If you’ve been wondering when you’ll be able to get your hands on Steve Fox, Lilli and, ahem, Kunimitsu and you happen to live in Europe, Namco Bandai’s got answers for you. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will be available for continental fighting game fans on September 14th, bringing with it the collectors’ edition and expected…
The highly-anticipated update to the beloved Bullfrog Microprose strategy game comes out on October 9th for the U.S., followed by a October 12th international release date. In addition to announcing the release dates in a release this morning, 2K Games also detailed several extras that the collector’s edition of the game will be getting. Those…
More troubles are plaguing Diablo III A report on Eurogamer relates one incident when staffer Chris Donlan’s account for playing the hit action RPG was accessed by someone who claimed to have bought it. On the official Diablo III forums, other users are also reporting instances of illicit access and gold theft . Apparently, the…
With Superman, Wonder Woman and Green lantern joining the Dark Knight in Lego Batman 2, you’re pretty much going to be able to assemble a miniature Justice League in the block-happy sequel. But since when it comes to hero team-ups, four measly characters is barely an appetizer. You’ll be happy to know, then, that more…
EA hasn’t been shy about blatantly saying that they’re going to extend their big games across as many platforms as possible. The recent example Mass Effect Infiltrator on iOS—which links back to the console game via the mega-publisher’s Origin online service—shows how EA probably wants this kind of thing to work in the future. An…
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! We had Kirby helping out Angry Impoverished Dude…
You’ll finally get your chance to snuggle up to the deadly Xenomorphs of the Aliens film franchise when Aliens: Colonial Marines hits consoles and PCs early next year. The release date for Wii U version of Colonial Marines will be announced sometime in the future. Published by Sega, the Gearbox-developed title will let players assume…
The action-packed brand of high-stakes robbery delivered by Overkill Software’s Payday: The Heist might just be pulling off its next job in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Early this morning, an official statement from Overkill game director Ulf Andersson revealed that the Swedish development team will be working on an “in-depth collaboration” with Valve:…
So, you’ve successfully rallied hundreds of strangers to pay for your brilliant game idea on Kickstarter, IndieGoGo or some other crowdfunding site. Now you need to make the damn thing. But an even bigger problem looms after you develop and test Amazing Game X: getting it to everyone who wants it, including backers. EA, of…
Jenova Chen thinks that video games don’t access enough of the human emotional spectrum. Sure, they do revenge and aggression well but they struggle to handle love or other kinds of deep connection. That’s why all of the games spearheaded by Chen—Flow, Flower and, most recently, Journey—have all proceeded from a clear mandate of wanting…
We’re at a weird place in terms of expectations for the near-future of video games. Yesterday saw Epic Games unveiling the next iteration of their Unreal Engine and that— combined with a stream of leaks about the successors to the PS3 and Xbox 360—have people thinking about the possibilities of what’s next. But David Cage…
Sure, Spryo may be the ostensible core of Activision’s hit Skylanders franchise but once upon a time, he started off as a simple pencil-on-paper drawing. The sketches above come from an archive hosted at The Animation Academy and focus on the work of artist Charles Zembillas as he tried out multiple designs for the firebreathing…
It’s Friday and the power pellets are right around the coner. 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?…
You idolize Nathan Drake. You half-tuck your henleys in the style of the handsome adventurer and quietly mutter to yourself when solving life’s puzzles. The only thing missing from your daily tribute to the PS3 hero is a rugged manly timepiece like the one Drake wears. Well, fret no longer. Over on Etsy, accessories designer…
At last year’s E3, lots of people sat up and took notice at Brothers in Arms: Furious 4, Gearbox Studios’ radical reinvention of their earnest World War II first-person-shooter franchise. With bawdy humor and stylized, gratuitous violence, the Ubisoft-published project looked like it was going to be a vast departure from how games set in…
Just like an all-star music festival where awesome acts keep announcing that they’ll be showing up to play, upcoming PlayStation Vita game Sound Shapes keeps pulling in top-notch talent to its creative roster. Game-loving celebrity DJ Deadmaus is contributing to the game and now he’ll be joined by some bonafide indie gaming superstars. Two of…
Crossovers happen in comics all the time, where characters stumble into worlds that look radically different and meet alternate versions of themselves. Such a thing probably won’t happen with the kid-friendly Lego Batman 2 and the Dark Knight’s ultra-violent exploits in Batman: Arkham City But, damn if Wonder Woman, Robin, Joker and Catwoman don’t all…
If you’re not one of the lucky EVE Online players who own a PS3 and is already waging war in CCP’s upcoming massive online shooter, then you can go ahead and sign up for the Dust 514 beta by going right here
Despite her background as a psychologist, Harley Quinn doesn’t seem to be dealing with loss very well. The teaser for the upcoming “Harley Quinn’s Revenge” add-on for Batman: Arkham City sees the murderous moll grow even darker, even managing to gun down the Dark Knight. It’s already been leaked that you’ll spend part of the…
If you’ve loved the look of a big-budget game in the recent years, there’s a really good chance that it was built on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3. Titles like Batman: Arkham City to Infinity Blade II all relied on the software suite to create astounding visuals. As good as current-generation Unreal 3 games look,…
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