Delightful four-player action adventure Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One comes to the PlayStation 3 on October 18, Insomniac Games and Sony promised today. Insomniac’s other fall game, Resistance 3, hits the month prior. They’re busy! [PlayStation.blog]
Kotaku readers, glad to have you in this post. While you’re here, I’m likely in EA’s Los Angeles compound, playing video games or looking at video games or talking to someone about video games. So this thread’s all yours. Please, do clean up after yourselves though. This is an open thread for you to share…
There’s no Duke Nukem Forever footage in this promo clip, but it’s stuffed with the kind of crap expected of Duke Nukem. I won’t spoil the surprises lodged within, but I will say that now, more than ever, I would like Duke Nukem Forever to ship. Because I’m thoroughly grossed out. No more. Please. Duke…
Already released on Xbox 360, the Escalation add-on for Call of Duty: Black Ops makes its next stop on PC. Activision confirmed the release date for Escalation—four new maps and the “Call of the Dead” mode—for June 2.
Sony’s PlayStation Store has been offline for almost a month following an attack on the company’s PlayStation Network, leaving PlayStation developers without a digital storefront to sell their wares. That should changes next week, according to new memo from Sony. The PlayStation Store is scheduled to return starting May 24, according to a report from…
Konami finally put a date on the North American PlayStation 3 version of No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise, the hi-def, PlayStation Move-powered update of the Wii original. That would be August 16, perfect for hot and sweaty Beam Katana-waving action!
NEWS | Ron Burgundy, who looks nothing like the news anchor I spoke with today. An iPhone Game You Can Win, Even If You Can’t See Close your eyes and play an iPhone game. With Stem Stumper, a game made for both blind and sighted gamers, you can do that. Play it by sound, and…
Now that Japan’s game release schedule is back on, well, schedule, what are Japanese video game fans spending their hard-earned yen on? Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional for one thing. Haruhi Suzumiya games for two more. Square Enix’s Dragon Quest spin-off continues to dominate Japanese sales charts, but a pair of Haruhi Suzumiya adventure…
The visceral thrill of Gears of War is (indeed) coming to a tabletop near you with Gears of War: The Board Game, the latest video game to board game adaptation from Fantasy Flight Games. They’re the people who have turned video games like StarCraft and Civilization into board game form, but they also do plenty…
Yesterday, Kotaku Australia reported that a software update for the Xbox 360 was causing some consoles to stop reading game discs, which Microsoft was addressing in the form of all-new replacement Xbox 360s and free Xbox Live subscriptions. The original report believed that the issue was related to the forthcoming software update for Xbox 360…
Hoping for the continuing adventures of Gordon Freeman and the long-awaited revelation of Half-Life 2: Episode Three at this year’s E3? Well, hope a little less today. Valve has said it’s not bringing any games to this year’s expo. “Lots of folks have mailed asking about appointment times with Valve,” reads an e-mail from the…
Geoff Keighley’s interactive app on the development of Portal 2 is no longer an iPad exclusive. Portal 2: The Final Hours is now available for Mac and PC via Valve’s Steam service for $1.99 USD.
Wow, is it Tuesday already? Just kidding, I can’t believe it’s only Tuesday! At least we have our semi-nightly open thread to ease the pain. And it’s one of those delicious Themed Tuesday open threads! Mmmm. Threads. So, what have you been eating? I’ve been chowing down on fruit like it’s going out of style…
What could one possibly find offensive about the critically lauded Portal 2, an inventive, all ages-friendly game? Are those turrets too violent? Is the jazz too smooth? No, it’s the jokes about adoption that have one Portal fan (and one local news team) riled up. So says a report today from Charlotte, North Carolina’s CBS…
Looks like Microsoft is turning game show Hole in the Wall, the Western take on Japan’s Nōkabe (aka Brain Wall or colloquially “Human Tetris”), into an Xbox 360 game. And, yes, that does seem like a very natural fit for Kinect… Microsoft is listed as the publisher of heretofore unannounced Xbox 360 game Hole in…
The revelation that Artificial Mind and Movement’s Wet and Naughty Bear were both getting sequels—despite some mixed reception—was something of a surprise. Less surprising was developer A2M’s name change to the less giggle-inducing Behaviour. Now it appears that Wet 2 may not happen after all. Siliconera spotted potential evidence that shoot ‘n’ slice ’em up…
MK ULTRA | Previously unpublished photograph from Mortal Kombat’s launch party in Los Angeles.(Photo by Michael McWhertor) First In-Game Teaser for Dead Island Still Playing the Emotion Card While it’s certainly not the game-changing first trailer for Dead Island, today’s just-released trailer attempts to give a tug to those same heartstrings with music right out…
Sir Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony, sounded less apologetic and more prickly when asked today about the PlayStation maker’s slowness in informing PlayStation Network and Qriocity subscribers of an attack on the company’s network. Reuters reports that Stringer fired back at critics who questioned Sony’s promptness after the April attack on the company’s PlayStation Network.…
Publisher Atari is “divesting” itself of MMO specialists Cryptic Studios, which it snapped up in 2008. It’s trying to sell the creators of Star Trek Online and Champions Online after losing Atari millions. [Atari Results (PDF)]
The monster Ganon and courageous warrior Link face off for a duel to the death! Hunter Bonyun went all out when creating this masterpiece. Power and Courage by Hunter Bonyun (Blog) (deviantART) (Note: This print will be available at Canada’s upcoming Otafest and Anime North cons, if you’re a neighbor to the north.) Need your…
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