Second Life Maker Laying Off 30%

Virtual world creator Linden Labs is restructuring in an effort to “generate efficiencies and support investment in new platforms.” The quick translation on that into English is that the Second Life maker is canning 30% of its workers. According to the company, that restructuring will mean a consolidation of some internal divisions and a Second…

Modern Warfare 2 Going 3D on the PS3?

A second video trumpeting the “PS4” also drops a half second hint that we may be seeing Modern Warfare 2 in 3D in the near future. Like the first one, this viral ad takes place in a lab, with a consumer/gamer acting the guinea pig while presumably evil Sony scientists test out 3D gaming on…

Fly Fly Away

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: Drummer Dead At 40 🙁 I flew out to LA for the day yesterday for a couple of meetings and then flew back to Denver last night. Friday I fly out to St. Louis and then Trish and I are driving to pick Tristan up for camp Saturday and flying…

Dead Nation, When Left 4 Dead Goes Super Stardust

Click to viewSuper Stardust HD developers Housemarque know twin-stick shooters. And there isn’t a target more ideal than walking rotting flesh. Hence, Dead Nation, a PlayStation 3 exclusive that had better be at E3 2010. Dead Nation was originally unearthed at last summer’s Gamescom, but Housemarque and Sony have been a bit quiet on its…

Finally, Team Fortress 2 For The Mac (Tomorrow)

Portal 2 isn’t the only game being affected by the curious properties of Valve Time. While promised Wednesday updates to Steam for Mac have been late (or nonexistent), Valve is about to make up for it with Team Fortress 2. Faithful followers of Team Fortress 2 won’t be surprised by Valve’s next choice. TF2 has…

Two Year Anniversary Of Akihabara Killings

June 8, 2008 was a dark day in Japan. A temp worker drove a rented truck into a group of pedestrians in Tokyo’s geek mecca, Akihabara. He got out and began randomly stabbing bystanders. Seven were left dead, 10 injured. This week, a memorial to mark the terrible event was set up at the intersection…

Pop Gods and Light Show Geniuses, Phoenix, Part of The Creators Project

You know Phoenix as one of the bands on the Lost in Translation soundtrack. But did you know that their lighting guy is a member of the band, they nearly come to fisticuffs when deciding the set list, and that they are particularly inspired by martinis? Phoenix, the sharp dressed, smooth-tongued Frenchmen who have resurrected…

Guild Wars 2 Warrior: Fueled By Adrenalin

The latest Guild Wars 2 class in the spotlight is the warrior, a master of weapons powered by adrenalin and suited for any situation, thanks to the game’s newly-revealed traits system. At first the Guild Wars 2 warrior sounds a lot like the World of Warcraft warrior, only instead of building rage to fuel offensive…

Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded Debuts In America Next Week

The Nintendo DS re-make of a Japanese Kingdom Hearts cell-phone game will be at video game mega-show E3 next week. Cool, but is that the Kingdom Hearts E3 mystery game? This is what we know: Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded is not Kingdom Hearts 3. No way. It’s one of two Kingdom Hearts games Square Enix confirmed…

PlayStation 3 Goes 3D Tomorrow, Four Games At Launch

Some of the biggest PlayStation 3 games will be available to play in 3D this year. The first 3D games hit as early as tomorrow. At an event in Los Angeles, Sony PlayStation boss Jack Tretton is just rattling off games coming in 3D this year for the PS3. These games will be rendered in…

Guild Wars 2 Warrior Info

E3 2010 Preview: These Are the Big Sports Games, We Think

Sports gamers are ready for far more than some football coming out of this year’s E3 expo. One of the most reliably predictable genres, as far as big sellers and upcoming releases for the year, sports games still present major reveals at these shows, in their own way. This year will see two brand new…

Transformers: War For Cybertron Demo Coming Tomorrow

Revealed exclusively during our Kotaku Talk Radio podcast, Xbox 360 owners can slip into the boots of the big bots tomorrow in the online multiplayer demo for Transformers: War for Cybertron. According to our podcast guest, developer Matt Tieger, the 360 will be the only platform scoring a demo for the game.

Portal 2 Delayed To 2011, But Valve Has A Good Reason

Originally slated for release sometime before Christmas 2010, Valve and Aperture Laboratories LLC have decided to push the release back into 2011, because “making games is hard.” No, really. The news comes in the form of a press release titled, “VALVE ANNOUNCES MAKING GAMES IS HARD.” That seems fair enough. I mean, I can’t do…

Your War For Cybertron Questions Transformed Into Answers LIVE

Now is your chance to ask Transformers: War for Cybertron developer Matt Tieger questions about the game, or just test his knowledge of the robots in disguise live on Kotaku Talk Radio! Mr. Tieger joins our own Stephen Totilo (Totilotron) live for the next hour, covering all things even vaguely related to Activision’s upcoming G1…

Telltale Takes Us Back To The Future

Think a Jurassic Park title from Telltale Games is exciting? How about a full episodic season of games based on Back to the Future, due out this winter? Whoa, this is heavy. Game Informer may have outed Telltale’s trip to Jurassic Park, but that’s only half of the story. Through a new, multi-year agreement with…

Top Three Wii Games

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FrontierVille, The New Game From The Makers Of FarmVille, Just Might Be More Fun

Is FarmVille fun? Depends on your definition of fun, probably. But the veteran creator of some big-name games is the man behind FrontierVille — the next game from FarmVille studio Zynga. And he’s done stuff Farmville skeptics might like. Frontierville launched on Facebook today. It was in development for seven months under the oversight of…