So. I realize that recently, I’ve questioned why in the world anyone would want to watch leaked footage of Gears 3 gameplay, or indeed, any game. But that’s just me. And besides, this video isn’t gameplay, it’s just the opening cinematic to next month’s big 360 exclusive Gears of War 3. “Previously, on Gears of…
No doubt in honor of this weekend’s DOTA 2 International Championship, Valve is now offering there new DOTA 2 hats in Team Fortress 2 Available are: The begoggled Clockwerk hat, the Raidenesque (or really Storm Spiritesque) Storm Spirit Hat, and the Sniper hat, which is a lot like the goggles from Clockwerk but without the…
Any good video game trailer should tell us what the game in question is all about. In the case of Atlus USA’s upcoming downloadable game Rock of Ages, this is a game about a rock smashing stuff. All kinds of stuff. Big stuff, small stuff… all of the stuff. And so, this trailer is pretty…
Four new screenshots from Bethesda and Arkane’s upcoming first-person stealth game Dishonored have surfaced, and they look just about as interesting as everything else we’ve heard about the game Which is to say: Quite interesting. You can contact Kirk Hamilton, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook,…
Yesterday, I posted some screens from Cyanide Studio’s upcoming PC strategy game A Game of Thrones: Genesis (one of those screens is above). Details about the game are few and far between, and the only video online is a gameplay-free teaser. At a casual glance, the game seemed cool enough—a Total War-style strategy game set…
CD Projeckt’s acclaimed (and Kotaku-Approved) PC RPG The Witcher 2 is on sale for $30 all weekend at Good old Games. If you’ve got a gaming PC and like lusty, swashbuckling adventures (and seriously good RPGs), give it a go.
Just in time for Gamescom, EA has shared a new trailer for its upcoming XBLA/PSN car-smasher Burnout: Crash. The 360 version of the game will be compatible with Kinect, and Crecente had a lot more fun with the game than he thought he would. I’ll be playing it for the first time next week, but…
EA has released six sharp new screenshots from their upcoming SSX, featuring the return of famous SSX-ers Mac, Elise, Kaori, and Psymon. I got a chance to play some early SSX single-player at E3, and I came away impressed. It had been a while since the days of my Tricky obsession, but the push, pull,…
We’ve got some new screens from Cyanide’s upcoming PC Strategy game Game of Thrones: Genesis. (Some of these screens have been around a little while, but I figured I’d throw them in there as well). These shots might not look too remarkable, but that’s the thing about Game of Thrones—the devil’s in the details.The game’s…
First, Mass Effect‘s FemShep got a poll to determine her official appearance. Now, BioWare is running a second poll to determine her hair color. But why should FemShep have all the fun? Poor BroShep is probably feeling kind of neglected right now. To remedy that, we’re hosting our own vote to determine BroShep’s hair color.…
Our retrospective letter series continues with part two. The first letter can be found here, and an index of all letters can be found here — From: Kirk Hamilton To: Leigh Alexander Subject: bionicman Leigh, It’s difficult to talk about Deus Ex without talking about “PC Gaming” in toto—that hard-to-quantify thing that brings out such…
So that was when I took the wheel, as bullets pinged and tires squealed, I weighed the odds and my heart sank: my street sweeper vs. their armored tank. No turning back! No sad retreat! Just onward, come victory or defeat! I pressed the gas; his turret swung and blew my ass to Kingdom Come.…
Valve has posted the schedule and brackets for the upcoming International DOTA 2 Championships. Starting tomorrow, 48 players will go head-to-head, making their way through the tournament towards a best-of-five championship match on Sunday, August 21st.
So here’s something I watched, and now you’re going to watch it, after which point you’ll probably say, “Wow, I watched that.” Inspired by Gears of War‘s “Meat Shield,” the guys at Epic Meal Time have teamed up with FPS Russia and GameStop to make this video “how-to” guide, detailing… how to make a suit…
We haven’t heard anything on this since 2008, but The Daily Mail reports that Peter Thiel, the founder of PayPal, is continuing his work towards making a Rapture-esque “Start-Up Country” off the coast of San Francisco. The floating sovereign nations that Thiel imagines would be built on oil-rig-like platforms anchored in areas free of regulation,…
Later this year, Infamous 2 fans will be able to download Infamous 2: Festival of Blood, a standalone adventure for Sucker Punch’s open-world superhero PS3 game. On a cold, dark night in New Marais, vampires swarm the city, killing lots of folks and biting hero Cole McGrath in the process. Transformed into a fanged monstrosity…
Sony will be launching an entirely new Resistance game on the Vita titled Resistance: Burning Skies. Developed by Nihilistic Games, the studio behind PlayStation Move: Heroes and Starcraft: Ghost, Resistance: Burning Skies will head back in time a ways, taking place as the Chimera invade Earth. The game will star Jim Riley, a firefighter who…
Daily Beast political blogger Andrew Sullivan likes a lot of things. He likes views from your window and midday pop-culture digressions; he likes mercilessly ripping on Sarah Palin. He also likes Angry Birds, and often takes breaks from reacting to the political news of the day to share super-cute pictures of things relating to Chillingo’s…
Aah, such fond memories of Blood Gulch. It was easily the most enjoyable CTF map in the original Halo, and it’s never been far from Halo players’ hearts; it’s even playable in Halo: Reach YouTube user HitmarkerVS agrees, and has gone so far as to immortalize the classic map in Minecraft. Lookin’ good, HitmarkerVS. You…
New patent documents for the Wii U’s controller reveal all manner of bells and whistles, including a couple that we hadn’t heard about. Sure, it’s got a screen; of course it’s got a camera. It’s got an accelerometer, too, whoop-dee-do. But it’s also got flash memory, though how much memory has yet to be revealed.…
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