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What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Fleeing from the NeverDead tyranny, the last Battlestar, Goodlactica, leads a rag-tag fugitive fleet on a lonely quest to a shining planet known as UFC Undisputed 3 THQ’s mixed martial arts simulation landed on my doorstep today. Much as I’d like to spend time with Gregethor, my do-over mage in Skyrim (currently level 12, enrolled…
By Owen Good Published February 10, 2012 -
The Roof, the Roof, the Roof is Not on Fire, Says Konami
An image circulating Twitter earlier today seemed to imply a Konami office building in Japan was burning. It most certainly was not, a spokesman told Kotaku. Reading into Japanese Twitter users’ feeds, it appears this “strange smoke” might be only building steam. All is well.
By Owen Good Published February 10, 2012 -
Five Days of Pure Unadulterated Gaming App Hotness
Balls were kicked. Knights were wound. Towers were defended. Passwords were hacked, and the dead rose to detect among the living in another spectacular Week in Gaming Apps. What a wild and wonderful five days it has been. We got to play a colorful little tower defense game with an unfortunate pay scheme. We learned…
By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2012 -
Get Five Amazing Game Soundtracks For as Little as $1
Hey, why should indie game developers get to have all the bundling fun? Game composers should get to experience the joy of bundling too. I’m glad to see that they finally are. The folks behind the recent first-ever Indie Game Music Bundle are back with… can you guess the name?… the Indie Game Music Bundle…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 10, 2012 -
This Mass Effect 3 Misspelled “Renagade” Console is Up for Grabs [UPDATE]
EA has put a “Mass Effect 3 Mission Command” app on Facebook, through which fans can unlock some Avatar items and possibly get chosen for early access to the game’s upcoming beta. There’s also a big sweepstakes opportunity to win one of two custom Xbox 360s, painted in the game’s Paragon and Renegade themes. EA…
By Owen Good Published February 10, 2012 -
Why We Love Our Commander Shepard
Many of us here at Kotaku like Mass Effect. And as people who like Mass Effect are wont to do, we really like to talk about its protagonist, Commander Shepard. Specifically, we like to talk about our Commander Shepard. You see, despite the guy on the box, the main character in the actual game can…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 10, 2012 -
This Dancing Bear is My Favorite Part of Street Fighter X Tekken
One of the only things better than beating a friend at a fighting game is childishly gloating about it, and no gloating is complete without an amazingly victory dance. That’s why I’m a giant fan of Kuma’s victory dance in Street Fighter X Tekken. It’s snarky, clownish and exudes a sense of “Neener-neener-neener” that’s hard…
By Chris Person Published February 10, 2012 -
Concentrate All Firepower …
Concentrate All Firepower on that LEGO Star Destroyer | The assembly of an enormous Executor-class Star Destroyer, in LEGO. It’s 50 inches long, 3,152 pieces. (via Geeks are Sexy) Your Guide to the New Kotaku Network Starting on the evening of February 12, Kotaku will begin to offer scheduled programming. Your listings are at left.…
By Owen Good Published February 10, 2012 -
The Most Adorable Exploding Humans I’ve Seen All Day
We reported last month on EA’s upcoming Warp, a top-down puzzler featuring Zero, a cute and cuddly little orange alien who makes humans (and anything else) explode violently into bloody goo. Today, we get to see Warp‘s gameplay in action! Really, there’s something deep-down comically satisfying in seeing a burbling little colorful G-rated guy pop…
By Kate Cox Published February 10, 2012 -
This Taco Bell PlayStation Vita Contest Seems A Little Weird [UPDATE]
Taco Bell is giving PlayStation Vitas to customers every 15 minutes — except when it isn’t. Over the past few weeks, the fast food chain has been running a promotional contest for Sony’s upcoming handheld system. Customers can take codes found on the “Taco Bell $5 Buck Box” and enter them in a submission form…
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2012 -
Hate The New Silent Hill 2 Audio Tracks? Turn ‘Em Off
We reported late last year that Silent Hill 2 was getting an HD makeover. As a fan of that game, I see myself as a bit of a purist and snob. Honestly, I think it comes with the territory. So I kinda scoffed at the idea of someone re-dubbing the entire game for it’s re-release…
By Chris Person Published February 10, 2012 -
The Arkh Project is Creating a Game For “Queer People of Color” (And Everyone Else) [UPDATE]
There’s been article after article about how gaming culture (and perhaps all of nerd culture) is typically and fundamentally a straight, white, cis-male dominated scene. However you look at it, it’s hard to deny the fact that the character landscape in video games is a little monochromatic. This is where The Arkh Project comes in.…
By Nick Vannucci Published February 10, 2012 -
Don’t Worry, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare Won’t Shoot Away All the Story
In the previous developer diary about Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, the creative triumvirate of the Remedy dev studio said that they’re making this new Xbox Live game with more of an action focus in mind. But they’re back again to assuage any fears you might have about the minimization of the moody narrative that won…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 10, 2012 -
The Makers of Rock Band Just Rickroll’d Us All
We’re no strangers… to love… You know the rules, and so do I! Aah, Rick Astley. His tune “Never Gonna Give You Up” is one of the most enduringly hilarious pieces of music composed in the latter half of the 20th century. Usually, when you hear it, it means you’ve been Rickroll’d. But starting next…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 10, 2012 -
Star Trek Video Game Beams Down to the Surface in Early 2013
That shiny new Star Trek game based off of J.J. Abrams’ reboot of the sci-fi classic will be finally going into warp drive next year. Today it was announced that Namco Bandai—best known for Pac-Man, SoulCalibur and Tekken games—will be publishing the action/adventure game and that it’ll be out in the first quarter of 2013,…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 10, 2012 -
Valve: It’s ‘Probable’ That Hackers Obtained Old Steam Transaction Data
Valve CEO Gabe Newell said today in a statement to Steam users that as a result of a hack last November, it is “probable” that hackers have obtained a backup file with information on Steam transactions performed between 2004 and 2008. The compromised material includes user names, email addresses, encrypted billing addresses, and encrypted credit…
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2012 -
New Unofficial Call of Duty Elite Slogan is Just an Activision Joke [UPDATE]
Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg jokingly announced a new slogan for Call of Duty: Elite today: Call of Duty Elite: It’s not a douche move. That’s as of some time in September when a guy who was rallying people back in the spring to boycott the world’s first subscription service for Call of Duty changed his…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 10, 2012 -
Kickstarter Stands To Make A Lot Of Money Off Double Fine’s Success
Crowdfunding website Kickstarter takes a 5% cut on successfully funded projects, which is a nice chunk of change on Tim Schafer’s point-and-click adventure game. The project has made almost $1.4 million so far, putting $70,000 in Kickstarter’s pocket. [Kickstarter]
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2012 -
Concept Artist Behind Fallout 3, Skyrim Has Died
I played something like 130 hours of Fallout 3. I adored many things about it — and, admittedly, hated a few others — but my absolute favorite part was exploring the world. The entire history of this never-quite-was version of Washington, DC could be read in its architecture, its artifacts, and its people. The game…
By Kate Cox Published February 10, 2012 -
Why Won’t My Parents Play Video Games With Me?
Why won’t my father game with me? It’s a question I am sure is echoed within the gaming community in varying forms: why won’t my mother play with me, why won’t my parents game with me? Variations on the same heartrending sentiment that to some like myself serve as an overwhelming source of sadness as…
Brittany Vincent Published February 10, 2012