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Xbox Avatar Editing and Gaming on Windows Phone 7 in Action
Microsoft spent Monday morning walking gathered press through the release dates and details for their Windows Phone 7 phones, due to start hitting in early November. Here’s a look at the gaming they walked us through on the phone.
By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2010 -
A Closer Look at the Gritty Batman: Arkham City
Developed by Rocksteady Studios, Batman: Arkham City takes players into the new maximum security prison for Gotham City’s worst criminals. The sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum is set to hit the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 next fall.
By Brian Crecente Published October 11, 2010 -
Review Review
To: Luke From: Crecente It’s Friday and I managed to just squeeze in that promised write up about our new review system. I spent today writing, eating cheese burgers and playing Medal of Honor. It was a good day. Oh, don’t forget, Totilo is at New York Comic-Con as we speak. He’s also stopping by…
By Brian Crecente Published October 8, 2010 -
On Reviews
Game reviews are a contentious thing. At their best they inform the reader, raise issues about a game, dig out deeper meaning in interactive entertainment. At their worst they serve as a platform for delivering free games to the undeserving, help market something not worth buying, act as a sounding board for future design choices…
By Brian Crecente Published October 8, 2010 -
Did You Win One Of Three Legendary Editions of Halo: Reach? Let’s See
It’s been a bit more than a week since we kicked off our contest to give away Legendary Edition copies of Halo: Reach to three lucky commenters. It’s time to pick the winners. First, though a very special thank you to all of our comment moderators who spent vast chunks of their time over the…
By Brian Crecente Published October 8, 2010 -
Follow Us On Twitter
Did you know that Kotaku has its own Twitter account? While it doesn’t tweet out all sixty or so stories we write every day, it does link to the stories that we here at Kotaku Tower think are the most interesting of the day. To follow along via Twitter just hit up this link: Kotaku…
By Brian Crecente Published October 8, 2010 -
Let’s Talk About Medal of Honor
Danger Close’s reboot of the Medal of Honor series stirred up quite a bit of controversy because of its momentary inclusion of playable Taliban in the game’s multiplayer. But that has nothing to do with the game’s quality. I suspect that most of us don’t weigh the morality of a developer’s design choices when deciding…
By Brian Crecente Published October 8, 2010 -
Left Dead 4 Modern Shooter
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: These Are Some Nice Nuts I’m finished playing Dead Rising 2 for a bit, now that the review has run. Now I’m on to modern-day shooters. Our Halo: Reach giveaway wraps up tomorrow. Don’t forget to go through comments and approve new users in that post tonight. Ask Luke to…
By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010 -
Eurogamer Expo in 2:20 Minutes
Kotaku reader and videographer Prince Yiadom shot this short video at Eurogamer Expo this year to give people a sense of what it was all about. As Yiadom says: A short video made to show how one gaming event can bring together all different types of people and that no matter our differences, we’re all…
By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010 -
Gears of War 3’s Many New Executions and Multiplayer Modes in Action
There were so much discussion and so many questions spurred by the two videos I posted from Gears of War 3 this morning that I went back to Microsoft for a walk-through of everything we were seeing in clips. Turns out there was a lot. This top video is a montage I created showing off…
By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010 -
Gears of War 3 Multiplayer in 34 Stills
New weapons, new maps, new characters. Gears of War 3 has them all. In this gallery of screens and art you’ll get a chance to gawk at Gear of War 3’s new weapons like the sawed-off shotty, the Retro Lancer and the Heavy Sniper. You’ll also get a look at some of the new characters…
By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010 -
Win One Of Three Legendary Editions of Halo: Reach
As the holidays loom in the ever decreasing distance and the world economy continues to wallow in the dumpster, we thought it might be a great idea to start giving some stuff away to you, our readers. Better still, we’re not going to make you work that hard for it, because there has been a…
By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010 -
Gears Characters
Anya Bernie Sam Cole Return to the gallery.
By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010 -
X-Men Destiny Set To Turn Gamers Into New Mutants Next Fall
Marvel and Activision today unveiled a new game coming to consoles next fall that casts players as new mutant recruits. The two companies are being pretty tight-lipped about X-Men Destiny, saying only that it will feature a “branching storyline that features a deep element of choice and gives players ultimate control of their destiny.” It…
By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010 -
Gears of War 3 Is Getting a Multiplayer Beta Next Year
Gears of War 3 is getting a public beta early next year, Epic Games revealed at an event this week at their studio. This will be the first time a Gears of War game is getting a public beta. Epic Games’ Rod Fergusson told the gathered press that the team has always wanted to do…
By Brian Crecente Published October 7, 2010 -
Podcast
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Time To Get A Jump On Halloween We recorded our podcast today, no live calls, no live lines. It was strange, but I think it was an interesting conversation between myself, Totilo and a special guest… not a developer or anything. But great stuff. I’m hoping to post the podcast…
By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: Dead Rising 2
Wife dead, daughter infected, motocross superstar Chuck Greene is forced to compete on nationally televised zombie killing show Terror is Reality to earn the cash to help keep his daughter from turning. But then things go sideways. Dead Rising 2 is the Canadian-developed sequel to 2006’s incredibly popular, though slightly flawed, action survivor horror game…
By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2010
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