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Manhandling the Nintendo 3DS’s New Second Slide Pad for the First Time [Update]
Okay, it’s ugly. We know that, but how does it feel in the hand? Today at the Tokyo Game Show, I checked out the brand new second slide pad for the Nintendo 3DS. It’s large and bulky looking, but how does it feel? UPDATE – Added new high-resolution pictures of the peripheral. The “3DS Kakuchou…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
A (Light) Guide to Star Trek Infinite Space
I picked up this handy-dandy Star Trek Infinite Space guide while meeting with the Gameforge folks here in New York earlier today. I thought you might find some of the details on the free-to-play MMO interesting. Here’s a video of the space combat, in case you missed it. Don’t forget to click on the tiny…
By Brian Crecente Published September 15, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Few More Max Payne 3 Facts, Straight from Rockstar’s Twitter
Rockstar Games gave us our first look at Max Payne 3 in action today courtesy of a smart, typically Rockstar, well edited trailer. And they it dropped a little more info on the 2012 game in 140 character and less chunks. Perhaps that Max Payne 3 trailer left you with more questions than answers. Or…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedAnalog Fighting in Dead Island
Love it for its body parts, looting, insanity and amazing settings, hate it for its ludicrous bugs and iffy graphics, either way you owe it to yourself to at least check Dead Island out. There’s tons of things to do, there’s also a lot of really neat subtle, sorta hidden things. Like how the game…
By Brian Crecente Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Here’s What PlayStation Vita Box Art Looks Like
Spotted at Sony’s Tokyo Game Show booth, this fine copy of Uncharted: Golden Abyss for the upcoming PlayStation Vita. I like the blue! it also blends in nicely with the newer PlayStation 3 game boxes. You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 3 At TGS, What a Difference a Month Makes
The last time I played Battlefield 3 on the PS3, it had some problems. But that was the game’s co-op mode! The game’s singleplayer code is looking a lot healthier. The demo available at the Tokyo Game Show is a level we haven’t played before, a singleplayer mission that involves storming an apartment building at…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Best Ke$ha-Themed Minecraft Tribute Ever Performed by an 11-Year-Old
Look, I don’t really like Ke$ha either. But I totally love this video, made by 11-year-old YouTube user xNoizeBeatx, which features an ingame tribute to Minecraft sung to the beat of Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok.” (Note how I did not say “sung to the tune of Ke$sha’s ‘Tik Tok.'”) If any of its elements had been…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
All About PlayStation Vita, from Tokyo Game Show 2011
In moments we are due for a keynote address on Sony’s next-generation handheld system from Tokyo Games Show, courtesy of Shuhei Yoshida, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment worldwide studios. He and Kissei Matsumoto, the no. 2 for Sony Computer Entertainment, are expected to present the latest information on the detailed specifications of this state-of-the-art…
By Owen Good Published September 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Might be the Funniest Thing We’ll See All Week
This trailer for Tekken on the 3DS was shown at yesterday’s Namco Bandai showcase in Shinagawa. While the game failed to spark much interest, this footage of Street Fighter boss Yoshinori Ono and Tekken’s lead man Katsuhiro Harada brought the house down. You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
LIVE from the Tokyo Game Show 2011 Keynote, Starring Square Enix’s Yoichi Wada!
The main in charge of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and the many, many remakes of previous games in those series, Yoichi Wada, big bossman at Square Enix, is officially kicking off Tokyo Game Show 2011. What pearls of wisdom with Wada drop during his TGS keynote? Let’s find out! The topic of Wada’s talk is…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Gets Its Own PlayStation 3 and A Release Date
Square Enix is releasing the sequel to Final Fantasy XIII in Japan this December. It’s called Final Fantasy XIII-2. To commemorate that release, Sony will release a sequel to the PlayStation 3 Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Edition. Releasing alongside Final Fantasy XIII-2 in Japan will be the PlayStation 3 Final Fantasy XIII-2 Lightning Edition Ver.2,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedTurn Your PlayStation Move into a Club Happy Glow Stick
4am is the latest title on Q-Games’ PixelJunk brand. Details about the game are scant, even though there is a debut trailer. It promises that players can “freely shape the sound to perfection” and then broadcast that sound to the world. A website’s gone live, and there’s some groovy music on it. Check it out…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedDeus Ex Still Respects the Tradition of a Good Haymaker
Deus Ex: Human Revolution promotes stealth and tactical combat the majority of the time. The boss fights, though, pit you against super-tough foes in a small arena. So what’s a player to do? This video demonstrates one of the more…succinct tactics available to make quick work of boss Namir.
By Matthew Buzzi Published September 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedDoes Evangelion Have Much of a Sound Impact?
Venerated anime Neon Genesis Evangelion is being reborn on the PSP as Rebuild of Evangelion: Sound Impact The game is being developed by Grasshopper Manufacture of No More Heroes. It features thirty tracks, remixed by Akira Yamaoka, best known for his work on the Silent Hill games. During the night, the game was playable publicly…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Non Sequitur
My Hand – Because I’m so very easily amused. 31 Playstation Vita Games, A Baseball Monster Kinect Title, 30 Minutes With Dark Souls Yesterday morning we caught you up on the night’s big Nintendo news, this morning it’s almost all about Sony following a late night presser that revealed the PS Vita’s launch date and…
By Brian Crecente Published September 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedAaaand Harley Quinn’s Saucy Arkham Mo-Cap was Actually Done by a Dude …
Thanks for ruining that, IGN. Fortunately, we didn’t find Arkham Asylum Harley among anyone’s video game crushes from the Speak Up on Kotaku of Sept. 2. But if you want to rehabilitate your loving memory of Batman’s clown princess, I suggest a glance here You can contact Owen Good, the author of this post, at…
By Owen Good Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
Welcome Home PS Vita. Your Look at the Vita’s Start Screen.
When Sony first unveiled the PS Vita earlier this year in Tokyo, it showed the PS Vita’s home screen, called the LiveArea. We’ve seen it before. Thing is, we’ve never seen it at this resolution. Today, Sony provided at look at the PS Vita’s LiveArea, which could be the final or near final version. Sony…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 14, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Kinect Game is Like George Romero’s Great American Pastime
Wii Sports was a mirage. At first glance it seemed the perfect sports game, all action and technique, no button-mashing. A few hours in, though, and you saw it for what it was: incredibly primitive motion control that let you essentially cheat your way to victory by flicking your wrists instead of hurling your body.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 14, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Most Painful Falcon Punch You’ll Ever See
You can’t go blasting your best friend through a wall and not expect a little payback. Remember kids: The Falcon Punch is not a toy. Yes, it’s another video from the creator of “Elemental Kombat”, and this time around it’s even bloodier. It’s bad enough the poor filmmaker gets splattered against a brick wall, but…
By Mike Fahey Published September 14, 2011