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Why Does PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale‘s YouTube Page Have A Tag For Super Smash Bros.?
Some might say that Sony’s upcoming brawl game, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, is something of a Super Smash Bros. clone. Maybe Sony agrees. PlayStation® All-Stars Battle Royale E3 Trailer [YouTube]
By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012 -
Final Fantasy VII, Tomb Raider, Other PS1 Games Coming To Vita This Summer
Sony will bring its PS1 Classics service to Vita this summer, it said today at its press conference. Announced games so far include Tomb Raider, Arc the Lad, JetMoto, Final Fantasy VII. Presumably the lineup will be a lot more robust when it’s actually out, like the actual PS1 Classics that are currently available on…
By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012 -
New LittleBigPlanet 2 DLC Gives You Cross-Controller PS3/Vita Play
You’ll be able to use your PlayStation Vita to control LittleBigPlanet 2 on the PlayStation 3 if you buy Sony’s new downloadable content, the publisher said today at its E3 press briefing. The DLC pack will also include a new story and other new content.
By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012 -
Just Dance 4 Will Include The Best Pop Song In History
It’s true. Ubisoft’s Just Dance 4, out this October for Wii, Xbox Kinect, and PlayStation Move, will feature Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe I know. I know. I can’t stop squealing either. Here’s part of the 40-track song list, announced by Ubisoft today: • Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen • Disturbia –…
By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012 -
Nintendo Has So Much Stuff To Show, It Needs Three Conferences
Nintendo will host a special event to show off software for the 3DS, it said today. The briefing will run from 6-7 PT on Wednesday night and Nintendo will live stream the whole thing. (We’ll also be there, covering everything.) For those keeping count, that’s event number three for the big N: there was the…
By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012 -
Dead Space 3 Will Have Co-Op, Be Out February 2013
EA just showed off Dead Space 3, which, as expected, will have a cooperative multiplayer mode In a new trailer that EA just showed at its E3 press briefing, we can see presumable protagonist Isaac Clarke teaming up with fellow hero Earthgov Sergeant John Carver to shoot aliens on a frozen planet called Tau Volantis.…
By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012 -
I Climbed The Real-Life Version Of Skyrim‘s 7,000 Steps
Okay, so it was closer to 1,000 steps. Still, lots of steps. This is St. John’s Fortress, located in Kotor, Montenegro. It’s basically a greener version of the Throat of the World, an exhaustingly enormous landmark from Bethesda’s popular role-playing game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. See the resemblance? (I reached out to Bethesda this…
By Jason Schreier Published June 1, 2012 -
Metal Gear Rising Demo Ships With Zone of the Enders This Fall
Konami will include a demo of the wonderfully titled Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance with Zone of the Enders HD this fall, it said today. The demo will show off several of the upcoming action game’s new combat mechanics.
By Jason Schreier Published June 1, 2012 -
RPGs Need To Quit Making Such Bad First Impressions
Thirty minutes. That’s all I need. Thirty minutes to decide whether or not a role-playing game is worth playing. It’s that first half-hour that comprises an RPG’s most important moments. It’s when we meet our hero. It’s when we find out what he or she wants. It’s when we’re introduced to the game’s world and…
By Jason Schreier Published June 1, 2012 -
Defiance Trailer Is Half Game, Half TV Show
Here’s the latest trailer for Defiance, an upcoming massively multiplayer online game that will come coupled with a television show that its creators say will be affected by the way players play. It’s a ridiculously ambitious goal that could set a whole new precedent for the way different forms of media interact. Or it could…
By Jason Schreier Published June 1, 2012 -
Gears, Gods, And Giant Robots: A Look Back At One Of The Best RPGs Ever
The other day on Twitter, fellow Kotaku writer Kate Cox mentioned she had just finished Xenogears, Square’s classic PlayStation role-playing game. Since Xenogears is one of my favorite games, a classic up there with the best RPGs ever, I bugged her roughly 19283493849284924 times to come chat about her experiences for Random Encounters. Eventually she…
By Jason Schreier Published May 25, 2012 -
What Makes RPG Dialogue Great (And How It Can Go Wrong)
We spend a lot of time watching video game characters talk. Sometimes they’re perched in dimly-lit inns, plotting out their next moves over frosty mugs of Genuine Medieval Ale. Other times they’re exchanging snarky quips between rounds of troll-hunting or alien-squashing. Or sharing awkward pleasantries after robotic sexual encounters. Japanese role-playing games are especially dialogue-heavy.…
By Jason Schreier Published May 18, 2012 -
Watch The Unreal Evolution of Video Game Graphics
Here’s a look at the history of the Unreal Engine, put together by Kotaku video editor Chris Person. Unreal, isn’t it? It’s spectacular to see how Epic’s powerful gaming engine has evolved over the years—and how our standards have evolved with it. Just a decade ago, we thought those goofy faces at the beginning of…
By Jason Schreier Published May 17, 2012 -
Portal Creator Says Valve Is More Structured Than You Think
From reading Valve’s employee handbook, you might get the impression that the Half-Life creator is freewheeling, chaotic, and structure-free. But Portal co-creator Kim Swift, who left Valve a few years ago to join a different studio, says it ain’t all that anarchic. “I disagree with the suggestion that they have no structure there,” Swift told…
By Jason Schreier Published May 17, 2012
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