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The Cutest, But Not Safest Game Of Angry Birds
Photographer Jason Lee transforms the young ones into birds and pigs, a dangerously adorable game of Angry Birds, as seen on Flickr Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2011 -
Ace Combat Is Also Going Through Some Changes With ‘Assault Horizon’
Namco’s venerable Ace Combat series is also getting a once-over—just like Ridge Racer—with Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, which adds a little “Close Range Assault,” bringing the camera closer for more intense dogfightin’ action. Ace Combat: Assault Horizon is slated to come to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 later this year.
By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2011 -
Ridge Racer Is Taking A Sharp Left Turn With ‘Unbounded’
Namco’s Ridge Racer series is turning 18 years old this year. What will it do with its new adult freedoms? Get a new developer and what appears to be plenty of destruction, as seen in the new Ridge Racer Unbounded. Put your seatbelts on, Ridge Racer fans, for developer Bugbear Entertainment is taking the wheel…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2011 -
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
This weekend, I’ll be both running and gunning as I work my way through Konami’s new Contra spin-off, Hard Corps: Uprising. You know, the one from Guilty Gear makers Arc System Works? I’ll also spend some time doing a hard drive transfer, making the “slim” Xbox 360 that’s been sitting in my office the full-time…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 4, 2011 -
Tonight, We Roguelike!
Hey, Kotakus! While some of us are plumbing the depths of blocky dungeons, the rest of you can join us in off-topic conversation. Or you can discuss your love of the roguelike. I’ll be playing the recently Mac-ified Desktop Dungeons, trying to break this Bejeweled 3 habit, while also finding the time cook dinner and…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 -
PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get Stacking For Free
Double Fine’s Stacking is one of the newest perks for PS3 owners who subscribe to PlayStation Plus. PS+ members will get the Russian doll adventure on day one (February 8). More good PlayStation Plus news at the PlayStation.blog
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 -
Tron: Legacy Comes To Blu-ray (With The Original Tron!)
Looks like Disney’s planning a Blu-ray and DVD disc orgy for the upcoming home video release of 2010’s Tron: Legacy. And it looks like that includes the long-awaited release of the 1982 original on Blu-ray as well. While it appears that Disney hasn’t made details on Tron’s Blu-ray plans, a handful of four- and five-disc…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 -
Fruit Frenzy Is Charming Juicing Fun For The iPhone
Are you thirsty for more match three puzzle gaming? Then perhaps you should drop 99 cents on Fruit Frenzy, a delightful little iOS game that delivers colorful puzzle gaming in high concentration. Fruit Frenzy is the work of White Bat Games, the product of Neil Millstone’s brain. He’s a developer brave enough to promise that…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 -
Your First Brief Look At Battlefield 3
Battlefield creators DICE will give us our first peek at the long-awaited Battlefield 3 tomorrow, February 4, in video teaser form. But the latest Game Informer magazine cover gives us a small hint at what to expect. Visually, Battlefield 3’s art has the same vibe present in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and its Vietnam expansion,…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 -
Mega Man On The Mend
Rock and Roll! Mega Man’s battle damage is quickly patched up by his sister Roll. Such a killer piece for UDON’s Mega Man Tribute contest by ReevolveR Fully Restored by Salvador Ramirez Madriz / ReevolveR Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 -
Skullgirls Brings 2D Girl On Girl Fighting To Consoles This Summer
If you like your fighting games strictly on a two-dimensional plane and with just a single gender, you might want to start paying attention to Skullgirls, a new independently developed fighting game coming to “high-definition home consoles.” Skullgirls is the work of Reverge Labs, lead by ex-Pandemic developer and fighting game expert Mike “Mike Z”…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 -
PC Gamers, We Have Some Bad Battlefield News
If you were somehow still holding out hope that the long delayed Battlefield 1943 for the PC would ever become more than a promise, give up now. Developer DICE has finally officially canceled that game (and another Battlefield project). DICE GM Karl Magnus Troedsson writes on the Battlefield Blog today that the World War II…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 -
See The Augmented Cyberpunk Side of The New Deus Ex
We’ve talked about the human, first-person shooter side of Eidos Montreal’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Now see its other facets: stealth, hacking, tech upgrade trees, Adam Jensen’s cybernetically enhanced super skills and more.
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 -
First Hands-on With Deus Ex: Human Revolution Teaches Us To Walk, Then Fly
I’ve learned to walk in Deus Ex: Human Revolution, seeing its first-person shooter side, getting my feet wet in its sci-fi drama and corporate espionage, before diving into its cyberpunk depths. Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a massive, open-ended action role-playing game set against a vast conspiracy. In this cyberpunk fiction, humanity is at a…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 3, 2011 -
Trailers On Repeat
What? It’s time for the nightly off-topic open thread on Kotaku? I guess I can pause this Dark Souls trailer and whip up a post for folks to chat in. But this trailer must be re-re-re-re-watched! You ever have one of those trailers, whether it be for a video game or movie, that forces you…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2011 -
Due To Popular Demand Castle Crashers Adds Pink Knight
Because you demanded it, medieval beat ’em up Castle Crashers is getting a new brawler armed with a lollipop and equipped with pink armor. The best part? The new Pink Knight is for a good cause. Next week, the PlayStation Network version of The Behemoth’s Castle Crashers will introduce the lovable, adorable Pink Knight, yours…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2011 -
Five Years of Archiving Video Games’ Retro, Silly Past In Print
Video gaming’s greatest (and goofiest) moments in print will be forever preserved online, thanks to the efforts of a man and his scanner, Benj Edwards and an Epson Perfection 2480 Photo. For the past five years, every Monday, Vintage Computing & Gaming‘s Benj Edwards has posted a new “Retro Scan of the Week,” archiving—quite beautifully—classic…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2011 -
Four Street Fighters Who Know How To Block
Julian Fong took four Street Fighter all stars and morphed them into cool custom made LEGO minifigs for Round 1 of his new series. Related Rampage: Custom DC Lego Minifigs Street Fighter Minifigs – Round 1 by Julian Fong / levork (Flickr) (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2011 -
Tales of Graces F Is Coming To America
Another Tales game will come to the West, publisher Namco Bandai has announced. Tales of Graces F, the enhanced PlayStation 3 port of a 2009 Wii game, is “coming soon to North America.” Enjoy this victory, long-suffering Tales fans!
By Michael McWhertor Published February 2, 2011
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