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Which Is Worse, Aliens: Colonial Marines Or The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct?
It’s hard to say which game is the best of 2013 so far. But two games are in a dead heat for worst: Aliens: Colonial Marines and The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct Kirk was blunt about his thoughts on The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct: he thought it was the worst game he’d played all year.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 4, 2013 -
Another Sega Studio Bites The Dust
Sega’s Australian development studio, once known as Creative Assembly Australia and responsible for games like Medieval II: Total War, is to be closed down. Sega confirmed the move with Kotaku today, saying the developer will be shut down “later this year”.
By Luke Plunkett Published April 4, 2013 -
Roger Ebert, R.I.P.
Legendary film critic Roger Ebert has passed away at the age of 70 after a long battle with cancer. Ebert wasn’t just a film critic; a liberal activist, a loving husband, a tech enthusiast, he also made headlines in the gaming press late in his life by sparring with gamers about the worth of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 4, 2013 -
After 24 Pages I Finally Care About the Heroine of The Last of Us
Naughty Dog’s post-apocalyptic adventure for the PlayStation 3 looks brilliant, but I haven’t developed quite the excitement for The Last of Us that many of my colleagues have. I’m a little post-apocalyptic’d out — the idea of traipsing through another story about how men become monsters in extreme circumstances leaves me lukewarm. Particularly worrisome was…
By Mike Fahey Published April 4, 2013 -
This is Not the Injustice: Gods Among Us You’re Waiting For, But It’s Not Too Shabby
As comic book and fighting game fans anxiously await the April 16 release of Injustice: Gods Among Us, NetherRealm Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment deliver a tiny taste of the alternate-reality DC Universe battle royale in the form of a gorgeous little free fighter with collectible card tendencies. You won’t need a fighting stick…
By Mike Fahey Published April 4, 2013 -
Well, that’s it guys and gals. The console wars are over now that VoucherCodesPro (who??? what???) found that Xbox players are better in bed than PlayStation and Wii owners. What does this mean for people who own multiple consoles, though? You have more Very Important questions to answer, science.
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 4, 2013 -
The Next Xbox Will Require an Internet Connection To Start Games, Sources Say
Two Kotaku sources have added more credence to the rumor that the next Xbox, expected to battle the PlayStation 4 in late 2013 or early 2014, will be an always-online system, though it will be able to tolerate dropped connections. “Unless something has changed recently,” one of the sources told us over email, “Durango consumer…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 4, 2013 -
If Limbo Was A Movie, It Would Look Like This
The eerie, kind of creepy atmosphere of 2010’s Limbo is captured perfectly in this short film by Jesper Eriksson. It’s kind of uncanny, to the point that I was surprised to find no mention of the game in an interview with Eriksson about the short. If you told me this was Limbo-inspired, I’d have believed…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 4, 2013 -
Duck Retro Hunt Developer Charmingly Denies Rip-Off Claims In His Very Own ‘Retro Reply’
Yesterday I was snarking at Asier Marzo, the developer of the apparent Android Duck Hunt rip-off Duck Retro Hunt. But the guy is winning me over. Here’s what I sent him, after running an item about his studio Infinity K and their seeming interest in making games that look like other people’s games or at…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 4, 2013 -
What an Astoundingly Clever Way to Play Tekken
There are some incredibly sharp people out there who would truly enjoy playing Namco Bandai fighter Tekken competitive online, but lack the skills necessary to prevail against the lightning-fast reflexes of their peers. Tekken Card Tournament is the game for them. I nearly called this “The Thinking Man’s Tekken Game,” but that would suggest that…
By Mike Fahey Published April 4, 2013 -
Before It Was Cancelled, Star Wars 1313 Was Going To Be About Boba Fett
We’ve learned a great deal about Star Wars 1313 over the past few months, and today we’ve got one more huge detail thanks to a reliable Kotaku source: last year, just before E3, LucasArts shifted focus and turned it into a game about the masked bounty hunter Boba Fett. This happened last May. Star Wars…
By Jason Schreier Published April 4, 2013 -
The Rules of Grand Theft Auto Box Art
Rockstar not only recreated the 2D universe of the previous games in 3D, but the developers also came up with a new standard for the North American box art. For each title after Grand Theft Auto III, the cover art would focus on characters and various staples from the game. The mosaic-like designs consistently portray…
By Gergo Vas Published April 4, 2013 -
Four Months Later the Official Hitman: Absolution Companion App Arrives
It’s all about timing in the companion app business. Some people might tell you that it’s best to get out a mobile application that keeps track of your performance, equipment and the latest right when the game is released — the sort of people who buy milk with their cookies so they can enjoy them…
By Mike Fahey Published April 4, 2013
