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This Amazing Harmonica Player Gets The Halo Composer’s Endorsement

It’s always fun to hear composers talk about their favorite musicians. This past weekend at PAX, I sat down with a group of the biggest names in AAA video game music to talk about all things musical and video games. Fresh from their panel at PAX, I chatted with Dragon Age composer Inon Zur, Assassin’s…

A Game Design Legend, Still Chasing The Video Game Musical Of His Dreams

Someday, somewhere, someone will make a video game musical. Legendary game designer Warren Spector hopes it will be him. His latest game, Epic Mickey 2, is something of a video game musical, but it’s still not a realization of Spector’s musical ambitions. I sat down with Spector last weekend in Seattle to talk about Epic…

New Getups Now Available for Free in NCAA 13

NCAA Football 13‘s “Uniform Store,” meant to deliver the latest variants on the college football getups you see on the TV, finally has some threads to offer. Twenty-three uniforms are now available through the feature—free—although it is not yet accessible through the PlayStation 3. Teams included in the first batch of free uniforms include alternate…

This Is How They Sell Assassin’s Creed III To Football Fans

Readers who, like me, get most of their TV on a recorded delay may not have seen this ad starting to pop up on their local airwaves just yet. So here it is. It premiered during a football game. This Assassin’s Creed 3 commercial doesn’t exactly give the redcoats a badly-needed break, but it does…

Madden‘s Master of Fake Twitter Must Tell a Story Deeper Than 140 Characters

I knew what was coming after I lost to Green Bay, 24-17, in Week 11 of my first season in Madden NFL 13. It was the same kind of thing that came in Week 2 after a gutwrenching 24-20 loss at home to San Francisco, in which I was cited for the lack of a…

Sony Online Games To Start Letting Players Add Their Own Items To The World, And Make Money Off Them Too

Over the past couple of years, Sony Online Entertainment has transitioned all of their MMORPGs into free-to-play games, relying on microtransactions and a cash shop to make their money. Now, they’ve announced a plan that would let players make real-world money from SOE’s cash stores, too. The Player Studio will allow players—for now, of EverQuest…

They Really Need To Make Mirror’s Edge Online

In today’s first-person platforming episode of the TAY-powered Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Fernando Jorge thinks that EA should put together an online version of Mirror’s Edge. I’m into it, Fernando. Until today’s post I hadn’t realized that Mirror’s Edge online would be great. EA should go ahead and make ME2 a primarily online game.…

Watch Remember Me‘s Protagonist Get Really Pissed Off

Can you blame Nilin, the protagonist of Capcom’s 2013-slated Remember Me? Look at all the crap she has to deal with, from guards chasing her down to helicopters incessantly shooting at her as she scales the sides of buildings. She’s annoyed, and for good reason. What you see above is the demo shown off at…

Somebody Please Make The Wire Into An RPG Like This

Brought to you by the folks who brought us the Game of Thrones Super Nintendo RPG You come at the king koopa, you best not miss. The Wire RPG [College Humor]

Rapper Jean Grae’s great new song Kill Screen riffs off Donkey Kong and Steve Wiebe. Take a listen over at MTV.

Hey Console Gamers, Ready For Some “Free”-to-Play Games? (Note: They’re Not Exactly Free)

If you had a job as a video game reporter, you’d not be able to inhale and exhale your way through a day without sniffing the excitement powerful people in the gaming industry have for “free to play” games. These are games that are free for anyone to start playing but then require you to…

Layoffs have hit Disney Interactive, according to The Hollywood Reporter

Square Enix Has A New RPG Out For iOS Today

Just in case you were worried that Square Enix hasn’t released enough pricey mobile games over the past few weeks, here’s another! Above is a trailer for Drakerider, a new RPG for iOS and Android. [Update: Apparently Square Enix is only releasing the game on iOS in the U.S.] You can download the first chapter…

How To Play FarmVille 2 Without Pissing Off Your Friends

Nobody likes a Facebook spammer. You know, those people who you went to high school with but haven’t talked to in ten years who seem to do nothing but water their FarmVille crops and maintain their CityVille cities. They’re the worst! Zynga’s newest game, FarmVille 2, launched yesterday. I may not be totally sold on…

Kickstarter Pulls In More Money For Games Than For Almost Anything Else

People giving money to Kickstarter projects love games. How much do they love them? According to Kickstarter’s number crunchers, over $50 million dollars over the last eight months have gone to games campaigns. That’s more money than has gone to film, tech or music projects. Now, it’s not just digital games that are getting all…

Here’s How To Avoid A Major Bug In Skyrim: Hearthfire

Just a heads up: I’ve experienced a significant bug in Skyrim‘s newest downloadable content that seems to be avoidable. When you get your plot of land in Hearthfire, you’ll be using two major devices: the drafting table and the carpenter’s workbench. At the drafting table, you can select blueprints for buildings and wings in your…

Fallout 3 Modding Gone Wrong Is Downright Terrifying

Looks like someone mistook facial features for wall textures. Oops! Was modding my fallout 3 game. Think I messed up somewhere. [Reddit]

PC Gaming Studio Said She Ruined Their Game, But Only After She Sued The Boss For Sexual Harassment [UPDATE 2: Cases Dismissed, Motivation And Timing Of Suits Disputed]

UPDATE 2: Both cases discussed in this story were dismissed in September of 2013, with Alexandra Miseta apologizing for bringing her suit against Brad Wardell. Read that full update here Elemental: War of Magic was not a rousing success of a game. The August, 2010 strategy title was a buggy, muddled mess at launch that…

You’ll Be Able to Make a Blind Man Kick Butt When the Marvel Heroes Beta Stars on October 1

Raise your hands if Daredevil’s your favorite superhero. And don’t lie because Matt Murdock’s super-senses will figure it out. Then you get a billy club to the head. That would hurt. What doesn’t hurt is seeing Elektra, Bullseye and the Punisher showing up in this new gameplay trailer for Gazillion’s upcoming superhero MMO. You’ll finally…

You Probably Can’t Last 30 Seconds In Super Hexagon, But Buy It Anyway.

After two weeks of careful study, I have determined that Super Hexagon is the bullriding of video games. It may not look it. It may look and sound like an old Atari game that fell through a timewarp and re-emerged on the iTunes store today. But it is, in fact, an experience that will break…