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The Rise of the New Music Games
Since well before Kotaku Melodic, I’ve been writing about and keeping an eye on musical video games. Whenever I talk about “music games,” people tend to think of the same kinds of things—plastic musical instrument peripherals and dance pads, Rock Band, Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution. But actually, most of the music games I’ve…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 22, 2012 -
UncategorizedSpacehog: The Glam-Grunge Band That Should’ve Been Huge (And Still Might Be!)
“This band is pretty much David Bowie meets Queen. The lead singer has a massive voice, the songs are dramatic anthems about sex, drugs, and outer space. It’s all mixed in with killer guitar riffs and insanely catchy chorus hooks.” Sounds like an amazing band, right? The kind of band that should be famous, with…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
See Six More Gorgeous Views of Assassin’s Creed III
Another six screenshots for Assassin’s Creed III have hit the Internet. The screenshots depict Connor on his American adventures and while it’s tough to tell which of these are pre-renders and which (if any) are gameplay, the visual clues they offer tip off what you should expect from the game. In two of them, Connor…
By Owen Good Published March 22, 2012 -
UncategorizedCut It Out, Journey Soundtrack. You’re Making Me Embarrass Myself
Argh! Cut it out, Journey soundtrack! I’m trying to look cool here, and you keep giving me goosebumps and making me stare wistfully into the middle distance! For a nice relaxing bit of listening at the start of tonight’s Kotaku Melodic, I thought I’d share one of my favorite of composer Austin Wintory’s pieces from…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 22, 2012 -
UncategorizedMass Effect 3‘s Musical Secret
I finished Mass Effect 3 last weekend. It was a real rollercoaster ride, especially the back half—stuff sure does get intense in there, doesn’t it? Don’t worry, I won’t post any spoilers here, nor will I talk about the much–discussed ending The music of Mass Effect packed more of an emotional wallop than I was…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Melodic Starts Here
And now begins Kotaku Melodic, your weekly date with the world of music, video games, and video game music. Grab your headphones and turn up your speakers, we’ve got some good stuff for you to listen to today! Don’t forget to tip your waiter or waitress.
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 22, 2012 -
UncategorizedIt Takes a Pretty Big Boss Monster to Face Down Darksiders II‘s Death
In this adorably gory trailer for THQ’s Darksiders II, our hero Death finally runs into a creature he can’t take out with a single savage slash. We’re going to need a bigger scythe. Ah springtime, when young men and women’s hearts are filled with Death and dismemberment. Darksiders II hits retail on June 26. Shortly…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2012 -
UncategorizedBarry Sanders Advances in the NIT of Cover Contests
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • If the Madden cover contest is like the NCAA Tournament, does that make the vote-off for NCAA Football 13 the NIT? Oh, yeah, that’s going on, too …. In the vote-off, Desmond Howard has advanced to face Herschel Walker, and Doug Flutie advanced…
By Owen Good Published March 22, 2012 -
UncategorizedBo Jackson, Hero of Tecmo Bowl, Has Never Played The Game
Bo Jackson, two-sport all star and Tecmo Bowl hero, has never actually played the video game in which he dominates, he revealed today on ESPN’s Sports Center. I don’t know how Jackson has resisted playing the 1989 Nintendo football game, which turned him into something of a cheat code. You could beast up and down…
By Jason Schreier Published March 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Like the Rest of Us, Madden Submits a Bracket—and Prays It Gets a Winner
Indianapolis. St. Louis. Griffin. Flynn. Washington. Seattle. Smith. San Francisco. Denver. Tebow. And now, Madden. The dominoes that fell in Peyton Manning’s release, free agency, and his signing on Tuesday with the Broncos tumbled all the way to the cover of the NFL’s signature video game. In addition to displacing Tim Tebow, the Bronco fan…
By Owen Good Published March 22, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe First Five Levels of a World of Warcraft Panda Monk
This morning I shared with you the creation of Susan, my first female Pandaren Monk in the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria beta test. Unfortunately she died. But don’t fret, she can and has been replaced with Stacy, a much better Pandaren Monk. Join Stacy and I as we roll our way through the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 22, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch An MMO PC Gamer Shoot His Way Into an FPS Player’s Console Game
The clip here is short, but incredibly cool. On the left is Eve Online, a spectacular sci-fi massively multi-player game, which you can play on a computer. On the right is the upcoming first-person shooter, Dust 514, which you will be able to play on a PlayStation 3. The games take place in the same…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect Anime, Starring James Vega, Will be Released This Fall
BioWare has been expanding their Dragon Age and Mass Effect story universes through comics and novels for several years. Now they’re branching out into animation projects, working with FUNimation to create a pair of anime features for later this year, Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker and Mass Effect: Paragon Lost In this Dailymotion video…
By Kate Cox Published March 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Mass Effect 3‘s Ending Got You Down? Come Talk About it at Kotaku Game Club
Welcome back to the Kotaku Game Club‘s discussion of Mass Effect 3. We’re finally here. Today we’ll be talking about the game’s last missions and its oft-maligned ending. Whether you loved or hated it, everybody seems to have their own idea of what should’ve happened at the end of this game. As with all of…
By Mike Epstein Published March 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
GameStop Boss Thinks the Next Xbox Will Play Used Games
The head of America’s biggest chain of game shops said he thinks it is “unlikely” that the next Xbox will block the playing of used games. “We think it’s unlikely that there would be that next-gen console [that blocks used games] because the model simply hasn’t been proven that works,” Paul Raines, CEO of GameStop,…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 22, 2012 -
UncategorizedThese 860 Screenshots Tell My Mass Effect 3 Story
One of the reasons I enjoy being a PC gamer is the ease of taking screenshots. Sometimes, many screenshots. It’s a hotkey that calls to me with an allure I can’t ignore. So it came to pass that when I played through Mass Effect 3 with my Shepard, the Shepard I had played through Mass…
By Kate Cox Published March 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
You’ll Be Able To Play Baldur’s Gate On Your iPad This Summer
PC role-playing game Baldur’s Gate will soon be living in a post-PC world. The beloved classic will be out for iPad this summer, developer Overhaul Games said today. It will also feature new content (!) and a new party member (!!!). Overhaul writes in a press release: Running on an upgraded and improved version of…
By Jason Schreier Published March 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Passagebalt Combines Canabalt and Passage to Make You Excited About Being Sad
Small, well-crafted indie games can be great about delivering unfiltered experiences. In Adam Saltsman’s Canabalt, you ran and jumped until you couldn’t any more. With Jason Rohrer‘s Passage, you wandered around a pixellated world that represented life’s journey, meeting a spouse and making your way together until that stopped, as it ultimately has to. The…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 22, 2012