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Don’t Blame Us for the Boobies, Dead or Alive Director Says, We’re Just Doing What Fans Want
Despite feedback from Tecmo’s overseas offices to “tone down the sexuality” of Dead or Alive 5‘s female fighters, the game’s developers bravely pressed ahead in the name of fan service. “We actually got a lot of feedback from people who were playing it, saying, ‘We want bigger breasts. Make the characters more like that.'” director…
By Owen Good Published September 29, 2012 -
Xbox Live Now Offering Rewards Worth 25 Cents
Are you an Xbox Live Gold subscriber with a Gamerscore of more than 3,000 but not more than 10,000? Well, good news for you! You’ll now get a “Special Gift*” during your birthday month! * Actual value of gift is not more than 25 cents. If you have a Gamerscore over 10,000, you get a…
By Owen Good Published September 29, 2012 -
Kobe and LeBron’s Olympic Squad Lose to 1992’s Dream Team, Says NBA 2K13
If you got in on this summer’s bar argument over which U.S. Olympic basketball team was better, and were convinced that the Dream Team could beat anything that walked the earth, including a team of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, then NBA 2K13 has good news for you. The United States’ 1992 Olympic basketball team…
By Owen Good Published September 29, 2012 -
Midweek Moneysaver: Getting Close to a New Creed
For those with their eyes on Assassin’s Creed 3—well, its console release anyway—NewEgg has a discount on its preorder. Otherwise we are fully in the fall release window and few publishers are offering discounts on new titles, although savings can be found on Guild Wars 2, Mists of Pandaria, and Sleeping Dogs. These values plus…
By Owen Good Published September 29, 2012 -
The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Welcome to the Best of Kotaku, where I round up all of this week’s best content. This week’s best image is the work of 25th Pixel, found by Corey Moving on to our Best Of content this week, we kick things off as usual with a comment from the community. The Best Comment From The…
By Tina Amini Published September 29, 2012 -
Yes, This Really Is The Worst Movie Death Scene Ever
When I saw this video flying around the internet yesterday, I thought, “Can it really be the worst movie death scene ever?” And then I watched it, and lo, it is indeed the worst movie death scene ever. The only scene I can think of that comes close is this now legendary scene from Troll…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 28, 2012 -
One Pokémon Was Almost Named Piploop, But It Sounded Too Much Like Poop
Piploop became Piplup because Piploop sounds too much like poop. Another Pokémon was almost called Doncrowleone, but… well that one’s pretty obvious. Siliconera’s got a great interview with Seth McMahill, an assistant project manager at Nintendo and one of the people who helps translates games like Pokémon from Japanese to English for release on U.S.…
By Jason Schreier Published September 28, 2012 -
Seeking Credit—Where It is Due—as Two Blockbuster Games Launch
You probably don’t know Elizabeth Tobey. She didn’t voice an outrageous character or design an outlandish weapon in any video game you’re currently enjoying. But she did, legitimately, have a hand in the creation of —or at least stirring up the desire for—two big 2K Games hitting shelves right now. And she didn’t get the…
By Owen Good Published September 28, 2012 -
The Week in Anger
Or outrage, or scorn. Video games are just one pushcart in the vast marketplace of ideas, where everyone shouts down the quality of the goods. Then again, sometimes the merchants deserve the berating. So let’s recap the week’s most noteworthy reactionary topics, scoring them for the outrage they summon and the skepticism they invite. Or…
By Owen Good Published September 28, 2012 -
Sony Was Surprised How Few People Wanted To Make Games For Vita
Why is the PlayStation Vita floundering? One reason is that people just weren’t interested in developing games for it. At least that’s what Sony boss Shuhei Yoshida believes. “One thing that was surprising and disappointing to us was the [lower] number of third parties to come out [in support] after launch,” Yoshida told Gamasutra in…
By Jason Schreier Published September 28, 2012 -
Call of Duty Developer Offices Get Attacked By Zombies, Sort Of
Treyarch has made cool-looking stuff in the Call of Duty video games, including the introduction of the series’ fan-favorite Zombie modes. You wouldn’t know it, though, for how boring their offices looked. But, thanks to art collective IAm8Bit, visitors can now tell that these folks really know the undead. The video above gives a look…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 28, 2012 -
Truck Yeah, Let’s See All the Vehicles of Farming Simulator 2013
You city slicker video gamers think farming simulation video games is nothing but updating the roster with the latest GMO corn from Monsanto and slapping the Indiana State Fair champion cow on the cover. Well, there’s a lot more to it than that. Equipment changes every year, the same as in any sports league. And…
By Owen Good Published September 28, 2012 -
Escapism Squared: High Times With a Video Game
[Editor’s Note: What follows is a story about someone who took drugs and writes honestly about her experience. We do not endorse the use of drugs and warn you to be mindful of the risks of any substance that’s subject to abuse. We accept the reality that many who play games use drugs or have…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 28, 2012 -
Sony Won’t Say How Many People Have PlayStation Plus, But They Will Share Other Plus Stats (And an October Surprise)
Microsoft refuses to say how many people subscribe to Xbox Live Gold, and Sony still won’t say how many people use PlayStation Plus—the premium PS3 service I’ve said is far and away better than Gold Jack Buser, senior director of PlayStation Digital Platforms, declined to give that number during a brief phone chat with me…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 28, 2012 -
Pick Your Squad And Keep Them Alive In This XCOM: Enemy Unknown Interactive Trailer
This interactive gameplay video for XCOM: Enemy Unknown isn’t quite a demo, and it’s not quite a trailer. It’s sort of like a choose your own adventure tutorial, letting you make simple decisions about squad management and tactics. And like a choose your own adventure book, if you flip through it afterward, you can see…
By Kate Cox Published September 28, 2012 -
Four Splendid Gaming Apps… and NFL Pro 2013
As Owen Good often reminds us, not every Gaming App of the Day is a good one. For every Bad Piggies, The Room or Bar Story 2 there are a dozen NFL Pro 2013s, and he seems to wind up playing them all. Oftentimes we’ll play gaming apps for our daily spotlight based on our…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2012 -
Resident Evil 6 Meat Stunt Might Make You Lose Your Lunch
Capcom is sponsoring an art installation in East London. That sounds innocuous, except that said art installation is at the Smithfield Meat Market, and is called “Wesker & Son Resident Evil Human Butchery.” Well, that’s certainly one way to get attention for next week’s release of Resident Evil 6 The meat market is not, of…
By Kate Cox Published September 28, 2012 -
The SteelSeries Free Controller Makes Mobile Gaming Almost Too Easy
This past Monday I sat down with SteelSeries chief marketing officer Kim Rom at a local cafe to eat barbecue pork sandwiches and check out the company’s new Freedom to Play line of mobile gaming products. As Rom explained the intricate details of the Free Mobile Wireless Controller I got further in Temple Run than…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2012 -
Video Game Music: A Killer Opportunity For Hollywood Composers
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Video games are the new best way to make a living composing music It’s not just indie developers and composers who are figuring this out—Hollywood has gotten in on the action as well. A new article at the L.A. Times goes in-depth with some of the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 28, 2012 -
Weapons Negotiation Deal Turns Into The Biggest Roller Coaster Of Emotions
You might say it’s more of a roller coaster of… personalities? Identity confusion? Episodes of schizophrenia? Whatever the hell is going on in the video above, Warialasky sure does hit that weird space of reality-bending that they always do.
By Tina Amini Published September 28, 2012