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Demon’s Souls Servers Shutting Down on May 31st
The asynchronous multiplayer in Demon’s Souls helped make Atlus’ 2009 PS3 exclusive a cult hit. And now it’s going away forever. The online component of From Software’s first Souls game let players enter the adventures of other users to help or hinder their battles against the game’s notoriously brutal enemies. Being able to grief or…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 12, 2012 -
Goddamn It, Max Payne 3’s Bullet Time Looks Amazing
Bullet time. It used to be the thing that separated the Max Payne games’ operatic gunfights from everything else in video games. Then it got adopted by everybody and became as unexciting and commonplace as jumping. But, this new video shows how the slo-mo shooting gets a major upgrade in Max Payne 3 Rather than…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 12, 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! It’s Throwback Thursday, everyone. This TAYpic by The_Real_Pan1da7…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 12, 2012 -
Kinect Integration for Skyrim Lets You Scream Dragon Shouts and More
The voice-command feature that had been joked about for Bethesda’s hit RPG will actually be coming to the Xbox 360 as a free title update. You’ll be able to execute more than 200 commands in Skyrim via Kinect voice recognition. As seen in the video above, you’ll be able to assign hotkeys, control AI partners,…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 12, 2012 -
Sony Might Be Teasing God of War 4 on Facebook
At least that’s what some people seem to think when looking at this teaser for a teaser. Kratos did want vengeance and was in need of redemption, after all. We’ll all know if Kratos is coming back for more blood and fornication next week.
By Evan Narcisse Published April 12, 2012 -
Here’s Your First Look at Medal of Honor: Warfighter’s Very Dark Gameplay
Really, EA, do you have to make the first gameplay footage for the next Medal of Honor game so damn dark, huh? We know the Frostbite 2 engine that the game’s being built on can do all sorts of wonderful, amazing-looking things but we need to be able to see said things. From what we…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 12, 2012 -
Darksiders II Lets You Customize Your Own Death
The first Darksiders won a loyal following of fans for its badass remix of the Legend of Zelda’s dungeon-crawling gameplay. But you couldn’t really differentiate the way that main character War played. He was a bruiser with weapons that worked the same way for everyone. But Death will be more individualized, once players get their…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 11, 2012 -
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Punches and Kicks Its Way to A September Release
The sequel to one of the most popular PS2 games will be arriving on the Xbox 360 and PS3 this fall. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 re-assembles Jin, Xiaoyu and the other brawlers of the King of Iron Fist tournament for a nother go-round, with a few new special features. You’ll still be able to play…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 11, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s Wednesday! Get rid of your limbs! 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! Feast…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 11, 2012 -
Nine Comics That Will Magically Extend Your Life 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 April 10, 2012 -
Drawing Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Means David Marquez’s Girlfriend Has A Bigger Gamerscore Than He Does
Part of Panel Discussion’s mission is to look at the ways and places where comics and video games intersect and here in Crossover, we’ll be talking to game creators about the comics stories and creators who’ve shaped their sensibilities. So far in Crossover, we’ve spoken to game creators about comics. This time, we’re talking to…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 10, 2012 -
Mad Magazine Declares iPhones One of “The 50 Worst Things in America”
You know how some jokes make you laugh because they feel like they’re hitting on some essential truth? That’s how Mad Magazine’s skewering of Siri and Apple’s recent labor woes comes across in these fake ads from the comedy institution’s upcoming issue. The Foxconn scandals degraded some of Apple’s vaunted invulnerability and these faux advertisements…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 10, 2012 -
Panel Discussion Is The Strongest One There Is!
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 April 10, 2012 -
Anti-Gay Star Wars Complainers Now Complaining About Spambots
Who is waging the public opinion battle between anti-gay “family values” groups and the video game creators who dared to allow same-sex romance in their massive new Star Wars game? The anti-gay crowd says the Star Wars defenders are getting help from spam-bots. (Would they be spam-droids?) Anti-gay controversy over The Old Republic began in…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 10, 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! Indigo Prophecy‘s the game getting a macabre tribute…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 10, 2012 -
The Norway Killer Who Used Call of Duty to Train Won’t Be Able to Use Insanity as a Defense
Anders Behring Breivik—the man who confessed to killing 77 people last year in the worst mass murder Norway has ever seen—has been found to be legally sane by court-appointed psychiatrists, according to the Associated Press. The new finding—by psychiatrists Terje Toerrissen and Agnar Aspaas—negates a previous assessment by other mental health professionals, which had declared…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 10, 2012 -
Cranky Merlin Hates All the Magical Flirting in This Demon Knights #8 Preview
Listen: all you gamers who grew up on Dungeon & Dragons, R.A. Salvatore or Gauntlet should be reading DC Comics’ Demon Knights. Written by Paul Cornell, the monthly series throws together a motley crew of medieval adventurers out to defeat powerful necromancers for personal reasons that vary wildly. The basic approach may sound like standard…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 9, 2012 -
The First Concept Art for Wasteland 2 Peers Off in the Dusty, Dusky Distance
It certainly looks like there’s going to be a Wasteland 2 game. The crowdfunding efforts by inXile Extertainment have way exceeded the announced goals, to the point where Chris Avellone and Obsidian Entertainment will be joining to flesh out the team building the eagerly-awaited RPG. And now inXile CEO Brian Fargo has revealed the first…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 9, 2012 -
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2‘s Actually Happening, Here’s Animated Proof
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 looked like it was dead in the water for a while, with reports that dev studio GSC Game World was going out of business. But then the Kiev-based collective resurfaced on Facebook this year and indicated that work was underway for the sequel to their acclaimed shooter. That was way back in January,…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 9, 2012 -
Street Fighter x Tekken Developer Jokes Tekken x Street Fighter Might Not Be Out Until 2018
So, Street Fighter x Tekken came out and met with widespread acclaim. Good for Capcom. Now it’s Namco Bandai’s turn to produce a fighting game crossover that follows up on an idea that once looked impossible. When might the Tekken company’s answer be coming out? The guy who made SFxT has no idea. “Honestly, I…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 9, 2012
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