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UncategorizedWhen (Rehearsed) Fights Break Out at the Tokyo Game Show
The Tokyo Game Show isn’t all about games. It’s also about kicking people in the stomach. This booth is showing off fighting, protective gear, and helmets that light up. It’s also showing off macho grunts. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 16, 2011 - Uncategorized
For The Next Few Days, Portal Is Free
From now until September 20, the PC and Mac versions of Valve’s classic first-person puzzler Portal are free. Free gratis. You won’t pay a cent for it. A website has gone live (perhaps a little early) promoting the offer, which directs users to Valve’s Steam service, where they’re directed to download the game free of…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2011 - Uncategorized
What’s on the Menu at this Remote FarmVille Restaurant in Turkey?
I recently travelled to the Cappadocia region of Turkey to get away from work and to enjoy the area’s amazing, exotic geography. Hundreds of rock formations called “fairy chimneys” fill the terrain. In the early morning, dozens of hot air balloons take to the sky. And on the main drag in the town of Göreme,…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 16, 2011 - Uncategorized
Let These Gangster Hostesses Welcome You to Sega’s TGS Booth
Sega’s booth is busier and better this year than it has been in years. Part of that is because there’s a Yakuzapalooza going down, with the franchise’s PSP sequel drawing crowds, but it’s also because this year Electronic Arts doesn’t have a booth of its own. So it shacked up with Sega, adding the clout…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 16, 2011 -
UncategorizedFake: Resident Evil 6 Video
UPDATE – Despite early morning confirmations from a representative from Capcom Japan that the trailer posted above was being shown in the company’s closed theatre at the Tokyo Game Show, sources have since told us that this trailer is not real. Sorry for any confusion. We’ve left the rest of the original story intact… for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedOverClocked ReMix’s Mega Man 9 Album Goes From Metal to Baroque and Back
The video game-music collective OverClock ReMix has released another complete set of reimagined songs, this time for Mega Man 9. (I bet you thought I was going to put a “Goes for Baroque” joke in the title, didn’t you? Well… actually, it’s not even baroque music, it’s more like flamenco, so… yeah.) The full album…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedGravity Daze is Still the Most Exciting Original PlayStation Vita Game
The PlayStation Vita is a fantastic platform for remakes and ports (Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Final Fantasy X, etc.), but if you’re looking for something wholly original, look to Sony’s Gravity Daze We’ve played it as Gravity, the name under which it was shown at this year’s E3 expo.…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Let’s Pretend This Week’s Nintendo Download Was Worth Waiting For
Another week has passed, and once more Nintendo has brought us an amazing lineup of downloadable goodies! Mega Man for the Game Boy! Bridge! That other game! Excitement! And I’m spent. No real excitement this week. Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge is nice if you like recycled NES content, and Hearts is a game I…
By Mike Fahey Published September 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedWanna See More of Dragon Quest X In Action?
Square Enix’s wildly popular (in Japan) role-playing game series is coming to the Wii and Wii U as Dragon Quest X. Only this one’s an online multiplayer RPG, a decision that’s not sitting well with some Dragon Quest fans. Watch some new footage of DQX right here and judge for yourself. The above footage—part pre-rendered…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedWould you Camp Outside for 8 Days To Get a Copy of Gears of War 3? David Tyson Would
David Tyson, aged nineteen years, is sitting outside of the Best Buy Theatre in Times Square for next week’s Gears of War 3 launch party. If David had showed up today I would say that it is a little excessive, but it turns out he has been there since Sunday night. That’s right, he has…
By Chris Carolan Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
NBA Boss isn’t the First League Commissioner to Appear in a Video Game [Corrected]
Some ramped-up role-playing sequences in NBA 2K12‘s “My Player” career mode have delivered an unlikely first: David Stern, the NBA commissioner, is the first league officer—to anyone’s recollection—to appear, both in voice and in motion capture, in a video game. [Clarification] While Roger Goodell (NFL) presents the Lombardi Trophy in the Madden NFL Super Bowl…
By Owen Good Published September 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedRetro Game Master Episode 12: Golden Axe
This week on the season finale of Retro Game Master the Kacho takes on Golden Axe. Released in 1989 by Sega for the arcade, this high fantasy side-scroller beat ’em up later made its way to a number of different consoles. In the game players take on the role of a dwarf, a barbarian or…
By Brian Crecente Published September 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedHoney Badgers? In NBA Jam? It’s More Likely Than You Think
With the NBA lockout looking like it will wipe out a lot of games this year, some basketball video game makers are looking outside the league’s real life rosters to create enthusiasm and interest. NBA 2K12 for example, is bringing 15 of the sport’s greatest players to life. NBA Jam‘s going with goddamn honey badgers…
By Owen Good Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Patches, The Good Kind
Tokyo Game Show – There was a time when patches weren’t just to fix broken things. Holding Out Against a Hero You see the icon, you read the name, you boot it up, you think Tiny Heroes is about deploying a diminutive unit to plunder the gold from the dungeon laying out there before it.…
By Brian Crecente Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Daytona USA May Be Coming To A Video Game Console Near You (Again)
What’s this?! A new rating for a Daytona USA video game? What could it mean?! If we’re venturing guesses, we’ll go with Sega reviving the classic arcade racer for an Xbox Live Arcade and/or PlayStation Network re-release. But that’s just an educated guess, based on the fact that Sega has already released games like Sonic…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Gears of War Timeline Leads Right Up to Midnight Monday
Need a refresher course on Gears of War history on the eve of the release of the third installment? Epic Games has posted a handy timeline that takes you from the Pendulum Wars to when you slip that puppy in your Xbox 360 next week. It’s been awhile since the original Gears of War came…
By Mike Fahey Published September 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedSix Minutes of Gears of War 3‘s Campaign (and the Ladies Who Make It Better)
Epic’s Gears of War 3 offers a deep, feature-rich package—between its copious multiplayer modes, lengthy campaign, and flexible co-op modes, it’s easily the deepest Gears game yet made. Epic has already detailed the various multiplayer modes, as well as the redesigned horde mode, so in this video, we’ll walk through some general impressions of the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 15, 2011 -
UncategorizedWatch Soulcalibur V‘s Two New Additions, Astaroth and Viola, Smash It up
Two more fighters are officially confirmed for next year’s most anticipated weapons-based fighter, Soulcalibur V: oversized axe-wielder Astaroth and a new contender, Viola, who has a touch of Freddy Krueger to her. The giant Astaroth looks as he always does—a hulking executioner with yet another dramatic change of clothes and skin tone. His trademark axe…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Kotaku Game Club is Playing Gears of War 3!
The wait is over, everyone: Game Club is back! September is the beginning of blockbuster season in the world of video games. The release calendar is rife with returning franchises and long-awaited new games. Most major publishers are bringing out their big guns. The CivWorld experience was great, but it’s time move on to something…
By Mike Epstein Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
Emmerich Not Directing Asteroids Film, But he Liked the Script
Looks like rumors that Roland Emmerich, the director behind such films as Independence Day, The Patriot and The Day After Tomorrow, is set to direct an Asteroids movie, based on the video game may not be true. In an interview with Collider, Emmerich denies taking on the role of director, though the position was in…
By Matthew Buzzi Published September 15, 2011