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Hackers Can Steal Credit Card Information From Your Old Xbox, Experts Tell Us [UPDATE]
You might not want to sell or give away your Xbox 360 any time soon. Not without taking a hammer to the hard drive. Even restoring your console to factory settings won’t remove some of the data it stores, according to an ongoing study from researchers at Drexel University. And with a handful of common…
By Jason Schreier Published March 29, 2012 -
Was the Ending of Mass Effect 3 Telegraphed Five Years Ago?
There are nearly as many different specific complaints about the conclusion of Mass Effect 3 as there are players who’ve completed the game. One of the major recurring points of contention, however, is the way in which the very final sequence of the game seems disconnected from the rest of play and from the series.…
By Kate Cox Published March 29, 2012 -
Let Sleeping Dogs Drive and This is What Happens
I told you not to bother them. Now they’re doing stunts, participating in illegal street races, and jumping from car-to-car with larcenous intent. BAD DOGS. The game formerly known as True Crime: Hong Kong features a massive open world filled with things that explode, shatter, or die horribly when hit with sufficient force. Naturally vehicles…
By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2012 -
Watch Kingdom Hearts 3D‘s Intro Projected On The Side Of A Building
Earlier this month to celebrate the Kingdom Hearts 10th Anniversary, Square Enix held the Kingdom Hearts Premier Event in southern Tokyo. Yesterday, to celebrate the release of Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance, they put footage of the event up on the official Kingdom Hearts 3D website. The best video shows the game’s intro movie as…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published March 29, 2012 -
These Games With Donut Whales and Robot Pickles Should Be A Real Thing
The Game Developers Conference sees a lot of creativity and interesting ideas pass through the halls of the convention center it’s hosted at. Production company iam8bit put together their own creative project that spawned some abstract and quirky game ideas. Using oversized fridge magnets—you know, the ones with words that you put together to make…
By Tina Amini Published March 29, 2012 -
In Lieu Of A Real Rollercoaster Ride, Side-Scroll Through Madcoaster
I’m a fan of constant, yet simple side-scrolling platformers. A week ago today we saw one inspired by the Hunger Games film But today I’d like to introduce Madcoaster. Madcoaster doesn’t ask much of its players in terms of the controls. You simply tap the screen to jump, and swipe downwards to transition from higher…
By Tina Amini Published March 29, 2012 -
Watch Upcoming Indie Game Pid Go from Paper to Pixel in This Video
It’s been months since anything’s been seen from Might & Delight’s Pid, an in-development indie platformer that plays around with gravity. It’s looking like it’s going to sport really stunning visuals and the video above offers a glimpse of Pid‘s progression. Look for Pid to hit digital platforms later this year.
By Evan Narcisse Published March 29, 2012 -
Look How Excited I Am For All These Things I Don’t Need!
Your favorite game is coming out in X number of weeks. The publisher just announced the pre-order, special edition, ultimate extreme epic package. And you really, really want that statue that comes with the game if you fork over the extra cash. But is it worth it? Are you really going to cherish that art…
By Tina Amini Published March 29, 2012 -
Thursday Watch This, Play This
Watch! Special Editions are like crack for gamers. But the bad kind. Watch! Pid reminds me a lot of Limbo. Play! Tina has been playing Madcoaster on her iPad to help pass the time on her train rides. Watch! The quirkiest games you’ll probably never get to play.
By Tina Amini Published March 29, 2012 -
BioShock‘s Ken Levine and FarmVille‘s Mark Pincus are Both Nominees for Time‘s Top 100
Every year, Time magazine rounds up what they call “The TIME 100,” a list of the most influential personalities of the year. In many ways the round-up is simply a rogue’s gallery of “here’s who you probably heard of recently,” but the list is an interesting way to track what seems to be taking precedence…
By Kate Cox Published March 29, 2012 -
The Two Best Things I’ve Been Told About Assassin’s Creed III
I recently rattled off 50 details about Assassin’s Creed III, details I learned when I sat through an hour-long demo of the October 2012 game with the lead creators on the project. There’s a 51st detail I’ve been waiting to tell you about (and a 52nd). As a longtime player of the series and, yes,…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 29, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome, wanderers, 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, game where you draw things? Knock yourselves out! Surprised Guy is a hunter not a boxer,…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 29, 2012 -
How to Migrate Your Commenting Account
If you’ve logged into your commenting account today with your username and password, you may have been prompted to convert your account to third-party authentication, using either Twitter, Facebook, or Google. It might seem like a pain, but it’s really quite easy and will hopefully make your Kotaku experience just a wee bit better, since…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 29, 2012 -
An Unauthorized Look at the Enigma Behind Grand Theft Auto
During the mid-1990s, I spent my summers in L.A. I was still in high school and answering phones at a film agency on Wilshire. And in the mid-1990s, super producer Don Simpson ruled Hollywood. Everyone in the movie business had a Don Simpson story. Along with Jerry Bruckheimer, Simpson was the force behind high-concept hits…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 29, 2012 -
The Most Compelling Image I Could Find to Represent This Week’s Nintendo Download
REMIX! This week sees the release of only two new games across Nintendo’s three platforms, signaling a time of change for the Weekly Nintendo download. Oh don’t worry, it’s not going away or anything. It’s just expanding to include whatever new videos the 3DS is getting in any given week, along with demos released for…
By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2012 -
Here’s How the Sequel to Amnesia: The Dark Descent Will Be Even Scarier
One of the scariest games in recent memory came in the form of Frictional Games’ Amnesia: The Dark Descent. And while there’s a sequel underway—titled Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs—the indie developer’s not the one making it. Instead, Frictional has handed the reins to the next Amnesia period piece scarefest to TheChineseRoom, makers of interactive…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 29, 2012 -
Kingdom Hearts 3DS’ Opening Movie Mixes Things Up
New screens from the opening movie for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance show off the game’s dedication to stirring the series’ already convoluted storyline into one large frothy jumble tasting faintly of salt water ice cream. I’ve been wondering which of the two Hikaru Utada opening themes they’d be using to kick off this…
By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2012 -
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is Much More Than Meets the Cover-Based Shooter
While I loved Transformers: War for Cybertron, at the end of the day I realize it wasn’t much more than a cover-based shooter with robots. High Moon Studios is taking steps to make sure Fall of Cybertron is much more than that. As game director Matt Tieger puts it, War for Cybertron was about proving…
By Mike Fahey Published March 29, 2012