Rocksteady’s follow-up to its acclaimed 2009 Batman: Arkham City is a fantastic sequel. It’ll be out soon for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (and on PC this November). Would we say it’s worth your while? We would… Kirk Hamilton, notorious Batman previewer who finished the game last night: Arkham City is both bigger and deeper…
Rising | TOKYO, JAPAN: Capcom recently showed off Dead Rising: Off the Record. (Photo: Game Watch Impress ) Should You Buy Batman: Arkham City? YES Rocksteady’s follow-up to its acclaimed 2009 Batman: Arkham City is a fantastic sequel. It’ll be out soon for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (and on PC this November). More » Beleaguered…
These latest The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword screens show our hero Link in Lake Floria. The area is inhabited by a squid-like tribe. Squids! Besides squid people, the game also has bug collecting. The bugs can be used in potions. Another area is called Fun Fun Island, which sounds, for lack of a better…
Iris Ophelia’s ongoing review of virtual world and MMO fashion This week BioWare released the latest downloadable add-on for Dragon Age II, Mark of the Assassin, timed with the start of Felicia Day’s highly anticipated Dragon Age: Redemption webseries, which features her character from Redemption, an elf named Tallis. The details are still a little…
Indonesian artist Admira Wijaya pays tribute to one of the most popular ladies on the fighting game circuit, Darkstalkers’ Morrigan, in this great piece of fan art. If you like this, you should head to Wijaya’s site linked below, along with his DeviantArt page, especially if you’re a comic book fan. I’ve always found Morrigan…
Most of you are probably like me. You get a console, you plug it into a big TV, maybe a surround sound system as well, and that’s where it stays. Forever. Some of you, though, are nomads. You’re always on the move. Your consoles will move from the living room to one bedroom to another,…
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda series, Nintendo asked fans to submit some Flipnote videos to the franchise’s official website. These are some of the highlights! Flipnote videos are made using a downloadable application for the DSi. They’re crude, but as you can see above, crude can’t stand in the way…
“What is Ubisoft,” I ask Siri. The only reason I ask that question is I have an package from Ubisoft on my desk. And I have no imagination. “Would you like to do a websearch for ‘You Be Soft’,” replies Siri. “Try talking in a proper Scottish accent,” says Tracey, sitting beside me. “Go full…
The original Final Fantasy XIV was a total bust. FFXIV Version 2.0 promises to be better. Much better. Version 2.0 will feature a complete redesign of the game’s current repetitive maps. “The current maps in Final Fantasy XIV are not only massive, but allow for seamless passage across wide expanses of the realm,” wrote the…
Final Fantasy XIV Version 2.0 is Square Enix’s revamp of FFXIV. Today, the Tokyo-based game maker released images of what’s to come in Version 2.0 The concept screens and concept art show interface, world maps, characters, and weapons, among other things. Have a look and see how it stacks up to the current version of…
Online role-playing game Final Fantasy XIV‘s launch was an enormous disappointment. Not only did Square Enix president Yoichi Wada apologize for the game and boot the original team from the project, he also said FFXIV had damaged the Final Fantasy brand. That may change, because today, Square Enix is relaunching the game as with a…
Studio Ghibli, known for classic anime like My Neighbor Totoro and now PS3 game Ni no Kuni, has a museum. And at that museum, there is beer. And that beer is awesome. The label reads “Kaze no Tani”, a reference to Japanese title of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1984 anime Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind…
You’ll be seeing a lot more toys over the next few days, because the New York Comic Con will be full of them. This one, however, won’t be. It’s coming from Japan, and commemorates what I think is one of the best car chase sequences in cinema history. It’s so great, in fact, that it’s…
The Japanese version of Just Dance Wii features Mario dancing—no, better yet, doing the Mario to the Super Mario Bros. theme. Delightful! Just Dance Wii is out this October in Japan and is being promoted with Japanese idol group AKB48. Should’ve used dancing Mario! You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at…
Stick with this Batman: Arkham City trailer past its awkward first moments. It builds momentum, very slowly, until it there’s so much awkwardness you can’t help but crack a smile. Funny Batman Arkham City advertisement [Super Punch]
One thing I’ve never understood is why people care what others do with their fellow consenting adults. Unless it, say, wrecks their home. Yet, people do care, especially who their politicians are bonking. In September, just as politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn was cleared of a sex scandal, Reuters released a study on which nation was the…
When Esther and Ryan got married, they wanted to incorporate video games into the celebration. So they got artist Larry Quach to come up with a bunch of stuff that didn’t just blow their guests away, it’s blowing us away with them. He did invitations shaped like NES cartridges, complete with black sleeve. He made…
This Syndicate clip runs for 11:06. Which is enough time to show you one mission from the upcoming shooter. It’s also 11:06 of you walking around just…holding a gun. It’s not just me, right? That gets distracting. This is a slow level, more like something from Deus Ex than an action game, with very little…
The keystroke-capturing computer virus that infected the networks used to pilot U.S. Air Force drones had nothing to do with Mafia Wars despite early reports to the contrary, Zynga tells Kotaku Earlier this week the Associated Press reported that the credential stealing virus that infected those Remotely Piloted Aircraft operations computers was one routinely used…
Owen was right. I don’t think sports games are worth reviewing. But the battle between FIFA and Pro Evo, the biggest annual contest not just in sports but in all of gaming, is too big to ignore. Having played both of this year’s games, then, I figured I’d write something up on the state of…
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