Get a chance to talk to a studio head like Greg Zeschuk and we’ll ask him about everything. For a bit of news about every recent and upcoming BioWare game from Pinnacle Station to The Old Republic, keep reading. The following material all comes from an interview between myself and BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk conducted…
If words And moving pictures alone cannot prepare you for the October 29 GTA IV episode expansion, The Ballad Of Gay Tony, will 12 new screenshots released today suffice?
Our latest one-hour audio experience is ready for you, featuring your calls, our debate about whether the PS3 should permit porn, a little GTA talk and a call-in guest playing the role of Kanye West. Co-Hosts: Brian Crecente, Stephen Totilo Special Call-In Guest: Owen Good Music: Song from The Protomen‘s Mega Man-inspired Act II: The…
If pre-ordering Assassin’s Creed II from Gamestop is not an option, there will be other ways to get all of the game’s content. During my recent interview with Assassin’s Creed II creative director Patrice Desilets of Ubisoft Montreal, the man who said he doesn’t relate to the motivations of obsessive collectors said that no gamer…
Niko Bellic never had friends, missions or “toys” like Luis Lopez gets next month. Those who have played Grand Theft Auto over the years know that 2008’s adventure of Niko Bellic was, relatively speaking, one of the calmer GTAs. Ballistic bank heists and motorcycle chases in subway tunnels notwithstanding, Niko didn’t parachute from skyscrapers or…
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Pity the video game sequel, perpetually scapegoated as an evil of the industry. To the rescue of its reputation this week came Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick. The exec recently explained what sequels are good for, besides profit. During his hour-long — and highly quotable — presentation on Monday to the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology…
Assassin’s Creed II developer Patrice Desilets models beard before sharing some big ideas with Kotaku.
Must we always save the world or preserve the existence of humanity in our video game role-playing games? Must the stakes always be so high? I recently asked one of the principals of RPG super-studio BioWare about this. Between discussing the impending launch of Dragon Age: Origins or teasing the features of Mass Effect 2,…
A question yesterday about the comparative merits of being saved from a plummet into a bottomless pit by a beautiful woman or one’s own grappling hook is occasion enough to determine: How do we feel about bottomless pits in 2009? In my preview of Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack In Time yesterday I lamented…
The man in charge of Assassin’s Creed II wants to continue his dialogue with you. He’s changed his game in some ways you requested. But he still wants to send obsessive collectors a message and struggles with a grand idea. “A game is a dialogue,” Patrice Desilets was telling me earlier this month when we…
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Over the weekend, a hacker seemed to prove that there are exactly 22,802 words in Scribblenauts. Not true, the game’s creative director told Fast Company. An online article quotes Jeremiah Slaczka, creative director at game development studio 5th Cell, told the outlet that the the weekend word count report missed some words: “That was leaked…
Major music labels are happy to re-release re-mastered classic albums, year after year. Video game publishers, by contrast, focus on issuing new games. But in 2009, Nintendo hasn’t been doing that, as the full-year release lists now make clear. The impending release of Wii Fit Plus in two weeks is the latest in an atypical…
Boxes of video game underwear, including “Guitar Hero Men’s Sleep Shorts” as seen in the men’s underwear department at Target in Brooklyn, New York.
Patrice Desilets is both the creative director of the Assassin’s Creed games and a jovial interviewee eager to advance game design. I thought he’d be troubled that we always stare at video game characters’ backs. See that Batman shot at the top of this post? I took it with my camera this morning. That’s the…
The second or third sequel to a good video game is usually better than the first. But the seventh — arguably ninth — Ratchet & Clank runs the risk of Friday the 13th diminishing returns. This preview checks for pitfalls. What Is It? Ratchet And Clank Future: A Crack In Time is the third PlayStation…
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There comes a time in the week to reflect on what got into my reporter’s notebook but didn’t turn into Kotaku blog posts. Shall we? I haven’t been able to write one of these Notebook Dumps in a couple of weeks and am now giving you one a day early. Tomorrow is a rest day…
Do not ignore the downloadables like Shadow Complex. Do not gloat about Activision’s rare misfortune. And do find a hope for Scribblenauts. Here’s some of my monthly instant analysis for all those NPD August hardware and software sales figures McWhertor just posted. Study them and then consider the following as viable talking points when you’re…
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