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BBC Airs Charlie Brooker’s Gameswipe And It Is Good
Last night, the British Broadcasting Corporation aired Charlie Brooker‘s Gameswipe, a humorous (and informative!) look at the history and present of the video game, presented in the style of the broadcaster’s Newswipe and Screenwipe. And it was quite good. The 50 minute one-off program was part obligatory primer, explaining genre types like platformer, shoot ’em…
By Michael McWhertor Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Battlefield Bad Company 2: Battlefield Moments
Let’s take a look at how well a round of Battlefield Bad Company 2 multiplayer can go if your entire team possesses some kind of bizarre mind link. I’m sure there are clans and such that play with the level of communication displayed in this trailer for Battlefield Bad Company 2, due out early next…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Okamiden Hands-On: The Celestial Stylus
Planted in the middle of Capcom’s eclectic Tokyo Game Show booth, the demo of Omkamiden had attendees playing the DS sequel to Okami in the middle of a traditional Japanese garden while seated on stools which looked like cut lumber. Groups of gamers were escorted into the area by booth companions and seated at small…
By Brian Crecente Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Why We Love To Hate Activision — And Might Be Wrong
The games biz has a new favorite bad guy, and its name is Activision. Do the mega-publisher and its aggressive, polarizing CEO, Bobby Kotick, deserve the bad rap? Or do we just love to hate? Who is this man, anyway? Though always an industry mainstay, Activision didn’t start to take its place front-and-center in the…
Leigh Alexander Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Frankenreview: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Two years ago developer Naughty Dog set aside Jak & Daxter, striking gold with the adventures of Nathan Drake in the original Uncharted. Now Nate triumphantly returns in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune gave PlayStation 3 owners one of the most cinematic action-adventure titles ever created, filled with high-flying platforming, tense gunplay, and…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Impressions: My Kind Of Junk Food
Having bailed on Kingdom Hearts 2 after reaching the Steamboat Willy stage, I may have finally found the KH game to bring me back. It was available to preview last week in Tokyo. Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is, according to the wonderfully pithy Square-Enix TGS press kit, a game that lets us “Turn back…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Digger Burrows Onto PSN Tomorrow
Creat Studios takes the 1983 PC classic Digger and gives it an HD makeover in Digger HD, arriving tomorrow on the PlayStation Network. Digger was more or less a clone of the arcade game Mr. Do. You drive your mining vehicle around, digging tunnels, collecting emeralds, and dropping bags of gold on monster’s heads. Creat…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Talk Radio is Live: Cosplay, PSPgo, TGS and Fall Gaming
In this week’s episode of Kotaku Talk Radio we’ll be talking about cosplay, the Tokyo Game Show, the PSPgo, the start of big game hunting and fielding calls from you. To listen, head over to our BlogTalkRadio page. Unfortunately, you can only listen live on the BlogTalkRadio website. Want to be heard on Kotaku Talk…
By Brian Crecente Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Dress Your Avatar For Mass Effect
My Xbox Live friends list should look a whole lot cooler now that Mass Effect space suits and clothing have hit the Avatar Marketplace. Not that my friends don’t look amazing right now, with their steampunk outfits and little remote-controlled toys and all that. I just think they’d look much snazzier decked out in full…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
These Magnacarta 2 Screens Are Golden
Namco Bandai is pleased to announce that its Xbox 360 exclusive RPG Magnacarta 2 has achieved gold status, and celebrates with a slew of pretty new screenshots of pretty new people. After a summer spent playing shooters, action adventures, RTS games, MMORPGs, and portable RPG remakes, you cannot begin to even comprehend how hungry I…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Hands On With Assassin’s Creed II: Mario Kart and DiCaprio
Assassin’s Creed II seems to do a better job of blending together its elements then its predecessor did, and adds a healthy dose of the unexpected to cut through what could become another repetitive game. After sitting through a presentation of the upcoming title by Patrice Desilets and his beard, I was handed the controller…
By Brian Crecente Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Return To City Of Heroes For Double The XP
NCsoft is throwing open the gates of the City of Heroes to returning players next weekend, with double experience on tap for those with a bit of time to kill bad (or good) guys. Between the Mission Architect and the recent addition of power customization, City of Heroes is a much more interesting place to…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2009 -
UncategorizedExplore Strange New Worlds In The Planet 51 MMO
CG movie Planet 51 isn’t just getting the obligatory console game tie-in when it hits theaters this November, as Zed Worldwide announces Planet 51 Online, a free-to-play MMO based on the film. While Sega is handling the console versions of Planet 51, Zed has been busy on Planet 51 Online, perhaps the first licensed MMO…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
There Are Those Who Watch The Risen Launch Trailer
"Humanity is dying." Well that can’t be good. Someone should probably do something about that. Perhaps the protagonist of Risen is up to the task? Piranha Byte’s latest single-player action RPG Risen hits store shelves this week, with the PC version dropping in North America on October 2nd, and the Xbox 360 scheduled for sometime…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
The PSP Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghosts In November
After performing admirably on just about every system imaginable, Atari is finally ready to bring Ghostbusters: The Video Game to the PlayStation Portable and PSPgo next month. The PSP finally gets its turn at busting ghosts five months after the game was released on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PS2, PC, Nintendo Wii, and DS.…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Kotaku Talk Radio: Programming Alert
Don’t forget to join us later today for our weekly live episode of Kotaku Talk Radio. Stephen Totilo and I will be on hand live, well mostly live, to discuss the start of the big roll-out of big titles this fall, how Tokyo Game Show went, the art of cosplay and the PSPgo. We’ll also…
By Brian Crecente Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
The Cosplay of TGS
Tokyo Game Show has a lot going for it, but perhaps the most interesting thing is it over-the-top cosplay. All shows pale in comparison to TGS when it comes to dressing up like a video game character. Don’t believe me? Check out Michael McWhertor’s three galleries of the stuff. Which is your favorite?
By Brian Crecente Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Luke’s Last Night Here Before He Ties The Knot
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Uncharted 2: Beaten! Luke Plunkett is getting married — to another person, even. Congrats! Wonderful happiness. Delightful. We are overjoyed for Mr. Plunkett and the soon-to-be Mrs. Plunkett. Fantastic good vibrations all around!! Because Luke is getting married, he is, like most married people, going on a honeymoon. He’s going…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 30, 2009 - Uncategorized
Left 4 Lupus
As seen on deviantART, via Polygamia.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 30, 2009