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Kirk Hamilton's discussions
Whoa, Conker just made an appearance in the Project Spark video reel. "Almost ten years without a new game. Guess we'll have to make our own!" Read more
Time for Project Spark, Microsoft's game-creation toolkit. Spark's a really cool idea that doesn't always come across in demos, so this should be interesting. Read more
The multiplayer beta of Fable Legends will begin this fall. Read more
Fable Legends looks cool - it's a co-op game, the basic version of which is basic third-person action/adventure. But you can also play as the villain, which is more of a Dungeon Keeper kinda thing, laying traps and hazards out for the other players from an overhead view. Nifty. Read more
Insomniac's Ted Price is pretty psyched about Sunset Overdrive.
There are these nifty (or, "nifty"?) screens beneath the Xbox One stage that show various scenery for each game trailer that's running. For Dragon Age, it was some mystical fog rocks.
Assassin's Creed Unity looks typically Assassin's Creedy at the outset, with slightly smoother animations and cloth effects. Even some weird animation hitches and framerate stutters as the guy sneaks through some crowds - which makes me think it really is live. Really rich colors, beautiful artwork everywhere. Read more
Our wristbands just started going crazy during the Forza trailer. Which means we're closer than ever to the moment they explode.
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Meanwhile I just landed at LAX, so my view has significantly fewer giant video game posters.
Yeah, lots of negative space in there - it makes him look sort of wee and scared. Read more
I mean damn, that is a screenshot from a video game.
That would've definitely been cooler than the actual ending of the game! Read more
You know, a singer I play with was telling me the same thing. Luke and I were just talking about how totally we've gone off of Queens lately but I really should give it a listen. Read more
I like that feature on Xbox One, too. It's basically the only Kinect command that I routinely use. That said, I've really come to like the PS4's share button, too. Then again, because of this job I grab a lot of screenshots and videos from the games I play - if I wasn't working at Kotaku, I probably wouldn't care… Read more
Oh, that sucks. Would you say that a helpful additional tip might be "Go to the share menu when you start your game?" Does that cause it to consistently record? I've probably been in the share menu so much while testing all this stuff out that I haven't run into that issue. Read more
Believe me, I've put my Kinect through its paces, and have gone through setup and optimization many times. I've tested it in a lot of different scenarios, and with all different sorts of acoustics. The camera just isn't consistent. Read more
It's just a little thing that I like. I'm not trying to balance pro and con entries or anything, just wanted to post that video again. (And I mean, I do like the startup sound, heh.) Read more
While I agree that the game library still holds the PS4 back from an unequivocal recommendation, I also think that the console is doing pretty darn well in that department, all things considered. Compared with the competition (Xbox One and Wii U), Sony is doing a really good job getting games onto the PS4. While it's… Read more