Yesterday I wrote up my brief hands-on time with Darksiders, a game that is shaping up to be more a stand-alone action title, and less of a God of War clone. This video gives you a chance to see how the game’s shaping up.
The official Playstation Blog recently spoke with BigBig Studios Richard Ogden about upcoming Playstation Portable racer MotorStorm Arctic Edge. Among they things Richard Ogden talked about was how the game will deal with multiplayer. Ogden said they are shooting for up to eight player multiplayer both online and local, they’re also talking about doing a…
We’ve heard back from all twelve finalists and they’re all eligible for the free trip to LA, hotel and working E3 with us. So here’s the next step: For the dozen finalists, we want to make sure you’re able to handle assignments and get the job done. So check back tonight at 10 p.m. Kotaku…
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: What Have You Done In The Last Six Months With Your Life? I had a pretty funny Tristan anecdote to write up for you today, but Tristan caught me in the act, so no, I won’t be writing it. He’s standing right next to me as I write this… making…
I first saw Darksiders a year ago in the events leading up to E3 2008. At the time the game didn’t impress me. Darksiders: Wrath of War seemed an amalgam of action titles painted with such broad strokes that it rendered the game undeniably generic. But what I saw this year of the game, renamed…
This batch of new screens shows off SouthPeak and Evolved’s upcoming tactical action game, Raven Squad. Raven Squad hopes to blend the first-person shooter experience with the command and overview elements of a real-time strategy game in battles that take place in the jungles of the Amazon. The game will let players switch between the…
This morning we picked through the thousand or so entries for our win a trip to E3 contest. Using Random.org, we selected a dozen finalists out of those who answered our questions correctly. The finalists, listed below, will have to turn in a story to us for final judging so we can determine which of…
Sure this Sims 3 trailer doesn’t feature a baby-snatching goth woman, but it does give us another look at how Sims 3 will expand the Sims concept.
The wait is finally over for Playstation 3 owners, this morning Bethesda announced that downloadable content will be coming to the PS3 version of Fallout 3. They also revealed two new DLC packs for all. Operation: Anchorage will hit the PS3 in late June, followed by the release of The Pitt and Broken Steel four…
The team behind Project Gotham Racing hopes “make racing fun again” with Blur, a racer that features photo-realistic car and the ability to blast competitors out of the way with bursts of energy, Bizarre Creations said today. “We did our homework and saw a huge opportunity to move beyond traditional racers and create a game…
Don’t forget you have until 11:59 p.m. tonight to enter our contest for a chance to be flown to LA, put up in a hotel and help cover E3 with Kotaku. The full details can be found here. Get to it!
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Hello Swine Flu, Welcome To Japan They’ve had a couple cases of Swine Flu reported in our area, specifically in Denver, but I’m not too worried. Tristan is actually sick (again) just got a fever this morning, but I’m pretty sure it’s just that. We’re keeping a close eye on…
GameStop’s alleged practice of selling games played by employees as new could be a violation of the class action lawsuit settlement that the national retailer agreed to, according to the attorney who handled the case. Reached for comment today, GameStop officials said they fulfilled the stipulations outlined in the 2003 suit. Chris Olivera, vice president,…
This Thursday’s GameTrailers will be showing off a new Modern Warfare 2 gameplay teaser, I’m told. The teaser, while similar in style to the brief tune-in commercial aired earlier this month, will include brand new scenes from the game. I’ve heard that there are some surprises in store for us from the game. What do…
Madden NFL 10 offers a lot of little changes, as has its predecessors. Among the tweaks is the ability to do up to nine man gang tackles and fight for fumbles, new throwing and kicking styles unique to each quarterback starter and tweaks to the injury system, allowing a gamer to keep players in the…
During last week’s Bonus Round, GameTrailers’ Geoff Keighley, Game Informer’s Andy McNamara, N’Gai Croal’s N’Gai Croal and Kotaku’s me sat down to talk third-party developers. This week: Microsoft’s E3 plans.
The unbridled success of Guitar Hero, Rock Band and the Wii are spurring game developers to look at new ways to control games. This year developers unveiled games that have players using a faux turntable to pretend to be a DJ and another that has them ride a plastic skateboard in a new Tony Hawk…
To: Crecente From: Crecente Re: E3 Cometh Trish got up at 3 a.m. today to drive into Denver so she could run a half marathon. I, on the other hand, played InFamous until 1 a.m. and then struggled to get up at 7:30 a.m. so I could feed Tristan pastries and cut the grass. In…
Yesterday, tickets for BlizzCon 2009 sold out in record time, some say even before they officially went on sale. So color me surprised that today eBay is lousy with the tickets. Prices are all over the place, with the highest buy it now price for a set currently listed at $1,500. The highest bid as…
Reader Dean reminds us that Uwe Boll’s Tunnel Rats went on sale on Friday on Steam. The game, publishers by Boll AG and developed by Replay Studios, describes itself as a “dark and intense single-player shooter for PC that depicts the horrific realities of the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a young…
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