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BioShock on PlayStation Vita Won’t Be Infinite or a Return to Rapture, May Be Developed Externally
When it comes to new hardware launches, you can always count on certain developers or publishers to pledge their support straight out the gate. Ubisoft will trot out Rabbids to make sure there’s family-friendly hilarity on the Wii U and EA’s always going to have some iteration of Madden or FIFA for the next next-gen…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedHow to Play With Your Skylanders Toys on Console, 3DS, and the Web
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure hit game and toy store shelves, resulting in thousands of children and adults learning a new way to play together. There are many different ways to squeeze fun out of these shiny lumps of plastic; let’s take a look at three of them. There’s the game console version of Skylanders, in which…
By Mike Fahey Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedI Can Like the New SSX, Which Is Already Better Than The Last Two
I like SSX games so much that I know that the person who created the screenshot atop this story named it wrong. Someone at SSX publisher EA called our boarder here Koari. Her name is Kaori. I know this because no video game took over my house quite the way SSX 3 did several years…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedHere’s a Look at the Need For Speed the Run’s New Challenge Series in Action
Over the course of EA’s upcoming racing game, you’ll be tearing across the country in an underground competition for big ol’ gobs of money. But, there’s going be another single-player mode for Need for Speed The Run that parcels out the game’s environments into bite-size chunks. The Challenge Series changes things up a bit by…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
It’s Modern Sonic’s Turn in the Sonic Generations Demo Spotlight
Classic Sonic got his chance to sell folks on Sonic Generations with his demo back in June. Tomorrow it’s modern Sonic’s time to shine, and he’s a lean, mean, generally screwing things up in 3D machine! Oh, and classic Sonic is coming along for the ride too. Back in June Sega treated fans to a…
By Mike Fahey Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedEverything That’s Star Wars: The Old Republic, Except the Video Game
At New York Comic-Con last week, I found a case full of Star Wars: The Old Republic stuff. Not the video game. The stuff. Books, comics, statues, and even Razer’s Old Republic mouse and headset (apologies for not being sure it was Razer’s in the video. It is!) So if the December 20 game isn’t…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedSo, What Makes Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 So Ultimate?
One might ask, does Capcom really need to revisit the work of Marvel vs. Capcom 3, which came out in February, in the form of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, due out next month? Capcom special consultant Seth Killian justifies the new title by saying that the development team’s gone back under the hood and…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Exploring The Secret World‘s Most Mysterious Secret Society
Of the three secret societies vying for domination of the world’s hidden side in Funcom’s upcoming supernatural MMO The Secret World, none are quite so secret as the Dragon, orchestrating change through the stealthy generation of chaos. While the Illuminati make a mad grab for power and the Templar strike out at the world’s hidden…
By Mike Fahey Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedI’m Flip-Flopping on Star Wars: The Old Republic
My biggest problem now with Star Wars: The Old Republic is that I recently switched my home computer to a Mac. This is a problem, because, several months after I first played it… years after it was first hyped.. I finally want to play Star Wars: The Old Republic, this December’s PC-only massive Star Wars…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedHere’s What You Need to Know About Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3’s Heroes and Heralds Mode
This past New York Comic-Con weekend apparently got picked as Mode Reveal Weekend in the Capcom corporate offices. We saw Gem Mode revealed in Street Fighter x Tekken on Friday and then got word of the Heroes and Heralds Mode in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. As divulged by producer Ryoji Niitsuma , it’ll be…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Man Named Knucklez Doubles the Space Invaders World Record
On October 7, 2011, Flemington, NJ’s Richie Knucklez catapulted himself into the video game record books by racking up 110,510 points in the original 1978 arcade hit Space Invaders, more than doubling the previously held record. How did he do it? Owning his own arcade certainly didn’t hurt. Richie Knucklez Arcade Games isn’t just a…
By Mike Fahey Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
There is a Devil May Cry HD Collection in the Works, and This is What It Looks Like
Having long been the subject of rumors, speculation, and ESRB ratings, the Devil May Cry HD Collection is now a real snow-haired, demon-slaying boy, and we’ve got the comparison shots to prove it. The collection brings together remastered versions of the first three titles in the Devil May Cry series, from Dante’s big debut to…
By Mike Fahey Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
In Infamous‘ Festival of Blood, You’ll Never Be Nice, But Might Be a Swarm of Bats
Once a game comes out, some game developers may go to tropical locations or re-acquaint themselves with families who they barely get to see during crunch time. Sucker Punch did something a little different during their summer vacation: They turned Cole McGrath-the electrically-powered hero of the development studio’s best-selling Infamous games-into a blood-sucking vampire. The…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Activision Promises Amazing Spider-Man Will Have More Web-Slinging than Its Predecessors
When Beenox and Activision revealed the impressive, all-gameplay trailer for the Amazing Spider-Man game, the New York Comic-Con attendees at the Marvel Video Games all reacted enthusiastically. But, during the panel’s Q&A session, one fan expressed concern over just how long the tie-in game would be when it comes out next year. Complaining that Spider-Man:…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Come Party with Kotaku and Samsung at BlizzCon
Kotaku is partnering with the wonderful folks at Samsung to hold a Meetup at next week’s BlizzCon in Anaheim, CA. Will you be there? If so, come hang with the editors and fellow readers. RSVP to [email protected] to get yourself on the guest list for Heat Ultra Lounge, where we shall eat, drink from an…
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UncategorizedHold Onto Your Childhood, Masters of the Universe Are Getting A New Run of “Classic” Toys
Revealed during Mattel’s weekend panel at New York Comic-Con, here’s our first look at the upcoming Masters of the Universe 30th Anniversary Classics collection. Among the batch figures are some interesting variants and one show exclusive. I was never really into He-Man and he crew, but these figures make me want to go back and…
By Brian Crecente Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Quick Impressions of Kirby Wii, the New Layton and the Latest Game I Suck At
I used to write a thing called the Game Diary each weekday. I did it for a previous employer. I did it for my own now-dormant blog. I briefly did it for my Facebook Fan Page (hmmm… maybe I should do something there). I’m not ready to bring it back yet, but I am playing…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
Who’s Ready for Some Game Cube and Wii HD Remakes?
Commenter Brixish points out that with the enhanced graphical power of the Wii U console, we could very well be in for a flood of HD remakes of classic Game Cube and Wii titles. Tell us what you’d like to see made shinier in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Considering the power of the Wii…
By Mike Fahey Published October 17, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Wonderful Distractions, Sentient Glitches of Skyrim’s Massive World
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim is such an expansive game that even after spending three hours playing in its fantasy world last week I hadn’t learned enough to even worry over the laundry list of items Bethesda warned me not to tell gamers about. The fact that my play session in a New York hotel room…
By Brian Crecente Published October 17, 2011 -
UncategorizedHey, Game Companies! One of Comics’ Best Writers Wants You to Turn His Newest Work into a Game
When I saw Greg Rucka at the Oni Press booth during New York Comic-Con, I was just going to say how much I’m enjoying his run on the re-launch of The Punisher. (Oni’s published Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim comics, among others.) But, when I saw that he was wearing a N7 Mass Effect t-shirt,…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 17, 2011