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Kickstarter Says It Was Hacked; Change Your Passwords
Kickstarter this afternoon sent out an email telling users that hackers have compromised and accessed their data. While credit card information was not involved in the breach, Kickstarter is advising that users change their passwords here, and for any account where the same password is used. “Accessed information included usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone…
By Owen Good Published February 15, 2014 -
Assassin’s Creed Has a Board Game; It Comes Out in Two Weeks
The next Assassin’s Creed game releases on Feb. 26. Wait, what? Yeah, it’s a board game; something called Assassin’s Creed: Arena. The game is made by Cryptozoic Entertainment, who have handled board games for the Adventure Time and The Walking Dead licenses. It’s billed as “a strategic game of cat-and-mouse that pits 2-4 players against…
By Owen Good Published February 15, 2014 -
Tale of the Tape: How Punch-Out!!‘s Pugilist Performs in Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros.‘ inclusion of the Slight White Hope—aka Little Mac of Punch-Out!!—raises several interesting questions, from how his natural brawling skills will help him in the game to how his short stature might hinder him. Here to answer it all is GameXplain, with a detailed breakdown of the latest trailer. Seriously, there’s a lot…
By Owen Good Published February 15, 2014 -
The Best Gaming Headset
Almost six thousand votes later, you’ve chosen the Astro A50 as the best gaming headset. The Astro, a name synonymous with gaming headsets, took 31% of your votes, which only strengthens the brand’s previous recommendations by Kotaku Editorial and Lifehacker readers. [Amazon] Astro’s win may not surprise a lot of people, but the deep run…
By Shane Roberts Published February 15, 2014 -
The Best Of Kotaku, The Week Of February 10
While you’re (maybe?) munching down on half-priced chocolate today, feel free to browse all the articles I gathered up from this week over at Kotaku Selects. Also: share? Or enjoy this Pain Train comic. But, really, I don’t see why he couldn’t be a second sword. Dual-wielding is where it’s at. To contact the author…
By Tina Amini Published February 15, 2014 -
Titanfall Server Problems Keeping Many From Playing, Microsoft Fixing [UPDATE 2]
Some Microsoft-run beta servers for the multiplayer-only, always-online game Titanfall have been down (or not working in some way) for at least three hours and counting on this, the first day of widespread access to the beta for the much-anticipated marquee next-gen first-person shooter. This, perhaps, is what betas are for! We don’t know how…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 14, 2014 -
’A Game You Can Play Forever’
Threes immediately captivated the people who started playing it, with folks bemoaning the lost hours and tired eyes they got in pursuit of ever-higher scores. But, over the last few days, any buzz surrounding Asher Vollmer’s second mobile game has been but a whisper compared to the roaring whirlwind surrounding Flappy Bird, which doesn’t exist…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 14, 2014 -
Rockstar keeps adding content to Grand Theft Auto Online. Today, fittingly, they’ve added a slew of Valentine’s Day content with a criminal twist. Players are getting a chance to grab new guns, cars, clothes…a lot of it themed to fit the 1929’s notorious Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre. Details about the update are on Rockstar’s site.…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 14, 2014 -
Sniper Elite‘s Kill-Cam Keeps Getting More Gruesome
The darkly satisfying x-ray kill-cam from Rebellion’s Sniper Elite V2 gave sharpshooting players a peek at bullets bursting through skin, bone and organs. Sniper Elite 3 adds two more layers to the mix. I love this stupid series so much, and the kill-cam is a big part of that love. It’s one thing to watch…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2014 -
The Xbox One February system update begins rolling out today, according to Major Nelson. The update adds, among other things, the ability to see and manage your storage space, an on-screen battery power indicator, and USB keyboard support. Not as cool as March’s update, but it’ll do.
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2014 -
The GTA V Of JRPGs?
I’ve been playing a lot of Threes lately—to the point where every time I close my eyes I just see numbers sliding together—and all I can think is that it’d make for the perfect JRPG mini-game. Can’t you picture it? You’re roaming around the map, saving the world or whatever, when suddenly this sketchy dude…
By Jason Schreier Published February 14, 2014 -
Valve Now Letting Users Flag Steam Tags as “Abusive” and “Spoiler”
The rollout of Steam Tags has been full of highs and lows. It seems like for every funny or useful tag attached to a game, there’s been a lot more that are mean-spirited or judgmental. It’s been called out as a major failing of the system. Now, Valve’s looking to do something about it. In…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 14, 2014 -
Gearbox Says They’re Not Making Borderlands 3 Now, For Good Reasons
Gearbox boss and former Kotaku guest-writer Randy Pitchford knows people would like a Borderlands 3 someday. He would, too. But the time is not right for Borderlands 3. It’s so not the right time for the inevitable mega-sequel that Pitchford’s studio isn’t even making the game. He swears! In a very good interview with our…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 14, 2014 -
It Took Nearly A Year To Get To An Eggman Boss Fight In Sonic Dash
Man, mobile gaming sure has slowed Sonic the Hedgehog down. The blue blur’s endless runner was released in March of last year, and we’re only just now getting to the bit where he jumps on Eggman? I blame the marketing for Sonic: Lost World, doubtlessly the cause for Sonic Dash‘s first boss fight being with…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2014
