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UncategorizedLara Croft Takes an Absolute Beating in This Tomb Raider Gameplay Trailer
Our first good look at gameplay from the upcoming Tomb Raider prequel/reboot also gives us a good look at hero Lara Croft…not doing so well. It was announced tonight that the game will be out in March 2013.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedMetal Gear Rising: Revengeance’s New Gameplay Trailer is Bananas
Pure, 100% organic bananas. I mean, I know we should be expecting this, since it’s being developed by the guys behind Bayonetta, but still. Bananas. The game will be out in early 2013.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedHere’s Dishonored’s Swashbuckling New Trailer
I’m not normally one for excitement over games, but whenever I see the world artist Viktor Antonov (Half-Life 2) has helped create for this game, I can’t help it. Especially since I’m a sucker for a good sea shanty. Bethesda and Arkane’s shooter will be out on PC, 360 and PS3 on October 9.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2012 - Uncategorized
What a Real Fallout Town Would Look Like
The style of the Fallout universe is dictated by two things: the fact it’s an apocalyptic wasteland and the way it pays destructive homage to 1950s Americana. Fallout fans might want to take a look at this brilliant gallery, then, because it shows what an actual 1950s American town would have looked like if it…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2012 -
UncategorizedI’ve Been Playing the Bastard Son of Minecraft and Halo
StarForge is quite the thing. Fire it up and you think it’s a shooter. Run around and you find there’s nothing to shoot. Go to switch weapons and…oh. Oh See, StarForge isn’t really a shooter. It’s a shooting sandbox. You’re dropped in a randomly-generated world with not just a gun, but an invisible space shovel…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallUnboxing an Atari Computer From 1983
Continuing my dust-covered crusade against modern unboxings, here’s another vintage unboxing, in which an Atari 800XL from 1983 is transferred lovingly from the packaging to the outside world. The 800XL was essentially a cheaper and nastier version of the Atari 800, albeit with fancier packaging. It couldn’t even run some Atari 800 programs natively, requiring…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 -
CultureTotal RecallThis Man Stole $318,000 From Namco Before the Cops Caught Him
In 1985, Namco America employee Steven Drake was arrested by police and found with $32,000 cash on him, with even more hidden in the trunk of a car parked at San Francisco airport. Turns out he’d been buying up gold coins from South Africa and Canada using Namco’s money. The scoundrel. In total, Drake siphoned…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Correct Answer Was ‘Pastrami Sandwich’
Good God, I love pastrami sandwiches. They are, all things considered, my favorite kind of sandwich—I like pastrami sandwiches even better than BLTs with avocado, which is saying something. E3 madness has precluded our usual link-list for tonight’s open thread, so instead I put a question to you: What kind of sandwich is best? Do…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
Get an Early Look at the E3 Showroom Floor
E3 doesn’t kick off until next week, but already teams of workers are hard at it, putting up all the flashy booths and stalls and screens that beam three days’ worth of unrelenting video game marketing to your computers and attendee’s eyeballs. Some NeoGAF members are sharing pics of the showroom floor under construction, as…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
DOTA 2 Will be Free, But You Can Buy Hats
It’s been sort of known for a while now, but today Valve came out and specifically stated that DOTA 2 will be free-to-play. And just like Team Fortress 2 these days, the company will make its money back not from game sales, but from hats. There’ll be a DOTA 2 Store available at launch (actually,…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
It’s Definitely That E3 Time of Year…
E3 2012 is on the way, and Los Angeles is turning into a veritable wonderland of gaming marketing. Enormous ads and banners are beginning to blanket the city, showing off some of the hotly-anticipated titles we expect to hear more about next week. Halo 4, Borderlands 2, and The Elder Scrolls Online have all made…
By Kate Cox Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
Looks Like the Next Big Star Wars Game Stars Boba Fett
The same GameTrailers spill that leaked the announcement of a Castlevania Lords of Shadow sequel also mentions a new Star Wars game called 1313 As we expected when a site was trademarked by Lucasarts, 1313 strongly suggests this is a Boba Fett game, since Boba’s use of the CT-1313 is about the only significant time…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
Castlevania Lords of Shadow Gets a Sequel
Konami’s Castlevania reboot (of sorts), Lords of Shadow, will be getting the sequel treatment, a slip-up on GameTrailers has revealed. An episode summary for tonight’s show, which will also feature the debut of stuff we already knew about (like a new Star Wars game), mentions Lords of Shadow 2 as one of the titles getting…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2012 -
UncategorizedTurns Out Max Payne is a Decent Piano Player. Who Knew?
One of my favorite things about Remedy’s first two Max Payne games was their winking, self-aware style. That vibe was perhaps best encapsulated by the scene in which Max has a drug hallucination and realizes that he’s the protagonist of a video game. Rockstar’s take on the character is much more gritty and dark, and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 31, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Kotaku Mixtape Vol. 10 – Westerns
Everybody loves cowboys. They’re as American as apple pie, they’re hard boiled gunslingers and most importantly they have some of the best theme songs of any hero you’ll meet, hands down. Today on the Kotaku Mixtape, we’re looking at the best music to appear in Wild West video games. From that wackyness of Zan: The…
By Chris Person Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Game Music Bundle Returns with Ilomilo, Plants vs. Zombies and More
Not only have we got an outstanding Humble Indie Bundle on right now, the Game Music Bundle is also going on. Pay what you want for a ton of great soundtracks. Worth it for Plants vs. Zombies alone!
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 31, 2012 -
UncategorizedBastion Gets The Hip-Hop Treatment
One of Bastion‘s defining aspects is its music. A combination of digging folk guitar and trippy beats, Darren Korb’s soundtrack was one of the very best of 2011. What better way to pay tribute to it than mixing it together and throwing down some rhymes? Rapper Adam WarRock has done just that—you can hear his…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
From The Creators of Cowboy Bebop, a Dreamlike Ode to Youth, Love and Jazz
I was a band kid in high school. (This is probably not a surprise to readers of Kotaku Melodic.) I tried on a lot of hats in middle school—I tried being an athlete, tried being a brain, tried being involved in student government. But it was in the jazz band that I found a home.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 31, 2012 - Uncategorized
It’s Man Vs. Manned Machine In This Dishonored Gameplay Sneak Peek
Dishonored has pretty much come out of nowhere to become one of the buzz games of 2012 (justifiably so!), and everyone’s going to see some pretty cool gameplay from it tonight during GTTV‘s big pre-E3 show on Spike tonight. But how about a sneak peek for you? We can give you a taste of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 31, 2012
