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Half-Life, Portal Toys are About to Get Even Cooler
So far, toy company NECA seems to be doing a pretty good job with a license for Valve’s catalogue of first-person shooters. But at the end of the day, NECA makes toys for the mass market, so what you’ll be getting will be fairly standard stuff. Over the weekend a potentially more exciting announcement was…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2012 -
Haunting Skyrim Songstress Returns With New Number
In December, Malukah performed a Skyrim song on YouTube that sent shivers across the internet. It was that good. She now returns to sing another, and this time has brought a friend, fellow internet musician Miracle of Sound Unlike the first one, which haunted your bones while you slept, this one is corny as hell.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 18, 2012 -
Command & Conquer Looks Very Sad as a Browser Game
Those with faint stomachs may want to avoid clicking on this, lest they look upon what has become of this once-mighty franchise and despair. Unveiled late last year, Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances is a browser-based take on the old real-time strategy series, which manages to combine the terms “massively multiplayer”, “browser-based” and “free-to-play” in…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2012 -
Here, Have Some Kickass Kotaku Wallpaper
Artist Michael Myers, whose work we’ve featured once or twice here previously, is the man to thank for this wonderful Kotaku banner image, which in the gallery you’ll find in a variety of wallpaper-ish sizes, both for desktops as well as phones. You can see more of Michael’s work at his personal site. You can…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2012 -
Culture
The Boardroom Battlefields of the New Syndicate
Say what you will about the game’s departure from both the look and feel of the original, there were sections of the latest Syndicate that looked just great. Mostly anything involving an office from the future. Or anything that flew. Those looked awesome as well. This environment and vehicle art from the game is the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2012 -
This is how You Make a Street Fighter Music Video
This snappy little video, put together by MikeDiva as a promo for Street Fighter X Tekken, does just about everything you want from a live-action Street Fighter sequence. Which is include proper face-kicking, and include Vega.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2012 -
Wind Waker Reimagined is a Wonderful Thing
Dave Rapoza’s Crimson Daggers (who we last saw taking on Gauntlet) has held another redesign competition, this time tasking artists with drawing alternate cover art for The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Some of it stays with the cartoon theme. Some of it goes for a more realistic tone. Some of them are good. Some…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallWhy Kickstarter is Best For Old Games & Dead Genres
Not very long after adventure game legend Tim Schafer proposed resurrecting a long-dormant genre, and made a ton of money for doing it, another long-dormant kind of game – this time an 80’s RPG – did something similar. The amount of money Brian Fargo and his Wasteland team has already made is raising eyebrows. Where…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2012 -
Elder Scrolls MMO to be Unveiled in May?
Tom’s Guide is reporting that, based on word from an “industry source”, Bethesda will very soon be giving the world its first look at an Elder Scrolls MMO Called Elder Scrolls Online, and apparently set “several hundred years before” any previous game in the franchise that includes blockbusters like Skyrim and Oblivion, Tom’s says it…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 15, 2012 -
The “New” Neo Geo Handheld Goes on Sale Very Soon
The new Neo Geo handheld gaming system, which we first told you about in January, will be going on sale worldwide in Q2 2012. Which is very, very soon! The system has been licensed by Blaze, kinda-famous for similar handhelds that play old Genesis and SNES games, etc, and will be called the NEOGEO X.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 15, 2012 -
One of the Split Personalities That Went Into the Recording of Mass Effect 3 Dialogue
Actor D.C. Douglas, who played the role of Legion in Mass Effect 2 & 3, has posted an interesting look at the process behind bringing to life a character that doesn’t have one set of dialogue, but many Given the character’s introduction in the last game, and the possibilities inherent for him/it in Mass Effect…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 15, 2012 -
A Cute Game About a Guy Who Fixes Clocks
Jason Boyer, whose delightful Jables’ Adventure we showed you last year, has something even cuter on the way: Tick Tock Isle, a game about a horologist. And if you know what that means, you’ll know why this is so awesome. (Disclaimer: my grandfather was a master watch repairer) You play Strike, who gets blasted back…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 15, 2012 -
Sega Might Actually Re-Release Shenmue in HD (and Skies of Arcadia!)
After it hit an excitement jackpot with news of a re-released Jet Set Radio, Sega must be frantically digging through its Dreamcast catalogue for more games it can sell to a whole new (or, well, same but older) audience, because it’s now teasing HD re-releases of Shenmue and Skies of Arcadia The sailor-catcher and cloud-based…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 15, 2012 -
Whoah, we Might Get More Mini Ninjas
Square Enix has filed new trademarks in relation to the Mini Ninjas franchise. Which, very quietly, is one of my favourite games of this entire console generation. So this is way more exciting than it should be. [Siliconera]
By Luke Plunkett Published March 15, 2012 -
Fans are Still Helping This Racing Game Look Amazing
Project CARS is a fascinating…project. It’s a racing game that, while helmed by professionals (the team behind Shift 2), is also being worked on by large teams of fans. Reader FLX1981, for example, went and filmed a track he and a friend wanted in the game. After making the suggestion and handing off the data,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 15, 2012
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