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Great Scott! Panel Discussion Starts Now!
Are we still pretending that comics and video games don’t have anything to do with each other? Not anymore, we’re not. Welcome to Panel Discussion, where the focus will be on comic books and sequential art, whether they connect directly to video games or not. Confused? Read this.
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2012 -
Gamers Send BioWare 400 Cupcakes
Proving once and for all that cupcakes are the solution to all of life’s woes, a group of BioWare fans has organized a shipment of 400 delicious pastries to the Mass Effect creator’s office in Edmonton, Canada. Their goal is to protest Mass Effect 3‘s controversial ending by giving everyone at BioWare diabetes trying to…
By Jason Schreier Published March 27, 2012 -
The Average Xbox User Is Online For 84 Hours Per Month, Gaming For About Half Of It
The Xbox 360 is perhaps the country’s most beloved current generation gaming console, with millions of units sitting in millions of living rooms entertaining millions of gamers. But for all that the 360 is the platform of choice for players to devour blockbuster and indie game titles alike, its biggest draw may be for watching…
By Kate Cox Published March 27, 2012 -
How To Three-Star The Hell Out of Angry Birds Space
It’s almost an inherent quality to want to 100%, perfect, full-star, whatever you want to call it, for each game. Especially when the tasks are fairly simple ones, like those many mobile games employ, it’s hard to fend off that desire to achieve perfect completion. Angry Birds Space is no exception. In fact, developer Rovio’s…
By Tina Amini Published March 27, 2012 -
Hollywood Director James Gunn Chokes Up Because of Lollipop Chainsaw’s Zombie-Killing Cheerleader
Gory grindhouse horror movies. Bubblegum pop. The mish-mash of these elements makes it impossible to look away from upcoming action game Lollipop Chainsaw. It’s a balance that the title’s creators need to get just right but James Gunn and Goichi Suda think they’re on the right track I had a chance to sit down with…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2012 -
Anarchy Online Puts on a Fresh Face After 11 Years
Perhaps the most compelling and original science fiction setting in massively multiplayer online gaming, Funcom’s Anarchy Online has been in operation since June of 2001. About time for a facelift, wouldn’t you say? Let’s take a look at the changes being made to this elder statesman of the sci-fi MMO scene. To the layman it…
By Mike Fahey Published March 27, 2012 -
The Nintendo 3DS Is Now One Year Old. And It Doesn’t Suck.
Happy birthday, 3DS! It’s been a rollercoaster of a year for Nintendo’s glasses-free 3D gaming handheld, which was first released on March 27, 2011. In the 366 days since it first hit America’s grubby hands, the 3DS has been the subject of both admiration and derision, both high highs and low lows. And although at…
By Jason Schreier Published March 27, 2012 -
Get a 320GB PS3 for only $10 More than the 160GB Model
Today, Amazon is listing the 320GB configuration of the PlayStation 3 for $259.99 (free shipping). That is only $10 more than the 160GB model, and $40 less than the next best price you’ll find anywhere. [Dealzon]
By Owen Good Published March 27, 2012 -
Every Half-Life Fan’s Worst Nightmare
The moment all Valve and Half-Life fans have been waiting for might be revealed at this year’s E3, predicts YouTube user aekime. But will it be the big reveal everyone is sitting on the edge of their seats for? At least Gabe will apparently make the most amazing entrance ever. Fair warning: This video is…
By Tina Amini Published March 27, 2012 -
Turn-Based Role-Playing Fans Find a Safe Haven in Chaos Rings II
Final Fantasy fans seeking to relive the glory days of the series when enemies were on one side of the screen and waited their turn have a new champion on the iPhone in Square Enix’s Chaos Rings II. As with Chaos Rings and Chaos Rings Omega before it, Chaos Rings II is a turn-based role-playing…
By Mike Fahey Published March 27, 2012 -
Horrible Food and Video Games Used to Date Back in the 80s
Video game historian Patrick Scott Patterson writes, “Anyone who claims video games cause child obesity might had more of a case in the 1980s.” Here’s more than eight glorious minutes’ worth of commercials that explain why we were fat in the 1980s. Video game food tie-ins are alive and well today, of course. The difference…
By Mike Fahey Published March 27, 2012 -
Laugh Through 16 Minutes of This Bubsy Collection Review
Have you ever played a Bubsy game? If you have, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the lackluster controls and odd bobcat mascot who talks… a little too much. If you haven’t, JonTron is here to warn you to keep it that way. Leave your 90s gaming memories untarnished by this platformer. I wouldn’t normally recommend 16-minute…
By Tina Amini Published March 27, 2012 -
Tuesday Watch This, Play This
Watch! You probably didn’t need this review of the Bubsy collection, but it’s worth watching anyway. Watch! This is what video game and food ad tie-ins looked like in the 80s. Play! Need a new RPG to play on your iPhone? Fahey suggests Chaos Rings II Watch! One fan’s prediction of Valve’s E3 this year.
By Tina Amini Published March 27, 2012 -
The Mystery of The Hunger Games Facebook Game
The Hunger Games opened last Friday to sold-out theaters nationwide. Bringing in over $150 million in ticket sales, it claims the third-best opening weekend in terms of revenue in the history of blockbuster cinema. Where there’s a movie, there’s a game tie-in. For The Hunger Games, audiences were promised two. One is iOS side-scroller The…
By Kate Cox Published March 27, 2012 -
They Hope Baldur’s Gate Will Revive The Classic RPG
Classic Western role-playing games are hard to find these days. The most successful ones are chimeras, like Mass Effect 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, games that graft a role-playing game’s quests and statistics onto shooting or action-based mechanics. Even party-based RPG series like Dragon Age can’t seem to emulate that thrilling classic notion…
By Jason Schreier Published March 27, 2012 -
Gears of War 3 is Secretly a Masterpiece of Landscape Art
The casual observer of the Xbox 360’s Gears of War 3 may notice the grunting warriors, the characters shooting each other to bloody bits or chainsawing each other in half. Refined eyes will spot beauty. They will see a triumph of modern landscape art, hiding in the background of a big action blockbuster. Watch these…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 27, 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! Let the record show that this is the…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2012 -
You Don’t Really Want An Assassin’s Creed: Japan
Assassin’s Creed games can be set in any place at any moment of history. For a time, fans thought the clues in the early games ensured that Assassin’s Creed II or maybe Assassin’s Creed III would be set in Japan, the player’s assassin taking on the role of a ninja or other great martial artist.…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 27, 2012 -
Saudi Arabia Banned This Shoe Shopping Game for Sounding Too Sexy
Shoe Wars is a simple little iPhone jumper about a woman looking for shoes at the mall, an activity many would consider a blissful experience. A little too blissful if you ask Saudi Arabia. The relatively harmless free iPhone app features a woman carrying a shopping bag jumping from platform to platform in a never-ending…
By Mike Fahey Published March 27, 2012