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UncategorizedThis Would Have Been The Perfect Final Wii Game
I know that this fall’s The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword won’t be the final video game for the Wii, but it is likely to be remembered as the last big game for Nintendo’s mighty system. That’s cool, I guess, but I believe that Jerry Rice & Nitus Dog Football—announced today as shipping on August…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
PlayStation Store Update: A Nightmare in North America
The arrival of Freddy Krueger in Mortal Kombat might take headline precedence, but Madden NFL 12‘s demo gets the lead image glory. Sorry, Mr. Krueger, but you’re simply lacking in screen shots. The fourth (and final?) downloadable fighter for NetherRealm’s Mortal Kombat arrives today on the PlayStation 3, which you can buy solo or as…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Don’t Miss Your Chance to Impersonate a Gotham City Impostors Beta Tester
Slip on some blue tights, smear on the grease paint, and fill out a form forthe chance to beta test the upcoming Batman-themed online multiplayer shooter Gotham City Impostors, now seeking eager players across all three platforms. Sign up already!
By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
They’re Already Up To Might & Magic Heroes VI, and This is What it’s All About
The series formerly known as Heroes of Might & Magic returns, with a confusingly rearranged name, to a post-King’s Bounty landscape. Without access to publishers’ long and tedious spreadsheets, I of course couldn’t begin to guess whether 1C’s good-natured, wilfully silly turn-based strategy/semi-roleplaying game presents any kind of financial threat to HoMM. KB‘s certainly made…
Alec Meer | Rock Paper Shotgun Published August 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedAnarchy Reigns‘ New Robot Driller Killer Channels Antoine Dodson
“Hide your wife. Hide your husband. They are drillin’ everybody out here.” So warns the latest character trailer starring Garuda, the one-ton Transformer armed with a pair of high velocity drills. Clearly, anything goes in the next game from Bayonetta, Vanquish and Madworld creators Platinum Games. Two thousand pound androids who can transform into jets…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Meet a Dog That’s Blissfully Unaware He’s Cosplaying Amaterasu
If only more cosplayers could be like Dante. Dante the Samoyed doesn’t care that he’s dressed up as one of Capcom’s most beloved characters. He’s just pleased to smell all the nice people at Otakon. And occasionally lick his own privates. Kotaku reader Volkodav has a very beautiful dog that just so happens to resemble…
By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
But, Ken Levine, Will BioShock Infinite Be Worth Playing a Second Time?
I expected the official PlayStation Blog to quiz BioShock mastermind Ken Levine on PlayStation topics like 3D and the Move. I expected him to drop intriguing comments like one about how sniper rifles will “become very meaningful” in the expanse of BioShock Infinite I didn’t expect the PlayStation blog to ask if next year’s BioShock…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedA Deep Look at Modern Warfare 3‘s Spec Ops Survival Mode
We’ve written quite a bit about Modern Warfare 3‘s Spec Ops survival mode. Think of it as a sort of Horde mode but with the ability to call in riot shield -wielding soldiers and attack dogs. Here’s an official look at the game. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected].…
By Brian Crecente Published August 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
What Games Have Changed
As a game maker and the co-president of Games for Change, I was thrilled to be invited by Kotaku to discuss some of the recent developments in the field of games for learning, health and social impact. Games for Change, founded in 2004, is a non-profit and a global advocate for games that have positive…
Asi Burak, Games for Change Published August 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedThis Resistance 3 Multiplayer Map Comes From a Land Down Under
While Resistance 3‘s single-player story sees players traipsing across the U.S., multiplayer is a trip around the Chimeran-infested world, with stops in Bogota, Colombia, Glamorgan, Wales, Africa’s Republic of Chad, and this latest map, which takes the battle to the second largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. That would be Alice Springs, lovingly…
By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
EA Sports Pioneers the In-Game Hair Transplant
While it might be too late to shoot a new box cover for the UK version of FIFA 12, Electronic Arts managed to give Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney’s in-game model a quick makeover to reflect his recently transplanted hairline. As one of the most skilled footballers in the world, Wayne Rooney’s skills stem from…
By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedSee the Minimal Human, Haptic Gaming Chair and Robot Moles in Action
A floating avatar head that can look, listen and speak in the real world, a desk-embedded robot mole, high-tech tops, express-changing “minimal humans”, phantom haptic gaming chairs. The 38th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques sounds like a place of wild dreams and nightmares. Kinda wish I went. You can contact…
By Brian Crecente Published August 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Babies are Already Angry, Might As Well Put Birds on Them
As we approach the point of total global Angry Birds saturation, one important demographic has been left out of the fowl-flinging sensation: Babies. Rovio’s new partnership with baby product company SwaddleDesigns might stop infants from crying over lack of spilled pork. As the proud father of 9-week-old twin boys, I can safely say there’s nothing…
By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedThey Will Rip Your Head Off With Their Tiny Little Hands
We got our grubby little hands on the latest Halo Minimate sets that hit Toys R Us this month. Each $20 Diamond Select Toys set comes with three Noble Team members and a Warthog. One set comes with Jun, Carter and Kat and a standard Warthog. The other comes with Jorge, Emile and Noble-6 and…
By Brian Crecente Published August 9, 2011 -
UncategorizedDead Island Gets the Gang Together To Be Torn Apart
“We hang together, or we fucked.” Truer words have never been spoken, in or out of a co-op trailer for Dead Island Whenever you see a ragtag group of survivors banding together to try and survive a zombie apocalypse, comparisons to Valve’s Left 4 Dead series are inevitable. So I won’t make any. You folks…
By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
When Does a Game Console Go Retro?
Commenter GiantBoyDetective wonders when video games and their consoles make the transition from recent to retro in today’s nostalgic installment of Speak Up on Kotaku. How old does a game have to be to be considered “retro”? I would definitely consider anything Super Nintendo or older as retro…at least in my eyes. I suppose the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
One Day Games Will Caress, Smack You
Imagine playing a game that can caress you, run its finger down your back, make you feel as if you’re flying, falling, crashing, or bugs are crawling over your face. The folks at Disney Research Pittsburgh (DRP. Yes, really.) are showing off a surround haptics system that relies on traditional tactile actuators and phantom sensation…
By Brian Crecente Published August 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
GameFly Sweetens the Pot with PC Game Downloads
For nearly a decade GameFly has been the Netflix of video games, delivering console and handheld titles to eager gamers across the United States, but where’s the PC gaming love? It’s coming later this year, when GameFly rolls out an online client featuring more than 100 free PC game downloads. Launching next month in closed…
By Mike Fahey Published August 9, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Stop doing what you’re doing. Start talking here about video games. Thanks to reader kyosen for today’s TAYpic. To quote our interns: “We could always use some new TAYpics, so if you think you’ve got what it takes, here’s what to do: submit your images to #TAYpics, and please keep submitting until you’re out of…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 9, 2011