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Our Never-Ending Battle Against Cheaters
A couple of days ago, after reading Kotaku editor Stephen Totilo’s Pay to Win article, I expressed my disappointment to him and to Kotaku on their choice to advertise and promote cheat sites. Totilo felt that talking about the details about the cheat sites were meant to be as sourcing for the article, not advertising,…
Chandana (Eka) Ekanayake Published June 22, 2012 -
Dependable Pest Control With Centipede: Origins
Centipede‘s premise didn’t make much sense to me when I was nine years old. What the hell is this spaceship doing shooting mushrooms? I thought. Then I saw the box art for the Atari 5200 adaptation—in the days when box art made everything look much more compelling—and got it. Centipede: Origins, for iOS and Android…
By Owen Good Published June 22, 2012 -
Hey Square Enix, Please Bring This RPG To The U.S.
This is Bravely Default: Flying Fairy. It’s a role-playing game made by some of the people who made 3D Dot Game Heroes and some of the people who made Final Fantasy: The Four Heroes of Light. Nintendo showed it off during its Japanese livestream last night. And it looks wonderful. Let’s try to ignore the…
By Jason Schreier Published June 22, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, games that aren’t even out yet? Knock yourselves out! Sure, we had a Portal-themed TAYpic already this…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 22, 2012 -
The Games Are Everywhere, But the Money’s Still in Consoles
There’s this constant argument lately among gamers, over who really plays, what counts as a game, and where all the business is, anyway. The folks at Mashable have shared an infographic from Statista that sums up the answers, and they are not out of line with what you might expect. There are more people playing…
By Kate Cox Published June 22, 2012 -
Let’s See How Nintendo’s New 3DS XL Sizes Up to the Competition
Nintendo is releasing an extra-large version of its 3DS in August, so it’s time to start stretching out those pockets. How does the 3DS XL size up to other portable gaming machines? Let’s answer that question with a handy-dandy size comparison chart. I spent the better part of my early morning rendering a bunch of…
By Mike Fahey Published June 22, 2012 -
The Need for Speed Movie Is One Step Closer To Reality
A couple of months ago, EA started expressing interest in a Need for Speed movie. Now it looks like it might be happening. DreamWorks has acquired the rights to EA’s racing franchise, the film studio said in a press release today. From the release: Brothers George and John Gatins developed the original story with George…
By Jason Schreier Published June 22, 2012 -
Nintendo’s 8-Bit Summer Brings Back Zelda, Sonic and Kid Icarus Classics This July
In the midst of Nintendo’s massive barrage of news last night, the House of Mario also announced a new 8-Bit Summer promotion. They’ll be rolling out two old-school games a week on the 3DS’ eShop digital store starting on July 5th, with titles that will include the original Legend of Zelda, Kid Icarus: Of Myths…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 22, 2012 -
Nintendo Has Unveiled a New Model of the 3DS. Here’s Everything You Need to Know.
Overnight, Nintendo made the surprise move to unveil an all-new model of the Nintendo 3DS, called the 3DS XL. Boasting a redesigned case and a grealty-increased screen size, it goes on sale in America in August. Just joining us? Here’s everything you need to know about the newest handheld gaming system on the planet. The…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2012 -
Money-Grubbing New Super Mario Bros. 2 is Looking Better and… Distinct
There are so many of these New Super Mario Bros. games. Two out already on DS and Wii. Two more coming this year, for 3DS and Wii U. They all look more similar than, say, Super Mario Bros. 1 and Super Mario Bros. 3 did, but a new trailer for August 19’s New Super Mario…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 22, 2012 -
America Gets Its 3DS Fire Emblem in 2013
The next game in Nintendo’s long-running turn-based strategy series Fire Emblem will be out next year in America, according to last night’s big Nintendo Direct online newscast. The game was released this year in Japan. The 2013 release date may explain why Nintendo didn’t bother to even confirm it was coming to America before we…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 22, 2012 -
Hi Animal Crossing 3DS, It’s Been Too Damn Long
It feels like forever since we’ve seen new footage of the 3DS iteration of Nintendo series Animal Crossing. Luckily, then, the company’s overnight Japanese press conference gave us over two minutes of gameplay footage. The Animal Crossing Channel [YouTube]
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2012 -
A Video Game Comedian’s Music Video, Featuring More Dancing Than You Can Shake a Stray Ass At
Regardless of your thoughts on underpants or Neo Geo cabinets, there’s one thing we should hopefully all be able to agree on: video game comedian Keith Apicary / Nathan Barnatt can dance So much so that it looks like Warner Music have given him a chance to showcase that in front of a wider audience,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2012 -
Celebrate 20 Years of Kirby and Learn about Bill Clinton
Already revealed for Japan, Kirby’s Dream, a collection of six classic Kirby games for the Wii, is coming to North America. The game is outfitted with new challenge stages and even has a Kirby museum that will teach you thinks like when the Endeavour space shuttle made its maiden voyage, when the European Union was…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 22, 2012 -
Your Bum Friends Are About to Get Shot by Nazis
I’ve been keeping a bit of an eye on the upcoming Heroes & Generals, because it looks like one of those PC games that’s too good to be true. Promising to combine strategic overlays with multiplayer combat, it’s the kind of WW2 game I’ve always dreamed about. I don’t know if that’s what we’ll actually…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2012 -
See Pokémon Black & White 2…In English!
Nintendo’s upcoming Pokémon Black & White 2 have previously only been shown off in Japanese. Let’s break that up a little, and check out this new English-language trailer. While the games are out in Japan this weekend, they’ll be hitting Western shores sometime this “Fall”
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2012 -
The New 3DS XL is Not What the 3DS Needed
Nintendo’s unveiling of an all-new model of the Nintendo 3DS, the 3DS XL, is strange one. Let the usual excitement over new hardware die down and you’re left wondering who, exactly, needs this thing? Revisions of hardware are usually there for one of two reasons: either you’re correcting a clear fault in the original or…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2012 -
Get a Real Good Look at the New Nintendo 3DS XL
Here are the first official images of the new Nintendo 3DS XL Note that the units with the silver and red exterior casings share the same black interior, which is why there’s only the one image of the inside of a “black” 3DS.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2012