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It’s OK Buddy, There’s Always Next Year
Iron Men – San Diego Comic-Con is next week. But my desktop toys won’t be going. Nor will I. (Photo by Brian Crecente) Season Four of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Begins Online in Clone Wars Adventures While season four of the popular Cartoon Network series Star Wars: The Clone Wars officially kicks off this…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Facebook Games More Likely to Please a Woman than Sex
Hold your manhoods cheap, guys. Doritos, of all fuckin’ things, surveyed girl gamers and found that they’re more likely to get off on video games—worse yet, Facebook video games—than doing it with you. A survey of 2,052 lady gamers, commissioned to promote something called (adjusts glasses) “the Doritos Dip Desperado Facebook game,” found that women…
By Owen Good Published July 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Why Sony and Microsoft Teaming Up on Their Next Console Makes a Lot of Sense
Microsoft has trouble making hardware. Sony has trouble running online services. What if the next Xbox and the next PlayStation are one and the same? A few months ago, while reporting about the then unannounced Wii U console for Nintendo, we stumbled on an interesting ancillary rumor: Microsoft and Sony were in active discussions regarding…
By Joel Johnson Published July 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Week in the Business
What’s happened in the business of video games this past week… QUOTE | “Playing a much bigger game.” – EA, fresh off its massive PopCap acquisition, is setting its sights higher than Zynga, noting that Facebook is “just one segment” to leverage. QUOTE | A new study commissioned by Doritos found that girls who enjoy…
By Joel Johnson Published July 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedLana Del Rey Sings a Lonely Song Called “Video Games”
25-year-old Lana Del Rey certainly has a lot to be sad about: she’s gorgeous, talented, and has excellent taste in old Hollywood indulgence. But as a bald traffic cop once wandered by my car and told me, everybody hurts sometimes. And there’s something genuinely affecting in the picture she paints of a relationship that hits…
By Joel Johnson Published July 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Now Make a Castlevania That Copies BloodRayne
Now that I’ve gotten past the shock of the initial reveal and the awe of the first trailer, I’m done referring to BloodRayne: Betrayal as a game that’s trying to be Castlevania. With each new screenshot I find myself wishing there was a Castlevania that looked this good. The screens don’t do the game justice,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Rating for Aliens: Infestation Shows It’s Not Game Over for Aliens on DS
The Nintendo DS game based on the Aliens franchise that leaked more than two years ago looks like its finally going to happen. Proof? Aliens: Infestation for the DS, a side-scrolling, alien-shooting platformer, was just rated by the ESRB. The Entertainment Software Ratings Board’s description of the game sure sounds a lot like the one…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
I’ll catch up with the Kotaku Game Club this weekend by putting an end to Shadows of the Damned, the Suda51 joint that reportedly didn’t sell very well last month. Shame about that. But I’ll give it its due! The other game still on my list to finish is Half Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Fake British Game Designer Is the Funniest Twitter You’re Not Reading
Peter Molyneux is a famed English game designer, member of the Order of the British Empire and a wonderful interview. His games (Black & White, Fable, Magic Carpet, Syndicate, The Movies to name a few) helped shape and continue to influence many facets of the blossoming video game industry. He’s also an iconic game designer…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Faces Behind Gaming’s Blockbuster Voices
Today is unofficial voice-acting day here at Kotaku. We’ve considered how important voice actors are to video games. We’ll be listening to how their work would have impacted the classics. But right now: here’s a quick look and listen at some of the faces behind some of the biggest games of the current era. So,…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Reich Camps of Metro Last Light’s Underground Warzones
Next year’s Metro Last Light will drop you back into the underground post-apocalyptic tunnels of Russia’s metro system. The developers say they want to take last year’s flawed masterpiece, Metro 2033, and make next year’s title simply a masterpiece. This video walks you through some of what I wrote about while checking out the game…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Captain America Does His Best Mirror’s Edge Impression on the iPhone
He’s not nearly as attractive as Mirror’s Edge heroine Faith, but Captain America certainly has her moves in Sentinel of Liberty, now available for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Sentinel of Liberty grants Cap the same endless running, jumping, sliding, and swinging that made the iOS version of Mirror’s Edge such a treat, while…
By Mike Fahey Published July 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedYou’re Gonna Lose Yourself in Prototype 2‘s Tendril Dismemberment
Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted and tear it apart with your writhing tendrils, would you capture it, or just let it slip? Are you ready to drop tendril bombs in Prototype 2? By the time I’m done with Prototype 2 the city will look like…
By Mike Fahey Published July 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sony Reborn!
Sony S1 and S2 Android Tablets These tablets, codenamed S1 and the S2, are why we need Sony—the Sony we love—in a world where almost every gadget of consequence is effectively a blank slate for software. Sony Vaio Z The new Vaio Z certainly outguns pretty much any other ultraportable out there. The question becomes:…
By Brian Barrett Published July 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Arkham City‘s Two-Face Isn’t Half-Bad Once You Get to Know Him
Once upon a time district attorney Harvey Dent was an unwavering force of justice in Gotham City, but that’s nothing a face-full of acid couldn’t cure. Read all about Mr. Dent in his official bio from Batman: Arkham City Being a comic book and video game fan, I often take for granted the fact that…
By Mike Fahey Published July 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Used Copies of Some of Ubisoft’s Upcoming Games Will Require a $10 “Passport” To Play Online
Ubisoft today confirmed rumors that they will begin locking out free online multiplayer modes to anyone who buys some of their newer games used. The new Uplay Passport program will begin in the “coming months and will be included in many of Ubisoft’s popular core games,” according to today’s official release. This backs up rumors…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhy Excellent Video Game Voice Actors Can’t—or Shouldn’t—Be Stars
I recently asked writer Tom Bissell whether voice actors might ever become celebrities in the video game world. I wondered whether they would ever be featured as headliners who could single-handedly amplify sales and excite major curiosity. “Unless every game uses the immensely expensive and complicated processes Team Bondi and Rockstar Games employed in L.A.…
By Drew Cohen Published July 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Lonely Solo Player in the Age of the Multiplayer Gaming
With hundreds of thousands of players online at any given moment, how can a gamer ever feel truly alone? Commenter Salari tells us in today’s very special episode of Speak Up on Kotaku. Hello, my name’s Salari, and I am a lonely gamer. Now before I continue, just to clarify, this isn’t a cry for…
By Mike Fahey Published July 15, 2011
