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Recognize These Video Game Faces? Here’s the Guy Who Drew Them

Darwin Yamamoto’s not that different than other gamers. He spends a lot of time looking at the faces—or, more accurately, the backs—of the medium’s heroes and heroines as they open up new worlds on his TV screen. But Yamamoto’s also an artist and user experience designer who’s done work on the look of Valve’s Steam…

By Evan Narcisse Published November 7, 2011

Modern Classics Reborn on NES Cartridges

Cult classic PlayStation 2 game Okami got a Wii port. It never got a NES version, because that system was well before the game’s time. But what if it did? Website 72pins reckons that the game’s 8-bit cartridge would look something like this. It also reckons that you can buy this mock-up for US$20. Other…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 4, 2011

God of War: Origins Collection Out Today

If you’re a fan of God of War and missed out on the games from the series that only hit the PSP, now’s your chance to play them on the Playstation 3. The God of War: Origins Collection hits today, bringing both God of War: Chains of Olympus and God of War: Ghost of Sparta…

By Brian Crecente Published September 13, 2011

Culture

The Beasts and Beauties of God of War

A former comic book artist, Andy Park is one of the main men to thank if you liked the look of the last two God of War games, as he was a senior concept artist on both God of War II and God of War III That means many of the series’ classically-inspired nasties, as…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2011

Exhaustion Breeds Quality in the Dragon Con Day Two Cosplay Gallery

After three hours of baby-interrupted sleep, I trudged across town to Dragon Con 2011 again today, where I occupied a great many benches and attempted to stay awake. I was mostly successful. Being dead tired has its benefits, however. Were I full of energy, I would have run about the convention madly, taking shots of…

By Mike Fahey Published September 3, 2011

Get A Taste of God of War: Origins for PS3 This Week (Or Next Week)

The high-definition remakes of PSP God of War games Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta get a PlayStation 3 demo starting tomorrow, August 30 (for PlayStation Plus subscribers). Non-subscribers can sample God of War: Origins starting September 6.

By Michael McWhertor Published August 29, 2011

Must We Compare Every Online Role-Playing Game to World of Warcraft? Yes, And Here’s Why

In today’s thrilling episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Vezroth explains why people need to stop getting angry when every other massively multiplayer online game in the world is compared to World of Warcraft. I am, and have been a consistent World of Warcraft player since the Burning Crusade expansion. Vanilla I played off…

By Mike Fahey Published August 22, 2011

A Side-By-Side Look At The Glories of Remastered PSP God of War Games Running on a PS3

The PS3 God of War: Origins Collection brings Ready at Dawns two wonderful Playstation Portable games to the PS3. But you can’t just dump them over from portable to console and expect them to look good. These games have been remastered in full HD. That means both games went from 480 x 272 resolution and…

By Brian Crecente Published August 12, 2011

Boy, Those God of War PSP Games Look Better On PS3

As you’d expect, of course, but given many fans may have missed out on the two excellent PSP games, it’s still good news. These HD re-releases, known as The God of War Origins Collection, will be out in September.

By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2011

Ico, Shadow of the Colossus & God of War PSP games Out On PS3 This September

Both the God of War Collection of PSP games and the Ico / Shadow of the Colossus HD remakes will both be out on the PS3 in the US this September, Sony just announced

By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2011

Sony to Unveil New 3D God of War Game

According to a report on Forbes, Sony will be announcing a brand new God of War title at this year’s E3, one which will be a “3D adventure”. [Forbes]

By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2011

The Unsung Secret of Great Games—and How Some Games Get It So Wrong

Any great video game has a groove to it, a kinesthetic dance of feedback and response that can easily be thought of as a kind of music. Call it “The Rhythm of Play.” Our fingers push and pull with the beats and pulses of the game, using the controller to develop a cadence as surely…

Kirk Hamilton Published June 3, 2011

Dwarf Goo? Tifa Is a Vinyl Fan? It Must Be Anagram Time.

Anagrams can be fun if you’re into that kind of wordplay. Maybe a little more fun if you’re into that kind of wordplay and video games. These remixes on game titles were done by Dueling Analogs. What I like is that, in the case of BioShock‘s denizens, Dead Rising‘s wardrobe options and Final Fantasy VII’s…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 26, 2011

God Of War 4 Coming Next Year?

Sony’s God Of War series may be set for a fourth home console title, with a source telling PSM3 that God Of War 4 will be out in September 2012. Try not to act too surprised.

By Luke Plunkett Published April 20, 2011

Why The Xbox 360 Doesn’t Have An Exclusive Mortal Kombat Fighter

“Unfortunately, the circumstances didn’t allow us to make a 360 exclusive,” Mortal Kombat boss Ed Boon told website Eurogamer. “I’m not allowed to talk too much about it, but I can tell you we certainly wanted to do an exclusive for 360, but that’s all I can say. It was not a decision we made…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 19, 2011

Why Can’t Video Game Villains Be More Vulnerable?

Commenter Fuzzymail wonders why the villains we face in video games can’t be just as scared and uncertain as the heroes in today’s episode of Speak-Up on kotaku. Why does the main “bad guy” always have to be so calculated and self assured? Why can’t they present their struggle to achieve their goal the same…

By Mike Fahey Published April 14, 2011

From Booth Babe To X-Rays

Yuuri Morishita got her start as a booth companion back in 2003, appearing at events like the Tokyo Game Show. But by 2007, she was appearing as an on-stage guest to promote games. And now, she’s releasing an x-ray video. Not x-rated, x-ray. Like many pin-up hopefuls, Morishita paid her dues, passing out fliers and…

By Brian Ashcraft Published April 6, 2011

Multiplayer God of War In The Works?

Sony wants to hire someone for their God of War team who could, according to a job listing at Gamasutra, handle “Designing and implementing systems and tools to support networking needs (such as in-game communication, client-server, match-making, leaderboards).” Hmmm. Whatever could they be planning for the popular but previously single-player God of War series? Or…

By Stephen Totilo Published March 28, 2011

The God Of War Brings His Quick Time Events To Mortal Kombat

If there was any doubt that God of War’s Kratos was a good fit for the PlayStation 3 version of Mortal Kombat, this trailer crushes them brutally. He’s a perfect fit, right down to the button-mashing quick time events. Netherrealm Studios treats Kratos like the god he often is in his cameo in next month’s…

By Mike Fahey Published March 24, 2011

Silver The Hedgehog, Felicia Day, The British Joker And Kratos, All New This Week

Do you like comics about video games? I sure hope so, because there are a lot of new ones this week, and not many interesting new comics that aren’t about games. Here are this week’s notable releases… Comics You Should Consider Buying Knight & Squire #6 This clever series about England’s version of Batman and…

By Stephen Totilo Published March 16, 2011