Mortal Kombat Takes Its Shadow Boxing Seriously

Fan favorite characters fight in the shadows in a trailer for the new Mortal Kombat so dark and moody they had to play Disturbed’s new song “Another Way to Die” to lighten things up. “Another Way to Die” is a track off Disturbed’s Asylum album, and it’s a perfect fit for a teaser of the…

The Complete Playstation Move Compendium

The Playstation Move brings Playstation 3 owners into the world of motion gaming with a high-definition bang. Are you ready? Here’s a run down of everything we know about the hardware, about the games, about the technology. This round-up includes more than a baker’s dozen game reviews and impressions, more than 20 original videos showing…

Play With The Unreal Engine On Your iPhone With Epic Citadel

The creators of the Unreal Engine and the games that run on it have brought their tech to the iPhone. Epic Games is now letting iPhone owners see how well their engine works with a free demo, Epic Citadel. Epic Citadel is not the newly announced iPhone and iPad game from Epic Games. The creators…

Turn Your PlayStation Camera Into A 3D Scanner

The PlayStation Eye is fairly handy as a console camera, a PC webcam and even part of Sony’s Move setup. But it’s even handier as a 3D scanner. That means that with the Eye, some software and a home-made rig, you can create your own 3D scans, which can then be used as mere models…

The Ultimate Guide To The PlayStation Move

This is your guide to everything you need to know about the PlayStation Move: how it works, what it costs, and what games you can play on it. What Is The PlayStation Move? The PlayStation Move is a motion-sensing game controller platform for the PlayStation 3. It consists of a wand-shaped controller the player holds…

Gunfusion: The Force Feedback, Pistol-Gripped, 3D Mouse Controller

Somewhere between a light gun and a 3D mouse things went sideways over at peripheral maker Novint’s laboratories. The end result: This monstrosity. The Novint Falcon Pistol Grib controller never quite took off, though you can now pick it up for 80 percent off over at Novint Check out our impressions of the controller to…

A Look At Monster Hunter Portable 3rd

Capcom is making another Monster Hunter Portable game for the PSP. It’s the sequel to Monster Hunter Portable 2nd and called…Monster Hunter Portable 3rd. Boy, that’s clever. So here, have a look. As previously detailed here the game is dated for December 1 in Japan and will be playable at this Year’s Tokyo Game Show.

Apple’s Answer To Xbox Live Launches Next Week

Friends lists, matchmaking, and a unified multiplayer gaming experience come to the iPhone in next week with the release of Apple’s Game Center in iOS 4.1. Apple first revealed plans for its unified gaming service back in April, and we’ve been waiting patiently for news of its release since then. Today at Apple’s special event…

Project Sword Is Epic’s First Unreal Engine iPhone Game

Gears of War and Unreal Tournament creators Epic Games will bring competitive multiplayer sword-based combat, powered by its Unreal Engine, to the iPhone later this year with slash-em-up Project Sword. Epic’s Mike Capps and Donald Mustard—he of Shadow Complex development fame—showed off the first- and third-person slasher at Apple’s event in San Francisco this morning,…

Playstation Podcast: I Like to Move It, Move It

Stephen Totilo and I have spent the past week (and one very, very long night) playing, stress-testing and examining the Playstation Move. Do you have any questions for us? We’re going to be chatting about the Sony tech live on today’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio. We’ll also be sure to break in with any…

New Batman: Arkham City Screens Almost Look Too Good To Be True

These twenty new screen shots of Rocksteady Studios’ Batman: Arkham City are so impressive, so easy on the eyes that more cynical gamers might cry “Bullshot!” But if you played Arkham Asylum, you know Batman games can look this good. Batman looks tough. Catwoman looks super sexy. As does the much improved Harley Quinn. Two…

What’s Inside An Atari 2600?

To celebrate the launch of video game repair guides, do-it-yourself repair website iFixit is tearing down old video game consoles all week long. Today they give us a peek at what’s inside the classic Atari 2600. By today’s standards, the Atari 2600 is downright primitive. There’s no fan and no CD-ROM drive to get gummed…

Batman: Arkham City Screen Shots

PlayStation Move Stress Tests, Using Lighting Changes And Human Distraction

The PlayStation Move can be flummoxed by bright sunlight. That’s the one stress test Sony’s new motion controller failed in a series of trials involving a range of lighting conditions and human distraction to which we subjected the Move. Lighting Tests The PlayStation Move wand used the PlayStation Eye camera to track it’s movement in…

Move Podcast Inbound

We’ve had our say, plenty of say, about the Playstation Move. Now it’s your turn. Join us at 1 p.m. eastern today on our live podcast to chat about the upcoming Sony motion controller.

Kane & Lynch Gets A Triple Dose Of Dog Days DLC

If you missed out on the preorder bonuses for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, fret not! Square Enix is more than happy to sell them to you as part of three packs of downloadable content going on sale today. All in all, Square Enix is releasing $11 worth of Kane & Lynch 2 downloadable…

I Am A Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Launch Trailer

Spider-Man: Shattered Dimension isn’t hitting stores until September 7 in North America, so you’ve got a week to sit and watch the game’s launch trailer over and over again. Are you ready to take on the role of four different Spider-Men in order to restore the Tablet of Chaos? I know I am. I sat…

Eyes Deep In the Magical Playstation Move Dox

We’ve posted more than a baker’s dozen of Move reviews and 22 original videos showing off the gameplay and look of Sony’s motion controller. But this post goes out to those of you who like the static. I give you the Playstation Move guide in still images. The guide is packed full of Move details…

Exploring Epic’s Unreal World of Swords and Shields

How To Mount That PlayStation Eye Camera With Minimal Fuss

The PlayStation Move controller requires that you set a PlayStation Eye camera above or below your TV. Don’t think that’ll work for you? Neither did I, until discovering this trick. Try it yourself.