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You Can Only Play Starhawk On PS3, But You Can Look at Your Leaderboards Anywhere
Some games stay with you even when you’re not playing them. Sometimes, you get so deeply into a game that you need to bring it with you on the go. You need to keep up with everything that’s going on, and even looking over stats or reading through the game’s encyclopedia makes that time spent…
By Kate Cox Published June 18, 2012 -
Blizzard Says StarCraft: Ghost Revival Is As Likely As Lost Vikings 3
The people behind StarCraft say that while nobody’s currently working on the infamously-delayed StarCraft: Ghost, there’s a chance that could change in the future. It’s now been a decade since Blizzard first announced StarCraft: Ghost, and it has since become the poster child for indefinitely delayed video games. The game sounded fantastic. It was to…
By Jason Schreier Published June 18, 2012 -
THQ’s New Boss Says No More uDraw, Primary Focus Will Be AAA Games
Oh, THQ. Is there any more embattled video game company that you right now? Its financial woes have led some to believe that the company may not be exist in the near future. But new president Jason Rubin isn’t one of them. The Naughty Dog co-founder gave an interview to Games Industry International that gives…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 18, 2012 -
15 Game Cases Fight To The Death In This Legendary Box-Art Brawl
Generally speaking, people compare games by listing bullet points. Which game has better graphics, which game has better gameplay? Which one has the better story, or better multiplayer? Little did they know, there is a better way to determine which game is best. Just leave your game cases in a room together and see which…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 18, 2012 -
The Breast Cancer Battle is a Boon to Pink Peripheral Lovers
In 2007 my older sister was diagnosed with breast cancer. She went through hell fighting against the malignant neoplasm — radiation, chemotherapy, a mastectomy, follow-up surgeries and reconstruction. She won her battle eventually, but the process was painful for the entire family. It’s safe to say I hate breast cancer. I am, however, a big…
By Mike Fahey Published June 18, 2012 -
How 22 Cans, and Other Experiments, Really Can Change Gaming Forever
Over the decades and centuries, many conventions we now take for granted in film, literature, photography, and so on first came from independent, experimental artists. It has seemed like common sense, then, to assume that the next best innovations in gaming would come from a vibrant indie scene, and from gaming developing a true avant-garde.…
By Kate Cox Published June 18, 2012 -
8 More Things Worth Knowing About Assassin’s Creed III
The first time I saw Assassin’s Creed III I spotted 50 interesting things in the game. I’ve seen it a couple more times recently and have learned a few more things. It helps to have the people who are leading the game nearby to point some of them out. We’re going to be able to…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 18, 2012 -
Australia’s Long Struggle for Mature Video Game Ratings is Over
Legislation passed in Australia’s Federal Parliament adds a R18+ rating for video games on January 1, 2013, ending years of mature games being censored, banned, or simply unreleased due to lack of age-appropriate classification. [News.com.au]
By Mike Fahey Published June 18, 2012 -
Master Chief Needs Groceries, Too, You Know
What, you think he doesn’t eat? When Master Chief is back home, propping his feet up on his coffee table and playing rounds of Halo, he needs to munch on some Doritos, too. Master Chief IRL: The Grocery Store [YouTube via Reddit]
By Tina Amini Published June 18, 2012 -
Screw You, Pocket Planes, I Want my Weekend Back
Try Pocket Planes, the internet said. It’s fun, they said. It’s by the guys who made Tiny Tower, they said. Well, you know what, everyone who told me anything about this game over the weekend, fuck you. An interesting refinement on the “click stuff every now and then, wait a bit longer then click some…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2012 -
Two Years Later, Just Cause 2 Could Finally Get Awesomely Chaotic Multiplayer
People loved Just Cause 2. With all the crazy grappling/parachuting/action-stunting in Avalanche Studios’ 2010 hit, why wouldn’t they? But Rico Rodriguez’ adventures didn’t have anything by way of online multiplayer, which would’ve made an already good game even better. Oh, well, JC2 lovers can dream of what might’ve been, right? But one group of those…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 18, 2012 -
Can You Find The Director Of Diablo III?
Check out this Diablo-ized take on Where’s Waldo?, created by a Spanish Diablo fan site and tweeted on Blizzard’s official account today. Can you find Diablo III director Jay Wilson? Or Blizzard community manager Micah “Bashiok” Whipple? Or Wilson’s pendrive? Full-sized image after the jump. Drawn by Albert Palahi
By Jason Schreier Published June 18, 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! Many games are beautiful but only one sport…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 18, 2012 -
Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM Might Be the Best Incarnation of the Card Game I’ve Played
What has always fascinated me about the colorful kid-focused card game Yu-Gi-Oh! has been the way the card statistics morph with each new skill and spell introduced to the play field. Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM captures the essence of that numerical dance in a fast paced Facebook game. Frima Studio has taken the traditional five-card-wide Yu-Gi-Oh! playing…
By Mike Fahey Published June 18, 2012 -
One Shot, One Kill, No Skill: Why a Regular Gamer Started Paying to Cheat at Video Games
The tale of how one man from Canada became the kind of person who pays a monthly fee to cheat at video games is like many stories about good people who slide toward the more nefarious extremes of life. There was hurt. There was frustration. And then there was the temptation to step inside from…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 18, 2012 -
Iconic Game Characters Smoke Pot, Eat Pizza, and Play Video Games
Boy, Link, you’ve really let yourself go. You too, Sonic, Cloud, and well, everyone sitting here, playing video games, stuffing their faces and smoking up. This “FatGamers” series was done by Belgian illustrator Franck Graetz late last year, but it’s now really starting to make it way around the internet—especially in Japan. FatGamers [Behance via…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2012 -
The Legend of Zelda Nursery Welcomes a Brand New Hero
Cole Bradburn is expecting a son. And when his new, little hero arrives, he’ll have a Legend of Zelda nursery waiting for him. Make that, a hand-painted Zelda nursery. Bradburn and his friend Wes of Yoshi’s Island nursery fame both spent over 150 hours (over the course of 3 months) to paint the nursery; Wes…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 18, 2012 -
Nintendo, PLEASE, Make This Zelda Box Set a Reality
Last year, Zelda’s 25th anniversary came and went with little fanfare from Nintendo. What people wanted was a nice big commemorative box set. What we got was…a concert tour and a 3DS. Designer Jason Nowak knows what we wanted, though, and took a crack at designing it. The results are…beautiful. A wooden box, a little…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2012 -
Start Your Day With This Incredible Blade Runner Animation
Swedish reader Anders Ramsell has uploaded this clip that recreates the opening sequence of classic sci-fi flick Blade Runner as an animation. That uses over 3000 paintings To be exact, it employs 3285 watercolour images to show the film’s famous intro scene that begins with talk of turtles and ends with a bit of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2012