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UncategorizedUbi Trying to Make Things Drawsome with new Wii Tablet Peripheral
Maybe no company’s speaking to as many different strata of gamers as Ubisoft right now. You want hardcore action games? They’ll serve up the Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six and/or Prince of Persia series. You want a goofy party game? Choose from the Just Dance, Michael Jackson and Black-Eyed Peas franchises. Think that your console should…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty: Black Ops Hours Played Nearing 3 Billion
The population of the planet just hit 7 billion people. The total number of hours played online in Call of Duty: Black Ops, released one year ago, just exceeded 2.8 billion, according to Activison.
By Brian Crecente Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
XCOM Delayed past March 2012
The first-person shooter reinvention of PC classic X-COM has been delayed past its March date to some time in publisher Take Two’s 2013 Fiscal Year. It will be out between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013, on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
By Stephen Totilo Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Yes, We’re Getting Another Call of Duty Next Year
It’s sort of a no-brainer, what with the rocketing success of the Call of Duty franchise. But Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick confirmed today that not only will 2012 see the release of Diablo III, but also a new Call of Duty game. Is it the game Sledgehammer was said to be working on before…
By Brian Crecente Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Gamer Thwarts Teen Gunman’s Attempt to Steal His Copy of Call of Duty
A 27-year-old man fought off an armed teenager in a dark parking lot when the would-be robber demanded his copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 at gunpoint, Kansas City police say. The 18-year-old was arrested earlier today after following a customer from a GameStop. When confronted by the teen, the 27-year-old fought for…
By Brian Crecente Published November 8, 2011 - Reviews
Sonic Generations: The Kotaku Review
Even after 20 years, it’s amazing how quickly muscle memory returns. And not just in the hands or the arms; I’m talking in the extraocular muscles—the ones that move your eyeballs. Blasting through that first, long runway that opens good old Green Hill Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog plowed headfirst into a garden-variety badnik. On restart,…
By Owen Good Published November 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedGet Close to Your Enemies in the Dark Souls Class trailer
Choices mean the difference between life and death in most video games. And, in the case of Dark Souls, who you choose and how you play them means the difference between a little death and a lot of death. Nevertheless, this class trailer shows off the various weapons and spells warrior/wizard hybrid in Namco Bandai’s…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis is the World You’ll Be Fighting to Save in Skyrim
There’s so much I want to show you folks in The Elder Scrolls V, but I can’t; not yet, at least. In the meantime, here’s an official Bethesda look at the people and places of Skyrim I also wish I was curled up on the couch playing the game right now instead of typing about…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Modern Warfare 3 Rises to the Challenge of the Game Reviewers
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 wants you. It wants your friends. It wants to chew you and spit you out a walking, talking, stalking killing machine, but to get to you it’s gotta go through the game reviewers first. In case you didn’t know what Modern Warfare 3 is, it’s the latest game in…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Alert! Video Games on the Cheap Today, Courtesy of Amazon’s Gold Box Deals
So, maybe you have some money leftover during this, the video game monsoon season. If you do, Amazon wants a word with you. The online shopping portal’s stuffed their famous Gold Boxes full of reduced-price video games today, with seven titles up for grabs over 24 hours. Portable classic Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and the…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedHow To Find all of the Intel in Modern Warfare 3
There are 46 pieces of hidden intel in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. They don’t provide back story, enemy locations, maps or, you know, intel. But they do give you some neat achievements. The folks at WikiGameGuides.Com put together this 14 minute video to show you how to find every piece of intel in…
By Brian Crecente Published November 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Modern Warfare 3 Building Looks Awfully Familiar
As Josh from FinalLevelGames was making his way through Modern Warfare 3‘s story mode, he noticed a particular structure that he was sure he had seen before — in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare‘s multiplayer. Game developers recycle older assets all the time, so it’s really not that odd to see a building from…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis is What Happens If you Stink at Super Mario 3D Land
If at first you don’t succeed at Super Mario 3D Land, try again. If you fail a second or a fifth time, Nintendo will help you out. Despite the relative ease of the first several worlds of Super Mario 3D Land I struggled enough in one level to find out how Nintendo helps players who…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Chrono Cross Comes to PS3, PSP Today
Certain games constantly get name checked when people are assembling the highlights of video game creativity. Originally released during the last days of the PS1, Chrono Cross is one of those games and Square Enix has announced that, starting today, it’ll be available on the PlayStation Network in the U.S. You’ll be able to download…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Here’s One Way to Save Some Money on the Latest Call of Duty
I love the series. I think Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 inches the franchise forward. I’d even tell a friend to buy it. But I still El Oh Eled when I saw this over on Reddit. 3000dollarsuit writes: “Just saved myself $90 :D”
By Brian Crecente Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Waiting for a Crash Bandicoot Comeback
Spyro the Dragon made a comeback this year, co-starring in Activision’s ambitious Skylanders series, but what about Spyro’s PlayStation contemporary, that loud-mouthed anti-Mario called Crash Bandicoot? Crash hasn’t had a new console game since 2008. He’s fallen off the map, and he’s probably not going to come back as a Skylander. We asked Activision CEO…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 8, 2011 - Reviews
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North: The Kotaku Review
Why didn’t Gandalf have his giant eagle friends drop the One Ring into the fires of Mount Doom and be done with it? This is a question I’ve jokingly put forth to fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy over the years, endlessly amused by the (often angry) responses it generates. “The…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Did You Win This Week’s Best Buy Trade-in Contest?
Recently we’ve been asking readers to send in proof that they’re been making the best of Best Buy’s killer trade-in program—you know, the one where you take your old games and exchange them for cold, hard Best Buy gift cards? In return, we promised to pick a few lucky entrants and double their returns. Well,…
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Report: Nintendo Looking into Support for Multiple Wii U Controller Screens
Nintendo’s reveal of the Wii U at this year’s E3 left many observers, myself included, with one big head-scratcher of a question: Just one tablet screen? Really? All of the game experiences and proof-of-concept demos offered by Nintendo at E3 either used a single controller screen or a combo of controller screen and the Wii…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 8, 2011 - Uncategorized
Getting to the Bottom of All This Nintendo Hate
Is there an inordinate amount of hate being projected at Nintendo lately? Commenter SageofMusic seems to think so, and he’ll tell you why in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. For some reason, people are starting to hate Nintendo. There are some valid reasons regarding their online practices and they’re recent 3DS debacle, but when it…
By Mike Fahey Published November 8, 2011