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Like the Rest of Us, Madden Submits a Bracket—and Prays It Gets a Winner
Indianapolis. St. Louis. Griffin. Flynn. Washington. Seattle. Smith. San Francisco. Denver. Tebow. And now, Madden. The dominoes that fell in Peyton Manning’s release, free agency, and his signing on Tuesday with the Broncos tumbled all the way to the cover of the NFL’s signature video game. In addition to displacing Tim Tebow, the Bronco fan…
By Owen Good Published March 22, 2012 -
Sportaku Starts Now
From the Worldwide Leader in Sports … Video Games, your 6 p.m. Sportaku begins now.
By Owen Good Published March 22, 2012 -
The First Five Levels of a World of Warcraft Panda Monk
This morning I shared with you the creation of Susan, my first female Pandaren Monk in the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria beta test. Unfortunately she died. But don’t fret, she can and has been replaced with Stacy, a much better Pandaren Monk. Join Stacy and I as we roll our way through the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2012 -
Watch An MMO PC Gamer Shoot His Way Into an FPS Player’s Console Game
The clip here is short, but incredibly cool. On the left is Eve Online, a spectacular sci-fi massively multi-player game, which you can play on a computer. On the right is the upcoming first-person shooter, Dust 514, which you will be able to play on a PlayStation 3. The games take place in the same…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 22, 2012 -
Mass Effect Anime, Starring James Vega, Will be Released This Fall
BioWare has been expanding their Dragon Age and Mass Effect story universes through comics and novels for several years. Now they’re branching out into animation projects, working with FUNimation to create a pair of anime features for later this year, Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker and Mass Effect: Paragon Lost In this Dailymotion video…
By Kate Cox Published March 22, 2012 -
Mass Effect 3‘s Ending Got You Down? Come Talk About it at Kotaku Game Club
Welcome back to the Kotaku Game Club‘s discussion of Mass Effect 3. We’re finally here. Today we’ll be talking about the game’s last missions and its oft-maligned ending. Whether you loved or hated it, everybody seems to have their own idea of what should’ve happened at the end of this game. As with all of…
By Mike Epstein Published March 22, 2012 -
GameStop Boss Thinks the Next Xbox Will Play Used Games
The head of America’s biggest chain of game shops said he thinks it is “unlikely” that the next Xbox will block the playing of used games. “We think it’s unlikely that there would be that next-gen console [that blocks used games] because the model simply hasn’t been proven that works,” Paul Raines, CEO of GameStop,…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 22, 2012 -
These 860 Screenshots Tell My Mass Effect 3 Story
One of the reasons I enjoy being a PC gamer is the ease of taking screenshots. Sometimes, many screenshots. It’s a hotkey that calls to me with an allure I can’t ignore. So it came to pass that when I played through Mass Effect 3 with my Shepard, the Shepard I had played through Mass…
By Kate Cox Published March 22, 2012 -
You’ll Be Able To Play Baldur’s Gate On Your iPad This Summer
PC role-playing game Baldur’s Gate will soon be living in a post-PC world. The beloved classic will be out for iPad this summer, developer Overhaul Games said today. It will also feature new content (!) and a new party member (!!!). Overhaul writes in a press release: Running on an upgraded and improved version of…
By Jason Schreier Published March 22, 2012 -
Passagebalt Combines Canabalt and Passage to Make You Excited About Being Sad
Small, well-crafted indie games can be great about delivering unfiltered experiences. In Adam Saltsman’s Canabalt, you ran and jumped until you couldn’t any more. With Jason Rohrer‘s Passage, you wandered around a pixellated world that represented life’s journey, meeting a spouse and making your way together until that stopped, as it ultimately has to. The…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 22, 2012 -
The LittleBigPlanet Karting Game We Didn’t Ask For Actually Looks … Good?
Take a look at the first trailer for LittleBigPlanet Karting the PlayStation 3 game whose very existence is something of en eye-roller, except… that trailer actually looks pretty good. The people behind ModNation Racers, United Front Games, are making this one (in collaboration with LBP dev studio Media Molecule), which is both fitting and weird.…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 22, 2012 -
Draw Something Is Drawing Huge Piles of Money
I only started playing OMGPOP’s Draw Something a couple days ago. I already can’t stop playing. It’s irresistible—I’m playing games with damn near everyone I know on Facebook; people I never play games with, not even Words With Friends So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the game is raking in money. Particularly not…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 22, 2012 -
Final Fantasy XIII-2‘s Goofy Octopus DLC Is Straight Outta Final Fantasy VI
This is Ultros. And his buddy, Typhon. Be careful. They’ll blow you away. Ultros and Typhon are part of a new downloadable content pack for Final Fantasy XIII-2, the role-playing game that Square Enix released earlier this year for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. You might recognize the two goofy villains from Final Fantasy VI,…
By Jason Schreier Published March 22, 2012 -
Where To Find Angry Birds Space‘s Golden Eggs
They’re called eggsteroids now, okay? Like lots of other things in the latest version of Rovio’s hit mobile franchise, the shiny collectibles in Angry Birds Space have changed. The golden orbs open up black holes that teleport you to secret levels that contain tributes to old-school games like Space Invaders, Breakout and Super Mario Brothers…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 22, 2012 -
$20 Minecraft, New Fable Hit Xbox Live This May [UPDATE]
Indie smash hit Minecraft will mine its way to Xbox 360 on May 9, Microsoft’s Major Nelson said today on his blog. It will be 1600 Microsoft Points, or a whopping $20. You’ll be able to play the sandbox game using Microsoft’s controller-free Kinect interface—in other words, you’ll finally be able to dig things with…
By Jason Schreier Published March 22, 2012 -
Before You Watch The Movie, Play Hunger Games: Girl On Fire
Hunger Games: Girl On Fire is like Canabalt, but more interactive and based on Lions Gate Films’ action drama that comes out tomorrow. The star of the film (and this iOS game), Katniss, ventures outside the bounds of District 12 where she faces menacing Tracker Jackers. On a never-ending run, Katniss has a surprising resistance…
By Tina Amini Published March 22, 2012 -
When Transformers Attack Grand Theft Auto IV‘s Liberty City
Here’s one of the best Grand Theft Auto IV mods I’ve ever seen: a look at what happens when Transformers hero Optimus Prime invades Liberty City. Optimus fits right in. You could almost call it… Grand Theft Autobots GTA IV – Optimus Prime (Transformers Mod) HD [YouTube — thanks, Shashwat!]
By Jason Schreier Published March 22, 2012 -
Angry Birds Space Slingshots Its Way Into Gaming App of the Day
You’ve read all about Angry Birds Space in our explainer article, now watch me play it as we officially give Rovio’s latest and greatest a nod as our Gaming App of the Day. Note that I did not have time to edit out my numerous misses in the middle of the video, so please feel…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2012 -
You Haven’t Lived Until You’ve Successfully Performed A Cabbage Trick Shot In Skyrim
It’s a lot more fun—or maybe just funny—than it sounds. Rooster Teeth’s “Achievement Hunter” duo set out to find yet another random and quirky pastime in Skyrim. Because you have probably exhausted all quests, side quests, and hoarding possibilities in the latest Elder Scrolls title from publisher Bethesda, now is the perfect time to trick…
By Tina Amini Published March 22, 2012