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Whatever You do, Don’t Buy Counter-Strike on the iPhone
Just in case you weren’t put off by the lack of any kind of mention of Valve Software, advance warning of the game’s arrival or the complaints demanding their money back, if you see a game called Counter Strike on the App Store, don’t spend $2 on it. Unless you enjoy being ripped off by…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 -
Dear Santa, Please Send me This Ikaruga Model, Thanks, From Luke
Japanese collectible company Kotobukiya will soon be releasing this small, 6″ version of Ikaruga’s Hitekki Genkei fighter. It’s a model kit in the truest sense of the word: while it comes pre-painted, it also comes entirely disassembled, meaning you not only have to put its 200 pieces together by hand, but glue most of them…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 -
Play a Game as a Medieval Islamic Ruler. For Once.
Given the fact most big games are made by Westerners for Westerners, we don’t often get the chance to assume the role of a serious, proper Islamic (or even Middle Eastern!) character. And no, Ubisoft, a fairy-tale, clichéd ideal of a Persian Prince doesn’t count. So it’s awesome seeing Paradox give Crusader Kings II players…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 -
Find Your Way Around DayZ With This Real, Paper Map
One of the things that makes zombie survival sim DayZ so difficult is that players start the game without a map. Even later on, getting hold of one can be tough. Without a map, you can’t see where you are, and if you don’t know where you are, you have trouble finding other survivors. Sure,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 -
Meet the Best Halo Figure I’ve Ever Seen, and it was Made by Magic
Well, it was made by a 3D printer, but I refuse to call them “machines”. If you can put materials into something, press a button and out the other end comes entire things, that to me is magic. Dark magic. This Halo figure is being shown off on the webpage of the Objet Connex500, a…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 -
Sony Thought About Making the PS4 a Download-Only Console
According to the Wall Street Journal, Sony “considered but ultimately rejected” plans to make its next home console – code-named Orbis – a download-only device. The fact it even thought about such a move shows not only how far digital delivery has come in the six years since the PS3 first launched, but also shows…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 -
PC Load-Letter??
Hello, Kotaku! Can it really be Wednesday already? I guess it can be. Taking Monday off will really make your week fly by, as will crazy E3 preparations. Hope you guys are as excited as we are. Here now, some things for you to read in your open thread: The analytics behind Star Trek’s ‘Redshirt’…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 30, 2012 -
This Gross Companion Cube Figure is Available Only at Comic-Con
The San Diego Comic-Con is fast approaching, and among the many collectibles that’ll be available there as “exclusives” will be this fancy threeA x Valve piece, based on Portal It’s a variation on the companion cube first shown off in March, only this one looks a little worse for wear. Poor little thing. Best get…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012 -
Oh Boy, This Skyrim Cosplay is Terrific
In the far and distant future, we can hope that an Elder Scrolls game actually looks this good. Less like a fantasy world in a snowglobe, more like a place you’d actually enjoy a morning spent hanging out in the nice warm sun. Perhaps not the next generation of hardware. Maybe the one after. These…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 30, 2012 -
Geez, Mom Just Wants To Play World of Warcraft, Why Is Nobody Listening?
Getting my family to sit down and have a meal? Hah, forget it. Too many conflicting schedules. Trying to have a conversation when we could actually sit down? Also impossible, and this is that Twitter didn’t even exist when I was a teenager. I can’t imagine having an entire family sit down and actually converse…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 30, 2012 -
5 Things Rockstar Should Leave Out of Grand Theft Auto V
Yesterday, I listed 5 things that Rockstar should carry over from Max Payne 3 into Grand Theft Auto V. Today, I’ll list 5 things that I hope they leave behind forever. Some of these things are new to Max Payne 3, some are bad habits that have developed over time. A couple are story-related, a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 30, 2012 -
BioWare To Make Fan-Designed Mass Effect Hoodies a Reality
A little while ago, we caught wind of some excellent Mass Effect hoodie designs by Deviant artist ludodirosso, a.k.a. Christine Schott. Now, according to the artist, BioWare is actually going to manufacture the hoodies in an official capacity. On her DeviantART page, Schott shares that she talked with BioWare about a trial hoodie-run, with BioWare…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 30, 2012 -
The Real Optimus Prime is a Fall of Cybertron Preorder Bonus
How the mighty have fallen. Once the proud leader of the Autobots, an instantly-recognizable hero in either of his iconic forms, and now he’s a mere preorder bonus. Not just that; he’s a retailer exclusive preorder bonus. Now who will light our darkest hour? Don’t say Rodimus. He doesn’t count. The G1 Retro pack is…
By Mike Fahey Published May 30, 2012 -
Shin Megami Tensei IV Is Coming to 3DS, Gets a Couple Teaser Images
There is a new Shin Megami Tensei game coming, and it looks to be coming only to the Nintendo 3DS. This confirms last night’s rumor The game’s teaser site is now live, depicting a couple of people overlooking a distant city, with the streets of the city covered in fog. NeoGAFer SolidSnakeex has cleared the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 30, 2012 -
Three Words I Said to the Man I Defeated in Gears of War That I’ll Never Say Again
“I raped you.” If words could lynch someone, then this was the moment for it. The post-game scoreboard said I had technically won, so I’d shown them all, right? No, no I hadn’t. The avalanche of trash talk was one thing—you play online enough, you come to expect it—but the laughter, the laughter stripped meaning…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 30, 2012 -
Report: Sony Close to Buying a Cloud Gaming Service, Potentially Transforming Future of PlayStation
Sony might be in talks to acquire either OnLive or Gaikai—the two biggest cloud gaming providers—according to a report on Edge that follows up on previous articles on MCV and VG 24/7. The speculation jibes with comments previously made by a Gaikai executive about this coming E3. It begs the question: what if a console…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 30, 2012 -
Spy Hunter Reboot Bringing Super Spy Racing to Handhelds This Fall
Spy Hunter is getting another fresh face this fall, with a new game for handheld systems. The premise of the game is more or less what it sounds like: you’re a spy and a hunter. As the Agent, your mission is to stop bad guys and protect civilians. Your method of doing so is a…
By Kate Cox Published May 30, 2012
