The Sonic game with two Sonic the Hedgehogs may be coming to the PC and Nintendo 3DS, at least according to a recent Sega financial report. Sonic Generations is officially only for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 right now.
Epic Games’ handsome iPhone and iPad hit Infinity Blade adds its promised multiplayer side this Thursday, May 19 with the Infinity Blade: Arena update. And if you like kooky hats in your multiplayer games, this update is for you too! In addition to that Game Center-powered player-versus-player mode, Infinity Blade: Arena also adds a bunch…
Revealed yesterday, Gotham City Impostors is a multiplayer first-person shooter that pits Batman acolytes against the Jokers disciples. It sounds just crazy enough to work and it looks even crazier, based on the game’s first piece of artwork. Not only do we get a look at the bold art style of Gotham City Impostors in…
Folks, if you’d like to talk amongst yourselves about a variety of topics, video game related or not, this is your shot. Tonight’s open thread is all yours, so let’s make the best of it. Should be a crazy week, with Mr. Brian D. Crecente here in Los Angeles prepping for the big E3 2011…
Techland’s Dead Island reminds me of a recurring nightmare, an unsettling dream of helplessness in which my body feels too fatigued and feeble to fight off nameless, faceless attackers. And beyond a cinematically inventive trailer, that’s my favorite thing about Dead Island so far. Playing Dead Island, an exotic, violent, zombie-infested role-playing game, from the…
No stranger to sales, Valve is now committing to “a new 24-hour deal, every single day” via its Steam digital distribution service. Valve christens the daily deal with Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, currently 75% off.
Duke Nukem Forever is still (*fingers crossed*) on schedule to release June 10 internationally, June 14 in North America. But a select few will get their hands on Duke’s long-awaited adventure a bit earlier. On June 3, Gearbox Software and 2K Games will unleash the Duke Nukem Forever demo on the world, but only to…
This is not a knock on the original, iconic Doom box art, gorgeously illustrated by the late great Don Ivan Punchatz. This is just a tribute. But some may consider it a “fix” of the artwork that graced id’s early ’90s shooter. This is the work of “Agent Scarlet,” an artist we’ve featured more than…
Microsoft may have had some of its Kinect-heavy E3 2011 showing spoiled a bit early by a Eurogamer report, which pegs “at least 10 non-sequel Kinect games” for the show, including some aimed squarely at the “hardcore” Xbox 360 crowd. Eurogamer‘s unnamed sources point to reveals of Kinect Sports 2 and Dance Central 2, a…
Now that the PlayStation Network has respawned across various parts of the globe this past weekend, Sony is saying sorry in the form of free PlayStation 3 and PSP games. The PlayStation maker has outlined its “Welcome Back” offering for Europe and North America. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s head of communications Nick Caplan writes today…
Sony’s PlayStation Network is still down—this is day 25—but there’s a bit of good news for PlayStation 3 owners today. Sony has released new firmware for the PS3 (version 3.61) that lets users update their PlayStation Network passwords. In fact, you’re required to update your PlayStation Network password with the arrival of firmware 3.61, a…
Kotaku readers, I’m sure you already have a lot to talk about today as we head into this lovely weekend, so I’ll let you get right to it. I gotta go to the hospital! I’ll be visiting my freshly hatched nephew Jack while you talk amongst yourselves, but I’ve left a few handy links here…
Forgive the crude comparisons to those two beloved games, for neither is perfectly adequate at describing what the upcoming Terraria is all about. Perhaps because Terraria looks nuts, an amalgam of exploration, world-building, action and adventure. Terraria, releasing Monday for the PC, has regularly been compared to Minecraft for its similar approach to building and…
You’ve had your first unofficial look at this year’s Call of Duty, now let’s see what the official unveiling of Modern Warfare 3 looks like in this brief, but now familiar teaser trailer, “America Under Siege.” There’s no gameplay here, just a stylized tease that the war from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues…
Shadows of the Damned creator Grasshopper Manufacture has never been known as a run of the mill video game developer, but the team’s next game, the spicy adventure to Hell due in June, may be its oddest-looking yet. EA tossed a handful of new Shadows of the Damned screens our way today, starting with the…
Following last night’s official reveal of Starhawk, the interstellar sequel to/spin-off of Warhawk, Sony and developer Lightbox Interactive reveal even more details on this huge shooter. Lightbox’s Dylan Jobe offers an even more in-depth analysis into the Starhawk universe and how this game will blend third-person shooting, vehicle-based combat and real-time strategy into one action-packed…
Unless a copy of L.A. Noire magically shows up at Kotaku Towers West this weekend, I’m gonna keep this weekend old-school. I need some nostalgia up in here, probably in the form of at least one Phantasy Star game. I may also play a little Super Street Fighter IV and Mortal Kombat, enjoying some one-on-one…
Well, today’s been something! Has yours? If you want to chit-chat with your fellow game-loving, Kotaku-reading compatriots, this open thread is the ideal nighttime place to do so. My day started with a taping of GameTrailers TV across town, a chance to see the personable Geoff Keighley in television show hosting action. Before that, however,…
According to the French publisher’s CEO, not only is Nintendo’s Wii successor—currently known as Project Cafe—a “fantastic platform,” it’s also bound to be home to many a port from the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Ubisoft’s Yves Guillemot said during an investor call today that the company’s a huge fan of the Wii 2, according…
Few people know how to handle a Portal 2 cube better than James, here—aka “Schrobot.” Continuing his extremely impressive cube tossing and portaling techniques from his first video, we delve deeper into Aperture Science, finding new ways to blown away by Schrobot’s cube-jockeying prowess. Obviously, spoilers and puzzle solutions abound in this latest Portal 2…
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