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Talk Amongst Yourselves

This is the last day in January 2012 you’ll be able to discuss video games in Kotaku‘s official forum. Let’s make the most of it! Big thanks to Kaploy9 for his last-minute TAYpic, bring a month filled with turbans and cheetahs to a satisfying end. That’s right, it’s time for a new TAYpic base image,…

By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2012

‘I guess not killing in videogames is rebellious.’

Goodbye, newspaper stories about video gamers who love to pretend to kill, kill, kill. Hello, Wall Street Journal investigation into video gamers who love to pretend to not kill at all. The Journal has discovered Felix the Peaceful Monk and other characters role-played by gamers who don’t like bloody the hands of thee characters they…

By Stephen Totilo Published January 31, 2012

Paul McCartney Marvels That Computer Games Outsell CDs

Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney tells the Express (or was it Zeit?) that he’s making music for an unnamed video game: “A new computer game sells so much better than a new CD these days. Young people will hear my music for the first time in a game.”

By Stephen Totilo Published January 31, 2012

Now Android Gamers Can Feel the Heavenly Pull of Osmos

That it took so long for PC, MAC, and iOS masterpiece Osmos to reach Android devices is a tiny bit of suck which absorbs smaller sucks until it’s the biggest suck of them all. The Ubersuck, if you will, master of all that sucks. Thank goodness Hemisphere Games got it out on Android this month,…

By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2012

Buy Prototype 2‘s RadNet Edition First, Get Exclusive Challenges

Chances are, you’re already expecting some kind of exclusive DLC/boondoggle from Activision’s big releases. Prototype 2‘s not going to disappoint you, then. Radical Entertainment’s open-world action game will be getting something called a RadNet Edition. The twist here is that the RadNet Edition won’t cost you anything extra. (However, you will need an internet-connected platform…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 31, 2012

Let’s Get All Prettied Up for the SoulCalibur V Launch

SoulCalibur V is in stores today across the U.S., where players are a lot less likely to dress up as a whip-wielding Ivy or Ezio Auditore de Firenze than the special gamers inhabiting the world of the SoulCalibur V launch trailer. Man, if I had to get dressed up as my favorite character every time…

By Mike Fahey Published January 31, 2012

This Man’s Domain? Eating and Tanning.

Binary | TOKYO, JAPAN: Sega game designer Toshihiro Nagoshi chows down for a Binary Domain restaurant promotion. (Photo: Famitsu) The Waitress Uniform That Started It All For a generation, Anna Miller’s was more than a coffee shop. For a generation, it inspired video games, anime, and countless cosplay. For a generation, it’s quickly becoming a…