Blog Profile / Kotaku
| URL : | http://kotaku.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Entertainment / Video Games | |
| Posts on Regator: | 81817 | |
| Posts / Week: | 300.2 | |
| Archived Since: | March 4, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Don't Expect Those Xbox One Exclusives To Come To PC
Not that you should have, given Microsoft's puzzling disdain towards the market, but just in case you were thinking those promised Xbox One exclusives were coming to PC, you can stop. Read more...
Happy Wedding Anniversary, Here's An Epic Gears Of War Family Portrait
For my first wedding anniversary, I went out to dinner. Fancy joint. I thought I'd done a good job. Read more...
This Song Argues That "Gif" Is Pronounced "Jif"
Is it Gif? Or is it Jif? Someone should write a song! Oh look, someone did. Read more...
You Can't Lose In This RPG, Though You'll Likely Travel Someplace New
Unrest is a most unusual game. There are no fail states, for one. The story continues if you fail. It's also an RPG that takes place in ancient India—which, I don't know about you, but that's not a place I've ever visited in a game. Read more...
Gran Turismo Boss Enters Car Race, Quietly Uses Video Game To Help
Not many game developers are able to practice what they preach, mostly because a lot of the stuff they preach involves stuff that doesn't actually exist. Read more...
If Only a Game With Pixel Batman and Pixel Wolverine Actually Existed…
Let us once again reflect on the beauty that comes with limitation. These blocky renderings of world-famous superhero characters manage to convey just what works about each character design, despite the lack of detail that Cyclops, Superman or Spider-Man are usually drawn with. Show More Summary
Metro: Last Light PC Performance, Benchmarked
When the Metro 2033 was released in 2010 it contributed to raise the PC graphics bar making good use of the latest DirectX 11 rendering technologies such as depth of field and tessellation along with high resolution textures. Read more...
BioWare Is Sorry They Accidentally Banned All Those SWTOR Players
In the war between MMO developers and shady players looking to exploit the system, the innocent often get caught in the crossfire. Such was the case yesterday, when somewhere under 150 honest, hard-playing Star Wars: The Old Republic players had their accounts banned from play. BioWare is sorry, you guys. Read more...
Which would you rather play?
Which would you rather play? I think I'd go for Ghost Dog, because not only is the idea of a Call of Duty Dog game fantastic, this mock cover by Redditor Auto_aim1 is also excellent. Read more...
You Could Kill A Super Mutant With This Homemade Fallout Weapon
The Shiskebab is one of the more ridiculous melee weapons in Fallout—I mean, it's a freakin' flaming sword! And GreekGadgetGuru built one like it, in real life. The thing looks crazy dangerous. Read more...
Classic Video Games With Real-Life Backdrops Are Delightful
Video games from the 8-bit and 16-bit era mixed with real life environments look awesome, and it's a technique that lets anyone's creativity shine. It's something that Kotaku has covered before but it would be a mistake to not share the new ones. Read more...
A new Retro Game Music bundle is underway, where you can get a bunch of classic game music for minim
A new Retro Game Music bundle is underway, where you can get a bunch of classic game music for minimal bucks. Myst, The 7th Guest, Jazz Jackrabbit and Duke Nukem join a list of other notables, some of which have never been previously released. Read more...
Watch Donkey Kong Scare The Crap Out Of Children
To celebrate the release of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Nintendo spent a lovely spring afternoon scaring the crap out of children. Read more...
Xbox One Game Boxes Look Sharp
What Luke Plunkett wants, Luke Plunkett gets. This is what the official box for an Xbox One game looks like. You like? This is via official Xbox One hype man Major Nelson. Read more...
Here's A Complete Schedule Of E3 Press Conferences
E3 is almost here, a merry time of hype and trailers and demos and of course, press conferences. From June 10—13, video game publishers from around the world will descend on Los Angeles like a swarm of eager beavers, ready to try to sell us on the next big thing. Yes, beavers. A massive swarm of beavers. Read more...
The Five Possible States of Xbox One Games Are Strangely Exciting
Both the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One will bring console gaming to the present this year by allowing users to suspend the games they're playing. Save points can be a thing of the past on these consoles. Games don't really have to be turned "off". Read more...
Used Games Aren't To Blame For All The Video Game Industry's Problems
There's been a lot of chatter this week about used games, mostly spurred by the news that Xbox One games will come with one-time registration codes, meaning you can't just swap them with your friends or trade them at a GameStop. Read more...
Here's The First-Ever Official Mobile Dungeons & Dragons Game
Has there really never been an official Dungeons & Dragons mobile game? No? Well then I am sure it pleases Dungeons & Dragons: Arena of War to be the first. It's coming soon to Android and iOS, and I'm not telling you where from because it'll only make some of you angry. Read more...
Monster Hunter's 'Prance' Goes On World Tour, Next Stop: Your Dreams
If ever there was a Monster Hunter gesture that deserved a dance-party video, it was the Prance. And so the guys at Explosive Alan have given us this excellent montage of pitch-perfect prancing, taking their MH characters on a tour through the world of games, cinema, television and beyond. Show More Summary
Daredevil Punching a Cancer Dinosaur Is My Favorite Panel from This Week’s Comics
Daredevil #26: Serious shit happens in this latest issue of Matt Murdock’s comic. Daredevil runs around scared senseless after getting his butt handed to him last issue by a physically superior doppelganger, terrified that he won’t be able to help Foggy Nelson his best friend’s battle against cancer. Show More Summary