Fable II is supposed to go for $20 if you download it on the Xbox 360. But, less than two weeks before the release of Fable III, it’s now free on the Xbox Live Marketplace. [UPDATE: Not working for everyone.] Smells like a marketing stunt and a bargain. Got 7GB free? Then go for it…
Seconds before he angered a lot of people, Jeremy Eden declared that he had figured out how to make a lot of money. Eden is the leader of a small Texas team of young amateur video game developers. The brash bunch. who call themselves JForce Games, are just getting started in a brash medium. Eden…
Let’s start with the name: Dissidia 012[Duodecim]. You don’t say the “12. “That’s the first thing I recently learned about the new Final Fantasy fighting game. You don’t say the 12 because “Duodecim” means “12.” My high school Latin teacher told me that long ago and a Square Enix representative reminded me when she showed…
In recent years, top people at Nintendo have vowed, despite scorn and eye-rolls, to make games that keep people smiling. Ignoring the grumps, the company brings us Kirby’s Epic Yarn, a Wii testament to the potency of joy. Kirby’s Epic Yarn is a side-scrolling adventure in the vein of Super Mario Bros. and previous adventures…
Kirby’s Epic Yarn debut trailer, from E3 2010 Kirby’s Epic Yarn Japan trailer Kirby Tilt N Tumble, an earlier Kirby experiment (on Game Boy Color) Kirby’s Canvas Curse, another earlier Kirby experiment (on Nintendo DS)
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Ever since we previewed Rock Band 3’s Pro Guitar mode, readers have been asking if lefties can play this mode. They can. Yes, we can. Here is the official word, via Rock Band makers Harmonix in a statement e-mailed to Kotaku: With regards to gameplay, lefty flip for the Pro guitar will worklike any other…
Alan Wake is not a shoe-in for Game of the Year 2010, but these ads for the exclusive Xbox 360 thriller are so lovely they deserve some sort of high-caliber 2010 praise. The ads ran in Canada in May and were created by the MacLaren McCann agency. [Alan Wake ads, Ads of the World] The…
The main female character in macho first-person shooter Bulletstorm will have somewhat realistic proportions, thanks to the game’s producer. Techland’s Evan Narcisse got to the topic of debate during a recent interview with Tanya Jessen, the Epic Games producer for next year’s Bulletstorm. She describes a conversation she had with the game’s creative director, Adrian…
Forgive me for having played Battlefield 2: Modern Combat and not Parasite Eve. I cannot detail to you how the upcoming PSP game The 3rd Birthday builds upon the latter. But I can say how wonderfully it echoes the former. The 3rd Birthday is a PSP adaptation of a Square Enix game originally released for…
We showed you the ad for Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops that’s plastered just north of Manhattan’s Times Square. Let’s balance that with a look at the rival Medal of Honor ad that almost has it in its sights. UPDATE: Since that CoD ad is so tiny in the video, just look below to…
My starting point for thinking about a Captain America video game was a bad one: That guy’s pretty boring, right? He’s a strong man who punches, kicks and uses a shield. How do you make a special game from that? After seeing the game’s screenshots and trailer, I watched its lead designer play through a…
Zombie bears. Desperate people who need rescuing. The great weapon of Holy Water. A flaming horse called War. A plague of violent weirdness is coming to Rockstar’s hit western Red Dead Redemption. The forthcoming Undead Nightmare is infested with it. The zombie-filled fall expansion to Red Dead Redemption, which will be available for download on…
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For years, PlayStation ads have been beautiful. The proof is in a wonderful gallery, posted by a Spanish-speaking Flickr user, who hosts images of 83 spectacular ads for PlayStation games and systems. Can video game ads be considered art? [PlayStation Ad Gallery]
Rap fans need their own Guitar Hero, their own Rock Band, their own great music game. Def Jam Rapstar steps up. Can it be that? Def Jam Rapstar is a microphone-only rap karaoke game. No turntables included. No bling. No bottle of Cristal. No Adidas included. Imagine a game that can let you (and a…
From the studio that brought us Half-Life, Portal and Team Fortress, the next big thing will be Dota 2. That’s a new Defense of the Ancients game coming to PC and Mac in 2011. Valve describes the game as “a massive sequel for one of the most played games in the world.” Dota is shorthand…
Def Jam Rapstar Hype Video Nuthin But a G Thang, possibly the most famous rap song on Def Jam Rapstar’s soundtrack Commercial for Def Jam Rapstar, imagining a diverse player base Get On Da Mic, a previous attempt at a rap karaoke game. Progress has been made!
Early concepts to control portions of Fable III with Microsoft’s Kinect sensor just weren’t good enough to bring to gamers, a representative for the game told Kotaku this week. Agreed. The tomato idea doesn’t sound awesome. At a Microsoft product showcase in New York on Monday, I learned that two Kinect-oriented ideas that had been…
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