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The Wrong Way to Stop Video Game Piracy
Republished from Rock, Paper Shotgun You’ll likely remember that last week it was revealed that CD Projekt had hired a firm to send out letters to those they believed had pirated copies of The Witcher 2, demanding large sums of money. It’s a practice that is widely despised, due not only to its propensity for…
John Walker | Rock Paper Shotgun Published December 20, 2011 -
A Very Gawker Christmas
O Christmas Tree, Gawker’s Christmas Tree | Love the tree, not sure about those decorations. 😀 UK Treatment Group Preps For Next Big Addiction: Video Games A UK-based charity treatment group is preparing for what they believe will become the next major addiction issue: Video Games. Norcas, which has been supporting those affected by addictive…
By Brian Crecente Published December 20, 2011 -
The Humble Indie Bundle Gets Bigger, Better, and Therefore Less Humble
The new Humble Indie Bundle is terrific. For a price of your own choosing, you can get indie gems Super Meat Boy, Bit. Trip Runner, Jamestown, Shank and Nightsky, as well as Cave Story + and Gratuitous Space Battles for paying more than the average selling price. Today, the folks behind the bundle announced that…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 20, 2011 -
Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO Log Part One: Light and Dark Running Smuggler
While the rest of Kotaku dedicated themselves to squeezing every ounce of gaming out of the world we live in last week, I spent the latter half on vacation, and by “on vacation” I mean playing Star Wars: The Old Republic I have a knack for scheduling my holiday time to coincide with the launch…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2011 -
Meanwhile in World of Warcraft…
How did World of Warcraft‘s creators counter today’s launch of rival MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic? They didn’t, unless you count all these “hot fixes” they just activated. One of them: “Algaefin Rockfish no longer swim in schools.”
By Stephen Totilo Published December 20, 2011 -
Skyrim’s Dragon-Powered Sleigh, Jabba The Snowman: These Are 2011’s Gaming Holiday Cards
The holidays are FULLY ON and with them come a slew of wonderfully creative holiday cards from some of your favorite video game developers and publishers. Here’s a look at just a few of the one’s we’ve been sent. Don’t forget to check out the Borderland 2’s talking card or previous years cards. Don’t forget…
By Brian Crecente Published December 20, 2011 -
Devil May Cry HD Collection Brings Back Original Dante Next April
Capcom’s looking to make both sorts of Devil May Cry fan happy in the coming months. They’ve got the re-envisioned DMC Devil May Cry update to their demon-hunting franchise releasing at some undetermined future date. That game sticks to the series’ guns-and-swords play stle, even if it looks radically different. And traditionalists will get the…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 20, 2011 -
The new Popeye World Record is 3,023,060
Brooklyn’s Ben Falls is the new world record holder in the 1982 Nintendo arcade game Popeye, according to the score-tallying folks at Twin Galaxies. He scored 3,023,060 points. Previous record holders managed barely more than 1 million.
By Stephen Totilo Published December 20, 2011 -
The Somewhat Exciting On-Rails Space Combat Shooting Gallery of The Old Republic
The Old Republic isn’t just about waiting, running, and shooting. This is a Star Wars game, and what would a Star Wars game be without action-packed space combat? Just look at how much fun I’m having here, and try not to be too jealous. Okay, so it’s a sad macro-scale mini-game that would be right…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2011 -
See How Unit 13 Brings Touch-Happy Tactical Shooting to the PlayStation Vita
Here’s a look at the upcoming portable from the makers of the SOCOM games. You’ll see how the same kind of tactical focus has been revisited and rebuilt for a portable and more social experience, as previously noted by our own Stephen Totilo. With the fact that the Vita’s a dual-stick handheld, this could be…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 20, 2011 -
Pucker Up for Your First Look at the Sour Patch Kids Game in Action
Despite my best efforts to disbelieve, Capcom’s downloadable Sour Patch Kids game World Gone Sour continues to be a real product, a fact cemented by this first gameplay video. It’s certainly a great deal more inventive than the product tie-ins I’m used to, right up there with Darkened Skye, the magical Skittles action game. I’d…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2011 -
Today, Microsoft’s Hype about the Greatness of the Xbox 360 is True
The subject line of an e-mail I got yesterday declared, without punctation, that “Xbox 360 is Home to the Most Anticipated Games of 2012”. At first, I snickered and sneered. Sure, it is. Or will be. Or whatever. Because it’ll have that sure-fire Nintendo classic, that…. oh, wait, I realized, there’s not much on the…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 20, 2011 -
Skyrim’s Success Hasn’t Changed Plans for the Next Dragon Age
Dragons, they’re so hot right now. And not just because they’re fire-breathing lizards, either. Skyrim’s winning Game of the Year awards, racking up impressive online numbers even though it’s single-player and possibly even impacting the economy. It’s also singed people’s memories of that other dragon-centric fantasy RPG that came out earlier this year. In the…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 20, 2011 -
How to Avoid Waiting in Line to Play Star Wars: The Old Republic
Now that Star Wars: The Old Republic has officially launched, the long queue times that players experienced at certain times during the early start are now working around the clock to keep you from logging in. How can you get your Sith on without standing around in a queue? The options aren’t pretty, but they’re…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2011 -
Portal 2 is Games Radar‘s Most Favorite 2011 Video Game
Their readers thought the best video game of 2011 was Skyrim, but the editors of Games Radar have picked Portal 2. It’s their top game of the year. The readers’ second favorite game was Batman: Arkham City. But the editors? They didn’t pick a second-favorite. The don’t do silver medals at Games Radar GAME OF…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 20, 2011 -
Watch the Epic Halo Film That Was Made in the Game’s Single-Player
It seems like everyone’s making machinima, right? Recent riffs on BioShock, Super Mario Brothers and GTA IV might even make the act of making original narratives from pre-built video game engines look easy. You just need to capture some footage and invite some buds talk over it, no? It’s a lot tougher than that. How…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 20, 2011 -
Who’s Who in Final Fantasy XIII-2
In case you were having trouble telling your pink-jaired girls from your purple-haired not-quite-girls, Square Enix has released a handy video pointing out which character is which in the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII sequel. It’s pretty easy to pick the characters out if you’ve been playing attention. Lightning is the one everyone cares about; Caius…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2011 -
Star Wars MMO Won’t Go Free-to-Play ‘in the Foreseeable Future’
DC Universe Online‘s done it. Team Fortress 2‘s done it. World of Warcraft‘s done it (sort of). 2011’s seen some of the biggest most ambitious massively multiplayer online game abandon the subscription-based business model and go free-to-play. Valve’s shift to an F2P model takes advantage of a game already chock full of microtransaction content. And,…
By Evan Narcisse Published December 20, 2011 -
Transformers Timeline Just Might Reveal the Next Two Transformers Games
The official timeline for the non-movie Transformers that have been starring in a series of video games confirms a bunch of things. It confirms that Megatron is not a good robot. It confirms that next year’s Fall of Cybteron game involves a battle between space-bound Autobots and Decepticons. It also confirms that these Transformers will…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 20, 2011 -
Kingdom Hearts 3D is Officially a Thing for North America and Europe
The final chapter of the Kingdom Hearts saga begins with Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance for the 3DS, now confirmed for release next year in North America and Europe, as if anyone was worried it wouldn’t make it. Hardcore Kingdom Hearts fans around the world are on the edge of their seats waiting for…
By Mike Fahey Published December 20, 2011