Bethesda community manager Nick Breckon has asked his 65 year-old mother to sit down and play Skyrim. More »
After writing 11,296 stories for Kotaku I find myself at a loss for words as I write this, my last for the site. More »
Commenting on rumors that the studio is closing and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 put on indefinite hold, GSC Game World gave fans a sliver of hope this morning via Twitter: “We will do our best to continue. However, at this moment, nothing is certain.” [Twitter]
Artist Ashley Riot created this wonderful bit of original gaming art to donate to the Child’s Play charity dinner auction. More »
Gary Garcia, who teamed with Jerry Buckner to perform the 1982 hit “Pac-Man Fever”, a song synonymous with 1980s pop culture and America’s early love affair with arcade gaming, died yesterday at his home in Englewood, Fla. He was 63. More »
Did you build model planes as a kid? I did. F-14s, F-4s, F-18s, even the odd Mig-29. For a kid I like to think I did OK, gluing wings together and painting garish camo patterns on everything, but after seeing these models I feel despondent. More »
No it’s not just you. The official Twitter account for Battlefield has been telling their many, many followers that they are investigating current problems with the Xbox 360 servers for Battlefield 3. “We are aware the servers are down. We have our team working on this issue now, and will let you know when the problem is…” No ETA on when things will be back to normal.
It is one of the most followed Twitter accounts in the gaming world and it doesn’t belong to Miyamoto, Cliffy B, or Warren Spector. With almost 15,000 followers, Molydeux (with a D) is a parody account that draws its inspiration from the overly-ambitious ideas of veteran game developer Peter Molyneux (with an N), and while it is best known for its tongue-in-cheek commentary of the games industry, Kotaku discovered that there’s much more to it than 140-character hilarity. More »
