Evan Narcisse

One Year after DC Comics’ New 52 Reboot, The Same Old Problems Linger

I shouldn’t be feeling déjà vu when I read a issue of Green Lantern that introduces a new hero. The last thing that should happen when Superman and Wonder Woman kiss after an emotional adventure is me yawning. Yet, here I am, struggling to stay excited 12 months after the exhilaration of a line-wide reconfiguration…

Time Travel, Lasers and Dinosaurs Add Up to the Video Game of One Man’s Dreams

Evan’s Note: It’s hard not to want to love Super Time Force. The next release from Capybara Games features a ridiculous sci-fi premise, one that has players spawning hundreds of versions of themselves on-screen in side-scrolling shoot-em-up action. Then the game got a hilarious animated trailer that took the piss out of old cartoons like…

The lead designer of The Secret World says that he and many others got laid off by Funcom

Tekken Tag Tournament 2: The Kotaku Review

Fighting games are prom. Seriously, think about it. All the parties involved get gussied up in their best finery and enter a space that lets them reconcile grudges and/or crushes with as much flair as possible. So the best thing, I’ve found, is to start with the dance that you know how to do. My…

EA Exec Swears His Company Is Not Evil

At some point, probably after the release of, say, Dragon Age II, lots and lots of people got it in themselves to hate on BioWare. Those who ferociously voiced how crappy they felt the makers of Mass Effect games had become also had a reason: it was EA’s fault. The mega-giant publisher did what it…

Grand Theft Auto IV Gets Unholy Vengeance with This Fiery Ghost Rider Mod

There’s a lot of evil in Liberty City. And, therefore, a lot of victims that need avenging. It’s a good thing, then that Junior Almeida’s Ghost Rider mod turns Niko Bellic into Marvel Comics’ flaming skull-headed, demonic anti-hero. Is the best thing about having Niko Bellic become the latest host for Zarathos the fiery trail…

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Hack Reveals Skinny Bob, Dr. Bosconovitch and Other Hidden Characters

It looks like the already huge roster of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will be sporting even more fighters when the game comes out tomorrow. Over on NeoGAF, several hidden characters from the upcoming fighting game sequel. Screens from what look to be a hacked 360 version of the game show a skinnier version of Bob,…

Treyarch—the studio making Call of Duty: Black Ops II—is only advising on story, not gameplay, for the Vita tie-in

Just Cause 2 PC Players Can Get a Taste of That Sweet Fan-Made Multiplayer This Weekend

So, you’ve read all about the ambitious multiplayer add-on that that a group of modders has been working on for the PC release of Avalanche’s hit sandbox action game. You’ve seen the insane stuntsand unscripted chaos, and said to yourself, “Man, I want me some of that.” Well, you’re in luck. Over on the the…

Sony Says That They’ve Been “Working Closely” With Bethesda to Get Skyrim DLC Working on the PS3

People who bought Skyrim for the PS3 are pissed. And you can’t necessarily blame them. First, they get a version of Bethesda’s hit action/RPG release that became increasingly unplayable. Then, PS3 owners had to endure news that they may not even get the Dawnguard DLC that Xbox 360 users got back at the end of…

Mobile Gamers Now Outnumber Core Gamers, According to NPD Survey

The NPD Group—the same folks who make news every month by reporting video game sales numbers—have been counting the amount of people who play games, too. They have news. Depending on how you identify and what you care about, you may want to have a seat. Approximately 12 million fewer people are playing video games…

Sure, The Old Republic Is Going Free-to-Play but EA Prez Says Subscriptions Aren’t Dead Yet

It’s inevitable. It’s the future. It’s what people want. Everywhere you turn, gaming execs and pundits have been trumpeting the shift to free-to-play by saying some variation of those statements. Games like DC Universe Online and Everquest have seen huge population bumps by going F2P, even if there’s anger that comes with that shift. With…

This Playable Star Trek Google Doodle Celebrates 46 Years of the Enterprise

Star Trek turns 46 tomorrow and the nerds at Google aren’t letting this anniversary go unnoticed. If you head over to Google’s homepage and click on the letters done up as crew members, you’ll embark on an adventure filled with references to classic original series episodes. (Side note: I had to tell Kotaku bossman Stephen…

Grand Theft Auto 2 Lives, Sort of, Inside of GTA IV

The last numerical installment of Rockstar’s open-world crime franchise has proven to be a goldmine of really awesome mods on PC. We’ve seen everything from giant megaladon sharks to Transformers to the Back to the Future DeLorean in Liberty City. And there have been self-referential mods, too, with a GTA IV to GTA III conversion…

Rapper Jean Grae’s great new song Kill Screen riffs off Donkey Kong and Steve Wiebe. Take a listen over at MTV.

Layoffs have hit Disney Interactive, according to The Hollywood Reporter

Kickstarter Pulls In More Money For Games Than For Almost Anything Else

People giving money to Kickstarter projects love games. How much do they love them? According to Kickstarter’s number crunchers, over $50 million dollars over the last eight months have gone to games campaigns. That’s more money than has gone to film, tech or music projects. Now, it’s not just digital games that are getting all…

You’ll Be Able to Make a Blind Man Kick Butt When the Marvel Heroes Beta Stars on October 1

Raise your hands if Daredevil’s your favorite superhero. And don’t lie because Matt Murdock’s super-senses will figure it out. Then you get a billy club to the head. That would hurt. What doesn’t hurt is seeing Elektra, Bullseye and the Punisher showing up in this new gameplay trailer for Gazillion’s upcoming superhero MMO. You’ll finally…

Rayman Jungle Run Brings an All-New Bunch of Lush Cartooniness to Mobile in September

The visuals for last year’s Rayman Origins were a feast for the eyes. Its soundtrack was super-awesome, too. Who could play something that fun, that pretty, that sonically inspired and not want more. Not me, dammit. So I’m excited that the limbless wonder will headlining an all-new mobile game that looks exactly like Origins Out…

See the Origins of Dishonored’s Awesomely Ominous Game Design in This New Trailer

Dishonored is promising a lot. The upcoming first-person game from Arkane Studios will supposedly offer up its stealth, strategy and combat options in accordance to how you want to play the game. In this new trailer, Arkane leads Harvey Smith and Rafaël Colantonio are joined by their fellow creators to talk about making Dishonored‘s world…