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ReviewsPortal 2 Is The Better Portal, But You Better Bring A Friend
You probably won’t read much of this review. If you know what Portal 2 is you probably just want to know if the new game is great like the old one (it is) and if it is long enough to pay full price (depends on how much money you earn each week). If you don’t…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 19, 2011 -
ReviewsBlackBerry PlayBook Review
No, it’s not bad, like you expected it to be. The BlackBerry PlayBook isn’t just the third major tablet platform to launch, or the first one to deeply poke at figuring out why 7-inch tablets should exist—it’s literally the future of BlackBerry, since the QNX-based OS is going to be the gooey software heart of…
By Matt buchanan Published April 13, 2011 -
ReviewsCharge Base Gives 3DS The Extra Juice It Needs
Let’s face it. The onboard battery for the 3DS stinks. It gets around 3 to 5 hours on a single charge, depending on the settings. Those numbers aren’t anywhere near the DSi XL or DS Lite. Too bad there isn’t a solution. Well, turns out, there is. With the Charge Base for 3DS, Nyko is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 8, 2011 -
ReviewsTiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters is an Experience Unlike Any Other
My first visit to Augusta National broke the club’s dress code with almost criminal negligence: I was wearing basketball shorts, a T-shirt, and was unshaven to boot. Sure, I was on my couch, but I told myself I was stepping to the tee box on the first hole of the world’s most prestigious golf course.…
By Owen Good Published March 29, 2011 -
ReviewsA Fistful Of Dollars Gets You An Earful With Turtle Beach’s PX5
Like cleavage, the $249.95 price tag is front, center, and something always on your mind even as you list off the other good reasons you want to spend time with Turtle Beach’s Ear Force PX5. You can talk about the fully customizable audio presets, the 7.1 channel surround sound quality, the Bluetooth support with multiple…
By Owen Good Published March 25, 2011 -
ReviewsCrysis 2 Delivers a Stunning Standout
Ensconced in a suit of modern day armor, Force Recon Marine “Alcatraz” can survive high rise drops, turn invisible and absorb the impact of machine gun fire. But his augmented Nanosuit is most powerful when it stops working. It’s during those moments in Crysis 2 when the player loses control, when the suit reboots and…
By Brian Crecente Published March 23, 2011 -
ReviewsOkamiden, An Unintended Tribute To A Wounded Nation
It is no catharsis to use a Nintendo DS stylus to restore beauty to the ravaged mythical Japan of Okamiden, not while the real Japan stands bruised by natural disaster. Recent events, however, have transformed the simple video game adventures of Okamiden’s spirited wolf cub into an unintentional tribute to a nation’s magnificence. It is…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 21, 2011 -
ReviewsThe Waiver-Wire Prospects of MLB 2K11
I’m thinking of a famous, very touching monologue by Earl Weaver, the Hall of Fame manager of the Baltimore Orioles, talking about cutting players during spring training. “You call ’em in and say, ‘It’s the consensus among us that we’re going to let you go back home.’ Some of them cry, some get mad, but…
By Owen Good Published March 16, 2011 -
ReviewsHomefront Is An Emotional Shooter That Doesn’t Quite Deliver
I nearly wept during the opening of Homefront. Maybe it was the father in me, maybe just that I’m human, but those opening moments, so cleverly crafted to grab a hold of you and pull, succeeded on a level few games have before with me. Homefront depicts a United States, a Colorado, ghettoized by an…
By Brian Crecente Published March 16, 2011 -
ReviewsTeam Fortress 2 Statue Is Credit To Team!
For the longest time, publishers Valve – the people behind Half-Life, Team Fortress and Left 4 Dead – resisted the urge to release toys or statues based on their games. That time has now passed The Basics The Heavy, from Team Fortress 2, is the first in Gaming Heads’ line of large, expensive statues based…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2011 -
ReviewsDragon Age II Trades Epic Adventure For Gritty Action
While the heroes of Dragon Age: Origins were busy saving the world, Hawke and his family were running for their lives. Their tale of survival and triumph amidst a city on the verge of turning on itself is the focus of the darker, grittier Dragon Age II. Fleeing from the Darkspawn hordes to the neighboring…
By Mike Fahey Published March 14, 2011 -
ReviewsMLB 11 The Show is Still The Finest in the Field
I’ve seen the big leagues, son. I’ve squinted at the lights at Fenway as the sun makes a cotton candy sky behind the Citgo sign in left. But I ain’t there right now. I’m down here chewing on grass, pitching in my third game in as many days, deep in the well of the low…
By Owen Good Published March 13, 2011 -
ReviewsThe Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Arcade FightStick: Tournament Edition Is Another K.O.
As sure as winter is followed by spring, the release of a new Capcom console fighting game is followed by a new Tournament Edition Arcade FightStick from Mad Catz. Let’s put the Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 model through its paces. The Basics The Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Arcade FightStick: Tournament Edition takes the top-of-the-line controls…
By Mike Fahey Published March 9, 2011 -
ReviewsBeyond Good & Evil Goes Way Beyond 2003
Now here’s something. After years of listening to fans call this one of the great, under-appreciated classics of video gaming, people will actually get the chance to play a polished, updated version of Beyond Good & Evil. First released all the way back in 2003, Beyond Good & Evil is what happens when you let…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 8, 2011 -
ReviewsGame Consoles Transformed Into Hot Women Should Be More Exciting Than Hyperdimension Neptunia
In the future, all wars will be fought by Japanese anime women wearing revealing battle suits. For the console wars the future in now, thanks to Hyperdimension Neptunia. The goddesses of the lands of Planeptune, Laststation, Lowii, and Leanbox have been locked in battle for ages. When one goddess falls from grace, she and her…
By Mike Fahey Published March 7, 2011 -
ReviewsFighting on New Terms, but Still a Champion
I’ve taken head butts and held on through jaw-cracking, brain-rattling missiles; I’ve fought against runners and cowards and cheats and made them all pay. Never have I fought in a place this unfair, with these terms dictated to me. “He’s a penitentiary sergeant,” says my corner man, “that ref ain’t gonna do nothin’. Which means…
By Owen Good Published March 3, 2011 -
ReviewsIf You Are Going To Buy One 3DS Game, Get This
Let’s face it. The 3DS launch line-up is so-so. But more than dark horse Steel Diver or the Japan-only Professor Layton title, there is one 3DS title you should get. This is that game. Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition is the 3DS version of console-turned-arcade-game Super Street Fighter IV. It’s…Street Fighter. You fight other…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 2, 2011 -
ReviewsWhat The 3DS Comes With Is Pretty Great
Nintendo really screwed up when it named its new portable the 3DS. A better moniker would have the Nintendo Super DS, because thanks to its on board software, that’s exactly what it is. The Nintendo 3DS hardware is only one part of the equation. It’s a big, important part. But players also interact with Nintendo’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 2, 2011 -
ReviewsPixelJunk Shooter 2: The Kotaku Review
For one third of PixelJunk Shooter 2, players will command a small spaceship whose guns and thrusters must contend with the small problems of creatures that belch missiles or lava and with the large problem that the caves through which it flies are intestines churned with the processes of digestion. For the remaining two-thirds of…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 1, 2011
