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Steam Sales More Than Double For the Seventh Straight Year, Valve Looks at the Big Picture
Disproving the power of packaged goods once again, Valve’s Steam digital download platform saw another year of massive growth in 2011, with sales more than doubling and the number of simultaneous users surpassing the five million mark. What gets five million people on Steam all at once? You can blame those damn Steam holiday sales…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2012 -
An Angry Exit From Online Multiplayer
Commenter Seivewright has completely fucking had it with online multiplayer games, and he isn’t going to take it anymore. Find out why in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. I’ve totally decided now. no more fucking online multiplayer whatsoever. No more “maybe this will be different…” No more “maybe if we work as team…” No more…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2012 -
Creepy-Cute Scarygirl Jumps from Comics to Vinyl to Consoles in Downloadable Game
Borne out of mishmash of Eastern European fairytales, pop art and fatherhood, Nathan Jurevicius’ Scarygirl‘s one of those indie art success stories that manages to warm the coldest of hearts. Scarygirl started off as cartoon strips chronicling the the adventures of a monstrously adorable girl who washes up on a remote peninsula as she tries…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 6, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s time to unleash the tiger on the dragon in Kotaku‘s official forum, the place for you to chat about video games. What does that mean? You decide! Let’s hope PETA doesn’t show up to protest Witch of Izalith‘s first every TAYpic submission! Join in the fun and submit your own TAYpic. Please do your…
By Mike Fahey Published January 6, 2012 -
See How An Ordinary Nerf Gun Transforms into This Brink Assault Rifle
The game may’ve met with a lukewarm reception when it hit last year, but the one thing that Splash Damage’s Brink had going for it was an amazing art style. Laurens Corijn, an artist at the British dev studio, brought that look into the real world by modding a standard Nerf Stampede into an amazing…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 6, 2012 -
Play With Toys Past Bedtime in Wind-Up Robots
The appeal of Wind-Up Robots is rather simply understood, for kids young and old who have played with toys and personified their actions. In this sweet-hearted tower-defense title for iOS and the Kindle Fire, by Soma Games, the toy box supplies a force of earnest, mechanical friends who guard a sleeping boy against the midnight…
By Owen Good Published January 6, 2012 -
Prototype 2’s GameStop Pre-Order Exclusive Has Enemies Bending Over For You to Kick Their Asses
Everyone hates pre-order exclusives. Yes, everyone. I’ve never heard a person say “I’m so glad I plunked down $5 before Game X came out, so I could get Different Colored Gun and/or Different Ability That Really Doesn’t Change the Experience That Much.” One of the realities of this kind of thing is that retailers drive…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 6, 2012 -
You Know Nothing, Garrus
Commander Shepard, Relax | Sara McSorley tones down the anger and presents the new female Commander Shepard in a more peaceful light. How To Get Banned Playing Modern Warfare 3 (and What a Ban Actually Looks Like) Let’s say you’re curious as to how, exactly, developer Infinity Ward determines whether an online offence is grave…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
Video Game Anagram Covers are Hilarious
For a while now, NeoGAF user jarosh has been making anagrams out of video game names, giving each not just a new title, but new box art to go with it. They usually involve a little Photoshop work to go with the new name, and as a result can be slightly NSFW, but the more…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
This Firefall “Cosplay” Kicks All Kinds of Armoured Ass
To help shill their upcoming Firefall, Red 5 Studios is employing two models to play the part of the game’s characters at press events and shows. One is cosplayer Crystal Graziano, who Red 5 is also sponsoring for a full year. The other is not a cosplayer. He’s an actor and…American Gladiator. Lee Reherman, who…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
Six Days Into 2012 and we Have a Candidate For Worst Box Art of the Year
And, surprise surprise, it’s for a HD anthology, in this case the re-releases of the first three Devil May Cry games. While we’ve tutted in disappointment at previous collections, this one seems particularly awful, especially when you look at the PS3 version’s giant silver dash (the 360 one isn’t too bad). There’s almost as much…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
Is the Xbox Live “Hacking” Problem Worse Than Microsoft Realises?
So late last year, people began to complain that their Xbox Live accounts were being “hacked”. Microsoft said no, they weren’t, but acknowledged there was an issue with unscrupulous types “phishing” for account info. “It’s not a hack, it’s really just a different way to monetise stolen accounts”, Microsoft’s Doug Park said at the time.…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
Rumor: Next Xbox and Next PlayStation Will Both be at E3 2012
MCV is reporting that both the next Xbox console from Microsoft and Sony’s next PlayStation home console will both make their debuts at this year’s E3. It’s implied in the story that the news comes from external parties associated with both platform holders, in Microsoft’s case its “partners”, in Sony’s case “third parties”. Were this…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
Zelda’s Boss Offers a Giant Disclaimer over “Official” Series Timeline
When the “official” timeline for The Legend of Zelda series was first published in a Japanese book, I warned you. “Be warned…Nintendo may later own up and say this isn’t the super-secret official timeline they’ve been guarding with their lives for decades”, I said. “This may be just an ‘interpretation’. Or something”. Turns out that…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
Harrison Ford Watches Indiana Jones for the First Time
Remember last year how Harrison Ford helped Sony market Uncharted 3 in Japan? Well, those clips have been remixed into something way better. Instead of fumbling his way through Uncharted 3, Ford is instead sitting down (well, not really) and watching the Indiana Jones movies. For the first time. Ever (well, not really). He loves…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
Developer Receives Death Threats Over New Devil May Cry Game
I’ve never been as besotted as others are with Devil May Cry’s Dante. He looks like Carmen Sandiego-turned-serial-killer and has all the action hero swagger of a male hairdresser. So news certain fans of the series have made death threats to developers Ninja Theory over the character’s new appearance are…well, either disconcerting or hilarious. Probably…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012 -
Report: EA Closes Studio Behind Terrible Harry Potter Game
According to a report on Develop, EA has closed its Bright Light studio based in the UK. The developer had last released the awful Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. You know, the one that people called Gears of Wand
By Luke Plunkett Published January 6, 2012