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The New Prey Sure Looks… Different
There’s so much we don’t yet know about Prey 2. We know, officially, that the game is coming from Human Head Studios and Bethesda Softworks, and that it’s bound for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next year. But who’s that guy on the left? That guy on the left, who doesn’t look too…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 14, 2011 -
Mario And Luigi, Mushroom Hunting In Their Element
Mario and Luigi enjoy a day out in the real world thanks to this killer photo taken by Rob Sheridan and his iPhone 4 Related Rampages: Yoda Fountain | Cereal Mascot Reunion (More) Mushroom Kingdom (iPhone 4 photo) by Rob Sheridan (Flickr) (Twitter) Via: gamefreaksnz | codywalton Need your daily fill of geek eye candy?…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 14, 2011 -
You Are Going To Be Responsible For Making The Dreaded Dark Souls Even Harder
Dark Souls, the spiritual successor to notoriously difficult role-playing game Demon’s Souls, is guaranteed to be even more punishing. So says Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki, who also reveals that players—not just giant wolves and zombie dragons—will be inflicting more pain on each other. Miyazaki explains in the new issue of Edge magazine that the…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 14, 2011 -
FarmVille, Mafia Wars & CityVille Get Their Own Currency
Social games maker Zynga moves one step closer to world domination, minting its own currency, the zCoin. In short, play games like FarmVille, FrontierVille, Mafia Wars, Zynga Poker and more, earn zPoints, cash those in for zCoins and grab exclusive items from RewardVille. The move comes months ahead of Facebook’s requirement that all social games…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 14, 2011 -
Is The Zune Gone For Good?
Microsoft’s attempt to dethrone the iPod, its music, movie and video game-playing hardware known as the Zune, may have just been put out to pasture. Bloomberg reports the Zune HD, introduced in 2009, will be the last of its kind. Microsoft will reportedly continue to sell existing versions of the Zune, but won’t introduce new…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 14, 2011 -
The Beautiful And Bold Concept Art of Batman: Arkham City
How can Batman: Arkham City look so much better than its unexpectedly great predecessor, Batman: Arkham Asylum? Handsome concept art of Gotham’s streets and skylines, both gritty and gorgeous, may provide clues to developer Rocksteady’s talent for making Batman look so good. The developer released a batch of concept art for the this October‘s Batman:…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 14, 2011 -
Prototype 2 Will, At The Very Least, Have Nice Corpse Throwing Physics
Prototype 2 isn’t due out until sometime in 2012, so early video of Radical Entertainment’s game can easily be forgiven for being light on substance. If you’re looking forward to next year’s Prototype sequel or simply enjoy video game trailers featuring harpsichord, give this one—”Heller Throws Down”—some eyeball time.
By Michael McWhertor Published March 14, 2011 -
The Infamous 2 Beta Needs Mission Designers Badly
PlayStation 3 owners can get their hands on this summer’s Infamous 2 early with the game’s newly announced beta. Developer Sucker Punch is desperately seeking beta testers, passionate people who can bang away at the game’s user generated mission design component Interested parties (based in the U.S.) can sign up for Infamous 2’s “limited release…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 14, 2011 -
Kinect’s Most Dangerous Hack Is ‘The Evil Genius Simulator’
It may not be the most useful of creative Kinect hacks, but for underlining a point about your plans to conquer the world with a pair of Tesla coils, Bright Arcs’ Evil Genius Simulator can’t be beat. The concept is simple in this hack on display at Maker Faire UK: throw your hands in the…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 14, 2011 -
What Else Is There To Say?
Greetings, Kotaku readers from around the world. Let’s put this Friday to bed with some off-topic conversation. That is, if you’re feeling up to it after today’s roller coaster day. Reading news reports of the latest developments in northern Japan, it’s hard to feel too upbeat going into this weekend. At least I’ve got some…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 -
Another Look At The Perspective Changing Fez, Just In Time For PAX
The lovely looking Fez is (we really, really hope) coming to Xbox Live Arcade some time in 2011, according to its creators at Polytron. The fact that it’s playable at PAX East this weekend is hopefully a good sign. Regardless of Fez’s release plans, the Polytron folks released one more trailer for the perspective swapping…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 -
Wii Modchip Case Goes All The Way To… The People’s Court
A daytime television legal precedent was set earlier this year in a landmark case involving Wii mod chip shenanigans. More interesting than plaintiff Joseff Ben David suing defendant Eyal Levinshtein for gouging him on mod chip installation fees are the blatant displays of piracy and ignorance broadcast on syndicated TV. In the episode, which originally…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 -
The Next Game From Bethesda Softworks Is… Prey 2?
Looks like Bethesda Softworks is set to officially reveal Prey 2, sequel to the 2006 first-person shooter that was heavy on gravity-flipping gameplay, Native American lore and alien killin’. French gaming magazine Joystick may give our first look at the Bethesda-published game. The existence of another Prey game is certainly no secret. Developer Human Head…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 -
Player Banned From Dragon Age II Over Calling EA ‘The Devil’ Was A ‘Glitch,’ Says BioWare
One Dragon Age II player recently found himself unable to play the game he’d purchased from EA for an unusual reason. He’d called publisher Electronic Arts “the devil” on the game’s official forum, leading to a ban from that message board and his copy of Dragon Age II. BioWare says that was an “error.” Responding…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 -
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3D Is ‘Crammed’ With New And Interesting Things
Why is Nintendo reviving one of the best Nintendo 64 games, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time for the Nintendo 3DS? Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto says he wanted get a better sense of “really ‘being there’ in 3D” and to give new players a chance to play the Legend of Zelda game he was…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 -
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
This weekend feels like a hack and slash kind of weekend, a chance to play some Torchlight on Xbox Live Arcade—even though I’ve already played the Mac version. Personally, I don’t have a great deal of interest in some of this week’s new releases, like Dragon Age II or Pokemon Black / White. That’s a…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 11, 2011 -
The Fun Factory
People who love things that aren’t just video games, get in here. Start talking amongst yourselves about politics, music, science, literature, trucks made out of Play-Doh… whatever you want. This nightly open thread is all yours. Seriously. I’m going to leave you a couple links to interesting, funny, sad and regretful things, but that’s it.…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 10, 2011 -
Skullgirls, The 2D Fighting Game That Plays Smarter, Not Harder
A new 2D fighting game will throw its hat into the ring this summer, the ambitious and impressive Skullgirls. It’s a downloadable girl-on-girl brawler borne of a love of Street Fighter, Marvel Vs. Capcom and Guilty Gear. It’s a fighting game that creatively solves fighting game problems. Skullgirls, coming to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 10, 2011 -
Gatling Gears Does Twin-Stick Shooting, Commando Style
If you’ve not grown weary of the twin-stick shooter yet, perhaps give arcade throwback Gatling Gears a chance, the top-down shoot ’em up that injects a dash of bullet hell into the mix. We recently got a chance to play Gatling Gears at an Electronic Arts event last week, finding the game to be an…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 10, 2011 -
Disney Vs. Capcom Isn’t Real, But Could Be Someday
It’s an all out war between Disney and Capcom characters in Chris Clancy‘s newest piece of ass kicking artwork. DISNEY vs CAPCOM by Chris Clancy (deviantART) (Facebook) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished with permission.
By Michael McWhertor Published March 10, 2011
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