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Get Hunters HD on the Cheap
Hunters HD, the iPad and iPhone game that Luke recently enthused about, is on sale for the next day or so. Pick it up now for $0.99, down from the regular price of $7.99. Since it’s release in February, the team-based strategy game has been downloaded more than 500,000 times.
By Brian Crecente Published July 19, 2011 -
The Laser-Shooting Golem of Dragon’s Dogma
I’m still not sold on the concept of Capcom’s swords-and-mythical-enemies game Dragon’s Dogma. But I also haven’t quite dismissed it yet. In this latest collection of screens we get a look at the Cassardis’ Golem, which has the ability to shoot a frickin’ laser beam out of its one giant purple eye. OK, closer to…
By Brian Crecente Published July 19, 2011 -
This Thursday Retro Game Master Takes On Clock Tower
This week on Retro Game Master The Kacho takes on survival horror game Clock Tower Clock Tower was released for the Super NES in 1995 and later as a port for the Playstation. Loosely based on Dario Argento’s movie Creepers, Clock Tower is a point-and-click game that has players controlling the movements of orphan Jennifer…
By Brian Crecente Published July 19, 2011 -
You’re Not Going to Be Able to Sell That Used
NASCAR – Clint Bowyer, driver of the #33 Rheem Heating, Cooling & Water Heating Chevrolet, spins in the air after colliding with Joey Logano, driver of the #20 GameStop Toyota, during the NASCAR Nationwide Series 5-hour ENERGY 200 at Dover International Speedway on May 14, 2011 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Geoff Burke/Getty Images for…
By Brian Crecente Published July 18, 2011 -
Used Video Games Now Extra Used: Publishers Adding $10 Fee to Play Online
Used gaming is under attack. This month Ubisoft and Sony joined the growing number of publishers who plan to start charging extra to play copies of used games online. Not every game…not yet. But Sony, Ubisoft, THQ, Electronic Arts, and Warner Bros. are all testing the waters for their own flavor of “online passport”. Here’s…
By Brian Crecente Published July 18, 2011 -
A Slow-Mo, Easter Egg Hunting Crawl Through Saints Row’s Power Trailer
Saints Row: The Third lead writer Steve Jaros walks us through some of the finer points of the game’s “Power” CGI trailer in this new video. In it we learn a bit more about the current state of gang, turned celebrities The Saints, as well as a bit more about Steelpoint, the setting for the…
By Brian Crecente Published July 18, 2011 -
Being Terrible at Video Games Makes Surprisingly Great Television
People don’t tune into Japanese television show Retro Game Master to watch Shinya Arino whip through video games effortlessly. They tune in to watch him fail, and fail, and fail, and perhaps to finally, painfully succeed. They’ve also been tuning in for the past eight years, Arino tells me with his sly sense of humor,…
By Brian Crecente Published July 18, 2011 -
Retro Game Master Episode 4: Solomon’s Key
In this fourth episode of Retro Game Master, our game-testing everyman, Shinya Arino, faces off against Solomon’s Key Released for arcades in 1986, Tecmo’s Solomon’s Key was brought to the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, Atari ST and other consoles. In the game, players maneuver Dana through 50 or so maze-like rooms on the…
By Brian Crecente Published July 17, 2011 -
It’s OK Buddy, There’s Always Next Year
Iron Men – San Diego Comic-Con is next week. But my desktop toys won’t be going. Nor will I. (Photo by Brian Crecente) Season Four of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Begins Online in Clone Wars Adventures While season four of the popular Cartoon Network series Star Wars: The Clone Wars officially kicks off this…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2011 -
Fake British Game Designer Is the Funniest Twitter You’re Not Reading
Peter Molyneux is a famed English game designer, member of the Order of the British Empire and a wonderful interview. His games (Black & White, Fable, Magic Carpet, Syndicate, The Movies to name a few) helped shape and continue to influence many facets of the blossoming video game industry. He’s also an iconic game designer…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2011 -
The Reich Camps of Metro Last Light’s Underground Warzones
Next year’s Metro Last Light will drop you back into the underground post-apocalyptic tunnels of Russia’s metro system. The developers say they want to take last year’s flawed masterpiece, Metro 2033, and make next year’s title simply a masterpiece. This video walks you through some of what I wrote about while checking out the game…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2011 -
Used Copies of Some of Ubisoft’s Upcoming Games Will Require a $10 “Passport” To Play Online
Ubisoft today confirmed rumors that they will begin locking out free online multiplayer modes to anyone who buys some of their newer games used. The new Uplay Passport program will begin in the “coming months and will be included in many of Ubisoft’s popular core games,” according to today’s official release. This backs up rumors…
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2011 -
The Making of Tomb Raider’s Captivating E3 Trailer
Visual Works is the Square Enix team responsible for all of those amazing CGI Final Fantasy cut scenes. They’re also the folks behind those amazing Deus Ex trailers. Here’s a look at how they created the Tomb Raider trainer that stunned at E3.
By Brian Crecente Published July 15, 2011 -
UbiQ
A Little Tenderness – Kotaku editorial director Joel Johnson whispers sweet nothings into the ear of deputy editor Stephen Totilo after a Ubisoft event in New York City where alcohol was clearly served. (Photo by Brian Crecente) Magnetic Baby, An iOS Platformer With Gravitational Pull and A Portal or Two If an iPhone game can…
By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2011 -
Did Nintendo Just Out Netflix’s 3D Streaming Plans?
Buried in today’s news that Netflix is now live on Nintendo’s 3DS portable was a potentially much bigger piece of information: The mammoth movie and TV streaming service plans to start streaming 3D content soon. But apparently Netflix knew nothing about a 3D service being announced. Here’s how the press release put it: “The new…
By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2011 -
Netflix Hits the 3DS Today, 3D Movies On the Way
Starting today, Nintendo 3DS owners across the United States and Canada can download a free application that allows Netflix members to watch TV episodes and movies streaming from Netflix with an Internet connection. The 3DS will also also soon have access to “an additional library of select movies” that can be viewed in 3D, Nintendo…
By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2011 -
Get Your Call of Duty Convention Tickets July 19
Tickets for Activision’s paintball-playing, Modern Warfare 3-sampling, fundraiser celebration of all things Call of Duty go on sale July 19, at 10 a.m. Tickets for the two-day event will sell for $150 with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Call of Duty Endowment, a non-profit that helps returning veterans find employment. The Sept.…
By Brian Crecente Published July 14, 2011 -
Cubano
Cuban Delicacies – Went to a neat Latin American restaurant around the corner and grabbed a bit to eat. They had quite a selection. Best part, though, atmosphere. (Photo by Brian Crecente) Continuity 2 Would Make Super Mario One Paranoid Plumber What if Super Mario was locked in a room and the walls kept moving…
By Brian Crecente Published July 13, 2011
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