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The First Time Diablo Came To Consoles

Diablo III comes to consoles today, and I’m just as giddy as I was back in March 1998, picking up my copy of Diablo for the original PlayStation — and the additional memory card needed to save the game. Picking up a new game was a special event for 24-year-old me. There was a ritual…

The Witch and the Hundred Knight Is Fun, yet Flawed

Summoned by the swamp witch Metallica to take down her witchy foes, you take control of the Hundred Knight and hack n’ slash your way across the land. If that sounds like fun, great. It is. But that’s not to say there aren’t more than a few flaws in The Witch and the Hundred Knight…

This Loading Icon Is Terrifying as All Hell

This past weekend I picked up a copy of the new fighting game, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle. But it only took a few seconds before I was greeted with the creepiest loading icon of all time. I mean look at it! It’s a guy’s face getting ripped off layer by layer! For those who…

Here’s A Look At A Fun Brawler That Also Features Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows has a few notable features. Fun dialogue, a name that’s way too long, and fun multiplayer beat-em-up gameplay. TMNT: Out Of The Shadows is out now on Xbox Live Arcade and personal computers via Steam for $14.99, and it’ll be on PS3 in September. Watch Us Play…

Gearbox working on two next-gen titles. At their PAX Prime panel this afternoon Gearbox announced that they are working on two brand new IPs for the next generation of consoles. No word so far on what those might look like. The news comes as a surprise to no one. It’s just a matter of time…

Borderlands 2 DLC imminent. T.K. Baha’s Bloody Harvest Headhunter Pack, the new DLC for Borderlands 2 that Gearbox announced a while back, will release in October with plans for more Headhunter packs to follow. Still no word on pricing, but we do know that it won’t be part of the season pass.

After Turning On A PS4, You Can Do All of This

In an interview over at the PlayStation Blog, Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida shared a few thoughts about the PlayStation 4’s interface—or rather, the most recent demonstration of the interface. “What I showed [at gamescom] was only a small portion of the UI,” Yoshida revealed, adding that the system’s social aspect was something they…

Let’s Visit Some of the Beautiful Locations in the Next Final Fantasy

Square-Enix has just released no less than five trailers showcasing the locations of Lightning Returns. For a world that’s about to be destroyed, there’s quite a lot of amazing sights to be seen—so let’s dive in! Up above you can see the bustling streets of Yusnaan, the City of Revelry. Here are the Wildlands, dotted…

Okay Yeah, Final Fantasy XIV‘s Relaunch Is A Disaster [Update]

From an unfinished mess that no one wanted to play to a highly-polished gemthat nobody can access in just under three years. Way to relaunch, Square Enix. Update: Added information on this week’s coming server expansion and free game time credit. I’ve been incredibly patient. During theearly start last weekend, when Americans and Europeans were…

A Generic Name Wouldn’t Do Justice to Secret Ponchos‘ Outlaws

Secret Ponchos features outlaws. It features guns, it features shootouts, it features eight-on-eight free-for-alls. It features exactly one poncho, however, and zero secrets. So what’s in its name? “When we started work on the game we put up a development blog, and we needed a name for it,” said Caley Smyth, a developer for Switchblade…

Batman’s Next Portable Game Has Some Castlevania, Metroid and Mega Man

The Dark Knight’s return to handheld gaming will feature multiple endings in an homage to classic old-school games of bygone eras. Set after the end of Batman: Arkham Origins:, Batman: Arkham Origins: Blackgate puts Bruce Wayne’s alter ego inside of Gotham’s max-security prison after an mysterious explosion allows inmates to take over the facility. When…

Sony’s Latest Shot at Microsoft Comes on a T-Shirt You Can’t Get [Update: Microsoft is Amused]

Last night, Sony held an indie showcase event at Neumo’s, a Seattle music venue that epitomized underground cool. PlayStation exec Adam Boyes took the stage to re-affirm the company’s commitment to working with indies and third-party partners and announced a handful of new games. Whiles most of the games looked intriguing, it was Boyes’ t-shirt…

XCOM‘s Big Fall Expansion In Glorious, Robo-Punching Action

This November, Kotaku game-of-the-year-winner XCOM: Enemy Unknown is getting its first substantial expansion, Enemy Within. It’ll feature a bunch of new abilities, weapons, enemies, and other changes. It sounds really good With this new trailer, we can see that it looks pretty good, too. Mech soldiers, genetically enhanced soldiers, the new “Mechtoid” enemy, as well…

The first trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate for the 3DS and Vita is rather snazzy, showing off comic book-style cutscenes and some interesting 2.5D interpretation of the console game’s moves. What’s with the big guy at the end, though? Wasn’t Batman’s first encounter with him during Arkham City, some six years down the line?

A Rare, Fascinating Look Behind The Scenes Of The Next Final Fantasy

Square Enix, in an effort to both educate and entertain fans, has released the first episode of what is going to be a web documentary series chronicling the making of Lightning Returns, the upcoming sequel to Final Fantasy XIII-2 Narrated by Lightning’s voice actress, Ali Hillis, the introductory episode of “Inside the Square” focuses on…

Assassin’s Creed IV‘s Blackbeard Is Scarier In Real Life

If you thought Blackbeard intimidating in the trailers for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, wait until you see actor Mark Bonnar doing his voice. I peed a little. I spied Bonnar once before in a two-part episode of Doctor Who (2011’s “The Almost People” and “The Rebel Flesh”), and he didn’t strike me as particularly…

Nintendo of America Chief on Xbox One and PS4: Being New Isn’t Enough

Nintendo has to compete with two more machines this fall, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, both launching in November. It’s part of Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime’s job description to be unfazed by that. Here’s his take on the pending competition: “I don’t think consumers buy hardware just because it’s sexy and new,”…

Hey, remember that Kingdom Hearts compilation for the PS3? The HD 1.5 Remix? It’s still on track for this fall—September 10, specifically. Recently, Square Enix put out a new trailer to show off what the English version plays like. Have a look above, and make sure to check out our review of the Japanese version

I Can’t Get Over How Pretty This Zombie Game Looks

These five new screenshots for Dying Light, Dead Island developer Techland’s upcoming free-running zombie survival game, were released by Warner Bros. accompanying an announcement about the game’s competitive “Be The Zombie” mode. This multi-player game mode, which will only be available to pre-order customers at release, will feature Night Hunters—extremely strong and agile zombies who…

I Am in Love With This Bewitching Game Soundtrack

The Witch and The Hundred Knight presents a world filled with monsters, knights, ghosts, animal people, and, of course, witches. What’s amazing is that you’d probably be able to guess that just by listening to a few bars of the soundtrack. This is because several of the songs in this soundtrack are reminiscent of Danny…