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It’s GTAIII, Running on GTAIV’s Engine
Similar to the Vice City Rage project (and the San Andreas Rage project), here’s an undertaking bringing the world design of Grand Theft Auto III’s Liberty City to the more robust engine of Grand Theft Auto IV Why bother? Same old classic game world you know and love, only now the cars drive better and…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 25, 2012 -
An All-Male Club Lets Video Gamers Punch at Sports’ Glass Ceiling
For years, EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour series has allowed gamers to create female golfers and play with them, even against all-male tournament fields, on any course and in any of the events licensed to appear in the game. Last year, Tiger Woods added The Masters Tournament, the event hosted by Augusta National Golf…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 -
Mad Men Video Game is Free, Lets You Smoke and Shoot People
If you’re like me, you watched Mad Men and lamented the fact that the hit AMC Show takes place before the dawn of home video game consoles. Can you imagine too-cool ad execs Don Draper and Roger Sterling in a pitch meeting for the Atari 2600? “So, all it does is move that thing on…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 25, 2012 -
PS Vita’s Silent Hill: Book of Memories is Delayed
Silent Hill‘s debut on the PlayStation Vita—Silent Hill: Book of Memories— will not hit its March 27 release date. Amazon and Gamefly both have given the game a May 31 placeholder date, and Konami confirmed the delay to RipTen The game was originally slated for a Vita “launch window” release, and the handheld arrived in…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 -
Are The Hunger Games Appropriate for a Full Video Game Adaptation? Will There Even Be One?
Forgive me, I had not heard of The Hunger Games before I posted an item about Canabalt‘s creator and mentioned he was making an iPhone game coinciding with the film’s release. That was a week ago. Since then, I could not avoid the topic if I tried, and not just because of its understandable appeal…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 -
GameStop Gives the GameCube the Sweetest Rejection Note Ever
The GameCube is “officially collectible,” says GameStop, in a notice that, come April 2, it will no longer accept trade-ins on any GameCube consoles, games or accessories. It’s at the bottom of the retailer’s trade-in page. That doesn’t mean your local store will stop selling its GameCube consoles, games or accessories, of course. GameStop will…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 -
Unchained Blades Coming to 3DS—as a Downloadable Title?
XSEED yesterday teased a new game release, which turns out to be Unchained Blades, the western title for the dungeon crawler UnchainBlades ReXX. Nintendo Power, in its latest edition, also reports that this game will be a digital download, one of the first full-size titles to be made available that way on the 3DS. We’ve…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 -
TIE Attack
Believe it or not, this 1/3rd scale TIE Fighter was used to teach the Pythagorean Theorem to some guy’s kid for a church movie night project. The TIE Fighter was sold on Craigslist last week. Now we’re going to think up some new adventures for it. Like the er, actual spacecraft, this TIE Fighter also…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 -
Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
An exquisite 8-bit version of Vasily Perov’s The Hunters at Rest—complete with Asshole Dog—is our latest TAYpic, thanks to MuckaMuck. Good morning and welcome to Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves. Feel free to discuss anything on the subject of video games in our comments below. If you’ve got a good idea and the skills, take a…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2012 -
Angry Helmet: The Winners
A new helmet design for F1 racer Heikki Kovalainen supplied the exploitable, and 20 of Kotaku’s best shoppers supplied the funny for this week’s contest. We have all of them inside, plus overall winner Guilherme_B! Leading off, Brand Sliven (4) and AttorneyAtMusic (3) both had hilarious takes on the same idea. Attorney’s is my favorite,…
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2012 -
Raccoon City‘s Studio is Satisfied with One Happy Customer: Capcom
Reviews of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City were not kind. It opened to terrible reviews, especially for a title releasing under that name and publisher. “Not worth playing,” and “a mediocre slog with annoying difficulty spikes,” is the appraisal of Kotaku’s Evan Narcisse, in his review. Eurogamer contacted developer Slant Six for a reaction to…
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2012 -
3DS Epic Mickey Confirmed by Nintendo Power‘s Cover
Still unofficially announced, Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion is a cover subject of the April edition of Nintendo Power, which arrived in some readers’ mailboxes today. The article lists Dreamrift, developer of Monster Tale as the studio behind the 3DS Epic Mickey. It will arrive sometime in the fall, probably concurrent with Epic Mickey:…
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2012 -
Face Importation will be Fixed in the Next Mass Effect Patch—Whenever That Arrives
We can debate whether BioWare’s ending for Mass Effect 3 is good, bad, or breaks promises made in the game’s marketing or whatever. There’s no denying the game’s face importation glitch is a straight-up botch job and a total disappointment to the series’ longest-tenured fans. This will finally be addressed in the game’s next patch,…
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2012 -
Minecraft Has Made Almost as Much as Angry Birds
It hasn’t been downloaded nearly as much, but the $80 million in revenues that Minecraft has delivered to Mojang compares well to the $100 million its Scandinavian neighbors Rovio have pulled in from Angry Birds. And that figure looks to get larger once the game arrives on Xbox Live Arcade in May. The revenue figure…
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2012 -
Zynga Insiders, Including Its Founder, Look to Unload $500 Million in Stock
Barely three months after the company’s initial public offering are several Zynga insiders looking to get rich by selling off a hunk of their stock. That includes founder Mark Pincus, who will offer a wad of shares valued at more than $200 million. Others in on the sale include senior Zynga executives John Schappert and…
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2012 -
A Savings Unlike Any Other
A deal on Tuesday’s upcoming Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 provides value for the serious golf fan. Pick it up and you can still buy the collector’s edition DLC and have $5 left over. Savings on Kid Icarus: Uprising and Max Payne 3 also highlight this week’s roundup of more than 60 deals, online and…
By Owen Good Published March 24, 2012 -
The Best of Kotaku, This Week
It’s Adventure Time! My favorite show! And Skyrim! Put together! Ok, I’ve taken a breath. This week’s spectacular image comes from deviantArt user radiostarkiller. I found his fantastic work on Reddit. I’m not sure the 3DS game that’s in the works will be as awesome, but a girl can dream, right? Right? Guys…? This image…
By Tina Amini Published March 24, 2012 -
Popular Street Fighter Producer Collapsed from Exhaustion, Rushed to the Hospital
Fans love Yoshinori Ono, producer of the Street Fighter series, for his upbeat attitude and crazy antics. He appears at countless events and always seems like he’s doing his best to promote Street Fighter—whether that be in person or on Twitter. Sadly, it sounds like Ono has pushed himself too far. The Street Fighter producer…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 24, 2012 -
“Flying Robots Deliver Tacos To Your Location”
Do you really need to hear anything more than that? I certainly don’t. Greetings, Kotaku, and welcome to the Friday evening open thread. Many things from around the internet, including whatever amazing scheme that headline refers to, await you below. A mixtape of “Jazz for Metalheads” – This is awesome. Get ready for the greatest…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 23, 2012