‘Pac-Man Meets Trials HD’

Radiangames is the most astounding indie developer on the Xbox 360, progressing from making a pretty Geometry Wars clone in May to pumping out three lovely and unusual new shooters since then. Now we get “Fluid.” Radiangames’ Luke Schneider describes Fluid as “Pac-Man meets Trials HD,” which made no sense until the trailer started playing.…

Live At The Diablo III Gameplay Panel

Blizzard told us not to miss the Diablo III gameplay panel at BlizzCon 2010. You shouldn’t miss it either. That’s why we’re here. Click to viewThe 2010 BlizzCon Diablo III Gameplay Panel

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Diablo III Will Have Player Vs. Player Ranked Battle Arenas

Diablo III will let my team beat your team in an arena. The big news at the Blizzcon 2010 kick-off today was that the game doesn’t just have its fifth and final class. It’s got player vs. player arenas, with team support. Blizzard Entertainment’s Chris Metzen debuted a trailer during the opening ceremonies that revealed…

Check Out Diablo III’s Demon Hunter in Action

We now know all all five classes for Diablo III. Let’s take a minute to check out the last class to be unveiled for the upcoming action role-playing game, the Demon Hunter, in action. After you’ve marveled over her back story and those wonderful crossbows, check out this second video showing off five of her…

Diablo III Gets A Demon Hunter Class

Diablo III‘s fifth character class is the Demon Hunter, Blizzard announced at BlizzCon 2010 today. Chris Metzen, Vice President of Creative Development at Blizzard Entertainment, told a packed hall of Blizzard fans that the fifth and final class for upcoming Diablo III will be a dual-crossbow wielding Demon Hunter. The Demon Hunter appears to be…

Blizzard To Release Official StarCraft II Mods ‘Left 2 Die,’ ‘StarJeweled’ & More

StarCraft II players will get four officially sanctioned mods for the real-time strategy title created by Blizzard, new map types that turn the sci-fi war game into a Bejeweled-like puzzler, a co-op survival game and a DotA-style multiplayer scenario. Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime announced at Blizzcon 2010 today that four new mods are coming to Battle.net:…

Blizzard Offering Pre-Loaded World of Warcraft Cataclysm

Want World of Warcraft: Cataclysm as fast as possible? At Blizzcon today, company boss Mike Morhaime revealed that Blizzard will soon be offering digital pre-orders through their online store. Gamers can pre-order it, pre-load it and have it ready to go Dec. 7, midnight Pacific.

Moonkin Hatchling Is The Next World of Warcraft Charity Pet

The last World of Warcraft charity pet, a Pandaren Monk, generated $1.1 million for the Make a Wish foundation, so Blizzard is going to offer another. Revealed today at Blizzcon 2010: A Moonkin Hatchling. (not pictured) On sale in November.

Live: The BlizzCon 2010 Opening Ceremonies

Join us as we join Blizzard in kicking off BlizzCon 2010! What Diablo III, StarCraft II, and World of Warcraft news will spring forth from the festivities?

Review: Fallout: New Vegas

Fallout: New Vegas will ask each and every one of you a very simple question: If a game breaks every 10 minutes, can you still enjoy it? And it’s a tough one. Because when Fallout: New Vegas — a sequel of sorts to 2008’s Fallout 3, only this time you play as a courier shot…

Xbox Indie Clips: It’s Like Watership Down For Science!

In this week’s Xbox Indie Clips we check out a game about killing soft and cuddly bunnies…for science! “You are a worthless rabbit,” begins OneManBand’s Lab Rabbit. That one line alone hooked me on this black, white, and red all over platform. It champions science with the passion of Portal’s GlaDOS, with the heart of…

We’re Giving Away Four Classic Editions of Goldeneye, Want One?

We’re giving away classic editions of the North American version of James Bond 007: GoldenEye, which come with a copy of the Wii game and the snazzy golden classic controller, to four lucky readers. This time around we’re asking you to sign up for our newsletter for a chance to win the player. If you’ve…

And The Female Clothing Battle Damage Continues

Costume battle damage is not new. In 1985’s Ghost ‘n Goblins, Sir Arthur was running around in his skivvies. But in the last few years, it’s become far more prevalent — especially in Japan — and far more feminine. Straight up, costume battle damage is fan service. It gives players a peek at a character’s…

Proun Looks Fast, And It Looks Gorgeous

This might be the prettiest on-rails racing (or avoiding?) game we’ve ever seen. It’s a limited genre, sure, made up mostly of awful mid-90s games that relied a little too heavily on FMV sequences, but still. Let’s not rain on Proun’s parade. It’s the work of Joost van Dongen (one of the devs behind De…

Japan Shows How Kinect’s Sonic Free Riders Is Done (Oh Dear)

Hands waving, feet jumping up and down, people doing who-knows-what. Yep, this isn’t just a clip of people playing Sonic Free Riders on Kinect, it’s a goldmine for possible forum GIFs. Besides the general flailing about, the game will have lots pelvic thrusts Sonic Free Riders will be released in early November in North America…

Visit A Place Where It Is OK To Hug Arcade Machines

In Manhattan, there is this place where you are supposed to hug an arcade machine, where there’s one arcade cabinet made of wood, another made of Papier-mâché and where you can play games you may have heard of but probably never played. The place is called the Babycastles arcade, an art exhibition in New York…

BlizzCon Alert

BlizzCon 2010 kicks off at 11 a.m. pacific, noon Kotaku time, 2 p.m. eastern. Make sure to check in for our liveblog of the day’s big news. We hear it’s going to be a show that makes Diablo players very happy. My breath is officially held.

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Test your reflexes as you talk here about video games. Thank you, Klucidity, for today’s TAY image. (And to HighSpeedDirt for taking a shot at it too!) Submit your images to #TAYpics

The Ninja? They’re Gonna Attack!

To: Totilo From: Bashcraft RE: 13 Hours Got a book in the mail! Matt Alt, game localizer and all around nice guy, sent me a copy of his new book, Ninja Attack! He previously wrote Yokai Attack!, which is about, well, yokai. Full disclosure: Both books are published by Kodansha International, which publishes my books,…