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The Filth And Grime Your Mobile Games Leave Behind
As anyone who owns a touch-screen device will tell you, when fingers are rubbed on screens, things get messy. But have you ever wondered how pretty some of those marks can be? Design Language News used a surprisingly complicated routine involving microfiber cloth and a black matte board to take photos of what an iPad…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2011 -
We’ll Be at PAX East So Come Say Hello
This weekend Kotaku editorial will be hanging at PAX East. Check out all of our PAX East coverage here. It’s all thanks to the good folks at Alienware, who will be premiering some killer stuff at PAX East this year, including the Alienware M17x and the M11x gaming laptops. See you in Boston…
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Our First Fleeting Glimpse Of The New Tribes Game
Fans of the deep, strategic, jetpack-powered combat of Tribes have been clamoring for a new game since the 2004 release of Tribes: Vengeance. Hi-Rez Studios delivers this year with Tribes: Ascend, a downloadable game for Xbox 360 and PC. Hi-Rez already had a pretty good head start on creating a Tribes game in their massively-multiplayer…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 -
The Frustrating Fiscal Resilience Of Nintendo Games
In today’s exciting episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Cupids_Hitman waits and waits for prices on first-party Nintendo games to drop, but they never do. What’s up with the pricing of Wii games? My family got a Wii this past Christmas, and so I’ve been looking to play some 1st party Nintendo games, but they’re…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 -
Bioshock Infinite’s Him Squishes… Him?
SNAPSHOT | PENNY ARCADE EXPO EAST: Imprisoned in Columbia for 15 years, Elizabeth takes a break from Bioshock Infinite to hang with caretaker Him… and squish Totilo. Make sure to hang around for three days of Penny Arcade Expo coverage.
By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2011 -
MyndPlay Combines Full Motion Video, With Mind-Control Gaming
The future of mind-controlled video games looks very much like the past of arcade games. I’m sitting in a leather chair facing a television. I’m wearing loops of plastic on my head like a crown. I’m told that this device, the NeuroSky Mindwave, can trace the electrical impulses shooting from my earlobe to my forehead…
By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2011 -
The Day Japan (And The World) Will Never Forget
SNAPSHOT | TOKYO, JAPAN: Commuters take to the streets, walking home after train service in Tokyo was suspended due to today’s earthquake. (Photo by Koichi Saito/Getty Images) Wake Up, Kotaku Earthquake Crisis Brings Out the Best In Japan’s Gaming Greats About 2:45 p.m. Japan time today, an earthquake measuring 8.8 on the richter scale rocked…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2011 -
Just Because He Made Pokémon: Black And White Doesn’t Mean He Caught Them All
Junichi Masuda directed Pokémon: Black and White. And you’d think that would mean he’s caught them all. Nope. “I’ve still got a long way to go,” Masuda told Gamespot. “My adventure is going to continue. I kind of play it a bit slower than other people. I’ve still got a lot of Pokemon to catch.”…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2011 -
Make Sure You’re Prepared for Disaster with a 72-Hour Kit
After Japan’s earthquake and tsunami earlier this morning, California and Hawaii are both under a Tsunami warning. If you don’t have an adequate emergency kit in your home, this site will help you put one together so you’re prepared. After a major disaster, emergency response units are usually spread pretty thin, so 72Hours.org recommends you…
By Brian Crecente Published March 11, 2011 -
Why The Heck Is Nintendo Remaking The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time?
There must be a reason for it. Turns out, there is. And it’s not a Nintendo 3DS cash-grab. In the most recent “Iwata Asks” feature on Nintendo.com, Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says he really wanted to see Hyrule in 3D and that switching out items in the game is easier and streamlined in 3D. But…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2011 -
Life Is The RPG That Ends With You Die. So How About Earning Points And Tracking It?
Okay, maybe life isn’t the best role-playing game, but it’s pretty damn important. And that’s why San Francisco start-up GreenGoose created lifestyle platform to track it. Packaged with a water bottle, toothbrush and a vitamin container, the GreenGoose logs how many times a week people, say, pick up their toothbrush, awarding them points each time…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2011 -
Nine Guys, Giant Mechs And 2011’s Sexiest Indie Game
Two days ago, nobody had ever heard of Hawken, nor its developers Adhesive Games. What a difference an amazing debut trailer makes The clip blew people’s socks off because not only did it look good, period, but it looked unbelievable for such a small indie studio. “The core team at Adhesive has six members”, team…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2011 -
Mortal Kombat Is Walking In A Bloody Wonderland. First Web Series Images Surface.
Last year, a live-action short called Mortal Kombat: Re-Birth took the internet by storm. Now it’s going to be a web series, and the first images look most enticing. Well, as enticing as a spinal cord and a snowman can look. Both Michael Jai White and Jeri Ryan are returning for the web series. It’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2011 -
The Guild Wars 2 Thief Is A Rogue Like None Other
Most massively-multiplayer online role-playing games have some sort of rogue class, but none are quite as roguish as the newly revealed Guild Wars 2 Thief. Kotaku spoke to developer ArenaNet about what raises this stealthy stabber above the rest. When ArenaNet initially announced the Thief class last week, the image that came to the mind…
By Mike Fahey Published March 11, 2011 -
Earthquake Crisis Brings Out the Best In Japan’s Gaming Greats
About 2:45 p.m. Japan time today, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the island nation. A devastating tsunami followed, rolling over cities, enveloping towns. Reports now put the death toll at 300 to 400, with at least another 350 missing. Reports from Japan are coming in from those who were in the middle of the tumult…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2011 -
A Pair Of Batman Toys Escape From Arkham City
DC Universe will be releasing a line of action figures based on the upcoming Batman game, Arkham City. The first two on the market will be Batman and Two-Face, who come packaged together in the one box. Which is awkward Pack Batman in on the Harvey Dent side and it’ll be swell! Pack him in…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2011 -
How Saying Bad Things Can Keep You From Playing A Video Game
It appears that a Bioware fan has been temporarily halted from playing his copy of Dragon Age II after copping a forum suspension. Which is weird since, you know, Dragon Age II is a singleplayer game According to a post on the Bioware forums, user v_ware had his account suspended for a period of 72…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 11, 2011