Lara Croft And The New Addictive Game

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is the sort of game that we need to see more of on the PS3 and Xbox 360: Easy to play, hard to put down, but not a throwaway side project or appendage to some bigger effort. Unlike any Tomb Raider game before it, the Guardian of Light…

Dead Space 2 Screens

Reminder: Alan Wake Creators Live On Kotaku Talk Radio On Wednesday

Kotaku Talk Radio will be recording live on Wednesday. 11am Kotaku Time. 1pm ET. 10am PT. Host: Me. Guests: Matias Myllyrinne and Oskari Häkkinen of Alan Wake studio Remedy Entertainment. Call-in and live-streaming details will be on Kotaku at showtime.

Guild Wars 2 Fashion Is 250 Years Ahead Of Its Time

When the world is in turmoil, fashion is everything. Guild Wars 2 character artist Kristen Perry discusses the process of creating the clothes the races of Tyria will wear 250 years after the first game. Guild Wars 2 is a completely different animal than Guild Wars. Rather than having to create styles for the handful…

The Importance Of Writing

It was recently announced that God of War writer Marianne Krawczyk will be lending her talents to the upcoming game Shank. I thought the God of War games were above-average in the video game narrative department and Shank looks like a well-done update to one of my favorite games, Metal Slug. However, instead of making…

Unofficial Super Mario Sequel Out Now

Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be out for Nintendo Wiis in America this weekend, but why wait several days to play a new Mario game? Super Mario Star Scramble 2 is out now, for now. The new Mario game is a side-scrolling Mario adventure from Dutch developer Kenney Vleugels, a Nintendo fan who has already…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

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Distilled To A Purer Substance

Have you ever played a game where the minigames or secondary goals were more exciting and compelling than the rest of the entire game? It doesn’t happen often, but it happens. Through extensive research (asking my friends), I’ve found that this varies in a highly personal way. I had a friend in high school who…

The Mumps

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Am I A Wake? Mini-Bash just got over a case of the mumps. Was really worried because, you know, the mumps can cause hearing loss. Really bad luck on getting them as we had scheduled him for a shot, and right before he was supposed to go, he…got the mumps.…

Final Fantasy XIII, Batman Selling Millions (Millions!)

Square Enix just reported its best year ever, on the back of super-strong sales of a handful of key titles. Like Final Fantasy XIII. And Batman: Arkham Asylum. And Dragon Quest IX. All of which sold millions. Final Fantasy XIII, despite some up-and-down review scores, has sold 5.5 million copies worldwide since launch, with the…

Truly Great Cinema Comes To The PS3

From Fellini to Ford. From Clouzot to Capra. And everything in between. Online movie site Mubi.com is making its way to the PS3 and bringing its fantastic library of cinema with it. From the PlayStation Europe Blog: “We are MUBI and we are basically transforming your PS3 console into your own online cinema. (You can…

No, YOU Listen

Genzoman illustrates the deepest desires of anyone that has played Ocarina of Time, via Go Nintendo

Sony Calls For Aussie Game Rating Changes

Michael Ephraim, boss of Sony Computer Entertainment Australia, has spoken out against the country’s continued lack of an adults-only rating for video games. “Gaming has moved on, the choice of content has moved on and I think it is time Australia gets in step with the rest of the world and has an R rating…

This Spartan’s Greatest Challenge

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John Romero Is So Sorry About Trying To Make You His Bitch

Game designer John Romero and John Romero’s hair ruled the roost during the 1990s. With titles like Doom and Quake, he not only helped popularize the first-person shooter, he defined it. Then the unthinkable happened. He made Daikatana. The game, released in 2000, was a tremendous flop. An ad for Daikatana proclaimed, “John Romero’s about…

Erotic Game Artist Breaks Hearts

This is why some female illustrators don’t release photos of themselves. In the June issue of erotic game magazine “PC Angel neo”, there’s a short question-and-answer with adult game illustrator Ayane Nanami. Nanami’s illustrations are hardly spectacular, but the artist now has legions of new fans thanks to this one magazine pic. Nobody had really…

New Zelda? “Easier To Play”

Nintendo is working on a new Legend of Zelda game. And according to Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the game will be easier to play. In an interview with German site Gaming Media (via website 1UP), Miyamoto said that Nintendo is “creating a new way to play the game”. Continuing, he added, “We are trying to…

This Guy Has Bigger Balls Than You

Meet Simon Crane. He’s got huge balls. Obviously, we’re not talking about actual testicular size per se — you could have a rhinoceros penis and elephant nards for all we know. No, we’re talking about nerves of steel. And he’s got ’em. Crane has signed on to helm the big screen version of the Kane…

Torchlight Sells Half A Million

We’d always thought Torchlight, the game that many have generously labelled as simply being inspired by Diablo, had been a cult hit for developers Runic. Thing is, 500,000 copies sold isn’t a cult hit. It’s a hit The developers sent word yesterday that the game had passed the half a million sales milestone, helped along…

$500 Later, We Have Another Aliens vs Predator Movie

Alex Popov has spent $500 and the past two years of his spare time making this fan film set in the Aliens vs Predator universe. It won’t win any Academy Awards, and in parts the effects are quite shonky, but for a small team (Popov had a little help with some of the computer graphics)…