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  Anger is Rising

  Let’s blow off some steam. It’s time for Kotaku‘s Anger Management hour.

  By Owen Good Published April 20, 2012
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  Gabe Newell’s Opinion About EA’s Steam Competitor Is Full of Awkward Pauses

  Valve Software boss Gabe Newell has said kind things before about mega-publisher EA’s upstart rival to Valve’s popular PC gaming service Steam. That may have seemed charitable, given that EA’s new Origin service competes with Steam and even by EA’s own standards may not be as good as Steam for years. So, how’s Gabe liking…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 20, 2012
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  What ‘Unexpected’ Game Is Capcom Teasing Now?

  Capcom will reveal an “unexpected” new game in next week’s edition of Famitsu, Andriasang reports today. We don’t know anything about it yet, but I’ve got some suggestions for the Japanese publisher: Breath of Fire V Mega Man Legends: ‘Sorry We Screwed You Guys Over’ Edition Phoenix Wright x Tekken DLC: The Experience Marvel vs.…

  By Jason Schreier Published April 20, 2012
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  Cam Newton Challenges His Madden Cover Rival, But He’ll Play Anybody—Even You

  News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • Cam Newton, the NFL’s consensus rookie of the year (and, according to Yahoo! Sports, the second-most valuable player in the entire league) is taking his final-round matchup with Calvin Johnson for the Madden NFL 13 cover very seriously. In this seven minute video…

  By Owen Good Published April 20, 2012
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  Against Long Odds, a Gamer Still Relentlessly Pursues Perfection

  T.J. Brida is doing just fine, thank you for asking. “I’m definitely proud of how far I went, definitely proud of myself,” he told me yesterday. After losing his bid at a perfect game, and a shot at $1 million dollars, in the most anguishing way imaginable, Brida did come back to Major League Baseball…

  By Owen Good Published April 20, 2012
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  First Time Caller? Long Time Listener? It’s Time for Sportaku

  From the Worldwide Leader in Sports … Video Games, your 6 p.m. Sportaku begins now.

  By Owen Good Published April 20, 2012
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  Why Holodeck-Level Immersion is the Future of Gaming

  In this super-sized edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter DocSeuss tells us the difference between being immersed and being engrossed, and explains why he believes the future of gaming depends on games that submerge us in fantasy worlds. You might want to bring a snack. I read a forum thread somewhere recently—I want to…

  Speak Up Published April 20, 2012
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  This Game Of Thrones Drinking Game Will Have You Wasted in 10 Minutes Flat

  Watching Game of Thrones is fun, but you know what’s more fun? Watching Game of Thrones while totally smashed Thanks to artist Lucylle, we’ve got what might be the most comprehensive (and dangerous) Game of Thrones drinking game ever. She put this together just as the second season started, and now that I’ve seen a…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published April 20, 2012
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  The Week in Gaming Apps is Gonna Make You Sweat

  I turn my back for just a second and the Week in Gaming Apps goes fitness crazy, or at least two apps more fitness-centric than my restroom-based iPhone gaming sessions will allow. I mean, I guess I could run around in the restroom while playing Zombies, Run!, but there is limited space in there, and…

  By Mike Fahey Published April 20, 2012
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  Here’s How Torchlight 2 Starts

  The developers at Runic Games know you’ve been waiting. Their long-brewing RPG sequel was supposed to be out last year, to give even players a dose of hack-and-loot before the even longer-brewing Diablo III came out. Now, Blizzard’s game will be hitting shelves before Torchlight 2 So, the powers-that-be at Runic have offered up the…

  By Evan Narcisse Published April 20, 2012
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  This Video Game Actually Treats Teenagers’ Depression

  Usually when “video games” and “depression” show up in a sentence together, there’s a research team trying to prove that playing video games causes or at least correlates with depression, especially in kids and teens. This time, however, the news is much more positive: at least one video game out there, it seems, can actually…

  By Kate Cox Published April 20, 2012
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  Gabriel Knight Creator’s New Game Will Have a Matrix Twist, Star the Awesomely Named ‘Malachi Rector’

  Adventure games have changed a lot over the past twenty years. And now, thanks largely to Tim Schafer’s super-successful 3.4-million-dollar Kickstarter, we’re about to get a whole lot more of them. Schafer isn’t the only adventure game luminary getting into the Kickstarter business. Jane Jensen, the creator of the beloved 1990’s occult adventure series Gabriel…

  By Kirk Hamilton Published April 20, 2012
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  Gabe Newell Updates Interviewer On The Status of (Wink, Wink) ‘Ricochet 2‘

  After asking Valve Software boss Gabe Newell a bunch of questions about the Half-Life games on the new Seven Day Cooldown podcast, an interviewer finally cut to the chase: “My final question and the question in the back of all your fans’ minds and everyone has been waiting to ask you for a long time:…

  By Stephen Totilo Published April 20, 2012
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  This Is Where You Nominate This Week’s Best Comment

  Hello Kotaku. Are you aware that it is Friday? I am very aware that it is Friday. And Friday means that it’s time you all gather and vote someone onto the Island that is Best of Kotaku, which runs every Saturday morning. As always, don’t vote yourself onto the island. Only your peers have that…

  By Tina Amini Published April 20, 2012
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  Earthbound, The Trippiest Game In RPG History

  Today seems like the perfect day to reminisce about Earthbound, a Japanese role-playing game that is best described as a 16-bit electronic acid trip. Earthbound, which Nintendo originally unleashed upon the United States in June of 1995, is in many ways a traditional turn-based JRPG. It draws much of its inspiration from the original Dragon…

  By Jason Schreier Published April 20, 2012
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  Explosives to Blow Up Frozen Cows? Sounds Like a Job for Team Fortress 2‘s Demoman

  Multiplayer gamers know this fact: if you wander away from your group, you can die a horrible, stupid death. Cows apparently do not have this knowledge. A bizarre news story from the Seattle Times tells the story of about half a dozen cows that have uttered their last moo and left frozen carcasses behind in…

  By Evan Narcisse Published April 20, 2012
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  Ask For Baby Hadouken GIF, And Ye Shall Receive

  The video we posted of a cute, giggling baby getting knocked out by his father’s hadouken was too adorable to not get the GIF treatment. You can thank our own Chris Person for the GIF creation. And now you can watch the baby fall over from a Street Fighter move on loop.

  By Tina Amini Published April 20, 2012
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  Square Enix Really, Really Wants You To Play Final Fantasy XIV

  Did you stop playing the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Final Fantasy XIV? Square Enix wants you back. All returning players will get access to a 10-day free trial from May 9 to May 20, the publisher said today. Returning players will be able to test out all of the heavily-criticized MMORPG’s new features. On…

  By Jason Schreier Published April 20, 2012
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  Leaked Halo 4 Art Reveals New Looks For Enemies and Multiplayer Models

  Hot on the heels of Halo 4’s release date announcement, a chunk of art and screens have materialized out of the ether to provide glimpses of the updated Cortana model, re-designed looks for the Red and Blue multiplayer factions and in-game locations. You can take a look at more images from the hotly-anticipated sequel by…

  By Evan Narcisse Published April 20, 2012
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  The Toxic, Psychedelic Drug Behind Sony’s Newest PlayStation 3 Game

  People do recreational drugs for a lot of reasons: addiction, boredom, energy, depression, relaxation. But there are just some drugs that no person would ever want to do, drugs that are outright unpleasant and dangerous. Datura is one of those drugs. It is also the name of Sony’s latest Playstation Move title. What Datura Is…

  By Chris Person Published April 20, 2012