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Stuff to play, stuff to see, here comes Watch This, Play This. Confused? Read this

By Tina Amini Published March 26, 2012

50 Things About Assassin’s Creed III That You Should Know

You can assassinate a bear in Assassin’s Creed III. You can run around the battle of Bunker Hill, flanking the British to surprise them in their camp. You can go to the frontier and relax in a tree. You can help found a nation. You will be able to do so many excellent things in…

By Stephen Totilo Published March 26, 2012

Why Gamers Love to Fail

We play games to win. To complete challenges, to finish stories, to overcome obstacles. Games are goals and we need to meet them… right? Or do we, really? Might we play, instead, to feel the thrill of failure? Perhaps getting our butts kicked regularly motivates us more than we think. And yet, surely there must…

By Kate Cox Published March 26, 2012

Batman’s AWOL as Vampires Overrun Gotham in This Justice League Dark #7 Preview

One of the more impressive things about DC Comics’ New 52 reboot is how they’ve made horror and superheroics co-exist, without either genre seeming diminished. Whether it’s the Rot turning Animal Man‘s life upside down or Batman’s encounter with I, Vampire‘s Andrew Bennett, the mystical terrors that surface in the new continuity don’t seem like…

By Evan Narcisse Published March 26, 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! Today’s TAYpic comes courtesy of halfbeast and plunges…

By Evan Narcisse Published March 26, 2012

Last Week’s Most Persistent Rapper Is Actually Getting His Song in a Game

Some people have questioned the outreach strategy of hip-hop upstart Kadillak Kaz, who spent an hour or so last week Tweeting a plea to any vaguely video-game related Twitter feed he could find, imploring them to put any of his music in their games. Question Kadillak’s technique no longer. Indie game developer Michael Frauenhofer is…

By Stephen Totilo Published March 26, 2012

Angry Birds Space Blasts 10 Million Downloads In Three Days

Rovio’s bird-flinging physics game hit the 10 million mark this weekend, the developer said on the official Angry Birds Twitter account this morning. Angry Birds Space came out on March 22. [Angry Birds]

By Jason Schreier Published March 26, 2012

Pretending to Use the Force Works Better with Kinect Star Wars

We’re just a week away from the April 3 launch of Kinect Star Wars, the game you get when you buy that sexy new Star Wars Xbox 360 bundle. While my hopes aren’t particularly high for the game, at least it gives pretending to Force Choke someone important context. Kinect Star Wars stands to play…

By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2012

Ten Officially Sanctioned Guild Wars 2 Screenshots

As I mentioned in my questions and answers post, I’m not allowed to share my own screenshots of the Guild Wars 2 beta weekend with you folks, so Arenanet and NCsoft provided me with ten official screens vaguely connected to this weekend’s experience. How vaguely connected? The top shot here shows an Asura thief, a…

By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2012

Everything You Wanted to Know About Guild Wars 2

Last month I shared what I learned during the first Guild Wars 2 press beta weekend. Now the student becomes the master as I tackle the questions Kotaku posed had about the eagerly anticipated massively-multiplayer game after spending another beta weekend adventuring in the world of Tyria. The second Guild Wars 2 beta weekend has…

By Mike Fahey Published March 26, 2012

Epic Mickey 2 Needs the Power of Two… Development Studios

Junction Point—the development studio founded by legendary game designer Warren Spector and later acquired by Disney—made 2010’s Epic Mickey all by themselves. That technologically ambitious and mostly pretty game came out exclusively on the Wii. But, now that Mickey and Oswald’s next outing will be a multiplatform affair, Junction Point’s getting some help. Via e-mail,…

By Evan Narcisse Published March 26, 2012

This Person Went Kid Icarus Scratching Insane

Kid Icarus: Uprising is a stylus controlled 3DS game. Unless you are press down as hard as you possibly can while using the stylus, your 3DS should be fine! Nintendo builds its products to be tough; it builds them to last. Some players, however, get way into their stylus play. Check out this screen guard…

By Brian Ashcraft Published March 26, 2012

A My Little Pony Xbox 360. Just in Case you Needed One.

I am not Michael Fahey. I do not understand the appeal for grown men of My Little Pony, a franchise my little sister thought was rubbish when she was nine If you are Michael Fahey, though, you may go bananas for this custom My Little Pony Xbox 360, with hand-etched plexiglass, paint scheme and fancy…