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Steam Trading Makes Super Monday Night Combat and TF2 Hat-Swappable
The update live now for Super Monday Night Combat introduces Steam Trading (among other upgrades and fixes), which means you can pickup crossover costume items in both this title and Team Fortress 2 for the super low price of nothing. Four items kick off the “Friendship is Sharing” campaign for Uber Entertainment, two for each…
By Owen Good Published May 10, 2012 -
You Can Kill Demons Anywhere You Like, But It’ll Never Quite Sound Like Diablo II
College is all about getting exposure to new ideas and experiences. For me, after I made friends with a couple of PC gamers my sophomore year, those experiences began to include countless new games. We routinely played Worms Armageddon or Heroes of Might and Magic III (hot-seat mode on both) until dawn and then kept…
By Kate Cox Published May 10, 2012 -
I Can’t Stop Listening To This Portal 2 Dance Remix
Man. I do like a good Portal 2 remix. This one, however, is on another level. It was created by Will Bedford, and I’ve been listening to it all day. For real. Maybe it’s the happy pop chord progression. Or the kicky beat. Or the triumphant Cave Johnson breakdowns. Or the double-time section. Or I…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 10, 2012 -
From Baldur’s Gate to Call of Duty, Those Ex-Mass Effect Composers Are Doing Just Fine
While many composers worked on the Mass Effect soundtracks over the years, Sam Hulick and Jack Wall are the names most commonly associated with the game. Wall composed that emotional menu music that was hidden in Mass Effect 3, while Hulick composed the music that plays while navigating the galaxy map. Both composers have gone…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 10, 2012 -
The Melodic Mailbag: Metroid Metal, Journey, Journey, and Why We Love Chiptunes
And we’re back with another Melodic Mailbag! Where we answer musical questions from our friendly Kotaku Melodic readers. Let’s get right to it. Dan asks: I was listening to The Beatles and it got me thinking: Which game do you think honors its band inspiration more: Journey (the 1983 videogame, not the 2012 sand one)…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 10, 2012 -
Geeks and Gamers are Taking Over Hip-Hop
Some of the most well-known and successful rappers in hip hop right now aren’t the typical ‘thug’ act. These rappers—such as Lupe Fiasco, Childish Gambino and Frank Ocean—don’t just rap about money and fame. Their lyrics go beyond what can be found between a woman’s legs or at the tip of a lighter, too. Instead,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 10, 2012 -
Finally, Your Work Day Can Sound Just Like Animal Crossing
Time passes in Animal Crossing. This is known. Now, thanks to comic artist Brian Lee, you can have the game’s music follow you throughout your day. If you head over to this page, the site will detect your local time and play you an Animal Crossing tune that matches up. This is. An amazing. Idea.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 10, 2012 -
Music Toys? Music Games? Who Cares, They’re Free And You Can Play Them Right Now
The folks at DinahMoe production house have created a couple of whimsical music games that you should definitely mess around with. The first is Plink, a multiplayer toy where players can hop into rooms and experiment with different sounds. You interact with Plink by clicking and dragging your mouse—very simple and intuitive. Probably best experienced…
By Patricia Hernandez Published May 10, 2012 -
This Orchestral Rendition of the Sworcery Music Is Flat-Out Epic
Yeah, the word “Epic” gets thrown around a lot. Who knows if its meaning has just been diluted over the years or what. But I can’t come up with a better term for this! As you may know Superbrothers and Capy’s Sword & Sworcery EP had my favorite soundtrack of last year. That music, composed…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 10, 2012 -
The Kotaku Mixtape Vol 8: Metal
If the goal of your game is to make your player feel like a badass, you can’t really go wrong with good old-fashioned metal. Nothing beats it. Don’t get me wrong, you can still screw it up, but If I had my way, there’d be far fewer sweeping orchestras and more Slayer in games. Because,…
By Chris Person Published May 10, 2012 -
Kotaku Melodic Counts It Off Right Now
It’s Thursday at 7, and that means it’s time for Kotaku Melodic! We’ve got some fantastic stuff for you tonight, from a whole bunch of our writers. Sit back, grab a drink, and turn up your speakers. Two drink minimum as always, please don’t forget to tip your server.
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 10, 2012 -
As It Awards a Million-Dollar Prize, 2K Sports Stays Silent About Cheating Allegations
Last week, Kotaku reported strong evidence that at least one of the eight finalists in the million-dollar MLB 2K12 Perfect Game Challenge had used an exploit to substitute weaker batters into the opposing team’s lineup and have an easier time tossing a perfect game during the contest’s qualifying round. If the allegations are true, the…
By Jason Schreier Published May 10, 2012 -
My New Philosophy of Video Game Pitching Comes From a Pitcher Who Makes Video Games
After shaking off a line drive to the face, I finished out my rookie minor league year in MLB 12 The Show‘s Road to the Show with an unblemished record, 10-0 in about 16 starts at two classifications. The team still lost games I started but, somehow, they managed to at least get me out…
By Owen Good Published May 10, 2012 -
NCAA Football‘s Dynasty is Back in Action—but First, Here’s Rece Davis with an Update
Career modes in sports video games do a superb job of helping you create the story of a single team or a player. Where even the best ones fall short is in making you feel part of something larger. Players are forced to hunt through menus for results and standings, and even then, it’s hard…
By Owen Good Published May 10, 2012 -
Looks Like We’ve Got Some More Screens from Beyond Good & Evil 2
Allgamesbeta has posted three more shots from Beyond Good & Evil 2, which match the look of the image that turned up yesterday Not the sexiest screens, though I do like the mountain in that first one. In the world of Beyond Good & Evil, it sure seems like people eat a lot of fish!…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 10, 2012 -
A PlayStation 3 Game Will Be Part of a Church Service This Sunday
Move over, Sunday service collection plate. You’re being replaced this coming Sunday by ThatGameCompany’s Flower, as the brightly colored PlayStation 3 title becomes possibly the first video game to be incorporated in a religious service. The idea for bringing Flower to church started with Andy Robertson, a writer who runs the GamePeople website and writes…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 10, 2012