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The Elder Scrolls: Uncharted Battlefield V
Man, I Need To Clean Up –This is not staged. This is what my desk looks like right now: Trash peppered with awesome video games. Delicious! What Game Handled Weather Changes the Best? Whipping rain that dots your screen in a firefight. Fog that hides lingering zombies. Sheets of ice that cause you car to…
By Brian Crecente Published October 28, 2011 - Culture
Take This Lollipop… If You Dare
Are you ready for Halloween? Have you gotten scared by anything recently? Perhaps a little creeped out that somewhere in the dark corners of your neighborhood, there sits a silent stalker in a white, blank mask, waiting… waiting… waiting for you to be alone? I think about what used to scare me as a kid…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Week in Gaming Apps All Rolled Up Into a Giant Star-Sized Ball
You never have to worry about storage when the Week in Gaming Apps contains a Katamari game, only gravitational pull, intense heat, and the odd zombie. Katamari Amore kicked off a week of the best (or at least notable) gaming apps available for iOS, Android, and sometimes Windows Phone 7 (just not this week). After…
By Mike Fahey Published October 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis is How You Play Heroes of Ruin for the 3DS
There’s not much incoming to the Nintendo 3DS that I’m truly excited about, but after watching more than six minutes of this developer walkthrough of Square Enix’s Heroes of Ruin, the list might just get one title bigger. Having not attended any of the big industry events this year due to a pair of tiny…
By Mike Fahey Published October 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedIn Under 10 Minutes, I’ll Show You the Good and Bad of Kirby’s Return to Dreamland
I recently recommended that people skip the new Kirby game for the Wii, Kirby’s Return to Dreamland. I don’t hate the game. I just think you have better options. I also think you might like to see more of the game, since it’s a charmer and has good stuff in it. Sit back and enjoy…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
“To (Insert Your Name Here)!”: Facebook App Puts You in the Best PlayStation Commercial Ever
You remember that franchise character-filled “To Michael” short film that Sony premiered a few weeks back? Still get tingles thinking about it, right? Well, now you can be the player that Kratos, Cole McGrath and Ezio all praise for making them alive and awesome. There’s a Facebook app that substitutes your face into that immortal…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhy Yes, I’d Love to Play Wizardry on My iPhone
After receiving a rather lukewarm reception on the PlayStation Network, Acquire is bringing the Japanese-flavored old fashion turn-based dungeon crawling of Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls to iOS next week. Long before I was running through MMORPG dungeons in full first-person 3D, I was pointing and clicking my way through PC classics like Bane of…
By Mike Fahey Published October 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Dust, Danger and Despair of I Am Alive
There’s a moment near the start of Cormac McCarthy’s gripping post-apocalyptic novel The Road when a father holds up a gun to protect his son. Their lives hang by a thread—their assailant is alone, but his friends are near, and if the man pulls the trigger, he and his son will doubtless be discovered. And…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
Things Get Epic in This New Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Trailer
Could Skyward Sword be the best Zelda game of all time? Well, it’d be nice if that was the case, since it’s the franchise’s anniversary year and all. See if watching this GameTrailers exclusive trailer does anything to convince you. Exclusive Origins Trailer HD [GameTrailers] You can contact Evan Narcisse, the author of this post,…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
I Don’t Know What Project Hell Yeah! Is, But Sega Seems to Like It
Today Sega has revealed that they’re working with Big Bang Mini developer Arkedo on something called Project Hell Yeah!, a game so exciting it requires an exclamation point. All we know so far is it will have monsters, possibly a dead rabbit, and was originally developed for the Dreamcast 2. Oh wait, they lied. I…
By Mike Fahey Published October 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Guy Is Making a Time Travel Calendar
Alex Griendling knows that there is a problem with most modern calendars. They mark the weekend and include the holidays. But they don’t include important moments in time travel. You can get some fancy calendar that includes years and years of Christmases and Flag Days, but did they mark the day when the Terminator came…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Concept Art Video Shows How Skyrim Comes to Life
No matter how fast Bethesda staffers can speedrun through the latest Elder Scrolls game, it’s still freaking huge. It can be tough to appreciate how much work goes into a project like this when you’re caught up in the experience. That’s what so great about the latest blog post on the official Elder Scrolls site…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedLord of the Rings: War in the North Has Ten Days
With Skyrim-lust whipping fantasy role-playing game fans into a frothy puddle, perhaps November 1 is the best possible time for Warner Bros. to release The Lord of the Rings: War in the North As much as I trust Snowblind Studios to develop a compelling action role-playing game and as intriguing as the concept of an…
By Mike Fahey Published October 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Best Gaming Pumpkins of the Season!
With Halloween just around the corner, what better time is there to take a look at some of the best gaming-related pumpkins out there this year? I’m sure by now most of you have gotten a chance to cut into a defenseless pumpkin, if you’re into such things, and so I bring you the cream…
By Matthew Buzzi Published October 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
How DUST 514 and EVE Online Bridge the Gap Between PC and PlayStation 3
In CCP’s DUST 514 for the PlayStation 3, battles are initiated by corporations in the PC-based space MMO EVE Online. In a post on the PlayStation Blog, CCP server architect Lin Luo talks about how much fun making that work is. First we need to understand the basic flow of a DUST 514 battle. First,…
By Mike Fahey Published October 28, 2011 -
Uncategorized“It’s a Lie!”: Republican Presidential Front-Runner Herman Cain denies SimCity Inspired to His Tax Plan
According to the latest polls, businessman Herman Cain’s currently the Republican most likely to get the GOP presidential nomination. (And, yes, it’s early.) One of the reasons that Cain’s appeared attractive to the electorate has been his easy-to-understand 9-9-9 proposal to overhaul taxes. Game-savvy political commentators noted that a similar scheme shows up in the…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 28, 2011 - Uncategorized
These Screens Show Off Battlefield 3‘s “Back to Karkand” Expansion
The launch trailer offered teasers of how the up-rezzed environments from previous Battlefield games would look in the upcoming Back to Karkand expansion pack, but these screens show them in all their Frostbite 2 glory. Back to Karkand will also include new dog tags, new Xbox Live achievements/PSN trophies, three new vehicles and 10 iconic…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedTake a Look at the Fine Art of Death-Dealing in This Darkness II trailer
First they deliver an intricately carved pumpkin to Kotaku HQ, then this painful-looking trailer that showcases the flair with which you can dispatch enemies in the upcoming Darkness II. You can really see how the game uses its comic-book art style to maximum effect and those demon appendages give you even more options to off…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 28, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Launch Trailer for Goldeneye 007: Reloaded Will Shake and Stir You
It’s going to be a little while yet before we get to Daniel Craig as Ian Fleming’s iconic secret agent on the big screen. The fact that he’ll be reprising the role in Activision’s new Goldeneye game is as good a reason as any to pick up the modern take on a FPS classic. The…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 28, 2011