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StarCraft II Ladder Enters Its Seventh Season
The real-time strategy game’s official multiplayer mode is now up to season seven, Blizzard announced today. Rankings will be reset once again. So now’s your chance to prove to the world that you deserve better than Bronze. [Blizzard]
By Jason Schreier Published April 11, 2012 -
Peter Molyneux Explains Why He Left Lionhead and Microsoft to go Indie
Game designer Peter Molyneux surprised many when he announced his departure from Microsoft last month. Molyneux is best known for heading up the Fable franchise and for his ambitious, unusual game ideas, both the successful and the cancelled Speaking with Eurogamer, Molyneux finally explained why he chose to leave Microsoft when he did, and why…
By Kate Cox Published April 11, 2012 -
Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton Headline Madden 13 Cover Finalists
Your four Madden 13 cover vote finalists are Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis, and Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson. Who do you want cursed the most? [@AdamSchefter]
By Jason Schreier Published April 11, 2012 -
Wreckateer Is Like A Kinect Version Of Angry Birds
Here’s some video footage of Wreckateer, an upcoming Xbox Live game for Kinect that requires you to smash and destroy castles by moving around your body. I found the game at PAX East last weekend and thought it looked interesting enough to record. There’s just something about wanton destruction that tickles that section of my…
By Jason Schreier Published April 11, 2012 -
Witness ‘The World’s Premiere Barbecue Defense Simulator’
Part tower defense game, part Tetris, Go Home Dinosaurs is many things. Educational, it is not, despite it’s depiction of the extinction of dinosaurs. Let’s not its scientific inaccuracies against it, because it looks like a fun game. In this video that we shot last weekend at PAX East, Go Home‘s lead designer, Eitan Glinert…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 11, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s Wednesday! Get rid of your limbs! 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! Feast…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 11, 2012 -
Ex-Massive Attack Producer And Batman Composer Unite for Halo 4 Soundtrack
A composer behind movies like The Dark Knight and a former member of the triphop band Massive Attack will unite for the Halo 4 soundtrack, according to a report today. Edge reports that Neil Davidge, best known as a former producer of the experimental band Massive Attack, has signed on to compose the soundtrack for…
By Jason Schreier Published April 11, 2012 -
The Better Business Bureau Says Yes, Mass Effect 3 Was Falsely Advertised
Fans upset with the outcome of Mass Effect 3 have been crying “false advertising” since the get go, arguing that the ability to “completely shape” their experience as promised by EA and BioWare never materialized. According to the Better Business Bureau’s Majorie Stephens, they were right. In a posting on the consumer protection organization’s Consumer…
By Mike Fahey Published April 11, 2012 -
All Signs (and Bows) Point to Crysis 3 [Update]
It started with a teased announcement last month, blossomed into a vaguely-hinty Swedish video game magazine cover, and coalesced into an alleged Google listing for the game on EA’s Origin. There’s no confirmation, but it’s beginning to look a lot like Crysis 3. Update: Now with confirmation! The discussion began on NeoGAF (as many do)…
By Mike Fahey Published April 11, 2012 -
I’ve Never Seen Someone as Scared of Chickens as This Kid
We got an email overnight from a reader, and the subject line was “Real life Zelda?”. I feared the worst. Some bad fan art, perhaps, or even worse, an awful fan film project. How wrong I was. If you’re just a regular human, you’ll probably laugh. Wonder why the kid doesn’t just drop the food.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
What 375 Nintendo Game Paintings, One for Each Day of the Year, Look Like
I know, there’s only 365 days in a year. We’ll get to that discrepancy in a minute. Aussie artist Campbell Whyte set out last year on a mission. He wanted to paint a small image every day of the year, each one based on a NES game. While his original aim was to paint the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
Resident Evil 6‘s Ridiculous $1000 Collector’s Edition
“Premium Edition” bundles often include statues or plastic weaponry. They’re a way for fans to feel closer to the game—and a way for publisher to milk extra money from said fans. And boy does Capcom love milking money! And with this bundle, Capcom is going to milk a lot of it. The upcoming Premium Edition…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 11, 2012 -
Brave Man Builds Real Devil May Cry Sword, Cannot Somersault With it
Further proof that giant swords designed by Japanese artists are entirely impractical in the real world, Michael “Giant swords are kinda my thing” Craughwell has built a 1:1 replica of Dante’s Rebellion sword from the Devil May Cry series. Built entirely from steel, and weighing a whopping 33.5 pounds, it doesn’t look quite as manageable…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
FarmVille Boss Stalked, Needs Over $1 Million in Security
The worst we normally get from irate psycopaths are angry/entertaining emails. For Zynga boss Mark Pincus, though, things are a lot more serious, to the point where he needs an absurd amount of security to ensure the safety of his family. Since last year, Pincus claims that he’s been stalked by a stripper, and while…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
What Azeroth Looks Like From Space
Reddit user lurker_becomes_lurkd has turned the draw distance on World of Warcraft all the way up to eleven, and in a series of screenshots lets us look down on the world of Azeroth as though we were Gods. It’s…clearly not designed to be seen from this kind of distance (it needed some tweaks – not…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
Please, God, Bring This Game of Thrones Game to Life
I’ve not been terribly excited by the Game of Thrones video games we’ve seen to date. I am, however, terribly excited by this single image, showing one man’s dream for a stylish 2D fighter based on the heroes of Westeros. It will never become a thing, but Dynamaito, you’ll still win my heart if you…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
The Star Wars Game Lucasarts Should Have Made, But Never Did
This is very exciting. Nearly three years ago, I did a story on Han Solo Adventures, a fan-made project looking to bring the world the 1990s Lucasarts x Star Wars adventure game it never actually got. Given this was three years ago, I’d given the project up for dead, but no. In the last few…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 11, 2012 -
Oh Dear God, My Eye
Hello, Kotaku! I just thought I’d give you a nice and lovely and heartwarming image for your Tuesday night open thread. No reason other than that. Nope. I hope you’re having a good week so far. Here, gathered from around the internet, are some things to check out and talk about. Our former boss Joel…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 10, 2012
