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Looks Like These Are More Doom 4 Images
Yesterday, a grip of alleged Doom 4 screenshots surfaced on the internet, depicting earth being torn apart by the forces of Hell. Today, more images turned up over at allgamesbeta.com. The images are unconfirmed, but show some of the character models from the game, as well as a building that’s been eaten and something labeled…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
What’s The Future of Assassin’s Creed Have to Do With Snow?
The Assassin’s Creed Facebook page shifted over to the “timeline” display today, choosing that mysterious snowy image for its panorama. On cue, Ubisoft’s page managers followed up with a comment that “a major announcement from Assassin’s Creed is only days away,” yet also advising folks to check the official Assassin’s Creed site tomorrow. Don’t believe…
By Owen Good Published February 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Reaper Invasion Needs More Cowbell
I Got A Fever | An awesome piece of fan-art suggesting that even in Mass Effect 3‘s distant future, humans haven’t forgotten about The Cult. (Image by Holly Chan via Reddit.) What’s The Future of Assassin’s Creed Have to Do With Snow? The Assassin’s Creed Facebook page shifted over to the “timeline” display today, choosing…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
New NCAA Kickoff Rules Will Appear First in a Video Game
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • Last week, the NCAA implemented kickoff rules changes similar to ones imposed last year by the NFL, with a couple of twists. Whatever the case, NCAA Football 13 producer Ben Haumiller assured The Gaming Tailgate that his game will reflect the new rule…
By Owen Good Published February 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
Madden‘s Cover Madness Names Its First Sweet Sixteen Candidates
Back on Super Bowl weekend, I tried to pick the 64-man field—two players from each of the NFL’s 32 teams—who would be vying in EA Sports’ fan-voted playoff for the Madden NFL 13 cover. Half of the picks I made were pulled out my ass. The other half were regrettable for other reasons. Yet after…
By Owen Good Published February 29, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Baldur’s Gate Teaser Sure Takes Its Time To Tell Us Not Much [Update]
Following up on last night’s Baldur’s Gate website tease, today a YouTube user named Beamdogger has uploaded a teaser trailer for…something, featuring voice clips from both Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II and the world’s longest logo reveal. Update: Looks like it’s fake. Beamdogger refers to the digital distribution platform / independent studio Beamdog, run…
By Mike Fahey Published February 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
Hacker Claims He Tricked Taco Bell Into Sending Him a PlayStation Vita
A hacker says he used a bot to scam Taco Bell into sending him a PlayStation Vita during the “Unlock the Box” contest. Using an automated program to generate codes for Taco Bell’s Vita contest-turned-debacle, a message board user named “Sinister” says he managed to win one of Sony’s new handheld systems. Writing in a…
By Jason Schreier Published February 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
Downton Abbey Meets Magic: The Gathering, and It Is Glorious
Okay, yes, fine. This post is at least partly an excuse for me to finally tag something “Downton Abbey” here at Kotaku. But in this case, the tag is warranted—over at Kill Screen, writer Sarah Elmaleh (who some of you may remember as the voice of Aeris in that column I wrote about silent protagonists)…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 29, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Is What A Gamer’s Sexual Harassment Looks Like
One competitive gamer’s inflammatory comments in support of sexual harassment set off a firestorm of drama in the gaming world yesterday. This video makes things seem even worse. In a recent interview, competitive gamer Aris Bakhtanians said “sexual harassment is part of [the] culture” in the fighting game community, where players compete in titles like…
By Jason Schreier Published February 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
PlayStation 4 Ditching The Cell Processor, Sources Say, Which Leads to Some Wild Theories.
The PlayStation 4 will not use Sony’s Cell processor nor any possible successor to the vaunted chipset that was introduced to the world through the PlayStation 3, gaming industry sources tell Kotaku What we’re hearing from sources follow a Forbes rumor last week that chip-maker AMD would make the graphics chip for a PS4, a…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 29, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Banner Saga To Begin Waving This Summer
Indie developer Stoic Studio has released the first trailer for their new Viking-themed turn-based strategy role-playing game, The Banner Saga The three developers who form the studio all previously worked at BioWare, and drew attention with the earlier announcement of their new title. While details regarding the game are still scarce, the art speaks for…
By Kate Cox Published February 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
PCGamingWiki Wants to Solve the Biggest Problems with PC Gaming: Intimidation and Confusion
Have you ever had a problem installing the latest and greatest PC game and were forced to scour semi-helpful forum posts for hours looking for a solution? Andrew Tsai certainly has, and he created PCGamingWiki so no one else ever has to. If Tsai, who goes by the handle Andytizer on the PCGamingWiki site (and…
By Mike Fahey Published February 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
What Can Gigabyte’s $500 3GB Radeon HD 7950 Do For Your Gaming Rig?
AMD ended 2011 on a high note, unleashing the market’s fastest single-GPU card and beating its adversary to the next-generation graphics yet again. The Radeon HD 7970 outpaced the GeForce GTX 580 by over 20% in our tests and that achievement is made even sweeter by the fact that Nvidia’s response is still months away.…
Steven Walton | Techspot Published February 29, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Custom PC of Yesterday’s Future, Today
PC case mods aren’t always about adding character and catching the eye. As this lovely design by Swedish artist Love Hulten demonstrates, it can also be about adding sophistication and capturing the hi-fi spirit of yesteryear. This particular case made the rounds last year, but the design is timeless. Well, perhaps timeless is the wrong…
By Mike Fahey Published February 29, 2012 -
UncategorizedTera‘s Frightening Spokesman Continues to Terrorize Innocent Role-Players
Last week Tera‘s mixed martial arts master spokesman pitched the game’s action-oriented combat to a room full of guild leaders from other massively multiplayer online games. This week he breaks into a player’s house. Oh those MMO-FOs. Last week’s viral MMO-FO video from En Masse Entertainment at least featured some actual gamers. This week sees…
By Mike Fahey Published February 29, 2012 -
UncategorizedFTL Is The Star Trek Game I’ve Always Wanted
Republished from Rock, Paper Shotgun Every fantasy you’ve ever had to reroute power to the shields exists in FTL. I know because I just pulled power from the sick-bay to boost my shields while I attempted to flee a hostile enemy scout. If you don’t have those fantasies yet, then soon it’ll be all you…
Craig Pearson | Rock Paper Shotgun Published February 29, 2012 -
UncategorizedDeep Black: Reloaded is Worth Playing Just to Hear Men Die
Created by Russian independent developer Biart, Depp Black: Reloaded is a third-person shooter driven by a unique blend of underwater and land-based exploration and combat. Other than that there’s not much going for it, except for these gut-wrenching screams. Originally called Underwater Wars or U-Wars, Deep Black: Reloaded weaves a tale of suspense, mystery, terrorism,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 29, 2012
