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  Don’t Worry About The Witness

  Some gamers who loved Jonathan Blow’s Braid were perplexed when early footage of his team’s next game, The Witness, debuted on Kotaku last month. To those alarmed or confused, Blow offers some encouraging words. “The only two guys who have played The Witness to completion have said it will be better than Braid when it…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 21, 2010
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  Reaper Heading For PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, PSN and PSP

  Luc Bernard’s Reaper was going to be an episodic downloadable PSP title. Now it’s a full downloadable title coming to the PSP, PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and possibly even the PlayStation Network. Let’s celebrate with three new exclusive screens! Reaper is a rather fetching little 2D action-adventure title starring one of Death’s little helpers gone…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 21, 2010
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  Sony: We’ve Moved More Than A Million PlayStation Moves

  Sony’s motion controller add-on for the PlayStation 3 has been out for a little more than a month in North America. How’s the PlayStation Move doing, according to Sony? Oh, spectacularly, of course! Sony Computer Entertainment America says it has shipped—meaning sold to retailers, not necessarily to consumers—”over one million units” of the Move in…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 21, 2010
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  How Many Of These NES Games Can You Name?

  In this video, you can see more than 700 Nintendo Entertainment System games, supposedly every unique North American NES game ever released, 1.1 seconds allotted to each. How many can you name? They’re in alphabetical order, if that helps. This is an impressive compilation by the folks at NES Guide. It celebrates the silver anniversary…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 21, 2010
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  Fallout: New Vegas Updated, PC Bugs Squashed?

  As promised, Fallout New Vegas publisher Bethesda says they’ve patched the PC version of the new role-playing game and are working on updates for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions soon. “We have just released an automatic update for the PC version of Fallout: New Vegas that resolves quest and scripting issues,” Kotaku was…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 21, 2010
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  LEGO: Knights Of The Old Republic Is Such A Tease

  I mean, there’s already LEGO Star Wars. There’s even LEGO Star Wars based on a video game. Why not go one better and make some LEGO: Knights of the Old Republic? I don’t mean a game. Just the LEGO. Stephan de Prouw made both of these, the big one being a Hammerhead-class cruiser, the small…

  By Luke Plunkett Published October 21, 2010
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  Man Sets Fire To GameStop, In Stand-off With Police [Update]

  A man has reportedly set fire to and barricaded himself within a Roseville, California GameStop location, claiming to have possession of a gun in a stand-off with local police. The Westfield Galleria at Roseville has been evacuated. According to reports from the scene, the fire set by the man has been extinguished by sprinklers and…

  By Michael McWhertor Published October 21, 2010
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  Kotaku Goes To BlizzCon 2010

  It’s time for BlizzCon 2010, Blizzard’s annual fan gathering and celebration of all things Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft. What does Blizzard have in store for fans this year? The show kicks off tomorrow with our live blog of the opening ceremonies at noon Pacific. From there we’ll take you on a Blizzard-soaked trip all weekend…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 21, 2010
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  New XPS Laptops From Dell Have Core i5 Processors, HD Webcams and JBL Speakers

  They may look extra-unwieldy next to yesterday’s Airs, but the XPS line has returned—much to its fans’ delight, I’m sure. There are 14, 15 and 17-inch options available, each with backlit keyboards and brushed aluminum outers. Inside though, there are some decent specs (particularly when you consider they start at $899. Intel Core i5 460M…

  By Kat Hannaford Published October 21, 2010
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  For The First Time, Rockstar Games Previews A Game With A Rhyme

  We knew Rockstar Games was going to include a cooperative multiplayer gamers vs. zombies horde mode in the October 26 Red Dead Redemption expansion Undead Nightmare. Who knew they were going to make a poem about it? See/hear it here.

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 21, 2010
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  Frankenreview: Vanquish

  Strap on your power armor, light up a cigarette, and join Sam Gideon as he attempts to kick the assembled video game critics in the face in the Vanquish Frankenreview. Can Sam Gideon keep a despicable Russian military leader from turning New York into the next San Francisco? That’s just silly. New York will never…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 21, 2010
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  Microsoft Japan Looks to Schoolgirl Cachet to Sell Kinect

  Two girls from SKE48, a spin-off act of Japan’s most popular female group, are appearing in Kinect television spots. The U.S. might be just now getting what’s apparently a Kinect ad, but Japan is already on its second! Both “Future Report” ads look like late 70s – early 80s science programs and differ significantly from…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published October 21, 2010
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  The Battle Of The Spartan DJs

  The day after I posted a clip of my Halo: Reach helmeted Xbox 360 avatar playing DJ Hero I went online to do battle, and found a truly worthy adversary. It was 2AM on Wednesday morning when this little guy popped up as a challenger in a random online DJ Hero battle, and I immediately…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 21, 2010
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  Forsaken World Is Not Your Average Asian MMO

  Most North American players of massively multiplayer online games see an Asian-developed free-to-play MMO and automatically assume it’s just another pretty grind-fest. Perfect World Entertainment’s director of marketing Jon Belliss says those assumptions are mostly correct. “90% of the time they are absolutely right,” says Belliss, speaking to me along with Perfect World’s director of…

  By Mike Fahey Published October 21, 2010
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  Scribblenaut Devs Working on Xbox Live Arcade Game

  5th Cell, the team behind Scribblenauts, plan to unveil their next game a week from today on Spike TV at 1 a.m. PDT. The team says that the new title is going to be “a completely new experience for Xbox Live Arcade players.”

  By Brian Crecente Published October 21, 2010
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  Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam Is $15

  In its continued attempt to get you to play military shooters that aren’t Call of Duty, publisher EA is building the hype for this winter’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam expansion. It costs $15. It has four multiplayer maps. And? And it has “true war dialogue”, according to a press release issued today. That would…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 21, 2010
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  Minecraft Apparently Under Siege By Angry Addicts Demanding More Updates

  Addictive indie computer game Minecraft was knocked off it’s little block wheels yesterday apparently by a group of self-identifying disenfranchised Minecraft players demanding more updates from the game’s creator. Developer Notch writes that the game’s servers are getting hammered by a distributed denial of service, or DDOS, attack. “A real world example would be running…

  By Brian Crecente Published October 21, 2010
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  The Triumphs And Possible Mistakes In An Early Nintendo 3DS Game

  I recently played a new game on the Nintendo 3DS and I’ve now got visions of the Nintendo DS’ shaky launch line-up. Allow me to share some thoughts about what is working, and what isn’t. The 3D in the Nintendo 3DS remains impressive, but there are some obvious problems with how it will function, problems…

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 21, 2010
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  The Making of a Video Game… Disc

  We’re always talking about how video games are made, but what about the game discs? In this video we get a look at the creation of the LEGO Universe DVD at Exile Productions. It’s kind of mesmerizing.

  By Brian Crecente Published October 21, 2010
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Talk Amongst Yourselves is a mere hidden-picture game today, thanks to reader Luftwaffles. Find the hidden stuff and then chat here about video games. While you’re at it, submit your best TAY image to #TAYpics

  By Stephen Totilo Published October 21, 2010