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UncategorizedStephen Colbert Tells a Bedtime Story Worthy of Skyrim
Last night on The Report, Stephen Colbert ran his usual gamut of topical issues, from Ron Paul to movie torture to Occupy Wall Street pepper sprayings. But just before he signed off at the end of the show, he told a little bedtime story that Skyrim would surely appreciate. The story stars a prince named…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedWatch One of Saints Row: The Third‘s Most Out-There Gags
This week, I’ve been sharing a few short videos to give a sense of what Saints Row: The Third is all about. We’ve seen a chaotic way to start your day, how to customize your radio stations, and how fun the character creator is, especially with The Zombie Option. For the last video of the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Torchlight II Asks, Don’t You Have Enough Games to Play This Year?
Give it up for Runic Games. Asked to account for why its repeatedly delayed Torchlight II isn’t going to release this year, the studio’s president just pointed at the other entrees on the holiday gaming buffet and said, hey, with all this great stuff here, you can wait, right? “You’re all playing Skyrim right now…
By Owen Good Published November 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 3 Developer Pleads for Better Metascores, Discovers That’s a Stupid Idea
Why someone from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 developer Sledgehammer would consider its fan-voted Metacritic score worth a get-out-the-vote tweet is utterly beyond me. It is by far the most polarizing title among gaming’s annual releases, so a user score of 1.7 is probably to be expected, given how much gaming’s snobs cognoscenti despise…
By Owen Good Published November 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedHow to Activate Big-Head Mode in Batman: Arkham City
In case you wanted a reason to go goof off in Arkham City again, the folks at Rooster Teeth have taken the time to show us how to activate Big-Head mode in Rocksteady’s gritty comic book adventure. It’s very easy to do. You have to be playing on normal or hard, or on New Game+…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
What did the Skyrim Gamer Say to the Skyward Sword Gamer?
Michael Fahey has now played Skyrim for more than 60 hours. Stephen Totilo has now played The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for more than 40. Surely, these two have something to say about how these two games compare. They do. They have discussed these two titanic games, tried to find common ground, took unwarranted…
Michael Fahey and Stephen Totilo Published November 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
See Barry Allen Become The Flash in DC Universe Online‘s Next Extension
Tour Central City, the home turf of The Flash, and go back in time to the moment Barry Allen became the Scarlet Speedster with “Lightning Strikes,” the second downloadable content extension for DC Universe Online. The package also delivers new Electricity Powers, the game’s eighth power set, for your character creation/re-spec. “Lightning Strikes” does not…
By Owen Good Published November 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
A New Kurtz For a New Sort of Darkness
Spec Ops: The Line | I played a couple hours of 2K Game’s Heart of Darkness-inspired shooter Spec Ops: The Line today. This image, showing lead Captain Walker in Dubai, was released to herald the coming of a new trailer next week. Our write up will be coming then too. Call of Duty Pulls In…
By Brian Crecente Published November 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedSkyrim‘s Easiest Leveling Exploit Involves Brutalizing the First Character You Meet
The thing I always liked about the Morrowind games was trying to figure out ways to “break the game”, and while you no longer can jump over and over again to level your character, I did find a funny exploit. You can level up your character (not to mention your one-handed attack) the moment you…
By Chris Carolan Published November 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Zombie Mining, Space Dogfights, DLC Parody and More of Our Latest Xbox Live Indie Favorites
Every few weeks we here at Kotaku make a selection of some of the best Indie games that Xbox Live has to offer. These are our latest favorites. You’ll be able to find the list here for reference, or in the “Kotaku‘s favorites” channel in the Indie Game section of Xbox Live’s Games Marketplace. DLC…
By Matthew Buzzi Published November 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedLook It’s Minecraft Playing on an iPhone… Sorta
Minecraft – Pocket Edition, released for Android back in August, has finally made its way to the iPhone today. Keeping with the company’s long history of never actually finishing the popular mining game, the iPhone version is listed as alpha build 0.1.2. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth getting, just that it’s a work in…
By Brian Crecente Published November 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Voice Commands of Halo: Anniversary Fail at the Wrong Times
“I’m sorry Chris, I’m afraid I can’t let you do that” Until I hear those words coming out of my Xbox, (preferably right before it tries to kill me or something) I’ll be resistant to believing claims of voice functionality working with games. Halo:Anniversary tries it’s damnedest to make voice commands work. It’s not a…
By Chris Carolan Published November 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
True Tales of Skyrim Adventure: The Khajiit’s Meow
It’s the next -to-last day of our week-long celebration of the stories cultivated in the hearts and minds of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim players! Today’s Khajiit tale and tail is brought you you by a reader named Jud Logan was something of a wizened Khajiit. Dark-furred, his pale blue eyes looked out from behind…
By Mike Fahey Published November 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Which Class Should I Play in the Star Wars: The Old Republic Beta?
That’s right; less than a month before the start of early access and I’ve finally made it into the beta test for Star Wars: The Old Republic. That leave me a weekend to learn all I can about one character class. The question is, which one? I’m pretty sure which class I’m going to focus…
By Mike Fahey Published November 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Snake? Snaaaake?!: Is Hideo Kojima Helming Metal Gear Solid 5?
Hideo Kojima said that he might want to do something other than Metal Gear. He even enlisted the help of Kotaku readers to get him out of Solid Snake’s shadow. But, instead, he’s doing more talking about Tactical Espionage Action. The famed Japanese developer is on the cover of Official PlayStation Magazine UK, and the…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hey, Kotaku Game Club Let’s Discuss the End of of Uncharted 3. Now.
This is it, folks! Here at Kotaku Game Club, we’re talking about the final chapters of Uncharted 3. Right now, in the comments section below. If you’re a newcomer to Game Club, all you need to know is that our group meets on a weekly basis to analyze and discuss games piece by piece, as…
By Mike Epstein Published November 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedIf Skyrim and The Sims Had a Dovahkiin Baby, It Might Look Like This
You play through Skyrim as a mere mortal. Sure, you get to be really powerful but you’re still bound by gravity for the most of the experience. The deity’s-eye-view in this tilt-shift video—from YouTuber ElrosTt, the same guy who made yesterday’s gorgeous reel—makes the world of Tamriel seem less dangerous and more quaint. The clip…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
You Know Cervantes, Yoshimitsu, and Aeon; Who is Soulcalibur V‘s Xiba?
Kilik fans rejoice! While there’s still no word whether or not the big K will be back for round five, new character Xiba sounds suspiciously like the early concept art for the famed staff wielder. See how monkeyboy handles his rod in this latest batch of Soulcalibur V screenshots, along with a few more familiar…
By Mike Fahey Published November 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Skyward Sword Running On PC Looks Gorgeous
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is beautiful on the Wii, but more because of the game’s art direction than the console’s technical horsepower. Enter the PC emulating community, who now bring us the game running on the “Dolphin” emulator to show what it can really do. The screenshots below compare the Wii version of…
By Matthew Buzzi Published November 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Alternate Costumes Start Rolling Out Next Week for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Fine, so you feel nickel-and dimed by being “forced” to buy Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. You probably want to plan out your fighting game budget carefully from here on out. Maybe Capcom, for once, realizes this. That’s the best possible explanation as to why they’ve unveiled the entire DLC roster for Ultimate Marvel vs.…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 17, 2011