The Day Kinectimals Works

If there comes a day when Kinectimals works, it will be better than Nintendogs. That day is not guaranteed. At E3 last week, I played my first official Xbox 360 Kinect game in the manner one would play with a hard-of-hearing tiger cub: fearless of a mauling, warmed by its cuteness, frustrated it couldn’t hear…

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Hands-on: Whipping Evil A New One

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is the best 3D Castlevania game I’ve ever played at an E3. And I’ve played two of them—not counting Konami’s flirtation with the series as a 3D fighting game. Yes, developer Mercury Steam’s Castlevania does play more like a Devil May Cry or God of War game than the side-scrolling games…

Lords of Shadow Screens

Welcome To The Summer

It’s the first day of summer, and you know what that means — the return of our daily science posts, like this one, explaining why it’s the first day of summer! Note: If you are in the Southern Hemisphere, ignore this post, and enjoy the winter. Today is the summer solstice, which for those of…

iTunes Chart Topper: Pay As You Go Takeover

A new trend seems to have taken root as Tap Fish, Godfinger and Fishies make their debuts. The Business model of these games follow the free with RMT transactions for in game currency method. Here’s the full list of games for both platforms: Which do you think should be the top game? Check out all…

One Killer Father’s Day Present

A Father’s Day picture created by the wife of Kotaku reader Paul, depicting him and his son Caleb as deadly killers.

Let’s Get Physical

For some reason, I decided to take a look at depictions of physical intimacy in four recently released games. I don’t believe my motivation was purely so that Gamer Melodico could be the first videogame blog in history to feature a Glee screengrab but it’s entirely possible. At any rate, only the God of War…

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Plays Best Behind Shades

At E3, Warren Spector, one of the lead people behind the original Deus Ex and now in charge of making an impressive Mickey Mouse adventure, said he was content to not be making a “sunglasses-at-night” video game. Others still make the stuff. The original Deus Ex from the year 2000 was supposed to be the…

The Sly Collection Is All HD, Only A Little 3D

When Sanzaru Games brings The Sly Collection to the PlayStation 3 this November, you can expect all three Sly Cooper titles in moderately good-looking high-definition. Just don’t expect all three games to be 3D. I couldn’t resist giving The Sly Collection a quick play during my visit to the Sony booth at E3 2010, and…

Microsoft Gets A Bit Too Personal

As seen on reader Lockhart’s mirror, but not mine, nor on Ash’s

Gran Turismo 5 Weather, Go-Karting, And Track Editor Confirmed?

Will Gran Turismo 5 have dynamic weather, go-kart racing, and a track editor when it ships this November? Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida seems to think so. Speaking in an interview with the official UK PlayStation website, Yoshida seemed to have a much deeper knowledge of Gran Turismo 5’s features than we…

The Crackdown 2 Demo Has A Facebook Twist

The Crackdown 2 demo goes live today, giving players a jump on their retail version achievements and extra goodies for those who play the tie-in Facebook game. The 1GB Crackdown 2 demo has dropped for Xbox Live Gold subscribers, giving players an early taste of four-player co-op sandbox action game. As a special bonus to…

Checking Out The Xbox 360’s Take on Wii Bowling

Kinect Sports comes packed with more than half-a-dozen ways to play, but my limited time with the game only gave me a chance to check out one of them: Bowling. Nintendo’s Wii Sports proved just how popular bowling can be on a video game console. It may not be the sexiest game, but it was…

I Seem To Have An Invizimal Touch

Sony’s E3 2010 booth was filled with eagerly anticipated titles like Killzone 3 and God of War: Ghost of Sparta, yet I made a beeline for PSP augmented reality Pokémon clone Invizimals. Why? It’s quite simple. After four straight E3 shows (six in total,) I’ve seen plenty of games like God of War and Killzone.…

The Nintendo Download: Invasion Of The Square Bears

This week’s Nintendo Download features a pair of Square Enix WiiWare games originally released in Japan as Kumanage, which sounds a lot cooler than The Tales of Bearsworth Manor. North America cannot handle Kumanage, so we get The Tales of Bearsworth Manor, two 1,000 Wii point games featuring a similar pop-up storybook look and feel…

Unbelievable BeatBox Journey Through A Video Game

Wow, and I thought yesterday’s violin-rendition was amazing. Check out BeatBoxer Hikakin bipping his way through the first level of Super Mario Bros, seemingly with a borrowed voice or two. Thanks Stagueve!

Invizimals Gallery

Up Close and Personal With The Most Important People in Gaming

Starting this month we’ll be running a series of profiles on some of the most important people in gaming. The semi-regular series kicked off the day before E3 officially started, last Monday, with our profile of Activision CEO, and all around hated-man, Bobby Kotick. You should check it out. Later today you’ll be reading our…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

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No Controller? No Glasses? No Problem

The big news popping out of this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo was more about what was missing than what was there. Microsoft’s motion-controlling Kinect add-on for the Xbox 360 turns your body into the controller for video games, making you the puppet master of your own virtual avatar in a slew of video game experiences.…