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There’s not much Shakespeare in video games, no major Hamlet games and only scattered hopes for a Macbeth one. The lead creator of Dante’s Inferno thinks the writer himself, could have been a game design visionary. Hey, the Wall Street Journal asked Dante’s Inferno lead game creator Jonathan Knight the question: WSJ: You mentioned Shakespeare…
Platinum Games has made a video game that’s really sexy. Before that, one that’s really violent. Next: A game that’s really… spaceship? Infinite Space is set for March release in the U.S., a Nintendo DS game from the Platinum label behind Bayonetta and Madworld but developed primarily by Nude Maker, creators of erotic games. Oh,…
Into the deep we go this week as Bioshock 2 creative director Jordan Thomas joins me and Brian to take your calls live on Wednesday’s live Kotaku podcast. Thomas will be our in-studio guest for the hour. On Wednesday at 11am Kotaku Time (that’s 1pm ET, 10am PT), you will be able to call in…
“I’ve always been a non-violent person,” Tim Jones told me last week as we chatted in a subterranean nightclub in Manhattan. He’s a “peace and love” kind of guy and designer of a new video game featuring spine-dangling decapitations. Jones is the head of art and design at Rebellion, the U.K. studio behind Aliens Vs…
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Some reviews we ran this week made people angry. Well, honestly, some of the reviews made us angry too. No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Review: Repetitious Rebel In which, I guess I zigged when other people zagged. MAG Review: World of Shadow Warcraft In which Brian Crecente made a game pay for its poor…
Ladies and gentlemen of Kotaku, children of all ages. I will now attempt to explain to you the battle system in Sega and Tri-Ace’s upcoming role-playing game Resonance of Fate. Drumroll please. (And let me know if I lose you.) Resonance of Fate, fine people, is a role-playing game set in a fantasy future. Imagine…
Star Trek Online launched this week, which was a good enough reason to investigate what Star Trek means to games and gamers. Below are special links to all our Star Trek Week stories, from STO impressions to rants and recollections.
You’ve seen the ancient gods fight in video games before. You may have seen them use giant hammers. But have you seen a fighting game on Wii that allows for two-handed combat, shot from an unusual camera angle? Tournament of Legends is the next Wii game from High Voltage Software, makers of last year’s Wii…
The average amount of time a person plays New Super Mario Bros. is climbing quickly and could catch Super Mario Galaxy. Call of Duty is surging. But Wii Sports Resort is flattening. Here are three key Wii comparisons of satisfaction. (Click the charts to enlarge them) Each month Kotaku tracks the average playing time of…
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What was the promise of playing games in high-definition again? A sharper resolution was part of it, more details on the screen. In that respect, Starship Defense, a new game with a superb pedigree is the most HD DS game. Starship Defense is the latest download-only tower defense game from Q-Games, which, for fans of…
The New York State Attorney General’s office announced last week that it was issuing subpoenas to 22 popular online retailers, including GameStop, as part of an investigation into how the sites may share credit card information with other companies. A news release from the office of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo explains what is…
Sega’s Iron Man: The Movie video game was not a well-reviewed piece of interactive entertainment. When someone from Sega show you the sequel, they admit this. In theory it should be easy to explain how Iron Man 2 is better. I saw Iron Man 2: The Video Game in New York yesterday at a showcase…
Buy a game. Play it. Decide whether to keep it or sell it back. That’s the current cycle of a gamer’s gaming life. In the near future, that third choice may evaporate. You may soon never sell a game again. Two events this week, one of them involving one of the most famous franchises in…
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The next big Fallout game, Fallout: New Vegas will be out for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this fall, publisher Bethesda Softworks announced today. A new trailer accompanied the news, which raises questions about Bethesda’s other projects. Fallout New Vegas was announced by Bethesda last year. The game is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment,…
It’s been a day since the Lost season premiere. It must be discussed. Jump over to the Lost Season Six discussion page, #LostTalk. Remember, starred commenters can start pages on any topic via the submission box atop our front page.
Talk about Lost right here. And feel free to spoil up through the most recent episode that aired on ABC.
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