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When Coldplay Meets Minecraft
Weird Al’s got nothing on this Minecraft-themed parody of Coldplay’s “Viva la Vida.” Actually, singer TryHardNinja sounds a little bit like he’s channeling Mr. Yankovic. Either way, this is pretty cool. Dunno which is most impressive—the song, the video, or the Minecraft map created for the occasion. “Fallen Kingdom” – A Minecraft Parody of Coldplay’s…
By Jason Schreier Published April 3, 2012 -
Tuesday Watch This, Play This
Watch! Every song needs a Minecraft parody version of it like this one. Watch! I would play an Angry Birds with Mr. T-Bird and the rest of the A-Team. Play! Jason enjoys the 80s cartoon references in Saturday Morning RPG. Watch! It’s cool to be a geek who likes video games.
By Tina Amini Published April 3, 2012 -
Saturday Morning RPG Is Chock Full Of Cartoon Goodness And 80s References
Saturday Morning RPG starts off with a reference to the 1989 Fred Savage film The Wizard. That’s pretty much all you need to know about this upcoming iOS game—from Care Bears to Transformers, it’s a non-stop barrage of warm nostalgia. It’s also a role-playing game filled with areas to explore, sidequests to crunch, and enemies…
By Jason Schreier Published April 3, 2012 -
The Next Generation of Core Games is Destined to be Free to Play, Ben Cousins Says
Ben Cousins, formerly of Lionhead, Sony, and EA/DICE, among others, is currently head of a mobile game development team for ngmoco, based out of Sweden. Several weeks ago, at the 2012 Game Developers Conference, he made a provocative and persuasive presentation to the effect that dedicated game consoles were on their way out. More recently,…
By Kate Cox Published April 3, 2012 -
Rumor: New Batman: Arkham City Story-Based DLC, Will Focus on Robin
Fans who’ve been clamoring for more narrative chapters for the Dark Knight’s latest video-game success and for the chance to take DLC characters like Nightwing and Robin out into the game’s open-world environments might finally be getting their wish. A list of PlayStation 3 trophies seems to out the existence of new story-based DLC for…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 3, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Hello, math nerds! Today is one of those special days where the month, day and year form an equation. This makes always me happy. Want to talk about what makes you happy? You’ve come to the right place. Kotaku’s official forum Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 3, 2012 -
Before You Play The Witcher 2, Here’s What Happened in The Witcher
On April 17 Xbox 360 gamers get their first taste of Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the first console installment of the popular PC role-playing game series. Did they miss anything in the first game? Not if they watch this video they didn’t. A lot went on in the original…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2012 -
Lease Your Own Little Piece of Battlefield 3 When Xbox 360 Server Rental Goes Live Today
Strangers can be jerks. Granted, they can be cool, too, but if you’re competing in an online shooter, chances are that they’re jerks. And sometimes you have to play with them. But now that Battlefield 3 server rentals will be going live for the Xbox 360, you’ll be able to control who you play with.…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 3, 2012 -
The Secret World‘s Beta Weekends and Early Access are Yours for the Preordering
Want to get in on the beta weekends for Funcom’s upcoming paranormal MMO The Secret World? Want up to four days of early access before the game launches? Want an Egyptian Cat as an in-game pet? Man, you sure want a lot. You should probably preorder. The Secret World beta weekends kick off May 11,…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2012 -
My Neighbor Totoro Will Destroy You with Cuteness
Artist Kevin Derken took two of the Japanese things he loved most—Maschinen Krieger and Studio Ghibli—and mashed them together for this. He calls it the S.A.F.S. Totoro. I call it awesome. S.A.F.S. stands for “Super Armored Fighting Suit”, while Totoro is the cute character from the classic anime My Neighbor Totoro. Previously, Kotaku featured Derken’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 3, 2012 -
We Dance With Slave Leia To Weird, Lucas-Approved Christina Aguilera Star Wars Remix
We’ve had a copy of Star Wars: Kinect in our New York office for a few days now. Which means, aside from Stephen’s upcoming review, people have been dancing their asses off to pop songs. Pop songs that have been re-worked to include lyrics from the Star Wars universe. While Lando and Boba Fett dance…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012 -
Reacting to Mass Effect 3’s Ending: The Adorable Comic
I never got the anger people had towards Mass Effect 3. I can’t remember the last time a video game made me angry. Sad, though, maybe even crushingly disappointed, yes. I remember that well. I remember it like it was last month, actually, because it was when I finished Mass Effect 3. Something this wonderful…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012 -
PS Vita Firmware Updated to 1.65
Sony has pushed live an update for PlayStation Vita users. Don’t get too excited. – A “Notification Alert” option will be added to Settings, so you can toggle alerts on or off – “After 10 minutes” will be added to the time options under Power Save Settings – An Arrow icon will now appear when…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012 -
If Nintendo Made Children’s Books…
…they wouldn’t just be awesome, they’d be this awesome. They’re the work of artist Caldwell Tanner, and it’s making me incredibly upset that these aren’t real books that can be bought and read to children who will grow up thinking the wrong story is so damn right Video Game Childrens Books [LOLDWELL, via Super Punch]
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012 -
Your Kickstarter Probably Sucks. Here’s How to Make it Better.
You would not believe how many Kickstarter ideas we’ve been shown in the last few weeks. Ever since Double Fine (and then Wasteland 2) showed there was serious money to be made on the service, every man, his dog and his dog’s workmates from the IT department have been sending us their idea for the…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012 -
Virtual Boy-Carrying Champion Gatecrashes Pop Star Dance Audition
Keith Apicary, who in the absence of anything neater I’m just going call a video game comedian, is my new hero. We’ve featured Apicary’s work before, but this takes things to a whole new level of laugh your ass off, as he visits a backup dancer audition for a role in a Kimberly Cole music…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 3, 2012 -
Porn Site Wants to Sponsor Fighting Game Events [Update]
Brazzers, a media network that specialises in internet porn movies, wants to get into the video game scene. But not by making a game. They want to sponsor fighting game players and fighting game events. Over on the Twitter feed of Brazzer’s director of special events, Rob Steele, some fighting game fans are going bananas.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2012 -
Katniss Everbean, The Beanie Baby Who Was On Fire
Hello there, Kotaku! Welcome to another week of open threading. I hope you had as relaxing a weekend as I did. Here, gathered from the corners of the internet, are some things to delight and entertain you. Seems like there were a lot of good trailers released today. The Onion has launched a gaming-centric website…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 2, 2012