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Celebrate 15 Years of Tomb Raider with Eight Pieces of Battered Lara Croft
Fifteen years ago this month, Eidos introduced to a sexy new video game heroine by the name of Lara Croft. Crystal Dynamics celebrates the 15th anniversary of Tomb Raider with a month-long digital art exhibition inspired by the upcoming series reboot. Lara Croft has come a long way in the past decade and a half,…
By Mike Fahey Published October 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedIt’s Time for a Little Trans-Temporal Spider-Man Adventure
When everyone else is busying themselves with Rage, Dark Souls, or Gabrielle’s Ghostly Groove 3D, I’ll be taking Spider-Man: Edge of Time for a spin to see if two spiders are better than four. Here’s what that might look like. My copy of Spider-Man: Edge of Time arrived today, just in time to wash the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Activision Teams Up with IndieCade for Next Indie Dev Contest
Even before their merger with Blizzard, Activision had nudged EA out as the industry’s top earner a few years back. Now that they’re bonded with the makers of World or Warcraft, there’s no denying that Activision’s currently holds the 800-lb-gorilla spot in the video game jungle. But, just like monkeys and gorillas share bananas (they…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Xenonauts Takes an Old Classic and Doesn’t Turn it Into a First-Person Shooter
OK, I admit it: I am as cynical as you when it comes to half-suspecting that enormously ambitious, fanbase-courting independent projects announced before work on them has even begun carry the dread stench of vapourware. I’ve been very interested in Xenonauts for some time, if faintly horrified that lead designer Chris England claims he made…
Alec Meer | Rock Paper Shotgun Published October 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Remember to Take a 10-15 Minute Break From Xbox Live for Sex
In today’s slightly not safe for work edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Tem Dijima shares with us a prime example of why we need to keep our personal conversations off Xbox Live. So, the other day I was playing Castlevania: Harmony of Despair on my PS3. My girlfriend was in the chair behind…
By Mike Fahey Published October 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Resident Evil Revelations Coming to 3DS in Feb 2012
Capcom’s just announced that the newest portable iteration of the Resident Evil franchise will be hitting Nintendo’s handheld early next year. Revelations bridges the gap between Resident Evil 4 and 5 and introduces two new zombie-killin’ characters by the name of Parker Luciani and Jessica Sherawat. The game will come with a fancy new system…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedRage Runs Fine on My PC; What About Yours?
While I haven’t had any issues running id Software’s Rage on my high-end computer, it seems that there are a number of issues plaguing folks checking out the game on their rigs this morning. Issues brought up on the Rage support thread in Steam include not being able to set custom settings for video cards,…
By Brian Crecente Published October 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Only The Darkness II Could Reward Preorders with a Heart-Eating Bonus
While The Darkness II doesn’t hit store shelves until February 7, preordering now for a free upgrade to the limited edition would be good for your heart, and extremely bad for the hearts of your enemies. Some people hate preorder bonuses. Some people dislike pricey special editions. It’s hard, however, to hate on a free…
By Mike Fahey Published October 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedC’est La Guerre: Here’s a Look at Modern Warfare 3 Spec Ops Survival in Paris
Survival Mode’s one of the biggest tweaks to the multiplayer portion of Activision’s upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It’s a variation on Gear of Wars‘ Horde Mode experience but wrapped up in present-day paramilitary flavor that’s made the Modern Warfare series such a dominant franchise. The look and feel of Spec Ops Survival…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
You guys might hate spoilers but I am pretty sure these are the new console exclusive characters for Soul Caliber 5. Agree?Disagree? Talk Amongst Yourselves. Congratulations Giorgio Anselmi for winning the TAYpic of the week, I hope all your future endeavors are left unspoiled. Want to have your TAYpic featured here? If you think you’ve…
By Chris Carolan Published October 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Game Reviewers Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Rage
Yes, I’m remixing lines from Dylan Thomas’ “Do not go gentle into that good night”, but only because game reviewers’ mixed reactions to id Software’s Rage have my head spinning. From the creators of Doom and Quake comes a whole new game with shooting and a one word title, only this time instead of fighting…
By Mike Fahey Published October 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
This is Your First $10 Gears of War 3 DLC
On November 1, you can buy $10 more of Gears of War 3 in the form of the Horde Command Pack. The pack adds three maps to the game’s Horde and Beast mode (Blood Drive, Rustlung and Azura), three new characters (Onyx guard, Big Rig Dizzy and Bernie Mataki), two new weapon skins (Team Plasma…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedSlam Dunk King: Chop off my Legs and Arms? Still Dunking
It’s a sign of the iPhone’s growing maturity as a platform that I can now have a favourite iOS developer. And that developer is PikPok. The New Zealand studio, who we’ve featured once or twice on Kotaku before, has just released another sports game, only this one is a little different from its previous efforts.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Retro Gaming Idol Had Her Own Booth
Pink | CHIBA, JAPAN – At TGS 2011, Haruna Anno had her own booth, which Kotaku didn’t get to visit. Sadly. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) RAGE Has Been a Long, Long Time Coming It’s not every day you get to play a new id game. If you’re not counting iPhone games (and we’re not counting…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Gears of War Designer Isn’t Sick of Gears of War
Now that Gears of War 3 is out and reviewed, it’s time to talk about future Gears games. Because, why not? Those games make cashola! And Gears designer Cliff Bleszinski isn’t sick of them. Yet. Bleszinski told Develop that “there’s the long history of this war, tons of different stories to tell and thematically if…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2011 -
UncategorizedBattlefield 3‘s Flying Tank Bug. (What the Fuck?!)
Kotaku‘s already shown twenty-three blissful minutes of lag-free Battlefield 3. The game looks realistic. It’s like you’re right there on the Caspian border. Know what’s not realistic? Flying tanks. Oh, and spinning jeeps. Floating dudes, too. The above clip is from the Caspian Border map. In what it lacks in lengthy, lag-free gaming, it more…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Monsters vs. Aliens Scares Up 3DS Content. Just in time for Halloween.
Nintendo revealed this morning that 3D video shorts featuring DreamWorks Animation slated for Oct. as well as another Blue Man Group video. That’s not all, 3net is also providing a handful of clips. DreamWorks Animation is creating two Halloween-themed shorts for the 3DS, premiering this month. The first one is available starting today, and it…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2011 - Culture
Brighten Up Your Morning With This Brilliant Tron Art
The latest Tron movie was a funny thing. And the game was just as funny as the movie. Forgettable content, but with art design just gorgeous to look at. Good thing we’re just looking at Tron art today, then, and not playing it. These pieces are all courtesy of Daryl Mandryk, a freelance concept artist…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Closed World, a Role-Playing Game About Growing Up Queer
For someone growing up gay, life can be a challenge. So the team behind A Closed World decided to turn it into one of gaming’s most institutionalised ordeals: the Japanese role-playing game. It’s a great project, using the genre as a means to both parody games and use them as a productive tool to do…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 4, 2011 - Uncategorized
Japanese Television Ruining Uncharted
Starting Oct. 3 on late night television, TV Tokyo is broadcasting a new program to promote Uncharted 3. It will ruin the game’s prequel. Literally. The show, dubbed UnchaTV, isn’t a live action drama, but the cutscenes from Uncharted 2: Among Thieves edited together into sixteen episodes. File this under either “spoilers” or “lazy”. The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2011