He flies. He has heat vision. He catches crashing airplanes. And he usually stars in bad video games. Not today. The Man of Steel’s new game, which is simply called Superman, is very good, if you play it on the iPhone or iPod Touch. The game is about being the mightiest super-hero in the world,…
Originally, the graphic novel tied into Fallout: New Vegas was only available by buying the collector’s edition of last year’s post-nuke RPG. But Bethesda’s announced that you can now download All Roads to iDevices. Written by Chris Avellone—creative director for New Vegas—with interior art by Jean Diaz (Boom’s Incorruptible) and Wellinton Alves (Marvel’s Shadowland: Blood…
Hey there, Kotaku readership. Got a lot on your plate lately with the upcoming holiday rush? I hope gaming doesn’t have to take a back seat for a lot of you, because it’s clearly the most important part of anyone’s holiday season. What’s on your agenda, and what have you been playing? Skyrim, Battlefield 3…
It wasn’t the numbers that knocked Call of Duty: Elite on its ass the day it went live, it was the questions. Speaking with Kotaku earlier this week Daniel Suarez, vice president of production at Activision, walked us through how one of the most experienced online gaming companies in the world was blindsided by the…
Following in the footsteps of the last three Activision military shooters, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 had a record-breaking, money-printing first five days, pulling in more than $775 million in worldwide sales, Activision reports. “With $775 million of sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in its first five days, Call of Duty…
It’s the Xbox 360. Maybe you’ve heard of it? Today, Microsoft and the National Football League announced a multi-year deal that not only makes the Xbox 360 the official console sponsor of NFL, but is also partnering with NFL Play 60 to promote youth fitness. NFL Play is a youth health and wellness program designed…
Warfare | BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA: A large tank on display at the recent G-Star game expo. (Photo: Game Watch Impress) The Game May Be Dead, But the Awesome Helicopter-Fighting Art Lives On Tae Young Choi used to work at Midway Games. Before Midway went belly-up, they were working on an open-world superhero game called Hero…
You can pick up the pocket edition of Minecraft on iTunes for $6.99 right now. This version lets you build, but not adventure, in the fun, blocky world. So no crafting, mining, enemies.
Police on Tuesday arrested a Zynga temp who is accused of stealing $100,000 worth of merchandise and equipment from the company behind casual games FarmVille, CityVille and Mafia War, the San Francisco Examiner reports. Keith Brown, 21, of San Ramon was arrested Tuesday at the company’s San Francisco headquarters, according to District Attorney’s Office spokesman…
This past August, I asked a very simple question: Where the hell is Metal Gear: Rising? It’s now mid-November, and the game surfaced briefly, with a teaser trailer hinting at some sort of Rising announcement at the Spike VGAs. Oddly, it was revealed this week that the game’s producer, Shigenobu Matsuyama, was dumped. Metal Gear…
Considering how game developer Level-5 collaborated with anime studio Studio Ghibli, I guess the logical thing would be to ask for an animated Ni No Kuni. Screw that. A new series of Ni No Kuni commercials starring child star Mana Ashida hint at just how stunning a live-action feature, one that mixes people and animation,…
Artist Jason Freeny, who you may have seen here once or twice before, shows the world what the inside of a LEGO Minifig looks like. Rather than being a small collection of horrors, it is predictably adorable, everything clean and smooth, everything in its place. Kinda freaky teeth, though. That’s a lot of them for…
Over the years, Nintendo has been in a bunch of businesses: From playing cards to love hotels, from LEGO rip-offs to, now, video games. The Kyoto-base game maker is now releasing Nintendo-branded SD cards. The high-capacity SDHC memory cards come in 8GB and 16GB and are for use with the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo’s 3DS is…
Tae Young Choi used to work at Midway Games. Before Midway went belly-up, they were working on an open-world superhero game called Hero Choi did some amazing pieces for that game, and as you’ll see in this gallery, also worked on Midway games like Stranglehold and Area 51 While both Stranglehold and Area 51 were…OK,…
A major report on British developers from IndustryGamers has thown up a surprising piece of information: that Brink developers Splash Damage are probably working on a new Marvel game. The report says that the studio is working on an “unannounced project for a major entertainment brand”, which is “based on one of the biggest American…
Paper sculpture? That’ll do. Built from paper and glue, Aussie artist Richi89’s take on Amaterasu, the star of Capcom’s Okami games is quite the sight. At around 23cm long, Amaterasu was made with a skeleton built from scrunched paper, on top of which the outer layers were laid like panels, then glued together. If you’re…
There’s an argument, a very good argument, that whenever a game launches with downloadable content alongside it, that’s a bad thing, because that content could either have gone into the game itself or the energy spent making it could have been used making the game better. Epic Games, developers of Gears of War 3, say…
National Taiwan University is the country’s most prestigious institute of higher learning. The country’s first Nobel prize laureate is an alum. It’s where the best of the best get educated. And four times a year, the elite university is crawling with cosplayers. The two-day Petite Fancy expo attracts over 40,000 visitors, keen to check out…
This is an eight-minute video, featuring Sony engineer Atsushi Watanabe, about the official carry-case for the PlayStation Vita. Eight minutes! What’s surprising is not the length, but the fact it’s actually worth watching. The case looks classy. It’s no hard plastic shell; instead it’s a soft flip-around thing with some neat touches like the fact…
Violinist Lindsey Stirling has a whole bunch of YouTube videos in which she “rocks out” on her violin. She does that on her latest video, but this time she’s dressed as Link and playing Zelda music. There’s a horse and, um, crane shots, and a dungeon, some fire, picturesque settings, and snow. It’s all so…
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