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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Game over, man! Game over! 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! Both Angry Impoverished…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 17, 2012 -
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Developers’ Next Game is Multiplayer-Focused Because “The World Changed”
What people loved most about GSC Game World’s S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise were the lonely, post-apocalyptic landscapes that the game let you wander through. But S.T.A.L.K.E.R.‘s dead now and things are going to be different in the world being built by the former developers of that franchise won’t be quite as sparsely populated. As previously reported, members…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 17, 2012 -
Hey, Look at These Max Payne 3 Postcards
Max Payne 3 throws a lot of highly stylized violence at you and almost all of it is beautiful to look at. But you’ve got to keep moving through Rockstar’s latest release in to order to get Max the answers he desperately craves, which means you can’t necessarily enjoy the ambiance as much as you’d…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 -
Here’s Why You Should Take a Vacation with Dynamite Jack
A little while back, I took a look at Dynamite Jack and really enjoyed the explodey stealth action provided by this indie game Well, the game’s out on Steam now for the low price of $4.99 and comes with a map editor that lets you craft your own twisting, teasing levels. Watch the trailer above…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 -
Here’s How Epic Mickey 2 Will Look on the Xbox 360
Part of what you’ll see in this latest teaser for Epic Mickey 2 is how the game looks on the Xbox 360. Warren Spector and the other developers from Junction Point talk up the visual upgrade that comes with moving to the PS3and Xbox 360 after having the first Epic Mickey come out only on…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 -
Ballistic SE Explodes an Orgy of Kaleidoscopic Chaos onto Your Eyeballs
Gorgeous explosions. Fast, frantic action. Clever, customizable design. These elements drive Ballistic SE into the category of games that reconfigures what you can expect out of a mobile gaming experience. This twin-stick shooter starts off with a familiar old-school formula that sets players adrift in a sea of swarming enemies. But Ballistic adds on an…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 -
Lionhead Possibly Making a Hybrid MMO/Offline Game for the Next Xbox
Now that iconic game designer Peter Molyneux has left the studio he founded, many have wondered what might be next for Lionhead. According to several job listings, it might just be an MMO. One LinkedIn listing outed on Twitter reports several openings for database and server programmers, along with a multiplayer designer. Now Lionhead’s not…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
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! One thing you’ve got to hand to Kirby…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 -
Max Payne 2 Firing Blanks on Xbox Live
Now that Max Payne 3‘s out, maybe you figured you’d catch up with Max Payne’s drug-addled life by playing through the character’s previous games. A great thought! But reports are coming in that users aren’t able to fully download and play the Xbox Live version of Max Payne 2 after purchasing it. The problem for…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 -
Five Comics That Will Make You Recall Lost Glories This Week
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…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 15, 2012 -
Reviews
This Graphic Novel Shows The Horrific Costs of Modern Warfare
Shooters protagonist Terry Glass isn’t that different from the kind of character you’d play in a Medal of Honor, Battlefield or Call of Duty game. He’s a fictional American soldier fighting in the geopolitical hotspots where America’s armed forces face off against disparate, tough-to-pin-down threats. Young, handsome and affable, Glass fights for all the right…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 15, 2012 -
Wah-Hoo, Howling Commandos! Panel Discussion Starts Now!
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
By Evan Narcisse Published May 15, 2012 -
Halo 4 Action Figure Package Reveals New Enemy Types
Now that it’s being made by 343 Industries, we’ve been told to expect a lot of new stuff. And we’ve seen new multiplayer models and new looks for Cortana and Master Chief. So, Halo 4‘s not going to be the same old sci-fi first-person-shooter. Info about the new enemies has been tightly guarded but two…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 15, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Diablo III is upon us! and you can talk about it! Once it starts working, that is! 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,…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 15, 2012 -
Black Ops II Studio Head Knows Fans Want a “Better-Looking Game”
Activision puts out a new Call of Duty game every year. It’s been that way for the last half-decade or so. Trouble is, this annualization give people a wide-open lane to complain about recycled engines and how the games all look the same. Mark Lamia—head of Treyarch, the studio behind the Black Ops branch of…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 15, 2012 -
ReviewsMax Payne 3: The Kotaku Review
“This isn’t going to end well.” Start up Max Payne 3 and the first menu screen just loops an endless sequence of the title character sitting alone drinking and smoking. Stare at that for more than a minute and you can’t help but think those six words. It’s been almost a decade since we last…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 14, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
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! Just like Chell did against GLaDOS, Angry Impoverished…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 14, 2012 -
Maybe the PlayStation Orbis Will Play Used Games After All
Used games: you love them, need them and want to marry them. Publishers and developers blame the second-hand market for lack of innovation, saying the money they don’t see from used games would let them be more creative. Reports that the next consoles from Sony and Microsoft wouldn’t support pre-owned games only fueled this fiery…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 14, 2012 -
Metroid‘s Samus Aran Weighs In on Mother Brain’s Ban on Gay Marriage
Remember how it blew your mind when you found out that the character you’d been jumping and shooting with in the first Metroid was a woman? Well, it turns out she was hiding a lot more than long, flowing locks under that Varia Suit armor. In a revelation that destroys 73% of the fan-fiction written…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 11, 2012 -
Rumor: GameStop To Start Selling MacBooks?
Their main business may be games and related accessories but GameStop also sells refurbished iPods, iPads and iPhones. Pretty soon, they might just start selling MacBooks, too. An anonymous GameStop employee sent in a picture of the retail chain’s inventory screen that seems to suggest that you might be able to buy Apple’s popular laptops…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 11, 2012
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