And there’s also this um, western music, and the dusters. So there you go: Western shooter.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Bastion is one damn pretty looking game. Fortunately, it’s also one damn fun game. The action role-playing game hits Xbox Live Arcade next week for 1,200 Microsoft Points and PC later this year.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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