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Ratchet & Clank Terrorize These Hapless Businessmen
Ratchet might not want to harass anybody when he uses Clank as a helicopter, but sometimes it just can’t be avoided. In this video, which we shot at the New York Toy Fair on Sunday, you can watch the anthropomorphic feline ride around like an out-of-control… well, helicopter. [Music: Flight of the Bumblebee]
By Jason Schreier Published February 14, 2012 -
Beat Hazard Ultra is the Game Photosensitive Seizure Blurbs Were Warning You About
Until now your iTunes music library has remained passive, patiently waiting for you to allow it to waft delicately to your eardrums. With the release of the iOS version of Beat Hazard Ultra your music is now a deadly predator, lurking in your playlist, awaiting the call to be transformed into explosive levels of eye-melting…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2012 -
See Curt Schilling Shilling Kingdoms of Amalur on Jimmy Fallon
38 Studios founder Curt Schilling uses tales of baseball triumphs past to hook Late Night host Jimmy Fallon and then brings Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning in for the kill. While Schilling comes across as completely excited about the release of his company’s first major game, Fallon himself looks like he’d much rather talk baseball for…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2012 -
Watch This, Play This Begins Now
Stuff to play, stuff to see, here comes Watch This, Play This. Confused? Read this
By Tina Amini Published February 14, 2012 -
First PlayStation Vita Ad Gives Bad Advice
Here’s Sony’s first video advertisement for the powerful PlayStation Vita, an ad that the publisher says will be plastered on Fox, Comedy Central, and ESPN (among other networks) in the near future. The tagline? “Never Stop Playing.” You probably should stop playing at some point, though. To eat. And sleep. And read Kotaku
By Jason Schreier Published February 14, 2012 -
Survey: There’s a 1 in 10 Chance Words With Friends Will Get You Some Action
We all know that the “social” space has changed the dating scene. Facebook has thrown all sorts of new tools and little wrinkles our way. Now that the virtual hangouts have caught up with crowded bars as a place to meet a mate, social games are finding a new way to shine. Zynga ran a…
By Kate Cox Published February 14, 2012 -
Stop Copying World of Warcraft, Start Making a Better MMO
Commenter Kinecticdamage tries to shock massively multiplayer online game developers out of their World of Warcraft-fueled haze and on track to create something truly unique and beautiful in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. “In case of Doubt, copy WoW“, a message to MMO devs. I don’t know if there are any MMO analysts, business angels,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2012 -
Mostly Dead is Slightly Alive: Where Adventure Games Are Hiding
Double Fine’s record-breaking Kickstarter adventure has, over the past few days, rekindled the perennial discussion about the entire genre of adventure games. The classic adventure has had its death announced dozens, if not hundreds, of times over the past decade or so, with at least an equal number of rebuttals. When adventure game god Tim…
By Kate Cox Published February 14, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, Talk Amongst Yourselves, where we gather on a daily basis to discuss the joys and wonders of gaming all rolled up into one. It’s Valentine’s Day, the day on which we remember that falling in love can be like falling into a hole. That must be what user CG420, creator…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 14, 2012 -
Making The Last Guardian is Very Hard, Sony Admits
The Last Guardian is the the PlayStation 3 game that the people who most want PlayStation 3 games want. It’s also the biggest Sony title that appears to be in risk of vanishing before our very eyes. First shown in a pair of trailers in mid-2009, it was a no-show at E3’s 2010 and 2011.…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 14, 2012 -
New Fray Trailer Channels the Spirit of X-COM
Strategy buffs should get a kick out of this trailer for Fray, which French developer Brain Candy officially announced for pre-order today. I saw this simultaneous turn-based strategy game last year at an event in New York and thought it looked pretty damn neat, so it’s good to see that things are progressing nicely.
By Jason Schreier Published February 14, 2012 -
Child Left in GameStop Leads to Neglect Arrest
Attention parents of the world: GameStop is not a babysitting service. That fact was made abundantly clear to 21-year-old Kethia Dagrin-Francois of Florida when police arrested her for child neglect after her five-year-old son was found wandering the parking lot of Boyton Mall. According to authorities shoppers discovered the young boy wandering the parking lot…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2012 -
Prepare for a Bunch of Mass Effect 3 Plastic to Invade Earth Soon
Commander Shepard’s battle against the malevolent Reapers may be coming to an explosive end this year, but the associated Mass Effect plastic goodies have only begun to fight. You can tell an intellectual property license is popular when it’s got items coming out from different companies and Mass Effect‘s got stuff coming from Dark Horse—who…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 14, 2012 -
Metal Gear Online Is Dead
Launching back in 2008 with Metal Gear Solid 4, Metal Gear Online, the online Metal Gear spin-off, had 1.3 million members at one point in 2009. This summer, Metal Gear Online is going offline. The game’s service is finished, Konami stated today. On June 21, the MGO‘s in-game client will come to an end. But…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 14, 2012 -
Masters of Their Domains
Binary | TOKYO, JAPAN: Via tipster Jinah comes these photos. (Photo: Game Watch) Active Duty Marine is Making a Video Game About Zombies Zombies, man. Everyone loves killing zombies. 22 year-old Marine Sergeant Jacob Way is betting that video game players love killing zombies enough to make room in their libraries for one more zombie-slaying…
By Mike Fahey Published February 14, 2012 -
Kyuss: Whitewater
Warning: things are about to get a little personal. This is my favourite song of all time. No, really. It’s my favourite song on my favourite album from my favourite band, ever It’s Kyuss at their best. Epic. Cruisey. Yet also bringing a rolling thunder. If Scott Reeder (bass) and Josh Homme (guitar) died tomorrow,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 -
Mario Propaganda Keeps Bowser’s Home Fires Burning
Fernando Reza, who floored us last year with his set of Mushroom Kingdom propaganda posters, is back in 2012 with another set, again showing the conflict from the bad guys’ point of view. If you’re interested in picking any of these up, they’re actually available from Fernando’s store, linked below. WW2 PROPAGANDA PRINTS [FRO DESIGN…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 -
This Skyrim Costume Turns Dovahkiin Into DovahCuddle
Legendary Crafts make beards. And helmets. And make them all out of yarn. Crocheted by hand. Their crochet skill is maxed out at 100. This particular offering is based on the trademark appearance of the Dovahkiin from Skyrim, with his horned helmet and braces. The beard, well, that’s user-defined, but if you’re not making giant…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 -
The Very Best In Cosplay: Lindze
Kotaku’s journey around the very best cosplayers in the world continues this week with a look at American costume builder, model and make-up artist Lindze. A make-up artist by trade, Lindze is an example of quality over quantity: while her portfolio may not be packed to the gills like many other prominent cosplayers, when she…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012 -
There Might be an LA Noire Sequel. Some Day.
With its original developers shut down and with a story that ends rather conclusively, you wouldn’t think Rockstar’s LA Noire would be in line for a sequel. But it might be. Maybe. A Rockstar representative writing on the company’s official site has posted “don’t count out the possibility of a new game in the L.A.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2012