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UncategorizedWait, This Time The New Sonic Game Does Look Good
And I thought it was weird that I played Duke Nukem Forever on Friday at PAX 2010. Did I also play a new Sonic game that was good? Was it all a dream? A Kotaku reader I ran into on Friday named Mark played Sonic Colors and said he still can’t stand seeing Sonic in…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 4, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Guns Of Our Forefathers
When you think of guns in video games, you think of assault rifles, plasma rifles, rocket launchers or machine guns. Why is it you never think of, say, a musket? When you consider that the concept of the firearm has been around for over 800 years, and that guns have undergone such a long and…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Duke Nukem Forever: From Vaporware To Software
It wasn’t supposed to be real. It was supposed to be imaginary. Vapor. Yet, Duke Nukem Forever, a game in development for over 13 years, is very real Studio 3DRealms first revealed that it was working in the game in 1997. That means that when development on this game started, Google hadn’t even been founded…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
PS3 Modchips Banned In Australia [Update]
Despite the fact that a 2005 Supreme Court ruling determined that video game console modchips were legal under Australian law, the nation’s Federal Court has ruled that the new PS3 Jailbreak modchips are to be outlawed down under. Earlier this week, a temporary block on the sale of the devices was ordered, but yesterday the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 4, 2010 - Uncategorized
Make A Date For Killzone 3
First-person shooter fans have one more reason to fall in love next February: Killzone 3. Sony has announced the date for Guerrilla Games’ next big PlayStation 3 shooter today, hitting amid a full clip’s worth of big name gun games. February 22, 2011 will bring Killzone 3 to the PS3. That’s just a few weeks…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Look At Matchups In NBA Elite’s “Legendary” Mode
This year NBA Elite 11 introduces a singleplayer “Become Legendary” career mode. The crux of your advancement seems to be outperforming the best player on opposing teams, according to this video examining the mode’s matchups. Experience points will be on the line in these games – to be earned or taken away, depending on how…
By Owen Good Published September 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedFour Mildly Head-Hurting Portal 2 Co-Op Levels
At the Penny Arcade Expo out here in Seattle, Valve Software is showing some Portal 2 co-op in action. I got to see four basic levels from what appeared to be the start of the co-op campaign. Introducing: the ping. The co-op campaign is a standalone adventure that will be double the length of Portal…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
So Long, Gun Week
I know what you’re thinking. It’s Friday. Gun Week must be over, right? Or do we have one more post in the barrel, another celebration of video gaming’s obsession with firearms? Well, all I can say is, Gun Week ain’t over yet. Until our bullet ridden series empties the story chamber later tonight, catch up…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Portal 2 Screens, Fresh From PAX
Valve is at PAX this weekend, showing Portal 2‘s new multiplayer cooperative mode to the press and public. That means all-new Portal 2 media, fresh from the Penny Arcade Expo. Kotaku is at PAX 2010 right now and we’ve seen Portal 2 in coop multiplayer action. Impressions and video are on the way. For now,…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Duke Fucking Nukem
To: Totilo From: Crecente Hey Totilo! How’s it going man? Are you enjoying PAX? Wish I was there, but kinda wanted to take a break from the constant travel for a bit. Hope the show is treating you well. Sounds like we’re going to have a lot of news, previews and interviews this weekend Oh,…
By Brian Crecente Published September 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
MLB’s Latest Flamethrowing Phenom Takes The Video Game Stage Today
Cincinnati’s Aroldis Chapman will be the second rookie to debut as the fastest thrower in all of video game baseball when he and his 103-mph heater are uploaded to MLB 2K10 sometime later this evening. Chapman, consistently clocked at more than 100 mph, will arrive on MLB 10 The Show with next week’s roster update,…
By Owen Good Published September 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedHands On With The New Xbox 360 Controller [UPDATE]
Xbox Live’s Major Nelson was roaming PAX here in Seattle, probably needing something fun to do. So I asked him to let me try the new Xbox 360 controller with transforming D-pad — oh, and the analog sticks are different. Major Nelson even agreed to shoot this video, and while I put him to work…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
It’s Labor Day weekend here in the United States and we at Kotaku will celebrate the three day weekend in the traditional way, with portable logic puzzles. Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, here I come. In-between the time-twisting, brain-tickling fun, I may find some time to play Metroid: Other M, a Wii game that…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Duke Nukem Forever PAX Demo: A Not-For-Kids Photo Gallery
We were encouraged to take as many pictures as we could of Duke Nukem Forever here at Penny Acrade Expo 2010 today. So I did. Excuse the shaky framing; I was trying to play while snapping pics. These shots show the two-level DNF demo, scenes photographed in chronological order. Oh, and one bottle of Duke…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Firefall, A Massively Multiplayer Online Shooter, Revealed By Ex-WoW, Tribes Creators
Red 5 Studios, the developer founded by former World of Warcraft team lead Mark Kern, finally unveiled its long-in-the-making online shooter, Firefall today. The free-to-play futuristic action game also has a futuristic release date. Firefall, due “near the end of 2011,” takes place on a futuristic earth from the 23rd century, a “lush, dynamic open…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Duke Nukem Forever Impressions: Two Girls, One Duke
Duke Nukem is back and he needs to take a piss. The Duke Nukem Forever playable demo here at PAX 2010 makes the seemingly impossible a reality. People, including your Kotaku reporter, are playing Duke Nukem Forever, maybe a dozen years after we expected to. Duke, from what I can tell, hasn’t changed. He’s still…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 3, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Cases Of The Missing Bullets
If a video game contains guns, does it also contain bullets? Not necessarily. Well, not necessarily — get this — depending on your philosophical take on what it means for a bullet to exist. The case of the missing bullets in video games is more of a quirk than a dire tragedy. There is no…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 3, 2010 - Uncategorized
Free Fallout: New Vegas Graphic Novel Preview Hits iPad
Have an iPad and a bit of time? Might want to check out the free preview of the Fallout: New Vegas All Roads graphic novel. Bethesda Softworks teamed up with Dark Horse Comics to create this graphic novel penned by Chris Avellone, the game’s senior designer. The freebie gives you 12 pages of the graphic…
By Brian Crecente Published September 3, 2010
