The Ranger Brings Pets To Guild Wars 2

The latest class revealed for ArenaNet’s Guild Wars 2 is the Ranger, a bow-using, pet-charming, trap-setting class that might just out-hunt World of Warcraft’s Hunter class. The Ranger class answers a question many players have been bugging ArenaNet with since the first reveal of Guild Wars 2: Will the game feature pets? The answer is…

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Deathspank! Harry Potter! Lisa Foiles! Let’s Talk!!!

It’s Wednesday which means it’s time for our weekly podcast, a chance to chat about games with you. Yes, you! This week Stephen Totilo will be joined by myself and Kotaku columnist Lisa Foiles. We’ll be chatting about the week’s news, reviews and the upcoming Comic-Con. We’ll definitely have time for both Deathspank and Harry…

Microsoft Brings Halo: Reach, Gears Of War 3, Fable III, And Kinect To Comic-Con

Microsoft brings out the big guns at the 40th annual Comic-Con International, with a line-up of panels and playables featuring Kinect, Gears of War 3, Fable III, Halo: Reach, and more! Microsoft has a powerful line-up of Xbox 360 games coming out in the latter half of this year, and the 40th annual Comic-Con International…

The 108 Stars Of DJ Hero 2’s Destiny

What does DJ Hero 2 and RPG series Suikoden have in common? Both feature 108 stars, though while Suikoden’s stars represent demonic overlords from an ancient Chinese story, DJ Hero 2’s stars simply represent. Check out the full list below. Come to think of it, I wouldn’t mind a Suikoden game where instead of collecting…

Music From Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World The Video Game

Scott Pilgrim cartoonist Bryan Lee O’Malley posted a track from the upcoming video game adaption of the movie adaption of comic Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, over on his website. “Another Winter” aka World 1-1 of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a single, wonderful track from the singularly wonderful Anamanaguchi. Go have a listen.…

One Million PlayStation minis Sold

More than one million PlayStation minis have been downloaded worldwide since Sony launched the bite-sized game line for the PlayStation 3 and PSP nine months ago. Which minis have sold the most? More importantly, which have you purchased? Sony introduced the PlayStation minis program during GamesCom 2009. The smaller, easily downloadable titles were perfect for…

Atari Revives The Original Survival Horror Game

In 1981 Atari 2600 gamers took their first steps into the haunted Graves Mansion in Haunted House, the original survival horror console game. Now, nearly 30 years later, Atari prepares to drag us back, kicking and screaming. The original Haunted House was a quick and dirty little horror game for the Atari 2600 that somehow…

An Amazing Sackboy, Sackgirl Collage

As presented to Haran_Elessar on his birthday by his girlfriend. Note the Sackboy and girl button eyes, real clothes and tiny, little stickie-outie eyelashes. [Thanks HE]

How About A 4D Racing Game?

Earlier this week we brought you a story about a man who is making a video game that is laid out across four spatial dimensions. It’s a platformer. But what, we had asked him, about a 4D racing game? In Marc ten Bosch’s in-development 4D game Miegakure, a character can climb across what merely looks…

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The Changing Nature of Gaming Interfaces

The other day I was having coffee with friends who brought their 2 1/2 year old son over for a visit. He was bored, looking for anything to do in our (boring) house — so I handed him an original Game Boy with Super Mario Land 2. I figured that a toddler would enjoy smashing…

This Photo Brought Memories Flooding Back

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Monkeys I can clearly remember 1989, getting excited to see Batman, buying Upper Deck baseball cards and playing lots of Nintendo games. The 1980s were a great time to grow up. What you missed last night To Build A Nintendo, You Needed Cigarettes, Robots And Nice Japanese Ladies Joe Danger…

These Are Not The Colorful Slime Drinks You Think They Are

You’d think that a Slime drink in a blue bottle would be blue. Or one in an orange-red bottle would be orange-red. You are wrong. The drinks come in two flavors: blue Hoimi Cider and orange Mera Tropical. Priced at ¥284 ($3.25), the drinks went on sale earlier this month in Japan and come with…

8-Bit Vintners Game-Themed Wine Sale

Love wine? Love video games? Has Wine Woot got a deal for you! Today only they’re selling an 8-Bit Vinters Player 1 four pack for $49.99. Now’s a chance to bathe your palate in a blanket of 8-bittiness

Defense: King of Fighters Voice Actress’s Stalker Wasn’t Stalking!

In summer 2009, an unemployed 27-year-old man was arrested back for apparently stalking and defaming voice actress Haruna Ikezawa. As previously posted, the defendant, Hiroshi Sasaki, wrote defamatory comments on the voice actress’s homepage and repeatedly send messages asking for a personal meeting, telling the voice actress to “come by herself” to Morioka City, where…

Joe Danger Review: Touch The Sky

Over the next month, we’ll be reviewing games we didn’t get around to earlier in the year. PlayStation Network exclusive Joe Danger is the first dirtbike off the rank. The premise couldn’t be simpler (or more unexpected): take ExciteBike, the story of a man on a bike moving sideways down a track, then throw in…

Large Kinect Kiosk Sets Up Shop In Mall

This month, Microsoft is rolling out Kinect demo booths at malls across the country. Malls like Minnesota’s Mall of America. And a bunch of Macy’s. The demo booth at the Mall of America kind of like a Winnebago! Which would not look entirely out of place at the Mall of America. This kiosk opens this…

Tim Schafer Calls Activision Boss “A Total Prick”

Tim Schafer, the creator of classics like Grim Fandango, Full Throttle and Psychonauts, has some choice words to say about Activision boss Robert Kotick. Two of those words are “total” and “prick”. “His obligation is to his shareholders,” Schafer tells Eurogamer. “Well, he doesn’t have to be as much of a dick about it, does…

The Genesis Of System Shock 2

Irrational Games, creators of BioShock, uncovered a long-lost treasure the other day: a sketchbook, full of concept art for the game that got the studio rolling, System Shock 2. In a cute touch (and a sign of how long it’s been since the game was released), the images are actual sketches on actual paper. With…