Coming February It’s … Rémi Kart 2!

Not a game, but it is a sequel to “Rémi Kart,” the hilarious viral vid by Rémi Gaillaird, the famous French prankster who also trashed a supermarket in a Pac-Man video. Rémi Kart 2 is due in February. What would a Rémi video be without him getting chased by the cops?

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Evony, In Perfect Harmony

The inspiration for this week’s ‘Shop Contest challenge comes from Manly McBeeferton, who out of nowhere dropped a Minecraft/Evony mashup into our #minecraft tag. I figure there are many more games that could use the treatment. Come ‘Shop, My Lord! No source images per se, but you’ve got a few exploitable angles here. 1) The…

Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves

We know you can’t wait to get both your thumbs on the NGP; for now, you’ll just have to talk about it, and other video games, in Kotaku’s official forum. Ursus-Veritas is the weekend winner of the #taypics derby. There are six chances each week to get your handiwork featured. Just shop up this image…

Sunday Comics

Sunday Comics, Jan. 30 2011

Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. (published Jan. 24 – Read more of Awkward Zombie) Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira. (published Jan. 25 – Read more of Nerf NOW!!) Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. (published Jan. 26 – Read more of Penny Arcade) Manly Guys Doing Manly Things by Kelly Turnbull. (published Jan.…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest Winners

Action Fitz ARYXANDRE Bouzi clumsyninja Cyanid.Pontifex Damian Jose Hernandez duck45 fps.cliff Hayabusa_San ilikejelly jungletoad packetloss PajamaSam plasticslug resvrgam Shredator sktwentysix skyler88 thekingkoopa Viper

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Your Mom Hates ‘Shops Winners

A maternal reproach of Dead Space 2 served as the inspiration for last week’s ‘Shop Contest challenge. We received more than 800 submissions, so, inevitably, someone’s getting left out of this roundup. Multi-panel entries were by far the most common; Bouzi (3) Damian Jose Hernandez (6) and ilikejelly (10) supplied the best. Obligatory themes included…

Fight Night Barely Breaks A Sweat In Multiplayer Demo

Fight Night: Champion’s demo arrives Tuesday, but apparently some in the UK have gotten their hands on it. Notably, the demo will include online multiplayer. This series of four videos gives you a look at what to expect from it. My early impressions are that the graphics are strong and the punches come in quicker,…

An FPS-Style Ammo Counter, In Real Life

Playing shooters, I’ve often wondered if the persistent knowledge of exactly how many rounds you have left delivers a tactical advantage you can’t have in real life. This invention delivers a video-game advantage to the battlefield. This device – fixed to an automatic weapon, no less – counts the rounds remaining in the magazine. It’s…

How A Video Game Made Him Into A Major Leaguer

He’d given up six runs in three innings of work when MLB 10 The Show sent the manager out to remove him from the game. Even in a video game, the bad losses stick with you. They stick with Hans Smith a little more. Smith, 25, bitterly watched the remainder of the game, every play…

You’re Getting 45 More Angry Birds Levels Come March

Angry Birds Rio isn’t the movie we’d been hearing about – it’s a crossover with a movie, delivering another 45 levels to Angry Birders in two months, says the game’s maker. The pigs don’t figure to appear. The premise of Rio, as nearly every animated feature’s premise goes these days, is a stranger-in-a-strange-land tale involving…

The Inner Workings of the Mega Buster

Artist Miles D of The Daily Robot gives this schematic interpretation of Mega Man’s signature weapon, the Mega Buster. Prints of it and a Proto Buster schematic are available for sale. See the link for details. [Thanks Sim G.]

Box Scores: Your Chance to be a Star

We came up dry in our quest for a game of the week, so let me just remind you folks: Submissions, not just winners, of the epic contests you’ve played in sports games, get your comment handle starred. Details inside. It’s really simple: In our official sports open thread on the weekend, we want to…

Classic PC Games Site Will Return — With Activision’s Authorization

Though the front of Sarien.net still says the site hosting classic Sierra PC games has gone dark, its owner, Martin Kool, says that it’s secured permission from Activision and will “become an authorized game portal with a bright future.” Sarien.net had operated without attracting attention since 2009, hosting Space Quest, Police Quest, King’s Quest and…

The Moneysaver: The Day After Friday

I grab a deal. I choke him and I kick the shit out of him. All day long got my foot up a deal’s ass. Just bang, bang, bang up his ass. That’s my pleasure. I love good story-of-a-day movies. Fifteen years ago this month I was fired from my job, like Craig Jones/Ice Cube.…

This Zelda Box Set Isn’t Real, But It Damn Well Should Be

In the real world, there is no such thing as a special Zelda edition of the Nintendo 3DS. Not yet, anyway. That hasn’t stopped artist wasa-bi-redux from dreaming of his own, though, and those dreams are, well. Dreamy. The deviantArt user, who specialises in designing box art for games and other packages that don’t actually…

Beat Dead Space 2 And It Will Give You The Finger

Like most games, you get some cool stuff for completing Dead Space 2. Complete the game on its “hardcore” difficulty, though, and you’ll get something better than cool. You’ll get a foam finger. You know, like the “#1” things you get at sports games. Only this one kills bad guys, and goes “pew pew pew”…

Talk Amongst Yourselves, Dammit!

Don’t be confused! This is tonight’s open thread! If you want to chit-chat about video games and beyond, do so. If you seek advice, opinion or just good conversation from your fellow Kotaku readers, this is the place to be. There’s some Thai food that needs pickin’ up, so this Reviews Editor is off to…

Old Sierra Games Host Gets C&D From Activision

Sarien.net is formerly the site where you could play, for free, classic Sierra games, such as Police Quest, in your browser. We say “formerly” because Activision owns that stuff now, and its lawyer-mans sent them a letter. “Well folks, that’s that. It was a blast,” reads the site’s front page. “So long and thanks for…

Drunkémon — Gotta Regret ‘Em All

Apparently in the throes of a bad breakup, one artist did what we all do in times of disappointment and distress: Seek medication in the form of that good, good likker. Then he made up some Pokémons. Kevin Nguyen, an editor of The Bygone Bureau, drew this, saying it was inspired by a breakup. We’re…