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Great Game Posters Keep it Simple
Kronus, also going by iwilding, is just starting out on a career in graphic design. He may be onto something. Sharpening up his skills, Kronus has put together these minimalist posters for classic video games. I know, the whole minimalist poster thing is old hat by now, but I dig these, so up they go.…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Did this Beautiful Drawing Foretell the Wii U?
A Square Enix Final Fantasy music website went live this past January to promote the More SQ album, remixes and reworkings of iconic Final Fantasy themes. But what’s got Japanese netizens talking is the website’s splash art. Drawn by Akihiko Yoshida, Square Enix artist and character designer, the image features what looks to be the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2011 -
UncategorizedOh God This Game Is Making Me Sick
Proun, a super-fast and stylish racer (?) Kotaku first showed you last year is now out on PC. It’s available as a free download or, if you feel like supporting the developer, Joost van Dongen, you can pick up a “pay what you want” copy that includes a bonus track. I’ve been playing it all…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Bomb Threat Sent from a PlayStation 3
On July 22nd, at around 3am in the morning, a mysterious message appeared on Japanese bulletin board 2channel. It read: “Tomorrow, I will blow up Hiroshima Station.” Japanese cyber police set to work, trying to stop the would-be bomber. Good thing he made their job easier—way easier. The police traced the message to the would-be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Shooter Was Lost, But Now Is Found
It’s a messy, sad tale, so we’ll give you the brief version: In 2001 there was an awesome game called Operation Flashpoint. After release, its developers and publisher split up, leaving the series in creative limbo. Codemasters, the company publishing the game, retained the rights to it, and has gone on to release several new…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
BioWare Sending Out Hack Emails (Maybe You Got One!)
Last week Kotaku reported that BioWare was hacked. The company has been active on company forums and is sending out emails today to BioWare account holders. More info here. [Thanks to all who sent this in!]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
8-bit Chiptune Cover Art Cost This Man $32,500
Chiptune connoisseur and tech guru Andy Baio released an album last year called Kind of Bloop, an 8-bit tribute to Miles Davis’ jazz masterpiece Kind of Blue. Yet despite receiving permission to cover the songs, Baio still found himself in court. What gives? While Baio got the blessing of Davis’ publisher to cover the songs,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Crytek Boss Says Crysis 2 “Backfired a Little Bit”
The first Crysis was tailored directly towards the glorious PC master race. So the fact the sequel pared back the hardware demands in favour of something that would run on a console did not go down well. The game’s reception reflects this, and has perhaps led to a reassessment of the decision, Crytek boss Cevat…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Horror of Nintendo’s White Knuckle Scorin
In 1991, before the company realised it was a good idea to pay closer attention to the shit it was licensing its name and characters for, Nintendo gave its blessing for the release of a CD called White Knuckle Scorin While the name and the cover art give faint hope that this might be a…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2011 - Uncategorized
Infamous 2 Waits a Whole Two Weeks Before Hitting PSN
Two weeks after its release, Infamous 2 is already available as a full download over PlayStation Network, in what seems like a big ol’ middle-fanger to retail. Seriously, a whole two weeks? That’s nice for impulse buyers, although, as a 15 GB download, I bet you could drive to the store, buy it, bring it…
By Owen Good Published June 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Annihilation Map Adds Five More Achievements to Black Ops
“Shangri-La” is the new zombies map in Call of Duty: Black Ops, and it is far from paradise, as that anthropomorphic s’more (above) will attest. Available in Annihilation, releasing next Tuesday for Xbox 360, it offers five more achievements worth a cool 150 Gamerscore. They are: • Time Travel Will Tell (75G)—In Shangri-La, acquire the…
By Owen Good Published June 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
World’s Most-Wanted Hacker Says He’s Never Felt Safer
He’s part of a group that claims to be behind the recent attacks on the CIA, U.S. Senate, Fox, and Sony. But when we chatted with a leader of Lulz Security, he said he’s not worried about a thing. [Gawker]
gawker Published June 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Lawsuit Says Sony Laid Off Security Workers Before PSN Cyberattack
A new lawsuit alleges that Sony fired workers in its network security operations two weeks before a cyberattack brought down the PlayStation Network. Additionally, the suit charges that Sony paid millions to secure sensitive information online—its own corporate secrets. Customer data didn’t receive the same level of treatment, says the suit, brought by PSN customers,…
By Owen Good Published June 23, 2011 -
UncategorizedTeam Fortress 2‘s ‘Meet The Medic’ Will See You Now
Ending a two year hiatus since the last Team Fortress 2 “Meet the Team” video, Valve unleashes “Meet the Medic,” an introduction to the man behind the Übercharge. It was worth the wait. There are sneak peeks at some of the new content promised in this week’s “Über Update” amidst this insane medical action drama,…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Team Fortress 2 Is Now Free. Free Forever.
If you’ve waited this long to finally play a game of Team Fortress 2, now may be the best time. Or at least the cheapest, as Valve is giving Team Fortress 2 away for free—forever—with the team-based first-person shooter now solely supported by microtransactions. Valve’s Robin Walker tells Develop that Team Fortress 2 won’t fund…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Please Stand By
It appears that video hosting service Viddler lost some data centers this evening just in time to knock our premiere of Retro Game Master offline. We’re standing by to see how quickly they can get the service back up an will return RGM to our front page as soon as the video goes live. Sorry…
By Brian Crecente Published June 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
YouTube Bans Indie Dev’s Trailer Account as “Scams, Spam and Commercially Deceptive”
Whomever at YouTube banned Crosse Studios’ account might want to reconsider that action. Inexplicably, the entire collection of trailers for the independent sports video game developer was taken out of commission yesterday, on the grounds that the videos violate YouTube’s policy against “scams, spam and commercially deceptive content.” Well, NLL 11 (above) is an actual…
By Owen Good Published June 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Xbox Live Chief: “We Don’t Want to Appear to Even be Looking to be Taking Advantage” of PSN Outage
In the throes of the 23-day PlayStation Network Outage, when people were vowing they’d sell their PS3s and go join Xbox Live, Microsoft’s most provocative comment was a low-key prediction that it would see more traffic on its service. Yesterday, though, Xbox’s senior executive finally said what’s bad for the goose is bad for the…
By Owen Good Published June 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Game Club Announcement: We’re meeting up on Kotaku at 4pm EST
Hey Game Club, so I almost forgot to mention when we we’re supposed to meet for our first discussion! Please come to the Game Club post at 4pm Eastern to discuss acts 1 & 2 of Shadows of the Damned
By Mike Epstein Published June 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Happy Birthday, Sonic, and Thanks for the Cupcakes!
FALLOUT NEW YORK | I was going to include a photo of the Sonic cupcakes someone left at the front door of Gawker’s NY offices. But I ate them before taking a picture, because I’m sort of like a dog when it comes to food. Sorry! (Photo by Jentern the Intern) Wuthering Heights, Other Classics…
By Brian Crecente Published June 23, 2011