n-Space, the video game studio responsible for creating some of the smaller versions of the industry’s biggest games, confirmed to Kotaku that it had laid off 25% of its approximately 100 employees, citing a “momentary reduced demand.” The Orlando-based n-Space is probably best known for creating the Nintendo DS versions of games like Call of…
This weekend has just been Shanghaied with a little Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. I’ll spend much of my Saturday (and none of my Sunday) enjoying the numerous seedy underbellies of IO Interactive’s new game. Me, Kane and Lynch are up against the clock, as I’ve gotta finish up Dog Days before leaving for…
id Software’s next big shooter, Rage, built on its next big engine, id Tech 5, now has a ship date. Get ready to wait a little longer for Rage, for it won’t be out until September 2011. The PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game will ship in North America on September 13, 2011. Europe…
The studio behind ambitious cops and crooks online game APB and the original Crackdown may be on the verge of closure, according to sources claiming to have knowledge of the situation. But developer Realtime Worlds says it’s “fully committed” to the massively-multiplayer game. Realtime Worlds confirmed “expected redundancies” across multiple department at the studios today,…
Scott Pilgrim, a rock and roll hero in his own mind, meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers. To win her, Scott must use a skill set one can only learn from video games and comic books to succeed. In Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Scott (Michael Cera) is thrust into mortal combat with…
John Carmack’s thoughts today on Doom 3. The programmer says id Software was legitimately “dinged” for making the 2004 game too dark, wishing he’d added more lighting options to the tech, adding “the artists hiss at us if we turn on lights.”
Now that we’ve got the shock of BioShock Infinite out of our systems, we can move onto more important things. Things like discussing kung fu and ninja movies that we love. If you’re not outside watching tonight’s meteor shower (or the sun’s out in your time zone), please give us your greatest martial arts movie…
We really thought that id Software would give us an update on Doom 4 at this year’s QuakeCon. After all, id CEO Todd Hollenshead said at last year’s event that we’d hear more about the next Doom in 2010. Hollenshead kicked off today’s QuakeCon keynote with the bad news. Doom 4 just wasn’t ready to…
Everyone’s favorite little [species unknown], Yoda, will be making a cameo appearance in LucasArts’ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the publisher revealed today. How do the pint-sized Jedi Master and Starkiller wind up crossing paths? LucasArts sets up the scene featured in the newly released Force Unleashed II cinematic like so: Starkiller, having escaped…
The Warhammer 40,000 universe’s descriptive tagline—”In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war”—does not sound like a cheery fantasy in which many of us would like to find ourselves. But Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is designed to fulfill the fantasy of taking control of the fiction’s hulking machines of war, to…
Followers of Penny Arcade’s foray into game development may never see the last two chapters of their Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness come to video game form. But the series will continue, if only in text. Penny Arcade’s Jerry Holkins unveiled the beginnings of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice…
Last week‘s sales champ, Sengoku Basara 3, was soundly defeated by Namco’s latest Tales game, which draws upon the powers of a big PSP install base and Japan’s love of doe-eyed anime-style characters. How well did Tales of Phantasia do? Well enough to outsell Wii Party! Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X moved an impressive,…
Harmonix has officially confirmed nine songs from Dance Central‘s danceable soundtrack, including hits like Bell Biv Devoe’s “Poison” and Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face.” The Xbox 360 game’s new ESRB rating may have just outed three more. Dance Central’s “Teen” rating appears to be a product of some of its lyrical “suggestive references”—things like “Did your…
Bethesda Softworks’ Pete Hines just revealed at QuakeCon 2010 that its parent company Zenimax Media has welcomed another developer into its fold. Zenimax, which acquired Quake developer id Software last year, is also the new home of Arkane Studios. Arkane Studios may be best known for its role-playing game Arx Fatalis, its level design contributions…
Click to viewSo did you hear the one about Splinter Cell secret agent Sam Fisher saving a bunch of space-dwelling baby seals and their princess? Yeah, we hadn’t heard about this Splinter Cell: Double Agent easter egg either. No one has. So claims the hidden mission’s creator, a Ubisoft Montreal level designer and his co-op…
It’s the end of another Wednesday here at Kotaku Towers West. Let’s put a cap on it with a little off-topic conversation. Talk amongst yourselves here about video games, comic books, toys, movies, politics, history, sci-fi, music or whatever Or simply give praise to the almighty Sarlacc. Your call. Would you guys mind giving us…
If Time Crisis rules existed in a real gun fight, ammo would never be a concern, only red bullets would be required to dodged and anything speedier than a semi-automatic pistol would seem like a waste. Or so goes the latest Freddie “I Use An Aimbot” Wong action-adventure shoot ’em up, in which some of…
Next week, Kotaku will be in Cologne, Germany to sample the latest video games and the greatest sausages while covering the annual Gamescom convention. What savory selections will Nintendo be bringing to this year’s gathering? Much of it you’ll remember from E3 2010. Expect familiar faces like Donkey Kong Country Returns, Kirby’s Epic Yarn and…
Volition, the studio behind Saints Row and Red Faction Armageddon, is entering a new space. The Illinois-based developer is currently collaborating on a “new action role-playing game” with “a high-powered creative talent in the entertainment industry.” Who could that be? If previous reports are right, it might be Mexican director Guillermo del Toro. He’s helmed…
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