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  OC ReMix’s Latest Free Album Explores the Evil Themes of 18 BadAss Video Game Bosses

  What happens when 20 top video game music remixers take on 18 of the biggest, baddest bosses ever committed to CD or cartridge? That would be OC Remix’s 30th free album, BadAss: Boss Themes Only the amazing artists of the OC Remix community could collectively take on the likes of Sephiroth, Donkey Kong, Astaroth, Shredder,…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2011
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  The King of Chinatown Documentary Focuses on Competitive Gaming at New York’s Shuttered Arcade Mecca

  For years, fighting game fans in the New York City area gathered at Chinatown Fair, to hone their skills at the location’s stand-up machines. That all ended earlier this year to the dismay of many. Chinatown Fair’s legacy lives on across the river in Brooklyn’s Next Level but you can relive the glory of days…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 9, 2011
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  2011 Gamers Played Modern Warfare 3 the Most, Skyrim the Longest

  Video game social network and stat tracking service Raptr has announced the winners of its 2011 Most Played Games awards, and while overall gamers spent more time playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 than any other 2011 title, it’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that walked home with the Most Played Game of 2011…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2011
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  Metro 2033, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Fallout Helped An Artist Dismantle Manchester

  James Chadderton’s take on Manchester in ruins hints at the apocalypse without bothering to identify its nature. His artwork, amalgams of computer graphics, painting and photo, show the effect, but not the cause. It’s a deliberate ploy to pull viewers into the scenes of devastation and then allow their imaginations to fill in the back-story.…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 9, 2011
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  Fund StarDrive, For Fans Of Colonizing Space

  StarDrive is an action-strategy game where you get to build your very own space empire. The corner stone of the game is the ship building and combat engine. Ships can be built almost like Legos, then you can use them to fight in real time space battles. Between building colonies or custom space ships, StarDrive…

  By Chris Carolan Published December 9, 2011
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  Record of Agarest War 2 Bringing PlayStation Move Bathing Mini-Games to North America

  Last year Aksys Games gave many Western gamers their first encounter with character pillow covers and breast mouse pads with Record of Agarest War. Unfortunately the game packed with these goodies wasn’t particularly good. Second time’s the charm, right? Aksys is gearing up to bring Idea Factory, Compile Heart and RED Entertainment’s Record of Agarest…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2011
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  How To Block Xbox 360’s Newest Feature: Dashboard Ads

  Among the many tweaks and upgrades (and one downgrade) packed into the Xbox 360 dashboard update was one feature people aren’t very happy about: Interactive TV ads. Fortunately the clever gamers over on Reddit have come up with a solution for removing them. Redditer absurdlyobfuscated says there are many ways to do this, but he…

  By Brian Crecente Published December 9, 2011
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  Fund Vector Tanks 3!, For People Who Like Lasers and Explosions

  Vector Tanks 3! is a tank combat simulator with a great visual style. This time around the game will let you LAN with iPhones, iPads and even regular computers. The ability to play a multiplayer battle across so many platforms is the key feature that made this Kickstarter stand out to me. Goal: $20,000 Notable…

  By Chris Carolan Published December 9, 2011
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  Postal III Will Be Homicidal for Christmas

  Do not fret, Postal guy fan! The third entry in the PC game series so over-the-top offensive that everyone pretty much forgot about will be ready in time for wrapping paper. Who’s excited? Show of hands! Okay, anyone not directly involved with developer Running With Scissors put your hands down. Oh. Well you’d better make…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2011
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  I’m on Board. The PlayStation Vita is Going to Launch with a Bang.

  The PlayStation Vita is a contender. I know a lot of people aren’t taking it seriously, because there are so many reasons not to. (See: Apple, 3DS, PSP “failures” and more.) But they should. You should, too. Two days ago, at a Sony showcase last week, I played four PlayStation Vita games and watched a…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 9, 2011
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  Miyamoto’s Cell Phone Might Look Like This

  Time was, there was a rumor that Shigeru Miyamoto didn’t even own a cell phone. That may’ve been true once but the creator of Mario does carry one now. Based on the description in the Wall Street Journal article mentioned earlier today, it could look very much like the one pictured above. Miyamoto talked about…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 9, 2011
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  Sometimes You’ve Got To Make Up Your Own Rules

  Video game developers take great care in creating rules and restrictions that define the gameplay of their virtual worlds, but sometimes those rules aren’t good enough. In today’s rule-breaking edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Pibbles explores the joy of playing under your own self-imposed strictures. You know how sometimes playing games properly just…

  By Mike Fahey Published December 9, 2011
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  Super Stardust Delta is the Kind of Download-Only Game You’ll Get on the Vita

  Every PlayStation Vita game will be downloadable, but some, like Super Stardust Delta will be download only. This one will be out for the machine’s mid-February North American launch. For someone like me who played the PlayStation 3’s Super Stardust HD obsessively, Delta looks quite right to me. I do apologize for the glare in…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 9, 2011
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  I’ve Played Bastion in Google’s Chrome Web Browser and It’s Amazing

  First, Supergiant Games’ acclaimed action RPG came out for the Xbox 360 as one of the games in Microsoft’s annual Summer of Arcade promotion. Then, shortly after that, the narrator-centric release landed on Steam, which let PC owners tour the game’s shattered world of Caelondia. Now the hit indie’s been made to play in Google’s…

  By Evan Narcisse Published December 9, 2011
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Good Friday to you, Kotaku readers! Another weekend is dead ahead, with the holidays inching ever closer. Are you excited? Have big plans? Most importantly, what games will you be playing, giving, and receiving during the holidays? Let us know below, please talk amongst yourselves! Many thanks to Pan1da7 for today’s TAYpic! We could use…

  By Matthew Buzzi Published December 9, 2011
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  This is the PS Vita Game I Want Most

  Sorry, Uncharted: Golden Abyss and WipEout 2048 and all the rest of you PlayStation Vita launch games. You’re not my favorite. You’re not the game I most want a PS Vita for. This game is. It’s Escape Plan, a black and white touch-controlled side-scroller about which other people at Kotaku have already been buzzing. I…

  By Stephen Totilo Published December 9, 2011
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  Catball Coughs Up a Coffee-Table Physics Puzzle

  It’s not often I get handed a video game and feel like I’m fumbling around with one of those frustrating ball-bearing balance puzzles that laid on the coffee table in the river room of my grandparents’ home when I was a kid. After 20 minutes of trying, my brother, cousins and I could usually settle…

  By Owen Good Published December 9, 2011
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  Does the Dragon Age Anime Please You?

  Role-playing game Dragon Age is getting an anime. The flick will roar into Japanese theaters across the country. Wait, why is there a Dragon Age anime? It’s not a Japanese game, and while the title has a huge following in the West, it doesn’t have the name recognition that home-grown role-playing games do in Japan.…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2011
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  Again, Bad Short People Picture Planning

  Hrm | CHIBA, JAPAN: Once again, former idol Mari Yaguchi’s stature makes for an uneven photo. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) How To Play Wii Games In High Definition, On Your PC Even when it was released in 2006, Nintendo’s Wii games were already looking a little past it, stuck as they were in the muddy…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2011
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  What Do You Think of Ninja Gaiden III Multiplayer? Like or Hate it?

  When you think of action game Ninja Gaiden, the word “multiplayer” doesn’t exactly leap to mind. Yet, here we are, a Ninja Gaiden—Ninja Gaiden III—with multiplayer. Well… Whaddaya think? Ninja Gaiden III will be out next year. And yes, it will have multiplayer.

  By Brian Ashcraft Published December 9, 2011