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Turn Your iPhone into a Virtual Military Arsenal

Your living room is the setting of your next first-person shooter. Or maybe its your front yard. Or your office. It’s up to you. Real Strike is a 3D augmented reality FPS camera app that gets you an array of guns to fire through your iPhone. The app uses the iPhone camera and allows you…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 7, 2012

Dream Mortal Kombat Cameo Proves Dr. Robotnik Can Be a Right Murderous Bastard

In the latest installment of CurtainsAreOnFire’s Mortal Kombat Secret Character Tryouts video series, the Angry Birds get angrier, Paperboy delivers carnage, and Dr. Robotnik finally creates an obstacle course capable of murder. Dr. Robotnik generally falls into the Bowser category of video game villains. He really wants to be evil, but he’s kept from reaching…

By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2012

When Minecraft Griefers Invade Real Life

Minecraft griefers are scary. Real life Minecraft griefers are even scarier. So watch out for flying pickaxes. And creepers. [YouTube — thanks, Miles!]

By Jason Schreier Published May 7, 2012

Monday Watch This, Play This

Watch! Mortal Kombat gets a few new additions. Watch! Minecraft players reign terror in town. Play! Ash shoots his surroundings through the virtual reality of his iPhone. Watch! What’s that in the shadows? It’s Mexican Ninja.

By Tina Amini Published May 7, 2012

Possible World Exclusive: Kinect Dog Food Game

There is a Kinect-powered video game in the Columbus Circle subway station in New York City. It’s being used to sell dog food. Because Kotaku never rests, and because we can’t let Game Informer and television’s Geoff Keighley hog all the big video game world exclusive announcements, your editor-in-chief had to stop and shoot a…

By Stephen Totilo Published May 7, 2012

Beyond Good & Evil 2 Probably Will Have to Wait for the Next Generation of Consoles, Alors

I speak a little bit of French. Just enough, in fact, to get the gist of what Rayman creator Michel Ancel is saying in this interview. The Ubisoft developer confirms work continues on the long-awaited sequel to cult favorite Beyond Good & Evil, but also says that it’ll need better tech than is currently available.…

By Evan Narcisse Published May 7, 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! Look who’s a multimillion dollar pro football player!…

By Evan Narcisse Published May 7, 2012

Three Cheers for Joss Whedon: King of the Geeks, King of the World

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Joss Whedon rules. This truth is celebrated across many disparate swaths of the internet, from Buffytown to Fireflyville to Dr. Horribleopolis. As a writer and director, Whedon has mastered the art of twisting and reimagining bits of genre junk that we love—Cowboys! Vampires and witches! Supervillains! Horror movies!—and…

By Kirk Hamilton Published May 7, 2012

Can You Name the Video Game Rabbit Hero Forever Etched on My Forearm?

Long before Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski made a name for himself with Unreal and Gears of War, he already made a name for himself in the heart of at least one young(er) gamer with the PC’s answer to the platforming mascot character. His name is Jazz Jackrabbit, and if you don’t know who he is then…

By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2012

Owen Good to Discuss MLB 2K12 Perfect Game Scandal on ESPN Radio

Kotaku‘s Owen Good will appear on ESPN 1080 of Orlando, Fla. this morning as a guest of “The Beat of Sports” to discuss the cheating alleged in MLB 2K12 Perfect Game Challenge. “The Beat of Sports” airs from 9 to 11 a.m.; Good is expected to join the program around 10:20 a.m. You can listen…

By Owen Good Published May 7, 2012

Company of Heroes 2 Will Make You A Russian Commander Fighting Nazis

Rumors have been hot and heavy that THQ would be announcing a sequel to hit PC strategy title, Company of Heroes and, today, the beleaguered publisher has done exactly that. As hinted by the vintage newspaper page we showed last week, the sequel to the 2006 game will focus on the WWII battles between Nazi…

By Evan Narcisse Published May 7, 2012

One of the Most Popular Family Guy Episodes Gets Its Own Video Game

With ten seasons of Seth McFarlane’s Family Guy to explore it might seem silly to base a new video game on one single episode. That is unless the episode in question is season eight’s brilliant “Road to the Multiverse.” Outed on Friday via Amazon and confirmed by Activision this morning, Family Guy: Back to the…

By Mike Fahey Published May 7, 2012

Child Soldier Goons are Being Undone by Video Games

The thugs in charge of recruiting kids for use in bloody African wars are finding their efforts are being hampered in Somalia. Not through the direct actions of the government or the UN, but because kids now have enough things to do in their spare time to keep them off the streets. A report in…