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Crysis 2 is About to Look a Whole Lot Better
If you can handle it, that is. When first released earlier this year, Crysis 2 disappointed many hardcore PC gamers, who had hoped the game would, like the first Crysis, be something that could really make an expensive rig sing Instead, it shipped so pared back there were Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, and the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 23, 2011 -
Culture
The Dangerous Art of Tomb Raider
The new Tomb Raider game flips everything we know about Lara Croft on its head, turning one of gaming’s most dangerous superstars into a broken, vulnerable human being. Just like the rest of us. To really nail that sense that the world is a dangerous place, the game’s artists needed to make sure the landscape…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2011 -
EVE Online is Selling Horse Armour. In Space.
It’s been over five years since Horse Armor, and still, developers and publishers are struggling with how much to charge for downloadable content. Just ask EVE Online developers CCP. They’ve got no idea A new EVE Online store opened this week (along with major new updates like an interactive “Captain’s Quarters”), with a new currency…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2011 -
The Control Pad of Your Nightmares
When I need to use a control pad with my PC, I use an Xbox 360 pad. It’s reliable, it’s comfortable, and best of all, it’s subtle. This controller? Not subtle. It couldn’t even tell you what subtle meant, let alone spell it. It’s the Warrior, a USB control pad for PCs that takes a…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2011 -
Well of Course Halo: Reach Can Play Pinball
Using the game’s in-built level creation tools, Halo: Reach player Pete_the_duck has been able to construct a working pinball game within the Xbox 360 shooter that uses sniper rifles and land mines to get the job done. Halo, Pinball Edition [Halo, via GameSetWatch]
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2011 -
PS3 Hacker Resigned to Prison Sentence after Money Dries Up
American hacker George Hotz got all the headlines for his exploits trying to bring Linux back to the PS3, but he was only one of many working towards the same goal. And while Hotz today walks free, not everybody is so lucky. Fellow hacker Alexander “graf_chokolo” Egorenkov, whose home was raided in February by police,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2011 -
The Wii U Could Have Been a Handheld Console Instead
The main appeal of the Wii U, other than the promise of Mario and Zelda in HD, is its large controller with a fancy touch screen. That controller wasn’t ordained to be a controller from the start, though. “During the roundtable discussions there were such arguments about should we make it capable of being a…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2011 -
Online Game Suffers “Catastrophic Hardware Failure”
Sucks to be a Heroes of Newerth player this week (or next week, or the week after), after the game’s servers suffered what’s being called “a catastrophic hardware failure”. The DotA clone, a popular online game in the niche PC strategy genre, will be out of action without an estimated time of return after the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2011 -
Mother Accused of Beating Son to Death After Wii Game Breaks TV
A 21-year old Bronx woman has been charged with murder and manslaughter after the death of her five year-old son, killed after he “broke the television while playing Nintendo Wii”. Kim Crawford stands accused of murdering Jamar Johnson after telling police she struck him on the chest and back “harder than I’ve ever hit him”…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2011 -
CultureTotal Recall
A Look at Decades of Nintendo Controller Innovation
The upcoming Wii U is hoping to change the way we think of controllers forever. Whether it does that or not is anybody’s guess, but if it does, it won’t be the first time Nintendo has pulled off that coup. While Nintendo’s franchises and consoles often get all the praise for the company’s success, let’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 22, 2011 -
Zombie Highway Makes you a Highway Superstar
Originally released on the iPhone and iPod Touch in 2010, the fact Zombie Highway just got updated with a native iPad version means it’s definitely worth another look. You can ignore the “zombie” part in the title; this isn’t yet another zombie game where you’re running around in the dark looking for ammo. It instead…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2011 -
Reviews
Duke Nukem Forever: The Kotaku Review
Duke Nukem Forever begins in a casino bearing the Duke’s name. While slowly making your way through this marble-clad tribute to a hero of decades past (I hesitate to use the word “fighting”), you’ll pause to sign autographs. You’ll get a blowjob. You’ll control a remote control car. Twice. You’ll complete a “puzzle”, you’ll do…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2011 -
Indie Game: The Movie: The Trailer
Indie Game: The Movie is an upcoming documentary focusing on the trials, tribulations and processes behind some of the luminaries of the independent gaming scene, including Phil Fish (Fez) and Jonathan Blow (Braid). Also helping out on music duties is Jim Guthrie, best known around these parts for the incredible Swords & Sworcery soundtrack It’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2011 -
Imagining the Medal of Honor of the Future
In between projects, and given the lackluster critical reception afforded to the last game in the series, creative agency Basic figured they’d take a swing at pitching a new Medal of Honor game. After all, it couldn’t do much worse than the last one! No doubt inspired by the likes of Modern Warfare and Ghost…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2011
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