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Long Gone
My first job out of college, I was fired. I used two words with my editor that proved career limiting. I have quit with no notice; I’ve given two weeks and had cake on my last day. I’ve signed paperwork at the long conference room table twice. And I’ve had a farewell so tearful I…
By Owen Good Published March 5, 2014 -
What We’ll Tell Our Kids About The Console Wars
Nobody walks around telling nostalgic tales about the console wars—and thank god for that, because most “war stories” about console wars would be awful. That’s exactly what makes this comic by Stephen Maurice Graham hilarious—if we took the console war seriously, then we’d all have dramatic anecdotes about horrible online interactions like this one: Heh.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 5, 2014 -
Sam & Max Is Video Games’ True Detective
You all about that hit show True Detective on HBO, right? They solve crimes. They talk all the time and get on each other’s nerves. They meet some weird folks. They’re a dog and a rabbitty thing. No, wait… Dorkly brings us a vision of the pulpy, philosophical drama that swaps Matthew McConaughey’s Rust Coehle…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 5, 2014 -
Child Of Light‘s Co-Op Channels The Spirit Of The Wii
While Ubisoft’s charming platform role-playing game Child of Light is skipping Nintendo’s last-gen console, the spirit of the Wii lives on inside it’s utterly charming co-op gameplay. The game’s circle of light co-op partner reminds me of so many Wii games — titles like Super Mario Galaxy, where player two could take up the Wii…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2014 -
Mini Metro Lets You Design Your Own Minimalist Subway System
Mini Metro is a simple game about trying to design an efficient train system in a rapidly evolving city. It’s represented by an basic subway map and you change routes just by dragging your mouse between stops. There’s a free alpha that you can play right now! On the game’s Greenlightpage, there are plenty of…
By Steve Marinconz Published March 5, 2014 -
PSN and LIVE Updates, PS4 and PS4 Camera In Stock, Smallville [Deals]
Smallville certainly has its ups and downs, landing on io9 lists for Best Cliffhangers and Worst Final Battles, but the show remains a must-watch for Superman fans that won’t struggle to pull on your fanboy heartstrings. Today you can pick up all ten seasons for $110, which is the lowest this set has gone for.…
By Shane Roberts Published March 5, 2014 -
Killzone Shadow Fall‘s first multiplayer expansion detailed, two free multiplayer maps released. Coming in April, The Insurgency Pack adds the Insurgent class, along with new weapons, abilities, and Elite Mode difficulty for single player. The Cruiser and Hangar multiplayer maps are available free today. Check out the PlayStation Blog for more info.
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2014 -
Sequel to Game That Let You Kill Hitler Lets You Kill Him Again
Two years ago, a bonus mission in Sniper Elite V2 lets players intercept a Berlin-bound train and put a bullet in Hitler’s head, deviating from the real world event where the Third Reich leader killed himself in an underground bunker. Apparently, that headshot from Sniper Elite V2 didn’t take. When Sniper Elite 3 comes out…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 5, 2014 -
Kids’ ‘Call of Duty Bomb’ Gets Their Neighbors Evacuated at 3 a.m.
Some kids in Pennsylvania made a prop bomb they were using when they played a real-life game of Call of Duty out in the yard. This is why you don’t leave your toys laying around outside, boys. A neighbor found it, didn’t know what the hell it was, and a very real bomb squad evacuated…
By Owen Good Published March 5, 2014 -
The PS4 Gets The Ultimate Version Of PixelJunk Shooter
In my opinion, Q-Games’ PixelJunk Shooter and Shooter 2 are the best twin-stick shooters on the PlayStation 3. This summer, Double Eleven is combining both into PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate for the PS4 and Vita. Here are nine reasons it’ll be even best-ier than before. Richard Snowdon from the Double Eleven production team laid out the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2014 -
Titanfall Will Add Paid DLC—and a Season Pass to Get It All
Titanfall will get both free and paid downloadable content, and the latter will be available through a season pass subscription, Respawn Entertainment’s co-founder said yesterday in an interview with GameSpot. The plans for post-release content for Titanfall had been unclear until Zampella laid down the details yesterday. “We’re going to do paid DLC, we’re also…
By Owen Good Published March 5, 2014 -
The Least-Hyped Xbox One Game Has The Most Potential
Someone already made a Star Fox for the Xbox One. Someone made a Flappy Bird. Someone recreated the first area of the first Fable. And, yes, a whole bunch of people have re-made Super Mario Bros. 1-1. They’re doing this all in a thing called Project Spark that we’ve told you about a bit, but…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 5, 2014 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: The Worst Thing About Physical Game Discs • Proof That Anime Isn’t Just For Kids • Should More Games Let You Choose Your Gender? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By Tina Amini Published March 5, 2014 -
”It’s not my fault people keep killing themselves.” The latest environment trailer for Frictional Games’ upcoming space horror game SOMA adds voices to excellent effect. I’d be happy just wandering these halls and listening to people talk. Knowing Frictional, there’ll probably be things try to kill me too. Always with the killing me.
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2014 -
Pokémon Would Be a Really Fearsome 90s Horror Show
Like something straight out of cult horror show Tales from the Crypt (or Braindead, even), these Pokémon illustrations by DeviantART artist Dante are anything but cute little monsters you wanna catch. There’s something really scary in their eyes: The flying types freak me out the most: Pokémon Art by DanteCyberMan [DeviantART] To contact the author…
By Gergo Vas Published March 5, 2014 -
Twitch Announces Mobile Streaming And Capture Tools
For years mobile gamers have had to jump through hoops to record and stream gameplay. Today Twitch gives mobile developers the ability to build such functionality directly into their apps. It’s about damn time. Services like Everyplay are nice, but built-in Twitch functionality will be much nicer. The Twitch Mobile Software Development Kit gives mobile…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2014 -
Adventure Time’s Jake, transformed into a giant, ridable, pixelized mech, thanks to Kid Skeletor’s awesome mod pack for Starbound You can download the pack here, with all the other characters included. Adventure Time Mod Pack 1.1 [Starbound Community] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots…
By Gergo Vas Published March 5, 2014 -
GTA IV Modder Creates Gaming’s Most Gorgeous Clouds
Skybox of dreams This is, of course, the work of the very talented person behind the iCEnhancer graphics mod for GTA IV, who posted new footage of some really darn purty HD clouds on his YouTube channel after several months of inactivity. Take a look: gta4_clouds_test [Hayssam Keilany@YouTube, via DSOGaming] Questions? Comments? Contact the author…
By András Neltz Published March 5, 2014
