Pirates vs. Fort vs. Schooner: Yes, there’s a schooner in this new Gamescom demo video of Assassin’s Creed IV‘s fort-assault side missions. It’s not a magic-eye schooner; it’s a real schooner. With cannons.
This week, ZeniMax Online revealed that their upcoming Elder Scrolls MMO, The Elder Scrolls Online, would cost players $15 a month to subscribe after purchasing the base game. This has, predictably, set off no small amount of debate. The most common reaction I’ve seen is, more or less, “Nope.” Plenty of folks in my own…
I’ve always enjoyed Killzone multiplayer, in particular the general sense of heaviness as everyone lumbers around the battlefield. In this new video from Gamescom, Game Informer chats with Shadow Fall game director Steven ter Heide about how multiplayer will work in the PS4 launch game. Crucial takeaways: 24 players, lots of game customization options, no…
Play That Mega Drive, Man. This very cool music video from musician Julian Corrie implements MIDI triggers to build a song out of discarded old electronics, vintage computer gear, and video game consoles. Focused, disarming and well-shot by director James Houston. (Via Telegraph)
A Few More Day(z) Than Expected: The DayZ standalone game is going to be playable a bit later than expected, Dean Hall tells Joystiq. That’s thanks to delays firming up the “core network architecture.” Once that’s set, Hall says, “Bam, it’s go time.” In the meantime, check out our in-depth E3 interview with Hall.
The View From Gamescom: I’ve never been to Gamescom, but I’ve always been curious about what the show floor looks like. So, it’s almost like Videogamer‘s Matt Lees made this video just for me. Bonus: Find out if the Ryse centurion has got anything going on under his battle-dress.
Trolls, Fire, And Impaled Corpses. In other words, video games! These new Gamescom screenshots of The Witcher 3 are looking lovely. Check them out below. Bonus: With our new expanded image annotation software, you can add comments to all of these shots. Annotate away!
Sam Fisher is on the phone with his daughter. He’s talking about his feelings. He’s telling her he worries about her. “See,” the game says, “This is not just another technobabble Tom Clancy military gunfest. This game has heart.” Sam hangs up the phone, ready to go to… to somewhere in the Middle East and…
Voice-Acting Chops Wanted: Any PAX attendees interested in voice-acting in video games? If so, consider sending in a demo to the Game Audio Voice Actor Coalition for them to critique during their panel at PAX next weekend. Details on how to submit a recording here
Say you’ve been looking forward to playing Splinter Cell: Blacklist on PC. And yet, due to an easily fixed but annoying bug, you can’t get the game to start. Man! Here’s what happened to me: I downloaded the game on Steam and pressed “Play,” which pushed things over to Uplay, Ubisoft’s own version of Steam.…
Just when you thought you were out… they pull you back in! Into another war against an invading alien menace, that is. This November, Firaxis’ fantastic (andKotaku Game of the Year-winning) strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown is getting its first major expansion, titled XCOM: Enemy Within. Here’s a teaser, featuring everybody’s favorite faceless guy in…
Indie Game: The Infomercial. “If StarCraft is a sport, Divekick is a crime scene.” That’s Action Button founder (and sometime Kotaku contributor) Tim Rogers giving histrademark infomercial-style pitchfor Divekick, an absurd two-button fighting game he did not make but would still like for you to play. Tim, if you ever get sick of making games,…
The most remarkable thing about Sony’s Gamescom press conference today wasn’t the big game announcements (Sony still loves indie games) or the PS4 feature demonstrations (the new menu looks like a video game console menu). It was Sony’s overarching, at times infectious confidence. While the event didn’t have the same razzle-dazzle of their PS4 reveal…
Looking good, Ratchet. Here’s Insomniac with a very promising look at the next Ratchet & Clank game, subtitled Into The Nexus. Some of this stuff—in particular the Nightmare Box—looks awfully interesting.
Among the many exciting bits in this new Batman: Arkham Origins trailer: Alfred (I think?) dressing down a young Bruce Wayne, the Caped Crusader’s first encounter with Future-Commissioner Gordon, and a heck of a lot of punching. Also, while we’ve all griped about the changes in the voice cast, I gotta say that Troy Baker…
You know what they say: All in a day’s work for a Watch Dog. (Wait, do they say that?) This new demonstration of Ubisoft’s highly promising open-world hacking/driving/shooting game Watch Dogs comes courtesy Sony’s Gamescom press conference. The video is highlighting the exclusive content that the PS3 and PS4 versions of the game will have,…
My God, what colorful explosions. Straight from Gamescom, here’s the unveiling of Resogun, the next game from the makers of Super Stardust HD. It’ll be on PS4, and guess what? It features some incredibly colorful explosions. And a lot of other chaotic business that I’m guessing will make more sense while actually playing the game.
Well then. At their Gamescom press conference, Sony just announced a bootload of indies that will be making their exclusive console debuts on PS4 and/or the PlayStation Vita, including Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number and Rogue Legacy. N++ will be appearing on PS4, while Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Volume…
Good news, Fez fans. Today during their Gamescom press conference, Sony announced that the brilliant indie platformer Fez is coming to Vita. Team that game up with Spelunky, and it looks like my Vita’s gonna gradually transform from a JRPG machine into an indie platformer machine.
Today at Gamescom, Sony demonstrated the PlayStation 4’s menus and interface for the first time. Also, they unveiled a lovely leather chair! Sony president Shuhei Yoshida kicked off Sony’s Gamescom conference sitting in a high-backed leather chair and navigating the PS4’s user interface, hopping between a number of different functions and firing up a game…
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