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Diablo III on PS3? These Germans Certainly Think So.
German retailer redcoon has, on the eve of this year’s E3, thrown up a listing on its site for a PS3 version of Blizzard’s Diablo III While a console version of the game has never been officially announced, Blizzard has hardly been coy about its plans to move the blockbuster game off the PC. Making…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
LEGO Minecraft Now Real, Has Great Packaging
While the official LEGO Minecraft set doesn’t look like much in pictures, it looks a lot better before you take it out of the box, the bricks coming in square packaging that’s been printed to look like a chunk of Minecraft terrain. Cute touch! Lego Minecraft Set 21102 Review [Brothers Brick]
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Soulcalibur Takes on Zelda & Fifth Element In This Week’s Cosplay Showdown
There’s some great cosplay on show this week, from a Zelda with a horse (that’s also in cosplay) to Fifth Element (Chick, good!) to a Legend of Korra posse that’s, well, acting like a boss A special shout-out to cosplay superstar Crystal Graziano as well, who is putting her 12-month sponsorship to good work by…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Check Out This Gorgeous New Ni No Kuni Trailer
To go along with the announcement that Ni No Kuni will be out on Janury 22 in the US and January 25 in Europe, publishers Namco Bandai passed along this new trailer. It’s as lovely as just about everything else we’ve ever seen of the game. Ni No Kuni is a collaboration between Japanese developers…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
The Sims Creator’s Latest Idea Isn’t Going so Well
Will Wright is most famous for his work on SimCity and The Sims. His latest venture, though, doesn’t seem to be going so well. VentureBeat reports that Hive Mind, his new social gaming startup, is in serious trouble. [VentureBeat]
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Hawken’s Live Action Trailer Stars Some Very Serious Men
Does upcoming multiplayer shooter Hawken need a story? It’s multiplayer-only, so maybe not. I know I liked it better when I could pretend it was just based on some obscure, bleak manga where the only things that mattered were money and staying alive. This rather expensive-looking trailer – directed by Jerry O’Flaherty, the art director…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
The Weirdest Thing About Nintendo’s E3 Are These Swollen Glands
Unless a giant, naked and mechanical Miyamoto crashes down the aisles during Nintendo’s E3 presentation, blaring a cover of Tori Amos’ cover of Raining Blood, this is likely to be the strangest thing we’ll see from the company at this year’s E3. And it wasn’t even shown at E3. It was shown before E3, during…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Nintendo Shows Off Wii U Online Community, New Control Pads
Earlier today, Nintendo got the jump on its E3 rivals by holding a little pre-recorded conference to discuss some of the features of its upcoming console, the Wii U. There was no talk of games, no talk of a release date and no talk of a price. What Nintendo was talking about mostly were two…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Now You Can Piss All Over Guitar Hero
Sega, you now have some competition in the urinal game market. Guitar Pee is an installation you can currently find in some men’s toilets in São Paulo, Brazil. If you stick with it until around 0:35 in, you’ll see the most amazing thing to come out of a men’s bathroom since…ew, OK, forget that last…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2012 -
Uncharted, BioShock Stars Punch Their Way Into Sony’s PlayStation Fighter
I’m loathe to wander down this path again, after the horror that was Nintendo’s marketing push for the last Smash Bros., but these characters are probably important enough to warrant the update: Nathan Drake and BioShock’s Big Daddy will be making an appearance in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale While their reveal was surely meant to…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2012 -
Microsoft Wants to Stream Console Games to Phones, Turning Handhelds Into “Xbox Live Companions”
Kotaku has learned from a reliable source that, either at E3 or in the very near future, Microsoft plans to unveil a new feature known as Xbox Live Companion. Not to be confused with its social and marketplace app Xbox Companion, Xbox Live Companion is a system where developers of Xbox 360 console games can…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2012 -
Nintendo’s Wii U Has a Proper Online Community
Here’s a pleasant surprise: the Wii U looks like it’s going to have a proper online community built into the console. In a video shown during a pre-E3 conference, a user on the console jumps onto the controller and consults a GameFAQs-like service, while at the same his friend is monitoring Tweet-like messages on his…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2012 -
Nintendo Unveils Hardcore Wii U Controller
The point of the Wii U is that it has a fancy, touch-screen controller. That may not be suitable for all titles, though. Especially ones being ported from other consoles. For that, much like the Wii, the Wii U will have a Pro Controller, one that you could say resembles the pads of one of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2012 -
Battlefield 3 Premium Trailer Attacks a Little Early
Heading into battle a little early ahead of its official announcement, here’s a trailer for Battlefield 3 Premium, EA’s bundled service for the online shooter. In some ways BF3P is EA’s answer to Call of Duty Elite. In other ways, it’s a glorified season pass. Read more about it here UPDATE – The original video…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2012 -
Hey, More (Awful) Halo 4 Gameplay Footage [Update]
So, there’s a very private Halo 4 beta going on right now. Some terrible footage leaked out a few days ago, and today, there’s some more for you to take a look at. On the plus side, this clip is almost watchable! In the first video, the users were so paranoid of Microsoft spotting their…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2012 -
Culture
Tonight’s Helping of Giant Robots and Exploding Spaceships
William Smith works at Timegate Studios, who have previously been responsible for titles like Section 8 and who are now helping Gearbox out on Aliens: Colonial Marines He’d previously worked in advertising, for respected international firm Saatchi & Saatchi X. And his artwork is just lovely Enormous killing machines are normally shown as being dreary,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2012 -
Lord of the Rings Meets DOTA in This Debut Guardians Trailer
Wondering what a DOTA-style Lord of the Rings game would look? Keep wondering, because this cinematic trailer for Guardians of Middle-Earth is naught but cinematics. They’re pretty, though. And I can’t say I can ever remember seeing Gollum try to rip off Gandalf’s beard before. In case you missed it earlier, here’s our announcement coverage…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2012 -
There’s a New Star Wars Game, and it’s Called 1313
A brand new Star Wars video game has been officially revealed tonight. It’s called Star Wars: 1313 While little has been actually disclosed about the project, Lucasarts describes it as a “third person cinematic action adventure game”, while the title is named for “Level 1313, a ruthless criminal underground deep below the surface of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2012 -
Lara Croft Takes an Absolute Beating in This Tomb Raider Gameplay Trailer
Our first good look at gameplay from the upcoming Tomb Raider prequel/reboot also gives us a good look at hero Lara Croft…not doing so well. It was announced tonight that the game will be out in March 2013.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2012
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