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Goddamn It, Max Payne 3’s Bullet Time Looks Amazing
Bullet time. It used to be the thing that separated the Max Payne games’ operatic gunfights from everything else in video games. Then it got adopted by everybody and became as unexciting and commonplace as jumping. But, this new video shows how the slo-mo shooting gets a major upgrade in Max Payne 3 Rather than…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 12, 2012 -
Here’s Your First Look at Medal of Honor: Warfighter’s Very Dark Gameplay
Really, EA, do you have to make the first gameplay footage for the next Medal of Honor game so damn dark, huh? We know the Frostbite 2 engine that the game’s being built on can do all sorts of wonderful, amazing-looking things but we need to be able to see said things. From what we…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 12, 2012 -
Cortana is Dying, Multiplayer Sounds Very Interesting, and Other Pieces of Halo 4 News
Game Informer’s Halo 4 issue is now out, and inside are details not just on the game’s singleplayer campaign, but what new developers 343 studios are doing with the series’ multiplayer as well. Which is blah blah bullet points whatever. More interesting, to me at least, is that a big part of the fourth main…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 10, 2012 -
I Can’t Read Stories About Gaming Parents Shaking Their Children to Death Anymore
Chicago. Arizona. Tennesee. New Zealand. England. Now a man in Polk County, Florida is accused of murdering his three-month-old son after admittedly shaking the infant for interrupting his Xbox session. I can’t read this crap anymore. 20-year-old Jacob David Hartley, a stock boy at Sam’s Club, was playing on his Xbox on Thursday morning last…
By Mike Fahey Published April 9, 2012 -
Skyrim 1.5 Patch Live for Xbox 360, Due Later Today for PS3
The patch Bethesda’s hit RPG that PS3 players have been waiting for—y’know, the one that should get the game working the way it’s supposed to—will be coming later today, according a tweet by VP of PR and Marketing Pete Hines. You’ll also get those upgraded kill cams and a slew of other features in the…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 5, 2012 -
Kinect Star Wars Lures Game Critics to the Dark Side
What a ridiculous, attention-grabbing headline! Everybody knows game reviewers have already succumbed to the dark side; it’s a job requirement. Looking at the scores Kinect Star Wars is pulling in I’m beginning to wonder if there’s an even darker side. The fun thing about Kinect Star Wars (at least from a review perspective) is that…
By Mike Fahey Published April 3, 2012 -
Hollywood Director James Gunn Chokes Up Because of Lollipop Chainsaw’s Zombie-Killing Cheerleader
Gory grindhouse horror movies. Bubblegum pop. The mish-mash of these elements makes it impossible to look away from upcoming action game Lollipop Chainsaw. It’s a balance that the title’s creators need to get just right but James Gunn and Goichi Suda think they’re on the right track I had a chance to sit down with…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 27, 2012 -
$20 Minecraft, New Fable Hit Xbox Live This May [UPDATE]
Indie smash hit Minecraft will mine its way to Xbox 360 on May 9, Microsoft’s Major Nelson said today on his blog. It will be 1600 Microsoft Points, or a whopping $20. You’ll be able to play the sandbox game using Microsoft’s controller-free Kinect interface—in other words, you’ll finally be able to dig things with…
By Jason Schreier Published March 22, 2012 -
Far Cry 3’s Drug-Crazed Pharmacist Will Make Sure You Do Lots of ‘Shrooms
We already know that there’s going to be guns and violence and binge-drinking in Far Cry 3. In this new trailer for Ubisoft’s open-island shooter, you meet Dr. Earnhardt, who’ll be supplying you with a variety of nature’s finest mood enhancers. Appropriately creepy, no?
By Evan Narcisse Published March 21, 2012 -
Reviews
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City: The Kotaku Review
Last week, I spoke to a room full of teenagers at the Brooklyn Public Library about video games and technology. When they asked me what unreleased games I was playing as a perk of my job, I answered that I was getting up to my elbows in an upcoming Resident Evil game. “Resident Evil 6?!,”…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 20, 2012 -
Microsoft Working on a Gaming Helmet, Glasses
Since 2010, Microsoft has been working on a gaming display system so small that it wouldn’t need to be sitting on an entertainment unit or even held in your hands. You could wear it in a pair of glasses. Or in a stupid helmet. The company sees two avenues for such technology: the glasses are…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2012 -
Former PlayStation Exec Taking Over Microsoft Studios Europe
The man who helped usher in the PS3 for Sony will now be the Xbox 360’s chief evangelist in Europe. Microsoft’s announced that Phil Harrison—formerly president of Worldwide Studios for Sony’s PlayStation division—has joined the tech giant’s leadership team. Harrison assumes some of the duties left open by the exit of respected game designer Peter…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 13, 2012 -
The Next Xbox Won’t Have a Disc Drive? [Update]
As Kotaku revealed last month, work has begun on the next Xbox. It’s codenamed “Durango”. Today, website MCVUK reported a source revealed that the next Xbox apparently won’t have a disc drive. Instead, according to MCVUK, the next Xbox “will offer compatibility with some sort of interchangeable solid-state card storage, although it is not known…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 9, 2012 -
Imagining a Future Without Xbox Live Arcade
It’s an established part of the current gaming landscape, for some perhaps even their favourite, but in a recent interview Microsoft’s Michael Wolf reminds us it won’t always be here. Asked by nefarious pirate Brian Crecente whether the service was eventually “going to go away”, Wolf replies “Personally, I’d say absolutely, yes.” “I think digital…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2012 -
Watch a Mean Ol’ Reaper Blot A Little Girl’s Sunshine in This Mass Effect 3 Teaser
This teaser is only a small part of a larger clip that EA’s going to roll out during this Sunday’s Walking Dead Stephen and I got to see it during EA’s Spring Showcase event and it’s got us even more pumped for a game that we were already excited about. Even if you hate the…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 14, 2012 -
These Mass Effect 3 Videos Make the Wait Until March 6 Feel Like Forever
Mass Effect 3’s less than a month away, but that span of time feels like an eternity. The relaunch of the website for BioWare’s sci-fi epic isn’t helping either. It’s sporting videos that tease out elements of the upcoming threequel from multiplayer to narrative. It seems like they’re there to help along people new to…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 10, 2012 -
Kinect-Enabled Shouts and Dragon Mounts: Will Skyrim‘s ‘Game Jam’ Experiments Ever See the Light of Day? [Updated with Video]
At D.I.C.E. 2012, Bethesda Game Studios’ Todd Howard just showed an amazing highlight reel of mods the studio built into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim during a week-long “game jam” after the game’s release. Features like mounted combat, a lycanthropy skill tree, and one enormous mudcrab, the width of the horizon, were all shown. And…
By Owen Good Published February 8, 2012 -
Microsoft “Cares Deeply” About Hijacked Accounts, Asks For “Trust in Us”
Offering the company’s first detailed and dare I say it human response to a recent flood of hijacked Xbox Live accounts, Microsoft’s Alex Garden, General Manager of Xbox LIVE, has issued the following statement: (I’ve bolded what I think are the important bits!) Your Security is Important to Me Since today is Safer Internet Day,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2012