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Great Moments in Video Game Humor: Let’s Make Out!

You want to know how Tim Schafer and Double Fine managed to generate more than a million dollars in Kickstarter cash? Look no further than this hilarious exchange from twisted platforming classic Psychonauts. Sometimes you just gotta make out. Expect to see plenty of Schafer and friends in our weekly Great Moments in Gaming Humor…

Here Are Your Answers To Amalur Trivia

How was the Amalur quiz? Near-impossible? We thought so Here are the answers. Remember, the names marked “REAL” are actual names from the actual game 1. Haxhi (REAL) 2. Spaladastria (FAKE) 3. Lord Akagrafik’ll (FAKE) 4. Glendara (REAL) 5. Klurikon (REAL) 6. Figglehorn (FAKE) 7. Frat Lorenze (FAKE) 8. Meyetyre (REAL) 9. Tala-Rane (REAL) 10.…

Are These Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Names or Complete Nonsense?

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a very good game. It’s also a very silly game. Following in the fine tradition of countless fantasy worlds before it, Amalur is stuffed to the brim with Weird Names and Proper Nouns You Can’t Pronounce. In order to highlight the ridiculousness at play here, we’ve drawn up a pop…

Sonic the Hedgehog as You’ve Never Wanted to See Him Before

Welcome to the first weekly installment of Freaky Fan Art, an exploration of the peculiar, bizarre, and downright peculiar places gamers’ imaginations take them after the end credits roll. This week, Sonic the Hedgehog gets stuck in the toilet, cuddles the prince of the beasts, and finally grows a pair. Of breasts. Why do fan…

Now Entering Kotaku Off-Kilter

Warning, things might be getting a little weird for the next hour and a half.

The Next Game from the Developer of Ratchet & Clank Isn’t Out Yet, But Here are Overstrike‘s Toys

Insomniac’s made big moves these last few months, pulling away from PlayStation exclusivity and declaring that they won’t be making any future Resistance games. You could argue that the future of the highly regarded developer is more independent but more risky, too. One thing’s certain: toys are on the way. Insomniac announced Overstrike—to be published…

Find Out Today if Zynga’s New Game Is Actually a Tiny Tower Rip-Off

Zynga’s controversial new mobile game, Dream Heights, is now available for iOS devices. The tower sim gained notoriety well before launch as back in January, the announcement of Dream Heights kicked off another round of the “cloning vs. inspiration” discussion that seems endemic to the social and mobile development space. Zynga faced accusations of blatantly…

New Strategy Game Is Half Risk, Half Magic: The Gathering

Part collectible card set, part strategic board game, the upcoming iOS app Monsterology could be another cool addition to the growing sector of the gaming industry that combines physical media with virtual interactivity The concept is neat; you take one of the cards created by developer Nukotoys, flick it against your iPad, and watch it…

Now You Can Play World of Warcraft On Your Coffee Table

Publisher Blizzard is partnering with Hasbro’s USAopoly to release World of Warcraft Monopoly and StarCraft Risk, it said today. So now you can take breaks from your World of Warcraft and StarCraft sessions to play World of Warcraft and StarCraft The new version of Monopoly will feature cities and zones from the popular fantasy MMORPG,…

Twisted Metal Toys Are Meant To Be Driven This Recklessly

We met with a company called NKOK at Toy Fair 2012. They had a Twisted Metal toy to show us. This is how they showed it to us.

Blissful Death? No, Blissful iPhone Gaming

There’s a moment when playing Cave shooters, when your eyes glaze over, and you are no longer looking at the ship you are piloting. You start following the bullets, and as you move yourself through space, you just know where you are. It’s a bit like Luke Skywalker feeling the Force flowing through himself. And…

It’s Like Magic. Skylanders Toys Light Up When They’re Near Certain Things.

The next line of Skylanders toys—those figures that can be synced to video games of the same name—include some sort of “light technology.” Whatever. I ran into the guy who runs the Skylanders development studio at the airport last week and mocked that silly bit of hype. They have lights in them, I told him.…

Watch This, Play This To Make Your Monday Better

It’s time to make your Monday better through the magic of video games. We present to you our first daily installment of Watch This, Play This. For 30 minutes, we’ll give you things to… watch or play, all linked to from this page. WATCH: Let’s start with the video up top. A most absurd Skyrim…

Watch This, Play This Begins Now

Stuff to play, stuff to see, here comes Watch This, Play This. Confused? Read this

Why Prolong the Inevitable? A New Dune Game is Life

Is anyone doin’ a new Dune? Commenter Nameloi thinks it’s about time we revisited the sands of Arrakis once more as the video game players of Dune in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I…

These Portal, BioShock Toys Look Better In Slow Motion

Team Fortress 2 figures and one hell of a Portal gun help round out this video we shot at the NECA booth during New York Toy Fair this week. You might have seen our teaser screenshots last night, but the video is much cooler, if only because you get to see real-life footage of Assassin’s…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Let’s take a break from the fire-scarred fields of battle, put our differences aside, and focus on talking about video games in the official Kotaku forum, Talk Amongst Yourselves. Today’s TAYpic from Jimmy_Jazz serves the dual purpose of reminding us which website we are writing or reading while also making us imagine a sweet little…

The 50 Best Video Game Endings of All Time Starts with Resident Evil and Ends with… Black Ops?

More than 13,000 fans voted for their favorite video game ending of all time for the Guinness Book of World Records 2012 Gamer Edition, and this is what they came up with? Call of Duty: Black Ops is the greatest video game ending of all time? Maybe I need to go play it again. Oh…

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Nintendo Gets Its Very Own Video Codec Provider

Mobiclip, the Paris, France-based company responsible for the codec that allows Nintendo handhelds to run high-quality video with little power consumption, quietly became Nintendo’s property last October. Now we’ll never be without video on a Nintendo device again. [Gamasutra]