If it wasn’t for the fact that it appears to be an -ahem- expansion of Wii Sports Tennis, the most notable aspect of Ubisoft’s Move version of Racquet Sports would be that its characters look like Xbox 360 Avatars. It’s possible this game is one big inside joke. But it’s also possible that it can…
The most futuristic thing you can do in video games so far this year is to play Start The Party. Start The Party is -yawn- a party game, a -groan- mini-game collection. Oh, but it’s motion-controlled. Wait! Don’t run away. After years of camera-based video games that didn’t work under normal lighting conditions… after years…
They’re launching the PlayStation Move with a game that plays like a Tony Hawk downhill trick racer, if Tony was a nerdy private detective guy or a girl who knelt on a chair and stuck her butt in your face. Kung Fu Rider is one of the PlayStation Move launch games targeted to a more…
We have a Move and a Navigation Controller. The PlayStation 3’s new motion controllers pose here, alongside fruit, a PS3 DualShock, an Xbox 360 controller and a Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Comparison videos and lots of button tests included. (Click any thumbnail to enlarge and/or play video)
What was the first video game gun? There are three ways to try to answer that question. Originally, when we set out to identify gaming’s first gun for our Gun Week here at Kotaku, we looked for the first video game to show a gun. The video game historians we talked to mentioned 1975’s Gun…
Sometimes, the obsession with guns in video games gets ridiculous. So we’re celebrating acts of “gunfusion.” The entertaining Metal Gear Solid series is gun-crazy. (It is!) Here’s the ultimate more-detail-than-necessary discussion of a gun, from MGS3, at the four-minute mark.
Andy and Chris are going to Seattle this weekend. They are going to the Penny Arcade Expo where they will share a booth and let the public, for the first time, try their games. Things are looking good.. for Andy. Andy and Chris are Andy Schatz and Chris Hecker, veterans of big video game companies…
Media coverage of violent video games spikes twice every year in the same months, April and November, according to “data journalist” David McCandless. In a recent TED talk, McCandless showed charts that he believes reveal the patterns and rhythms of recurring stories reported by the media to an anxious public. The video game bit starts…
As mentioned in our recent History of Headshots article, the 2000 video game Soldier of Fortune was a pioneer — a bloody pioneer — in the technological art of connecting a gamer’s virtual gun with various enemy body parts. This ad, which I’m told by a tipster was scuttled by Soldier of Fortune publisher Activision…
Veteran game designer Dave Perry predicts a flaw in the possible plans for PlayStation 4, Wii 2 and Xbox Whatever, not that the backer of streaming gaming service Gaikai doesn’t have a vested interest in disc-free gaming. (Via Dperry Twitter)
On the final day of August we have this final riff on the month’s Norman Rockwell painting. Yes, even TAY is adding zombies. Care to talk about video games here? Thanks to reader KindaGamey for today’s image. We need a new source painting for September. Submit your nominations, including the name of the work and…
Gun Week is our week-long exploration of video games’ signature obsession: guns. Even gamers who wouldn’t own a gun usually love to shoot the virtual ones. Here are the stories, images and videos that attest to that. (This post will be updated throughout the week.) So Long, Gun Week I know what you’re thinking. It’s…
One of the experiences that unites gamers is that so many of us have picked up a plastic gun and pointed it at our TV. History has given us dozens of light guns. Here, a gallery of greats and not-so-greats… We’re going to deviate from chronological order with this first one but then take it…
Despite suffering a delay in Japan, downloadable Xbox 360-exclusive prequel Dead Rising 2: Case Zero will still be released on time this week in the U.S. and Europe, Capcom told us today. Case Zero reaches the U.S. tomorrow.
Sometimes, the obsession with guns in video games gets ridiculous. During Gun Week, we celebrate such acts of “gunfusion.” Let us lament the existence of Shadow The Hedgehog, the game starring Sonic’s gun-toting … brother/cousin/whoknows. Shadow, put the gun down. [PIC]
Put on your 3D glasses and talk here about some video games, please. Today’s terrific Talk Amongst Yourselves image comes from reader Mutton-Chops. Think you can do better? We’ll only be using the source Norman Rockwell image for one more day and then we move on. Take your final try at it over at #TAYpics
It may seem ghoulish to the outsider. It will seem essential to the gamer. One of the most popular things to do in video games is to aim for the head with a gun and fire. Who thought of that? And why do people like doing it so much? Why Headshots Make Some People Happy…
Gamers and the people who make games are crazy about guns. Visit a gaming shop and you’ll see walls of boxes that feature, somewhere on them, guns. Have the last five video games you’ve played included guns? Most of them, probably yes. When we see a new game, we’re often being told about guns. We…
You’ve read our Metroid: Other M review. (You have, right?) Now watch the game’s launch trailer.
Each month, the Previews catalog from Diamond Comics showcases about 400 pages worth of upcoming comics, board games, statues and other stuff. A lot of it is video game-related. You can see the September issue’s items here. The catalog usually lists items that will be out two months after the catalog date, so expect a…
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