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I’m Not Playing Angry Birds Anymore but New Characters like This Might Pull Me into Angry Birds Space
When you think about it, the Angry Birds are like the collectible guns of a first-person shooter. Once you unlock them, each type does something different. So, if the titular avians of Rovio’s ubiquitous mobile hit are weapons in their own war, the upcoming Angry Birds Space will be increasing their arsenal with a few…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 19, 2012 -
There is Almost Nothing Entertaining About a Broken Sword
In today’s 88 percent durable edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Deuxhero wonders why game developers continue to include breakable weapons in their adventure games long after the novelty has worn off. So what’s the deal with breakable weapons? Some games do it right, and they generally fall into two camps. One is the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 19, 2012 -
BioWare Says It Hasn’t Ruled Out Changing Mass Effect 3‘s Ending
The developer posted on Facebook today to say it is “collecting and considering” fan feedback about the controversial ending. BioWare did not mention whether it will be going to the FTC to complain about its fans. [Facebook]
By Jason Schreier Published March 19, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
On Monday, the early bird gets the alien. Or something like that. No matter what time you wake up, you can still enjoy the talk in 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…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 19, 2012 -
We Like Kid Icarus: Uprising So Far, Because It’s Weird.
Kid Icarus: Uprising is Nintendo’s big 3DS game of early 2012. Hyped since the early days of the 3DS as one of the major titles for the system, we’ve now been able to play the finished game. It’s fun. It’s weird. No, it’s very weird. We’re not ready to review it just yet. We want…
Kirk Hamilton & Stephen Totilo Published March 19, 2012 -
International Star Wars Fan Groups Now Accepting The Old Republic as Costume Canon
It may have Lucas’ blessing, but a Star Wars product isn’t a true Star Wars product until the fans accept it into their hearts, or their costuming communities. Both the Light and Dark sides of international Star Wars costuming organizations are now allowing applicants to submit outifts based on BioWare’s massively-multiplayer online role-playing game. While…
By Mike Fahey Published March 19, 2012 -
Sleeping Dogs Looks Like the Shiny, Vulgar Hong Kong Gangster Video Game I’ve Been Waiting For
I got to play a video game that came back from the dead and feel pretty hopeful about its resurrection. That’s because Sleeping Dogs might just fulfill a very specific desire of mine, which is to play through a video game that takes its cues from the movies of, say, Johnnie To or Chan-Wook Park.…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 19, 2012 -
What Guild Wars 2 Questions Do You Want Answered?
Another round of Guild Wars 2 beta testing begins soon, and this time I around am arming myself with your questions before taking the plunge into Tyria once again. What can I do for you? Having already learned much of what I wanted to know during my Guild Wars 2 weekend experience last month, I’m…
By Mike Fahey Published March 19, 2012 -
Battlefield 3 Goes Back in Time, High-Fives Contra
Just in case you ever thought Battlefield 3 would be better with sound effects from Contra and the NES version of Top Gun (and music from Batman), here you go. Battlefield 3, with sound effects from Contra and the NES version of Top Gun It’s amazing how, once the joke wears off, you notice it…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2012 -
When Star Wars Meets High Fashion, AT-AT Drivers Ride French Bicycles
Artist John Woo throws together two very unlikely things – high fashion and the characters of Star Wars – in his “He Wears It” series of prints and images. Don’t let the name fool you, there are ladies as well. And some characters from outside the Star Wars universe, like the T-1000. But mostly, it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2012 -
Be the Humans, or the Giant Shark Monster
Omegalodon is a simple little arcade action game for the PC that gives you an easy choice: either control an enormous shark monster as it smashes through a city, or control the humans trying to stop it. Adding a little strategy to proceedings is the ability of the humans to jump in a wide range…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2012 -
Mass Effect 3’s Multiplayer Stats are Missing One
There’s the usual hours logged and enemies killed in this multiplayer stats report from BioWare, but the most interesting – percentage of players only playing in the first place because they felt they were forced to – seems to have been left out. Which may sound awfully ungrateful, but as robust as it is –…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2012 -
The Skyrim Tourism Board Wants you to Visit Winterhold
Not that Skyrim really needed a tourism board, since millions of people have been spending entire weeks in the place lately, but if it did, you’d hope its efforts would look this classy. These posters were done by artist Dean Walton, and if they look familiar that’s because he did a similar series for Zelda…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2012 -
Bit.Trip Runner’s Sequel Just Keeps on Running
The ridiculously good Bit.Trip Runner has a sequel, of sorts, on the way. It’s not part of the Bit.Trip series, though, so it’s simply called Runner 2. Which about sums up what’s going on. Note that, as good as this already looks, it’s a “super sneaky peek” at pre-alpha code, which you’ll eventually realise with…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2012 -
First-Person Grand Theft Auto is Kicking Everyone’s Bananas
While this clip showing Grand Theft Auto from a first-person perspective is a little slower – and less explosive – than you’re probably accustomed to, it at least gets the spirit of the series less scripted moments right. Except for those hands. Not really sure what’s going on there.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2012 -
Mass Effect’s Reapers are Going to F**k Every Organic Being in the Galaxy
Surprisingly, this whole “unnecessary censorship” gag hasn’t entirely worn out its welcome, as this very dramatic clip from Mass Effect 3 shows. If you’re not entirely sold on the idea, make it to 1:13. Or, better yet, Miranda.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2012 -
The Very Best In Cosplay: Julia Kasu
Julia Kasu, aka KasuzameYuu, is a costume builder and cosplayer from Russia. You may never have heard of her, but if you read this website, you should have seen her work from time to time Her Left 4 Dead outfits (both of which she made, while she also “played” the Witch), for example, are some…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2012 -
Half-Life, Portal Toys are About to Get Even Cooler
So far, toy company NECA seems to be doing a pretty good job with a license for Valve’s catalogue of first-person shooters. But at the end of the day, NECA makes toys for the mass market, so what you’ll be getting will be fairly standard stuff. Over the weekend a potentially more exciting announcement was…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2012 -
Haunting Skyrim Songstress Returns With New Number
In December, Malukah performed a Skyrim song on YouTube that sent shivers across the internet. It was that good. She now returns to sing another, and this time has brought a friend, fellow internet musician Miracle of Sound Unlike the first one, which haunted your bones while you slept, this one is corny as hell.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2012 -
Soulcalibur V’s Next Costume Offerings Includes a Pac-Man Cameo (Sort Of)
Pac-Man is having a hell of a career second act in fighting games. Of course, he is one of the free characters in Street Fighter X Tekken on the PlayStation 3. Now it looks like he’ll be included—as some kind of bizarre head-thing—in Soulcalibur V‘s next batch of monthly costume DLC. See for yourself at…
By Owen Good Published March 18, 2012