I haven’t yet spent a lot of time with Bulletstorm on my new computer. But I can already tell it’s a match made in heaven. Silky-smooth frame-rates, funny dialog, great action. I can’t wait until I have the free time to play through this.
Owen is writing up our review (and I’ve played maybe an hour so this is in no way a stand-in) but I’ll try to revisit the game from a PC perspective next month. Why next month? I’m leaving for New York tomorrow for half a week. And next week I’ll be in San Francisco with Totilo.
Busy times.
The Real Enemy To Fight In Homefront Is The Decline Of America
https://kotaku.com/the-real-enemy-to-fight-in-homefront-is-the-decline-of-5766185
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Petroglyph Enters The Online Arena With Rise Of The Immortals
https://kotaku.com/petroglyph-enters-the-online-arena-with-rise-of-the-imm-5767242
The strategy masters at Petroglyph Games take a stab at online action with Rise of the Immortals, a free-to-play Multiplayer Online Battle Arena game aimed at both casual and competitive MOBA players. More »
How One Coin Saved Arcades In Japan and Another Killed Them in the U.S.
https://kotaku.com/how-one-coin-saved-arcades-in-japan-and-another-killed-5767303
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For The First Time, The Mario Bros. Will Miss A New Nintendo’s Birth
https://kotaku.com/for-the-first-time-the-mario-bros-will-miss-a-new-nin-5767439
Forget its glasses-free 3D, the Nintendo 3DS is unlike any Nintendo video game before it because it will debut without Mario or Luigi. The previous nine major gaming machines from Nintendo – all of the big ones, from NES to Wii – had these guys. More »
And Now A Little Princess Saving Music
https://kotaku.com/and-now-a-little-princess-saving-music-5767105
It’s a musical edition of the daily Speak-Up on Kotaku today, as commenter Harrier entertains us with more than 25 minutes of Mario piano music, played nonstop and without the aid of sheet music. More »
Geeks Get Their Own Collectible Trading Cards
https://kotaku.com/geeks-get-their-own-collectible-trading-cards-5767406
Last year, illustrator Len Peralta crafted a set of 52 collectible trading cards based on the geek elite, from music, television, video games and beyond. Now, those “Geek A Week” cards are made real, thanks to ThinkGeek. More »