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Max & The Magic Marker Preview: For Those With Imagination
Already released for computers and coming to WiiWare this Monday, Max & The Magic Marker gives a good impression. Especially if you play it on a screen that’s 137-inches diagonal. For those of you who don’t have 137-inch screens, just trust me about this, ok? The people from Press Play, the Danish development studio behind…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 5, 2010 -
This Week In Comics
There are gaming comics in comics shops across America this week. But there’s also a rare Marvel comic that interests me. See? Mass Effect: Redemption #3 Written by Mac Walters and John Jackson Miller. Drawn by Omar Francia. Summary Via Dark Horse Comics: Liara T’Soni finds herself both pursuing Commander Shepard’s abductors and on the…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 5, 2010 -
Video Games’ Team Coco Moment
Billions of dollars? Got it. “Astonishing arrogance and unbridled greed“? Alleged. Video games are so close to being Hollywood, that we must celebrate a breakthrough: A possibly boring contract dispute that could be as juicy as Leno vs. Conan. We’ve got an executive that the Internet fans love to hate We’ve got not one, but…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 5, 2010 -
Mile Marker 7: Limbo
Tired of stodgy corporate games made by The Man and his minions? We’re playing the 31 best indie games for a change of pace —- and so we can judge them. Today, Limbo. In A Sentence This is the unsettling and deviously well-designed side-scrolling adventure of a boy set in a quietly hostile black-and-white world,…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 4, 2010 -
We Were Wrong About Nier Before … Or We Are Now
We here at Kotaku have been underwhelmed by forthcoming Cavia-made video game Nier Gestalt. We have played it and been bewildered. We have questioned the game’s reason for being. So, uh, last time I saw it, I liked it. Maybe we got this Nier thing all wrong. That was the Olympic-level leap I tried to…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 4, 2010 -
Any Doctors On Board Kotaku?
To: Anyone! From: Totilo Re: But Do I Hate Japan? We’ve got a guy here with an upset stomach. It’s not pretty. The man is in his 30s, I think. Black hair. About shoulder length. He says he’s been feeling ill since last night. Hasn’t been able to do his job most of the day.…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 4, 2010 -
Reviews
Match Defense Toy Soldiers Micro-Review: Finally, Mom Can Help
Attention readers, read this review of Match Defense: Toy Soldiers in conjunction with our review of Toy Soldiers for Xbox Live Arcade, because the two games connect. And that’s the main selling point for this here free Facebook game. Loved Playing Xbox 360 Without Playing Xbox 360: As I reported earlier this week, people who…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 4, 2010 -
Activision “Disappointed” By Infinity Ward Founders’ “Meritless” Lawsuit
The world’s biggest video game publisher doesn’t take allegations of “Orwellian” investigations and unfair dismissals in silence. Activision has responded to the lawsuit filed by Jason West and Vince Zampella, the ousted former heads of Modern Warfare 2-maker Infinity Ward. “Activision is disappointed that Mr. Zampella and Mr. West have chosen to file a lawsuit,…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 4, 2010 -
Ousted Infinity Ward Founders’ Lawsuit Against Activision (The Court Documents)
Read the 16-page complaint filed by the founders of Modern Warfare 2 development studio Infinity Ward against Activision, the company that ousted them on Monday. Jason West and Vince Zampella, dismissed by Activision for “insubordination” sued. Lots of details here.
By Stephen Totilo Published March 4, 2010 -
Mirror’s Edge On iPhone Doing The Canabalt
I got a quick look at a pair of EA iPhone games yesterday, one that gave just about the best first impression of EA’s spring line-up. That’s the Canabalt-ish return of Mirror’s Edge. Signed documents prevent me from sharing the control intricacies of Mirror’s Edge or even much of a description of the game, but…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 4, 2010 -
Reviews
Mega Man 10 Micro-Review: Capcom Had Mercy
Finally, a Mega Man game I can clear in 90 minutes. Is that what you want too? Two years after Mega Man 9 returned the classic Capcom series to 8-bit, classic Nintendo Entertainment System design, Mega Man 10 is upon us, with an offer that is decidedly not old school: An easy game. But it’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 3, 2010 -
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Developer Takes Your Calls Live Today
Crecente and I will get some Bad Company (har har) on our ever-star-studded weekly Kotaku podcast today. As always, you can call in and ask questions live. This week’s guest, Battlefield Bad Company 2 producer Gordon Van Dyke. Van Dyke will be our in-studio guest for the hour. Today, at 11am Kotaku Time (that’s 1pm…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 3, 2010 -
Play A Facebook Game To Help The War Effort On Your Xbox 360, Or Vice Versa
You play a game on Facebook. I’ll play one on Xbox 360. Our winnings will contribute to the same side of a virtual reenactment of World War I. Behold, the first Facebook-360 gaming link, launching this week. More are coming. So far only about 11,000 people are in on what could be one of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 2, 2010 -
Infinity Ward Vs. Activision: The Battle For Creative Direction
Simmering problems between Activision and Modern Warfare 2 development studio Infinity Ward — involving the creative direction of the Call of Duty series — may have come to a head with yesterday’s dismissal of IW’s two studio heads. The reasons for the dismissal of Jason West and Vince Zampella, the top two men at Infinity…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 2, 2010 -
Tecmo Super Bowl Remake Coming To Xbox 360, PS3
Tecmo, the company that was once a giant in video game football, is continuing its slow return to the virtual gridiron. Today we have word of Tecmo Bowl Throwback. The new game is another remake of Tecmo Super Bowl, the early 90s 16-bit classic. The first remake, Tecmo Bowl Kickoff, was released for the Nintendo…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 2, 2010 -
Time For A Tomb Raider Comeback?
Lara Croft took an off year in 2009. Is she making a gaming comeback in 2010? Today, Gamasutra ran an interview with the new head of the most recent Tomb Raider development studio, Crystal Dynamics’ Darrell Gallagher, who told the outlet that his studio is working on two projects. He provided only the vaguest of…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 2, 2010
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