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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…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 -
Argh, the Bad Guys in The Last of Us Look Just Horrible
Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us is taking the old zombie stereotype in a different direction, substituting hordes of ravenous flesh-eaters for…a global population that’s been infected by some kind of fungus and now looks really gross. While we’ve seen the monsters before, this statue of one was posted on Twitter over the weekend by…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 -
The Art of the Death of the Manual
This piece by artist Maskull Lasserre takes the impending demise of the printed computer manual quite literally, pressing a number of old pieces together and then carving a skull out of it. Morbid, but also quite lovely. [Maskull Lasserre, via Boing Boing]
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 -
Awesome Lady Turns Nerf Guns into Video Game Guns
Nerfenstein – more boringly known as Aesthetic Nerf Mods Australia – takes regular old Nerf guns and, with a little customisation and paint work, turns them into replica weapons based on those found in video games, movies and comic books. Replica weapons you can shoot a kid in the face with and not feel that…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 -
How Assassin’s Creed III Will Work on the Wii U
As bizarre as it seems to be thinking of a proper Assassin’s Creed game appearing on a Nintendo console, it’s going to happen later this year when Assassin’s Creed III is released on the Wii U. Leading many people to wonder, how’s it going to take advantage of the console’s unique control pad? The latest…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 -
The Very Best In Cosplay: Omi Gibson
For the last few months, I’ve used this feature to highlight the very best cosplay artists in the world. To the last, each of them produces astonishing work, whether they be costume builders, props makers, photographers and/or models. None of them, however, can quite match the output of Japanese superstar Omi Gibson. Whether it be…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 -
Mega Man Becomes Mega Girl
So what if Capcom seems unwilling to make any more Mega Man games. They could always make a Mega Girl game instead! At least, that’s the premise behind this gender-swapping take on the platforming hero by artist dcwj, in which the star and several other characters/bosses are reimagined. It’s adorable. So much so I would…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 26, 2012 -
The BioShock Movie Just Lost its SECOND Director
In case you somehow thought the ill-fated BioShock movie project would emerge from the depths of production hell and actually get filmed, know that this seems even more unlikely now given the fact the film has lost its second director. 28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who came onboard in 2010 to replace the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2012 -
Can a Vita Survive Being Dropped Onto the Road?
I dropped my Vita over the weekend. Luckily, it landed on grass, and it was totally fine. These guys aren’t dropping their Vita on grass. They’re dropping it on a road. Over and over again. For science. As part of their highly practical “drop test” series, Gizmo Slip let the Vita fall to the bitumen…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2012