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The Legend of Heroes & Dynasty Warriors Take Down Dark Souls in Japan
After debuting strongly in first place in Japan a couple weeks back, PlayStation 3 role-playing game Dark Souls has been defeated. Taking its first place position is another role-playing game, the latest in Falcom’s Legend of Heroes line. That PSP game, Eiyuu Densetsu: Ao no Kiseki, sold nearly 130,000 copies week one to give it…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Arkham City Arrives Early at the Times Square Toys”R”Us
Batman descends upon streets of Gotham on October 17, when Warner Bros. brings Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy, comic artist Jim Lee, and game director Sefton Hill to the Toys”R”Us Times Square launch event, with 500 advance copies of the game in tow. It’s only a day earlier than the game’s October 18 street date,…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Kotaku Game Club Squares Off Over Gears of War 3 Multiplayer Right Here!
I hope you’re ready, ladies and gents. It’s Versus mode week here at the Kotaku Game Club. Today we’ll be sharing our experiences playing the competitive multiplayer modes of Gears of War 3 Everyone seemed to have a lot to say about the end of the story during last week’s discussion; I hope you guys…
By Mike Epstein Published October 6, 2011 -
UncategorizedDead Or Alive 5 Explores the Ancient Ninja Art of Exploding Cars
This extended look at “pre-alpha” gameplay from Dead Or Alive 5 shows that Team Ninja’s next fighting game is completely 100% batshit crazy. This—the huge explosions, fireballs and mass destruction—must be the “fighting entertainment” concept they’re talking about. If this looks a tad familiar, it’s the follow-up to our first look at DOA 5, revealed…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
There’s a New Transformers Game Coming, and Grimlock’s Coming With It
Following up on the success of Transformers: War for Cybertron, Activision and High Moon Studios return to the planet of the Autobots and Decepticons next year with Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, and they’re bringing the king of the Dinobots with them. The original headline of this article was simply “Motherfucking Grimlock”, but I decided to…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Crab Armor Not Really Announced as First Skyrim DLC!
Introducing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Crab Armor DLC! For a limited time, it could be yours! OK, not really. It appears that PC Gamer has poked some fun at The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion‘s horse armor DLC, which I’m sure is remembered fondly. It was available for $2.50 as DLC for Oblivion, much to…
By Matthew Buzzi Published October 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hideo Kojima Talks About How LEGO Helped Make Metal Gear Solid, Shows Off New “Fox” Engine
If you follow Hideo Kojima on Twitter, then you know that Solid Snake’s daddy was talking at the University of Southern California last night. But he didn’t tweet about what he talked about. Joystiq’s Mike Schramm was in attendance and has a write-up with stories that confirms that Kojima’s always been as quirky and driven…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 6, 2011 -
UncategorizedMore Motion Controls, Way More Fun Spotted In This New Super Mario 3D Land Video
I still like my disco music better, but here’s the latest true trailer from Nintendo showing off Super Mario 3D Land The video shows off a lot of cool things, like the gyroscopically controlled binoculars in the game and, well, tons of fun Mario gameplay. You can also apparently download this video on your 3DS…
By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Wisconsin Steals Video Game Cosplay World Record From England
Oh you Londoners thought you were so hot, with your 376 video game cosplayers in one place. Well you just got served by Wisconsin, as the Guinness Book of World Records recognizes an even larger gathering in the state known for its cheese. The folks at Wisconsin costume company Buyseasons Inc. managed to gather together…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Bats Vs. Jokerz War Pits Neighbor Against Neighbor
The battle between the vigilante Bats and the villainous Jokerz gets the DC Entertainment animation treatment in this short but sweet trailer for Gotham City Impostors Say what you will about its comics and live-action movies; DC is at the top of their game when it comes to animation. Every single animated feature that’s come…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
How To Get Rage To Run On Your PC, An id Software Guide
The computer version of Rage hasn’t exactly been trouble free for some folks trying to play id Software’s latest creation. I haven’t run into any over issues, but I’ve got a high-end tower that I just ran through a massive driver update. That’s not the norm. Here’s publisher Bethesda’s latest take on the solutions PC…
By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Now There’s the Nintendo Download We Know and Love
After last week’s double team of Zelda and Mario, I wasn’t sure if I could take the excitement of another big Nintendo Download. Turns out I had nothing to worry about. Four, count ’em, four new titles hit Nintendo’s various downloadable game delivery platforms this week. If you count the demo version of Sabarasa’s Horizon…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2011 -
UncategorizedMini Motor Racing Bringing Cloud Saves to iDevices
Another racing game, another iOS feature implementation. This time, it’s Mini Motor Racing, the upcoming Micro Machines-meets-motocross title from Binary Mill, that’s going to go live with the iCloud feature rolling out for the bleeding edge of Apple’s portables. (You might remember Binary Mill as the devs who teamed up with Penny Arcade for the…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
We Watched them Play Max Payne 3 , and We Were Very Impressed
Rockstar Games will end an a 10-month stretch of no major new video games next March. Not with the release of the next Grand Theft Auto or Red Dead Redemption, but with the shooter I saw at their New York office this past week, the unexpectedly beautiful and expectedly violent Max Payne 3 Suddenly, I’m…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 6, 2011 -
UncategorizedSuper Mario 3D Land In 75 Images Set to Disco
Nintendo just dropped 75 new tiny 3DS screens on us for the upcoming, very-fun-to-play, Super Mario 3D Land. So we turned them into a video and added… disco! Why not? OK, all reasonable answers. But I did it anyway. 😀 Super Mario 3D Land hits stores Nov. 13. I had a chance to play through…
By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Square Enix, Tear Down This Final Fantasy XIV and Give Us Final Fantasy XV
In today’s final and fantastic episode of Speak up on Kotaku, commenter Paradox Me has an absolutely brilliant idea for Square Enix: Trash the failed MMO and recycle its assets for a new single player Final Fantasy game. Why is Final Fantasy XIV so goddamn pretty and why can’t we get this style in a…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Do You Live In the Biggest Video Gaming City In the U.S.?
Huntington, New Yorkers spend more than four times the average amount of video games, according to a recent study by credit card spending tracker Bundle. The study looked at spending at GameStop, EB Games and Steam from July 2010 to June 2011 for the top 100 cities in the U.S. by population. Bundle based their…
By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Grand X-Men Finale, 1950’s Avengers, Sonic and More of This Week’s Comics Worth Buying
There are new comics to buy each week, and, as always, I have some suggestions… Comics You Should Consider Buying (from comics shops) Action Comics #2 Grant Morrison continues his tale of the re-booted Superman, back when Superman was young and an anti-authority super-hero activist. Morrison’s first issue was superb. Animal Man #2 One of…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 6, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
The world lost a great innovator and man yesterday with the death of Steve Jobs. At age 56, it is a death that most definitely came too soon. The loss will echo across multiple industries, but his legacy lives on, and Apple will make it through. This makes me think though: what other losses have…
By Matthew Buzzi Published October 6, 2011