Kotaku: Cross-platform

How DUST 514 and EVE Online Bridge the Gap Between PC and PlayStation 3

Mike Fahey — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:40:00 EDT

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In CCP's DUST 514 for the PlayStation 3, battles are initiated by corporations in the PC-based space MMO EVE Online. In a post on the PlayStation Blog, CCP server architect Lin Luo talks about how much fun making that work is. More »

There Are No Words to Describe Cross-Platform Mobile Scrabble

Mike Fahey — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:52:22 EDT

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Scrabble fans might want to sit down before reading this news. During EA's live summer preview event, EA Mobile demonstrated a live round of Scrabble played across four different platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android, and Facebook. You're probably floored right now. Catch your breath and read on. More »

Paulina Bozek Looking To Multiplatform Social Gaming

Stuart Houghton — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:20:00 EST

SingStar director Paulina Bozek jumped ship from Sony to Atari/Infogrames back in September. What has she been up to? More »

Why We Can't Swap Echochrome Levels Cross-Platform

Leigh Alexander — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:20:00 EDT

Newsweek's N'Gai Croal has an idea: enabling user-generated content across asymmetrical platforms through extensible markup language. More »

Wii, PS2 Crack GameFly's Top Ten List

Brian Crecente — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:00:28 EST

Finally! More »

PC/360 Crossplatform Games to Explode in 08

Brian Crecente — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:58:36 EDT

Microsoft predicts that PC/Xbox 360 cross-platform gaming is going to explode by 2008. The first cross-platform game, Shadowrun, is expected to hit in early 2007, said Msoft's UK third-party manager Steven Blackburn at a Games Convention session, but he doesn't expect the "floodgates to open for all titles" until 2008. More »

EA Announces Need for Speed Carbon

Brian Crecente — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:07:30 EDT

The lastest dip into the Need for Speed money trough is going to be hitting streets this November in the form of Need for Speed Carbon. More »

Ubi Announces Open Season

Brian Crecente — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:00:12 EDT

25 To Life Reviews Roll In

Brian Crecente — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:03:16 EST

My review of the gold build of the single player portion of 25 to Life was met with some interesting comments. Well, life is all about opinion, even that of the readers. I suppose this game may fall into the category of a guilty pleasure for me. More »

Casino Royale Coming to Current Gen, But Not Next

Brian Crecente — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:34:53 EST

A reader in the know writes to confirm that Electronic Arts is indeed working a VG adaptation of Casino Royale and to clarify it's current status. He says that the next-gen version of the game hasn't been delayed, it's been canceled. However, the development team (I'm told they are in Europe) is still working on an adaptation for the current generation consoles. More »

Play/Record Console Games Through PC

Brian Crecente — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 07:00:23 EST

Adaptec is selling a cool little, over-priced device that lets you hook up your consoles to your computer. The GameBridge TV lets you "Play console games in real time through your computer, plus record your best moves. Watch and record TV shows in full screen on your computer." More »

Game Ads Work

Brian Crecente — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:30:26 EST

A year-long study of in-game ads by Nielsen and Activision show that the damn things are effective unfortunately. On the bright side, the study also showed that ads that were intrusive or didn't fit into the theme of the game had the opposite effect desired. More »

Game Cities

Brian Crecente — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:00:01 EST

Our globe-tripping brothers over at Gridskipper put together a cool little list of games that feature real world locations. Check it out and then shoot him an email with the ones he forgot. He said he's planning on updating it down the line. More »

Today Show's Strange Video Game Selection Process

Brian Crecente — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 11:00:53 EST

The Today show s annual Toy Test Holiday Guide look at video games used a very... interesting process this time around. More »

Winter Olympics Coming to a Console Near You

Brian Crecente — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:00:11 EST

Has there ever been a good Olympic video game, I mean besides Track and Field? Why do companies keep signing up to make these games? Does the Olympics pay them or something? More »

"Honest" Game Box Art

Brian Crecente — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:00:58 EST

Something Awful has a great Photoshop Phriday up featuring game titles with new box art retooled to be more honest. More »

25 to Life Gets a Date

Brian Crecente — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:44:02 EST

As predicted Eidos controversial cops and robbers shooter 25 to Life will be shipping in January. Eidos confirmed today that despite the best efforts of John B. Thompson, the game will hit stores Jan. 18. It will be available for Xbox, PS2 and PC. More »

25 to Life Ship Date Soon?

Brian Crecente — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:00:06 EST

I hear Eidos is preparing to announce More »

Pac-Man Speaks, Adds to Game's Narrative

Brian Crecente — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:00:02 EDT

After 25 years of running around in mazes gobbling up dots and popping power pills, Pac-Man is going to speak. What do you think he s going to say. My money is on: Enough with the fucking dots already. More »

Win Oodles of The Warriors Goodies

Brian Crecente — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:00:42 EDT

The Rockstar folks dropped me a line yesterday about a couple of cool contests they've whipped up to celebrate the upcoming release of The Warriors. More »

Ash is Back to Kick Ass and Take Names

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:38:55 EDT

Since we're not going to be seeing a new Evil Dead movie any time soon, good thing the cross-platform Evil Dead Regeneration for PS2, Xbox and Windows drops Sept. 20th. More »

Buzz Worthy Game Goes Gold

Brian Crecente — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:37:37 EDT

A few weeks back I mentioned a game called Fahrenheit, which the GamesBlog said had all of the makings of a spectacular ride, perhaps even a game of the year. More »

Gamer's HoloDek Up and Running

Brian Crecente — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:32:34 EDT

A company is testing out the concept of turning a movie theater into a year round gaming center in New Hampshire. The HoloDek is a movie theater for gamers, according to the veep of the company. More »

Obsessive Cross-Dressing Gamer

Brian Crecente — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 03:37:39 EDT

MTV Games has a new feature up called Obsessed which will track the bizarre obsessions of gamers from around the world. Their first showcase features Albarosa1116, a cross-dressing cosplayer who has a bit of a Final Fantasy obsession. More »

Fahrenheit=Game of the Year?

Brian Crecente — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:35:52 EDT

The always excellent GamesBlog has word of a fantastic game headed to the PC, Xbox and PS2. Greg Howson says Fahrenheit has all of the makings for a game of the year. More »

Lara Croft Family to Make Appearance in Legends

Brian Crecente — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:26:02 EDT

Computer and Video Games spent a stunning 20 minutes with Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend at the Leipzig Games Show and had a chance to speak with the game s producer, Morgan W. Gray. More »

Game Sex Blog Launches

Brian Crecente — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:28:06 EDT

The International Game Developers Association has formed a sex special interest group to promote responsible development, labeling and age-appropriate content. The group embraces sex and sexuality as a natural, healthy and positive force in our lives and in the games we make. More »

Ten Most Kickass FPS Weapons Ever

Brian Crecente — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:33:25 EDT

I just noticed that Games.Net, the people who brought us the Ten Mario Sellout Moments, has a whole list of top ten feature stories. Some of the more interesting include Ten Hugely Over-Rated Games, The Coolest Modern Video-Game Characters and Games to Play When You're Stoned. I really liked the Most Kickass FPS Guns Ever list. More »

New Fantasy FPS Looks Amazing

Brian Crecente — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:33:58 EDT

Project Offset is an "epic fantasy" first-person shooter for PC and perhaps next-gen consoles. The game looks like it will have unbelievable graphics and feature multiplayer battles and wars. You will be able to play as a number of races and classes and ride in vehicles, which include horses, catapults, dragons, giant trolls and battle ships. More »

Madden = More of the Same

Brian Crecente — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 15:35:02 EDT

Is it just me or is Madden Fever not catching this year? I'm sure the perennial footballer will do just fine, but there doesn't seem to be the same level of buzz surrounding the game as there has been in the past. More »

Stargate Game Flatlines

Brian Crecente — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 13:32:36 EDT

Stargate SG1: The Alliance has been canned because of general sucktitude, according to an insider forum poster. More »

Marc Ecko Throws a Party

Brian Crecente — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 09:42:54 EDT

Marc Ecko is taking his street cred game to the street by throwing a block party in New York City on August 24 to celebrate its release. Ecko's Getting up Block Party will include graffiti demonstrations, Djs and other live musical performances. More »

The Warriors Exclusive Video

Brian Crecente — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:37:37 EDT

GameBiz has some exclusive video interviews up with the producer of The Warriors. The video includes some new game play footage. The game will be set three months prior to the events in the movie and culminate in the events of the film. More »

Gamechairs Reviewed

Brian Crecente — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:29:31 EDT

Mayfly or V1? Not quite as epic a question as to be or not to be, but if you're a gamer in pursuit of some quality sitting, then it's worth a ponder. More »

80s Music Hits Namco Game

Brian Crecente — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 08:38:53 EDT

I was already interested in Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection, but now it's a must buy. I just read over on Gamespot that it's going to feature a slew of popular 80s songs include Come on Eileen, Working for the Weekend, She Drive's Me Crazy, Talking in Your Sleep and Joystick. I hope they ship it with a pair of black parachute pants. More »

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Preview

Brian Crecente — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:39:12 EDT

IGN spent some time with Buena Vista s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe video game recently. It sounds like it will be mostly a linear action game with very heavy puzzle-solving elements. More »

The Warriors First Look

Brian Crecente — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:37:22 EDT

Eurogamer has an interest piquing preview of The Warriors up on their site. I'm both anticipating and dreading this remake of one of my all time favorite movies. More »

Resident Evil 5 Screenshots

Brian Crecente — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 13:24:23 EDT

Resident Evil 5 will be making the cross-platform jump and showing up on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, Capcom announced. The Import Game Blog got their hands on a full page scan of RE5 screen caps, the game looks amazing. More »

Highway 1 Confirms 25 to Life Delay

Brian Crecente — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:29:17 EDT

I happened to be on the phone with Highway 1 when word of the 25 to Life delay filtered out on the net. More »

No Croft, Bald Killer Till 2006

Brian Crecente — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:35:21 EDT

Tomb Raider: Legends and Hitman: Blood Money have been pushed back to 2006, Games Industry is reporting. The double game delay is the first official announcement SCi Entertainment Group has made since buying Eidos. More »