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Dragon Con Cosplayers Will Cosplay Anything
No entertainment property was beyond the reach Dragon Con’s cosplayers in Atlanta this weekend, resulting in our 50-photo gallery featuring everything from Final Fantasy to Flo, the Progressive Insurance spokeswoman. We could have taken cosplay photos for four days straight and still not captured all of the wonderful outfits visitors to this year’s Dragon Con…
By Mike Fahey Published September 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedFirst Ni no Kuni Commercials Look Like This
This winter, role-playing game Ni no Kuni will be released on the Nintendo DS. Know what that means? Marketing blitz! Here are the first ads for the Nintendo DS version, which will be released on December 9 in Japan. The first ad mentions the collaboration between Level-5, the studio behind the Professor Layton games, and…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 - Reviews
NHL 2K11 Review: The Second Shift Takes The Ice
2K Sports made one of the more intriguing – and gutsy – calls in sports publishing when it shelved NHL 2K on the PS3 and Xbox 360 for a year, going Wii-only for NHL 2K11. The business story makes sense: At the time, 2K was unchallenged in Wii hockey (EA Sports has since announced a…
By Owen Good Published September 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
K Monthly – August 2010
Welcome to the August 2010 edition of K Monthly, a look back at some of the best original coverage, including reviews, previews, features, weekly columns and more, from Kotaku. With summer winding down, we looked to the games of the future at the annual Gamescom convention, playing some of 2011’s biggest games, including Brink, Dragon…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedA Tantalizing Session With The Witness, The Next Game From The Creator Of Braid
Unattended, unlabeled, unmarked… the new game from the small team led by Braid creator Jonathon Blow was stealthily present at the Penny Arcade Expo this weekend. The adventurous — and those who recognized Blow standing off in the shadows — got a delightful surprise. All I knew of The Witness before spotting it in the…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Let’s Look At Damaged Gran Turismo 5 Cars
Gran Turismo 5 features car damage — a first for the series. Does developer Polyphony Digital do, dare I say, a bang-up job? The picture quality isn’t great (photos taken off a television screen from a reader’s local Best Buy), but they do provide a look at how the game handles car damage. At August’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Duke Nukem, Do You Believe?
Hello! It’s Friday, time for — WAIT A SECOND. It’s Monday. Well, let’s do a catch-up version of Tell Us Dammit. Let’s. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hmmm… Uncharted Voice Actor Doing Some New Uncharted Work This Week [UPDATE]
Why is Emily Rose, voice actor for Uncharted and Uncharted 2’s Elena Fisher in Los Angeles today? She Tweets that she is “filming my first Night show today 4 #HAVEN then work on #UNCHARTED!” She’s not saying what Uncharted work she’s doing. Voice-acting for an Uncharted 3? Could be. Then again, she could be voice-acting…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Game Characters Does Japan Want To Befriend?
Better yet, what game characters do the readers of Japan’s Dengeki want to become chums with. Let’s have a look: 10. Zidane (Final Fantasy IX) 9. Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney) 8. Sora (Kingdom Hearts) 7. Amaterasu (Okami) 6. Kyousuke Natsume (Little Busters!) 5. Felynes (Monster Hunter) 4. Yuri Lowell (Tales of Vesperia) 3. Youhei Sunohara…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedKung Fu Live Is The Best Kinect Game On PlayStation 3
When you play Kung Fu Live, a game not for the Xbox 360, your body is the controller. This is a game for PlayStation 3, not for Microsoft’s controller-free Xbox Kinect. Yet the effect is impressive, similar and enjoyably ridiculous. Kung Fu Live uses the PlayStation 3’s camera, the PlayStation Eye, to turn a gamer’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Defines the Player-Character?
“The world lies on the brink of destruction. Only a select few may be able to save it.” This is the actual description on the back of the box for a well-known video game. But do you know which one? How many different games could this apply to? Whether you’re about to wage war against…
By Kate Finegan Published September 6, 2010 -
UncategorizedTake Gun Combat, Submerge In Video Gaming’s Best Water
Dark Energy’s new game, Hydrophobia, has evolved from tech demo to flagship title of Microsoft’s fall push of Xbox Live Arcade games. It’s not just because of the water. It’s because of what you can do with it. Rob Hewson, creative director at Dark Energy, cancelled out of the Hydrophobia demo running on the show…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s Labor Day here in the U.S., the perfect day for talking about video games. Thanks to reader arienai for today’s riff on Rubens. Submit your own take at #TAYpics and maybe we’ll feature your hilarious effort in a future installment.
By Stephen Totilo Published September 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
Finding Solace in Virtual War
Can virtual combat be entertainment for the soldiers who engage in the real thing on a daily basis? The commanding general in charge of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service, the department store and mall found on every U.S. army and air force base in the world, doesn’t think so, at least not if…
By Brian Crecente Published September 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
It’s A Labor Day!
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft …And you were working this morning. I guess that makes you a Labor Day laborer. Congrats! What you missed last night No “Sexy”, “Passion” or “Temptation” For You, China! Report: Korea Might Ban Steam Company Of Heroes Developer Killed In Car Accident Halo Movie Lives On, Well, Sorta
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010 - Uncategorized
It’s Hard To Predict The Future, Even For Mario’s Creator
Shigeru Miyamoto is a video game pioneer. He entered the industry in 1977 and has been instrumental in changing the way we play games. He knows where we’ve been, but does he know where we are going? “Thirty years ago, I couldn’t imagine the technological innovation that there is today,” Miyamoto said at a recent…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 6, 2010