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It’s Hot Out. Perhaps You Should Stay Inside for the Summer of Arcade, Instead.
The Xbox Live Summer of Arcade promotion has become a bona fide hot weather event in gaming. For the fifth summer running, Microsoft will be releasing and promoting promising download-only titles via Xbox Live Arcade. This year, the Summer of Arcade starts on July 18 and runs until mid-August. What’s on deck, when’s it coming…
By Kate Cox Published June 19, 2012 -
How a 375-Pound Lazy Gamer Lost 80 Pounds in Six Months
In December of 2011 I was not a healthy person. I was eating crap, drinking crap, and the life of video game journalist not located in a major city isn’t exactly rife with opportunities to do healthy things like running, walking… getting up out of your office chair. At my heaviest I weighed 375 pounds.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 19, 2012 -
Mike Tyson Will be in the Next WWE Wrestling Game
Former heavyweight champion, Hangover co-star Mike Tyson will be in the WWE ’13 video game, his first official wrestling video game appearance, if not his first gaming appearance. (He’s been in a batch of boxing games). He’ll be playable as a wrestler in WWE ’13, but only if you pre-order the game or presumably purchase…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 19, 2012 -
Gamers May Need a Real-World Bill of Rights for Better Living in Digital Worlds
Diablo III has inspired quite a bit of conversation among gamers this year. The game sold millions of copies right out of the gate, but its constant connectivity, server woes, connection issues, claims of hacking, and real-money auction house have, collectively, inspired quite a bit of controversy. Over at The Atlantic, writer Yannick LeJacq uses…
By Kate Cox Published June 19, 2012 -
This Game Could Start a Global Thermonuclear War. I’m Okay with That.
If the “game” Mathew Broderick played with the War Operation Plan Response computer in the 1983 movie WarGames were half as engaging and addictive as WarGames: WOPR for Android and iOS, we’d all be dead right now. “Shall we play a game?” The line that nearly launched a thousand nuclear missiles in the classic film…
By Mike Fahey Published June 19, 2012 -
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Is Basically Burnout: Paradise 2, Thank Goodness
One of my happiest discoveries at E3 a couple of weeks ago was that this fall’s strangely-named Need For Speed: Most Wanted could and maybe should be called Burnout Paradise 2 This fall’s racing game comes from Criterion, the EA-owned studio that made the Burnouts, including the magnificent, open-world Paradise, before apparently getting the assignment…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 19, 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, Botticelli’s “Spring” is fantastical, but it’s no…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 19, 2012 -
Doom 3 BFG Edition Blasts Out of the Darkness in October
The remastered edition of Doom 3 announced a few weeks ago will hit PCs, PS3s and Xbox 360s this October. The BFG edition of the classic first-person-shooter will also include full versions of Doom 1 and Doom 2, along with seven new Doom 3 levels and the Resurrection of Evil add-on. The whole shebang will…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 19, 2012 -
The Most Amazing Collection of Marvel Vs. Capcom Art the World Has Ever Seen
Just in time for next month’s San Diego Comic-Con, UDON presents Marvel vs. Capcom: Official Complete Works, 192 pages of art from every collaboration between the comics company and the Street Fighter people, from the Punisher arcade game to Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 This comprehensive tome, due out in November in softcover format, is a…
By Mike Fahey Published June 19, 2012 -
Blizzard Says StarCraft On Wii U ‘Might Work’
The lead designer of StarCraft II says there are several ways the popular real-time strategy series could make its way to consoles—and that under the right circumstances, Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U might be a good fit. Blizzard has traditionally focused on PC-only titles, but the brains behind massive franchises like Diablo, Warcraft, and StarCraft are…
By Jason Schreier Published June 19, 2012 -
Celebrate 25 Years of Final Fantasy With One Insane Free Remix Album
I’ve heard plenty of Final Fantasy music remixes in my time, but OCRemix’s 35th free album release, Final Fantasy Random Encounter, is the first one I’ve heard that combines metal guitars with vocals in the style of “Airplanes” as made famous by Haley Williams of Paramore. Project director Brandon Strader sent us a link to…
By Mike Fahey Published June 19, 2012 -
Zynga’s Next Arcade Game is a Riff on Bejeweled‘s Brilliant Diamond Mine
When I’m not playing Drop7 on my subway rides through New York City, I am trying to burrow ever deeper into my second-favorite iPhone game, Bejeweled—specifically that game’s Diamond Mine mode which challenges me to match gems in order to dig ever deeper down into the dirt at the bottom of my screen, as I…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 19, 2012 -
Anarchy Reigns Delayed in the West
Platinum Games upcoming online brawler Anarchy Reigns has been pushed to early 2013 in both North American and Europe, Sega stated today. The game will be released in Japan as originally planned next month. [Twitter Thanks KingKellogg!]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 -
Nothing Says “Hack And Slash” Like Toyota Taxis
To promote upcoming 3DS game Samurai Warriors Chronicle 2nd, Koei covered a fleet of Prius taxis with the game’s title and characters—and then filmed a promotional video at Kumamoto Castle and Kato Shrine. The video is nicely shot provides a peek at some of Kumamoto’s biggest attractions. (No, not the taxis.) 戦国無双×熊本タクシー コラボカー出陣式 [YouTube]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 19, 2012 -
Did You Know Sony Has a S**t Umbrella?
You rarely get to choose your nickname in life. Just ask Sony Worldwide Studios vice president Scott Rohde. His nickname isn’t, as you’d maybe guess, “Scholar”. Or “Rohde Warrior”. Or “Scottie”. Or, as Australians would assume, “Rohdesy”. It’s “the Shit Umbrella”. “It’s my job to create a giant umbrella and protect the studios from that…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2012 -
BioWare Turns More Fan Art Into Official Mass Effect Merch
In recognition of just how damn great they were, BioWare and EA have struck a deal that’s transformed Indonesian artist machine56’s Mass Effect t-shirt designs into actual, official merchandise. Three of his Cerberus-inspired designs are now available on the company’s store, along with a bunch of other stuff that’s either new or is coming very…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2012 -
New Mortal Kombat Movie About…a Supermarket Employee
According to a report on movie site Bloody Disgusting, the upcoming Mortal Kombat film will follow the exploits of a “lowly unlucky supermarket employee”. “With Kevin Tancharoen still attached to direct from Oren Uziel’s screenplay”, the site writes, “we’ve exclusively discovered that the live-action reboot will follow a lowly unlucky supermarket employee who discovers that…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2012 -
There’s a Little Game of Thrones in This Darksiders II Trailer
While it’s a little cheap, even by live-action video game trailer standards, this clip for the upcoming Darksiders II is saved by one thing: the presence of the ever-wonderful James Cosmo. One of the manliest men to have ever walked the Earth, Cosmo is perhaps best known these days as Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2012 -
93 Players Join Forces to Create a Video Game Army
Zombie mod DayZ might have military sim ArmA 2 sitting atop Steam’s sale charts at the moment, but this clip serves as a reminder that the core game is a fascinating beast in its own right. While its ageing engine has its quirks, when the game is played right, and with like-minded humans, it transforms…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 19, 2012
