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Hey — Why Aren’t There Any Ladders In Fallout?
Answer: “We’re game development pussies,” Bethesda’s Todd Howard said at a QuakeCon panel on Friday. No really, the engine in Fallout and Elder Scrolls runs into AI problems if ladders are introduced, and the developer just works around them. “One day, we tried to figure out why we wanted ladders so bad because we don’t…
By Owen Good Published August 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Week in Games: The Dog Days of August
Square Enix owns the week as Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days releases on Tuesday, with Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light coming to Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday. Sunday, Aug. 15 Battle vs. Chess (PC) House M.D. (Mac, PC) Tuesday, Aug. 17 Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days (PC, PS3, 360) – In…
By Owen Good Published August 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku’s Top Five List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •The 50 Greatest Video Game Race Tracks [Breakdown Cover] With 50 tracks and videos for all of them, they’ve really done their homework on this…
By Owen Good Published August 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Medal of Honor’s Singleplayer Will Present ‘Two Different Sides’
Perhaps I spoke too soon about Medal of Honor’s singleplayer. In this look at the campaign, executive producer Greg Goodrich says the story will be told “from two different sides.” This video shows two singleplayer missions, including one in which players head into town to gather intel on al Qaida. It seems unlikely the singleplayer…
By Owen Good Published August 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Inevitably, Someone’s Mad That You Can Be The Taliban In Medal of Honor
I must be inside the bubble, because the idea of playing as the Taliban in Medal of Honor multiplayer didn’t hit me as particularly controversial. Fox News noticed. Though it did treat the subject reasonably, the woman they interviewed doesn’t. This segment aired on Fox & Friends yesterday and, despite the network’s poor rep with…
By Owen Good Published August 15, 2010 -
UncategorizedThree Minutes of Zealotry in Halo: Reach
Three maps, not part of the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta, were recently confirmed. We saw Reflection on Friday. Here’s Zealot, which has low-gravity features that seem very useful for … jumping right into a melee to the face. There’s a gravity lift at the center of the map (should be a popular camping spot, hm?)…
By Owen Good Published August 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Bored to Death
This piece of original art, which appeared in Gizmodo this past week, is our exploitable inspiration for the latest Kotaku ‘Shop Contest. Big thanks to Sam Spratt for his permission for you to use this original drawing to make a witty, visual one-liner about … what? A boring game? Vaporware? Load times? Or maybe you…
By Owen Good Published August 15, 2010 - Culture
Sunday Comics
Penny Arcade published Aug. 11. PvPonline published Aug. 9. ActionTrip published Aug. 9. EXTRALIFE published Aug. 11. Ctrl+Alt+Del published Aug. 11. Dueling Analogs published Aug. 9. Nerf NOW published Aug. 10. Rooster Teeth published Aug. 10. Monday Night Crew published Aug. 9. Virtual Shackles published Aug. 11.
By Owen Good Published August 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
You know, that guy breaking the big news does look a little like McWhertor. Today’s winner in the #taypics derby is TERROR-HORROR. Enjoy, while you talk about video games! Submit your TAY pic to #TAYpics Want to know more about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ
By Owen Good Published August 15, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: The Munchies Winners
We were so Pringles with last week’s ‘Shop challenge – give the world a new game-themed snack food to rival the Madden-flavored Doritos. We have 20 winners in side – get them a curly mustache! Yep, the7k, drawing on a bit of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 lingo, did up some nice cans of “potato crisps”…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Is “Red Factions: Battlegrounds” The Series’ Arcade-Size Title?
THQ, publisher of the Red Faction series, recently registered a domain for Red Faction Battlegrounds. That, plus word the publisher is working on a Red Faction game for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, equals a rumor. The series’ next title, Red Faction: Armageddon, is due out next year, and reports have the publisher cranking…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2010 -
UncategorizedLiteral Lyrics For The Halo: Reach Trailer
This goof would seem to be played out by now, but Tobuscus is back at it again, singing it like he sees it in the Halo: Reach Trailer. Why wasn’t the gun already turned forward? Now you’re dead. Halo: Reach LITERAL Trailer [Thanks, Brent!]
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
H.A.W.X. 2 Gets a D.E.M.O. Next W.E.E.K.
Hey, if you like your warfighting served up with jetflying and jargonspeaking, Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 will drop a demo on Monday and Tuesday. Xbox 360 gets the demo on Aug. 16; PS3 gets it on Aug. 17. It’ll pack two singleplayer missions. Interception Course: Take to the air as a Russian pilot sent to…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2010 -
UncategorizedThis Is John Carmack’s Next Rocket
Doom co-creator John Carmack also helps create rockets. At QuakeCon 2010 in Dallas, Carmack was displaying his latest, which he hopes to launch this month. It’s designed to go up 100,000 feet and then come straight back down. Theoretically. During a Thursday night “rocket talk” at the con, Carmack talked about the history of his…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Go Back, Patch, And Do It Again
Patching and fixing games are not new concepts, nor are they exclusive to sports games. But sports gamers are increasingly calling for a do-over, and studios are responding. Three huge developments over the past two weeks, all coming in football titles, show that sports communities have pull far beyond suggesting some player’s ratings get a…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Old Pouring-Liquid-Nitrogen-Into-The-Computer Thing
Here at PC-centric QuakeCon 2010 in Dallas you don’t just see peculiar computers, you see people at the ASUS Republic of Gamers booth over-clocking their computers, making them run faster than intended, while super-cooling them with… liquid nitrogen, of course.
By Stephen Totilo Published August 14, 2010 - Uncategorized
Advanced Jedi Will Roam The Old Republic
BioWare’s latest info update for The Old Republic reveals two “advanced Jedi” classes will be playable, the Guardian and the Sentinel. Guardians are more defense- and leadership-based. Sentinels bring two lightsabers and a whirlwind of damage. The official blurbs on both classes: Guardian A wall between the good people of the Republic and their enemies,…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2010 -
UncategorizedTeam Fortress 2 Video: Meet The F-Bomber [Update]
You thought Xbox Live was bad? “ChoZo” would like an F-word with you. Here’s 10 minutes of hilarious rage that makes the Mel Gibson phone calls sound like Bob Ross on The Joy of Painting. Warning: Very strong, loud language. The video, spied by eagle-eyed (and iron-eared) Kotaku reader Zaglis, helpfully features an F-word count…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2010