Remember when the original PlayStation came out? Better yet, remember how incredibly amazing the system's start up music was? Holy smoke, that was good—and it's even amazing all these years later. More » Kotaku Continue reading...

Editor’s Note: This guest post comes from game design consultant Adrian Crook, a producer and designer with credits on over two dozen games spread across a variety of platforms, including classic consoles like the Sega Genesis and modern mobile games for iOS. In 2006, he was named Producer of the Year by the Canadian New Media Awards. You can find out more about Crook’s consulting agency here and the original...

Will one of the most critically-acclaimed board games translate to one of the most critically-acclaimed MMOs? Let's not get ahead of ourselves, but that's the hope of Goko, a brand new HTML5-focused gaming start-up. The developer has acquired the license for Settlers of Catan, one of the most respected board games in the industry, for a cross-platform MMO known as Catan World. Set to launch for Facebook, Google+, Goko's own...

We've finally seemed to have moved past 'Ville' stage of social games, and into an era where games seem be more diverse. Some of the biggest game launches in the past few months have been casino games, hidden object games and addictive puzzlers that are already hits on other platforms, e.g. Angry Birds. fiveonenine Games, a new studio that opened its doors this week, is looking to a new source...

Of all the sports games on Facebook, soccer-themed games reign supreme, accounting for more than half of the 40 most popular sports games on the platform. The leader of the pack is Nordeus — a bootstrapped Serbian developer founded by three former Microsoft employees. Its game, Top Eleven – Be a Football Manager is a detailed football management sim, and despite its complexity, has 3.6 million monthly active users and...

Firefall has officially recruited theirfirst ever professional Firefall cosplayer, Crystal Graziano, who will be playing Mourningstar at all the 2012 events for Firefall.Exiting or boring?Just check it out! Continue reading The Firefall Cosplay Program Startup!. MMOsite Gaming News Continue reading...

Filed under: Other Games, NewsLet's just get something out of the way: HTML5 gaming on Facebook and mobile hasn't exploded because, frankly, most of the early HTML5 games look like high school programming class projects. Pangalore, a startup based in Seoul, South Korea and San Jose, Calif., looks to change that with HTML5-based social games that both work across platforms and are actually a treat to look at. Today, the...

Filed under: Other Games, NewsLet's just get something out of the way: HTML5 gaming on Facebook and mobile hasn't exploded because, frankly, most of the early HTML5 games look like high school programming class projects. Pangalore, a startup based in Seoul, South Korea and San Jose, Calif., looks to change that with HTML5-based social games that both work across platforms and are actually a treat to look at. Today, the...