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Hold On a Second. Lost Planet 3 Might be Good???
I did not ask for Lost Planet 3. Did you? Who demanded this game be made after Lost Planet 2 appeared to abandon the cool single-player bug-hunt-on-a-snowy-planet for its strange Monster Hunter-ized round-the-world jaunt designed for awkward four-player co-op? Somebody must have demanded this game and, in their madness, they must have demanded that the…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 22, 2012 -
Batman Gets Top Billing, But This Could Be a Great Justice League Game
Let us begin Kotaku‘s Day of Video Game Preview (May 22nd edition) with a caveat about the information we may bring you about Lego Batman 2: DC Super-Heroes. I can’t tell you if this game, which includes Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Martian Manhunter, Cyborg and Green Lantern also includes Hawkman. They’re not talking about…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 22, 2012 -
Diablo III Runs Fine on My MacBook Air
Owners of MacBook Airs, if you have the 13-inch that I have, you’re fine. Diablo III will run on it and be perfectly playable. Take a look at the video here to see it run on my late-2011 Air at both default settings and low settings. I ran the beta on my Air last September,…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 21, 2012 -
This Maneuver Would Be Illegal In a Real Car Race
The average gamer will take their sports car in Forza 4 and smash an opponent or two off the track and into a wall. The video you see here, spotlighted by the ever-entertaining folks at Game Fails, shows the driving tendencies of something other than the average gamer. This is no fender-bender and no wreck.…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 21, 2012 -
Sony’s PlayStation Smash Bros. Has Won Me Over
I wanted to roll my eyes at Sony’s apparent clone/rip-off/however-else-you-want-to-insult-it/take on Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros.. OK, it’s not hard to admit that I did roll my eyes at the thing when we finally got official details about the long-rumored game a couple of weeks ago. But yesterday, I got to play PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale,…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 17, 2012 -
I Just Saw The Last of Us in Action, and It Looks Amazing
I just watched two people from Naughty Dog play The Last of Us in Santa Monica. It was the best demo for a game I’ve seen since Assassin’s Creed III a few months ago. Here’s what happened. What played out was similar to the trailer that Sony just shared—Joel and Ellie, the series’ two protagonists…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 16, 2012 -
Peter Molyneux Will Provide Expert Analysis During E3 on Spike TV (And So Will We!)
Peter Molyneux is a creator of great video games, a recipient of the Order of the British Empire and, in the first week of June, he’ll be the world’s greatest E3 pundit, to boot. The former head of Lionhead Studios and lead creator of such hits as Fable and Populous recently left Microsoft to become…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 16, 2012 -
Ninja Gaiden Mastermind’s New Game is on Hold
Devil’s Third, the next game from legendary Ninja Gaiden mastermind Tomonobu Itagaki, is on ice for now. The game, set to be published by THQ, will not come out before April 2013 and seems to be in jeopardy of coming out at all. During a quick chat with me at a THQ event today, Executive…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 15, 2012 -
A Night of Speed-Dating With Kingdom Hearts, Theatrhythm and Heroes of Ruin
I’m in California this week for the purpose of checking out a bunch of video games that will be shown at E3 next month. I’m a pre-E3 Judge*, you see, bouncing from one showcase with a game publisher to another, signing lots of paperwork in which I swear not to tell people about these games…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 15, 2012 -
Mom and Dad of Game Developer Imprisoned in Iran Plead For Mercy
The parents of American citizen Amir Hekmati haven’t heard much about their son in March, when the Iranian government overturned the accused spy’s death sentence and ordered a retrial. He presumably remains imprisoned in Iran. Hekmati’s parents recently recorded this video, trying to humanize their son and weeping for his return. There’s nothing happy here;…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 14, 2012 -
Blizzard and Valve Stop Fighting, Make Peace over DoTA Dispute
Two of gaming’s best and most beloved video game studios are no longer squabbling about the word DoTA. The makers of World of Warcraft and the creators of Half-Life jointly announced in a blast to the press today that they have reached “a mutual agreement regarding concerns over names of upcoming products.” Peace in our…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2012 -
Hi. How Are You? We Doing OK?
No cause for alarm. I just thought you might like to chat. I’m the editor-in-chief of Kotaku. You’re a Kotaku reader. How are things? How are we doing? Do you like our programming blocks? Kotaku Melodic? Kotaku East? Any others? Hate any of them? I’ve been enjoying Owen’s Anger Management more than I thought I…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2012 -
I Like The Sound of Call of Duty‘s New 1v1 Mode
The new Face-Off mode that’s coming to Modern Warfare 3 next week seems pretty cool. It will let players compete in 1v1 and 2v2 matches on small maps just made for the mode. The brand-new, totally-official and only-slightly-confusing video from the Call of Duty folks explains and shows most of it. The confusing part, as…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2012 -
It Took Bubble Safari 41 Minutes, 31 Seconds Before That Facebook Game Thing Happened
Most Facebook games make you pay if you’re having too much fun. Or they make you wait. Or they require you to bug your friends. The question is simply: how long will the game wait before it smacks me with this roadblock? Bubble Safari, the newest game from Zynga and the latest in a ton…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 11, 2012 -
Some People Will Tell You How Many Copies Minecraft Sold on Xbox 360. Some Won’t. [UPDATE]
Microsoft press release today: “Microsoft today announced that Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, the console adaptation of the hugely popular PC game developed by Mojang, has broken all previous digital sales records, selling more than any other title in the first 24 hours on Xbox LIVE Arcade.” [That’s an excerpt.] Kotaku e-mail to Xbox public relations:…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 10, 2012 -
Let’s Look More Closely at the Great Assassin’s Creed III Gameplay Trailer
Have you seen the amazing debut gameplay trailer for Assassin’s Creed III? It debuted today. Watch it clean. And then watch it up top, with commentary from me. I saw most of the footage used in the trailer during a lengthy gameplay demo a couple of months ago. I wrote about it, but very much…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 10, 2012 -
Thieves Try To Steal Xbox From House Full of Poison
Thieves in Orlando tried to snatch an Xbox 360 on Wednesday from an Orlando home covered in a fumigation tent, the Orlando Sentinel reports. They’ve got video of it. The paper says the thieves “dropped everything and ran” when the alarm went off. So, as long as an Xbox 360 can withstand fumigation, it’s probably…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 10, 2012 -
Minecraft Creator Tells Microsoft: ‘I love working with you!’
If we are going to tell you about when one of the most influential game developers in the world calls one big video game company a ‘bunch of cynical bastards,’ (presumably due to them labeling a bundle of games they published as “indie”) we ought to tell you about a company he likes, too. “Hey,…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 10, 2012 -
New Job Listing Has Us Wondering if BioShock Infinite Is Getting Multiplayer
A job listing posted by the creators of the just-delayed-to-2013 BioShock Inifinite on LinkedIn on May 2 seeks a “talented and experienced individual to help us with the networking aspects of BioShock Infinite.” Responsibilities: Work with the team who created BioShock network code Advising engineers on how to properly architect their systems for optimal networking…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 9, 2012 -
Notch’s Next Game Might Include ‘Hyperplayer’ [UPDATE]
Stare closely at the prototype title screen of 0x10c, the new game from Markus “Notch” Persson, the creator of Minecraft. You might need to adjust your brightness settings. You’ll see a most unusual option. Play the game solo. Play the game in multiplayer. But what in the world is “hyperplayer”? I asked Notch and if…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 9, 2012
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