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If Your Game Store Goes Bankrupt, Don’t Expect to Get Your Preorder Money Back

When the Australian branch of gaming chain GAME went into administration yesterday (like bankruptcy, but not as bad), a number of its customers were royally screwed. Anyone who put down money to preorder Diablo III was totally out of luck: they won’t get the game, nor will they get their money back So the immediate…

By Jason Schreier Published May 14, 2012

It Was Only A Matter of Time Before They Staged The Hunger Games in Minecraft

The dystopic, autocratic world of The Hunger Games hasn’t really been well-represented in video games just yet. There are ways a traditional game could work, but for the time being the only official version of Panem we’ve got is on Facebook In unofficial representations, however, there’s the wide world of Minecraft, where Hunger Games fans…

By Kate Cox Published May 14, 2012

A Warning From a Reformed Diablo II Scammer

On the eve of the release of Diablo III, I’ve been hearing chatter about the great Diablo series from office colleagues who I didn’t even realize were fans. It turns out, for example, that Greg from finance not only loves Diablo, but he used scam people in it. Today, the man who cuts my paychecks…

Greg Lopez Published May 14, 2012

Wolfman, The Mummy and a Ghost Walk Into A Bar. On The Titanic. And Start Killing Everyone.

What is there to say about Dreadline, really? It’s an in-development indie game from Eerie Canal Entertainment, which consists of folks who worked on Freedom Force and BioShock. It features time-travel and stars The Mummy, a cube named “Cube-rick” (ha),The Wolfman, and a ghost, all of whom are traveling through time, “visiting calamities to kill…

By Kirk Hamilton Published May 14, 2012

No Game, No Refund For Some Unfortunate Diablo III Fans

As a result of today’s news that Australian retailer GAME has gone into administration, select GAME stores will not be receiving stock of Diablo III. Kotaku AU has just been informed that if you have a pre-order with a store not receiving Diablo III stock, no refunds will be provided. The following text message has…

Mark Serrels | Kotaku AU Published May 14, 2012

Max Payne Wants You To Stop Indulging In Self-Reflection And Hurry Up Already

If you’re planning on picking up Max Payne 3 when it releases tomorrow, Max will be urging you to hurry the hell up while playing the game. Sometimes it’s to give you clues as to where to go next. Other times he just wants you to get on with it. This is no time to…

By Tina Amini Published May 14, 2012

You Can’t Hold This Battlefield 3 Jeep Back From Its Dreams of Being an Airplane

This jeep in Battlefield 3 is special. It won’t listen to reason when you say things like, “But you’re just a Jeep. You were designed for 4-wheeling and hazardous shooting.” And of course the only thing left to do when trapped in a glitched out Jeep is to answer the call of many of our…

By Tina Amini Published May 14, 2012

Tower of Fortune Puts a Fresh Spin on Retro Role-Playing

Chance has been a huge factor in role-playing games since the earliest days of pen-and-paper games. Normally represented as the roll of a die, Tower of Fortune swaps dice for slots. Is it a winning combination? Yes. Thanks for reading. Crafted by a Rodan and Rin of Game Stew Studio, Tower of Fortune is as…

By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2012

Ever Wanted To Play Super Mario Bros. With A Banana?

Or a Play-Doh controller? Or doodles on a piece of paper? This unbelievable Kickstarter, launched by two MIT grad students, promises to create an invention kit that lets you turn just about anything into an electronic input device. In the video, students play Dance Dance Revolution with water buckets and Pac-Man with a piece of…

By Jason Schreier Published May 14, 2012

Monday Watch This, Play This

Watch! Battlefield 3 Jeep does crazy things. Watch! This is your motivation to push forward in Max Payne 3. Play! Fahey enjoys pixelated role-playing on his iPhone. Watch! This wins coolest Kickstarter of the day.

By Tina Amini Published May 14, 2012

Splinter Cell Studio Head Wants Games to Grow Up

Jade Raymond is currently head of Ubisoft’s Toronto studio, which is hard at work on the next Splinter Cell game. And yet, while she clearly enjoys games as a blockbuster spectacle, Raymond wants games to strive to be more. Speaking with Eurogamer in a lengthy interview, Raymond calls on the industry, her own studio included,…

By Kate Cox Published May 14, 2012

Gears of War Creator Says Japanese Games Should Be More Social

In an interesting interview published by Gamasutra on Friday, Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski gave some advice to Japanese developers: add more multiplayer. “My advice to Japan is that in a disc-based market right now, you cannot [ignore multiplayer],” he said. “I’m not saying tack multiplayer onto every game… there’s a billion different ways…

By Jason Schreier Published May 14, 2012

The Diablo III Starter Edition Lets You Play Before You Pay

Too terrified of a little clicking to put your money down on Diablo III? Perhaps you can talk someone out of a Diablo III Guest Pass and gain access to the free Starter Edition, AKA the purgatory of the undecided. Much like it did with StarCraft II, Blizzard is releasing a fancifully-named demo for its…

By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 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! Just like Chell did against GLaDOS, Angry Impoverished…

By Evan Narcisse Published May 14, 2012

With the Galaxy in Flames, My Video Game Hero Finally Came out of the Closet

I got my idea to play the sci-fi epic Mass Effect 3 as a closeted male version of the lead character, Commander Shepard, before the game’s creators said the third game in the three-game saga would finally include male same-sex romance As someone who did enjoy the series, I wanted to lovingly mock it while…

denis farr Published May 14, 2012

Steam Codes Are Now Officially Coming To GameStop

As Kotaku reported last week, GameStop will indeed be selling Steam codes, the retailer said in a press release today. The program is called Steam Wallet and codes will be available at $20 or $50. You’ll be able to use them to access Steam’s “more than 1,800 titles,” GameStop said. You can buy them in…

By Jason Schreier Published May 14, 2012

Maybe the PlayStation Orbis Will Play Used Games After All

Used games: you love them, need them and want to marry them. Publishers and developers blame the second-hand market for lack of innovation, saying the money they don’t see from used games would let them be more creative. Reports that the next consoles from Sony and Microsoft wouldn’t support pre-owned games only fueled this fiery…

By Evan Narcisse Published May 14, 2012

Pikmin 2 Makes Its North American Wii Debut June 10

Nintendo’s Selects line of $19.99 Wii titles expands by two next month, when Mario Power Tennis joins the long-awaited North American release of New Play Control Pikmin 2 in retailers “games too inexpensive to be in the case” sections. One of the best alien plant-based real-time strategy games ever created, Pikmin 2 originally hit the…

By Mike Fahey Published May 14, 2012

How Chinese Browsers Are Aiming for the Big Leagues

Unity Technologies and Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd announced last month of an agreement which will allow over 400 million Chinese Internet users to access Unity3D-powered 3D games through 360 browsers. Qihoo’s 360 browser along with its 360 anti-virus software are immensely popular in China. So popular in fact that according to Baidu.com’s statistics that…

By Eric Jou Published May 14, 2012

The Game of Thrones Theme, Performed by Two Ladies With Electric Harps

Twins Camille and Kennerly Kitt, fresh off their tag-team effort harping (is that even a verb?) the theme to Skyward Sword, return with their take on the intro to Game of Thrones. It’s dorky as all hell, especially since these are electric harps and they’re in costume, but hot damn, it sounds great. Like the…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 14, 2012