Rare is the first-person shooter that lets us pit murderous clown versus flamethrower-wielding Vegas showgirl, beach bunny against surfer bro. Ubisoft’s new Bloody Good Time does, a multiplayer kill-fest from the developers of The Ship. Developer Outerlight is bringing Bloody Good Time to Xbox Live Arcade and to PCs via Valve’s Steam service, built on…
Disney will be transforming its California Adventure theme park, located right next to Disneyland, into a Tron-themed festival of lights with ElecTRONica, the digital dance party scheduled to launch this October. It’s not a ride, it’s an “‘electrifying’ experience for the entire family” and “the greatest nighttime dance party to ever rock Disney California Adventure,”…
If you missed yesterday’s Apple event, you may have also missed Gears of War and Unreal Engine developer Epic Games showing off its new first-person slasher for the iPhone and iPod touch, Project Sword. You shouldn’t miss it this time. While Project Sword appears to be a highly simplified combat experience, it is graphically very…
Last month, Kotaku was told that 3D Realms’ ridiculously long-in-the-making shooter Duke Nukem Forever would finally see the light of day, thanks to a saving throw from Borderlands studio Gearbox Software. Duke’s reveal was rumored to happen at this weekend’s PAX convention. At the time, Gearbox president Randy Pitchford would neither confirm nor deny that…
It’s a safe bet that Call of Duty: Black Ops will become the de facto multiplayer shooter of the fall, deservedly so for the intelligent, exciting online features that developer Treyarch is adding to the series—most notably, gambling. Of the hours’ worth of Call of Duty: Black Ops that I played at Activision’s multiplayer preview…
We’ll be playing Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer for the first time tonight at an Activision event in Los Angeles, a shindig expected to be filled with announcements, excitement and plenty of hands-on time with Treyarch’s new shooter. For everything that happens from the event, make sure to follow our liveblog below. Any questions…
Tonight, publisher Activision and developer Treyarch will be holding a multiplayer preview event for the next game in the wildly successful Call of Duty series. Kotaku will be there, enjoying our first hands-on time with Call of Duty: Black Ops. Keep an eye peeled for new Call of Duty: Black Ops video, gameplay impressions and…
Telltale Games, creators of Sam & Max and Monkey Island episodic games, are hard at work on all-new Back to the Future games chronicling the time-traveling adventures of Marty McFly and Doc Brown. Today, they bring good BTTF news. The developer has tapped the talents of Christopher Lloyd to voice ol’ Doc Brown, with Back…
Star Wars game developer LucasArts has confirmed to Kotaku that it’s making cutbacks at its internal studios today. Word from those affected by LucasArts layoffs indicating deep cuts. One former LucasArts developer, let go from the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II team, called today’s round of layoffs a “massacre,” with an estimated 60 people…
Some gamers may not consider Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch platform a viable video game device, but the company’s CEO sure does, calling it “the number one portable game player” on the market, just before introducing the iPod’s latest iteration. CEO Steve Jobs claims the Apple device has “50%+ the marketshare for portable game players…
The creators of the Unreal Engine and the games that run on it have brought their tech to the iPhone. Epic Games is now letting iPhone owners see how well their engine works with a free demo, Epic Citadel. Epic Citadel is not the newly announced iPhone and iPad game from Epic Games. The creators…
Gears of War and Unreal Tournament creators Epic Games will bring competitive multiplayer sword-based combat, powered by its Unreal Engine, to the iPhone later this year with slash-em-up Project Sword. Epic’s Mike Capps and Donald Mustard—he of Shadow Complex development fame—showed off the first- and third-person slasher at Apple’s event in San Francisco this morning,…
These twenty new screen shots of Rocksteady Studios’ Batman: Arkham City are so impressive, so easy on the eyes that more cynical gamers might cry “Bullshot!” But if you played Arkham Asylum, you know Batman games can look this good. Batman looks tough. Catwoman looks super sexy. As does the much improved Harley Quinn. Two…
Lions, tigers and… pomeranians will run wild in the streets of a deserted Tokyo in Sony’s newest PlayStation 3 exclusive, Tokyo Jungle, a most unusual concept revealed in the newest issue of Famitsu magazine. Tokyo Jungle takes place in a deserted, futuristic Japan, in which the city has transformed into a vicious wildlife wasteland. Developed…
Good evening, Kotaku readership. Been on any interesting trips lately? Have something you need to get off your chest? Looking for stimulating non-video game related chatter? This post is for you. Who out there in Kotaku-land is going to Tokyo Game Show this year? I am! So is Mr. Ashcraft, naturally. But since I’ve got…
Forty minutes of expert level pinball, that is, from the deciding game at this month’s Professional/Amateur Pinball Association World Pinball Championships. If you’ve got a thirst for pinball and the better part of an hour to spare, watch. Keep in mind that there’s $10,000 on the line during this extended pinball session. But repeat PAPA…
The PSP, healthier as a platform in Japan than anywhere else, is still the portable of choice for many in its native land. The new issue of Famitsu magazine unveils new details on two of the PSP’s big forthcoming games. The Japanese games mag puts a date on Capcom’s next, pre-destined beast slaying hit, Monster…
Which game will win the download challenge for PlayStation 3 owners today? Will it be the recently added PlayStation Network version of Castle Crashers or the “Velocity Attack” demo of intense action shooter Vanquish? Or will it be something else entirely? There’s a new BioShock 2 add-on, Minerva’s Den, on offer. For the PSP owner,…
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