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In 1985 “Real Gamers” Were a Completely Different Animal
When you hear the term ‘gamer’ these days it’s safe to assume that it refers to a person that regularly plays video games. Way back in 1985, however, “real gamers” carried leather dice bags, sat around paper-cluttered tables for hours on end and rarely possessed a pair of X chromosomes to rub together. At least…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Motocross Bikes Soar at Awkward Angles in Trials Evolution‘s Newest Screenshots
You may perhaps remember that racing/platforming/puzzleish XBLA game Trials HD about injuring yourself on a motocross bike. Its sequel, Trials Evolution seems to be even more genre defying. Not satisfied with only meshing three unlikely genres together, RedLynx—the developer behind Trials—has thrown in first person shooting, arcade shooting, and pinball (that’s a genre, right?) as…
By Elyas Gorogo-Baker Published March 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Motorstorm RC Races Onto North American Vitas for Free
Games are a commercial endeavor, complete with cross-promotional marketing. Sometimes the messages have questionable ties, but other times, the match is too good to miss. So it is with Scion’s (a Toyota company) promotion of the Vita version of Motorstorm RC. According to an announcement on the PlayStation blog, not only is Motorstorm RC launching…
By Kate Cox Published March 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
These Fable: The Journey Screens Will Make You Wanna Waggle
Just try not to move your arms up and down as you thumb through these screens for Fable: The Journey, the Kinect game that publisher Microsoft will release for Xbox 360 this year. Who says controller-free games can’t be pretty?
By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
EA Pulls Simpsons Game from iTunes Due to Overwhelming Popularity
Following EA’s pull of Battlefield 3: Aftershock from the App store two weeks ago, EA recently revealed that The Simpsons: Tapped Out is getting the same treatment. But while Battlefield 3: Aftershock was plagued with crashes and connectivity issues, EA is pulling The Simpsons: Tapped Out for an entirely different issue. Pocket Gamer reports that…
By Tina Amini Published March 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Here’s How To Pronounce The Name of Assassin’s Creed III‘s Protagonist
Today we found out that the hero of Assassin’s Creed III, who calls himself Connor, was born Ratohnhaké:ton Here at Kotaku, we consider it our duty to answer important questions like “How the hell do I pronounce Ratohnhaké:ton?” So I asked Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft for an official guide. Their response: Ra-doon-ha-gay-doo’ So there you…
By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedSteel Battalion: Heavy Armor Is The Hardest-Core Kinect Game Yet
Holy crap, this tank is taking fire from all sides, I can’t see anything, I need to vent out the smoke but one of my crew members just got shot and we can’t stay still for too long or enemy soldiers will climb in and kill us, and I can’t reach the vent button, and…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Minecraft Creator Is Unsurprisingly the Winner of This Year’s BAFTA Special Award
The British Academy Video Game Awards will award Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson with its “Special Award” at this year’s ceremony, it said today. The annual BAVGA (ok, so it doesn’t have as nice a ring to is as BAFTA) ceremony—presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts—doles out awards to deserving games…
By Tina Amini Published March 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Joe Danger: The Movie Takes Stuntman Action to a Whole New Level
The coolest part of an action movie is, well, the action. Carefully choreographed and filmed stunts and effects make the impossible seem downright easy, when splashed on the big screen. Joe Danger: The Movie, slated for release on Xbox Live Arcade later this year, is all about the action. First seen at last summer’s PAX,…
By Kate Cox Published March 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
BioShock Infinite‘s Heroes Will Change Each Other In ‘Profound’ Ways
How do you create characters that people care about? BioShock creator Ken Levine spends a lot of time thinking about that question. He also spends a lot of time thinking about ways to answer that question through video games, a medium that he says has yet to quite master the art of empathy. Perhaps that’s…
By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Houses Explode In New Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Screenshots
Valve has some new screenshots for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, the new reimagining of the popular Half-Life mod that has turned into a phenomenon over the years, selling 25 million (!) copies, according to the publisher. Counter-Strike: GO will be out this summer for Xbox 360, PC, Mac and PlayStation 3.
By Jason Schreier Published March 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed III Brings a New Hero to a New Console with a New Engine
His name is Ratohnhaké:ton, but you can call him Connor. The latest Assassin’s Creed hero prowls the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC frontier on October 31, with work underway on a version for Nintendo’s Wii U. It’s a game so ambitious Ubisoft created an entirely new game engine just to power it. That engine…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedWTPT: Eat Humans And Fend Off Sharks In Depth
Nom nom nom nom human flesh and limbs. That’s essentially the crux of indie game Depth where you can play either as a treasure-hungry diver or a human-hungry shark. And just as I’ll always play as a zombie in Left 4 Dead, I can see myself always choosing the offensive and playing as a shark…
By Tina Amini Published March 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Isn’t Some New Snake. It’s the Old Snake.
While people had been trying to put games on mobile phones for years, it wasn’t until Nokia’s humble little version of arcade classic Snake in 1997 that the idea was taken a little more seriously. It’s now 2012, and with thousands of games available on various phones, some looking as good (and almost playing as…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2012 -
UncategorizedA Revolutionary Hero Takes to the Trees in the First Assassin’s Creed III Trailer
What kind of setting would Revolutionary War-era America make for an Assassin’s Creed game? See for yourself as the latest in a long line of professional killers does the tomahawk chop in the wintry war-torn Northeastern woods. When the setting was revealed for Assassin’s Creed III some fans thought it was a terrible choice, mainly…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2012 - Uncategorized
You Will Believe Four Young Boys Can Save the World from Redheads
Kenny, Kyle, Cartman, and Stan join forces to defeat Tenorman’s Ginger Army in South Park: Tenorman’s Revenge. How? Perhaps these latest screens can shed some light. Don’t worry, redheads. I realize cartoons are cartoons, and I still love all of you. Except for you, Frank. You’re a bit of a jerk. Sorry, had to be…
By Mike Fahey Published March 5, 2012
