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The Space Marine’s Hand Book
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is an action shooter with weight. And that weight doesn’t come from just the screen-shaking heft of the marines you play, it also comes from the deep history of the nearly 25-year-old franchise upon which the game was built. Here’s a quick look at the scene-setting Hand Book that was sent…
By Brian Crecente Published September 7, 2011 -
Six Minutes with Dead Island’s Asphyxiated, Burned, Chopped Zombies
Dead Island has nothing to do with that family and their child and that sad death. But that doesn’t mean it’s a bad game. Sure it has bugs, but I’m still really enjoying my time with this expansive, tropical take on killing the undead. Fahey told you what he didn’t like about Dead Island. Here’s…
By Brian Crecente Published September 7, 2011 -
Our First Look at Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land
Seen here are images from the upcoming Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land iPhone game. In them we catch a glimpse of some of the game’s characters under attack by the undead and Dark Young. Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land is in development by Red Wasp Design. While the World War One themed turn-based…
By Brian Crecente Published September 7, 2011 -
Liberal Video Game Offers Chance to Slay Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich in Tea Party Zombies
In the aptly named Tea Party Zombies Must Die players get a chance to mow down a shambling horde of conservatives and Tea Party politicians while hanging out in a baricaded court yard decorated with over-the-top, anti-Obama slogans. The online website game features fairly basic graphics depicting an ever increasing number of undead politicos ambling…
By Brian Crecente Published September 7, 2011 -
Burning Portal Man
BURNING MAN -Portal-inspired sign spotted at Burning Man by reader Kenji. Video Proof That I Fought On Modern Warfare 2‘s Scrapyard in Real Life at Call of Duty XP One of the highlights of the Call of Duty XP convention was its paintball field recreation of “Scrapyard,” a multiplayer map plucked from Call of Duty:…
By Brian Crecente Published September 6, 2011 -
Rise of Nightmares’ Tearful, Red-in-the-Face New Trailer
Rise of Nightmares will get your blood pumping, even if it is just from standing up and going through the motions of killing virtual enemies. I’m not sure anyone is going to get THIS excited about air-chainsawing creepies, but it is sorta fun. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected].…
By Brian Crecente Published September 6, 2011 -
The Final Moments of That Heartbreaking Dead Island Family Discovered in the Game
I think we were all a bit shocked when Techland told Kotaku earlier this year that the family so poignantly represented in the award-winning trailer for Dead Island wouldn’t actually be in the game. Blazej Krakowiak, international brand manager for developer Techland, told us that the family and their sad voyage from happy vacationers to…
By Brian Crecente Published September 6, 2011 -
The Insanity, Players, and Games of Three Huge Gaming Events
It’s been a crazy few weeks here at Kotaku as we scrambled to cover the world’s biggest game show in Germany, the largest Penny Arcade Expo in history and the first ever convention dedicated to all things Call of Duty Maybe you weren’t able to keep up, I know we struggled to. Here, in a…
By Brian Crecente Published September 6, 2011 -
A Look At 41 of Iran’s Best Video Games
Last week I found myself in a back row of one of Gamescom’s business hall with a few minutes to kill. Turning a corner I discovered a sizeable booth set up to showcase the computer and video games of Iran. We’ve recently written a bit about Mir Mahna and I’m always fascinated with how different…
By Brian Crecente Published September 5, 2011 -
Comcast Will Charge for Hurricane Irene Service Outages, Blames God
Comcast customers who lost—or still don’t have—cable, phone or Internet service in the wake of Hurricane Irene have a nasty surprise in store for them when they seek to get credit for their downtime. Comcast says they won’t be crediting customers who lost service during the hurricane because it was an “Act of God”. UPDATED…
By Brian Crecente Published September 2, 2011 -
The Surprising Art, and Eerie Death of LEGO Harry Potter
It’s an incongruous notion: Making a video game set in a LEGO world of children wizards dark and gritty. But that’s what the folks at developer Traveller’s Tale set out to do with LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5 – 7, designer Wil Evans tells me. “Years five to seven, that’s where the really cool stuff…
By Brian Crecente Published September 2, 2011 -
A Stroll Through A Bullet-Riddled Parisian Neighborhood in Modern Warfare 3
The record, they tell me, is level 28. We’re nowhere close to that when death comes quickly to both of us. That’s the way you die in Modern Warfare 3’s Spec Ops Survival Mode: In pairs. Death can come to the two players one at a time, but typically it’s sudden and bunched up. At…
By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2011 -
A Bone-Chilling Run Through The Deadliest Road in Colorado
Despite living in Colorado for ten years I never drove through Independence Pass. Not in bad weather. Certainly not with snow on the mountain pass. Climbing to 12,095 feet as it winds its way through the Rocky Mountains from the town of Granite to Glenwood Springs, passing right through the heart of Aspen, state highway…
By Brian Crecente Published August 31, 2011 -
TinTin
BRUSSELS – This larger-than-life panel from a TinTin comic adorns the main train station in Brussels. Almost made the layover there worth it. Almost. Deus Ex: Human Revolution Is This Generation’s Crysis For those unfamiliar with the Deus Ex franchise, it goes back to the year 2000 when highly hyped developer Ion Storm went on…
By Brian Crecente Published August 30, 2011 -
Can Valve Really Make a Sequel For a Game They Didn’t Create?
Gabe Newell has a problem. The outspoken co-founder of Valve can’t seem to get enough of one of his company’s upcoming games. He’s so into Dota 2 that he temporarily moved his office to be closer to the team making it. In a recent interview with Kotaku he said that he’s logged some serious, serious…
By Brian Crecente Published August 30, 2011 -
Chainsword Trumps Chainsaw Bayonet
Chainsword – A life-sized Chainsword showed up from the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine folks today. Spy Mouse Infuses Metal Gear Stealth with Flight Control Control The stealth of Metal Gear, from its top-down days, meets the path-drawing mechanics of Flight Control in Spy Mouse for iPhone and iPod touch. How well do stealth and touchscreen…
By Brian Crecente Published August 29, 2011 -
Yes, Modern Warfare 3 Is Coming To Steam
Valve today confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will indeed be using Steamworks and sold on Steam. Taken in light of the franchise’s history of being sold on Steam, this isn’t exactly surprising news, but with Battlefield 3 giving the service a pass, it’s probably worth noting. The game’s availability on the service…
By Brian Crecente Published August 29, 2011 -
Another Glimpse of Rockstar’s Max Payne 3
Things have been very quiet on the Max Payne 3 front, so quiet some people thought it was dead. Don’t worry, Rockstar says they’re about to unleash an avalanche of news about the upcoming game over the next few months. To kick things off, they’re showing us two new screen shots. Brown suits confirmed!
By Brian Crecente Published August 29, 2011 -
Why Portal‘s Publishers Don’t Fear Piracy, Competition
Computer games have long lived online, but nowadays video game consoles are joining them, becoming a form of entertainment that can be not just enjoyed online, but increasingly, purchased online. While computer publisher Valve is mostly about computer gaming, their Steam service has started to make in roads to console gaming as well. A bulk…
By Brian Crecente Published August 29, 2011
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