Sony might be in talks to acquire either OnLive or Gaikai—the two biggest cloud gaming providers—according to a report on Edge that follows up on previous articles on MCV and VG 24/7. The speculation jibes with comments previously made by a Gaikai executive about this coming E3. It begs the question: what if a console…
What’s better than Elite? EA is hoping the answer is Premium. The mega-publisher’s plans for a paid subscription service for the Battlefield action franchise have revealed via a PlayStation store update reported on Eurogamer. The inadvertent leak outed a June 4th release date and a price of 50 euros or about $62 dollars. The service’s…
You might be wondering what Tecmo Koei’s got up its corporate sleeves after Ninja Gaiden 3 chopped its way release earlier this year. Well, it’s a good thing that E3’s right around the corner so that we can find out. The folks who put out lots and lots of Dynasty Warriors games have put the…
Simple can be fun. Simple can be addictive Simple can also be frustrating. Cubes—developed by George Buckenham—manages to be all three in beautifully annoying fashion. The only thing you need to do with this indie game is tilt the device to avoid the never-ending onslaught of the titular shapes heading at you. It’s not like…
“Support for head-mounted displays.” That one little nugget about the upcoming Doom 3 BFG Edition stuck out like a sore thumb when this morning’s news hit. If you wondered what that might look like, check out the video from The Verge, which shows giant goggles jerry-rigged by Doom co-creator John Carmack. When a Verge commenter…
Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, games that aren’t even out yet? Knock yourselves out! Who doesn’t like zombies? And cheerleaders? And zombie-killing…
The madness known as E3’s only one week away and publishers are starting to tip their hands as to what we will and won’t see at the big show. in heir own words, here’s what Square Enix will be displaying at this year’s E3. The list includes the big AAA titles we already know about,…
If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…
The next Lego Batman game comes packed with superheroes. Enough to form a Justice League, even. And that’s great for the adults who already know those characters and will be playing with children. But if I were a seven-year-old kid playing the not-out-yet Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, the first thing I’d want to…
Robin plays a big part in the Harley Quinn’s Revenge DLC that hits Batman: Arkham City today. Yeah, it’s apparently not that great. But the character’s presence in the add-on reminds me that people exist who really, really hate the Boy Wonder. I mean, folks who rabidly rail against the very idea of a Robin.…
Are we still pretending that comics and video games don’t have anything to do with each other? Not anymore, we’re not. Welcome to Panel Discussion, where the focus will be on comic books and sequential art, whether they connect directly to video games or not. Confused? Read this
1,110,100 points. That’s the new Donkey Kong high score and it was set by the guy who’s dominated Nintendo’s arcade classic for two years straight. And he could’ve gone even higher. As reported by The Examiner‘s Patrick Scott Patterson, Hank Chien notched his latest achievement two levels before the game’s infamous kill-screen, the programming roadblock…
Happy Memorial Day, everyone. Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, games that aren’t even out yet? Knock yourselves out! Watch out, Samus! Angry…
The latest physics-intensive racer from RedLynx features a killer track editing system that lets users build ridiculously intricate environments. As seen on YouTube, one Trials Evo creator paid homage to Bethesda’s hit action RPG with a medieval race course. The only thing it’s missing are Jarls and Hold Guards. I personally will be logging on…
Maybe you’re like me. You like music enough to want to dance to it but the thought of showing off your lack of co-ordination to the world keep you off the dance floor. And yeah, there are dance games that have you mimicking all kinds of choreography but the human element that would make those…
You may have heard that Canabalt’s on sale this weekend as part of the Because We May sale. But if you see something called Canabalt HD on the App Store, don’t buy it. It’s a fake. Adam Saltsman’s infinite-runner iPhone smash doesn’t have an HD version, you see. It’s always terrible when fake versions of…
It’s only a teaser for a full trailer but this video on Game Trailers TV offers a glimpse of what Crystal Dynamics’ reboot of Tomb Raider is going to look like. Based on the moments where where the re-imagined Lara Croft is drinking presumably fresh water and starting fires, it seems like basic survival skills…
Indie game developers get it: people don’t have a lot of money these days. And while they’d love to sell their creations at full price, it’s given that a lower-priced offering will get people to try games like Canabalt or World of Goo out and come back to try out even more titles. That’s why…
Video games took over New York University last week and a whole bunch of people got drunk to celebrate. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. NYU’s Game Center held its third annual No Quarter exhibition last week, a yearly event where they showcase work that they commission from inventive game designers. This year, one of those…
It looked like next week was going to be the last hurrah for the online component of Demon’s Souls. But publisher Atlus has announced that they’re going to be keeping the servers online for their hit PS3 hit for as long as they can
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