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It’s A Beautiful Day For New Vegas
The Guild’s Felicia Day struts her stuff at this weekend’s launch party for Fallout: New Vegas held, appropriately enough, in Las Vegas. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and love video games.
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Civilization V Gets Free Mongols, But The Babylonians Will Cost You
Two more mighty empires rise in Civilization V come October 25, when 2K Games releases the once Digital Deluxe-exclusive Babylonians for $4.99 and unleashes the Mongolian hordes for free. Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonia’s were originally released as bonus content for players that purchased the Digital Deluxe edition of Civilization V through Direct2Drive or Steam, but like the…
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Did You Play This Weekend?
Normally, we let Kotaku readers sound off on their weekend gaming plans on Friday with a speculative “What are you playing this weekend?” open thread. Let’s instead take stock of what you actually did play this weekend. For kicks. Coming off a week-long vacation, my weekend was spent playing older games like Mass Effect 2…
By Michael McWhertor Published October 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Here are Your DJ Hero 2 Party Pack Winners
Last week we kicked off a contest to give away a copy of the DJ Hero 2 Party Pack to four people when the game hits later this month? Here are your winners. Congratulations go out to: Phil Hinojosa Bob Conlon Abbey D Rory Lu Bu’ Anthony The DJ Hero 2 Party Bundle includes a…
By Brian Crecente Published October 18, 2010 -
UncategorizedFallout: New Vegas’ Voice Actors Speak
No matter how many times I see the names together, seeing Matthew Perry alongside Ron Perlman, Wayne Newton, William Sadler, and Kris Kristofferson still feels weird. I suppose it’s because Ron Perlman has always been the narrator, Wayne Newton is nearly synonymous with Vegas, and Kristofferson is the go-to-guy for grizzly older men. Matthew Perry…
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: Invizimals
People compare Invizimals to Pokémon. People may also compare it to the sadly-still-fictional Star Wars chess, last played by Chewbacca and R2D2. Try one more comparison: This game is like a flying contraption made prior to the Wright Brothers’. Invizimals is an augmented reality video game, one of the few games you can buy that…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 18, 2010 -
UncategorizedA Visual Guide To Invizimals
Invizimals Trailer, in which the augmented reality tech works so smoothly. This trailer features scenes from Invizimals’ many live-action cut-scenes. Flashbacks to the glory days of CD-ROM games. This is a time capsule, kids! Sony’s other recent attempt with augmented reality gaming, Start The Party for the PlayStation 3, as shot by me for a…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
PlayStation 3 Netflix Loses The Disc As Well
Just like the Nintendo Wii, the North American PlayStation 3 no longer needs a disc to stream Netflix. The Netflix icon is located in the video section of the XMB, just select it to download the application.
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Different Sort Of Card-Based Gaming
Flickr user Dr. Von Krakenstein finds a novel new use for Magic: The Gathering cards, using basic land to create this pixelated Link, along with a nifty Mario and a passable Companion Cube. Dr. Von Krakenstein’s alter-ego Jose Armallis fuses two geek passions into three card-based works of art. In a way it’s a metaphor…
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010 -
UncategorizedTwo Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Stories
With all the character reveals, beta testing, and viral websites, one could almost forget that Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood has a strong single-player story mode. Here’s a trailer to help us remember, and another story to go with it. Speaking of brotherhood, I drove with my older brother Saturday to GameStop to preorder his copy of…
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Download: The Worst Final Fantasy
In 1992 Square released a special simplified Final Fantasy game on the Super Nintendo in hopes of popularizing the role-playing genre with the masses. It did not work. Now it’s on the Wii Virtual Console. Final Fantasy fans in North America were just fine and dandy with Final Fantasy for the Nintendo Entertainment System and…
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
30 Million Accounts And Other Impressive Steam Numbers
What’s Steam been doing in the nine months since Valve last released detailed statistics? Adding another five million users and more than 200 new games, for starters. Steam exploded in 2009, and that explosion continues to expand well into 2010, with a record number of users driving a record amount of sales. With more than…
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
iTunes Chart Toppers: What’s Next? Cut the Angry Birds
Chillingo needs to spend all of the hard earned cash they’re raking in from Cut the Rope and Angry Birds to help figure out how to combine the two. Stat! Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: iPhone Position Title Price Weeks Last Week 1 Cut the Rope (Chillingo) $0.99 2 1 2…
By Brian Crecente Published October 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Fallout: New Vegas’ First DLC Will Be Xbox-Exclusive
As if there was any doubt, Bethesda Softworks reveals plans to support Fallout: New Vegas with downloadable game add-ons, with an Xbox 360 exclusive pack coming out first. Hopefully they’ll work this time. Having released several downloadable add-ons for Fallout 3, it comes as no surprise that Bethesda has big plans for Fallout: New Vegas…
By Mike Fahey Published October 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Here’s How Microsoft Spends Nearly a Billion Dollars
Advertising for two new products. That’s right, the company behind Windows, Office, Xbox Live, the Xbox 360 and a myriad of nearly successful consumer electronics is planning to spend an estimated $900 million to market the Xbox 360’s Kinect and Windows Phone 7, according to two recent reports. This morning The New York Post reported…
By Brian Crecente Published October 18, 2010 -
UncategorizedA Closer Look At Mortal Kombat’s Scorpion
Get over here, I want to give you a quick primer on Mortal Kombat’s spear-tossing Scorpion. In this video we get a look at the ninja assassin and learn a bit about the beginnings of his rivalry with Sub Zero. Mortal Kombat hits the PS3 and Xbox 360 next year.
By Brian Crecente Published October 18, 2010 -
UncategorizedMicroBots Is Like Space Invaders Inside Your Guts
Unlike most video games, MicroBot starts with a hypodermic needle. MicroBot is a twin-stick shooter, the progeny of Geometry Wars and descendant of Space Invaders, but those games occurred in outer space, their players laser-blasting squads of enemy ships. EA’s new game, a downloadable title set for release on consoles in winter 2011, takes place…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Talk about under-served demographics… and video games right here in our open forum. Yankton is today’s TAY Pic pick. There are six chances each week to get your handiwork featured. Just shop up this image and submit it to the #taypics hashtag. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ
By Brian Crecente Published October 18, 2010
