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UncategorizedGrand Theft Auto III is Being Remade (By Fans), and it Looks Great
Later this week, Grand Theft Auto III is being released on the PlayStation Network. It’s going to be hard to get very excited about it when you look how well this little project is coming along. GTA III Rage is an attempt to recreate Grand Theft Auto III using Grand Theft Auto IV’s newer, fancier…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2012 -
ReviewsOrcs Must Die 2: The Kotaku Review
No, you haven’t woken from a coma to find yourself in the year 2013. It’s only been nine months since the first Orcs Must Die was released, and yet here we are, talking about Orcs Must Die 2. That means we’re dealing with one of two things: a horribly rushed game, or something that’s a…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2012 -
CultureFrom Making Star Wars Scenes to Making His Own Animated Movie
Lance Myers has been working in the games industry for well over a decade now, mostly in the field of animation. While he’s currently at Spacetime helping on the upcoming Arcane Legends, his last role was at BioWare, where he worked as a storyboard artist for Old Republic’s cinematic sequences. Before that, though, he worked…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedFor $1 Million, This Company Will Build You an Actual Giant Mech. That You Can Drive.
The future is now. Or at least, it’s soon, and over $1 million dollars away for those interested, as Japanese company Suidobashi has announced plans to build custom, actual, operational mechs. Named the “KURATAS”, the vehicles will come at a standard price of USD$1.3 million, with additional accessories like shields and weapons available for around…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe 1980’s Shooter We’re Not Getting Until December 2012
In April, we showed you a game called Vektropolis, which caught my eye because it looked a lot like those awesome “future graphics” sequences from flicks like Running Man and Escape From New York It looked great, but then, there wasn’t much to it, either. So it’s lovely to hear the game has a release…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedOK, Yes, the New Need for Speed Game is Basically Burnout
A few years back, when EA bought Criterion, the developers of Burnout, people got worried. Worried that the team would be wasted churning out Need for Speed games. What a stupid worry that turns out to have been. Criterion’s first Need for Speed game, Hot Pursuit, was brilliant, and their second – the upcoming Most…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedTwo Grumpy, Weird Cats Dressed as Super Heroes
By the time you read this, it’s likely Monday morning, and you’re about to get started on a week of work/school. You’ll be a little down. If that’s you, here. Two cats dressed as Batman and Superman. [via Fashionably Geek]
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2012 -
UncategorizedCrazy Man Recreates 300’s Epic Final Battle in Skyrim
Reader Tyrannicon sent us this video he made, which is a shot-by-shot recreation of the iconic final battle of the film 300, made using nothing but some console commands and Skyrim’s Creation Kit.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
Start Your Week With Cosplay From Star Wars, Diablo, The Witcher and…Ponyo
This is one of the best cosplay gallery’s we’ve started the week with in a long time. I mean, we have someone cosplaying as The Witcher 2’s Triss. There’s someone doing an awfully good interpretation of Fujimoto, the slightly creepy underwater dad from Ponyo. There is also someone dressed up not only as Crisis Core’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2012 -
UncategorizedCastle Story Might Make Some Childhood Dreams Come True
When we first saw it in January, indie game Castle Story looked like a game to keep an eye on. A few months later, and one proper trailer later, and little has changed. Its promised blend of building and strategy looks great, the kind of thing to rekindle the very fondest of childhood memories that…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2012 - Culture
The Week in Games: Say It Three Times Fast
Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance on the 3DS headlines another light midsummer week. Other names arriving Tuesday include the Risen and Orcs Must Die! sequels. On Wednesday, Awesomenauts comes to Steam and Deadlight continues the Summer of Arcade on Xbox Live. Tuesday • Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance (3DS) • Risen 2: Dark Waters (PS3,…
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012 -
UncategorizedCapping Off the Rampaging Tour of Liberty City, It’s Sonic
Promise, last one. We’ve had our fun. From R2-D2 (to his Skyrim-themed friend) to the Portal 2 multiplayer robots, we can only take so much of seeing cartoon or comic-relief characters going on a mass-murder rampage in Liberty City. For Sonic the Hedgehog—even if he looks like a little more like a blue Shadow the…
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
Ubisoft’s Free-to-Play Plans Might Include Might & Magic
Another registration points to Heroes of Might & Magic as a potential free-to-play online game. Ubisoft has said it plans to reveal new free-to-play titles in August. It filed for mightandmagicheroesonline.com on Friday. Domain watchdawg Fusible has all the details.
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
No Game Save for My Backup
Three days home, sick, with the complete understanding and sympathy of my employer. Fully conscious and ambulatory, with some grade-A camaro-drivin’, country-music-songwritin’, shirtless-guy-on-COPS prescription narcotics on the bathroom sink. Can’t go outside and enjoy this nice day, cause I’m sick. Can’t work, I’m sick. Can’t brush my teeth, put on deodorant or underpants or mow…
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
Teenagers Step Up to Launch Portal 2‘s Space Core … to Spaaaaaaace
Last week, my misidentification of a laser engraving on a space part suggested the wrong personality core from Portal 2 was symbolically being flown to space (a fate echoing the game’s story.) A team of 18 teenagers from Nevada stepped in to restore order, and properly send the Space Core—or, well, a plushy version of…
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
‘Shop Contest: Kitchen-Aided Consoles
Though we have a source image for this week’s ‘Shop Contest, this one will be thrown open to your imagination and whatever you can scrape together to illustrate it. The “Super Nincoffee Jr.” shown yesterday provoked a comment thread of other console/kitchen appliance mashups that deserve some form of graphical representation. We know there are…
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
Why Yes, Those Claw Machines Are Rigged, Says Arcade Operator
An arcade owner from somewhere in central California popped into Reddit late last night to confirm, in exacting detail, what everyone has long suspected: those goddamn claw machines do deliberately have a tissue-thin grip, even when you think you have it lined up directly over that plush toy and can’t possibly miss picking it up.…
By Owen Good Published July 29, 2012