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Nine Out of 10 Will Not Finish the Game They are Playing
Just 10 percent of gamers actually finish a game, an industry veteran told CNN in a recent feature, and his colleagues and other figures back him up. “Ninety percent of players who start your game will never see the end of it unless they watch a clip on YouTube,” says Keith Fuller. Raptr, the gaming…
By Owen Good Published August 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
NHL 12 Sends Hockey’s Greatest Shift on the Ice
Sports fans have heaped lots of love on NBA 2K12 following its reveal of a roster of 15 all-time greats, and their supporting cast; let’s not forget the same thing is taking place in hockey’s premier video game sim, NHL 12, which will deliver a dozen greats who also span that sport’s most telegenic era.…
By Owen Good Published August 19, 2011 -
UncategorizedUneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Helm in Might & Magic Heroes VI
We now have the culmination of last week’s tease-of-a-teaser. Here is the Gamescom 2011 trailer for Might and Magic Heroes VI, establishing the game’s appropriately epic struggle. We’ve got brother against sister, glowing undead and giant insectoid witches, even the Wilhelm scream. Can you tell I’m the sports guy? I have no idea what the…
By Owen Good Published August 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
It’s the Little Things That Matter In Mass Effect 3
The Earth is burning. Mankind stands on the brink of extinction. And all I can think about is how pretty I’m going to make my future space gun look. And how much I like an old friend’s new haircut. The Mass Effect 3 demo I caught at Gamescom came in two distinct parts, one a…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 19, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Assassin’s Creed Team Always Takes the Best Screenshots
As proven by these Gamescom shots of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, the Assassin’s Creed series never looks quite as beautiful as it does through the eyes of the folks that make the screenshots. When you’re actively playing an Assassin’s Creed game you’re generally far too caught up in the beauty of the action to worry about…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedWhy They Also Call Star Fox Tank Fox and Sub Fox
He’s not just for stars anymore. In Star Fox 64 and its upcoming 3D re-release on the 3DS, Fox McCloud proves himself worthy of the title Tank Fox. Sub Fox is just something Krystal likes to call him when they’re alone. You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe New Rock of Ages Trailer Hilariously Smooshes Its Way Through Video Game History
Any good video game trailer should tell us what the game in question is all about. In the case of Atlus USA’s upcoming downloadable game Rock of Ages, this is a game about a rock smashing stuff. All kinds of stuff. Big stuff, small stuff… all of the stuff. And so, this trailer is pretty…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedGo It Alone or Bring a Friend—Online—When Trine 2 Arrives This Fall
Trine 2‘s cooperative mode will extend online as well as local, publisher Atlus vows in this latest video showcasing the game’s collaborative platforming gameplay. Due out on PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and via digital distribution for PC, Trine 2 will release this fall.
By Owen Good Published August 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Four New Dishonored Screens Feature Sneaking, Swordplay, and… Stilts?
Four new screenshots from Bethesda and Arkane’s upcoming first-person stealth game Dishonored have surfaced, and they look just about as interesting as everything else we’ve heard about the game Which is to say: Quite interesting. You can contact Kirk Hamilton, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Prey 2‘s Stomping Grounds Are a Wretched Hive of Scum and Stuff
U.S. Marshal Killian Samuel goes from alien hostage to intergalactic bounty hunter in Prey 2, and these Gamescom screens show off his less-than-happy hunting grounds. Prey 2‘s premise is rather original, taking a helpless human from the original game and transforming him into a force feared by criminals across the known galaxy. You just can’t…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
What A Better Game of Thrones Video Game Might Look Like
Yesterday, I posted some screens from Cyanide Studio’s upcoming PC strategy game A Game of Thrones: Genesis (one of those screens is above). Details about the game are few and far between, and the only video online is a gameplay-free teaser. At a casual glance, the game seemed cool enough—a Total War-style strategy game set…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Witcher 2 is $30 This Weekend on GoG.com
CD Projeckt’s acclaimed (and Kotaku-Approved) PC RPG The Witcher 2 is on sale for $30 all weekend at Good old Games. If you’ve got a gaming PC and like lusty, swashbuckling adventures (and seriously good RPGs), give it a go.
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedRetro Game Master Episode 9: Battle Golfer Yui
This week on Retro Game Master the Kacho takes on Battle Golfer Yui, a golf game that it is more than it seems. Launched in 1991 in Japan, Battle Golfer Yui follows the exploits of two normal high school girls who are drafted into a tournament thanks to their exemplary golf skills. Little do they…
By Joel Johnson Published August 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedMore Beautiful Cel-Shading in This Gravity Rush Video
Gravity Rush is fast becoming the PlayStation Vita game to see at press events. We already got a look of Team Siren’s upcoming gravity bending title through screenshots, gameplay, and hands-on experience. The game features beautiful anime style cel-shaded graphics, so what’s wrong with another taste? The newest video out of Gamescom shows off the…
By Max Abrams Published August 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Blades of Time Is the New Game From X-Blades Developer That Looks an Awful Lot Like X-Blades
This is Blades of Time. It’s a hack-and-slash game featuring a scantily clad woman named Ayumi and her giant gunblades. It’s being developed by Gaijin Entertainment. They developed X-Blades which, if you don’t remember, was also a hack-and-slash game. With a scantily clad woman. Named Ayumi. And gunblades. Contrary to conventional wisdom though, Blades of…
By Joshua Rivera Published August 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
From Dust‘s PC Release is a Man-Made Disaster
Ubisoft’s release of From Dust on the PC has been, in every sense of the word, a disaster. Just the fact that the game requires an always-on Internet connection—putting the lie to earlier claims that it wouldn’t—is a throat-slash to its credibility. The additional fact it’s a glitch-strewn port of a console game is the…
By Owen Good Published August 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
Scourge The Hedgehog, We 3, and I Think They Killed Lois Lane in this Week’s Most Interesting Comics
New comics come out on Wednesdays. So why is my weekly list of new-comics recommendations running on a Thursday? I blame the avalanche of gaming news, screenshots and trailers tumbling out of Gamescom. I briefly found space, however, to recommend some comics. These are the ones I think you should consider buying, either in shops…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedTera Online Rallies the Troops in This Triumphant Trailer
The Gamescom trailer for Tera Online sees the seven races (well, five of them) of Tera banding together to face off against impossible odds in order to keep a pair of titans from waking up and ending the dream that is reality. No pressure. That’s the story behind Tera Online, the action-packed South Korean import…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2011 - Uncategorized
It’s a Steep Climb to the Top for El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
With a striking art style and a story based off of an ancient Jewish religious work, Ignition’s El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is the sort of game that could go in any direction review-wise. As it turns out, it did. El Shaddai tells the story of Enoch, a priest seeking out seven angels in…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe New Burnout: Crash Trailer Features Crashing, Burning
Just in time for Gamescom, EA has shared a new trailer for its upcoming XBLA/PSN car-smasher Burnout: Crash. The 360 version of the game will be compatible with Kinect, and Crecente had a lot more fun with the game than he thought he would. I’ll be playing it for the first time next week, but…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 18, 2011