I played Nintendo’s Wii U earlier this week, the exciting successor to the Wii that not only plays a lot like the Wii—now with a new, unique twist—but a console that plays nicely with the Wii controllers and accessories you already have. It is an experience that incorporates the social appeal of the Wii while…
Kotaku is at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, waiting with bated breath for the latest news from Sony on its PlayStation 3, PlayStation Network, PlayStation Move and the still to be officially named NGP. And we’re holding our breath live in our liveblog below. Will Sony have a new God of War title to show?…
Kotaku is ears-deep in French accents at the Los Angeles Theater, where publisher Ubisoft will be talking about its upcoming slate, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Driver: San Francisco, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations and much much more. What else can we expect from Ubisoft at E3 2011? Well, would a new Brothers In Arms or a new…
Well, we’re pretty damn sure that Nintendo’s next console isn’t called “Beem,” but what if Nintendo were crazy enough to not give it a name at all and just call it simply “Nintendo”? That’s the latest rumor floated by Game Informer, the same outlet that published the first story with rumored details on Nintendo’s follow…
Everybody’s stressed out about E3. Not me! I’m ready for it, partly because, hey, it’s just down the street. And while some may be dreading it, you may be excited for it. You can talk about that here, in this open thread. Or you can talk about anything else that is on your mind as…
It was a better week for games for Nintendo hardware in Japan, as two new releases, One Piece Unlimited Cruise SP for Nintendo 3DS and Pandora’s Tower for Wii, charted high in the land where those platforms are now doing so-so sales. The new One Piece game opened strongly, moving more than 80,000 3DS carts…
We’ve seen a good chunk of Battlefield 3‘s single-player campaign—at least 12 minutes’ worth of it—but what about multiplayer? Isn’t that why people play Battlefield games? Well, good thing E3 2011’s right around the corner. That’s where developer DICE says we’ll see at least one multiplayer map, “Operation Métro,” which they say combines “intense close-quarter…
Sick of military shooters, third-person action adventure and grinding for experience points? There’s still something for you at E3 2011 in this, the best of the rest of the games we’re expecting to see grab our attention next week. These are the less crowded genres of E3: racing games, music games, fighting games, action games…
Well, one copy of Red Faction: Armageddon showed up at Kotaku’s LA offices this week, so why not give it a spin this weekend, I say. I’ll be playing Volition’s latest while also burning my way through more of L.A. Noire But my primary concern is front-loading on sleep and getting some pre-E3 2011 stories…
UFC Undisputed 3 represents more than just THQ’s abandonment of the mixed martial arts simulation series as an annualized franchise, it’s the game designed to welcome more virtual fighters into the fold. It’s a game kinder to new players, but more brutal on its in-game MMA stars. Some of that increased brutality comes from the…
Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear series, didn’t announce any new games at Konami’s pre-E3 2011 press conference today—though he did announce new versions of his older games. Instead, Kojima introduced us to the new Fox Engine. Kojima told interviewer Mark MacDonald of 8-4 that developer Kojima Productions began creating the multiplatform engine shortly…
You want crazed murder and hilarious mayhem in your Saints Row? Developer Volition is going to give it to you, right out of the box, in Saints Row: The Third That means beatdowns with giant purple dildos and comically large fists that cause pedestrians to explode on contact will be at your disposal. That means…
Highly entertaining but fake PlayStation executive Kevin Butler was notably (and understandably) quiet during Sony’s recent PlayStation Network downtime. But like the PlayStation Store, the cocky PlayStation mouthpiece has returned, showing that Sony is willing to laugh again. Mr. Butler joked about his sabbatical/hibernation on Twitter today, ending his weeks-long silence and allegedly shaving just…
You too can half-tuck like Nathan Drake this year with the official Uncharted belt buckle, one of a many fine prizes included in the collector’s edition of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, revealed today by Sony and Naughty Dog. While Drake’s mystical belt buckle may be most interesting to someone like me, you may be more…
I’ll spoil the ending of this new E3 2011 trailer for Devil’s Third, the multiplayer action game from the ex-Team Ninja talent, right now: it says wait for Tokyo Game Show. But don’t let that deter you. Especially if you have a fondness for over-the-top Japanese character Hard Gay, which this “behind the scenes” look…
Part spider, part velociraptor and apparently mostly mechanized cannon, as the Velocispider you must defend your precious Yoshi eggs from an evil executive of the Robot Seafood Corporation. Such is the premise of Velocispider, a new iOS game that makes tilt control feel good. Velocispider the game, not the Frankensteinish creature, is also a mishmash…
Folks, we’re already at the hump of this week, so let’s get tonight’s show on the road. This is an open thread, where you can discuss matters video game related or not. For example, would anyone care to offer an informed opinion about what these thousand of teeny tiny insects that seem to have taken…
A disagreement over an Xbox Live Indie game has resulted in what may be the ultimate grief, with one gamer sending a SWAT team to another gamer’s home after phoning in a bogus murder-suicide 911 call. It all happened over a game of FortressCraft, the Minecraft-“inspired” world-building game for the Xbox Live Indies channel, according…
Looks like Commander Shepard may be taking Microsoft’s motion controller into battle in Mass Effect 3. How do we know? Because the box art for the Xbox 360 version of the game claims this Mass Effect will be “better” with Kinect. That heretofore unseen artwork was uploaded to EA’s online store earlier today, then swapped…
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