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Steam Cross-Game Trading Goes Live, Adds Portal 2 and Spiral Knights
Your Team Fortress 2 hat surplus can now be put to better use, thanks to newly out-of-beta Steam Trading features. Valve’s new cross-game trading tech is now available in TF2, Portal 2 and Sega’s Spiral Knights. [TF2 Blog]
By Michael McWhertor Published September 6, 2011 -
Rise of Nightmares’ Tearful, Red-in-the-Face New Trailer
Rise of Nightmares will get your blood pumping, even if it is just from standing up and going through the motions of killing virtual enemies. I’m not sure anyone is going to get THIS excited about air-chainsawing creepies, but it is sorta fun. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected].…
By Brian Crecente Published September 6, 2011 -
The Glitchy Steam Version of Dead Island Shall Be Patched ASAP
In a statement to Kotaku, Dead Island publisher Deep Silver has apologized for the wrong version of the game being uploaded to Steam. The correct, patched version will be available as soon as possible. Check out the full statement here.
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2011 -
What Free-to-Play Means to Star Trek Online Players
Late last week it was revealed that Cryptic Studios’ massively multiplayer Star Trek Online would be going free-to-play later this year, swapping required subscription fees for an active player base. Today we find out what’s free and what’ll have players reaching for their gold-pressed latinum. The free-to-play model being applied to Star Trek Online really…
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2011 -
The Final Moments of That Heartbreaking Dead Island Family Discovered in the Game
I think we were all a bit shocked when Techland told Kotaku earlier this year that the family so poignantly represented in the award-winning trailer for Dead Island wouldn’t actually be in the game. Blazej Krakowiak, international brand manager for developer Techland, told us that the family and their sad voyage from happy vacationers to…
By Brian Crecente Published September 6, 2011 -
The Atari Arcade Is an Elegant Solution to Retro iPad Gaming
There’s something to be said about attempting to replicate the old school arcade experience, as Ion attempted to do with the iCade, but sometimes you need something a little sexier. This is the Atari Arcade for the iPad. Teased in the Atari’s Greatest Hits app in iTunes, the Atari Arcade is essentially an iPad stand…
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2011 -
The Music of Gears of War 3 Will Be Commercialized
On September 20, the same day Epic and Microsoft unleashed Gears of War 3, Sumthing Else Music Works will release Steve Jablonsky’s epic score for the game on iTunes, Amazon, and SumthingDigital.com. Are your MP3 players prepared for war?
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2011 -
Can Humanity Triumph Over Game Reviewers in Resistance 3?
The invasion is over, the Chimera have won, and the end of humanity is nigh. But wait? What’s that cresting the horizon? Why it’s the Resistance 3 Frankenreview. Four years after the events of Resistance 2, discharged Sentinel Joseph Capelli (always ready with a friendly bullet to the brain pan) has given up fighting the…
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2011 -
Win this Custom Space Marine PlayStation 3
Relic’s Space Marine is swinging a chainsword at your favorite console this week—and if that destroyed console happens to be a PlayStation 3, you’re in luck. The Goods One lucky Kotaku reader will win this tough-enough custom-painted Space Marine PlayStation 3—and a copy of Space Marine to slip inside. How to Enter This is very…
By Joel Johnson Published September 6, 2011 -
There’s More Shooting, Less Screaming in Aliens: Infestation
Aliens: Colonial Marines seeks to create the terror and tension of key moments in the Aliens movie franchise, using high-end graphics and a first-person view to immerse the player. It’s DS counterpart, Infestation, just lets you shoot things. Due out in October, Aliens: Infestation delivers the same movie-reliving experience as its console cousin, only without…
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2011 -
The Evolution of Video Game Controllers in Pretty Poster Form
Brooklyn-based Pop Chart Lab’s latest poster is another attempt to show the lineage of video game controllers, from the twin sticks of Spacewar! to the lonely, somewhat sui generis Wii U tablet sitting lonely at the bottom. A signed and numbered print will run you just 24 clams. I ran up to the Museum of…
By Joel Johnson Published September 6, 2011 -
When You Love the Game But Not Its Creator
In today’s spiteful edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Dracosummoner wonders if you have to love the game’s creators in order to love the game. Have you ever been in a situation where you liked a game or series, but you couldn’t stand the people behind it? (I can just hear the “Activision/EA” responses…
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2011 -
There is Definitely Something Fishy About the Steam Version of Dead Island
Last night before I hit the sack I set up a download of the Steam version of Techland’s Dead Island. This morning I woke up to what many others discovered last night — this doesn’t seem to be the right version of the game. Is it an early build? Did some sort of debug copy…
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2011 -
Chasing Aurora Can be Your Origami Bird-Racing Game
Confession: I was faking comprehension of Chasing Aurora when I saw it at the Penny Arcade Expo. I don’t blame Clements Scot, the developer who talked me through the video demonstration you can see here. I blame my own state of mind, frazzled as I was last Friday by some hurricane-related travel upheaval. Flight cancellation…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 6, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Tuesday is the new Monday this week, as the Labor Day weekend kills a weekday and hides it in the air duct so the others don’t get suspicious. Talk amongst yourselves while we find a mop. Big thanks to JimThePea for this revolutionarily augmented TAYpic! Want to have your TAYpic featured here? If you think…
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2011 -
The Insanity, Players, and Games of Three Huge Gaming Events
It’s been a crazy few weeks here at Kotaku as we scrambled to cover the world’s biggest game show in Germany, the largest Penny Arcade Expo in history and the first ever convention dedicated to all things Call of Duty Maybe you weren’t able to keep up, I know we struggled to. Here, in a…
By Brian Crecente Published September 6, 2011 -
Siege Hero is For Those Who Prefer Vikings to Furious Birds
I’ve never liked Angry Birds. Not because I’m angry with any birds in particular, but because I always preferred the free game that came before it, Crush the Castle Rather than get bitter at Rovio’s billions, Crush’s developers (well, hosts) Armor Games, are sticking at it, and have released on iOS a revision of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2011 -
Angry Birds Pops Up at Burning Man
Angry Burner | BLACK ROCK DESERT, NV – Spotted by reader Kenji. (Photo: Reader Kenji) This Is the Arcade, Totally Re-Invented In the past decade, retro game bars have popped up across Japan. Part of the appeal is that these water holes have game consoles you can play while getting shitfaced. More » Halo Creative Director…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2011 -
Godfather of Game Journalism Passed Away
This weekend, Bill Kunkel passed away. He was 61. Considered by many to be the “Father of Game Journalism”, Kunkel co-founded Electronic Games Magazine in 1981. It was America’s first gaming magazine sold on newsstands. As GameSetWatch explained, Kunkel penned his “Game Doctor” column for several magazines, such as EGM Kunkel penned Confessions of the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2011