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The 2011 Into the Pixel Collection Celebrates the Finest in Video Game Art
Every year experts from the fine art world and the interactive entertainment industry bestow upon video game artists the highest honor they can receive — inclusion in the Into the Pixel art collection. Let’s take a look at the seventeen pieces that made the cut this year. The Into the Pixel collection is a joint…
By Mike Fahey Published May 25, 2011 -
One Year Later, Did Sony Keep Their E3 2010 Promises?
E3 is a den of promises. Promises sell products. And according to the cynics of the world, promises are meant to be broken. Yesterday, we took a look at the promises that Microsoft made at last year’s E3. Today, we scrutinize Sony. Did their PS3 and PSP-related promises bear out, or were we left feeling…
By Drew Cohen Published May 25, 2011 -
GLaDOS Begins Aural Testing with Free Portal 2 Soundtrack Downloads
While the brilliant and mostly dead scientific minds at Aperture Science aren’t busy coming up with new ways for robots to kill you, they like to kick back and relax with a little testing music. Now you can too, with the first of three “downloadable aural stimulus packages” featuring the music of Portal 2 Get…
By Mike Fahey Published May 25, 2011 -
The Farmville IPO
Zynga, the Facebook games company and creator of Farmville, is reportedly about to file for an initial public offering of stock. There is no better investment for cynics looking to bet on the exploitation of America’s dumbest, most vulnerable consumers. Zynga rakes in $850 million per year in revenue and $400 million per year in…
By Ryan Tate Published May 25, 2011 -
BioShock Infinite Propaganda Making 2011 Seem Like a Waste of Time
BioShock Infinite isn’t coming out until next year. That’s a pity, because the people who are making BioShock Infinite keep telling us interesting things about the game. They keep showing us interesting things about the game. Now they’re sharing these new pieces of artwork—ads and propaganda from within the 1912 world of the game. And…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 25, 2011 -
Behold the Shrunken Glory of MineCraft Running on an Android Phone
We’ve all seen the picture, now let’s drool over how well MineCraft Pocket Edition runs on the Xperia Play. Making its big debut at E3 2011 early next month, MineCraft Pocket Edition is the portable block building game you’ve all been waiting for. Shown here running on Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, this tiny version of…
By Mike Fahey Published May 25, 2011 -
Show Her You Love Her With a Pus-Filled Zombie
Women love jewelry. Women love large, shambling, goo-filled undead creatures. Combine the two and you’ve got a one-way ticket to a night of messy romance, thanks to this charming Left 4 Dead Boomer necklace. Video game jewelry artist DeadlyPretty is a big fan of Valve’s Left 4 Dead series, and as it happens she creates…
By Mike Fahey Published May 25, 2011 -
Aion Stays Alive with Update 2.5
Today NCsoft’s massively-multiplayer online game Aion upgrades to version 2.5, Empyrean Calling, delivering a host of new content, features, and tweaks aimed at pleasing players current and lapsed. Is it enough to lure fresh MMO fans to the game? NCsoft seems to think so, choosing today’s major update as the launching point for the game’s…
By Mike Fahey Published May 25, 2011 -
The Best Feature of the Xperia Play is Kristen Schaal Acting Ridiculous
Kristen Schaal’s web ads were the highlight of the launch of the Xperia Play, the device previously referred to as the PlayStation Phone. Sony Ericsson prolongs the magic with a series of outtakes from the actress and comedienne’s commercial shoot.
By Mike Fahey Published May 25, 2011 -
DeathSpank Returns in The Baconing, an Apparently Improved and Ridiculous Sequel
There will be a new DeathSpank game this summer and it will involve a quest for the Fires of Bacon. It will also be a greatly improved follow-up to last year’s downloadable DeathSpank adventures, two comedic riffs on Diablo Like Hothead Games’ previous DeathSpank third-person action games, the new one will put players in charge…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 25, 2011 -
Wasting Away Again in Margaritaville Online
After 34 years as a song enjoyed by drunk people wearing loud Hawaiian shirts, Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville becomes a virtual online playground for drunk people wearing loud Hawaiian shirts. No, the Hawaiian shirt is not optional. Magaritaville Online is a virtual buffet of Buffett coming to Facebook and iOS devices this fall courtesy of THQ…
By Mike Fahey Published May 25, 2011 -
Magaritaville Screens
By Mike Fahey Published May 25, 2011 -
The Joy of Making Video Gaming a Family Affair
Commenter Madammina‘s tale of playing through Kingdom Hearts with her little brother reminds us how much fun it is to play video games with our loved ones in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. As very few of you know, I’ve been playing Kingdom Hearts with my baby brother. He wanted to play Kingdom Hearts 2…
By Mike Fahey Published May 25, 2011 -
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Is An Ominous, Imposing and Faithful Bloodbath
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is still a big, thunderous shoot ’em up mixed with Ork-eviscerating action. Not much has changed here: Space Marine is booming, bloody violence in the most unpleasant of alien environments. Our latest hands-off look at Space Marine was much like the last one. We followed hulking Space Marine Captain Titus who…
By Michael McWhertor Published May 25, 2011 -
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Video and Screen Shots
By Michael McWhertor Published May 25, 2011 -
This Is Definitely Not Nintendo’s Project Café
Mario does not approve. Sketch comedy group 20 Second Power-Up created this clip as a sort of “bizarre Marvel Comics ‘What If?’ scenario” celebrating the impending unveiling of the next Nintendo console. Here’s hoping they’re way off the mark.
By Mike Fahey Published May 25, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Howdy folks! Welcome to Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is a place to talk any and all game-related topics. Have fun. Also, special thanks to El_Rey for today’s image. Wanna get your TAYpic on Kotaku? Submit your pic to #TAYpics (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)
By Mike Epstein Published May 25, 2011 -
I’m A Little in Love With My New iPad Arcade Machine
Last night I sat in front of an arcade machine in a darkened room of my house and played ’80s arcade games until well past midnight. While I haven’t given up on the idea of building a little arcade in my home, Ion’s iCade does a good enough job of replicating a form of the…
By Brian Crecente Published May 25, 2011 -
This Is A Japanese Arcade, A Covered Shopping Arcade
So Many People | OSAKA, JAPAN: As northeastern Japan rebuilds and deals with a nuclear crisis, life in Western Japan goes on. (Photo: Adam Pretty | Getty) Before They Were Famous: Bungie Today is the first in a new “Before They Were Famous” series here on Total Recall, where we look at the games some…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2011 -
Man Brings Street Fighter to Life with His Mouth
YouTube user sonaje is talented. When he’s not recreating game tunes and sound effects with his guitar, he’s doing it with his mouth. If you like his Street Fighter II vid, check out his Super Mario World or Donkey Kong Country music.
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2011