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This is What A Video Game Played In a Planetarium Looks Like

Check out this test run of Space Cruiser, a video game that will be played by some 200 people on Thursday evening at New York City’s American Museum of Natural History. (Event details here. But it’s now sold out.) Video by Ida Benedetto.

By Stephen Totilo Published January 25, 2012

Nine-Month Modern Warfare 3 DLC Calendar Revealed

We knew there would be nine months of downloadable content coming out for Modern Warfare 3. Now we can see which months will get maps, co-op missions and new modes. Right here. (So much for new campaign missions!)

By Stephen Totilo Published January 25, 2012

How Tales of Symphonia Created a Rabid Fighting Game Fan

Has one genre ever made you change your opinion of another? Commenter File2ish explains how Namco’s Tales of Symphonia made him a fighting game fan in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. What game genre did you not like when you first played it, but you now like (after an extended period of time of not…

By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012

Lord of the Rings Online’s Riders of Rohan Expansion Coming Later This Year

Lord of the Rings Online will be debuting a new expansion year that raises the level cap to 85, and rolls out new encounters based on key events in the Tolkien epic’s fiction. Warner Brothers Interactive says that Riders of Rohan will be twice as big as the MMO’s Rise of Isengard add-on. True to…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 25, 2012

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Don’t let the lurking assassins fool you, it’s perfectly safe to discuss video games in today’s installment of Kotaku‘s official forum, Talk Amongst Yourselves. Thank you, dabeezkneez84, for putting out a contract hit on the cheetah guard in today’s TAYpic. Join in the fun and submit your own TAYpic. Please do your best—or your worst—and…

By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012

There’s a Lot More to Do in Final Fantasy XIII-2 Than Save the World

While Final Fantasy XIII was all about getting the job done in a timely fashion, Final Fantasy XIII-2 gives the player plenty of time to relax between tasks. Check out some of the more entertaining diversions tucked away in next week’s sequel. Gambling, trivia contests, side missions, mini-games; these were the things I missed the…

By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012

Another Classy Video Game Port Succumbs to Assy Touch-Screen Controls

There’s this thing about fighting games—you really have to play them. They’re like a musical instrument, like a drum set; there’s this whole physical level of interaction you have with them that goes beyond the input required in the average video game. There’s a reason that games like Street Fighter IV encourage humongous arcade-style joysticks;…

By Kirk Hamilton Published January 25, 2012

THQ Sheds the Kid Gloves to Focus on Hardcore Games

Following the failure of its uDraw tablet for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and December’s shutdown of it’s children’s game division, THQ has officially announced today that it’s focusing on its core franchises. So Spongebob is out, UFC, Darksiders, Company of Heroes, inSANE, Saints Row and Warhammer 40,000 are in.

By Mike Fahey Published January 25, 2012

Get Ready to Build Some Gears of War Toys

You can already play with, erm, collect action figures from Epic Games’ hit sci-fi shooters. But if you’ve wanted to set up any vehicular battles with transports from that universe, you’ve been out of luck. That’s about to change. According to Pocket Lint, toy company Mecanno (better known in the U.S. as by its Erector…

By Evan Narcisse Published January 25, 2012

Sorry, I Keep Seeing “Crap”. Or “Carp”.

Cap Bar | TOKYO, JAPAN: Sister site Kotaku Japan checked out Capcom’s new bar. More pics here. (Photo: Kotaku Japan) Men and Women Shrink-wrapped as Japanese Art Games and game hardware came packaged. They’re sealed shut, some of them completely shrink-wrapped. and covered in clear plastic. They are sealed off from the outside world. More »…