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These Mass Effect 3 Videos Make the Wait Until March 6 Feel Like Forever

Evan Narcisse — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:30:00 EST

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Mass Effect 3's less than a month away, but that span of time feels like an eternity. The relaunch of the website for BioWare's sci-fi epic isn't helping either. It's sporting videos that tease out elements of the upcoming threequel from multiplayer to narrative. It seems like they're there to help along people new to the series, but die-hard Mass Effect fans might spot some new details in there . More »

Which of These Five Games Had the Best Writing of 2012?

Mike Fahey — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:30:00 EST

Every year the Writers Guild of America awards a special Outstanding Achievement in Video Game Writing award to the team responsible for the most memorable interactive entertainment script. Which of these five titles will walk away a winner on February 19? More »

So, What Makes Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 So Ultimate?

Evan Narcisse — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:40:00 EDT

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One might ask, does Capcom really need to revisit the work of Marvel vs. Capcom 3, which came out in February, in the form of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, due out next month? Capcom special consultant Seth Killian justifies the new title by saying that the development team's gone back under the hood and re-balanced all of the characters, so that it is essentially like an all-new game. Most fans know that Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will be adding twelve new characters to the roster, including fan-favorites like Strider Hryu on the Capcom side and Hawkeye on the Marvel side. Capcom revealed that all the game's characters will also be playable in up to six alternate looks for each. So with Spider-Man, the alternats will be Spider-Armor 2.0, Big Time from the Dan Slott storylines, and the mostly white FF Spidey from Jonathan Hickman's series. (No Miles Morales?!) As for Felicia from Darkstalkers, her classic look got contrasted by her Puzzle Fighter interpretation as well as various palette variations from her appearance in other Capcom games. More »

Looks Like Super Mario Land 3 is Next Up on the 3DS Virtual Console

Owen Good — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:00:00 EDT

GoNintendo dug up a current Australian rating for Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, pointing to it as an upcoming release for the Game Boy Virtual Console on the Nintendo 3DS. Remember, ~~early adopters~~ "ambassadors," you get 10 VC titles for free in addition to the 10 free NES classics you downloaded at the beginning of the month. More »

Sony Only Gives You a Taste of Twisted Metal to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth

Max Abrams — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:40:00 EDT

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Amidst the waterfall of new game footage and price drops at today's Sony press conference, a few Twisted Metal screenshots snuck through the cracks, as well. It's not much, but we'll take anything to tide us over until 2012. More »

Rage Out in Comics Today

Joshua Rivera — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:40:00 EDT

Dark Horse Comics' Rage three-part miniseries kicks off today with issue one in stores now. Read up on the series here. More »

Resistance 3 E3 Trailer

Drew Cohen — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:34:00 EDT

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Developer Insomniac Game's PS3-exclusive Resistance 3 is due out this September. Courtesy of GameTrailers.com is the game's newest trailer. More »

Sony Working To Get PS3 Back Online "As Soon As Possible" But No New Deadline Set

Brian Crecente — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:00:00 EDT

The deadline Sony set for itself to start restoring service to their online gaming and music networks passed over the weekend with no update and no success. More »

This Is The Killzone Card Game

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:00:00 EST

The Killzone card game is not official. A fan made it, and now you can play it. More »

This Is My Rifle, This Is My Gun; This Is For PS3, This Is For Fun

Owen Good — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:00:00 EST

Alright, maggots, here is how you inspect, assemble and clean your Move-compatible Assault Rifle Controller, from CTA Digital. It's $59.99 and Amazon says it's due early next year. More »

Hell is other players

Fraser Allison — Wed, 12 May 2010 11:00:00 EDT

Part of the reason games make such an interesting topic is because they are so multi-faceted. You can talk about a game as an abstract design, as an individual experience, as a part of a broader culture, as an economic product, as a technical showpiece and many other things besides. More »

Unreal Engine 4 "Still A Long Ways Off"

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:00:26 EST

Attending the DICE gaming summit to promote his company's Unreal Engine technology and celebrate the conclusion of the Make Something Unreal modding contest, Epic Games' Mark Rein said that the next generation of Unreal game-making tech is a ways off. More »

First Skate 3 Trailer And Screens

Mike Fahey — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:40:00 EST

To go along with the AJ's preview, here's the first batch of screens for Skate 3, along with a trailer featuring a horribly edited version of Steel Panther's "Eyes of a Panther." More »

Keith David Tattooed on Someone's Arm

Owen Good — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:30:00 EDT

As seen at BodyMod.org [Thanks, Adam] More »

Have Some Modern Warfare 2 Screens

AJ Glasser — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:30:00 EDT

What's your preferred wartime headgear of choice? Scuba mask, combat helmet, gas mask or Mohawk? I like Mohawk myself, but if I stood that close to a helicopter, I might want a helmet. More »

Early Play on Illegit Forza, Borderlands Resulting in Permabans

Owen Good — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:00:00 EDT

Illegitimately obtained early copies of Forza Motorsport 3 or Borderlands, being played online over Xbox Live, have resulted in permabans for the accounts of offending players, Microsoft has confirmed. More »

PS3 Slims Pics And Specs

Mike Fahey — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Sony's official press release for the PlayStation 3 Slim reveals a few updated features and a whole slew of sexy product shots of the PS3's skinny little brother. More »

A Look at Uncharted 2's Gold Rush

Brian Crecente — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:20:00 EDT

Naughty Dog is showing off a new co-op gameplay type for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves at Comic-Con this week. More »

Jaffe: Gears of War 2 Versus God of War 3, PS3 Versus Wii

Brian Crecente — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:00:00 EST

Famed Playstation developer David Jaffe may seem like an odd choice for guest developer for our in-game podcast about the Xbox 360's Gears of War 2. More »

Sony Australia Giving LittleBigPlanet Away With Every PS3 Sold

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:30:00 EDT

And not as a hardware bundle. Just as a general, Christmas-y giveaway. The deal was supposed to kick off this Thursday, October 23. It obviously, now, will not be. It'll instead be kicking off a little later, whenever SCE Australia can confirm a local release date. The deal will see every single PlayStation 3 console sold in the country during the holiday season come with a copy of LittleBigPlanet. A free copy of LittleBigPlanet. Even if you don't want one. Good news for Aussies in the market for a PS3! Bad news for LittleBigPlanet's pre-owned market value. More »

New Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Trailer

Adam Barenblat — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:00:00 EDT

The Command & Conquer series has always been a great strategy game, but it's the live action sequences that add the icing to the cake. Today we got a pretty slick trailer hinting at some of the story elements found in the cinematics. Most of the gang is here including McHale's Navy star Tim Curry and the always enjoyable, but seemingly drunk, Peter Stormare. You can pick up the game for PC on October 27th and November 11th for the Xbox 360. More »

Prince of Persia Hits in December

Brian Crecente — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:52:25 EDT

Prince of Persia will ship on Dec. 2 for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 along with Prince of Persia: The Fallen King for the DS, Ubisoft announced today. More »

Arguing 'Grand Theft Auto IV' With N'Gai

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EDT

Once a month or so, N'Gai Croal and I debate a video game. Usually we do it well after a game's been released. We call our exchanges Vs. Mode, co-publish them on both of our blogs, and hope that people have enough bathroom time to read them. More »

Free SOCOM 3, Combined Assault Map Packs Announced

Brian Crecente — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:00:00 EDT

All eyes may be on the upcoming online only SOCOM Confrontation for the Playstation 3, but that doesn't mean that the SOCOM developers have completely forgotten about their PS2 fan base. More »

Sony Employee Gets PS3-Themed Tattoo

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:00:14 EDT

Another PS3 tattoo! Not as crappy! Still kooky! While man who goes by the handle MobileTone may be the first person with ~~P53~~ PS3 inked on his bodice, that doesn't mean he's got the first PLAYSTATION 3-themed tat. It seems that SCEE Omar Siu claims that prize (lucky him) with his "This is Living" shoulder art. Fingers crossed he doesn't ever changed companies! He got the tattoo on December 22, 2007 — coincidentally, the same day that Omar apparently changed medication. More »

Criterion Shows Off Paradise Demo Map

Brian Crecente — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:00:40 EST

Starting Thursday, gamers will be able to grab the Burnout Paradise demo on the Playstation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace, but why wait until then to start studying what you'll be playing with? More »

Spike TV Video Game Awards: Winners, Losers and Boozers

fdemarco — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:00:00 EST

In a fitting (almost) ending to my six day cross county road trip to move myself from Atlanta to San Francisco, I landed in glamorous Las Vegas last night just in time for the Spike TV Video Game awards. I wasn't quite sure what to expect having never attended a "major" awards show before, but I sat down fueled by five days on the road and a few drinks with my pad and paper to bring you all the big announcements. More »

Guitar Hero 3 DLC Leaked?

Mark Wilson — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:20:46 EDT

One good soul playing close attention to the leaderboards has noticed a few songs that aren't in the standard Guitar Hero III track list. So what's this mean? DLC for everyone*!! Specifically, users have spotted three more songs from both the Foo Fighters and Velvet Revolver. But the biggest surprise may be that boss battle tracks are listed as well, so it will be interesting to see how the content is dealt with from a purchaser's standpoint. Hit the jump for a complete list. More »

Halo 3 'Museum'...Reimagined

Mark Wilson — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:00:48 EDT

Sony Adds New Features To PS3 SDK, Lowers Memory Requirements

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:20:38 EDT

According to developer blog Inner Bits, Sony has pushed out the 1.80 version of its PLAYSTATION 3 software development kit, adding a trio of handy new features for programmers. In addition to those new treats, Sony has decreased the memory footprint of the operating system on the PS3's main and graphics RAM. What once required 96MB of the PS3's 512MB of RAM now only demands 72MB of RAM. That should hopefully lead to better looking games that require less loading from disk. More »

PGR 3 Xbox 360 Bundle Confirmed?

Brian Crecente — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 22:00:57 EDT

A Toys R Us Canada employee and faithful Kotaku reader sends in word that the fabled Xbox 360 Pro Bundle has officially hit the toy store's inventory system. He even sent us this picture to prove it, along with a bunch of others, the tease. More »

E306 Clips: The Creepiest Facial Animation Ever Captured

Joel — Tue, 09 May 2006 19:21:14 EDT

If there was a more disturbing demo shown at Sony's Playstation 3 presser—or in the entirety of the history of computer animation—we do not know it. More »

E306 Clips: Playstation 3 Controller First Look

Joel — Tue, 09 May 2006 03:44:09 EDT

While the new Playstation 3 controller isn't much to look at, watching this developer flail about in an attempt to convince us that playing Warhawk with the motion sensor is a jolly ol' time is definitely worth a gander, preferably whilst rubbing Icy/Hot on your joints in sympathy. More »

E306: Sony Playstation Presser Liveblog

Joel — Mon, 08 May 2006 20:40:32 EDT

In the interest of saving the front page from dozens of lines of our E306 Sony Playstation 3 Press Conference live blogging, we've moved the archive after the jump. More »

PS3 Dev Kits at GDC

Brian Crecente — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:51:41 EST

They had these very plain looking dev kits stuffed under counters at the Sony booth. More »

Playstation 3 Keynote: Live Blogging

Brian Crecente — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:32:57 EST

The show's about to get underway. Phil Harrison will be taking the stage in a few minutes to, hopefully, drop a few bombs. Check back on this post for updates throughout the show. More »

Peter Jackson to Executive Produce Halo Movie

lsmith — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 15:05:23 EDT

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Lord of the Rings leader Peter Jackson will team up with his wife, Fran Walsh, to serve as executive producers of the upcoming Halo film. Jackson and Walsh will offer "creative counsel on all aspects of the film" and Jackson's Weta Digital Ltd. and Weta Workshop Ltd. will be doing the special effects. Rumors flew in recent weeks about Jackson directing the upcoming Halo film, for now, those can be laid to rest. Halo is still in need of a director, I can't help but wonder if Jackson will end up sliding into that role after he finishes work on this winter's King Kong. The movie is expected to land in theaters in Summer of 2007, whether we'll see a Halo 3 before then or not remains to be seen. More »

Photo Proof of PS3 in Spring 2006

Brian Crecente — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:23:16 EDT

The Import Game Blog has photographic proof that the Playstation 3 will be launching in Spring 2006. More importantly, if you look at the picture closely, you'll see that the PS3 Evaluation System will be released in Spring 2005. Wait a second, how did I miss out on that? More »