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When a PlayStation Hit-Maker Created a Facebook Game…They Tried Not To Pull a Zynga
If you buy the argument that there are people who make real video games and there are people who make things that merely pose as video games—and if you are convinced that these fake “games” threaten to undermine real video games—then a game called Outernauts should have filled you with hope. Outernauts is a science-fiction…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 6, 2012 -
The Lead Game Designer of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is Answering Your Questions Now
Matt Tieger is the game director on the next Transformers game. That’s probably a fun job, but let’s not assume anything. How about you ask him yourself? Tieger, whose team at High Moon Studios is releasing Transformers: Fall of Cybertron this month, is joining us right here to answer your best questions, starting at 1pm…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 3, 2012 -
See the New Levels id Is Adding To Doom 3
We’ve got ourselves a new trailer for October’s Doom 3: BFG Edition. This one highlights the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 game’s new eight-level “Lost Mission.” But what about Doom 4? Id is still working on it—they even moved their mobile designers onto the project, begging off any more mobile gaming for the time being—but…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 2, 2012 -
The Ludicrous $100 QuakeCon Steam Sale Includes A Lot of Games
This year’s QuakeCon Bundle Steam sale is crazy. It’ll save you over $200 and get you the following games for just $100… Brink Brink: Agents of Change Brink: Doom/Psycho Combo Pack Brink: Fallout/SpecOps Combo Pack Call of Cthulllu: Dark Corners of the Earth Commander Keen Doom 3 Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil Doom II Fallout…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 2, 2012 -
Rise of the Triad Returns This Year Thanks to a Major Remake [Update with Video]
Apogee Software’s mid-’90s cult-classic first-person shooter Rise of the Triad is coming back, with the help of the Danish studio that remade Duke Nukem 3D. The new Rise of the Triad will be developed by Interceptor Entertainment and Apogee and will be out as PC download through Steam later this year. The official bullet points…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 2, 2012 -
The Voice of Team Fortress 2‘s Sniper Would Like You To Support Gaymercon
Gaymercon, a convention for everyone but with a focus on creating a safe space for gay gamers and tech fans to congregate, will be happening on August 3 and 4th of 2013, somewhere in San Francisco. The con is happening no matter what, but—wait for it—the organizers would love for you to donate to their…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 2, 2012 -
The Designer of Call of Duty‘s ‘No Russian’ Massacre Wanted You to Feel Something
Long-time Call of Duty game developer Mohammad Alavi designed Call of Duty IV‘s famous ghillie suit level and Modern Warfare 2‘s notorious interactive massacre of civilians, the level called “No Russian.” In a stellar piece about interactive atrocity, game designer Matthew Burns gets Alavi to explain the intent behind that level, a level in which…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 2, 2012 -
There’s Already A Special Edition of the Ouya, And It Looks Good
The Rubik’s Cube-sized $99 Ouya game console is supposed to come out in March 2013. We thought you’d only be able to get it in silver, but, no, there’s a darker option. Today, the Ouya folks have revealed a special edition version of the console. You’ll have to donate $140 to their Kickstarter to get…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 1, 2012 -
John Carmack and Gabe Newell Are Very Excited About This Virtual Reality Gaming Headset.
A guy with the terrific name Palmer Luckey wants to finally make a great virtual reality gaming head-mounted display. Some guys behind some terrific games think you should help fund it. This is the Oculus Rift, a VR headset that we heard about in June at E3 when Doom co-creator and master programmer John Carmack…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 1, 2012 -
This is Why Some Smart People Think You’ll Be Playing Grand Theft Auto V By April
There is no release date for Grand Theft Auto V. There are no confirmed platforms for the game. All we have is one trailer and two screenshots, but some of the people who follow the business of the publisher of Grand Theft Auto, Take Two Interactive, are convinced the game will be out before the…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 1, 2012 -
First Trailer for Fistful of Rupees, A Zelda Western
Kotaku columnist and actress Lisa Foiles recently told readers about A Fistful of Rupees, a Zelda-themed spaghetti western. This is the official trailer, but for background, check out Lisa’s behind-the-scenes report The three-part Fistful of Rupees will premiere on the GameStation’s YouTube channel starting August 7. FISTFUL OF RUPEES TRAILER – Zelda / Western Mash-Up…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 31, 2012 -
Man Prank Calls GTA Publisher With a Potentially NSFW Question
The executives at Take Two Interactive, publisher of such video game franchises as Grand Theft Auto, BioShock and Civilization take questions from investors every three months. The major bosses of all publicly-traded companies do this. Usually they don’t take prank phone calls. Today, they did. (Image inspired by the clean-thinking chaps at Game Developer/Gamasutra.)
By Stephen Totilo Published July 31, 2012 -
This Isn’t Mario Kart Running on the PS3, But It’s Close
Nobody at Sony is recommending that you recreate iconic tracks from Nintendo’s Mario Kart in the upcoming PlayStation 3 game LittleBigPlanet Karting. But what do you think is going to happen when you let gamers into a beta of a kart-racing game that has a very malleable track editor? You get Mario Kart tracks in…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 31, 2012 -
Yep, This is Modern Video Gaming
The people who run mega-giant-huge gaming company EA have said they want to put out few games. Probably to be like their rivals at Activision. Make a few huge console and PC games and maybe they’ll be golden. But they also believe in something else you may have heard about: that mobile games, Facebook games…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 31, 2012 -
Bethesda-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Rumor Resurfaces, But No One’s Talking [UPDATE]
In April, we fielded a rather confusing rumor that involved game developer Sergei Girgorovich supposedly telling a Russian news outlet that he had sold the rights to his development team’s acclaimed post-nuclear-apocalypse-horror-first-person-shooter series, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., to Bethesda, the people who brought us the acclaimed post-apocalyptic first-person role-playing game Fallout 3. But a Bethesda rep no-commented and…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 31, 2012
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