February 17, 2012 – A new set of downloadable content for Gears of War 3, Forces of Nature, will be out on March 27. It includes three new character skins, three new maps, two old maps, seven weapon skins and Gears of War 2's Guardian Mode.
he was doing TOR at the time
The Dinosaurs, Robots and BioShocks of Artist Ben Mauro
February 17, 2012 – Ben Mauro is a concept artist from New Zealand who has recently worked on The Hobbit. The new Superman movie, Man of Steel. Neill Blomkamp's Elysium. Even the upcoming Star Wars TV show, Underworld. He's also done video game work with Insomniac Games on both Ratchet & Clank and Resistance, as well... More »
Exactly. These two franchises are joined at the hip. If the originator of Fallout can't go back and make new Fallout, he may as well go back and do the next best thing!
Well...it's a video, so you don't have to read much!
Yeah, that threw me as well. Everyone else seemed to get he meant 70s, 80s stuff.
Insomniac Programmer Michael Kuehl Passes Away
February 16, 2012 – Michael Kuehl, a programmer with Resistance developers Insomniac - and who had also worked at Infinity Ward and Electronic Arts - has tragically passed away at the age of 32. Kuehl was struck by a car while riding his motorcycle, and died from his injuries. Our thoughts go out to his family and... More »
Looks Like the Persona Fighting Game is Coming to the West
February 16, 2012 – Earlier today, Atlus teased an announcement for it loyal fans in North America by sending an image of a giant black rectangle. A little PhotoShop work reveals that image to be a teaser for what looks like Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena. Or, as most people call it, The Persona 2D Fighting... More »
Why People Give a Shit About a 1988 PC Role-Playing Game
February 17, 2012 – Brian Fargo, whose credits include Bard's Tale and the original Fallout, wants to make a new Wasteland game. This is a very good idea. It's also a very good idea that Fargo wants to be involved, because there wouldn't have been a Fallout without Wasteland. Released in 1988 on the PC, Wasteland was... More »
Retro Rumble Episode 1 – Don’t Pee in the Pool
February 16, 2012 – You know how outfits like Major League Gaming are full of sponsored kids playing the latest game at breakneck speeds? This is the exact opposite. Welcome to Episode 1 of Retro Rumble, where a bunch of guys play (usually) terrible old video games to see who is the best. More »
Kotaku East will be in attendance! #speakup
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Um...what? We haven't taken down a thing.
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That's OK! Your comment turned out to be one of the more civil things I've had said to me over this in the past 24 hours :\
I'm going to sound like a fucking madman here, but...I kinda felt like Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (just that one) felt to me like what I thought a proper "modern" Zelda could/should feel like.
Not quite sure why...I think it was the gadgets, the open world, the dungeons, the horses...
You're my kind of crazy.
Go see what iterative means and calm down.
This article is about an important person's life. That's a defining moment in said life.
Actually, with the weakness of the USD and strength of the AUD, it's almost half the price to import from Play Asia than it is to buy in a store here!
It's easy to import. I said it wasn't legally available here, not that there was no way I could play it :)
Counter-Strike Gets Some Serious Competition This Spring
February 16, 2012 – This Spring sees the release of Tactical Intervention on the PC, a game noteworthy because its development has been led by one of the co-creators of Counter-Strike. More »
