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UncategorizedIs This Call of Duty: Black Knights? No, it’s War of the Roses, the Multiplayer Bludgeon-er
Back at PAX East, Stephen Totilo spent some time with War of the Roses by Fatshark, a studio that unapologetically credits Call of Duty and Battlefield as inspirations in this ultra-throwback to combat shoot—uh, stabbers? The game just released its E3 trailer and it showcases a very Hobbesian view of life in this game: nasty,…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
Sounds Like Assassin’s Creed Will Debut a New, Female Assassin’s Adventure On The Vita This Fall
According to a report on NeoGAF, the latest Game Informer contains a preview of a Vita-only Assassin’s Creed game called Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation It’s unconfirmed, but other GAF users are also saying they too read the preview of the game. Among salient facts: It will star a female assassin named Aveline, who is of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
First Look at NBA Live 13 Shows a Game Making Great Passes—Even the Bad Ones
Amaré Stoudemire stands 6-foot-10. At that height, little lob-in passes are what the Knicks power forward receives, not what he throws. But he’s a little out of position, with Carmelo Anthony set up on the right block in front of Miami’s Udonis Haslem, asking for the ball. So here goes, because, it’s not like Stoudemire’s…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2012 -
UncategorizedAsk the E3 Trailer for Hybrid Anything
Owen Good asked, “What the heck are you all about, Hybrid?” It’s a futuristic third-person shooter being developed by 5th Cell, which you may know for its Scribblenauts games on the Nintendo DS. I’m not like that at all; I’ll be their first offering for the Xbox 360 and will be available over Xbox Live…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
Did Nintendo Plan to Call the DS the “City Boy”?
People scratched their heads at “Wii” but ultimately everyone accepted it. Not many are really warming up to “Wii U” but I suspect as some point that’ll be spoken like it was always a part of the language, too. There is no way I could see myself referring to anything I own, however, as a…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Next Tales is Indeed Tales of Xillia 2
Widely expected, Tales of Xillia 2 was indeed confirmed as the name of the series’ next sequel at the Tales of Festival in Japan today. The word comes from producer Hideo Baba himself. That trailer introduces the new world of Tales of Xillia 2, which does reflect a departure from the sword-and-sorcery motifs of previous…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
Did Curt Schilling Try to Save 38 Studios with 3,000 Gold Pieces?
The Boston Globe yesterday reported something rather fitting about 38 Studios, the defunct maker of the RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Curt Schilling, the studio’s founder, posted $5 million in actual gold coins to secure a loan to stabilize the company back in February. That’s right. One-ounce gold pieces—”some 200 pounds of South African Krugerrands,…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
Hardware Wars
The Moneysaver is leading with deals on hardware this week because, well, there ain’t much in the way of software. That is par for the course in a week in which everyone in the industry and following it wants to talk about games we won’t be playing for another year or so. But we still…
By Owen Good Published June 2, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Best of Kotaku, This Week
This awesome version of Mario was done by José Emroca Flores. You can buy his prints here if you’re as in love with them as I am. This week’s best image is brought to you by the help of Svalt Gamized Moving on to our Best Of content this week, we kick things off as…
By Tina Amini Published June 2, 2012 - CultureTotal Recall
The Falling-Out and Heartwarming Reunion of the Guys Who Made Space Quest
Plenty of adventure game developers have recently reunited to create new games, usually funded via Kickstarter. At first glance, Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe are no different. The two men created the classic Space Quest PC games, and eventually parted ways. Now, they’re on Kickstarter raising money for a new game called Two Guys from…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 2, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallI Watched This Kingdom Hearts Lore-Primer And I Still Have No Idea What The Hell is Going On in Kingdom Hearts
I’m a fan of Lore in a Minute!, a site that breaks down a game’s lore and story in easily digestible, humorous movies. It’s great for if you want to hop into a series midway through without going back and slogging through long, older games. I headed over there to check out their fun new…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedHey, More (Awful) Halo 4 Gameplay Footage [Update]
So, there’s a very private Halo 4 beta going on right now. Some terrible footage leaked out a few days ago, and today, there’s some more for you to take a look at. On the plus side, this clip is almost watchable! In the first video, the users were so paranoid of Microsoft spotting their…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallBefore He Fought Dominatrix Nuns, Agent 47 Took On Mardi Gras
Purposefully vulgar marketing isn’t the only thing controversial about the new Hitman game Hitman: Absolution; plenty of folks are worried that the game itself will be a big departure from the slow-paced, careful gameplay of the first games. The Splinter Cell: Conviction to Blood Money‘s Chaos Theory, if you will. Reading Stephen’s hands-on preview from…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Here we are, on the precipice: The news is falling fast, and in a lot of ways it feels like E3 has already begun. But still, we have one more weekend before the big show. What are you going to be playing this weekend before the big publishers come and make all of the lovely…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedGood News: Hitman: Absolution Looks Like Blood Money With Better Graphics
When I read Stephen’s written preview of Hitman: Absolution, many of my fears about the game were assuaged. It certainly sounds a lot like Blood Money, which is one of my favorite games. And now, thanks to this B-roll that was given to press at the preview, we can all see that it really seems…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Lazy Security Patrolling Apple’s Shopping Mall
This past weekend, readers alerted us to an absolutely contemptible ripoff on the iTunes App Store. Someone had submitted a straight-up copy of the Canabalt flash game, called it Canabalt HD—which doesn’t exist on the iOS. Once again, some unscrupulous dick managed to slide Adam Saltsman’s game past Apple’s mall security. The fact it happened…
By Owen Good Published June 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
Backhanded Box Quotes: ‘A Bad Gears of Ghostduty‘
Welcome to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of super pissed-off user reviews from people just like you! Whoa, whoa, don’t take that personal. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Released: May 22 Critic: Error_317002 (Metacritic) • “Feels more like Gears of Duty: Future Ops.” Score: 4 Critic: tigger (Metacritic) • “I can best describe it…
By Owen Good Published June 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Week in Evil DLC
Downloadable content. Everyone hates it—but everyone buys it. We haven’t had a look in a long while at the extensions and pre-order bonuses designed to crowbar money from you or direct you to spend it at a retailer you wouldn’t otherwise. Can you still respect yourself if you go along with it? MLB 12 The…
By Owen Good Published June 1, 2012
