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UncategorizedSee the PS3 Exclusive Tekken Hybrid in Glorious Three-way Action
What’s Tekken Hybrid? Well, as we learned at Comic-Con this weekend, it’s now three Tekken things on one Blu-ray disc: Tekken: Blood Vengeance, Tekken Tag Tournament HD and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue. Still confused? Maybe this trailer will help! Tekken Hybrid is due this fall, exclusively on the PlayStation 3, bringing one CG animated…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Candid Look Inside the Weird and Wonderful Minds Behind Dwarf Fortress
In a small two-bedroom apartment 20 in a strip mall of a town outside of Seattle, two brothers are hard at work crafting one of the most complex, convoluted, and difficult games ever created. Sometimes they code ASCII graphics. Other times they break out the crayons. Writer Jonah Weiner spent five days with Tarn and…
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedOur Intern Max Will Now Play an Entire Video Game Before Your Eyes
Platformance: Temple Death is a $1 downloadable indie game for the Xbox 360. Max Abrams is an agreeable Kotaku intern. I think the Platformance games are cool. They look great (you’re seeing the entire game up top), but they’re tough. How best could I share this game with all of you? I asked Max to…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Taki’s ‘Not Dead’ and Ivy’s All Grown Up in Soulcalibur V
A 46-year-old female ninja with a preference for revealing red tights may still have a place in the next Soulcalibur game, according to its creators—the same creators that found a way to make Soulcalibur‘s Ivy look remarkably young in her advancing years. At Comic-Con last week, the people making Soulcalibur V, a development team named…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Amazon Temporarily Pulls Cosmo Black Nintendo 3DS From Sale, But Why?
Anyone looking to pick up a Cosmo Black 3DS today from Amazon was met with a disconcerting note: Item Under Review While this item is available from other marketplace sellers on this page, it is not currently offered by Amazon.com because customers have told us there may be something wrong with our inventory of the…
By Max Abrams Published July 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Warts of Old Video Games Look Beautiful in this New One
Our technology has progressed past the age of TV monitors that curve the corners of our video game graphics. Scan lines are a thing of the past. But how beautiful a modern game looks when it takes the visual flaws of 80s arcade games and celebrates them as artistic effects. Take a look at the…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Kiss of The Legend of Zelda
Inspired by The Legend of Zelda and Gustav Klimt‘s work, Rich Pellegrino created this amazing painting for the August 11th “SUPER IAM8BIT” show in Los Angeles, Ca (7PM to 11PM). Check out the design process at his blog – 16″ x 20″ Acrylic and Gouache on Hardboard – Also available through Etsy on August 11…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedGhost Rider Vs. Firebrand Vs. Hawkeye Vs. Strider
Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 introduces twelve new characters to the MVC3 roster. Capcom has only (technically) revealed four, and here they are kicking each other’s asses. We’ll kick things off with a little Firebrand Vs. Hawkeye, solely because I love the purple avenger’s opening line. “Avengers, Defenders, Thunderbolts; I make any team better,” Clint…
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
NFL Lockout Ends, but Madden Must React Quickly
The National Football League’s players approved a deal with the league owners this afternoon, ending a four-month lockout that had threatened the regular season and cast a shadow over development of one of the NFL’s signature licensed products, EA Sports’ Madden NFL. The game is on shelves Aug. 30. EA Sports has yet to issue…
By Owen Good Published July 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Tekken: Blood Vengeance 3D in Select Theaters for One Night Only
Catch the 3D animated movie Tekken: Blood Vengeance in theaters before it hits the PlayStation 3 as part of Tekken Hybrid, as long as you’ve got tomorrow night free and it’s playing at a theater near you (thanks, Ed!).
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Increasingly Cool Russian President Suggests Warcraft Ripoff To Teach Russian History
First Russian President Dimitri Medvedev joined Twitter. Next he visited Twitter and Apple HQs. Now he’s suggesting that someone make a World of Warcraft knock-off to teach about his country’s history. I’m starting to like this guy. “I’ve checked what’s our youth are playing with, and most games are pseudo-historical and fantasy-based,” The Moscow Times…
By Brian Crecente Published July 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Next Hope for Fun Four-Player Gaming is Ratchet & Clank
Are you, like me, still waiting for a great, modern four-player action game? I’m not talking about four-player shooters but more of a platformer. A colorful game that anyone can play? There have been experiments: Some people loved four-player riff on Super Mario Bros. that Nintendo introduced in 2009’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii. I…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Here Are Three New Ways to Spend Your Hard-Earned Club Nintendo Coins
You’ve bought Nintendo product, registered it online, and collected Club Nintendo coins for your effort. Nintendo repays you with a Metroid screensaver, Donkey Kong posters, and a giant AR card you could have printed out yourself! Reader Zonic505 pointed us towards these three new Club Nintendo rewards, sure to be a big hit with people…
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedEzio Struggles with Old Age in Assassin’s Creed Embers
There’s no such thing as aging gracefully when you’re Ezio Auditore. UbiWorkshop’s animated tale, Assassin’s Creed Embers, tells the tale of what happens when old age and old enemies start catching up with the master assassin. It’s rare that we get to see our video game heroes grow old. Aside from the odd fighting game…
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedDoes This Video Make You Want to Play Star Wars: The Old Republic?
Now that we’ve got preorder information and details on the $150 collector’s edition, all that’s left for BioWare is getting people excited about playing Star Wars: The Old Republic. Does this do it for you?
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Violent Video Game Legal Battle Could Cost California Another $1.1 Million
Now that the smoke has cleared and the video game industry stands triumphant over the state of California in the Supreme Court battle over making it a crime to sell violent games to minors, the Entertainment Software Association needs to pay its lawyers. Why hello there, California taxpayers. For six years the state of California…
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
For Some, “Gamer” Still Means “Social Outcast”
Anders Behring Breivik was a likable loner, a seemingly harmless Norwegian who masked his sudden disappearance from society to prepare for the biggest single-handed massacre in recent history with a modern affliction: Video game addiction. Breivik, 32, the confessed terrorist behind a bombing and shooting spree that left nearly 80 dead, many children, said he…
By Brian Crecente Published July 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Dead Island‘s Infestation Spreads to PlayStation Home
The zombie strain that strikes the vacationers on Dead Island is so virulent that even advertising the game results in a full-on undead plague, as European PlayStation Home users will discover shortly before the game launches in September. PlayStation 3 owners will start feeling the effects of the Dead Island infection shortly before the game…
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
In Search of New and Exciting Collectible Card-Based Video Games
Appropriately named commenter Tengen Toppa Duck Face has a craving for video games based on collectible card games, but his experience is limited to Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokémon. Somebody help a brother deal a fresh hand in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Are there any collectible card video games that come highly recommended, new or old?…
By Mike Fahey Published July 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Original Chuck E. Cheese Added to Registry of Historic Gaming Locations
The most terrifying all animal band in history is finally getting the recognition it deserves. The Registry of Historic Gaming locations is adding the site of the original Chuck E. Cheese’s to it’s list of historic sites. First built in San Jose, California in 1977, Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theatre was the first family…
By Sam Winstrom Published July 25, 2011