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More About Resident Evil 6 “Soon”
Capcom, the studio behind Resident Evil, loves sequels. That’s fine, people love Capcom sequels. How does another Resident Evil game sound? While in Spain, Capcom’s Keiji Inafune apparently said Capcom wants Resident Evil 6 on the market as soon as possible and that there would be news about Resident Evil 6 “shortly”. This isn’t the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 2, 2010 -
UncategorizedMass Effect 2’s Lair Of The Shadow Broker Looks Romantic
It’s a strange thing to be getting excited about Mass Effect 2 in September, eight months after most of us first played it. Yet a constant stream of downloadable content, some of it OK, some of it pretty damn good, has kept people hooked on the continuing adventures of Commander Shepard, something BioWare are hoping…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
PS3 To Get Streaming Music Service
As expected, European PS3 owners will soon get access to a new service called Music Unlimited, which for a subscription fee will give users access to “millions” of songs. In return for an undisclosed amount, subscribers will be able to stream music from the Qriocity service to not just their PlayStation 3 console, but many…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2010 - Uncategorized
Austrian Anti-Muslim Game Stokes Outrage
A right-wing Austrian political party’s published a flash game in which the countryside is overrun with minarets and mosques and players must stop their construction. Because nationalism and xenophobia’s so much more fun when it’s in the German language! Moschee Baba (“Bye-Bye Mosque”) is a minute-long, shooting-gallery type game in which a stop sign is…
By Owen Good Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Black Ops Introduces “Combat Training” For Multiplayer [Update]
Multiplayer matches that include AI opponents will be a feature of Call of Duty: Black Ops ina mode the game’s studio built to include gamers who are disinclined to spend much time in the game’s notoriously challenging live multiplayer culture. Saying there is a large segment of the Call of Duty community that never takes…
By Owen Good Published September 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedWinning Big, Losing Big In Call of Duty: Black Op’s Four Wager Modes
Call of Duty: Black Ops’ new Wager Matches are free-form game modes designed to be “adrenaline junkie fun,” Treyarch Design Director David Vonderhaar told a gathering of press tonight. These matches are separate from your standard ranked matches in your online competitive playing. In Wager Match you take the currency you’ve earned and you can…
By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Preview Live!
We’ll be playing Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer for the first time tonight at an Activision event in Los Angeles, a shindig expected to be filled with announcements, excitement and plenty of hands-on time with Treyarch’s new shooter. For everything that happens from the event, make sure to follow our liveblog below. Any questions…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Talk Radio: On The Move, On The Air
Our voluminous coverage of the PlayStation Move arrived early this morning, providing Crecente and Totilo the perfect opportunity to recap their thoughts and reviews, and take your questions, on Kotaku Talk Radio’s broadcast – now available for download! Other subjects include Apple’s news conference this morning in San Francisco and Kotaku’s ongoing Gun Week package…
By Owen Good Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Preview Event Tonight
Tonight, publisher Activision and developer Treyarch will be holding a multiplayer preview event for the next game in the wildly successful Call of Duty series. Kotaku will be there, enjoying our first hands-on time with Call of Duty: Black Ops. Keep an eye peeled for new Call of Duty: Black Ops video, gameplay impressions and…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedWith This Gun, Your First-Person Shooters Can Surround You
In Dallas, last month, I spotted a big inflatable igloo. It had been erected by a company called Microvision on the exhibition floor at QuakeCon. Inside of it, I discovered, was a man holding this gun. The Microvision people were getting QuakeCon attendees to line up for Project Tuatara, an experimental technology designed to be…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sign Endorsements In NBA 2K11’s Career Mode
As surmised, 2K Sports is upping the role-playing aspect in the second year of its “My Player” singleplayer career mode. Two screens and a quick comment today say your player will get endorsement opportunities if he becomes a big enough star. “Become a star in My Player mode and you’ll get sponsorships from iconic brands,”…
By Owen Good Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sweet Sleep
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Don’t You Just Love All Nighters? I’m running on no sleep Ash, NO SLEEP! Well, that’s not exactly true. I went to bed about 4:30 a.m. and woke up about 7 a.m. So I’m actually running on two and a half hours sleep. Phhhh, that’s plenty. Did I ever tell…
By Brian Crecente Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Back to the Future Games Nab Original Film Talent
Telltale Games, creators of Sam & Max and Monkey Island episodic games, are hard at work on all-new Back to the Future games chronicling the time-traveling adventures of Marty McFly and Doc Brown. Today, they bring good BTTF news. The developer has tapped the talents of Christopher Lloyd to voice ol’ Doc Brown, with Back…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedSomeone Should Get A Medal For This Real-Life Rocket Jump
A month ago, Freddie Wong gave us a look at aimbots (and bunny hops) in live action. In another clever short film, Wong gives us the allegorical real-life birth of the leetest tactical innovation – the rocket jump. Don’t try this at home, kids. Rocket jumps hurt if they’re poorly timed. And they’re all poorly…
By Owen Good Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Speak-Up On Kotaku: Headset Shopping, The Other Guys, Samus’ Surprise, And The GT500
Today in Speak-Up on Kotaku, M0squ1t0, Ameenshake, Joecapps1127, and Acebuckeye13 have something to say about a sexy Samus shirt, headset shopping, Will Ferrell’s The Other Guys, and the lovely GT500, asit appears in Burnout Paradise. Don’t like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About Speak-Up on Kotaku: Our readers have…
By Mike Fahey Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
LucasArts Confirms Layoffs, Ex-Staffers Speak Out
Star Wars game developer LucasArts has confirmed to Kotaku that it’s making cutbacks at its internal studios today. Word from those affected by LucasArts layoffs indicating deep cuts. One former LucasArts developer, let go from the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II team, called today’s round of layoffs a “massacre,” with an estimated 60 people…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 1, 2010 -
UncategorizedOut Of Ammo: Our Favorite Shooter Melee Weapons
Whether you’re seriously low on ammo or just want to make someone’s life completely miserable, there’s nothing quite like bringing a hammer, crowbar, or chainsaw to a gun fight. Here are some of our favorite gun alternatives. Over the years, melee weapons in first-person shooters have transformed. They started off as a way to add…
By Mike Fahey Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Author On Roger Ebert’s Remarks: Insane
This past April, film critic Roger Ebert wrote a post called “Video games can never be art” that carried dogmatic statements like this: “Let me just say that no video gamer now living will survive long enough to experience the medium as an art form”. Alex Garland, author of the book The Beach and screenwriter…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Apple Boasts iPod touch The ‘#1 Portable Game Player’
Some gamers may not consider Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch platform a viable video game device, but the company’s CEO sure does, calling it “the number one portable game player” on the market, just before introducing the iPod’s latest iteration. CEO Steve Jobs claims the Apple device has “50%+ the marketshare for portable game players…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 1, 2010 - Uncategorized
Get Your Hands-On Killzone 3 Multiplayer At PAX 2010
We played Killzone 3’s multiplayer at Gamescom. Now’s your chance, as Guerrilla Games and Sony hold the first public hands-on with the game’s online component at PAX in Seattle this weekend. Sony’s booth at PAX is sure to be a crowded spot, with eight-on-either matches of Killzone 2 multiplayer running from the time the show…
By Mike Fahey Published September 1, 2010