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UncategorizedAphex Twin: Xtal
The man the world knows as Aphex Twin, and who his mother knows as Richard David James, is a British electronic artist who is kinda famous for face-shattering tracks like Come to Daddy Which, you know, aside from having an awesome video, I’m not that big a fan of. What I am a big fan…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe US Army Has One of the Prettiest Video Games On the Planet
Remember back in May, how we showed you that footage from the US military’s new “video game” simulation suite? Well, it’s back. And it looks more amazing than ever. To recap, this is the Dismounted Soldier Training System (DSTS), a new simulation tool for the US Army. It’s cost the government nearly $60 million to…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedSpec Ops: The Line’s New Trailer Has Sand In Its Eye
Here’s a new trailer for 2K’s upcoming Spec Ops: The Line. Hrm. I dig the setting, and the sand could be a neat gimmick, but everything else, hrm. Did anybody ask for Uncharted x Modern Warfare? Anybody? Hrm.
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Old Republic Could Have Been a Game of Thrones MMO (Or Lord of the Rings!)
Years and years ago, when the design team for what would become Star Wars: Old Republic was first sitting down to plan a video game, they knew they were going to make an MMO. Hopefully a Star Wars one. But just in case they couldn’t, they had to have some backups. And those backups will,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Here’s Your Weekly Instalment of Half-Life 3 Trolling
Don’t get your hopes up, but there’s a website on the internet with a giant Half-Life 3 logo on it that’s been doing the rounds today, tugging rudely on people’s heartstrings. It’s slick, it goes to the trouble of adding copyright notices and the essential “small logos” that lend credibility to the site, but come…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 22, 2011 - Uncategorized
Networking: How a Shooter Shoots
I’m going to lean out of the window here and share some knowledge I gathered about a very complex topic I had no idea about a few months ago. Why am I doing that? Because I found it fascinating to read about it and maybe it gives someone else a reason to further dive into…
Armin Ronacher Published December 22, 2011 -
UncategorizedTwisted Metal Creator Reveals the Tentative Cover Art, and has a Special Message for Racists
While not officially saying this is official, Twisted Metal creator of David Jaffe acknowledges that the game’s cover art is up on GameStop’s web site and, hell, “I figured I’d share a bigger version of it with you guys.” He included another five shots of the box’s reverse, so none of this is official, but…
By Owen Good Published December 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
EA Sports Envisioned Return to PC with “Madden NFL Online”
EA Sports, which ended publication of Madden NFL for the PC in 2008, evidently had plans to return to that platform through a browser-based game sometime in 2010, according to mockups created by a former staff designer. The label was serious enough about the project to build a working, mouse-driven interface for the game’s console…
By Owen Good Published December 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedAtlus Pokes the PSP In 2012 With Gungnir
Don’t throw away that PSP just yet! Even though the PS Vita is coming out in February, Atlus is prepared to rock the Previous Sony Portable with Norse-flavored strategy RPG Gungnir, coming June 12 to retail and the PlayStation Network. Oh wait, it’ll be on PSN? Go ahead and throw out your PSP. From the…
By Mike Fahey Published December 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Best Game Music of 2011: Skyrim
Believe it or not, Skyrim was not necessarily a shoo-in for our list of the best video game music of 2011. Epic first-person open world games can get into murky territory with their music, especially if the music plays too often. The musical cues in Skyrim‘s open world can get as wonky as in any…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
SSX Pushed Back Again to End of February
It doesn’t involve a realistic roster or league licensing, so it’s sometimes hard to remember that SSX is an EA Sports title. And the snowboarding reboot should be one of the bigger ones for the label in the coming year. But with a lineup crowded by more traditional fare in the first two months, SSX…
By Owen Good Published December 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Finally, A Video Game Article That is Also a Video Game
You may have already read Leigh Alexander’s damn-near definitive recounting of Ian Bogost’s satirical Facebook game Cow Clicker right here at Kotaku. But all the same, the world could use another piece about the man and his work, especially if that piece is as clever as the one that Wired just ran. Titled “The Curse…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Terrible Gaming Gifts for the People You Hate
The Holidays are upon us; Chanukah is underway, Christmas is almost here, and it’s time to get those last-minute gifts. We’ve given you ideas for people who already have all the games they want, for people who like science and other thinky pursuits, and for your teenage son who seems pretty normal but who you…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Wii-Owning President Obama Doesn’t Care if the Xbox Version is Better
Somewhere inside the Beltway today, copies of Just Dance 3 for the Wii and The Sims Plus Pets rode in a presidential caravan with the nuclear football. That, gang, is core game cred. President Obama picked up the two titles on a photo-op shopping trip to an Alexandria, Va., Best Buy, where he bought gifts…
By Owen Good Published December 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
A PopCap Christmas
PopCap 3D | PopCap sent a neat little zombie holiday survival guide on this 3D Viewmaster. How the Makers of Mass Effect Use Tolstoy to Prove Video Games Are Art A while back, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts started up their Guru lecture series where greats from the world of film- and…
By Brian Crecente Published December 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Trine 2, L.A. Noire, Sonic CD New This Week on the PlayStation Store
This week on the PlayStation store, we’ve got a bunch of new stuff—the gut-check approved Trine 2 is available as a download, as is the venerable Sonic CD and a digital version of the popular party game Apples to Apples. L.A. Noire joins a hefty list of full-game downloads, along with a ton of updates…
By Kirk Hamilton Published December 21, 2011 - Uncategorized
Razer Rakes in $50M, Noses Options for Going Public
You might know them as the computer gear makers who love the color green. Or maybe as the technology futurists who had a piece of that future stolen from their labs. But Razer seems themselves as a “cult” computer brand on the cusp of now only going mainstream, but perhaps public. The game hardware company…
By Brian Crecente Published December 21, 2011 -
UncategorizedWould You Dress Like Mario For a Month For a Free 3DS? He Would
Nintendo asked their Facebook fans what they’d do for a 3DS console and then picked a winner from those that responded. Who won? A guy who said he’d dress up like Mario for a full month to celebrate. Good thing the prize pack included a couple extra sets of Mario shirts, hats and overalls.
By Brian Crecente Published December 21, 2011