Assassin’s Creed Needs to Be More Difficult

I’ve been revisiting Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood in anticipation of the soon-to-be-released fourth game in the series, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. I started a new game, and within an hour or so protagonist Ezio Auditore was effortlessly laying waste to dozens upon dozens of enemies—guys on horseback, heavily armored pikemen, and scores of sword-wielding Roman guards. I…

Spider-Man Dies Before the Opening Credits in Edge of Time

In Spider-Man: Edge of Time the whole of reality is warped into something darker and more sinister, all because of the death of one Peter Parker. We’re in charge of making sure it doesn’t happen again. Or it doesn’t happen the first time. Quick frankly all this wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff has my head spinning. The…

Minefold Offers Hosted Minecraft Servers for You and Your Friends

You love your Minecraft, but hate random strangers. Enter Minefold, a hosting service that carves out space for only you and your buddies to romp through Mojang’s super-successful open world game. The two-man Australian company says it’ll give players infinite worlds, too, so that you can create to your hearts’ content. Minefold’s currenty in beta…

Interactive Trailer Lets You (Almost) Play Orcs Must Die

Y’know, for a medium where interactivity is king, 99.9% of game trailers get it wrong, by simply not offering anything to do. Sure, all the chanting, shiny CG and ominious voiceover is okay for setting mood but that stuff tells you nothing about the actual play experience of a game. Robot Entertainment’s new teaser for…

Man Convicted in 2004 Xbox Murders Wants New Trial

One of the more gruesome collisions of crime and video games happened on August 6, 2004, when four men broke into a home in Deltona, Florida and bludgeoned six people inside to death. The men reportedly went on their rampage, in part, to recover an Xbox that they claimed were taken from them after they…

Finding a Little Doom in Your Rage

There are plenty of Doom coffee mugs laying around in the world of Rage. But that’s not the little bit of Doom I’m talking about, I’m talking about some retro gameplay. We’ve shown you how you can find Wolfenstein in Rage and how you can find Quake in the game, this tutorial on how to…

Sonic Will Meet Sonic in Sonic Generations, and Other Amusing Revelations

I can’t take Sonic the Hedgehog completely seriously. He’s a gaming icon, but he’s also a punching bag. He’s the star of some beloved games and the subject of strange experiments. He’s got friends people hate; enemies people love and once, he controversially kissed a human female; another time, he developed the ability to turn…

Gamers Opt Out Rescues Us From Sony and EA’s Lawsuit Prevention Clauses [UPDATE]

With a supreme court decision earlier this year making it legal for companies to include do-not-sue clauses in their user agreements, the only recourse for customers of companies like Sony and Electronic Arts is to opt-out of the clause via written letter. Now there’s a website that does it for them. In an age where…

Let’s Watch Pretty People Enjoying the New Cable-Ready Xbox Live Experience

It’s time for cable TV on your Xbox 360. It’s time for controlling your television with your voice. It’s time for one set top box to rule them all. But mostly it’s time for a video of smiling people enjoying these things. This, ideally, is what you, your family, and your friends will look like…

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Real Racing 2 HD Adds Wireless Splitscreen Multiplayer for iPhone 4S and iPad 2

So, maybe you’re a bit disappointed by not getting a shiny new iPhone design revealed during Apple’s announcement yesterday. You’re not alone. But the real exciting stuff was all the news about iOS 5, what with the Siri personal assistant and full video mirroring through Apple TV. Developer Firemint’s going to use the latter feature…

This is What Comcast Cable Will Look Like On Your Xbox 360

Television, from 40 providers worldwide, is coming to the Xbox 360 this holiday. It will be showing up in many different ways. Here’s a look at Comcast’s version. Where Verizon FIOS subscribers will get a sort of light version of IPTV, Comcast subscribers will get an Xbox 360 version of the Xfinity TV app already…

It’s Official: Xbox 360 Gets Television

Following weeks of rumors and speculation, Microsoft today confirmed that they have teamed up with 40 TV and entertainment providers to bring shows and live television to Xbox Live. Here’s the full rundown of the partnerships (existing and new) for all countries. The list includes some heavy hitters like Bravo, Comcast, HBO GO, Verizon FiOS…

Prepare to Yakuza in 2012 With Dead Souls

You’ve survived the perils of Demon’s Souls. You’re fighting your way through Dark Souls hell. And next year? Next year you’ll likely breeze through Yakuza: Dead Souls, the newly-renamed North American version of Yakuza of the End, as it is a completely unrelated product. Sega picked an oddly appropriate time to announce a North American…

PlayStation Gamers Choose Dark Souls Over Rage…at Kmart

According to a surprised Kmart Gamer, the avatar of all things gaming and Kmart related, the PlayStation 3 version of Dark Souls outsold Rage on the PS3 yesterday, defying expectations, while Rage reigned supreme on the Xbox 360. [Twitter]

Six Minutes With Rage’s Lethal Pet Bots, Racing and Ballistic Bliss

I’m still chugging my way through Rage, but so far I’ve grown quite attached to a game that feels like it comes into its own over the course of its dozen-hour-or-so campaign. What I’m experiencing now 9 hours in or so is very different from the Xbox 360 game and it’s play in those first…

The Best PlayStation 3 Ad We’ve Ever Seen Will Give You Chills

When Sony announced their “Long Live Play” campaign a few weeks back, the entire interwebs lit up with buzz as to what it would herald. A PlayStation Home re-launch? New on Vita? Now, weeks of speculation have come to this, the “Michael” advert: a parade of first-class characters from the best games available on the…

Who Wouldn’t Pay a Subscription Fee for New Games Every Month?

Commenter Blessrok remembers the good old days of the Sega Channel in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, and wonders how many gamers would flock to a monthly game subscription service on modern day consoles. No, PlayStation Plus doesn’t count. I remember fondly as a kid having the Sega Channel. I thought it was the best…

Watch an Expert Zip Through Sonic Generations‘ Two Re-Mixes of a Classic Sonic Level

I present to you a pair of videos from this fall’s Sonic Generations. To appreciate what Sega is doing with this new Sonic game, you’ll need to watch them both. The game takes levels from three eras of Sonic games—classic, Dreamcast and modern era—and lets players run through them either as skinny modern Sonic or…

How to Speak Dragon: Here are Your Skyrim Achievements

We already know that the next Elder Scrolls game’s going to suck up a bunch of your time. Days, weeks, maybe even months, depending on how you play. But how much is it going to spit out in sweet, sweet Achievements? For the answer, the officially unofficial Bethesda blog links to Xbox 360 Achievements, where…