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UncategorizedAn Epic Adventure Inside the Box of the Gigantic Skyrim Collector’s Edition
Unleash the dragon! The collector’s edition of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has arrived, and I’m taking you inside a box so epic it takes two generations of Faheys to get the job done. While it’s much bigger than it looked on the internet, the Skyrim Collector’s Edition is actually rather light, thanks to the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Wii Resident Evil Games Ready To Scare the PS3
Wii titles Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles are coming to the PS3 as a HD single title called Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Selection, complete with Move support. Release date is TBA. [4Gamer.net]
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedGet the Lowdown on Goldeneye 007: Reloaded’s Mi6 Ops in This New Trailer
There’s less than 24 hours before PS3 and Xbox 360 owners get to engage in hot and heavy James Bond action on their consoles. But, there’s more than just a campaign and multiplayer on the disc. This new video introduces the game’s Mi6 missions, separate chunks of gameplay that task players to complete different objectives…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedHe Asked About Misogyny in Street Fighter, and the Game’s Caretakers Didn’t Dodge
At a New York University conference about game design this past weekend, a conversation about misogyny broke out. Street Fighter brought it on, and the answers, some of them from one of the current caretakers of the series at Capcom, were frank. You might have expected defensive answers. People don’t usually react well to being…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedWitness the Intense Player Versus Player Combat of The Old Republic‘s Voidstar Warzone
It’s Republic versus Empire, good versus not-so-good, and most importantly, player versus player onboard the legendary prototype Imperial ship, Voidstar. Sabers up, everyone! This is what happens when two sides clash in BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic. The Imperial players want the information located in the data core at the heart of the Voidstar,…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Zelda. Smash!
Mailman vs. Video Game –The disc was intact, but not for the mailman’s lack of trying to squash my copy of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Happy Halloween! Here Are Your Costumes, Kotaku Salutations on Samhain, Kotakuites. Halloween falls on a Monday this year, which means that many of you are nursing candy hangovers…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 3‘s Graphically Intensive Ultra Settings Pit AMD Against NVIDIA
Earlier this month we checked out the beta version of Battlefield 3 to see how it played on a range of DirectX 11 graphics cards. The results were concerning as even the latest and greatest graphics cards struggled, especially those who planned to enjoy the game in all of its visual glory. Powerful single-GPU cards…
Steven Walton | Techspot Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Let’s Hope the Angry Birds Store Is Structurally Sound
Angry Birds is not going away. It’s penetrated the zeitgeist in a way that compares to Pac-Man, Tetris and Super Mario Bros. And now there’s a retail shrine going up in China dedicated to Rovio’s feuding piggies and birdies. According to BetaBeat’s report, the store will be undercutting those profiting from the heavily bootlegged brand’s…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
I’m Tired of Being a “Woman in Games.” I’m a Person.
Sexism in games remains an unsolved problem, it’s clear. Some of you will be nodding along, and some of you will hear the s-word and roll your eyes and go, “oh, this again?” You guys can piss off-–go click on some new screenshots or a trailer consisting of a release date slowly fading into view.…
Leigh Alexander Published October 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Live-Action Angry Birds Halloween Special Brought to You by Smashing Pumpkins
All you need is some painted pumpkins, a few two-by-fours, a couple cinderblocks and a makeshift slingshot and your Halloween celebration can be as exciting as these guys’ was. If only they had had access to a higher grade of explosives, this Angry Birds pumpkin spectacular could have ended with a bang instead of a…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Happy Halloween! Here Are Your Costumes, Kotaku
Salutations on Samhain, Kotakuites. Halloween falls on a Monday this year, which means that many of you are nursing candy hangovers after dressing up this weekend. Some good-to-great game- and nerd-themed Halloween costumes wound up in our inbox over the last week or so and we’ve decided to share them with you. The images in…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Batman: Arkham City Dev: “I Don’t Think I’m Allowed to Talk About” Campaign DLC
A NeoGAF thread links two pieces of reporting that seem to strongly hint that the Dark Knight’s latest video game adventure may be getting extended in the near future.
By Evan Narcisse Published October 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedIt’s a Massively Multiplayer Online Halloween Spooktacular
With fewer and fewer children donning costumes and hitting the streets every year to celebrate all things sweet and spooky, the Halloween tradition is alive and well in the virtual worlds of today’s massively multiplayer online games. The world’s a scarier place than it was when I was a kid. Back in my day parents…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Journalist and a Raccoon Are My Favorite New Characters in Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
One’s a photojournalist that’s covered wars and zombie outbreaks. The other’s a sentient raccoon that acts as the guardian of an entire quadrant of galactic real estate. Together they are the latest two characters joining the roster of Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. What a crazy pair! You can’t help but love Dead Rising‘s Frank…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2011 - Reviews
Battlefield 3: The Kotaku Review
Spurts. I’m writing this in short bursts at the keyboard, stopping every sentence or two to swivel in my chair slightly, turn a little toward the television and pick up a controller. A, A, A. I press the Xbox 360’s green face button three times and wait. Sometimes the message pops up immediately: “You have…
By Brian Crecente Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Vita is Beautiful. The Vita’s Case is Not
The PlayStation Vita is a lovely-looking machine. Its case looks like something my eye doctor would give away to keep my eyeglasses in. Which means it looks durable and not-so-pretty. Take a look yourself in this image that popped up on the PlayStation Blog as part of the promotion for the week-early $299 Vita bundles…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedParanoia, Madness, Suicide and Cannibalism; Who Says 16-Bit Can’t Be Scary?
Nine students trapped in an otherworldly school building in which spirits are trying to kill them in grisly ways, if they don’t eat each other first; we don’t need high-quality 3D graphics where the downloadable PSP title Corpse Party is going. In a post on the PlayStation Blog Xseed localization specialist Tom Lipschultz talks about…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis is How Our Copy of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Begins
The mailman may have squashed our copy of the Wii’s new Zelda game, but that doesn’t appear to have impacted the quality of the game’s intro. Fresh from Nintendo to our Wii here at Kotaku, behold the first few minutes of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (up until we get control of Link). If…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 31, 2011 - Uncategorized
Fresh Screens of the Free-to-Play Ghost Recon Online Deployed to Field
Ubisoft airdrops in a new look at its upcoming free-to-play online shooter Ghost Recon Online right into the middle of Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 territory. Incoming! These screens serve as a reminder that while we’re busy complaining over the latest full retail online shooter there is a fre-to-play alternative waiting to take the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 31, 2011