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Spec Ops: The Line‘s Vision of Dubai

While My Guitar Controller Gently Weeps

As both a game developer and a gamer, I am sad to see the guitar controller fading into obscurity. Guitar controllers are a fun and unique interface to control games, but unfortunately, it seems as though their time may have passed. I reject that. Rhythm games have been popular for many years, but Rock Band…

Gameloft VP Talks True HD and Motion Blur in the First Installment of On Display

Hand-held devices are revolutionizing the gaming industry, and pioneers like Gameloft, the gaming powerhouse behind cross-platform social and media games such as Modern Combat and Spider-Man: Toxic City, have taken cues from the technological advancements of the LG Nitro HD. The True HD IPS Display with 16:9 widescreen capabilities are innovations that beget innovations by…

Stephen Colbert’s Biggest Campaign Supporter Made Rock Band

The biggest contributor to Stephen Colbert’s political action committee, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, (who totally weren’t coordinating with Colbert’s joke Presidential run) was Alex Rigopulos, head of Rock Band/Dance Central studio Harmonix. $9600 given, notes the NY Times

Here’s How Skyrim’s Creation Kit Lets You Make Mod Magic

Bethesda previously announced the Skyrim Creation Kit, which will let PC users re-invent their hit RPG in unimagined ways. There’s no release date yet for the toolset but the publisher’s unveiled a new video that details the Creation Kit’s functionality and intergration with Steam Workshop. Skyrim’s going to get a lot more interesting very soon.

Gotham City Impostors Coming Out Next Week to Let You Shoot Bats or Jokers in Batman’s Hometown

There’ve been betas and release date push-backs but the game that lets you be a violent devotee of Batman or his crazy archenemy will finally hit platforms next week. The downloadable FPS will be available on February 7 for PlayStation Network and Windows PC users in the Americas and on February 8 for PSN users…

At Least One Person Believes Final Fantasy V is the Best Game in the Series

With this week’s release of Final Fantasy XIII-2 reopening the franchise discussion floodgates, commenter deuxhero makes an empassioned plea for the Final Fantasy game he believes is the best, even if nobody else does. Let’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Finally Fantasy V is the best Final Fantasy of the main series, and here’s why. The…

Lumines Electronic Symphony is a 34-Track Love Letter to Electronic Music

Years of playing games like the original Lumines, Harmonix’s Frequency, or Squid in a Box’s PC shooter Waves have left me with a voracious appetite for electronic music, which is why the 34 tracks included in Ubisoft’s Lumines Electronic Symphony have me drooling. Where else will you find music by Howard Jones and Art of…

Talk Amongst Yourselves of Love

Love is in the air as we slink into February in Kotaku’s official forum, and what do you folks love? That’s right, video games. In fact you even love talking about video games, so here we are. A brand new month brings with it a brand new TAY image, this time discovered via a site…

Puzzlejuice Blends Bejeweled, Tetris and Scrabble into an Addictive Treat

Peanut butter and chocolate. Trenchcoats and cyberpunk. Some great-tastes-that taste great-together are obvious. At first blush, the Tetris-and-Scrabble fusion that Puzzlejuice presents doesn’t look like it’s going to be appetizing at all. But, the indie iOS release winds up being one of the most delicious mash-ups ever. Puzzlejuice combines the falling-block puzzle gameplay of Alexey…

Watch Humanity Take Its Next Leap Toward Real-Life Galaga

Nano quadrotors fly in formation in this great video from the GRASP Lab at the University of Pennsylvania. All we need is a spaceship that can shoot these things down and we’re good to go. A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors [YouTube]

Halo’s Creators Pass the Bungie.net Baton to 343 Industries on March 31st

Bungie’s not making Halo games anymore. That’s not news. But they’ve still been administering the servers which hold all that precious multiplayer data. Y’know, the place where all your Forge maps and deathmatch stats live. However, the studio just announced that their stewardship of Halo data will end on March 31st, as the final part…

Rift Lite Has the Great Taste of 20 Levels With None of the Cost

Have you ever wished you could play the first 20 levels of Trion World’s massively multiplayer online role-playing game Rift with no time limit at no cost to yourself whatsoever? Damn, that’s a very specific wish. Also, you’re in luck, as Trion launches Rift Lite, which is exactly what you wanted. Launching today with the…

This Desk Is Nuts

Miku | TOKYO, JAPAN: This desk belongs to the Dengeki PlayStation editor in chief. So much aqua! (Photo: @dengekips) PlayStation Man Kaz Hirai Will Officially be Sony’s Next Boss As has been expected for a while now, Sir Howard Stringer’s replacement as President and CEO of Sony Corporation when he steps down in June will…

When Sony Game Developers Wear Skimpy Outfits at Work

Gravity Rush is one of the PS Vita’s most compelling titles. Keiichiro Toyama, creator of the Silent Hill series, served as the game’s Creative Director. But he didn’t make the game alone. This lady helped—and now this young female developer is dressed up as Gravity Rush for a Twitter photo session. In the second photo,…

Is Hello Kitty Japanese? Or British?

Everybody who is really, really into Hello Kitty knows her name is Kitty White. Ditto for this: according to her official Sanrio biography, she was born in London, making her British by default, no? So what’s the big deal? Yet, pretty much everyone in Japan thinks Kitty-chan is Japanese—with only diehard Hello Kitty nerds all…

Dragon’s Dogma Dated for Japan

The game will be out May 24 and feature a theme song by Japanese rockers B’z—a group I loathe. Both the PS3 and 360 versions include Resident Evil 6 demo codes with different access dates. [Game Watch Impress]

Vanquish Figures Unloaded for Your Viewing Pleasure

Fast-pace shooter Vanquish is being immortalized in resin with two upcoming figures. The game’s developer, Platinum Games, is showing off the figures. Have a look. They’re unpainted prototypes, and according to Platinum, there are still minor tweaks being made. Square Enix Play Arts Kai line is creating the figures, which were last shown off last…

Will You Forgive Dark Souls‘ Developers? Please?

Role-playing game Dark Souls was, for many players, the best game of last year. Yet, like many titles, there were bugs and frame-rate issues. From Software, the game’s developer sure sounds unhappy about that. “Yes, there were technical difficulties,” the game’s creative director Hidetaka Miyazaki told Edge. “I don’t believe that it’s okay to have…

Eh, What’s with the Big Resident Evil 6 Demo Gap?

According to Famitsu, the Xbox 360 Resident Evil 6 demo hits on July 3 in Japan as the code is included with Dragon’s Dogma. The demo hits the PS3 on Sept. 4. That’s a big gap! Wonder why… [Famitsu]