Edmund McMillen’s The Binding of Isaac managed to be one of the creepiest, most f-ed up games come out in quite some time. So, it’s especially fitting that the co-creator of Super Meat Boy’s offering a sizable update on All Hallow’s Eve for his action-RPG shooter. Here’s what the update adds, from McMillen’s blog: -Added…
The folks at Next Media Animation—who’ve become infamous for presenting bizarre CGI takes on the news—speculate on what the teaser for Rockstar Games’ just announced upcoming sequel will look like. Honestly, while it apes some of the visual signifiers of the GTA games, the silent clip makes close to no sense whatsoever. Does the kid…
You remember that franchise character-filled “To Michael” short film that Sony premiered a few weeks back? Still get tingles thinking about it, right? Well, now you can be the player that Kratos, Cole McGrath and Ezio all praise for making them alive and awesome. There’s a Facebook app that substitutes your face into that immortal…
Could Skyward Sword be the best Zelda game of all time? Well, it’d be nice if that was the case, since it’s the franchise’s anniversary year and all. See if watching this GameTrailers exclusive trailer does anything to convince you. Exclusive Origins Trailer HD [GameTrailers] You can contact Evan Narcisse, the author of this post,…
No matter how fast Bethesda staffers can speedrun through the latest Elder Scrolls game, it’s still freaking huge. It can be tough to appreciate how much work goes into a project like this when you’re caught up in the experience. That’s what so great about the latest blog post on the official Elder Scrolls site…
According to the latest polls, businessman Herman Cain’s currently the Republican most likely to get the GOP presidential nomination. (And, yes, it’s early.) One of the reasons that Cain’s appeared attractive to the electorate has been his easy-to-understand 9-9-9 proposal to overhaul taxes. Game-savvy political commentators noted that a similar scheme shows up in the…
The launch trailer offered teasers of how the up-rezzed environments from previous Battlefield games would look in the upcoming Back to Karkand expansion pack, but these screens show them in all their Frostbite 2 glory. Back to Karkand will also include new dog tags, new Xbox Live achievements/PSN trophies, three new vehicles and 10 iconic…
First they deliver an intricately carved pumpkin to Kotaku HQ, then this painful-looking trailer that showcases the flair with which you can dispatch enemies in the upcoming Darkness II. You can really see how the game uses its comic-book art style to maximum effect and those demon appendages give you even more options to off…
It’s going to be a little while yet before we get to Daniel Craig as Ian Fleming’s iconic secret agent on the big screen. The fact that he’ll be reprising the role in Activision’s new Goldeneye game is as good a reason as any to pick up the modern take on a FPS classic. The…
One of the big selling points for Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone 7 OS has been the interconnectivity between smartphones running the platform and their Xbox 360 game console. Word of the dedicated Xbox Companion app—which essentially turns your handset into a remote for the 360—came down the pike recently but Microsoft recently shot video of…
We live in an era of demos and freemium games now and one thing that’s probably hampered the fortunes of the 3DS game library is that users can’t try anything before they buy it. There’s no ability to sample and see if a title might be worth your ducats. After apparently getting requests from Nintendo’s…
If you still need more insight into the moveset Phoenix Wright will use in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 after we had fighting game legend and Capcom special consultant Seth Killian play for us, then dig on this Assist Me! video featuring the Ace Attorney and Marvel’s Iron Fist. It’s narrated again by tournament vet…
Last year, I gave a friend of mine Enslaved because I’d loved the asymmetrical partnership in Ninja Theory’s post-apocalyptic action game. After he’d finished, he said to me that he’d had a hard time going back to other games because it suddenly dawned on him how lonely those experiences were. Ratchet & Clank: All 4…
So, maybe you thought the wait for the PlayStation Vita would finally end on the just-announced launch date of February 22, 2012. Well, it will, but for a lucky few it’ll end a week earlier. Sony’s just announced that their new handheld will be offered in a new First Edition bundle. In the U.S., said…
Actvision’s producers talk about the new ways that weapons usage will change in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It sounds like the more you use a particular gun, the better it gets. Peep all of that and new weapons in the clip above. You can contact Evan Narcisse, the author of this post, at…
So, you’ve held on, 3DS owner. You’ve maintained ownership Nintendo’s stereoscopic handheld despite a software portfolio that’s been rough going. When will you be able to play a classic arcade ninja or a beloved, speedy hedgehog, you’ve cried?! One Japanese publisher has heard you and their answer is soon. Sega’s released info on when you’ll…
In a wide-ranging interview at Develop, company president Mike Capps reveals that the makers of Gears of War have five new projects underway and that he wants Unreal Engine 4 to hit on day one of the next new consoles. Capps says the company wants to get better at having the tech used to make…
Turn 10’s latest racing sim’s turned heads with its finely tuned racing action and fetishistic attention to the details that drive automotive enthusiasts crazy. The game launched with hundreds of cars available to play with but Microsoft’s just announced that they’ll be adding 10 new rides to the titles next week. The November Speed Pack…
Nintendo’s been rolling out re-releases and concerts in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of The Legend of Zelda series. But the Zelda mystique’s spread far and wide and one of the places it’s wound up was in an officially licensed manga series. The Legend of Zelda comics were serialized in Japan starting in 1998 but…
Minecraft‘s coming out for real soon (November 18th, to be exact) and Notch and the folks at Mojang will be having a grand party in Las Vegas to celebrate. As happens at such things, videos of all sorts will be rolling out amongst the merriment and H.A.T. Films will be producing the official trailer for…
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