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The Last Express Will Speed To iPhone And iPad This Year
The critically-acclaimed 1997 adventure game, to be ported by French developer DotEmu, will be released later this year for iOS devices. Creator Jordan Mechner announced the news on his blog today. [Jordan Mechner]
By Jason Schreier Published March 16, 2012 -
Adding New-School Sounds to Old-School Games
Games like Tetris and Donkey Kong would be so much better with current-gen sound effects, wouldn’t they? Sound designer Jake Kaufman sure thinks so. He’s made this video to show off what old-school games would sound like if they were made today. It’s… unique. ULTRA NEXTGEN AAA Sound Design [YouTube via Reddit]
By Jason Schreier Published March 16, 2012 -
An Earthquake Doomed His Church, So He Rebuilt It In Minecraft
When game developer Chris Yee heard that Christchurch Cathedral was set to be demolished, he decided to rebuild it. In a video game. The cathedral, which was partially destroyed in an earthquake that hit the New Zealand city of Christchurch on February 22, was then slated for demolition. To commemorate it, Yee decided to rebuild…
By Jason Schreier Published March 15, 2012 -
Why Are Game Developer Bonuses Based On Review Scores?
Last night, Obsidian’s Chris Avellone tweeted an interesting detail about his roleplaying game Fallout: New Vegas “[Fallout: New Vegas] was a straight payment, no royalties,” he said in response to a fan question about the game’s financial success. “Only a bonus if we got an 85+ on Metacritic, which we didn’t.” Metacritic, an aggregation website…
By Jason Schreier Published March 15, 2012 -
Fired Kane & Lynch Reviewer Gets the Last Laugh, 5 Years Later
Game reviewer Jeff Gerstmann, who parted ways with GameSpot five years ago after publisher Eidos took issue with his review of Kane & Lynch, has returned to his old stomping grounds. GameSpot parent company CBS purchased Gerstmann’s website, GiantBomb, today. GiantBomb will still exist as an autonomous publication. [Justin.TV]
By Jason Schreier Published March 15, 2012 -
Diablo III Is Coming On May 15
Highly-anticipated hack-and-slash game Diablo III will be out for PC and Mac on May 15, developer Blizzard said today in a press release. You can pre-order the game on Blizzard’s website right now. The third game in the Diablo series, Diablo III will be available both in retail stores and digitally via Blizzard’s website for…
By Jason Schreier Published March 15, 2012 -
Rumor: Obsidian’s Cancelled Project Was For The Next Xbox, Published By Microsoft
Obsidian’s ill-fated ‘North Carolina‘ game was slated for the next Xbox and published by Microsoft, according to sources familiar with the project who spoke to Kotaku today. Yesterday, after almost seven months of development, Microsoft cancelled the project, our sources said. Obsidian consequently had to let go of 30 people, as reported by several outlets…
By Jason Schreier Published March 14, 2012 -
Video Game Box Typos Are Now Officially a Fad
This is the back of the box for Konami’s latest survival horror game, Silent Hill: Downpour, which came out yesterday for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The Spanish translation reads: “¿quien puede parar la luvia?” This means: “Who can stop the rain?” Except it’s not “luvia.” It’s lluvia. Two Ls. Like Capcom before it, Konami…
By Jason Schreier Published March 14, 2012 -
Fallout: New Vegas Dev Lays Off 20-30 Staff
Obsidian has let go approximately 20-30 people, Joystiq reports. Kotaku has also heard from multiple sources about the layoffs, which affect both an unannounced project and the developer’s upcoming South Park RPG. [Joystiq]
By Jason Schreier Published March 14, 2012 -
Clearing Out Goldeneye 007 With a Steering Wheel
Using a Nintendo 64 emulator and a Logitech DFGT steering wheel, YouTube user welovelordtaco has beaten Goldeneye 007‘s Facility level in spectacular fashion. I don’t know why anyone would ever consider using a steering wheel to play a first-person shooter, but hey, we all have our hobbies. Goldeneye 007 Facility Challenge With A Steering Wheel…
By Jason Schreier Published March 14, 2012 -
Capcom Says Resident Evil: Revelations Spelling Error Was ‘Embarrassing’
Gaming magazine Game Informer put up an interview with Capcom Senior Vice President of strategic planning and business development Christian Svensson on its website yesterday that’s well worth reading. They talk a lot about several topics, including upcoming survival horror game Resident Evil 6 and the power of crowdfunding site Kickstarter. Svensson also had a…
By Jason Schreier Published March 14, 2012 -
How Wasteland 2 Went From Hopeless to Half a Million in 24 Hours
Brian Fargo had given up. He’d spent the better part of the past decade pitching a game idea to publishers, only to be met by indifference and rejection. While he pitched and tried to sell his game, business executives would stare at their phones, texting. Barely paying attention. It was infuriating. The idea was for…
By Jason Schreier Published March 14, 2012 -
Now You Don’t Have To Waste Time Reading Mass Effect 3 Codec Entries on Your TV
Like many of BioWare’s games, Mass Effect 3 is chock full of optional reading materials about its history and characters. It’s interesting, but it can be a chore to read on your television. Enter Mass Effect 3 Datapad, a free app that publisher Electronic Arts released today for iPhone and iPad. It’s designed to complement…
By Jason Schreier Published March 13, 2012 -
Millionaire Wants Your Million Dollars To Make His First Game
Meet Ellwood “Bunky” Bartlett. He’s a practicing Wiccan, a retired accountant, and the winner of Maryland’s Mega Millions jackpot, which netted him $42 million back in 2007. He also wants your money to help make a game. Using crowdfunding site Kickstarter, Bartlett is asking for $1.1 million to create Your World, a massively multiplayer online…
By Jason Schreier Published March 13, 2012 -
Don’t Make Pokémon Angry. You Won’t Like Them When They’re Angry.
Well, you won’t like some of them when they’re angry. Check out this silly video created by animation group RedMinus to see what happens when you spend too much time teasing the goldfish Pokémon Goldeen. Goldeen Loves Guitar (Pokemon) [YouTube]
By Jason Schreier Published March 13, 2012 -
Microsoft Says It Has Fixed Mysterious Xbox Gamerscore Disappearances [UPDATE]
Many gamers panicked this morning when their Gamerscores—records of everything they’ve done on their Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles—zeroed out. Microsoft says not to worry. They’ve resolved the issue. “For those experiencing Gamerscore issues, please sign out and then back into your profile to resolve,” the company said on its @XboxSupport account. The account has…
By Jason Schreier Published March 13, 2012 -
GameStop Debunks Wild Donkey Kong 3D Rumors
GameStop has shut down rumors that a new Donkey Kong game is headed to Nintendo’s 3DS, telling Kotaku that display cases for the alleged “Donkey Kong 3D” were not official. “The displays were not supplied by Nintendo and have been taken down,” a GameStop representative told me this morning. “It’s definitely not in the system…
By Jason Schreier Published March 13, 2012 -
The Next Onimusha Is… a Browser Game
Capcom will bring a new Onimusha game to browsers this summer, it said Friday in a press release. Onimusha Soul, to be released “for PCs and smartphones,” will be out on June 28 in Japan. Here’s how the developer describes it, as translated by Capcom’s official website: “Onimusha Soul” is a Sengoku simulation RPG based…
By Jason Schreier Published March 12, 2012 -
Peter Molyneux And His Parody Twitter Account Need To Team Up
What if controllers had feelings? What if every time you yanked a power cord, your console started to scream? What if your games could cry? By now you must have seen Peter Molydeux, the fake Twitter account that parodies legendary game designer and Fable creator Peter Molyneux, who recently left Microsoft to start his own…
By Jason Schreier Published March 12, 2012
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