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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 - Uncategorized
Is US$23 A Lot For A Pumpkin?
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Spotted at the supermarket near my house. I really want to make a jack’o lantern with my kids. But not for $24. What you missed last night Young Idol Date Scandal Ends In Resignation, Tears NSFW Report: These Bad Words Are Okay In Pokemon: Black And White Final Fantasy XIII Developers…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kinect’s 17 Games “Launch Portfolio” is One Shy of Xbox 360 Launch Line-Up
This morning Microsoft unveiled the 17 games that will be part of the Xbox 360’s motion-sensing Kinect “launch portfolio” next month. The titles include an eclectic mix of Wii-like casual games, big titles with a Kinect controller option and a couple of big titles created for the motion controller from the ground up. Of course…
By Brian Crecente Published October 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Job Listing Causes Further Final Fantasy Versus XIII On Xbox 360 Speculation
At the 2008 gaming expo in Los Angeles, Square Enix dropped a bombshell: Final Fantasy XIII, previously believed to be a PS3 exclusive, was headed for the Xbox 360. Could the same be in store for Final Fantasy Versus XIII? Final Fantasy Versus XIII designer Tetsuya Nomura has stated repeatedly that Versus XIII is a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2010 - Uncategorized
Nintendo 3DS Getting Hudson Games
While the Nintendo 3DS won’t be out in Japan until next February, the handheld is shaping up to have a solid array of games. Hudson is the latest company to reveal its working on titles for the portable. Next year, Hudson is planning on bringing a handful of games to the 3DS: Bomberman, Tetris, Bonk,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 18, 2010 -
UncategorizedThis Fable Game Is As Much An Improvement As It Is A Homage
Fable fan Jo-Remi is working on a “demake” of the series, a single retro-themed title combining not just the best elements of all three Fable games, but the best elements that were promised and never made it. So, for example, it takes the fishing system from the first Fable and improves it (think Bass Master!),…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 18, 2010