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I Just Saw The Last of Us in Action, and It Looks Amazing
I just watched two people from Naughty Dog play The Last of Us in Santa Monica. It was the best demo for a game I’ve seen since Assassin’s Creed III a few months ago. Here’s what happened. What played out was similar to the trailer that Sony just shared—Joel and Ellie, the series’ two protagonists…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedFree-to-Play Football Title Loses Its NFL License
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • QuickHit Football had a solid debut year in 2009 and won an NFL license a year later. Then it lost its director of design, a veteran of the beloved NFL 2K5, and was bought up by Majesco around E3 last year. Now it’s…
By Owen Good Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Activision and EA Settle Case Over Call of Duty [Update]
Activision and EA have agreed to file a settlement agreement in their dispute over Call of Duty, according to a Bloomberg report The settlement is from a countersuit brought by Activision against EA accusing them of attempting to pry Jason West and Vince Zampella away from them. The initial suit was brought against Activision by…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 16, 2012 -
EsportsLeague of Legends World Championship Promises ‘The Biggest Payday in eSports History’
League of Legends will put $5 million up for grabs this summer and fall in its second annual world championship series, pitting the winners of six regional championships against one another at the University of Southern California’s Galen Center on Oct. 13. The world champion will take home what Riot Games is billing as “the…
By Owen Good Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Two Fitness MMOs Go Mano a Mano with Their PvP Plans
Last year I profiled Fitocracy, which isn’t a video game per se but a gamified fitness regimen that draws from concepts familiar to role-playing video games. One MMO analogue it lacked, however, was the idea of player-vs.-player combat. Well, that’s no longer the case. While Fitocracy on Monday revealed its system for PvP duels, it…
By Owen Good Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Report: Activision Tried To Dig Up Dirt On Ex-Call of Duty Developers
The ugly court battle between Activision and its former employees has gotten even uglier. According to documents obtained by The Los Angeles Times and released today, Activision hired a man named Thomas Fenady to “dig up dirt” on Call of Duty creators Jason West and Vince Zampella so the company could build up a case…
By Jason Schreier Published May 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedMadden Hopes Its New Theme Will Be Music to Your Ears
Madden NFL 13 will sound a lot different this year. Some quarterbacks will call audibles in their own voice. Bone-crunching hits have been mixed in from NFL Films audio. The crowd is going to explode on big plays and go stoic on drive-killing turnovers. But where the game will sound most different is in the…
By Owen Good Published May 16, 2012 -
ReviewsStarhawk: The Kotaku Review
Starhawk is a third-person shooter. Actually, scratch that, let me try again: Starhawk is a fighter-pilot game. Although… only sort of. Maybe Starhawk is a real-time strategy game. This is all getting complicated. How about: Starhawk is a Western, in space. And a fun one. Yes. Let’s go with that. The truth is, Starhawk takes…
By Kate Cox Published May 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedDiablo III‘s Whimsical Secret
Remember back when everyone complained about the bright colors and rainbows appearing in the latest installment of Diablo? Blizzard does. Blizzard never forgets. You’ll never forget it either, so don’t click here unless you want one of the game’s more entertaining secrets revealed. Blizzard made their opinion of the fan outrage over Diablo III‘s art…
By Mike Fahey Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Reminder: The Game Club is Talking Diablo III Tomorrow!
Getting over your Diablo III login blues? I hope so, because the Game Club‘s first meeting is tomorrow! Make sure you take a break to come discuss the game with the rest of us at 4pm Eastern.
By Mike Epstein Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
What It’s Like Playing Diablo III With A Crappy Graphics Card
You will die. Frequently. You will stare at your screen as it slows to a crawl, wondering when the whole machine will just black out and die. You will roll your eyes and groan as if somebody just cut you in line at the grocery store and you want to get their attention in an…
By Jason Schreier Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Way to Kick the Competition While They’re Down, EVE Online
EVE Online developer CCP takes a break from running massively multiplayer online games less successful than World of Warcraft to poke fun at those diabolical Diablo III errors. As seen on my desktop. Okay, it’s kinda cute.
By Mike Fahey Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Your PC Doesn’t Have to Break to Be Turned Into a Planter
Some people merge the organic and electronic by working with wood. Mike Schropp of Total Geekdom has created an entirely new way to mix plant and machine with a custom PC case that grows grass. I think he should call it the grow box. Catchy, huh? Long seeking a project that would merge technology with…
By Mike Fahey Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Nvidia Wants to Stream Your Next GPU to You
NVidia made a splash at the 2012 GPU Technology Conference (GTC) this week, with the announcement of their first virtual, cloud-based GPU. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang showed a presentation explaining how the Nvidia VGX, based on the new Kepler architecture, can distribute streaming graphics processing. They’re aiming their new tech both at businesses and at gamers,…
By Kate Cox Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Unravel Society’s Disaster in Analogue: A Hate Story
It’s the far future. You’re a salvager, and you’ve been notified that a derelict, ancient 25th-century colony ship, one of the generation ships Earth sent out eons before you were born, has been found drifting aimlessly in space. Your task is to dig through all of the log files you can turn up on board…
By Kate Cox Published May 16, 2012 -
UncategorizedHere’s Why You Should Take a Vacation with Dynamite Jack
A little while back, I took a look at Dynamite Jack and really enjoyed the explodey stealth action provided by this indie game Well, the game’s out on Steam now for the low price of $4.99 and comes with a map editor that lets you craft your own twisting, teasing levels. Watch the trailer above…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 - Uncategorized
Tribes: Ascend Breaks 1 Million Downloads in Its First Month
Hi-Rez’ free-to-play shooter Tribes: Ascend is doing quite well—it has been downloaded 1.2 million times in its first month, with 110,000 people joining through the game’s friend-referral system.
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 16, 2012