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Surely Someone Wants To See Virtual Felicia Day Splattered With Lizard Blood
Ripped from the trailer for Dragon Age II’s Mark of the Assassin downloadable content, two screenshots of a blood-splattered Felicia Day in action and a picture of a courtyard. Man, courtyards are so hot. Of course I’d rather show you some screenshots that aren’t pulled directly from a trailer, but BioWare is a busy company…
By Mike Fahey Published September 16, 2011 -
The Most Amazing Double Dragon You’ll Ever See
A laser-cut Double Dragon II as seen at the Old School Video Games Show at Gallery 1988 Venice. The image was laser-cut into plywood and then framed in bambo. Photos by Aled Lewis. Aled is a London based designer and illustrator whose work appears on t-shirts, on posters and in books and other assorted miscellaneous…
By Brian Crecente Published September 16, 2011 -
One Small Gripe about Rayman: Origins on the PS Vita
With Rayman: Origins, Rayman is coming to a whole host of platforms this November—including home consoles. Next March, however, it will be released on the PS Vita. The PS Vita isn’t the same as a PS3 or an Xbox 360. So what’s the difference? The game looks to be comparable to what players will experience…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2011 -
Insane Unreal Tournament 3 Modders Weaponize Nyan Cat
Modder Scott Coxhead lives up to his Cr4zyB4st4rd handle by merging Unreal Tournament 3‘s player-guided Redeemer with that scourge of the internet, Nyan Cat. This isn’t some half-assed overlay. Coxhead (along with Bi()ha2ard and Azurescorch) went all out for this mod, adding Nyan Cat’s signature trail, custom suicide and death messages, and even a special…
By Mike Fahey Published September 16, 2011 -
NIS America Readies Disgaea for the Vita and Android
Along with the second installment of the Hyperdimension Neptunia for the PlayStation 3 and the Western release of Acquire’s multiplayer action game Clan of Champions, NIS America today announced two new-ish entries in the Disgaea series for the PlayStation Vita and Android devices. What’s getting ported this time? The PlayStation Vita game, due out in…
By Mike Fahey Published September 16, 2011 -
Halo Anniversary is Exactly how I Like my HD Remakes
It’s the flavour of the show at this year’s TGS. It seems everywhere you turn there are HD remakes of old games, just waiting for the chance to get you to pay for the same game twice. As I’ve said with one such remake, MGS2, each is taking a slightly different approach to renovating an…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2011 -
An Eloquent Apology for Geek Misogyny to a Woman That Doesn’t Exist (Yet)
Geek men like to believe that we’re the sensitive, thoughtful, and caring men that attractive women often pass over for asshole alpha male types. Recently male geek culture as a whole proved that not to be the case. Late last month a Gizmodo story about an OkCupid encounter with a champion Magic: The Gathering player…
By Mike Fahey Published September 16, 2011 -
Persona Punches Out Arcade Gameplay Footage
Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena brings the stylish pizazz of Persona to the face-kicking 2D chaos of BlazBlue creators Arc System Works. The game is arcade bound and then headed to consoles. Have a gander at some gameplay footage, running on an arcade cabinet. Don’t fret, I do move my finger from blocking…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2011 -
Is the Awesome Power of the Weather Lost on Game Developers?
Waking up to find his town enshrouded with thick fog, commenter Nimzy wonders if game developers have fully harnessed the power of the weather in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. I left my house this morning to find my entire town engulfed in fog. It’s the first time I’ve ever had to walk through fog,…
By Mike Fahey Published September 16, 2011 -
Two More PSN PLAY Games Will Bring You Closer to a Free One
The final two installments in the PSN PLAY program that will earn you a voucher code for PAYDAY: The Heist are here. BloodRayne: Betrayal is already out and Renegade Ops is now available as well. But since they’re part of the PLAY plan to get PAYDAY: The Heist free, each one comes with its own…
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Zynga Adding Indiana Jones to Facebook’s Adventure World
Indiana Jones’ next video game will be on Facebook. He’s going to appear in Adventure World, the actually pretty good quest game from Zynga, makers of FarmVille. It’ll happen some time this October, according to a Zynga blog post
By Stephen Totilo Published September 16, 2011 -
When Video Games Are Grasshoppers
Woody Allen once said that the reason why he makes a new game every year is so that his movies don’t become events. A steady stream ensures that the hits don’t become that big of a deal. Ditto for the failures. Grasshopper Manufacture’s Goichi Suda loves movies, he loves wrestling, he loves t-shirts, and he…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2011 -
There are Voice Actors for Dogs. And Horses.
Hard-working professionals (who usually stand on two feet) are paid to sound like dogs and, now horses in the video game series The Sims 3 Pets. Today, we present footage of some of their work. We also present a twist in the world of video game animal sounds: for this October’s The Sims 3 Pets,…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 16, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s that time again, people of Kotaku! There has been a fair amount of news this week to look back on, so whether you want to discuss the new information, or ramble about anything at all, here’s the place to do it. So please, feel free to talk amongst yourselves! Thanks to Incursor for today’s…
By Matthew Buzzi Published September 16, 2011 -
Tokyo Game Explosion Day 2: Faux Fights, Real Hostesses, Monster Hunter and Testicular Fortitude
The Tokyo Game Show rolled on today. There were boats, booth companions, news and gamplay. There was even a fake fight. And all of that before the Tokyo Game Show opens its doors to the masses over the weekend. Here’s a complete round up of Brian Ashcraft and Luke Plunkett’s coverage from Day 2: Final…
By Brian Crecente Published September 16, 2011 -
Monsters Ate My Condo is Colorful Candy-Coated Kaiju Madness
Some folks might say that all a game has to do to make my Gaming App of the Day pick is contain at least one colorful cartoon unicorn. While that’s probably true, Monsters Ate My Condo doesn’t just feature a giant cartoon unicorn. It’s also got a puppy-controlled robot, a killer crab, and a leder-hosen…
By Mike Fahey Published September 16, 2011 -
Dragon’s Dogma Has Studied Its Competition Well
If you thought Dragon’s Dogma looked like Capcom trying to make its own Dragon Age, you are correct. And from what I saw of the game yesterday (and given people’s reaction to Dragon Age II), that may be a very good thing. This is partly due to the game’s imagery, of course. Strip back the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2011 -
Uh, Cosplay Starts Tomorrow Guys
Spotted at the Tokyo Game Show, a trio was practicing their dance moves with an audience of the unblinking eye of a camcorder to check their moves later. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2011 -
Here Are The Tokyo Game Show Companions
They help you with games. They pass out fliers. They smile. They are booth companions—not “booth babes”. And Tokyo Game Show is crawling with them. Every booth has a handful of booth companions on hand, with many of them posing for pictures. Pictures like these. Have a good, long, hard look at some of this…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2011