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UncategorizedRocksteady’s Sefton Hill on taking Batman from Arkham Asylum to Arkham City
If you’ve read our Batman: Arkham City Gut Check, you’ll see that what most impressed Team Kotaku about the sequel is how Rocksteady Games scaled everything from their initial Bat-outing to be bigger and better. At this year’s New York Comic-Con, I had a chance to ask game director Sefton Hill how he and his…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Star Wars: The Old Republic Release Date Goes Global
Previously slated for release December 20 in North America and 22 in Europe, EA and BioWare scootch the Euro release of The Old Republic back two days, unlocking the coveted ‘global launch’ marketing phrase. It’s global!
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedOne Giant Arcade Machine, But it isn’t the World’s Biggest
This big-ass arcade machine stands 11 feet tall. It would require quarters 3 1/2 inches in diameter. The trackball is 4 1/2 inches wide. The screen is 73 inches. The whole thing is about 2.2x bigger than a standard arcade machine. It was built by the madmen at ArcadeDLX.com who create custom cabinets and are…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Another weekend, another couple days to spend on my Dark Souls obsession. As I grind my way through new game+, I find myself marveling at just how long this game is (again). I’m in the last 20% of the game, now with a play time of some 115 hours. I thought I’d be done for…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Voice of the Dark Knight Talks about Batman: Arkham City
I had a chance to talk Kevin Conroy, the man who’s given voice to Batman for the last decade and more. The veteran actor talks about what it was like coming back to the video game medium for a second time as the Caped Crusader and the challenges of playing such a well-known character. You…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Hamsters, Horror, and Holiday Cheer Punctuate This Week in Gaming Apps
I could have just said the three H’s and every Kotaku reader would have understood, but sometimes we get outsiders checking these things out so we have to clarify. Where was I? Oh yes, Merry Christmas! I was certainly not expecting to see Santa Claus popping up in our Gaming App of the Day so…
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedGhost Rider Turns His Penance Stare on Pinball FX 2
Johnny Blaze, the subject of the upcoming live-action sequel starring Nicholas Cage’s hair, is the next Marvel superhero to get the Pinball FX 2 treatment, but what virtuous secret is he hiding? Ghost Rider will join the ranks of Spider-Man, Blade, Iron Man, Wolverine, The Fantastic Four, and Captain America as Marvel characters given the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Austrian Politician Cleared of Charges Stemming From Anti-Muslim Flash Game
A court in Graz, Austria today cleared Freedom Party deputy Gerhard Kurzmann of charges brought following last year’s release of anti-Muslim flash game Moschee Baba (“Bye-Bye Mosque”). Released last year as a political advertisement for the Freedom Party, Moschee Baba was a relatively short flash game in which players shot stop signs at minarets, mosques,…
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
New Spider-Man Game Makes a Surprise Appearance at New York Comic-Con
We’re not talking gameplay or even footage, simply this poster discovered inside Activision’s sizable New York Comic-Con booth. The Amazing Spider-Man appears to be in development by Beenox, the folks who made the mediocre Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions and bad Spider-Man: Edge of Time games. That’s their logo right there at the bottom. Maybe the third…
By Brian Crecente Published October 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Should You Buy Dance Central 2? Yes
Last year, the people who made Guitar Hero and Rock Band made the best game for the Xbox 360’s Kinect sensor, the hands-free dancing game Dance Central. We danced in front of it, one at a time, as it tracked and scored our moves. We loved it. A year later, we have a sequel that…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
The First People to Review Uncharted 3 Gave it a 9.9 Out of 10
Something is wrong with Uncharted 3. The big PlayStation 3 action-adventure game coming out on Nov. 1 from the folks at Naughty Dog did not earn a perfect 10. Uh-oh. The people from GamingEverything tracked down a copy of Playmania, a Spanish magazine that has reviewed the game. Apparently, Playmania detected a flaw of .1…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Goes 3D Three Ways
A first for the franchise, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations will be playable in full 3D across all three platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, with the console versions supporting both stereoscopic 3D and TriOviz’s Inficolor 3D glasses
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Teaser Knows Exactly What I Want
I don’t need to see Optimus Prime or Megatron. They can save the large scale battles for future trailers. Hell, I don’t even need color. Just give me Grimlock and I’m good. All I really know about the next Transformers game from the developers of War for Cybertron is that combiners might make an appearance,…
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedRevealing the Secrets of The Secret World
New screenshots and a developer diary video for MMORPG The Secret World have been released by Funcom today. The supernatural conspiracy MMO, for which our Fahey cannot contain his excitement, will be out in April 2012. These new screenshots highlight characters from the three secret societies – the Illuminati, the Dragon, and the Templars. Two…
By Matthew Buzzi Published October 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedSonic Versus Three Generations of Rivals and Bosses
With two decade’s worth of games to pick from, these are some of the gigantic bosses and wily rivals Sonic and Sonic will be taking on in next month’s Sonic Generations I always forget about Chaos. When I think Sonic villains, it’s always Eggman in a mechanical hover-ball joined with some sort of giant robot…
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis is Why Batman: Arkham City‘s Locked Catwoman Content Makes Buying the Game New the Wiser Choice
One of the teased elements of Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham City is the ability to play as the caped crusader’s frenemy/love interest/ally Selina Kyle, aka the Catwoman. It wasn’t clear what her involvement would be in the main storyline, other than that she would be a part of it. But last week, when I set up…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
NYCC 2011 Day One in Pictures
The official first day of New York Comic-Con is today but press, VIPs and a select number of lucky attendees got to walk the floor of the Jacob Javits Convention Center before the hordes swarm on it this weekend. Here’s what Team Kotaku saw as we walked amongst our people on Thursday night.
By Evan Narcisse Published October 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Destroying Earth’s Cities With a Giant Hamster Ball? Why Not?
It’s a marble rolling game with a frightening furry twist, as giant space hamsters descend upon the cities of Earth and crush their puny buildings into dust with their balls. Now I’m imagining a much more interesting game. By balls I mean those plastic spheres powered by tiny rodents that provided hours of enjoyment to…
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Big Apple Becomes the Red Zone in This New Prototype 2 Trailer
Man, can New York get a break in a video game? Just once, I’d like to see a hero enjoying the High Line or committing to a massive pubic works project. None of that happens in this new Prototype 2 trailer. And, yes, it’s a CG promo but if players will really be able to…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 14, 2011
