Clan-Batman-versus-clan-Joker shooter Gotham City Impostors looks like it’s going to be about $15 or 1,200 Microsoft Points when it hits, according to the game’s official YouTube account. GothamCityImpostors, the person running the official YouTube account for the upcoming game, wrote in comments on their latest video” “As far as pricing is concerned, the current plan…
Gears of War 3 is the latest in an increasingly long list of games that include the ability to filter out adult language and gore through the game’s settings. I wrote about that earlier this week, but I also reached out to Microsoft to see if they would ever consider adding a new filter-centric option…
Rage isn’t just a shooter. Or a driver. Or a shooting driver. Or a sorta action game. Or a sorta role-playing game. It’s also a post-apocalyptic game closet: A place where you can go to spend hours soaking in future Earth’s take on card, music and dice games. Oh! And even play a little finger…
In this lengthy video of Sega’s Aliens: Colonial Marines, Gearbox head Randy Pitchford walks us through some new gameplay for the upcoming game. There’s a lot of things to see, and hear, so get to it. Let me know if you’re as impressed with what you see as I was this summer after attending the…
Batman loves to put his fist into people’s faces. And developer Rocksteady really knows how to turn that into an artform. Here’s a batch of new screens from upcoming Batman: Arkham City that gives us a look at some other non fist-into-face moments, like swooping and grappling and bats!
Battlefield 3 isn’t just a reinvention of the Battlefield’s campaign and online gameplay, it also brings with it a new level of persistence through the game’s Battlelog. Let’s have a look.
3Monitors –Joel Johnson plays a round of Battlefield 3 Beta on the Kotaku office gaming rig…. making me almost instantly motion sick. The First Two Dreamlike Hours of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword At times, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword feels a bit like a dream, one of those vivid ones that’s all…
Rumors that U.S. cable providers Comcast and Verizon are on the verge of a deal with Xbox 360 to use the console as a cable box have been circulating for weeks. Today Bloomberg joins the crowd, citing their own sources. The article, which cites people with knowledge of the situation, says that the service could…
Another batch of documents in the legal wrangling between gaming giant Bethesda and indie darling Mojang hit Twitter today. Minecraft creator Markus Persson Tweeted what appears to be Bethesda’s filings in the upcoming trademark case involving Scrolls and The Elder Scrolls. While Kotaku has the documents in question, no one here speaks Swedish. If you…
Penny Arcade’s game-suggesting iPhone app, Decide-O-Tron, is starting to showcase the favorite games of folks perhaps familiar to gamers. They’ve got the favorites of PA’s Gabe and Tycho, Xbox 360’s Major Nelson and now Kotaku’s me. My list of favorite’s went up last night. I’ve never been very good at this list-making thing because my…
This final Rage gameplay video gives us a look at Jackal Canyon in id Software’s upcoming Rage. There’s a lot going on here, lot of folks scampering towards you, zip-lining around and tossing… barrels? You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and…
Same cool concept, same cool aesthetic, very tired genre. I’m a shooter fan, a HUGE shooter fan, but sometimes it would be nice if when a storied, beloved franchise gets a reboot it didn’t turn up as a shooter, or an action shooter, or an RPG shooter, or a fill-in-the-blank shooter. Syndicate looks lovely, it’s…
Gears of War 3 sold more than three million copies in the first week since its release, publisher Microsoft said today. The Xbox 360 exclusive is now the top grossing game of 2011, a record that more than a few games will be gunning to topple in the coming months.
I’m not the sort of gamer who likes to wear his playing predilections on his sleeve. When I wear or use something game-branded, I prefer the enigmatic over the brazen. Give me a Meat Bun tee over a Hot Topics design, a pair of Invader shoes over Super Mario kicks any day. That’s one of…
Gone Gold –A celebratory picture taken by Infinity Ward producer Pete Blumel used to Tweet that Modern Warfare 3 was officially complete. Credit: Charlie Intel Somehow, They Turned Chemistry Into the Next Video Game You Should Play A friend who was recently planning his amusement for a 14-hour flight asked me for a game recommendation.…
Totilo sat down with game dev Matt Gilgenbach back in August to talk about his forward thinking, backwards playing shooter Retro/Grade Here’s another look at the game from its appearance at Fantastic Fest 2011.
The Binding of Isaac, the latest gruesome game from Edmund McMillen – one of the creators of Super Meat Boy , is out on Steam for both PC and Mac for $5. Pick it up.
Maybe what drew you here is the chance to watch someone play a video game using technology that tracks eye movement. But make sure you stick around to hear about the people who make that possible. The SpecialEffect Charity is dedicated to helping everyone play video games no matter how severely disabled they are. Video…
Looks like those rumors were true, a complete edition of Rockstar’s L.A. Noire is coming to Windows PC on Nov. 8 in North America and Nov. 11 in Europe, Take-Two Interactive Software confirmed today. L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition, which will run $49.99 / EUR 49.99 / £39.99, will be available on Steam and OnLive…
I’m not sure what the point of this video is, besides freaking me the hell out, but Taiwan’s favorite news animators put together this Angry Birds video. And now I want you to be as permanently scarred as I am, by watching it. Enjoy? [thanks RaveofRavendale]
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