Look, you probably don’t remember Bravoman. I know I don’t. But, in his mind, the hero of a 1988 beat-em-up is the world’s greatest video game character. Lucky for him, he’ll be getting the chance to prove it all over again. Bravoman‘s going to be appearing in all-new webcomics from ShiftyLook, a new division of…
Day 1 Studios is fresh off of getting robot combat fans all excited with the teaser campaign for Reign of Thunder. But, all comics aficionados have gotten for news of the outfit’s scuttled Batman game have been tantalizing glimpes of what might’ve been The biggest look, via SiliconEra, yet comes from this test animation supplied…
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
Looking back on the original SSX titles, it’s hard to believe that they were based on an actual real-world sports activity. The snowboard riders you steered across the bright white landscapes of 2001 were near indestructible, able to shrug off massive crashes with quips and bit of boost. But, with a reboot that binds the…
Despite Comrade Fahey’s excellent review of The Witcher 2, it was just one of those games that I didn’t get to in 2011. This trailer—featuring series hero Geralt facing off against the sword-for-hire whose killing is throwing the game’s kingdoms into upheaval—makes me desperately want to correct that mistake. Thankfully, The Witcher 2: Assassin of…
Just when you think you’re getting a happy, high-pitched Pokémon adventure, the newest —out today—starring Pikachu and friends opens with this fearsome prophecy of doom. The ominous tone of the ambient music could be from a Dead Space and that dialogue feels ripped from some super-serious JRPG. But fret not: there will be dancing.
Time to step into the squared circle of talking and philosophical wrasslin’, brother! Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves, where we gather on a daily basis to discuss the joys and wonders of gaming all rolled up into one. Shadoroch re-imagines this month’s artistic masterpiece as a sports entertainent battle…
Step aside, “Paragon | Renegade” by Adam WarRock. There’s a new Mass Effect rap opus in town.* The Mass Effect Epic Rap—by Dan Bull, who we’ve featured around these parts before—offers up a clever rhyming synopsis of the events of the first two games in BioWare’s hit series. I think my favorite line might be…
EA wanted the hype for Mass Effect 3 to go where no game had gone before. So they flew ten copies of the upcoming game into the stratosphere by attaching them to weather balloons. The idea was to have frenzied fans track down the games and claim them when they descended back to terra firma.…
Players of Monolith’s Bat-FPS can enjoy a free update today which adds to the wardrobe options for the game’s Bats and Jokerz avatars, including some that don’t have pointy ears at all. The update also adds a new rooftop map to Impostors‘ environments, a much-requested join-in-progress feature and promises to improve match-making for the online-only…
While Rovio’s already revealed the next galactic entry in their super-successful Angry Birds franchise, there’s still room for them to grow as a business. Right now, the Finnish company’s a one-property entity and even if that property is as ubiquitous and popular as Angry Birds, they’re still at risk if bird-flinging is all they do.…
Netherrealm and WBIE proudly stride into Capcom territory—y’know, trying to sell you a game you already own—with the already announced Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition. Hrm. Here, they try to calm the fears of anyone worried about the MK online community splitting into two, with the game’s developers saying that two versions of the fighting game…
The next spinoff of Capcom’s survival horror series puts players in a three-sided warzone with two human factions gunning for each other and zombie-fied humans and beasts out to chomp whoever they can. It’s going to be an ultraviolent affair. Watch and see for yourselves, kids.
And, lo, there came a day when Kotaku‘s official forum descended upon the world of Man. Its name came to be known as Talk Amongst Yourselves and it was found to be as lively a place for talk and sharing of video game insight as any throughout the land. Speak to us of your video…
Superhero movies flirt with distaster when they try to throw more than one antagonist at the main character. But, superhero video games? They thrive on that formula. So, in the first of what we have to assume will be many unveilings, Activision’s rolling out a look at how old-school bad guy the Rhino will look…
Your return to the role of a Tier 1 Operator will be in a game called Medal of Honor: Warfighter, which will reportedly be out this October. Game Informer‘s website, citing the latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine, is reporting that the heavily hinted-at sequel will once again be made by EA’s Danger Close studio.…
Listen, I’m looking forward to the amped-up tech-of-tomorrow in the next Ghost Recon as much as anybody. But the upcoming installment of the tactical action game is currently sporting one of the stupidest tag lines in recent memory: “Only the Dead Fight Fair.” Worse yet, Ubisoft gets a former Navy SEAL to utter it in…
The House of Sonic’s dropped a vague but drip-filled teaser that strongly suggests that the beloved inline-skating, graffiti-tagging Jet Set Radio game will be hitting modern consoles soon. The killer soundtrack and high-contrast, brightly colored cartoon art style made developer Smilebit’s Dreamcast game a hit, but Sega never reissued the game—even as they’ve rolled out…
Mario’s corporate owners dropped a bunch of news today via their two Nintendo Direct broadcasts and Kotaku was all over it. Whether it’s details about a new, more demonic Brain Age or the longed-for NorthAm release of a great Wii RPG, the links below have the knowledge you seek: • Nintendo Teases 3DS Owners With…
In the far future of Mass Effect, the existence of alien life is a given, with Turian, Hanar and Asari intermingling with humans for decades. EA thinks that there’s Life Out There and it also thinks that the British government is covering up knowledge of the little grey men who’ve visited our little mudball. Or…
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