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Danish Firm Buying Duke Nukem‘s Original Studio [Update]
3D Realms, the beleaguered original developer of Duke Nukem Forever, will be acquired by a Danish firm that had been set to publish a new Duke Nukem game until both were sued last week by Gearbox Software The report, by Reuters, first appeared inBørsen, a leading financial newspaper of Denmark. Frederik Schreiber, the CEO and…
By Owen Good Published March 2, 2014 -
Reminder: No ‘Shop Contest today, if you’re looking for that. Owen’s not here next week.
By Owen Good Published March 2, 2014 -
Here’s The Censored Version Of South Park: The Stick of Truth
Via Reddit, here’s what you see when you try to play a certain scene in the European version of South Park: The Stick of Truth on consoles. (Warning: minor spoilers.) Ubisoft has said they censored the game for “marketing reasons.” The PC version of the game remains unaffected. The Stick of Truth is out on…
By Jason Schreier Published March 1, 2014 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Sonic Bust 2: The Winners
My final Kotaku ‘Shop Contest began with a rehash of Sonic and it ends with my two favorite artists, sciteach (left) and uscg_pa (right), exploring a similar theme and tied for first place. Eighteen more finalists are inside. Note: no new ‘Shop Contest challenge tomorrow because I won’t be here to wrap it up next…
By Owen Good Published March 1, 2014 -
Take the Bloody Shot with Skyfall Recreated in Grand Theft Auto
Over on the subreddit GTA Adventures there’s a weekly challenge to film a recognizable scene from a movie. Up this week:the opening sequence fromSkyfall The re-enactment takes some liberties, probably because it’d be hard to plunge a backhoe’s claw into the caboose of an indestructible train. Overall, it gets my Oscar nomination for stunt coordination.…
By Owen Good Published March 1, 2014 -
Hitting 55 Straight Green Lights in New York is the Ultimate High Score
This guy makes 55 consecutive stoplights in Manhattan without coming to a full stop. It’s like a real-life version of Flappy Bird. Granted, the filmmaker, Tim Burke (not Deadspin‘s Tim Burke) did so around 3 a.m., when there’s nothing but a few nighthawk cabs on the road, and you can sort of set your own…
By Owen Good Published March 1, 2014 -
Twitch Beats Pokémon!
Early this morning U.S. Eastern time, after 16 days, seven hours, 50 minutes and 19 seconds, the combined strength of hundreds of thousands of Twitch viewers defeatedPokémon Red. You can watch the final battle against Blue right here. After launching Feb. 12, the game began battling the Elite Four yesterday afternoon. Conceived as a social…
By Owen Good Published March 1, 2014 -
The Best of Kotaku, The Week of February 24
Gather ’round, everyone. It’s the weekend. It’s March. It’s the month of Titanfall, South Park, Dark Souls II, Ground Zeroes, Yoshi’s New Island, the Game Developers Conference and, here in the northern hemisphere, spring. Hooray! Celebrate by catching up on the finest original Kotaku stories from the past week over atKotaku Selects Very cool top…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 1, 2014 -
What’s gonna happen on True Detective? Who’s the Yellow King? What’s Rust been up to all these years? Your guess is as good as mine. If you DO have predictions, I hope you’ll share them here, and also check out this great Wired feature breaking down some of the most popular theories.
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2014 -
New Sports Game Is Wonderfully Stupid
The PES and FIFA games may be capable simulations of men running around a field kicking things. But there’s a new, more ridiculous football (soccer) simulation in town. Goofball Goals. Football, soccer, whatever you want to call it, is a sport that people seem to enjoy. It’s made all the more enjoyable when you have…
By Leo Wichtowski Published February 28, 2014 -
Good news for gaming headset owners: The Xbox One March update will bring with it support for optical Dolby audio output, meaning that your Astro/Turtle Beach/other gaming headset will finally get a full surround signal. Polygon‘s tested an Astro headset and they say it works great.
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 28, 2014 -
The Greatest X-Men Story Ever Told Is Getting A Video Game
Today Marvel Comics announced Uncanny X-Men: Days Of Future Past, a mobile game based on the dark future storyline from The Uncanny X-Men issues 141 and 142. Yes, it is a mobile game, but it’s a 2D side-scrolling mobile game from Glitchsoft, the folks behind He-Man: The Most Powerful Game in the Universe andDestructopus, so…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2014 -
Toddler Does League Of Legends Impression, Nails It
Aww. This little girl’s impression of League of Legends character Teemo isn’t just adorable, it’s also spot-on. It’s also, thankfully, not just a riff of ‘What Does The Fox Say.’ Whew. Here’s Teemo’s actual voice acting, for comparison’s sake: Thanks for the cute send-off into the weekend, Sophie (and lewiegun!) (Via Reddit) Sophie’s Teemo Impression…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 28, 2014 -
Why Mighty Avengers Is My Favorite Marvel Comic Right Now
I thought I was going to have to drop Mighty Avengers because Greg Land’s art is so off-puttingly plastic. (That great art above is by Ronald Wimberly.) But the series is too damn good for me to abandon. I might even like it more than Daredevil or Hawkeye. I love Mighty Avengers. Written by Al…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 28, 2014 -
Old-School Gamer Hate Mail, Tim Schafer Edition
Here’s a fun little extra from my interview with Double Fine’s Tim Schafer that I couldn’t leave on the cutting room floor. It’s about one old-school gamer’s arguably-legitimate complaint about one of Schafer’s classic creations. To set this up, Schafer and I were nearing the end of a half-hour conversation in Las Vegas at the…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 28, 2014
