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Civilization Creator Explains Why Everything Game Devs Know Is Wrong
Firaxis Games co-founder and Civilization creator Sid Meier expanded the minds of GDC attendees by talking about the psychology of game design and breaking some bad news to us. Everything we know, Meier argues, is wrong. Meier’s keynote at this year’s Game Developers Conference, titled “The Psychology of Game Design (Everything You Know Is Wrong),”…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 12, 2010 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy Fans Are Far Too Sensitive About The Xbox 360
At the big Final Fantasy XIII launch at the HMV store in London, fans show their disapproval of the prospect of winning a free Xbox 360 bundle. Really guys? Gary from The Koalition was on hand at the big London Final Fantasy launch, where hardcore Final Fantasy fans nearly booed presenter Alex Zane off the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Every Epic Space Saga Needs A Prison Planet
It you thought Mos Eisley was a wretched hive of scum and villainy, wait until you get a load of Belsavis, the Republic prison planet that houses some of the most fearsome criminals in the Star Wars: The Old Republic galaxy. The use of Belsavis as a prison planet actually pre-dates the Republic. The good…
By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Musical Journey Through Dante’s Hell
As I mentioned in my review of Dante’s Hell, I loved the scoring and sound of Visceral’s take on hell. So I had to get up early today to check out the Game Developers Talk by the team behind the music titled Scoring Hell. The scoring of Dante’s Inferno was influenced by many different composers…
By Brian Crecente Published March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Since much of Kotaku will be spending part of its weekend rubbing elbows with game developers, hopefully securing hot inebriated scoops from those developers, there won’t be much time to play games this weekend. We might squeeze something in. I am looking forward to playing a little Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes HD this…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
These Fable III Screens From GDC Are All Mine
This batch of Fable III screenshots from the Game Developers Conference are indeed all mine, at least in the ‘underground area where ore is extracted from the earth’ definition of the word. It’s pretty much a given these days that any fantasy role-playing game worth its salt much have a mining area in it. Hell,…
By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Time To Put Your Money Where Your iPad Is
Apple is now taking preorders for its “revolutionary” new shiny thing everyone must own. Will you succumb to the large, vibrant screen of the iPad, or are you made of sterner stuff? Right now you can visit Apple’s online store and place your money down on the iPad, known in some circles as the iPod…
By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2010 -
UncategorizedSims Creator Explains Why Doom Creator “Rocks”
Will Wright, the fast-talking, rocket-loving man behind The Sims, took to the stage at last night’s Game Developers Choice Awards to present John Carmack, the fast-talking, rocket-loving man behind Doom, with a lifetime achievement award. Guess what he talked about? That’s right, rockets! Oh and how Carmack is way cooler than Lindsay Lohan. In accepting…
By Brian Crecente Published March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Let us not speak too much about Metroid fan fiction or, uh, what happened to yesterday’s TAY (You have to hit “publish” on these things???). Can’t we just talk about video games? Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ
By Stephen Totilo Published March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
New Brink Trailer Plays Peekaboo (With Big Guns)
Splash Damage’s Brink, your bright blue shooter for a rainy day, won’t be out until later this year. Until then, all you’ve got are trailers. Trailers like this one. If we’re to take it at face value, there’ll be lots of jumping and wasted ammunition, along with plenty of sudden, if not unexpected, deaths. Lucky…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
No More Kindergarten, That’s It, Kids Grow Up
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Today was Mini-Bash’s last day of kindergarten. He took the bus to kindergarten for the last time. Starting next week, he has a spring vacation, then this April, he enters first grade. First grade! Unbelievable and somewhat bittersweet. I don’t know if kids grow up too fast, or if we grow…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2010 -
UncategorizedSam & Max & Season 3 & PlayStation 3
Telltale, developers of the episodic series of Sam & Max, revealed today that not only is there a third season of the dog & rabbit detective series on the way, but that for the first time it’ll be on PS3. Season 3 is called The Devil’s Playhouse, will run for five episodes, and on April…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Torchlight…For Consoles? Maybe!
Torchlight is a game we like. A lot. So we also like the news that it’s developers are looking at bringing the game to consoles. “We’re going to put some serious effort into it — pretty quick — getting ‘Torchlight’ onto consoles,” Max Schaefer, CEO of Runic games says.”There’s a lot of really cool things…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Peace Walker Has The Stuff Of A “Masterpiece”
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima cannot be clear enough. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker isn’t just some PSP game. Oh no. Kojima has called Peace Walker a “MGS5-class game” — it was later revealed that Peace Walker was going to be called Metal Gear Solid 5. The game is all Kojima’s idea and just…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Ten Seconds Of NBA Jam Footage
There’s some big NBA Jam reveal on Friday night on Spike, but we can’t wait that long. So we’re making do with around ten seconds worth of in-game footage from this commercial, right now It’s not the best quality, but then – and I mean no offence by this – it’s a Wii game, so…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Japanese Shooter Model Kit Aims Straight For Your Desktop
Been a lot of GDC news here the last few days. Let’s take a break for a moment, then, and look at this model kit from cult Japanese shooter series Silpheed. Not to be confused with 2007’s underrated Project Sylpheed (even though it was from the same developers), Silpheed is a shooter from the 80’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2010 - Uncategorized
Is This The Frilliest Plastic Figure Ever?
It very well could be! Here’s Clalaclan Philias from SEGA’s Japanese action role-playing game Shining Wind in what may look like a doily, but actually is not! She’s actually wearing armor and carrying a shield. She’ll kick your ass. The figurine retails for ¥10,290 (US$114) and will be out this July. Frilly ain’t cheap, buster!…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 12, 2010
