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Go ‘Behind the Wall’ on the Seven-Year Effort to Make a Game of Thrones Video Game
When Cyanide Studio began working with George R.R. Martin on adapting a role-playing game from his fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, the Game of Thrones television series was “only a rumor.” That was seven years ago. Certainly, the fact Game of Thrones has become such a mainstream sensation helped speed things along.…
By Owen Good Published May 12, 2012 -
If You’ve Pre-Downloaded Diablo III in Europe, Read This to be Sure You Can Play the Game
A notice on Battle.Net’s European web site says that Blizzard recently became aware of an issue in the digital installation downloader for Diablo III‘s English and German versions. This affects European versions only, not North American. They’re asking that anyone who downloaded the game before Saturday (today) at 10 a.m. Central European time/9 a.m. GMT,…
By Owen Good Published May 12, 2012 -
Say It With Rage
If you’re still out of ideas for Mother’s Day, well, all we’ve got here are video games. Which, who knows, maybe your mom does want a game or two for her special day tomorrow. Not much in the way of new or upcoming releases, but there are some golden oldies and digital download deals among…
By Owen Good Published May 12, 2012 -
The Best of Kotaku, This Week
Hello, Kotaku! Let’s dive right into the bests this week, starting with the image above. Mario and his cute princess are featured above, in the form of very interesting graffiti art. If you look closely you can see the bubble letters that make up each part of the drawings. Thanks to XombieDIRGE for finding the…
By Tina Amini Published May 12, 2012 -
You Snow Nothing, Jon Know
Hello, Kotaku. It’s week’s end, and so here we are, ready to go out, be social, see people… and clear the decks before the spring video game rush arrives next week. Are you planning on getting Diablo III? Max Payne 3? Holding out for Future Soldier or considering Game of Thrones? Or maybe you’re just…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 11, 2012 -
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
You have any idea how hard it is to get off a phone call discussing options to install a heat pump, or fire insurance discounts, or school district taxes, and then pick up Prototype 2 and pretend you’re still an adult? Sorry, I’m going through house-buying crap right now. That’s right, I’m gonna be a…
By Owen Good Published May 11, 2012 -
Welcome to Kotaku’s Toy Box
Kotaku is a video game website, sure, but we’re also really into toys. Action figures, LEGO, expensive statues, custom pieces, you name it, if you can play with it – or just put it on a shelf and regret how much money you spent on it – we’re all over it. To your right, you’ll…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 11, 2012 -
Robot Unicorn Attack Evolves into Something Even More Glorious
The single greatest thing to come out of Adult Swim since Adult Swim just got even greater. How could Robot Unicorn Attack get any better? Panda, Wolf, Gorilla, and Dragon. Yes. The sequel to the award-winning (probably) Flash, Facebook, and iOS game doesn’t screw with a good thing. It still features a Robot Unicorn, gracefully…
By Mike Fahey Published May 11, 2012 -
Backhanded Box Quotes: ‘A Steaming Pile of Mundanity’
Welcome to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of super pissed-off user reviews from people just like you! Whoa, whoa, don’t take that personal. This week’s review of measured disappointment and constructive criticism includes condemnation for a widely admired brand in independent games development, and sympathy for Hitler. Minecraft Xbox 350 Released: May 9 Critic: ChodeyMitchell…
By Owen Good Published May 11, 2012 -
There’s No Appealing to the Court of Public Opinion
If the folks behind Kane & Lynch 2 should be sued, they should be sued for something other than the “vicious vilifying” of the Chinese people. And they should be sued for a lot more than $1,585 dollars U.S. That figure would represent no more than 27 copies of the title sold at full retail…
By Owen Good Published May 11, 2012 -
If Biker Show Sons of Anarchy Gets a Video Game, It Won’t be ‘Some Slapcrap Browser Thing’
Back in February, word passed that Sons of Anarchy, the biker-gang television series broadcast on FX in the United States, was exploring a video-game deal. It quickly followed that the talks might concern something less than the full retail release hardcore video gamers expected. Like a bullshit free-to-play browser game that no one can respect.…
By Owen Good Published May 11, 2012 -
Atari Kills the Ignition on Test Drive‘s Studios
Eden Games, makers of the Test Drive series, staged a symbolic one-day walkout last year when Atari moved forward on plans to lay off more than half the studio. Now it’s moving toward washing its hands of all of it. Financial filings by Atari say the French maker of racing games is now considered a…
By Owen Good Published May 11, 2012 -
Wal-Mart’s Hilarious Diablo III Product Description Reads Like a Sixth-Grade Book Report
We’re all looking forward to next Tuesday’s launch of Blizzard’s long-time-coming action RPG Diablo III. Every store has some sort of preorder going on, and megachain Wal-Mart is no different. The prices are about the same everywhere (though Wal-Mart does knock $0.03 off the $59.99 standard), so the key to get people to buy it…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 11, 2012 -
Like the Playoffs, the NHL Cover Vote Drags On
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • Nearly every title at EA Sports is being put to a cover vote. We’ve had contests now for Tiger Woods PGA Tour, NFL Blitz, Madden and NCAA Football. We haven’t heard what NBA Live will be doing, but it’s a good bet whatever…
By Owen Good Published May 11, 2012 -
There’s a New Way to Pitch in NCAA Football
I’ve often felt that the recruiting simulation in NCAA Football could be a salesmanship trainer at some kind of corporate retreat. Unlike the free agency or trading periods in other sports video games, you’re not sending contract terms back and forth with the CPU. Money doesn’t talk here, you do. You have to understand a…
By Owen Good Published May 11, 2012 -
Watch Your Eve Online Character Float To Space And Back
EVE Online developer CCP bundled their players’ names into a pod earlier this week and shot it into the stratosphere, as near to space as they could get it. The weather balloon to which the pod was attached also had a camera on board. Earlier, we had amazing stills of the view far above Iceland,…
By Kate Cox Published May 11, 2012