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Dead Space Series Composer Will Return For Dead Space 3
In light of the news that Hitman and Assassin’s Creed composer Jesper Kyd is leaving both series, it’s good to hear confirmation that Dead Space composer Jason Graves will be back for the third game. Graves’ creepy strings and dirge-like orchestrations lend a huge amount of atmosphere to Visceral’s first two outer-space creepshows. Good news!
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedGeeky Musicians Unite For The Humble Indie Music Bundle
We’ve had humble indie game bundles, and humble indie game soundtrack bundles… so I guess it only makes sense that we’d get a Humble Indie Music bundle by people who people who like games might like. That was a mouthful. Anyway! Now, you can pay what you want for six albums by OK Go, They…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedA Visual Instrument That Turns Colors Into Music
Music may be something that you hear, but it does have a visual element. That visual aspect is different for everyone—I see melodies and harmonies as shapes, with a chord laid out as a fragment of its parent-scale. It’s asily moved around and re-arranged, but it’s always a part of a larger thing. Other people…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Time MTV Turned Video Games Into Music Videos
MTV has always been at least a bit more in touch with the video game scene than most major cable TV stations. I mean heck, our EIC Stephen wrote for their video gaming site for a time! One of the most enjoyable/bizarre things the network ever did was Video Mods, an EA-sponsored series devoted to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Planet Crashers Takes on Mario and Wario in This Week’s Nintendo Download
Which would you rather have, a grungy old black-and-white Wario game, a dollar off a classic Mario game, or a colorful action role-playing game from the creators of Dementium: The Ward? I have no definite answer. I just like asking long form questions. I will say, at least, that were I completely unfamiliar with all…
By Mike Fahey Published July 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedPlaying Battlefield 3 When Suddenly OH GOD KILL IT WITH FIRE
Ok ok, that’s kind of mean. Here’s this guy, living with this disability, trying to fight a war. And then there’s the guy following him around, knifing and shooting him. We should all be a little more respectful. But keep the fire ready just in case things go bad. bf3 hulk glitch ftw !!! [YouTube via…
By Tina Amini Published July 26, 2012 -
Uncategorized1PP: Should We Worry About Preserving The Retro Games We Love?
Check out the second of our 1st Person Perspective videos, shot by our own Chris Person with Evan Narcisse taking the interview lead. They spoke with Robin, who is quite the retro games collector. They delve into the benefits of HD remakes, and the potential of digital distribution. Let us know your opinions in the…
By Tina Amini Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
There’s A Multiplayer Source-Engine ‘Slenderman’ Game In The Works
Are you a fan of the creepy ‘Slenderman’ game Slender, but maybe you wish it looked a bit better? Perhaps the game would be better in Valve’s Source Engine, no? Some folks over at ModDB agree, and they’re working on a source-engine game/mod inspired by Parsec’s Slender. Slender: Source is a work-in-progress now, with only…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Minecraft Creator Cancels First-Person Shooter
The studio behind Minecraft was working on a first-person shooter. No more! Mojang CEO and Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson told Joystiq that they killed the game, which they were co-developing with another company, because they “did not want more external dependencies.” “The success of Minecraft meant we could focus on projects fully owned by…
By Jason Schreier Published July 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedWant More Plants Vs. Zombies? This Technically Counts
PvZ Presents: Talking Zombatar, coming to smart phones and tablets later this year from PopCap Games, is decidedly NOT Plants Vs. Zombies 2. You will be able to buy new outfits for your pet dead thing, so I guess that’s something. *weeps*
By Mike Fahey Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Report: Zynga Insiders Dumped Lots of Stock Before It Tanked [UPDATE]
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus dumped $200 million worth of stock this past April, three months before his company’s stock suddenly tanked last night, according to a new report. According to Yahoo News, Pincus sold $200 million worth of stock back in April, just when the year’s second financial quarter had begun. Other investors and executives,…
By Jason Schreier Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Apple Has a Patent Involving a Physical Video Game Controller [Update]
It could be that the prayers of iOS gamers everywhere are about to be answered. That’s right: Apple might be going to support gamepads working with iOS devices. Update: Not quite. A patent uncovered by GameRevolution today details a method for an iPhone to learn and mimic the commands of other devices. One diagram shows…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
With a Mario Marriage Proposal This Super, How Could He Say No?
“Will you be my player two?” More beautiful words between two gamers have never been spoken. Offbeat Bride tribesmaid Kaharaminttu raised the phrase to new levels of sweetness with this creative coin box proposal to her husband-to-be. When Kaharaminttu’s “mancreature” told her that he felt it was silly that society always expected the man to…
By Mike Fahey Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Baldur’s Gate Is Back. New Characters, Dungeon Coming September 18
If you’ve been getting the urge to replay Baldur’s Gate, you might want to wait til this fall. The classic role-playing game will see new life on September 18, when developer Beamdog releases Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, an enhanced remake with new characters and a new adventure that the company says will take you six…
By Jason Schreier Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Walking Dead Game Comes To iOS in Fine Form [Update]
Many of us here at Kotaku are fans of Telltale’s episodic Walking Dead game. It’s been one of the most welcome surprises of the year—a zombie game that’s less about killing zombies and more about dealing with living in a world without laws or hope. Though the game was announced for Apple devices as well…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
At Least This $20,000 Banjo-Kazooie Toy Comes With Free Shipping
I like video game toys as much as the next guy. There are even a few toys out there that I’d be willing to pay money for. But twenty thousand dollars seems a bit high. And yet that’s the price that this one-of-a-kind Banjo-Kazooie prototype figure is selling for on eBay right now. According to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 -
UncategorizedWhy Final Fantasy Is Called Final Fantasy (And Other FF Trivia)
Did you know that Aeris’s death was inspired by the death of Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s mother? Or that the name Final Fantasy came from the sense of desperation Square felt back in the 80s? Okay, maybe you did. Still, this is an interesting, well-produced set of trivia from Square Enix’s ubiqutious role-playing game…
By Jason Schreier Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
New Super Mario Bros. 2 Is All About Fresh Power-Ups, Spiteful Multiplayer And Coins, Coins, Coins
Some things in this universe are constant. Death, taxes. Slow buses when you’re late. And the fact that Mario is into coins. He’s still into coins in the upcoming 3DS game New Super Mario Bros. 2. And it’s a good thing, because the game has lots of coins. So many coins. Pretty much all of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Angry Birds Space Scores a New Boss, a New Bird, and a Little Tetris Flavor
The biggest update yet to Rovio’s award-winning fowl-flinging space physics game sees the return of an inflatable hero, the appearance of the big (the operative term) boss of the sugary planet of Utopia, and a secret level loosely based on the most beloved puzzle game of all time. There are 20 new levels to conquer…
By Mike Fahey Published July 26, 2012
