Due out early next year, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 gives the famously flat-footed, bionic-armed Nathan Spencer the ability to jump. That’s right, Spencer has knees and he’s not afraid to use them. The sequel to the popular downloadable game will remain disc-free when it hits the Playstation Network and Xbox Live in the first quarter…
Two Chucks are better than one in Dead Rising 2. When the zombie-packed Capcom action game hits the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in August, it will allow gamers to play through its story as a duo of the game’s lead: Chuck Greene. While both Chuck Greenes will be able to keep all of the…
While Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 was certainly the biggest news to come out of last week’s Capcom-centric game gathering, it was by no means the only news. Capcom also revealed that Bionic Commando ReArmed 2 was in development and confirmed that Okamiden was indeed bound for U.S. DSes. Here’s a run down and summary of…
It’s been ten years since the characters of Marvel’s comics and Capcom’s video games faced off in a fighting title, so 2011’s Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds can’t come soon enough. The title, which will likely feature more than 30 characters to choose from and feature 3-on-3 tag team fighting, hits the…
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is official, with at least 30 characters and a 2011 release date for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, Capcom confirmed last week. While only six of the game’s characters are shown in this short, almost entirely gameplay-free trailer, many others are hinted at. What we know for sure is that…
To: Ash From: Crecente Yikes, today was busy and frustrating. We have a slew of news hitting tomorrow morning, so I spent some time today prepping it. Then my computer started to melt down thanks to a faulty CPU fan. I ended up having to take the thing apart to figure out what was wrong…
We knew that LEGO was getting its own take on Prince of Persia, but seeing the images is nothing compared to watching those mini-figs come to life in a commercial. I can’t help but watch this and think of the potential of a LEGO Prince of Persia video game. Yes, please.
Don’t forget to warm up your tubes and computer in preparation for tomorrow’s mammoth day of gaming news. Capcom’s 2010 Captivate embargo lifts at 9 a.m. on the nose. We were at Captivate, doing interviews, playing games, shooting pictures and videos. Tomorrow is going to be a day of massive news, interviews and previews. You’re…
We’ve decided to rework our weekly charts and in so doing reset the numbers as well. Starting this week we will be running two charts, one for the iPhone and one for the iPad. Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: iPhone Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 ZombieSmash (gamedoctors) $0.99 1…
Can video games have a Western canon? It’s a question I’ve been pondering since hearing that classic 90s strategy computer game X-COM is being remade as a first-person shooter For gamers of my generation, last week’s news of a new X-COM was akin to hearing that Tom Sawyer was being remade as a cop buddy…
To: Owen From: Crecente It’s Friday afternoon here in Waikiki. I’m sitting on my hotel bed sifting through notes and writing up the copious amounts of stories that came out of a week of hanging out with Capcom’s developers, producers and third-party folks. I can’t tell you a thing about it until Tuesday morning. But…
The Swedish game makers behind Bionic Commando Rearmed are back with a new studio and new unannounced game. Grin, the studio behind Bionic Commando and Bionic Commando Rearmed, closed shop forever in 2009, but the team that worked on Bionic Commando Rearmed at the studio came back together to form Might&Delight. “Some argue that there…
This Saturday eight cities will be bombarded with 2-gallon ice cubes, inside each will be tons of Lost Planet 2 loot. Capcom’s Project Icebox will give people in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, Miami, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago a chance to get early demo codes and Lost Planet 2 toys You can find…
Gaming laptops are often an oxymoron, a device that either is too expensive or too big to really be a laptop or a computer too underpowered to play games. But Dell and Alienware have been for years trying to find the proper balance between these two seemingly opposing issues. Their XPS was a monstrously large,…
I remain a steadfast PC gamer, but the iPhone certainly won me over to the concept of mobile games that can be fun to play. I have, though, bemoaned the flood of titles that hit the iTunes store almost nightly, making it nearly impossible even for someone who is paid to track them to stay…
Each year, Capcom hosts a big event to show off its year’s worth of games, bringing together international game writers, its developers and a few lucky fans. This year, Captivate kicks off on Tuesday in Honolulu, Hawaii. While we don’t yet know what they’ll be showing, it promises to be a revealing week of hands-ons,…
Impress us! You can create some pretty amazing games with WarioWare: D.I.Y., but can you create some pretty amazing Kotaku games? We’re kicking off a contest today to see who can make the best Kotaku-themed WarioWare mini-game. Think of it is a Photoshop contest for budding game developers. Oh, and it’s not just Internet fame…
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