Luke Plunkett

DJ Hero Turntable Pics

During E3, Activision finally worked the gumption up to show off the DJ Hero turntable in the flesh. Since most of you weren’t there, though, here’s some renders of the thing.

Bioshock 2 Multiplayer Screens

Keen for some 10-player Bioshock deathmatch action? Then you’ll have to wait until Bioshock 2 is released. Until then, you’ll have to make do with these MP screens.

So, Which E3 Announcements Generated The Most Buzz? [Update]

E3 is all about the buzz. What was best, what was worst, that kind of thing. But what news generated the most buzz? Market research firm Buzzstudy mechanically scanned millions of blog stories, news site items, twitter feeds and forum posts (hey, not like they’d do it by hand) to find out. Their results? That’s…

Rapstar Impressions: “They Sing, We Rap”

While other members of Team Kotaku are busy flying/driving home today, I had one last E3 appointment to attend: spend some time with 4mm Game’s hip-hop karaoke title Rapstar. And while karaoke games are normally seen as a bit naff, something for young girls and drunks, I’d been secretly looking forward to it all week.…

Just Cause 2 Impressions: In Which Everything Explodes, Awesomely

I saw plenty of games this past week. Some good. Some bad. Some worse. But only one game could be the best-looking thing I saw all week. And that game was Just Cause 2. Just Cause, released a few years back now as a GTA clone set on a sparsely-populated tropical island, was one of…

Sam-Wow Fisher

This guy was the workhorse of E3. No matter the hour, no matter the day, there he was, selling Splinter Cell Conviction like it was only $19.99 after four easy, monthly instalments.

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Impressions

I woke up today with one mission in mind: get to THQ’s booth, and check out Warhammer 40K: Space Marine. Mission. Accomplished. While I couldn’t get my hands on the game – it’s still early, early days – I did get to check out an extended showreel of in-game action, some of it featured in…

Afrika Preview: And It Hurts That My Friends Never Stood Downwind

Afrika, first released in Japan last year, has often been compared to Pokemon Snap. Both fairly and unfairly. And guess what? Those comparisons are totally on the money. What Is It? Afrika is a game that tasks you, a budding photojournalist, with travelling to Africa. Where you’ll be driven around in a jeep, crawl through…

Sometimes, You’re Just In The Right Place At The Right Time

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First Look At New Zelda Game’s Concept Art

At a developer’s roundtable the other day, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto showed a select group of people some concept art for a new Zelda game. That select group isn’t so select anymore. I don’t know about you, but that’s no Princess Zelda. Could it be, as so many are speculating, the living incarnation of the Master…

FIFA 10 Screenshots Emerge From The Tunnel

FIFA 10 is new. You knew it was coming, but still, new is new. And after reading our impressions of the game, why not sink your studs into the soft, fleshy shins of these screens

FIFA 10 Preview: It’s The Early-Season Favourite

Despite being the world’s most popular sport, and also EA’s biggest-selling annual title, FIFA 10 was relegated to a small backroom presence at E3 while Madden was everywhere. Ah well. We played it anyway. What Is It? It’s FIFA. Previously the world’s second-best football game behind Konami’s Pro Evolution series, but since last year, the…

This Is The Most Technically Impressive Thing I’ve Seen All Week

This being E3, there’s been a lot of impressive stuff on show. But nothing as impressive as seeing somebody play Ubisoft’s RUSE on Microsoft’s $20,000 touch-screen “Surface”.

Will Team Ninja Take The Slutty Route With Samus?

Was speaking with new Team Ninja boss Yosuke Hayashi today, and got to thinking…Team Ninja are admirers of the female form. Team Ninja are now doing Metroid. So will Team Ninja be admiring Samus’ form? Oh come on. Don’t tell me you weren’t thinking it. The studio’s games, with or without former boss Tomonobu Itagaki,…

Bayonetta Girl Is Not Cosplay, She Is Art

Sega found a winner for that Bayonetta contest, and she’s been breaking men’s hearts all week long over at the company’s booth. But don’t call her “cosplay”. Don’t call her “marketing”. Call her “a work of art”. Just look at this costume. It’s perfect. From the highly-detailed guns to the hair to the medallion to…

Nier Impressions (Or Lack Thereof)

Square Enix‘s Yosuke Saito is overseeing development of new action title Nier. So yesterday, we caught up with him, to have a chat and take a first look at the game. Nier is being developed by Cavia, the Japanese studio behind Drakengard and Umbrella Chronicles, but unlike most of Square Enix’s other titles coming out…

Gran Turismo PSP Screens Race Out Of Hiding

After a development time that can only be described as comedic, Gran Turismo will finally be coming to the PSP this October. Here are some surprisingly honest screenshots.

Meet Your New Castlevania Developers!

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is the first major Castlevania title in years. But it’s not being developed in Japan. And neither series curator Iga or his whip are anywhere to be seen. Instead, meet MercurySteam, pictured here with Hideo Kojima, who will be “helping out” on the project. MercurySteam are Spanish developers, who are probably…

Stare Into Project Natal’s Small, Child-Like Eyes

If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s a close-up shot of Project Natal, Microsoft’s motion-sensing camera for the Xbox 360.

E3’s Uncharted 2 Screens Have Us Back In The Jungle

Uncharted 2 isn’t all snowy mountains and crummy city streets. Drake will also find himself back in the jungle, which is really where he belongs.