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Anger is Rising

Let’s blow off some steam. It’s time for Kotaku‘s Anger Management hour.

By Owen Good Published May 18, 2012

How a Pro Athlete’s Video Game Studio Came To Owe Rhode Island Millions

In a week filled with video-game related drama, one of the main stages has starred 38 Studios. The developer, based in Providence, Rhode Island, is evidently out of money, and can’t repay their loans. Worse, the loan in question was from the state of Rhode Island, potentially leaving taxpayers footing the bill for incomplete MMO…

By Kate Cox Published May 18, 2012

The Missing Mario Link for Game of Thrones’ Littlest Lannister

Game of Thrones‘ Tyrion Lannister may be a small man, but he’s got a big heart, huge ambition, and is surprisingly good at killing people, all things considered. He’s also got something in common with Mario, if this goofy image floating around the internet is to be believed—one bite of a magic Mario mushroom and…

By Kirk Hamilton Published May 18, 2012

Like Any Good Army Training Film, This One for Sniper Elite Features Grotesque Damage to the Testicles

The series “13 Ways to Die” just took up the subject of Sniper Elite v2 and, though we’ve seen exploding testicles and other grisly slow-motion demises already, they weren’t presented in the form of a propaganda film from dubya-dubya-eye-eye, with a jaunty ragtime accompaniment. It’s a cracking good morale booster for our boys over there.…

By Owen Good Published May 18, 2012

When a Briton Announces the NBA, the Result is Comedy Genius

When I run my mouth about international soccer, I sound like a complete and total imbecile. When a Brit does the same thing about basketball, it is 100 percent comedy gold. Riffing on the American tendency to force catch phrases into sports commentary, CPU vs. CPU comes up with a bathtub full of lines that…

By Owen Good Published May 18, 2012

NHL‘s Gameplay Upgrades Sound Rather Similar to FIFA‘s

Going on about five years now, EA Sports’ FIFA and NHL series have been reliably acclaimed, strong-selling titles, a remarkable run for a video game genre and publisher so henpecked by hardcore gamer criticism. Both games have smart, motivated, multinational communities that greatly value evangelizing for their sport in North America and appreciate what these…

By Owen Good Published May 18, 2012

Sportaku: the Constant Variety of Sport—in Video Games

From the Worldwide Leader in Sports … Video Games, your 6 p.m. Sportaku begins now.

By Owen Good Published May 18, 2012

Now This Is Some Serious Borderlands 2 Loot

No, it’s not the result of a customizable weapon. It’s just 2K community manager Elizabeth Tobey‘s dachshund, Pancake. Isn’t Pancake just adorable? The real Borderlands 2 collector’s edition won’t come with a dachshund to sit pretty in your loot chest, but it does come with a bunch of other goodies. Pancake is famous [dahanese via…

By Tina Amini Published May 18, 2012

Should He Play Borderlands 2 on PC or Console?

It’s not always about mouse and keyboard versus controllers; sometime the choice to play on PC or console comes down to a question of community. Let’s help commenter Daemon_Gildas figure out how to play Borderlands 2 in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Okay, fellow gamers, I need some advice! I’ve always been fond of playing…

Speak Up Published May 18, 2012

A First Look at the Kingdoms of Amalur Studio’s New MMO

While they may be having their share of financial problems lately, Kingdoms of Amalur creators 38 Studios have still been working on at least one new game. That game is a massively multiplayer project dubbed Project Copernicus; just today, the governor of Rhode Island announced that the game will be released in June 2013. The…

By Kirk Hamilton Published May 18, 2012

You’ll Be Happy to Note That None of Our Gaming Apps This Week Were Diablo III

Oh give us a break, it was the first time any of us got to cover the launch of a Diablo game. And hey, we did manage to spotlight five mobile games that have almost completely nothing in common with Blizzard’s game. Almost. I mean sure, Tower of Fortune is a dark role-playing game of…

By Mike Fahey Published May 18, 2012

Which PC Hardware Works Best With Diablo III?

After 11 years in the making and more setbacks than we care to count, Blizzard has finally unleashed a third installment to its cult classic dungeon crawler. Having waited over a decade, the arrival of Diablo III was a bittersweet moment for eager fans. In what must’ve felt like a cruel joke, missteps in Blizzard’s…

Steven Walton | Techspot Published May 18, 2012

EA Offers Crowdfunded Games Three Months of Free Distribution on Origin

So, you’ve successfully rallied hundreds of strangers to pay for your brilliant game idea on Kickstarter, IndieGoGo or some other crowdfunding site. Now you need to make the damn thing. But an even bigger problem looms after you develop and test Amazing Game X: getting it to everyone who wants it, including backers. EA, of…

By Evan Narcisse Published May 18, 2012

38 Studios Begins Paying Back the State of Rhode Island

Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios, who have been mired in financial troubles lately, have successfully repaid $1.125 million of their $75 million debt to Rhode Island after withholding pay from employees.

By Kirk Hamilton Published May 18, 2012

What Makes RPG Dialogue Great (And How It Can Go Wrong)

We spend a lot of time watching video game characters talk. Sometimes they’re perched in dimly-lit inns, plotting out their next moves over frosty mugs of Genuine Medieval Ale. Other times they’re exchanging snarky quips between rounds of troll-hunting or alien-squashing. Or sharing awkward pleasantries after robotic sexual encounters. Japanese role-playing games are especially dialogue-heavy.…

By Jason Schreier Published May 18, 2012

Most Games are “Not Good Enough for Adults” Says Journey Creator

Jenova Chen thinks that video games don’t access enough of the human emotional spectrum. Sure, they do revenge and aggression well but they struggle to handle love or other kinds of deep connection. That’s why all of the games spearheaded by Chen—Flow, Flower and, most recently, Journey—have all proceeded from a clear mandate of wanting…

By Evan Narcisse Published May 18, 2012

Nominate Comment Of The Week Here (Plus A New Policy!)

Hello Kotaku. Happy Friday. Do you have good weekend plans? I was going to go to a concert, but now I have to cancel to play Dragon’s Dogma all weekend for review. Because of you. I blame you. Last week, Stephen asked you all to weigh in on what we’re doing over here at Kotaku.…

By Tina Amini Published May 18, 2012

Heavy Rain Creator “Not Interested in the Next Generation of Consoles”

We’re at a weird place in terms of expectations for the near-future of video games. Yesterday saw Epic Games unveiling the next iteration of their Unreal Engine and that— combined with a stream of leaks about the successors to the PS3 and Xbox 360—have people thinking about the possibilities of what’s next. But David Cage…

By Evan Narcisse Published May 18, 2012

The World Revolves Around Video Games In Freddie W’s New Web Series

The first episode of Freddie W’s new Internet series, Video Game High School, is out. Episode 1 introduces us to the concept of the prestigious academy that is Video Game High School. I wish I lived in a world where video game skills were as highly regarded as they are in this show. Then again,…

By Tina Amini Published May 18, 2012

My Compliments to Those Who Made This Could Hurt So Good

I’ve become so jaded by mobile gaming’s endless pleading for my attention that I recently removed every game from my iPhone except for three that I deeply admire. Today, I’m glad to add a fourth to that group: This Could Hurt by Orange Agenda. A shrewdly designed single-control platform challenge, This Could Hurt layers on…

By Owen Good Published May 18, 2012