Talk Amongst Yourselves, Still Hanging By A Thread

We’ve been saved from repeat TAYPics by Prof. Gast, but there’s only so much the good Professor can do for his community without your support! Join the academic elite and make a TAYPic of your own. If you think you’ve got what it takes, or even if you don’t, here’s what to do: submit your…

Guess Which Character Marvel Worried Capcom Would Get Wrong?

With more than 75 Marvel characters appearing in Capcom fighting games over the years, you’d think the comic maker would completely trust Capcom’s judgment when it comes to how their heroes and villains appear in-game. Not so with one particular character appearing in the soon-to-be released Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, the game’s producer tells…

Beam Katana? Dirty Camera? Yours for $13!

If you purchased the first edition of No More Heroes Red Zone Edition, you got some special content, such as the ability to move the camera around in a “Forbidden Viewer Mode” as well as four types of beam katanas. Starting on August 23, the content will available on the Japanese PSN for ¥1,000 (US$13).…

PixelJunk: Sidescroller Screens Scroll Out

Q-Games is working on PixelJunk: Sidescroller, the latest PixelJunk title. The game’s gameplay looks bright and old school The game is as much about shooting stuff as messing with liquids. It will be out on the PS3’s PlayStation Network later this year. You can download it then. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of…

Eight Minutes of Guild Wars 2 Gameplay and Art, Presented Without Comment

You’ve seen the trailer, now take a look at eight minutes or so of Guild Wars 2 gameplay shot from the Gamescom show floor. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.

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Star Fox 64 3D Aren’t in 3D, But They Are Foxy

Like that new Star Fox 64 3D footage? How about some new Star Fox 64 3D screens! Star Fox 64 was originally released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. Star Fox 64 3D is a 3DS version of the title that was developed by Q-Games. It was released in Japan this past July, and it…

Pistol Pete, Chocolate Thunder and Sid the Squid Crack NBA 2K12‘s Legendary Lineup, Too

NBA 2K12 yesterday revealed its roster of 15 all-time greats appearing in the game, a constellation of the top performers spanning the professional game’s history. But as these players will appear with their teammates and face rivals from that era, there is an even longer list of great names, some making a rare appearance in…

Can You Handle the Boobs? The 3D? The Insanity?

When Half-Minute Hero designer Kenichiro Takaki set out to create a 3DS game, there was one thing he wanted to see. Make that two. Boobs. And that’s pretty much what you get with boobs-and-ninja game Senran Kagura! Here’s the game’s opening animation, and it’s pretty much what one would expect: boobs! Senran Kagura goes on…

This Rayman Origins Trailer Looks as Good as You’d Expect

Rayman Origins features a battle of good versus evil, as well as some colorful platforming and puzzle solving. The game will be out this November on the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and 3DS. Next year, it will be released on the PS Vita. The game is a return to Rayman‘s 2D roots—his origins, if you…

Part Brawler, Part Fighter, Anarchy Reigns Shows Promise and Flaws

It’s a little bit Virtua Fighter, a little bit Madworld Played in the back room of Sega’s Gamescom press booth, Anarchy Reigns is a fast-paced, action-heavy brawler that seems a bit too sloppy to have any lasting appeal. But when the game’s moments come together, like delivering a buzz-saw flurry of bloody sword slashes with…

Megadeth Hopes NeverDead Kicks Your Ass

In Never Dead, you can rip off your head and then throw it. In real life, you cannot do this. Well, at least I don’t think you can. In real life, you can listen to Megadeth, and if you are buying NeverDead, you’ll be doing just that because the band wrote the game’s theme song,…

Silent Hill: Book of Memories Is a Trailer You’ll Want To Forget

Book of Memories is a lot of things apparently. One thing it is not is a traditional Silent Hill game. Goodbye psychological horror! Hello, ahem, co-op action. Previously, Kotaku posted the game’s screens You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking…

Pre-Order Deus Ex, Get Sweet Team Fortress 2 Gear

Make that Dues Ex themed guns and accessories, eight in all. There’s the Machina, the Diamondback, the Purity Fist, the Widowmaker, the Short Circuit, the Company Man, the Nanobalaclava, and Deus Specs. Simply pre-order Deus Ex: Human Revolution here, and get these TF2. More info and images in the link below. Team Fortress 2 Manno…

Is This Man’s Monster E-Penis Bigger Than Yours?

Satoshi Inoue is a comedian. That’s what has made him famous. But recently, he’s becoming better known for something else: An insane number of hours spent in Monster Hunter Monster Hunter is a series of games in which the object is to, well, hunt monsters. The games are popular in Japan, but less so abroad.…

Nine Out of 10 Will Not Finish the Game They are Playing

Just 10 percent of gamers actually finish a game, an industry veteran told CNN in a recent feature, and his colleagues and other figures back him up. “Ninety percent of players who start your game will never see the end of it unless they watch a clip on YouTube,” says Keith Fuller. Raptr, the gaming…

NHL 12 Sends Hockey’s Greatest Shift on the Ice

Sports fans have heaped lots of love on NBA 2K12 following its reveal of a roster of 15 all-time greats, and their supporting cast; let’s not forget the same thing is taking place in hockey’s premier video game sim, NHL 12, which will deliver a dozen greats who also span that sport’s most telegenic era.…

Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Helm in Might & Magic Heroes VI

We now have the culmination of last week’s tease-of-a-teaser. Here is the Gamescom 2011 trailer for Might and Magic Heroes VI, establishing the game’s appropriately epic struggle. We’ve got brother against sister, glowing undead and giant insectoid witches, even the Wilhelm scream. Can you tell I’m the sports guy? I have no idea what the…

It’s the Little Things That Matter In Mass Effect 3

The Earth is burning. Mankind stands on the brink of extinction. And all I can think about is how pretty I’m going to make my future space gun look. And how much I like an old friend’s new haircut. The Mass Effect 3 demo I caught at Gamescom came in two distinct parts, one a…

The Assassin’s Creed Team Always Takes the Best Screenshots

As proven by these Gamescom shots of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, the Assassin’s Creed series never looks quite as beautiful as it does through the eyes of the folks that make the screenshots. When you’re actively playing an Assassin’s Creed game you’re generally far too caught up in the beauty of the action to worry about…