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Watch Dogs Delayed On Wii U
Following rumors, the Wii U version of Watch Dogs has been delayed, Ubisoft announced during their earnings call today. Watch Dogs will be out for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC this spring—between April and June, Ubisoft says. The Wii U version will come “at a later date.” A few weeks ago, the…
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2014 -
Payday 2 is the latest freebie for PlayStation Plus subscribers. It hits the Instant Game Collection on PSN tomorrow.
By Owen Good Published February 10, 2014 -
Happy Valentine’s Day Week—here is a beautiful new romantic trailer for Final Fantasy X, a video game about an athlete’s illicit love affair with a woman who’s just trying to save the world. The HD remakes of FFX/FFX-2 are out on PS3 and Vita next month.
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2014 -
Culture
The Week in Games: Lightning Strikes
The week’s big new packaged release is Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, with a couple of bundles and re-releases arriving with it on Tuesday. The MMO World of Tanks fully launches on Xbox 360 on Wednesday, and The Last of Us gets its prequel, Left Behind, on Valentine’s Day. Here’s the week in games: Tuesday,…
By Owen Good Published February 9, 2014 -
Join the KKK and S–t Your Pants: South Park‘s Achievements Are Awesome
Achievement reveals have lost some of their appeal here over the years. But then I see the list for South Park: The Stick of Truth and I feel compelled to share it. Here’s the very first one, for 15 Gamerscore. “New Kid on the Block: Join the KKK.” “Fling a turd that you created at…
By Owen Good Published February 9, 2014 -
Skullgirls Returns to PlayStation Network on Tuesday
Skullgirls Encore will arrive on PlayStation Network on Tuesday, returning the indie fighter to consoles a month after original publisher Konami pulled its support and removed the game from Xbox Live and PSN. Anyone who bought the original Skullgirls will get Encore for free, though as a completely new game, none of the downloadable content…
By Owen Good Published February 8, 2014 -
Time to go back to the island, Jack. Ubisoft has sent out a release saying that Far Cry Classic—a remastered version of the open-world shooter already announced for Europe—will be heading to the U.S. The publisher says it’ll sport “graphical enhancements, revamped cut-scenes, and a fresh new user interface” and will be a $9.99 digital…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 7, 2014 -
Wow, Elder Scrolls Online Graphics Comparison is Like Night And Day
Sure, the difference between playing the PC version of a game on minimum and maximum settings is a big one. It’s supposed to be. But the gulf between the less-intensive option for The Elder Scrolls Online and the all-of-the-things alternative looks massive. The side-by-side comparison comes courtesy of IGN, who ran the upcoming MMO with…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 7, 2014 -
Drakengard 3 Comes To North America In May. Preorder Now Or Else.
All the dragon-riding and hack-and-slashing a growing action role-playing fan needs arrives with Square Enix’s Drakengard 3 for the PlayStation 3 on May 20. Want to see what comes in the collector’s edition? Maybe you should preorder first. Before we worry about expensive collector’s editions, let’s talk about tiered timed preorders. Doesn’t that sound like…
By Mike Fahey Published February 5, 2014 -
If Dark Souls Were a 16-Bit Platformer
Artist Dave Rapoza took Dark Souls and reimagined it as a 2D platformer from the 16-bit era, and man I can already see that health bar dropping like a fly. Besides Castlevania, it kind of reminds me of the boss fights of ActRaiser on the SNES. Those were the nineties equivalent to Dark Souls‘ more…
By Gergo Vas Published February 5, 2014 -
Kotaku EastWatch as Gundam Wing and Gundam SEED Duke It Out
One of my favorite features in Gundam Extreme VS Full Boost is the ability to watch replays of other players’ matches. Thus you can see some of the best players in action and then better your own play-style. Moreover, it’s a golden opportunity to see some of your dream fights; like say, Gundam Wing vs…
By Richard Eisenbeis Published February 4, 2014 -
The PS3 Game You Have To Play (But Probably Didn’t)
Could you imagine owning a PS2 and never having played Shadow of the Colossus? Or a GTA: Vice City? Ha ha. That’d be dumb. Well, if you have a PS3—if you’re moving into the PS4 era—without having played Puppeteer, you’ve made a big mistake that you need to fix posthaste. Puppeteer is (mostly) a sidescroller.…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 3, 2014 -
Murdered: Soul Suspect is headed to next-gen—Airtight just confirmed an Xbox One version of their upcoming detective game. It’ll also be on 360, PS3, and PC. No word on PS4 yet (but that’s likely coming, or else Microsoft would be touting the exclusivity).
By Jason Schreier Published February 3, 2014 -
Here’s a terrific Fallout 3 illustration to overwhelm you with nostalgia and impatience for a new title in the series. Digital artist Patrick Brown included tons of nice little references from the game, like the Nuka Cola Quantum in the bottom left corner, or the threatening Deathclaw in the background. Dayshot is an image-based feature…
By Gergo Vas Published February 3, 2014
