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Sacrilegium Brings Horror Like Only Europeans Can
Reality Pump Studios today unveiled Sacrilegium, a survival horror game which is hopefully just as scary as my attempts to say that name out loud. Its premise certainly sounds…different. The story is about Alex, a 20-year Californian – smart, friendly and independent. She’s a college student that while fully aware of her breathtaking beauty, she…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
You Can Turn Into a Cloud of Bats in Skyrim‘s Dawnguard Expansion. Bats.
Bees? No, not bees! Bats! I’ve just had a chance to play some of Skyrim‘s first upcoming downloadable expansion, Dawnguard, which will be out exclusively on the Xbox 360 on June 26th. In my demo, my character had already chosen to become a Vampire Lord (as opposed to the vampire-fighting Dawnguard), so I had a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
Here’s GameStop’s New Sega Saturn (Well, Wii U) Games List
After the big unveils earlier in the week during Nintendo’s E3 press conference, retailer GameStop now apparently has listings for a range of Wii U content. Awesomely, they’re tucked away not under “Wii U”, but under “Sega Saturn”. So if you want to be a smartass tomorrow, go into GameStop and ask to preorder a…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch The Xbox Kinect Turn a Kotaku Editor Into A Groovy Bear
When I was told that Kirk had turned into a bear, I was very confused. My immediate thought process went something like: “How did that happen? What do we do? Is he going to have to find a new job? He can’t type on a computer or hold a controller if he has paws, right?”…
By Nick Vannucci Published June 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed III Lets You Smash Tophat-Wearing Gentlemen With Giant Hammers
Tall ships, tricorn hats, butcher’s hooks, muskets, giant sideburns…Assassin’s Creed III may, once I grow tired of Mount & Blade’s Napoleonic expansion, become my multiplayer game of choice. Not for its mechanics, of course. For its dress sense.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
Nintendo’s President Gives Minimum Wii U Price [CORRECTION: Very Old]
Perhaps the biggest surprise of this year’s E3 was the lack of concrete information from Nintendo regarding the Wii U’s release date and price. Still, it looks like we’ve got something out of the week, as Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has told Bloomberg that the console will “likely be priced at more than 20,000 yen”.…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit Is Filled With Ridiculous Juvenile Fun
Hell Yeah! is the story of an undead rabbit prince, who got caught in an unfortunate, public scandal when pictures of him surfaced doing…questionable things with a rubber ducky. Now all the demons in the underworld are laughing at him. And he’s going to take his vengeance out one split skull and shredded muscles at…
By Tina Amini Published June 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
Take a Scenic, Mostly-Empty Tour of the The Elder Scrolls Online
I’m about as excited for Elder Scrolls Online as I am a routine appointment to get my teeth knocked out. Still, I am not everyone! If you simply cannot wait for the chance to play yet another MMO that’s built just like all the other MMOs, check out these screenshots.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
E3 Makes Me Really Appreciate the PAX Ban on Booth Babes
The Penny Arcade gang aren’t exactly known for their tactful and effective approach to gender relations. But PAX, on both coasts, does do one thing right: they forbid exhibitors from hiring scantily clad models who don’t know anything about the products just to attract visitors. In other words: no booth babes. Now, many of the…
By Kate Cox Published June 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
Why Star Wars 1313 Doesn’t Let You Be a Jedi
Don’t get too attached to the guy you see shooting blasters and jumping from ship in Star Wars 1313‘s screenshots and videos. He’s just a placeholder character plopped into place for the purposes of the game’s unveiling. LucasArts isn’t divulging very much about the story or characters in the just-revealed Star Wars 1313, but creative…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 6, 2012 -
UncategorizedA Woman Stole My Face Using a Kinect. That Was Disturbing.
The upcoming “Trading Faces” app for the Xbox 360 is more creepy than cool, but still a funny demonstration of what Microsoft’s hands-free Kinect sensor can do. “Trading Faces” will be added as a downloadable Kinect Fun Labs program some time in the future. No release date. At least she didn’t turn into a zombie!…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 6, 2012 -
UncategorizedNarcoterror, A Love Letter to 80s Action Games in Three Parts
Your child, mistaken for a senator’s daughter, is kidnapped by the cartels. So many great 80’s action movies and video games have sprouted from similar plot lines. Rubicon’s Narcoterror is at least three of them. As I began my visit to the Rubicon Organization’s E3 2012 meeting space I was placed in a chair in…
By Mike Fahey Published June 6, 2012 -
UncategorizedWreck-It Ralph‘s New Trailer Features Bowser, Dr. Robotnik, Zangief, Q*Bert and More
We previously reported that Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph would feature cameos of iconic video game villains, but seeing them in an actual trailer is something different. After watching this, I can’t wait for this film to be released. It looks like it could be the greatest video game-related movie ever made.
By Nick Vannucci Published June 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
E3 2012? No Sir, It’s Adventure Time
How big is Pendleton Ward’s instant cult classic cartoon Adventure Time? So big that D3Publishers has a giant inflatable Finn and Jake hovering over their E3 2012 booth — and the game isn’t even here. And you know what? I don’t particularly care that
By Mike Fahey Published June 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
Look, Just Forget About a Baseball Game on the Xbox 360 Next Year
The long, slow goodbye to Major League Baseball 2K has been widely expected for more than a year. Gamers therefore assumed that EA Sports—frankly the only publisher with shoulders broad enough to take on this kind of a job right now—would jump back in with MVP Baseball (pictured). You can forget about that happening anytime…
By Owen Good Published June 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
Crossbows and Vampire Lords in Dawnguard Look Amazing in Action
If you were excited about Dawnguard, Skyrim‘s first piece of DLC, before, wait until you see it in action. The video shows you the vampire lord transformation and a ton of the skills that come with it, including summoning a gargoyle, using “vampiric grip” to lift enemies in the air, melee attacks and shooting energy…
By Nick Vannucci Published June 6, 2012 -
UncategorizedNintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime Joins The Ranks of the Undead
At yesterday’s Nintendo press conference, president of Nintendo America Reggie Fils-Aime revealed himself to be a rotting, stinking monstrosity. And then, he used the Wii’s augmented reality to make himself look like a zombie! [Rimshot] Above, you can see Reggie demonstrating the Wii U’s AR abilities tied to the Ubisoft Wii U exclusive ZombiU. (Which,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Sony and Microsoft E3 Murder Report
This year, Sony and Microsoft’s E3 presentations contained a combined 218 on-screen deaths, according to The Gameological Society. Of course, no one was really murdered at the E3 briefings. That is a relief.
By Nick Vannucci Published June 6, 2012 -
UncategorizedHalo 4 Creators are Prepping for a Halo Comeback
Halo used to the biggest thing in multiplayer Xbox gaming. It’s still a big deal, but for the last half-decade, Call of Duty has been the Xbox’s main event. At E3 this year, new Microsoft-owned development studio 343 Industries is making an interactive case that Halo is ready for top status again. They’re not saying…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 6, 2012 - Uncategorized
Pikmin 3 Plays Well, But I’m Not Sure Which Controller is Best For It
I finally played a new Pikmin game yesterday, which I’ve been waiting to do for eight years. The game looks great, but the tiny sliver I played got me wondering what the best way to play the game will be. Pikmin 3, like the GameCube Pikmin games before it, is about playing as a tiny…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 6, 2012