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These Gaming Glasses Have Modern Warfare 3 Written All Over Them
Modern Warfare 3 is going to sell millions of copies when it hits gaming retailers this November, and those millions of players are going to need quality gaming eyewear. Or at least that’s how gaming glasses maker Gunnar Optiks sees the world, and they’re prepared for those lens-craving gamers with the limited edition Call of…
By Mike Fahey Published August 23, 2011 -
UncategorizedBastion‘s Narrator Has A History With Portal 2‘s Cave Johnson
Bastion‘s deep voiced narrator Rucks is a serious guy, full of insight and detailed information to help the Kid rebuild his world. Turns out he’s not the only technological maverick in this universe. In this video Rucks gives an account of his history with Aperture Science founder and lemon enthusiast Cave Johnson. At least their…
By Max Abrams Published August 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Lawyer Blames Games Addiction For Case Flubs
A Pennsylvania lawyer is blaming an addiction to video games for his shoddy work on a multitude of cases, the York Dispatch reports. Matthew Eshelman, a 43-year-old now suspended-lawyer, was fired from his firm in 2007 because of multiple cases that he flubbed on because his attention was split between his job and his addiction…
By Jen Schiller Published August 23, 2011 -
UncategorizedEveryone Can Hear You Scream at the Aliens: Colonial Marines Debut Trailer
When a handful of Colonial marines face-off against a never-ending swarm of acid-blooded xenomoprhs, the ending is never pretty, and rarely happy. Here’s the debut trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines The terror of the original films comes flooding right back as this trailer unfolds, lending creedence to Luke Plunkett’s observations from Gamescom last week. This…
By Mike Fahey Published August 23, 2011 -
UncategorizedFirst Ever Dota 2 Championship Winner Revealed
Valve’s yet-to-be released Dota 2 has its first champion. The publisher held a tournament for the still-unreleased game at the Gamsecom video game conference last week. It wrapped up over the weekend. There are spoilers ahead, in case you haven’t looked up the winner yet. The 16 top-ranking Dota teams from around the world battled…
By Jen Schiller Published August 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
How Video Game Deaths Help Us Live
“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result,” wrote Winston Churchill, in The Story of the Malakand Field Force in 1898. The thrill of survival in the face of danger is so satisfying and scary that we recreate it in a thousand ways, among them the adrenaline-pumping sensations provided by…
Maria Bustillos Published August 23, 2011 -
UncategorizedDiablo III Furries Mill About at Gamescom
Gamescom was invaded by the depths of hell this weekend. But it was mostly a low-key affair. Diablo III demons of all types appeared at the misty Blizzard stage. The horned creatures mostly just walk around the stage in this video, sometimes menacing at folks in the audience. These fury monsters entertained the crowd in…
By Max Abrams Published August 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Let’s Imagine the Ultimate Video Game Arcade
As video game arcades across the country blink out like lights on an artificial discount store Christmas tree, commenter Blessrok asks us to imagine the arcade of our dreams in today’s short but sweet Speak Up on Kotaku. I have an interesting question for everyone. Arcades, I love em, you love em, but they’re all…
By Mike Fahey Published August 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
iPad 2 “About Half” as Powerful as Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Says Man Who Would Know
The iPad 2 is “about half” as powerful as modern games consoles like the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, according to graphics genius John Carmack. In an interview with Tom’s Hardware, Id Software’s John Carmack—one of the most knowledgeable, influential, and affable graphics programmers of the last twenty years—spoke at great length about the power…
By Joel Johnson Published August 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Rise From Your Graves, It’s Black Ops Rezurrection Day
It’s time to strap on your space suit, dual wield your space guns, and take out some space zombies on the moon, as Activision and Treyarch launch the all-zombie Rezurrection map pack for Black Ops on the Xbox 360. What you see above is perhaps the most bizarre Call of Duty screenshot I’ve ever posted,…
By Mike Fahey Published August 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Howdy fellow game seekers and welcome to another edition of your favorite forum! Gamescom is long over, but PAX starts this weekend! A lot of new game info to talk about. What are you most excited about? New Vita games? PS3 price drop? Any info you’re especially looking forward to at PAX this weekend? Let…
By Max Abrams Published August 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
How Capcom Turned Buddhist Mythology Into A Game About Planet-Splitting Battles
Asura’s Wrath is an angry game based on an angry group of Buddhist demigods. In the game you play as Asura, a god stripped of all of his powers out to save his daughter from the seven gods that betrayed him. As Asura grows angrier in the game he also grows more arms. That multitude…
By Brian Crecente Published August 23, 2011 -
UncategorizedVirtua Fighter 5 Returns Next Summer as the Final Showdown
Sega wants in on the Street Fighter IV-led fighting game resurgence. Their entrant? A new version of 2006’s Virtua Fighter 5, Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, scheduled for a downloadable release on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next summer. Final Showdown is supposed to include “a full overhaul of Virtua Fighter 5‘s mechanics, balance…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
How Do You Like Hitting Dem Apples?
From a young age, I loved bows and arrows. I can remember getting a bow and arrow set from the supermarket, taking off the plastic suction caps, and firing potentially eye-poking-out arrows around the yard. Thankfully, no one was willing to play William Tell with me. Hit the Apple! is a very simple game: The…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Link and Zelda Game Together
Legends | KOELN, DEUTSCHLAND: Link and Zelda checked out the 3DS at Gamescom. (Photo: Sascha Schuermann | AP) If Only I Had a Door to Take Me to This Wonderful Place Some people love Mario. Others love Mickey. But I love Doraemon, that blue robotic cat from the future, with a pocket full of gizmos…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011 -
UncategorizedThese Tron Lightcycles Can Seal Packages and Boxes
When you look at Duck Tape, you might not think Tron, but you will now. I’m a sucker for clever ads, and this one is pretty clever, but not annoyingly so. Stick around for the end. (GEDDIT?) Not that you’d, you know, walk out on a thirty-seven second commercial. Who does that?! Tron Gets Sticky…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Some People in Montreal Dressed Up
Earlier this month, the Otakuthon Anime Convention stormed through lovely Montreal, Canada. And when there’s a convention, you can bet there are people in funny costumes. Reader Yeti sent along these snaps he snapped at this year’s Otakuthon of cosplayers dressed as characters from titles like Final Fantasy IX, Resident Evil, and Katamari Damacy Okakuthon,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
It’s Like .hack, but with .sex
Story within a story .hack isn’t only getting a CG animated film. It’s also has an erotic game knock-off called, coughs, .fuck Released years ago, the game promises to blend cyberspace, enormous eyes and one heck of a title. And this is volume four? I feel like I’ve missed something, namely volumes one, two, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is Nintendo Working on a Redesigned 3DS?
Nintendo’s already slashed the 3DS’s price tag, but, according to new rumors, that’s not the only thing the Kyoto-based game maker is planning on slashing. According to French website 01Net, insiders said that Nintendo is prepping an entirely new 3DS model that “radically tones down” the handheld’s 3D, and it could even be an entirely…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2011