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UncategorizedKickstart My Heart: Ravaged is Shaping Up to be the Multiplayer RAGE Never Had
One of the benefits of backing as many Kickstarter campaigns as I have is that some days I wake up and find beta keys for up and coming crowd funded games in my inbox. Every day is Christmas when you Kickstart all the things. One of the more promising projects I backed was Ravaged. A…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Spec Ops: The Line is 50% Off on Amazon
Spec Ops: The Line was only released this past week but Amazon is already discounting the game up to 50% for the PC version and 25% for the 360 version! Now you may be saying to yourself, “A game that gets a week one discount that deep must be terrible!” But you’d be oh so…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedBioWare Confirms What You Want To Know About The “Red Ending” of Mass Effect 3 [Spoilers]
The red ending. Is it canon? Who’s to say? It’s the only ending that differs greatly from the others and that’s for one major reason. SPOILERS FOLLOW Got that? No turning back… … Shepard lives. Until now we all thought we knew. There’s that final scene that isn’t present in any of the other endings.…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedCatch Up on Video Game High School
Freddie Wong is a god among men. Men who make awesome videos on the internet, that is. His latest project is Video Game High School. A nine part web series set in a future where gaming is the #1 sport in the world and only the best of the best can attend… wait for it……
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedHere, Have Some New Resident Evil 6 Gameplay
This is some new gameplay of Resident Evil 6 that was filmed at Capcom’s Summer Jam. Not to be confused with the hip hop festival run by HOT 97 in NYC. That is a very different summer jam. Resident Evil 6 New PS3 Gameplay Footage Surfaces [Gameranx]
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedRemember When This Famous Baseball Player Had a Promising Career in Game Development?
I’ve been cleaning out my hard drive lately and when doing so I tend to come across folders upon folders of old pictures. Recently, one in particular caught my eye. It was titled Comic Con 2010. During SDCC that year a new game developer had emerged with some big name talent and they were about…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis is the Video Game My Mom Wants to Play
I got an email from my mother recently. She was very excited about a new video game. As someone for whom video games are a way of life, clearly this intrigued me. My mother? Intersted in a video game? Preposterous! Not so preposterous actually. You see, my mother has very specific interests. Cooking, fitness, sending…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedI Just Got an Email About a MMO I Haven’t Played in Nearly a Decade
The subject line read T4C Realmud. Two words I hadn’t seen in ages, yet two words I knew very well. T4C, short for The 4th Coming, was the very first MMO I ever played – way back in 1998. An isometric 2D Diablo-esque RPG that was every bit as addictive as its offline brethren, T4C…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedSource Filmmakers Unmask The Pyro
We all enjoyed Meet the Pyro. It was worth the wait. Except fans still had one question. Who is the man behind the mask?! Well, wonder no more. Thanks to Valve’s new Source Filmmaker, we now know exactly who (or what) is beneath the Pyro’s mask. But be warned, what you are about to see…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Games We Liked or Disliked, As Featured in The New York Times
Welcome. There’s a good chance you arrived at this link from The New York Times‘ Arts Section, which now features condensed, edited versions of games we have reviewed on Kotaku To the right, you’ll find links to reviews or impressions of all of the games that we’ve featured in the Times. We hope that these…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Black Ops II Pre-Order Bonuses Now Include Nuketown 2025
Do you love Black Ops? Do you love Nuketown? Do you wish you could pre-order Black Ops II and go back to Nuketown? Well then today is your lucky day! Major retailers have updated their pre-order bonuses to reflect the recently announced Nuketown 2025 map being made for Call of Duty: Black Ops II The…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Gordon Freeman Action Figure is Officially Official
Earlier this year NECA displayed the prototype for their Gordon Freeman action figure at the international Toy Fair in New York. Now, Mr. Freeman is almost ready to come out and play in all his scientific glory. The fine Valve fans over at LambdaGen spotted that Gordon is going on sale at retailers this september…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Still Awake? Let’s Talk About Video Games!
Hey guys, you still awake? I am. Let’s put this new Kotaku discussion making machine to the test – by having a discussion, about video games! I’ll get it started. What is your favorite Final Fantasy and why? Mine is VI. It was VII as an angst filled teen (of course) but then VI grew…
By Dave Oshry Published July 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedIf Koji Igarashi Is Tim Burton, Dave Cox Says He’s Christopher Nolan
What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets! But not Dave Cox, oh no. The head of development at Konami EU has had far too much to say to me as of late. First he expressed his intrest in rebooting Contra. Then he admitted that the DLC for Lords of Shadow was a…
By Dave Oshry Published June 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Dead 2 “Cold Stream” Campaign Coming to 360 in July
After being out for nearly a year on PC as a beta you’d think Xbox 360 gamers would have given up ever seeing a new campaign for L4D2 on their beloved console. But Valve is not one to make people wait any longer than they have to! /s According to the L4D Blog, come July…
By Dave Oshry Published June 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
THQ Is Currently Worth 14,214,046 Happy Meals
Wondering what THQ will run you on the market nowadays? Me too. Fortunately, a friend of mine put together an amazing website that tells you just how much value the struggling publisher has today, using comparisons we can all easily understand. Here are some of my favorites. For more, head to What Is THQ Worth?
By Jason Schreier Published June 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedDuke Nukem Doesn’t Want Hollywood Stars Taking Video Game Work From Voice Actors
It’s hard out there for a voice actor. It doesn’t matter if you’re Nolan North, Jennifer Hale or Steve Blum, it seems that some companies are always going to look for big name “Hollywood” talent first. This has been a thorn in the side of one particularly iconic voice actor – Jon St. John. You…
By Dave Oshry Published June 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
Leisure Suit Larry Creator Says DRM Has Been Misguided Since 1982
Not long ago I had the pleasure of having a long talk with one of my all time favorite game designers, Al Lowe. The godfather of sleazy adventure gaming had plenty to say about the past, present and future of his famous polyester protagonist, but also had some very interesting thoughts about the way we…
By Dave Oshry Published June 30, 2012 - Uncategorized
In Which Edmund McMillen Compares Catholicism to D & D
Edmund McMillen speaks his mind. Whether it be about games, religion or poop, he never holds anything back. The indie superstar responsible for Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac drops his latest bits of wisdom in this fantastic interview by Nathan Grayson over at Eurogamer. In the interview, Edmund talks at length about…
By Dave Oshry Published June 30, 2012 -
UncategorizedBattlefield 3 Sells 15 Million, Prompts EA to Give More Games the “Premium” Treatment
Battlefield 3 has been a huge success for EA and the recently launched “premium” service looks like it’ll be a big success as well. So much so that EA Label’s President Frank Gibeau thinks it’s time to bring the idea to other franchises. Speaking to GamesIndustry, Gibeau didn’t pull any punches when talking about the…
By Dave Oshry Published June 30, 2012