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This Is The Next PixelJunk. It’s a PC Game.
Kyoto based Q-Games is working on its new title. The game, currently codenamed PixelJunk 1-6, is being made with the PC specifically in mind. Above is a first look. The 1-6 codename references the game’s place in the PixelJunk series: it will be the sixth PixelJunk game. While developing the game, Q Games is also…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 2, 2012 -
Uncategorized61 of the Best Indie Games Out There, All in the One Video
There are more indie games out there than you could ever hope to count. For every one you hear about on Steam, or on here, there are thousands upon thousands being made in bedrooms, studios and classrooms around the world. So knowing where to start on digging into some quality titles can be a bit…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 2, 2012 -
UncategorizedYou’d Be Forgiven For Thinking This Was a Valve Trailer
When Valve released the Source Filmmaker code earlier this year, it was accomplishing two things. 1) Put an amazingly flexible set of tools in the hands of amateur filmmakers, who could go on to produce some amazingly professional results. 2) The most professional of those videos could serve as the very best kind of free…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
A Strategy Game About Digging Yourself Off an Alien Planet
We looked at Maia a few months back here on Kotaku, but in a new clip put together for the game’s Kickstarter campaign, we get to see a whole lot more of it. It’s a game about, at its most basic level, managing a space colony/station. Only with all kinds of delicious tactical stuff added…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 2, 2012 -
UncategorizedFour Minutes of Halo 4’s Multiplayer Madness
I’m so busy with the game’s singleplayer campaign I haven’t even touched Halo 4’s multiplayer yet. Which is a shame, because I’m sure it’s a blast turning those terrific new guns (and most of them are super satisfying) on actual humans. Halo 4 – First Ever Montage: “In with the New” [Bravo]
By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Wolfenstein Movie is Back From the Dead
Roger Avary has been working on a Wolfenstein (id’s shooter series, not its predecessor) movie for over five years now, but in the meantime he’s been, um, a little busy So fans of the series, or of Avary’s work, should know that as of this week the project is back on the front foot, with…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedCultures Clash in These Assassin’s Creed III Videos
A culture clash theme anchors a couple of viral cosplay videos commissioned by Ubisoft Netherlands, showing Connor Kenway coming to grips with the new world. The first is above, here’s the second. There’s a choose-your-own-adventure outcome at the end, each outcome neither much surprising nor terribly violent. The costume and settings still form a nice…
By Owen Good Published November 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Here, Two Enormous GTA V Posters
Here, for your wallpaper/viewing pleasure, are two super-sized pieces of Grand Theft Auto V artwork. They were posted on Game Informer earlier today, and at a resolution of 1920×2432 each, you’re free to pick over them and find as many clues as you like. Like, oh, the fact that arrested lady is wearing a Love…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedIt’s Hitman On Hitman In This Hitman Short Film
This Hitman short film by David ‘dwyz’ Wayman has got a lot of Hitman in it. It starts with someone playing Hitman! And then, it has a lot of hits, man. It’s neat, and twisty, and bloody. Check it out. (Via Joystiq)
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Beat Halo 4 and Take $25 Off Your American Express Bill
Finishing Halo 4 will give you cash back on your credit card. And it’s not like it’s some $1.52 bullshit you get back from Discover either, it’s $25 off (or £25 in the UK) your American Express bill, provided you link the thing through a promo site. Linking your card and collecting the “Wake Up,…
By Owen Good Published November 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Ten-Year Evolution of Halo’s Master Chief
It’s been over ten years since the first Halo game was released, and even longer since we first laid eyes on the Master Chief. A lot has changed since then. Like, ten years of combat has literally sucked all the colour out of him. More seriously, I’m slowly coming around to appreciate his armour in…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedJust in Case You Thought Doom Needed to be Even More Brutal
The original Doom was a pretty violent game, lots of blood and guts flying around, but boy, it looks like a Disney movie compared to BRUTAL DOOM. A neat mod first released earlier in the year, it ramps up the gore, it beefs up the weapons and is, in short, BRUTAL. Don’t watch if there…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Hurricane Sandy Delays Second GTA V Trailer
From the newest edition of the Rockstar Newswire, the official online newsletter for the makers of Grand Theft Auto: “We are working on a second trailer – unfortunately Hurricane Sandy has derailed our plans somewhat but we will have something to show soon. Its hard to be precise as we have no power whatsoever in…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 1, 2012 -
Uncategorized“Every Day’s Great At Your Junes”
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By Kirk Hamilton Published November 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Your Favorite Video Game Characters Review Their Favorite Games
by Kirk Hamilton So many games have other, smaller games within them that sometimes it feels like video game characters spend as much time playing games as we do. In the spirit of Kotaku’s made-to-order box quotes, we thought we’d ask some of our favorite video game characters what they think of the games they…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedGet A Load Of This Amazing Real-Life Assassin’s Creed Parkour
Just when you think no one could really move through the forest as gracefully as Connor from Assassin’s Creed III, someone does. Free-runner Ronnie Shalvis, specifically. You can find more on Shalvis at his Facebook page, and see a behind the scenes video here Man, this really makes me wish Jesper Kyd had done music…
By Kirk Hamilton Published November 1, 2012
