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ReviewsShank Review: He’ll Cut You
Endless streams of tough guys. One after another. I pull out my blades, switch to a chainsaw and then start shooting. Shank isn’t a beat ’em up. It’s a slice ’em, shoot ’em, pummel ’em up. Side-scroller Shank follows the adventure of a guy named, wait for it, Shank. He’s on a warpath, out to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Laurence Maroney Needs To Learn How To Edit Madden Rosters
Patriots running back Laurence Maroney is this year’s designated complainer over his Madden NFL rating, taking issue with a speed rating drop that he thinks is tied to a two-year-old shoulder injury. “They got me terrible on Madden, man. I wanna tell Madden that too,” Maroney told The Boston Globe on Tuesday. “You know what’s…
By Owen Good Published August 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedAssassin’s Creed Brotherhood Single-Player In Action
You read about the demonstration of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood’s single player I saw at Gamescom, now see the demonstration for yourself. Ubisoft could have saved me a great deal of writing by simply sending this video out last week, but I enjoy the writing, so I don’t mind having written out a long explanation of…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Steel Yourself For Next Week’s Gauntlet
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Did You Know It’s Friday? Boy do I have a BUSY, FUN weekend of gameplaying ahead of me. I’m on my fourth play through of Dead Rising 2: Case Zero and just landed a big box of games that I can’t even talk about having yet. The entire weekend is…
By Brian Crecente Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Wii Balance Board Powers Baby-Moving Robot
Children and adults with movement impairing handicaps have access to many devices to help them get around, but what about disabled infants? Researchers have come up with a baby-moving robot that uses a Wii Balance Board as its guide. A team of researchers from Ithaca College in New York have developed a rather clever way…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedKirk Gibson’s Home Run, Recreated In R.B.I. Baseball
Sports gamers remember the epic R.B.I. Baseball re-creation of the sixth game of the 1986 World Series. Someone’s gotten around to re-enacting an even greater World Series moment from that decade: Kirk Gibson’s home run to beat Oakland in 1988. This is one of a few moments I saw live and can recite from memory,…
By Owen Good Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Might & Magic Heroes Kingdoms Opens For Business
Ubisoft proudly launches its first massively multiplayer online game today, as the free-to-play Might & Magic Heroes Kingdoms goes live in your web browser or on your iPad. Might & Magic Heroes Kingdoms is an excellent way to wait out next year’s release of Might & Magic Heroes IV. This first installment of the franchise’s…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Full Play Through of the GamesCom SOCOM 4 Demo
In this video we get a look at the full demo of the Playstation 3’s SOCOM 4, which was playable at GamesCom this year. The video also includes commentary by Zipper Interactive lead designer Travis Steiner.
By Brian Crecente Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Next Wave Of Video Game Comics (And Stuff)
Each month, the Previews catalog from Diamond Comics showcases about 400 pages worth of upcoming comics, board games, statues and other stuff. A lot of it is video game-related. You can see the September issue’s items here. The catalog usually lists items that will be out two months after the catalog date, so expect a…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
No Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep For PSP Go Owners
Are you a big Kingdom Hearts fan? Did you trade in your normal PSP for a sleek and shiny PSP Go last year? Then you won’t be playing Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep any time soon. Amidst rumors that the latest entry in the Kingdom Hearts series, due for UMD release next month, would not…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Time For A Zombie Role-Playing Game
To the gamers who say, “Enough with the zombie games already,” consider Dead State, an upcoming zombie role-playing game. The new game from development studio Doublebear got profiled over at Rock Paper Shotgun. In a detailed interview, lead developer Brian Mitsoda describes a game that seems to have many wonderful touchstones, from Fallout to X-Com…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Mushroom Kingdom’s World of Warcraft
Kotaku favorite game blending artist David Stonecipher is at it again, giving us a look at how the characters of Mario’s universe would look in World of Warcraft. Check out the full canvases over at Stonecipher’s site
By Brian Crecente Published August 27, 2010 -
UncategorizedExperience Medal Of Honor With Fallen Angel
In part one of EA’s Medal of Honor experience video series, titled Fallen Angel, there’s a great deal of running, shooting, exploding, and colorful language. Last week at Gamescom, Crecente got to play through a level of Medal of Honor flying a gunship. Now EA lets us explore the more down-to-earth aspects of the title’s…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
And Another PAX Panel We Agreed To…
In one week I’ll be in Seattle at PAX. Will you be there too? If so, you could attend not one but two panels hosted by Kotaku. You already know about the first one. The second is more serious. The details: Sunday, 2:00 PM – 3:00PM, Serpent Theatre Can Publishers Add Value for Indie Developers?…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hunted: The Demon’s Forge: I’ve Seen This Before
You may want me as a coop partner in Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, because on day one, I’ll be very familiar with the dungeon crawler’s cooperative combat and puzzle solving. Bethesda’s playable demo of Hunted: The Demon’s Forge at Gamescom was but a smaller slice of a hands-off demo I’d seen before. It starts with…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Burnout: Hot Pursuit
This is Burnout. That’s the first thing that crossed my mind in the middle of my race against a group of other writers. And why not? Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit and Burnout share a pedigree. Electronic Arts’ Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit promises to go back to the series roots with exotic cars and…
By Brian Crecente Published August 27, 2010 - Uncategorized
Capcom Ups The Ante With The Dead Rising 2 High Stakes Edition
If the North American special edition of Dead Rising 2 wasn’t good enough for you, you’ll likely love Capcom’s High Stakes Edition, packed with swag and available now for preorder via the Capcom Store while supplies last. This is the ultimate collector’s edition for Dead Rising 2 fans, and it’s only available in extremely limited…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2010
