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That’s a Big Touch-Screen You Got There
Minority Report slowly comes into focus… | Attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas go hands-on with a prototype 3M 46-inch touch-screen. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Kotaku‘s Guide to Gaming in the Year 2012 Another year, another twelve months filled with new game releases, extravagant gaming events, and big hardware releases. How…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Rockstar Studies the Cops ‘n Robbers of São Paulo for Max Payne 3
Rockstar Games has posted the first in a series of posts about the creation of their upcoming action game Max Payne 3. In this one, they talk about visiting the city of São Paulo, Brazil, the setting for the game. Both Max Payne and Max Payne 2 had been set in New York. It’s a…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Battlefield Play 4 Free Angers Its Paying Customers
Last month, EA’s “EAsy” division, which runs the free-to-play Battlefield Play 4 Free, elected to lower the damage of paid-for in-game weapon add-ons in the interest of balancing the game. Users were justifiably angry that the in-game items they had bought had been taken away, particularly as they were offered no refund. EAsy explained their…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Great Fallout Legal Battle Ends Without a Fallout MMO
As reported last week, the legal battle between Bethesda and Interplay over the final fate of a massively multiplayer online Fallout game has ended in a settlement, one that leaves full control of Fallout intellectual properties in the hands of Bethesda. For those of you just joining the ongoing legal battle, when The Elder Scrolls…
By Mike Fahey Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Next Edition of Dungeons & Dragons Will Be Written By the Players
In the nearly 40 years since the release of the original edition of the Dungeons & Dragons pen-and-paper role-playing game, various publishers have released many different versions of the game, pleasing new players and alienating old ones on a fairly regular basis. Now Wizards of the Coast is working on the next edition of Dungeons…
By Mike Fahey Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Supposed Video Game Developer ‘Spy’ Had Worked on Language-Learning Game for Department of Defense
The death sentence imposed on Amir Mirzaei Hekmati today by the Iranian government charges that the U.S. citizen and Marine was “waging war on God.” But his activities for a video game development company appear to be quite different than the nefarious CIA-funded actions his televised “confession” implied last December. In his so-called confession on…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Secret World Shines a Spotlight on the Illuminati
Of the three secret societies vying for power in Funcom’s supernatural MMO The Secret World, the Illuminati is probably the most well-known. That’s probably not a good thing. I mean when your secret society has a Wikipedia page you’re probably not quite as secret as you think you are. Just because you can’t see them…
By Mike Fahey Published January 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedSSX Gets Its First Real-Life Athlete in The Art of Flight’s Travis Rice
The tricks and uber-moves you pull off on EA’s SSX games use reality only as a jumping-off point, quickly spiraling into the arcade-y stratosphere. Not a lot of pro snowboarders would fit into this snowy universe. Travis Rice, however, is one of them. As seen in the 2011 documentary The Art of Flight, Rice rides…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Kotaku‘s Guide to Gaming in the Year 2012
Another year, another twelve months filled with new game releases, extravagant gaming events, and big hardware releases. How can anyone hope to keep them all straight? Kotaku‘s 2012 Gamer’s Calendar is here to help. This massive infographic (suitable for framing) represents the biggest and baddest games, hardware releases, and gaming events of the year, listed…
By Mike Fahey Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
iCade Houses Your iPhone in the D-pad Dock of Your Dreams
iCade, the iPad accessory that started as a April Fool’s Day joke evolves into an all-new form just announced at CES 2012. iCade Mobile lets you slide your iPhone or iPod Touch into a d-pad style sheath that provides physical inputs for your on-the-go gaming. You’ll get four face buttons and two shoulder buttons. Now…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Vita’s AT&T Data Plan Comes in Two Flavors, No Contracts
The data plan for the 3G version of Sony’s hot new portable gaming system, the PlayStation Vita, will run you $15 for 250 MB or $25 for 2GB. There are no contracts, AT&T reps said during a presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The 3G PlayStation Vita costs $300. The Wi-Fi only…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Used Game Sales Up, Console Sales Down at GameStop
GameStop, the biggest gaming-centric retail chain in the U.S. says its sale of gaming consoles was down 19.6% over the holidays, a sure sign of slowing sales (blame the Wii). Used game sales were up 3.5%. Blame… GameStop!
By Stephen Totilo Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty Elite Comes To iDevices Tomorrow, Letting You Tweak Loadouts on the Go
Some hardcore fanatics might say that Call of Duty’s a major part of their life. Thinking about killstreaks, prestiges and perks in Activision’s multi-developer FPS series takes up a large part of their days and their nights get spent filling online opponents full of bullet holes. It’s these players who’ve flocked to Call of Duty…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
X-Com: Enemy Unknown Will ‘Re-imagine’ Classic X-Com. First Screens Prove It.
X-Com Enemy Unknown, the first shock gaming announcement of 2012 will be a “re-imagining” of the original X-Com game and will play as a mix of real-time and turn-based strategy, according to the first tantalizing details revealed by Game Informer magazine today. The upcoming fall 2012 console and computer game, which is being made by…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
New Toshiba TV Promises Glasses-Free 3D for Nine* People
Toshiba’s got a $10,000 TV at the big Consumer Electronics Show that can display glasses-free 3D—a la the Nintendo 3DS—for up to nine people, though four’s optimal. Engadget says it’ll be out by the end of March.
By Stephen Totilo Published January 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedAssemble Your Very Own Avengers Team on Facebook
Step into the steel-toed boots of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Nick Fury and recruit a team of super-powered friends to save the world from Marvel’s most wanted in Marvel: Avengers Alliance, coming soon to Facebook. Okay, so it’s not the big-budget Avengers video game we were hoping for. Marvel: Avengers Alliance might be even better. Instead of playing…
By Mike Fahey Published January 9, 2012 -
UncategorizedFeast Your Eyes on Five Minutes of Humans-vs-Zombies-vs.Humans in This Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Trailer
The newest Resident Evil game definitely falls into the Survival Action category of things, per the chart seen here. We get a chance to see what kind of action will be on tap in the clip above. There’s running, gunning, explosions and a few familiar faces, too. You’ll get your chance to visit Resident Evil’s…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition Kollects DLC, MusiK and 1995 MK Movie This February
Mortal Kombat made a bloody and triumphant return to consoles last year, giving gamers updated versions of classic Kombatants like Sub-Zero and Johnny Cage and an all-new engine that offered more depth than ever before. The game also mined the fighting franchise’s long history to offer a drip-feed of DLC that rolled out skins and…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 9, 2012 - Uncategorized
Could Serious Sam: BFE Be the Perfect Game?
In these heady days of Skyrim, Portal 2, Batman: Arkham City, and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, have we overlooked a hidden gem in Serious Sam 3: BFE? Commenter DocSeuss seems to think so, and he’ll tell you all about it in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Is Serious Sam 3: BFE a perfect…
By Mike Fahey Published January 9, 2012