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UncategorizedFinally, Some Gameplay Footage of the Free To Play Tribes Ascend
The next Tribes game, Hi-Rez Studios’ Tribes Ascend, will be free. It’s the loadouts in this online PC shooter that will cost you. The developer of Tribes Ascend (and free to play online shooter Global Agenda) tells IGN that the game will take a different approach to free to play than games like Team Fortress…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
‘Portalmon’ Design Now a Catchable, Testable T-Shirt [Updated]
Remember Matt Parson’s ‘Portalmon’ mash-up design? For the next 48 hours, you can now buy it as a lovely t-shirt for €20 (plus modest shipping). Update: Qwertee has set up a special promotion for Kotaku readers. Simply add the code ILoveKotaku when checking out to get the Portalmon tee for €10—half off!—with €3 shipping anywhere…
By Joel Johnson Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Kotick, Riccitiello, Levine and More Praise Supreme Court Victory
This morning the U.S. Supreme Court put to rest, perhaps finally, the debate over not only whether video games are protected speech, but whether they are art. We reached out to more than half a dozen of the best game makers and publishers in the U.S. to get their reaction. Read on to read what…
By Brian Crecente Published June 27, 2011 -
UncategorizedCrysis 2‘s Ultra Upgrade Explained In Pretty Images and Even Prettier Video
Don’t know your parallax occlusion mapping from your custom shape based bokeh depth of field effects? Don’t worry about it! Crytek, maker of Crysis 2, illustrates what new tessellation and displacement mapping technology, part of the game’s new “Ultra Upgrade” pack, means for you, PC gamer. The free DirectX 11 upgrade for Crysis 2—with a…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Violent Video Game Foe Rod Blagojevich Convicted of Trying to Sell Obama’s Senate Seat
The verdict is out in the second federal corruption trial of former Illinois Governor (and supporter of failed anti-violent video game legislation) Rod Blagojevich. The jury found him guilty on 17 of the 18 counts. [Gawker]
By Stephen Totilo Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Duke Nukem Forever Bringing Its ‘Special Pain Cake’ to the Mac This Summer
Gamers who prefer their operating systems designed by Apple will also have a chance to take a bite of Duke Nukem Forever‘s “pain cake” this summer, when Aspyr brings 3D Realms, Gearbox Software and 2K Games’ raunchy first-person shooter to Mac OS X this summer. Having not yet played Duke Nukem Forever, I can’t explain…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Cave Story 3D Delayed, Now Going Up Against, Uh… Modern Warfare 3
The lovely-looking 3DS remake of side-scrolling action game Cave Story has been bumped from a summer release to November 8, the same day as Modern Warfare 3. Good luck, Cave Story! Its publisher attributed the delay to: “additional game improvements.”
By Stephen Totilo Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Used Copies of Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Will be Forever Haunted by the Last Owner
Used Copies of Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D might not be worth your money because Capcom made it impossible to for anyone to erase game save date from the game card. Capcom included a note in Resident Evil‘s game manual that reads: “Saved data on this software cannot be reset.” Translation: Everything is permanent. What…
By Sam Winstrom Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Buy These Five Summer of Arcade XBLA Games, Get One Free
You could be on the receiving end of a “free” copy of co-op dungeon crawler Crimson Alliance, pictured above, Xbox 360 owners, if you go all-in on this year’s “Summer of Arcade” games for Xbox Live Arcade. What’s on the list? It’s a pretty good one, including graphically beautiful games like Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
The Supreme Court’s Best Arguments For and Against Violent Video Games
Whether you agree with the Supreme Court’s ruling against a California law against violent video games, today, you should know that strong arguments were made on both sides. Video games are just like literature? America is okay with kids seeing violent entertainment? Video games are meaningfully more immersive than books? The Founding Fathers never intended…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 27, 2011 -
UncategorizedWimoweh Your Way Through This Zombie Video
Pungee stick grenades, exploding wind-up monkeys all set to a catchy tune! While I doubt The Kingston Trio will be singing when you play the Shangri-La map in Call of Duty: Black Ops’ upcoming download map pack, everything else will be in there. The pack, along with a clutch of multiplayer maps, hit Xbox Live…
By Brian Crecente Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Playstation Portable Dual Packs Brings $15 Two-Game Bundles To Stores
New PSP Dual Pack bundles featuring two bundled games grabbed from the “Greatest Hits” and “Favorites” collections hits both retail and the Playstation Network store this week. The first three set to hit stores this week are: Secret Agent Clank and Daxter; Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow and Killzone Liberation; and Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror and…
By Brian Crecente Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Is Goldeneye Reloaded Just a Fancy Word for Rereleased?
Activision puts nostalgia-loving gamers in their sights once again, gathering a nice list of domain names revolving around something called “Goldeneye Reloaded“. This could mean a number of things are in the works: an HD re-release of Goldeneye for the Wii, an HD remake of the classic N64 Goldeneye, or maybe even a turn as…
By Sam Winstrom Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Crysis 2 Gets Sexy on the PC Today, Map Editor on Wednesday
As predicted, Crysis 2’s Ultra Upgrade hit today, giving PC gamers full DirectX support for the shooter. What’s that mean? If your computer has the brawn you’re going to get tessellation, water rendering improvements, high quality HDR motion blur, and higher quality texture formats. Starting Wednesday computer gamers will also be able to pick up…
By Brian Crecente Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Let the Countdown to the Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta Begin!
Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells wants gamers ready around 2 p.m. PDT tomorrow to download Uncharted 3‘s multiplayer beta. This release is only for certain people. The rest of us have to wait until July 4. [via Twitter]
By Sam Winstrom Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Video Games Are Ruled Protected Speech, Now What?
Ending a years-long battle with California legislators, the U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled that video games are protected free speech and that their sale to minors can’t be criminalized. More important than that historic ruling is the reminder by a U.S. Supreme Court Justice that video games, like books, plays and movies, communicate ideas.…
By Brian Crecente Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
Diablo III Looks to be a Gamescom No-Show
Blizzard listed the titles it will be showing at the upcoming Gamescom gaming expo. Diablo III doesn’t appear as though it will be there. Kotaku.com will be there, though! Diablo III is currently slated for who-knows-when. [via VideoGamer]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 27, 2011 - Uncategorized
What’s Wrong With Kids These Days?
Back in my day things were different! If I wanted to play a video game I had to use one joystick to move and aim! In the snow! Come to think of it, it wasn’t that bad at all. Acast010 thinks that this generation is a lot worse—not the games though. He says the gamers…
By Sam Winstrom Published June 27, 2011