Alan Wake Review: Transcending Its Medium

Alan Wake promises to deliver a new style of storytelling to the Xbox 360: A “psychological thriller”, “riveting plot”, “multilayered character interactions”, all bullet points that scream: This game could be really bad. But it is a game by Remedy Entertainment, the creators of Max Payne. And it’s an intriguing idea, taking on the role…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

You never know where and when the next Assassin’s Creed will be set. But you can always expect the next Talk Amongst Yourselves to be set here at Kotaku. Please set your comments about video games beneath this post. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

I Am Afraid Of Angry Things That Live Under The Water

To: Crecente From: Luke Playing, and only mildly enjoying Alan Wake today got me thinking: how many other people have quirky tastes in games that stop them enjoying otherwise enjoyable titles? Me, I can’t stand the dark. In real life, I’m fine, but in games, I can’t stand it. It’s not fear, more…frustration, that the…

Red Dead Redemption To Get Free Co-Op Mission Pack

Outlaws to the End, a cooperative multiplayer mission pack for Red Dead Redemption, will be hitting the Xbox Live and Playstation Network this June for free. The pack, Rockstar Games says, will add a co-op mode and an “entirely new dimension” to Red Dead Redemption’s game play. “Multiplayer in Red Dead Redemption offers players a…

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There’ll Be No Barrel Rolls For This Star Fox

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Medal of Honor Kicks Your Door Down This October

Electronic Arts’ reboot of the Medal of Honor series will be out this October, the publisher announced this morning. The game, set in Afghanistan and with a realistic slant, will be out in the US on October 12. And Europe? October 15. The game will be available on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Medal…

Star Wars, In Two Minutes, With LEGO

So yesterday was “Star Wars Day”? Well that’s stupid. Every day should be Star Wars day. To punish you for your shoe-horning, you must now watch this clip, which tells the original trilogy’s story in 2 minutes. With LEGO. I wish the LEGO Star Wars game had been this canonical and to the point. And…

Classic NES Game Gets Its Action Figure Dues

River City Ransom, one of the more fondly-remembered side-scrollers on the Nintendo Entertainment System, isn’t the most obvious choice when it comes to commemorative action figures. Which is probably what makes River City Ransom action figures so great. Shown off at the Treasure Festa show going on in Japan at the moment, this custom kit…

The Prettiest Gaming Magazine This Month

This is EXP., a new magazine that smartly rejects “the idea that a video game magazine has to be be comprised of reviews and previews of the latest games”. What’s it do instead? Look pretty, and be interesting. Not to be confused with exp magazine, it’s far from the first publication to walk this path,…

Where Does GameStop Make Its Money?

It makes it selling video games. Used video games, especially. But if you’ve ever wanted to break that question down a little more, and see where it makes its money both in the US and overseas, here’s your chance. Gamasutra’s Matt Matthews has broken down the multinational retailer’s latest fiscal year results and translated them…

The Best Nintendo Games That Never Were

Is it that time of year already? Time flies when you’re waiting for the latest instalment of Famicase (fake-Famicom-cartridges-as-art), an annual treat hosted by Japanese game store Meteor. Here are the pick of 2010’s crop. The deal with Famicase is that artists come up with a cartridge for a game that doesn’t exist. That’s basically…

George Lucas Said No To A Wookiee Superhero Game

The story propelling Lucasart’s Force Unleashed is one of apprenticeship, Imperial cleavage, good and evil. It could have been about a Wookiee superhero, which would have been awesome, but no, George Lucas nixed that idea. In the latest issue of GamePro, developers Haden Blackman and Julio Torres remember the heady days of 2005, when the…

The PlayStation Move Won’t Wear A Condom

For most of its life, the Nintendo Wii Remote has been sheathed in rubber, its native form factor obscured over fears of death and destruction. Sony’s Move controller, on the other hand, will breathe the free air. Raising the prospect of smashed TVs with Sony Computer Entertainment’s studio boss, Shuhei Yoshida replied “What’s good about…

So, How Are You Finding The Halo: Reach Beta?

While some us got our jetpacks dirty last week, for most, the Halo: Reach beta began in earnest on Monday. Meaning many of you are probably knee-deep in teabags by now. Which begs the question: what do you think? I know it’s a beta, and it’s still early days, but first impressions are also the…

Test Drive Unlimited 2’s Rides Are Gorgeous Inside And Out

A couple of interior shots made their way into the latest set of screens for Eden Games’ Test Drive Unlimited II, showing of interiors every bit as sexy as the colorful candy shells they inhabit. As McWhertor pointed out when he posted the trailer last Friday, Test Drive Unlimited focuses strongly and driving pretty things…

Kotaku Off Topic: Castaways!

It’s Tuesday night, Crecente’s out for the night and he left the Kotaku Tower liquor cabinet unlocked. So let’s party like it’s 1999, except that we have better internet connections and the party consists of off-topic conversation. (Who wants Schnapps?) While you’re sharing your thoughts with the class, I’ll be reading that Daniel Clowes book…

FIFA World Cup 2010 Review: I Got 199 Teams, But Vatican City Ain’t One

As has been customary with every World Cup and European Championships since the year 1998, EA Sports has this year released a video game to cash in on the planet’s biggest sporting event, the 2010 World Cup. Being, you know, the planet’s biggest sporting event, you can hardly blame EA as a business for wanting…

Uncharted Movie Could Go Forward With An Unlikely Director

Who will direct the big screen adaptation of Naughty Dog’s Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune? The LA Times reports that the film’s producers and Sony, the studio backing the flick, have a short list of favorites that includes David O. Russell. Who’s that? You may know him best as the director of Gulf War drama Three Kings…

Get Your PC Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package Codes

PC owners finally get a chance to pick up Modern Warfare 2’s Stimulus Package starting today on Steam for a whopping $14.99. Better still, here are the 10 Steam PC codes to get the pack for free. Surprise the second!!! C482E-A8ZSV-QX6B9-32DI3-8RQ4P C482E-A8YI3-HRCWQ-6AK77-AZJ7Z C482E-A8993-RE5NY-AP6G4-DYDW6 C482E-A8855-4DIFF-FWXE4-YJECE C482E-A87SH-WYSYC-RSF44-Z985Y C482E-A86I9-FZ3PY-737F7-J5VXG C482E-A8TWK-F85IK-DKHVL-4MYBE C482E-A8SQZ-BKQK8-88K3C-SDMPB C482E-A8R6E-Q7CKS-5A9E6-XY45Z C482E-A8Q3D-PWVHK-2B42Q-YBBAW