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UncategorizedBe Very, Very Quiet; We’re Stealthing Through Deus Ex: Human Revolution
You can charge through Deus Ex: Human Revolution guns ablaze, but you’ll miss out on the special moments shared by the game’s characters when they don’t know you’re there. You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.
By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
Minecraft‘s Creator Puts Players in Control of Their Own Terror
Don’t look away. Don’t even blink. Exploring new ways to instill fear in the upcoming adventure update for Minecraft, creator Notch explores placing the responsibility for terror on the players themselves, creating a creature that’s equal parts Doctor Who Weeping Angels and Super Mario‘s Boo. The first time you encounter a Creeper in Minecraft is…
By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2011 -
UncategorizedMetro: Last Light Trailer Makes The Moscow Underground Extra Creepy
Metro: Last Light’s newest trailer is actually two minutes of gameplay, and it’s a well-chosen two minutes. Most of the dialogue is in Russian, but the atmosphere makes up for what you might be missing in the words being said. Artyom’s back, infiltrating the enemy’s base, “hiding in plain sight”, until he’s spotted and it’s…
By Jen Schiller Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
The King of Fighters XIII Preorders Come with 15 Years of Musical History
Not content to merely offer its usual single soundtrack CD, Atlus has gathered four discs of fighting music to entice players into putting their money down on The King of Fighters XIII That’s right, four CDs packed with your favorite tunes from The King of Fighters series, including that one theme from that stage with…
By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2011 - Reviews
The SteelSeries Spectrum 7XB Silences Doubts About High-End Wireless Gaming Headsets
I’ve often wondered what drives a person to shell out upwards of two hundred dollars for a high quality gaming headset instead of simply plugging in a pair of cheap ear buds or turning the television down really low. As one might imagine, I’m not much of an audiophile. In the span of a couple…
By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
Download Brink‘s Agents of Change DLC on August 3, Look at It Now
The battle for The Ark spills over into the underwater Labs facility and Founders’ Tower on August 3, when the free Agents of Change downloadable content is released for Bethesda’s Brink Consisting of a pair of fresh maps, a bunch new clothing and weapon attachments, and a level cap boost to 24, Agents of Change…
By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
What’s the Best Game for a Multiplayer Shooter Noob?
Commenter DeapGalaxy isn’t an online multiplayer shooter fan, but he’d sure like to be. Help him find the perfect game in today’s thrilling episode of Speak Up on Kotaku. Okay, I need help with getting a game. I’ve never really gotten into the whole multiplayer shooter scene, I’ve never even owned a single Call of…
By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Gunstringer is Almost the Most Fun I’ve Had with the Kinect, Fruit Ninja Kinect The Most
I’ve finally got a reason to reconnect the Kinect to my Xbox 360. It’s been nearly four months since I moved half-way across the country to upstate New York, and while I’ve been slowly piecing back together my gaming set up and all of its many consoles, I still haven’t found a reason to reconnect…
By Brian Crecente Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
Duke Nukem Forever is No Halo Follower, Upgrades to Four-Weapon Inventory
The PC version of Duke Nukem Forever will be getting patched, and that patch will enable the game’s hero to carry four weapons instead of just two (take that, Master Chief!). The official Gearbox forums list a few other coming changes for PC, but none detailed just yet for future Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Since Nickelodeon decided to start airing ’90s programs this week, I think it’s only fair to remind everyone of how awesome T.G.I.F used to be. You know you miss Hanging with Mr. Cooper You know you do, and now I know you do, too. Has Umbra’s awesome shop image inspired you? Good! We’re running low…
By Jen Schiller Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
But What if You Don’t Have Internet? Can You Get Twenty Free Games?
I have internet. If you’re reading this, you probably have internet. But not everyone in Japan has internet. China and the European Union have the most internet users, followed by the United States, India, and Japan (via Wii). So there are lots of internet users in Japan, but not everyone has WiFi access, and many…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
Groove Coaster is a Finger-Tapping Musical Space Invaders Masterpiece
Just when I was certain there was no new way to combine tapping fingers and music on the iPhone, Reisuke Ishida marries the aesthetic of his award-winning Space Invaders: Infinity Gene with an equally gorgeous collection of tracks in Groove Coaster I initially purchased Groove Coaster from the iTunes App Store yesterday simply because it…
By Mike Fahey Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
Let’s Dance. No, Really. Let’s.
Nice Suit | TOKYO, JAPAN: Xbox Japan’s honcho checks out Kinect at a recent event. (Photo: Game Impress Watch) Nintendo President Takes Blame for 3DS, Getting 50 Percent Pay Cut Today in Tokyo, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata addressed shareholders regarding the Nintendo 3DS. For Nintendo, things have been better. Warcraft III -Inspired Heroes of Newerth…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
This Figure Will Put Your Eyes Out, Kid
Valkyria Chronicles‘s Selvaria Bles is getting immortalized in resin. So are her demon tits. Congratulations demon tits! The 22-year-old, who helps lead the Empire’s Gailia invasion, will appear in sculptured figurine form sometime next year when this figure finally goes on sale. This is obviously the “swimsuit version”. Obviously. It’s unpainted because this is a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
Warcraft III-Inspired Heroes of Newerth Goes Free-To-Play
Multiplayer, action role-playing game Heroes of Newerth is now free-to-play, with developer reorganizing the Warcraft III Defense of the Ancients inspired game to include three types of accounts, developer S2 Games tells Kotaku The new basic account is a free account new players receive when they sign up. Once a player has surpassed a certain…
By Brian Crecente Published July 29, 2011 -
CultureSettle In With the Multi-Talented Art of Quentin Marmier
A lot of the time here on Fine Art, we feature the work of an artist who does one thing. They might do character art, or level design, that sort of thing. So it’s great today to showcase the work of Quentin Marmier. His work for Ubisoft includes all kinds of stuff, from colouring to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
Nintendo President Takes Blame for 3DS, Getting 50 Percent Pay Cut
Today in Tokyo, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata addressed shareholders regarding the Nintendo 3DS. For Nintendo, things have been better. At Today’s meeting, Iwata said the goal was to address questions why Nintendo cut the 3DS’s price. In an official release from Nintendo detailing the meeting, Iwata acknowledged that the price reduction does help retailers plan…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2011 -
UncategorizedWater, Water Everywhere, so Let’s Go Fight a War
If you’ve ever wanted to play a video game based on Kevin Costner’s Waterworld, only without Kevin Costner being anywhere near it, you should check out upcoming strategy title Oil Rush With slick cinematic sequences and a pretty game engine, Oil Rush is an RTS set on a future Earth where global catastrophe has risen…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
Sorry, America, Still No Xenoblade Chronicles for You
Not that this will be too big a surprise for suffering American Wii owners, but in Nintendo’s latest release schedule (out today), there’s still no mention of Xenoblade Chronicles being due for North America. It’s still scheduled for release in Europe, however, on August 19. The game has been the subject of an ongoing campaign…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 - Uncategorized
3DS Rocks Japanese Retail
Yesterday’s 3DS price-drop was sudden. It caught many off guard, including some Japanese game retailers. One Japanese shop posted a notice that until August 11, when the price drops ¥10,000 (US$129), it will refrain from selling the 3DS. This is leading to speculation that retailers are being burdened with heavy inventories and might take a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 29, 2011