-
Metal Gear Solid V Is Official – FOX vs. XOF [UPDATE: Trailer added]
Just announced at the Game Developers Conference by Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima himself… the next Metal Gear Solid. V: The Phantom Pain The game was officially revealed with an amazing trailer running in realtime on the studio’s new FOX engine. The game was running on a PC build, Kojima said, not saying which…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 27, 2013 -
Four PS4 Controllers, Under Glass, From Almost Every Angle
We’ve seen leaked images of the PS4 controller. We’ve seen Sony people hold the PS4 controller in their hands. But not until our intrepid Kirk Hamilton hustled into the Sony area of the Game Developers Conference today have we been able to see the PS4 controller… in the wild? Well, it’s in a glass box.…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 27, 2013 -
Metal Gear Solid V Is Official – FOX vs. XOF [UPDATE: Trailer added]
Just announced at the Game Developers Conference by Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima himself… the next Metal Gear Solid. V: The Phantom Pain The game was officially revealed with an amazing trailer running in realtime on the studio’s new FOX engine. The game was running on a PC build, Kojima said, not saying which…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 27, 2013 -
Meagan Marie, a former games journalist who now works at a game studio, is no longer going to keep quiet about all the sexist crap she has to put up with. She expresses her courage in a great blog post that may be full of examples of awful past experiences but is also brimming with…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 27, 2013 -
Tired of Games That Look Like Every Other Game? Maybe Apotheon‘s For You.
Side-scrolling indie action game Apotheon is looking a lot better since last we saw it. We saw it at PAX East in Boston this past weekend, where it appeared to be shaping up as promising mix of Metroid and… Mount & Blade? You’ll be able to play Apotheon on PC by the end of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 27, 2013 -
We’ve seen a lot of love for BioShock Infinite. Now we’re also seeing a fair amount of praise for this critical review of Infinite. It’s a smart, skeptical read from the Gameological Society‘s John Teti, who calls the game “primarily a disappointment in light of its pedigree.” (Or, if you just want to read a…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 26, 2013 -
Yesterday, we showed you that you can annotate images on Kotaku. Today, let’s go a step further. On this post, you’ll see a press release for a video game that came out today. Care to annotate it? If you’re reading this on a computer, click on the image above and add commentary. You could make…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 26, 2013 -
You Should Add the Word “Luftrausers” to Your Vocabulary
“Luftrausers” is a made-up word. Sounds German. But it’s not. “Luft” means “air,” but “rausers”? It’s nonsense.* Oh, but Luftrausers does mean one thing: “simple, stylish game about being an ace fighter pilot that is coming to PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PC, Mac and Linux by the end of spring.” We shot a video of…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 26, 2013 -
Smitten as we are here at Kotaku with the amazing iOS game Ridiculous Fishing, we had to get some tips from the people who made the game. They know how to ridiculously fish. A hearty thank you to Rami Ismail of the game’s superb development studio Vlambeer. He provided these tips while I played his…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 26, 2013 -
Divekick Is The Smartest, Most Absurd Two-Button Fighting Game I’ve Ever Played
A fighting game that has only two buttons—and that only has one-hit kills. A fighting game dreamed up as a joke but now targeted for the pro fighting scene. A game that will be playable on PC, PS3 or, most ridiculously, by two players on one PlayStation Vita. The is Divekick. It’s no joke. Except…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 26, 2013 -
For those of us who enjoyed the Star Wars Clone Wars cartoon, here’s a bummer of an update: With the show abruptly cancelled—save for a few web extras—they’re not even going to reveal the fate of two of the series’ main characters. That’s despite five years of the creators saying we could expect them to.…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 25, 2013 -
Ready, set, annotate! Here’s a view of the PAX East show floor. I shot this on Saturday and figured it’d be a good image for all of you to tinker with as you explore the wonderful world of Kotaku image annotation. This is possible thanks to our new layout. Click on the image and add…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 25, 2013 -
RuneScape 3, sequel to the super-popular browser-based fantasy MMOs RuneScape (which used to be called RuneScape 2, naturally), will be coming out this summer. Here’s the PR hype about the free-to-play game: ” RuneScape 3 will see a massive leap forward in technology, with a new fully HTML5 engine, improved graphics, longer draw distances, new…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 25, 2013 -
You’ve Seen Games That Let You Play With Shadows Before, But Probably Not Like This
One of the best surprises at PAX East this past weekend was Contrast, a game from the upstart Canadian studio Compulsion. It’s a platformer that lets you become your shadow and climb on other shadows. You might have seen games like Lost in Shadow do something similar, but that game was not this dynamic and…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 25, 2013 -
Welcome To The New Kotaku: Better Graphics, More Interactive, Same Low Price.
In less time than it takes to make a new BioShock, but in more time than it takes to crank out a new PlayStation firmware update—most people can actually hold their breath long enough for that—we’ve got a new Kotaku layout for you. Welcome to our first big makeover since 2011. We call it Kinja.…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 25, 2013 -
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Hadoken, Baby Sloth Is a Tiny, Tiny Game
Rock, Paper, Scissors is too simple for our modern times. That’s why Margaret Robertson and her fellow game designers at Hide & Seek have created Rock, Paper, Scissors, Hadoken, Baby Sloth You could be playing it right now, if you have a friend nearby. Rock beats scissors, scissors beat paper, paper beats rock, Hadoken beats…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 24, 2013 -
Next Mass Effect Will Be Fresh, New and Mostly Made in Montreal
A panel celebrating the recently-concluded Mass Effect trilogy produced scant details and vague teases about the future of the series and its creators at PAX East in Boston today. “We are starting to get ready to develop another Mass Effect game, and it’s going to be a new thing,” series executive producer Casey Hudson said…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 23, 2013 -
Two Thirds of You Played Mass Effect 3 As a Paragon. Mostly as Soldiers.
Most of you who played Mass Effect 3 are just too nice. You were paragons. I was a renegade. Most of you played as a male commander Shepard. I played as a female. But just about all of us cured the genophage. All that and more are detailed in a fascinating batch of Mass Effect…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 23, 2013 -
15 Minutes of the English Version of Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Let’s Go Swimming!
Tom Nook is no longer the boss of you in the new Animal Crossing: New Leaf, which is coming to the 3DS in North America on June 9. You’re the mayor. You’re in command of this town. Well, somewhat… watch and see. We got a hands-off demo of the new game at PAX East in…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 23, 2013
Stephen Totilo
Stephen Totilo's posts