There’s a Hard-Hitting Story Behind Anarchy Reigns‘ Battle Royale

What, you thought Platinum Games’ online multiplayer brawler was just a bunch of super-powered beings battling each other for no reason? No sir, there is some sort of story going on in Anarchy Reigns; it just happens to involve a lot of punching, kicking, and stabbing. Shit’s going down in Altambra, yo, which I’m imagining…

Need for Talk Amongst Yourselves

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It’s 2011 and Someone is Putting a Lot of Effort into a Wii Game

Nintendo’s still making a Zelda and a Kirby for the Wii. Ubisoft is still seeping Just Dances the way a man produces sweat on a hot summer day. But it seems these days that most companies making games just don’t care about making Wii games anymore. What a shock it was last week to find…

Reckless Endangerment Makes for a Sloppy Getaway

When video games call for criminal behavior, I try to portray the bandit with a heart of gold. Running innocents off the road delivers neither a thrill nor a punchline in something like Grand Theft Auto. In fact, I take it as a sign of my own terrible driving. All of that is on display…

Every Dostoevsky Has His Day

A Petersburg Poem – Pixel artist Dave Wilson’s tribute to Dostoyevsky and other giants of Russian literature. (@ megapont) More Amazing Guild Wars 2 Art to Kickstart Your Working Week As we’ve seen previously, with Levi Hopkins’ art, there’s some outstanding work being done at ArenaNet on Guild Wars 2. An impression that’s only reinforced…

You’ll Never Master This Shooter

Really Big Sky is an indie shmup with a twist: it’s procedurally-generated. Meaning you’ll never play the same game twice. The game’s difficulty, levels and enemies are generated on the fly based on how you’re playing, how well you’re playing and how many of you are playing it at once (it support 4-player multiplayer). So…

Mortal Kombat Web Series Winds Up

Mortal Kombat: Legacy, the live-action web series based on the hit fighting game franchise, finished up over the weekend with its ninth and final episode. The project, which began as a sensational concept piece first shown last year, never really hit the same highs again during its actual run. Ah well! It was still a…

Assassin’s Creed: The Wind Waker

If you were at Ubisoft’s E3 press conference (or caught it online), you will have seen this! Since most of you weren’t, though, here’s a look at a very stylish interpretation of the Assassin’s Creed franchise. It’s not for any upcoming game or project. It’s just for kicks! But between those colours, 2.5D perspective and…

More Amazing Guild Wars 2 Art to Kickstart Your Working Week

As we’ve seen previously, with Levi Hopkins’ art, there’s some outstanding work being done at ArenaNet on Guild Wars 2. An impression that’s only reinforced looking at the contributions of Kekai Kotaki. Serving as Art Lead on the project, Kotaki – who not only has a fine last name but also worked on the first…

Portal 2’s Space Core has Landed On Earth

This is a pretty great replica of Portal 2’s Space Core. The scale is good, the colours are right, the lighting looks spot on, and I bet it was delicious. Wait, what? Yeah, spoilers, it’s a cake. I know, sorry to go all “Kotaku circa 2007” on you, but come on. That’s freaking amazing. It…

There and Back Again, a Minecraft Story

The team behind Minecraft Middle Earth is building, on a reduced scale, the land of Middle Earth from Lord of the Rings. If you think that’s bananas, this walkthrough video above goes for half an hour and only covers the journey from The Shire to the Mines of Moria. LotR fans will know that, well,…

My Teeth Hurt After Watching These Wii Kids

As one of the worst examples of “it’s on the Wii, shovel it out there” publishing, I don’t have many kind words to say about Ubisoft’s Just Dance 2, one of the biggest-selling games in years THAT SAID. I can at least see where the appeal lies. Namely, with the kind of parents who film…

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Gameplay Footage Sneaks Out of Comic-Con [Update]

Hey hey, it’s brand new footage from the upcoming Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. This is nothing but raw gameplay, with dragons and villagers and beautiful landscapes. Best part, though? Where the wolf gets kicked in the face UPDATE – Looks like most of it is older footage re-edited into a new trailer. Sorry! [via YouTube]

The Great Half-Life 2 Robbery

Hacking attacks and digital theft have been in the headlines a lot lately, whether it be the loss of user details on the PlayStation Network or a preview build of an upcoming game. So let’s look back today on a crime both more brazen and impressive than any we’ve seen in the past few years:…

GoldenEye: Reloaded Screenshots

Activision had Plans for High-Definition GoldenEye All Along

Depending upon the consoles you own, the bad news about GoldenEye: Reloaded may still be the good news. It is most definitely a high-definition remastering of last year’s title reboot on the Wii. But given the much larger shooter constituency on the PS3 and 360, and online multiplayer’s vastly greater viability on those consoles, that…

Adios, Comic-Con

So Long, San Diego | A mini-bust of Shae Vizla, of Star Wars: The Old Republic bids us farewell as Comic-Con 2011 comes to an end. (Photo: Michael McWhertor) Oslo Terrorist Used Modern Warfare 2 as “Training-Simulation”, World of Warcraft as Cover The accused shooter in yesterday’s massacre in Norway has been linked to 1,500…

Catherine the Great?

Journey into the twisted dream world of a man smitten with a beautiful girl named Catherine in the eponymous game arriving this Tuesday. Dragon Age II also gets an expansion, From Dust arrives in Xbox Live’s Summer of Arcade, and PC and PS3 players get Black Ops‘ Annihilation map pack. Tuesday Catherine (PS3, 360) —…

In Risk: Metal Gear Solid, You Can Nuke Australia, Occupy Outer Haven

Metal Gear Solid is getting its very own version of Risk, “the game of strategic conquest,” adding Private Military Contractors, a movable continent, the cast of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and the option to launch a nuke from Metal Gear Rex. Konami and USAopoly semi-officially revealed Risk: Metal Gear Solid at…

Dick Move, Mario

Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •7 Glaring Reasons Why Mario is a Dick [Ranker] He may be the cheerful plumber-savior of the Mushroom Kingdom, but deep-a-down, he’s-a-douchebagga, says Ranker, which…