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Get This: Resident Evil 6 Will Be a Bit Like Journey
Need proof that the upcoming return of Capcom’s long-running horror-action series aims to be the biggest, most ambitious entry in the series? Consider the fact that Resident Evil 6 will feature three separate storylines, each following a pair of characters. Players can control either Leon Kennedy and new government official agent Helena Harper, Jake Muller…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 6, 2012 -
Why Star Wars 1313 Doesn’t Let You Be a Jedi
Don’t get too attached to the guy you see shooting blasters and jumping from ship in Star Wars 1313‘s screenshots and videos. He’s just a placeholder character plopped into place for the purposes of the game’s unveiling. LucasArts isn’t divulging very much about the story or characters in the just-revealed Star Wars 1313, but creative…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 6, 2012 -
In Dead or Alive 5, A Super Move Can Make a Giant Robot Clown Face That Can Sneeze You to Death
You know how it goes when you’re facing another person in a fighting game round: both players have whittled off some chunks off the other’s life bar and the match seems up for grabs. That’s where I was while playing Dead or Alive 5 at Tecmo’s booth today. The person manning the display already whupped…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 6, 2012 -
I Saw Square Enix’s Jaw-Dropping Luminous Studio Engine Running. It’s for Real
Unreal 4 better watch its back. Square Enix pulled off what may be E3’s biggest surprise tonight when they unveiled an incredible real-time demo of their new Luminous Studio engine. I shot video of the reel as it was first shown and you can see that the after-hours crowd took in the whole four-minute-plus demo…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 6, 2012 -
To Show Off Epic Mickey 2, Warren Spector Brought His Rare Disney Collectibles to E3
It’s impossible to miss the huge amount of Disney love that Warren Spector brings to bear on the Epic Mickey games. The celebrated game designer has been talking about how much he cherishes the world Walt Disney engineered ever since the run-up to the first Epic Mickey game. But this year he did more than…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
Skulls of the Shogun‘s Undead Samurai Strategy Battles Will Be a Freakin’ Blast
Giant AAA games tend to dominate the discourse during E3 week. But sometimes it’s only the indie-developed titles that give you the buzz you’re looking for. Say you’re a fan of great animation, Wu-Tang style hip-hop-inflected feudal Japanese soundtracks and turn-based strategy. Nothing shown at Microsoft’s de-press event scratched your itch. But 17-Bit’s Skulls of…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
Man, Lego City Undercover Looks Pretty Hilarious
The Lego games of the last few years have been little kid-friendly comic masterpieces of silent slapstick. And the Wii U will be getting its own slice of the break-and-build experience when Lego City Undercover comes to it later this year.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
Nintendo Brings Karaoke Lyrics to the Masses with Sing
They’re saying that they want the Wii U to bring people together so it kind of makes sense that Nintendo’s brining an all-new karaoke style experience to the system with Sing. It’s being made by FreeStyle Games, who tuned out the DJ Hero games for Activision a few years back. Expect to hear more about…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
Hallelujah! New Super Mario Bros. U Coming to Wii U
You won’t have to wait for Nintendo’s most famous character to show up on its next home console. Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed that a new Mario title New Super Mario Bros. U will be a showcase title on the Wii U. Gameplay will offer multiplayer options with both Wii remotes and the gamepad…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
Pikmin 3 Confirmed as Wii U Title
The crazy-cute strategy series that’s been missing in action since the days of the Gamecube will finally return on Nintendo’s next home console. Gameplay video of Pikmin 3 was shown off during Nintendo’s E3 2012 press conference this morning, including snippets of various multiplayer modes. Kotaku will have more on Pikmin 3 this week.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
Black Wii U Gamepad Makes an Appearance on Nintendo’s E3 Stage
The darker variant to Nintendo’s new home console controller was spotted before Nintendo’s E3 press conference this morning. Is it too much to hope that it might be available at launch? Maybe we’ll find out later this morning.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
This Dream-Like Flying Game Will Be a Wii U Launch Title
Indie developers have slammed Nintendo during the Wii console cycle saying that it hasn’t been worth the trouble to bring their games to the undernourished, practically forgotten WiiWare service. But it’s just been announced today that Broken Rules’ Chasing Aurora—a lovely 2D flying game last seen at the beginning of May—will be a launch title…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012 -
LocoCycle: The Road Rash Successor We’ve Been Waiting For?
Not much was shown for new Xbox 360 title LocoCycle at Microsoft’s E3 2012 media briefing but the short teaser above makes it seem like players will be controlling sentient motorcycles capable of speedy and stealthy assassinations. It might just be that the upcoming game from the makers of The Gunstringer and the ‘Splosion Man…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012 -
Black Ops 2 Blows Up E3 and Los Angeles in New Gameplay Footage
The City of Angels goes to hell in the newest gameplay footage from Treyarch’s upcoming sequel to the hit Call of Duty: Black Ops. L.A.’s iconic freeways become a shattered battlefield when future America’s massive store unmanned war assets get turned against us. An escort mission where the player character safeguards the American president through…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012 -
Resident Evil 6 Makes Leon Kennedy More Vicious than Ever
Just when you though Chris Redfield was the alpha male of Capcom’s zombie action franchise, the new gameplay demo for Resident Evil 6 makes Leon Kennedy look like more of a bad-ass than ever before. Head-stabbing, decapitations and zombie-luring grenades are just a few of the tricks that the floppy-haired agents has up his sleeve.…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012 -
Ascend: New Gods Looks Freakin’ Gory and Glorious
Forget about the plastic toys. The newest Xbox exclusive from Signal Studios puts players in the middle of bloody medieval combat in a game that will connect your 360 to a Windows 7 phone. Ascend: New Gods will hit the Xbox 360 and WP7 devices next year. Look for our impressions later this week.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012 -
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Brings Glorious HD Headshots Galore on August 21
Valve’s announced that the next installment of the Counter-Strike global phenomenon will be a downloadable title for the PS3 Xbox 360 and PC/Mac. This August, CS: GO will feature new weapons, characters, maps alongside updated versions of classic Counter-Strike favorites. It’ll cost about $15 on all platforms. We’ll have more on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive this…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012 -
Damn, Gears of War: Judgment Makes It Looks Like Humans are Losing the War
As previously reported, Epic’s hit shooter series will return with different Delta Squad members in the spotlight. The trailer shown today at the Xbox press conference today showed a smirking Baird taking the fight to the Locust as the war on Sera continues. We’ll have more on Gears of War: Judgment this week.
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012 -
With Wii U, Nintendo Finally Admits the Internet Exists
Annoying friend codes. Lacking multiplayer functionality. If there’s any area where Nintendo’s really lagged behind Sony, Microsoft and even smaller indie game-makers, it’s been in capitalizing on the connectivity that the web offers game designers and game players. But with the Wii U, it finally looks like they’ve gotten a big clue. Arguably the biggest…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 3, 2012 -
ReviewsGravity Rush : The Kotaku Review
I used to have extremely vivid dreams of flying in my teen years. They were accompanied by powerful physical sensations, where it’d feel like a locus of energy around my forehead made me able to defy gravity. Sometimes I could control that energy and other times it would pull me along. If I close my…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 1, 2012
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