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New Deus Ex: Human Revolution Screens Black, Gold & A Little Old
The next Deus Ex game, now in development at Eidos Montreal, will be dark, glowing with gold light and, occasionally, feature a hint of seafoam green. We know this by looking at “new” screen shots of Deus Ex: Human Revolution These purportedly new shots of the Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 game due next…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe 8-bit Version of DJ Hero Comes Complete With Chiptune Mashups
The man responsible for the 8-bit version of zombie shooter Left 4 Dead has turned his “de-make” skills to another recent franchise—Activision’s DJ Hero. Pixel Force: DJ Hero, as it’s known, is musically true to its 80s roots. The chiptune mash up you hear in the first trailer for Eric Ruth’s latest retro creation blends…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
NFL Player Returns From Games Addiction
Quinn Pitcock was an all-America defensive lineman at Ohio State, and a third-round draft pick by the Indianapolis Colts. But he quit the NFL in 2008, at age 24. The reason? Video games addiction. That remarkable admission is in today’s Tacoma News-Tribune, covering the Seattle Seahawks training camp, where Pitcock has returned to restart his…
By Owen Good Published August 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Big Apple
To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee Is Pretty Good I’m off again for a little less than a week. This time Trish and I are flying to New York to do check out some homes in New York and Connecticut. I’ll be back next Thursday, just in time to prepare and pack for…
By Brian Crecente Published August 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
The Next Borderlands Add-on May Have Just Been Seriously Spoiled
Gearbox Software’s loot-centric first-person shooter Borderlands recently got an update, one that added Steam achievements and new hardware support. That update also may have laid out, in extreme, spoiler-filled detail, the next downloadable expansion for Borderlands. According to contributors to Gearbox’s online forums, that new Borderlands patch featured a folder chock full of potential details…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2010 -
UncategorizedKaka Is FIFA 11’s Worldwide Cover Athlete
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite will be the global cover star for EA Sports’ FIFA 11. You might know him better as Kaka, the 28-year-old Brazilian star for Real Madrid. FIFA’s covers shift from region to region, accommodating the global nature of the sport, but Kaka will be the unifying player for all of them.…
By Owen Good Published August 5, 2010 -
Uncategorized‘I’m a game designer’
People always ask me what I do. I guess I look like the kind of guy who you’d be curious what I do. I’m pretty sure that this isn’t a desire I project on purpose. I “ended up” this way. If I were wearing an Abercrombie and Fitch T-shirt (after years of “Abercrombie” being the…
Tim Rogers Published August 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Bungie Is Done With Halo: Reach, Now Focused On ‘New Universe’
The next chapter in Bungie’s development history is well underway, according to its new publisher Activision. With Halo: Reach having “gone gold,” the team responsible for Halo (until now) is shifting its focus. Activision execs said during today’s investor call that “the majority of the Bungie team has moved into their new space and is…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
True Crime: Hong Kong Exported To 2011
Activision did its part to thin the typically obese late year release schedule today, delaying True Crime: Hong Kong to next year. Originally planned for release this fall, the PS3, PC and Xbox 360 game will hit in 2011. Why? According to Activision, the delay was granted “in order to give the development team more…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
One Week ‘Til QuakeCon
It’s a week until QuakeCon, one week until John Carmack’s keynote (which turned into a three-hour liveblog on an iPhone by me last year), one week until… Doom 4? I’ll be out in Texas next week to give Kotaku readers full coverage of the big event. Plus, I’m hosting a panel! This panel: ‘Building Immersive…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
When Mega Man Meets The Dark Ages
CGHUB’s CharacterFORGE challenged artists to redesign Mega Man heroes and villains in the vein of dark age fantasy characters, and the results so far are truly epic. See if you can tell which character is represented in these pics. Keep in mind many of these designs are not final. The competition runs until August 9,…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Sexy Sengoku Samurai, Cute Vocaloids Storm Japan’s Sales Charts
What does Japan like this week? Feudal Japanese fantasy battles in the form of Sengoku Basara 3 and rhythm games starring vocaloid Hatsune Miku. Yep, shirtless samurai warriors and sexy singing robots are just what Japan needed more of. The PlayStation 3 wins this week’s software war, thanks to Capcom’s Sengoku Basara 3, which moved…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Humans Triumph Over Machines In Protein Folding Game FoldIt
Two years ago students and instructors from the University of Washington applied human intuition to the problem of protein folding with the game FoldIt. Since then the game has proven that even under-educated players can out-fold the most powerful computers. Proteins are essential biological macromolecules that have an active role in just about every process…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2010 -
UncategorizedNelly, Public Enemy And Diddy To Co-Exist On Def Jam Rapstar’s Soundtrack
A bunch of new tracks confirmed for Def Jam Rapstar today guarantee that you’ll be able to spend part of your fall rapping along to Public Enemy at their best and Nas at his most obnoxious. Here are the new confirmed songs. Something for every rap fan? Stuff to love. Stuff to hate. You sort…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 5, 2010 -
UncategorizedThe Vulture Is Circling Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
In normal Spider-Man continuity, a burglar Peter Parker lets escape kills his Uncle Ben. In Spider-Man Noir continuity, former circus freak Adrian Toomes, a.k.a. the Vulture, eats Uncle Ben. You can avenge the Vulture’s dinner in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. Technically Spider-Man Noir already took care of vengeance, killing the Vulture in issue four after the…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
How an Army of Junkies and Kids Enriches Tech Titans
The company behind Farmville is sealing a deal with Google and has been embraced by Apple and Facebook. That such companies would associate themselves with the exploitation of children and financially depleted addicts is alarming, even in hyper-aggressive Silicon Valley. There’s no question Zynga is on a roll. Despite a scandal over the scammy commercial…
By Ryan Tate Published August 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Three Solutions For This Super Scribblenauts Problem
Nouns can solve problems in Super Scribblenauts, as you can can see in the first two solutions to this challenge level in next month’s DS game. But so can a noun connected to just the right adjective.
By Stephen Totilo Published August 5, 2010 - Uncategorized
Hellboy Director To Make Video Games With THQ
Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro is bringing his creative vision to bear on the games industry. Last week he teased a “big deal with a big company.” According to the LA Times, that big company is THQ. We reported on Del Toro’s plans to enter the game industry last week, after he…
By Mike Fahey Published August 5, 2010
