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MapleStory Oozes Its Sweet, Sticky Goodness All Over Facebook
Admit it, you’ve been playing Nexon’s adorable side-scrolling MMO MapleStory for years, hiding your age behind your joyously big-headed avatar. It’s time to finally share your secret passion with the world via Facebook’s MapleStory Adventures The next exciting chapter in the story of Maple World will be broadcast on your Facebook wall for all the…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2011 -
Catherine Charms the Pants Off Video Game Critics
Catherine first caught gamers’ eyes last year largely due to sexy half-naked images of its title character. Months later the game is on store shelves, and we’ve all gained a deeply profound appreciation for sexy half-naked images of its title character. Hopefully the assembled game critics got beyond that bit. Catherine is a sexy horror…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2011 -
After a Year of Natural Disasters, A Game that Lets Us Fight Back
From Dust is a very good video game that starts badly. It’s dull, at first. Pick up dirt. Drop dirt. Pick up water. Spill water. You’re a god! Re-shaping the land. And you’ll be forgiven for feeling drowsy. From Dust creeps up on you. Mounds of dirt become mountains. Volcanoes crack the surface. A tsunami…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2011 -
Why Video Game Cats Might Throw Up
I have a cat. She often throws up. Why? Sometimes she gorges herself. Sometimes she’s chomped on the houseplants too much. Sometimes she’s just angry at me or my wife. Cats in this fall’s The Sim 3: Pets also sometimes throw up. As both the owner of an adorable yet barf-happy cat—and as someone who…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2011 -
Someone is War in the Latest Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Trailer
The only problem with this thrilling cinematic trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is that I’m not entirely clear on who is supposed to be war. I only know someone is, and they’re quite vehement about it.
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2011 -
These Two Indie Games Are Worth $250,000 to Activision
While not actively engaged in being an evil video game empire, Activision engages in a little independent game developer philanthropy in the form of the Activision Independent Games Competition, the first and second prize winners of which just received a massive influx of development capital. Meet Dstroyd and Rigonauts: Broadside Activision Publishing created the Activision…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2011 -
Do You Ever Regret the Time Spent Gaming?
Commenter Aikage returns to Speak Up on Kotaku for the second time in as many days, wondering if you every iamgine where life would have taken you if not for all of that time spent gaming. Do you ever regret gaming? Especially in high school and college I feel I may have missed out on…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2011 -
The Dark Knight Rises Gets the Taiwanese CGI Treatment
The first The Dark Knight Rises trailer was just a tease, but this one really gives the people what they want. Bane, the return of The Joker and even some Cat Woman S&M action. If this doesn’t get you excited for the end of the Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy, nothing will.
By Sam Winstrom Published July 27, 2011 -
You’ve Seen the Dead Island Trailer, Now Read the Book
Inspired by the award-winning CGI trailer that sort of vaguely touched on the actual gameplay of Techland’s upcoming zombie survival game, UK author Mark Morris delivers his take on the tropical carnage with Dead Island: The Book While I’m certain the game itself will contain some sort of narrative, it takes a true novelist to…
By Mike Fahey Published July 27, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Another week, another Wednesday…the heat wave is over (for now…) but just in case it sneaks back onto the radar we should probably stay inside and talk about video games. Just to be safe. Thanks to Incursor, who is staying safe from all weather, and keeping our TAY pic page well stocked. Follow suit, fellow…
By Jen Schiller Published July 27, 2011 -
Twisted Metal Embraces Its Fantastic Split-Screen Roots
So much has been made of Twisted Metal’s campaign, its bloody, live-action storyline and online multiplayer that it might be easy to forget the game’s amazing, couch-playing roots. An accident of publicity planning reminded me of that last week. When I showed up to check out Sony’s offerings in New York, Drew Bradford, the game’s…
By Brian Crecente Published July 27, 2011 -
Ridiculous Video Game HealBot Turns World of Warcraft Into a Dream
HealBot is a video game that you are supposed to play in order to get better at another video game. Imagine that. People debate whether video games can train people to be better soldiers and worse drivers in real life. How narrow their imaginations! Let us explore this idea that games can make us better…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 27, 2011 -
The Idolmaster Comes to Life in a Namco Game Center
Super Duper | OSAKA, JAPAN: Cosplayers promote Namco’s idol simulator. (Photo: ファミ通) Did This Man Deserve This? Japanese piracy law enforcement is tough. It doesn’t matter whether that’s the selling of customized figures or illegal uploading of games, the authorities are so not pussy footing around. Consider what happened to Takashi Matsuda. There’s a Half-Life On…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2011 -
A PS3 Controller. Busted in Half.
I’ve never seen a PS3 controller broken in two parts. Then again, I’ve never destroyed mine in a fit of Super Street Fighter 4 rage after losing, like this Japanese gamer did. スパ4で負け過ぎて、コントローラー壊しちまったんだが・・・ [へちま速報＠ゲーハー板] You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2011 -
Is Japan Excited about Wii U?
The Wii U is Nintendo’s new console. You might be excited about it. You might not be. But what do Famitsu readers think? Famitsu is Japan’s biggest gaming mag, and its polls provide insights into what readers are thinking. So what are Famitsu readers thinking? Here are the results, via 1Up: •38.3 percent said they…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2011 -
Level-5’s American Office Looks Shady
From the outside, that is. It looks like a bail bonds office or a place you could cash check or maybe even pawn a wedding ring. Inside, well, that’s a different story. The inside of Level-5’s American office is rather stylish! It obviously doesn’t appear as sprawling as the company’s swish Fukuoka headquarters, where most…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2011 -
How to Customize This Site’s Navigation
We’ve made a few small adjustments to our site today, including a new way to interact with stories in our right sidebar: You can now set the sidebar to a one- or two-paned interface, as demonstrated in the video above, made by our friends at Lifehacker We also gently pushed the maroon slider up towards…
By Joel Johnson Published July 27, 2011 -
Dragon Age II Disappears From Steam
Valve’s online juggernaut and EA’s own upstart service Origin are having some problems of late. Problems continuing through to this week, with Dragon Age II—previously available on Steam—now being withdrawn from sale. The bone of contention seems to be Dragon Age II’s new piece of downloadable content, Legacy, which is only available as an in-game…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 27, 2011 -
Summer Is When Cosplay Gets Skimpy
It’s hot and humid. Time to head to the beach, or don colorful costumes and hang out with nerds. Whichever! The bi-annual figure event Wonder Festival was held over the weekend in Tokyo. Cosplayers came out in droves. Kotaku already posted some creepy and cute highlights. This go-round, perhaps, features more skin, so take note…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 27, 2011