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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Unveiled, Dated For 2011
Bethesda Softworks just announced the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls series and the sequel to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion will be called Skyrim. And it’ll be out next year. Bethesda’s Todd Howard introduced the game with a brief teaser showing a stone dragon and a dramatic narration that sets up the story of…
By Michael McWhertor Published December 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
SSX Deadly Descents Confirmed At Spike VGAs
The logo for SSX Deadly Descents just popped up during the Spike TV VGAs broadcast, confirming the reveal of EA’s next entry in the wild snowboarding series. We’ll have to wait a bit longer for the official reveal, but here’s what we’ve heard so far.
By Michael McWhertor Published December 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
It’s Spike Video Game Awards Time [Updated With Winners]
Equal parts Oscars and E3 keynote – well, maybe more folks are tuning in for the latter – the 2010 Video Game Awards are on, live on both coasts, on Spike TV. We’ll be breaking out news as it happens. Neil Patrick Harris is your host. Rumors for this year’s debut blitz include SSX, Mass…
By Owen Good Published December 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Work Stoppage Winners
Last week’s challenge: Imagine a world in which negotiations broke down and video game performers went on strike. Video game characters of the world unite! You’ve got nothing to lose but your pixels. artisttheone (4) kicked off the unsafe conditions theme with a pissed off Super Meat Boy. AcidCrownie (2) continued it with the obligatory…
By Owen Good Published December 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Media Molecule Sends Out LittleBigPlanet2 Code — But Just One
A new batch of beta trial invitations for LittleBigPlanet 2 were supposed to go out this month, and they did, but apparently they all contained the same key. Not only that, AFPO-VCHR-CODE looks like a placeholder. Either way, it’s not valid, and those invited into the LBP2 beta went all triple down-button after entering it.…
By Owen Good Published December 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
What’s Modern Warfare Doing In A Special Needs School?
That’s what parents near Sacramento, Calif., want to know and, you know, I do, too. Officials at East Valley Education Center in Oakdale, Calif. refused to appear on camera, but it sounds like they were using video games as an incentive or a reward to help kids with developmental difficulties socialize. That’s well and good…
By Owen Good Published December 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Anti-Defamation League Slams ‘Fun” Holocaust Video Game As Horrific And Inappropriate
A video game that depicts an uprising in a Nazi death camp has drawn harsh criticism from the Anti-Defamation League, which told Kotaku that the Holocaust should be off-limits for video games. Earlier this week Sonderkommando Revolt, a video game set amidst a violent prisoner uprising at the Auschwitz death camp, came to light. The…
By Brian Crecente Published December 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
The 2011 Video Game Bowl — And Playoff — Spectacular
Do you want a college football playoff? Do you love the tradition of a New Year’s Day packed with A-list bowls? You can have both, with Stick Jockey’s video game simulation of a 16-team tournament – and 27 bowls. Note: This is a very long column. There are more than 40 games described below. I’ve…
By Owen Good Published December 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Box Scores: Cheesers Gotta Pay
All it takes is a couple bad experiences with a Madden cheeser to put you off multiplayer for good. So when you get a cheeser down and he’s begging for mercy, you gotta make him suffer. For all of us. Nekolas doesn’t usually play head-to-head matches often because of cheesing. Such tactics include “nano blitzes,”…
By Owen Good Published December 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
Minecraft Transforms, Beta And Changes Kick In Soon
The phenomenally popular computer game Minecraft which attracted more than two million gamers worldwide while still in its alpha state will go into beta on December 20. With that comes polish, some changes, a raised price and more. Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson made the announcement today on his development blog, promising that the new…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Gears Of War Gameplay Spiked From Tonight’s VGAs
Microsoft’s expected but unexpected reveal of new Gears of War gameplay at tonight’s Spike TV Video Game Awards has been delayed. Major Nelson promises the eventual reveal will “definitely be worth the wait.”
By Michael McWhertor Published December 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Moneysaver: Santa’s Baddest Deals
I think I’ve turned a corner. I beat the shit out of some kids today. But it was for a purpose. It made me feel good about myself. It was like I did something constructive with my life or something. Hardware • PS3 160GB bundle with Uncharted 2 and Medal of Honor, plus an extra…
By Owen Good Published December 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Week In Review: Name That Nominee
Yesterday, we named our four finalists for Game Of The Year. Only four. As 2010 wheels in to a fast finish, we’ll be debating the best that games had to offer this year. Mass Effect 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Red Dead Redemption and NBA 2K11. That’s a role-playing game, a shooter, a sandbox…
By Owen Good Published December 11, 2010 -
UncategorizedJourney Makes The Desert Look Beautiful
Sorry, Nathan Drake, but you and your fully-tucked shirt are not the best thing I saw this week for the PlayStation 3. That honour goes to this trailer for Journey. That’s not to say I’m not excited for some big-dollar, blockbuster thrills come late 2011 from the third Uncharted game, but Journey…it’s pushing some buttons,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 11, 2010 - Reviews
This Week’s Kotaku Video Game Review Round-Up
One movie, one keyboard, one controller and four games. That’s the video game stuff we reviewed this weekend. And these are our bottom lines on all of that… Review: Tron: Evolution’s Glow Quickly Fades The Bottom Line: Tron: Evolution wants to be a sexy, high-gloss Prince of Persia, trading desert sands and Arabian castles for…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Highlander Game Doesn’t Want To Live Forever
The Highlander game in development at Widescreen Games – which, admittedly, we weren’t that excited about – has been cancelled. While no exact reason has been given for the game’s shutdown, it’s probably got something to do with the fact it was originally being published by Eidos, who were in 2009 picked up by Square…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 11, 2010 -
UncategorizedHoly Crap, Weta Built A Real Team Fortress 2 Sentry Gun
WETA, the special effects team behind the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and District 9, have given Team Fortress 2 developers Valve a very special gift: a sentry gun. That works OK, so it doesn’t shoot bullets, but it is life-size, does move, does track your motion and follows you, and does play authentic sound…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 11, 2010 - Uncategorized
MotorStorm: Apocalypse’s Iconic “Skyline”
The folks putting out the party-at-the-end-of-the-world racer MotorStorm: Apocalypse revealed another course with six new screenshots today. They vow that “Skyline” is winnable by all 16 vehicle classes. I’m sure I’ll go nuts figuring out how for six of them. Billed as “‘the one with a race where you get dropped from a helicopter onto…
By Owen Good Published December 10, 2010 - Uncategorized
It’s The Thought That Counts
Believe me, after this week, I’ve done so much thinking about gifts I could make the case I’m exempt from buying them. My father is, traditionally, impossible to shop for. He’s the most well-read man I know, so books are beyond cliché as a gift. Mom’s not much easier. She’s a horsewoman, which would seem…
By Owen Good Published December 10, 2010