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Kotaku’s Guide To Gaming In The Year 2012

6:30AM January 10, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Another year, another twelve months filled with new game releases, extravagant gaming events, and big hardware releases. How can anyone hope to keep them all straight? Kotaku‘s 2012 Gamer’s Calendar is here to help. More »


In Real Life

Arcade Improv: Humans Pretending To Be Videogames

2:00PM November 10, 2011 | Andy Baio

At the PAX East conference last year, a young man approached the microphone during the Q&A with Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, creators of the popular Penny Arcade webcomic. More »


News

Registration For PAX East 2012 Now Open

3:40AM November 8, 2011 | Evan Narcisse

If you’re itching to get your single-day or three-day passes for the 2012 Eastern Time branch of Penny Arcade’s fanfest, then head over to the registration page. Next year will be the third year for PAX East, which is scheduled for the weekend of April 6th-8th.


PC

Borderlands 2 Dev Talks New Art, Improved AI, And Why PC Gamers Won’t Get A Port This Time Around

9:30AM September 7, 2011 | Kirk Hamilton

By now, you’ve probably seen the leaked footage of the most recent Borderlands 2 demo, and read our own Michael McWhertor’s impressions of the game from Gamescom. Last weekend at PAX, I caught up with Gearbox’s art director Jeremy Cooke to chat with him about the new characters, guns and art tech in Borderlands 2, as well as why PC players will be getting a much more customised version this time around. More »


PC

Chasing Aurora Can Be Your Origami Bird-Racing Game

12:40AM September 7, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

Confession: I was faking comprehension of Chasing Aurora when I saw it at the Penny Arcade Expo. I don’t blame Clements Scot, the developer who talked me through the video demonstration you can see here. More »


News

The Insanity, Players And Games Of 3 Huge Gaming Events

12:00AM September 7, 2011 | Brian Crecente

It’s been a crazy few weeks here at Kotaku as we scrambled to cover the world’s biggest game show in Germany, the largest Penny Arcade Expo in history and the first ever convention dedicated to all things Call of Duty. More »


PC

One Of The Main Brains Behind Portal Explains Her New Idea

5:00AM September 3, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

This is Quantum Conundrum, the first-person puzzle game coming out early next year from a development team led by Kim Swift. She’s someone who has earned my gaming trust, since she was a senior member of the team that made Narbacular Drop and the more famous game it was turned into, Portal More »


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War Of The Worlds Game Keeps Reminding People Of Out Of This World

4:00AM September 3, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

I heard at E3 that the new downloadable War of the Worlds game might remind people of the lovely, spooky black-and-white side-scroller Limbo. But when I saw the downloadable game at the Xbox 360 booth at the Penny Arcade Expo, I and two other passersby all made a different comparison: Out of this World. More »


PC

5 More Things I’ve Learned About Skyrim, Murder And Encumberance

3:00PM September 2, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

Fifteen minutes of play time with the fifth Elder Scrolls game isn’t enough. Skyrim is massive. A quarter of an hour in it illuminates the game’s world about as well as stepping just outside of an airport terminal explains a new city. More »


PC

The Jamestown Video Game Set On Mars Seems Historically Inaccurate

8:00AM September 2, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

They grew corn and tobacco in colonial Jamestown on Mars back in the 1600s. Sir Walter Raleigh took up arms, via a spaceship, to fight the Spanish-Martian alliance. More »