Xbox

Before You Play The Witcher 2, Here’s What Happened In The Witcher

On April 17 Xbox 360 gamers get their first taste of Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the first console instalment of the popular PC role-playing game series. Did they miss anything in the first game? Not if they watch this video they didn’t.


March 27, 2012
PC

Everything You Wanted To Know About Guild Wars 2

Last month I shared what I learned during the first Guild Wars 2 press beta weekend. Now the student becomes the master as I tackle the questions Kotaku posed had about the eagerly anticipated massively-multiplayer game after spending another beta weekend adventuring in the world of Tyria.


March 23, 2012
Mobile

Why You Should Play Angry Birds Space, The Game Everyone’s Talking About

The fourth Angry Birds game is upon us. It’s called Angry Birds Space and it’s actually a far more impressive and interesting game of Angry Birds than we’ve ever seen before.


April 18, 2010

Working The Angles To Make Video Game Baseball Look More Like TV

Maybe no other sport is influenced this much by irregular stadium dimensions. Maybe no other sport has fans who’d care about this. But how you see a baseball game on TV is unique, park-to-park. In video games, however, it’s uniform.


April 16, 2010

The Modern Warfare Fight: Your Guide To Activision Vs Infinity Ward

The ongoing legal tussle between Call of Duty: Modern Warfare developer Infinity Ward and publishing giant Activision is full of intrigue, accusations, lawsuits and, more recently, an exodus of key staffers from the studio behind the game.


April 9, 2010

What, Exactly, Is DRM?

We’ve been mentioning DRM, or Digital Rights Management, a lot lately here on Kotaku. It’s an important topic! Thing is, we’ve been made aware a lot of you don’t entirely know what it is. If that’s you, here’s a guide.


News

Why Gamers Should Care About Net Neutrality

We’ve heard the term ‘net neutrality’ bandied about the internet for more than a decade, yet many gamers aren’t aware of how important the concept is to their continued online entertainment. Why should you care about net neutrality?


April 6, 2010
In Real Life

A Short Guide To Japan Bashing

In the wake of the controversy surrounding CNN’s reporting of Japanese video games, several on the Japanese internet pointed out the same thing: This is just another example of “Japan Bashing”.


March 31, 2010

Why Is CNN Talking About Rapelay?

In spring 2009, the Western media caused a brouhaha over computer game Rapelay. The game was released in 2006, and CNN is now covering the controversy. Why?