazing how quickly muscle memory returns. And not just in the hands or the arms; I’m talking in the extraocular muscles—the ones that move your eyeballs. Blasting through that first, long runway that opens good old Green Hill Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog plowed headfirst into a garden-variety badnik. On restart,…
By Owen Good Published November 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedGet Close to Your Enemies in the Dark Souls Class trailer
Choices mean the difference between life and death in most video games. And, in the case of Dark Souls, who you choose and how you play them means the difference between a little death and a lot of death. Nevertheless, this class trailer shows off the various weapons and spells warrior/wizard hybrid in Namco Bandai’s…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis is the World You’ll Be Fighting to Save in Skyrim
There’s so much I want to show you folks in The Elder Scrolls V, but I can’t; not yet, at least. In the meantime, here’s an official Bethesda look at the people and places of Skyrim I also wish I was curled up on the couch playing the game right now instead of typing about…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 3 Rises to the Challenge of the Game Reviewers
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 wants you. It wants your friends. It wants to chew you and spit you out a walking, talking, stalking killing machine, but to get to you it’s gotta go through the game reviewers first. In case you didn’t know what Modern Warfare 3 is, it’s the latest game in…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2011