Japanese games are well known for targeting a straight male audience with their overly sexualized (i.e., incredibly busty and scantily clad or moé) female characters. In some games, this fan service is the entire game’s focus.Read more... Kotaku Continue reading...
This Side Up Episode 006: So Many Robins
Whoops! We're short a cast member again, because Jack had a tummyache or something; Joe and Christa proceed to kick him while he's down. This week: Shrout home invasion; Disney signs EA to a Star Wars publishing deal; more Tiny Tina coming to Borderlands 2; A Link to the Past 2; Sony execs return their bonuses; It's About Time for Plants vs. Zombies 2; Batgirl coming to Injustice somehow; light...
Side Quest – An Homage to the Normal Characters in Video Games
How many times did you enter an arena and were faced by multiple enemies and in the end there might or might not be this HUGE (or not) boss you needed to defeat in order to progress? This boss may or may not have emotions, evil plans, talk much, require different stages to fight and so on. How many? Well, practically in almost every game. N4G: news feed
The newest trailer for Vanillaware’s side scroller Dragon’s Crown shelves the questionably-designed
The newest trailer for Vanillaware's side scroller Dragon's Crown shelves the questionably-designed Sorceress, showcasing the ridiculously muscular Dwarf instead—although, he looks more like a viking on steroids than a dwarf. Dragon's Crown is coming to PS3/Vita on July 25.Read more... Kotaku Continue reading...
There’s A Funny Side To Microsoft’s Next Xbox Rumors
Taiwanese news agency NMA TV, picking up on the internet's growing dismay with Microsoft's rumoured plans for the next Xbox, has done what it done best and make an animated video about it.Read more... Kotaku Continue reading...
Warface – Pick A Side Trailer
This trailer gives a closer look into the rival armies of Blackwood and Warface by highlighting the rules of war engagement, as well as the equal and opposite reactions that take place while in battle. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "Warface - Pick A Side Trailer" was posted by MikeTao on Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:49:00 -0700 GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews,...
Public Nerd Display Shows the “Frightening” Side of Twitter
Forget people acting like morons on Twitter. That's not scary. It's stupid. What's scary is just how pervasive—meta, even—Twitter has become. More » Kotaku Continue reading...
SimCity Shows the Dark Side of Online Gaming
SimCity's launch was a disaster. Will our online games always be victim to such spectacularly bad releases? Get the full article at GameSpot "SimCity Shows the Dark Side of Online Gaming" was posted by Martin Gaston on Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:00:00 -0800 GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features Continue reading...
New hires in social games: Akamon, East Side Games and more
Due to recent changes in the way Linkedin displays hiring information we have have changed the format of our weekly new hires posts. Companies who want their new hires included in the post must contact us directly at mail (at) insidesocialgames (dot) com. Hiring in the social games sector was up this week with 18 new hires overall between five companies. Wooga reported the most activity with seven new hires....
The Other Side of that Supposed Assassin’s Creed IV Poster is a Map
A poster that's turned up online today, seemingly showing the title and main character of the next Assassin's Creed game, appears to have two sides. More » Kotaku Continue reading...