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The Kotaku Game Club is Playing Gears of War 3!
The wait is over, everyone: Game Club is back! September is the beginning of blockbuster season in the world of video games. The release calendar is rife with returning franchises and long-awaited new games. Most major publishers are bringing out their big guns. The CivWorld experience was great, but it’s time move on to something…
By Mike Epstein Published September 15, 2011 -
Deus Ex Still Respects the Tradition of a Good Haymaker
Deus Ex: Human Revolution promotes stealth and tactical combat the majority of the time. The boss fights, though, pit you against super-tough foes in a small arena. So what’s a player to do? This video demonstrates one of the more…succinct tactics available to make quick work of boss Namir.
By Matthew Buzzi Published September 14, 2011 -
This Is What Modern Warfare 4‘s Night Vision Will Look Like
Recently, Danger Room‘s Noah Shachtman got a chance to check out the latest U.S. military night-vision technology. This gear offers the ability to see farther and better in the dark than ever before, as well as efficient thermal imaging. Given Modern Warfare‘s emphasis on futuristic tech, it shouldn’t be long until we’re looking through these…
By Matthew Buzzi Published September 14, 2011 -
Generations Plumbs the Darkest Corners of Sonic‘s History
The problem with mining the rich and varied history of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise for Sonic Generations is that history includes this red and black jerk-off right here. For some, Shadow is a welcome addition to Generations. For others, he still signifies the looming death of a beloved series. Shadow will appear as one…
By Mike Fahey Published September 12, 2011 -
What the New Counter-Strike Is and Isn’t, According to Valve
The next Counter-Strike, the one coming out early next year called Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, won’t be called Counter-Strike 2, because that game would be “something different”, two of Valve’s top people on the new game recently told Kotaku “A lot of Counter-Strike: GO is taking Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike 1.6 and melding it into a…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 12, 2011 -
How Silicon Knights Guided X-Men’s Destiny
In this behind the scenes video for X-Men Destiny, Denis Dyack and the team at Silicon Knights explain how they went about crafting a new chapter in the tale of Marvel’s mighty mutants. There’s a trick to crafting a tale of super-powered comic book characters. On the one hand, you have to capture the breathtaking…
By Mike Fahey Published August 31, 2011 -
Our Xbox Live Indie Favorites Go Summer Blockbuster With Ninjas, Zombies and Secret Agents
Every couple of weeks, we recommend some of the best games on the Xbox Live Indie channel. These are the games on the fringe of the Xbox 360 platform, made by average Joes and indie dreamers. They’re peer-reviewed, not Microsoft-approved and thankfully they’re not all about your Xbox Avatar dancing or how to flirt with…
By Max Abrams Published August 30, 2011 -
Gearbox Pulls an Oprah, Gives Away Borderlands 2 To Everyone in Raucous Crowd
You get a Borderlands 2! You get a Borderlands 2! This is Randy Pitchford and other top people from Gearbox Software giving away a copy of Borderlands 2 to every one of the 900 people who showed up at their community panel at PAX. Everyone got a card that includes a redemption code for the…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 28, 2011 -
These Massive Original Xbox Controllers Were Transformed into Xbox 360 Controllers, for Halo
As promised, Microsoft’s Halo team is bringing Duke to their big Halofest celebration this weekend—that is, the massive Duke controller that originally sold with the original Xbox. The Halo crew commissioned hardware modder Ben Heck to transform eight classic Dukes into wireless pads that will work with Xbox 360s. Watch the video to see how…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 27, 2011 -
And Now a Very Bloody Message from Call of Duty Zombie Labs
At Call of Duty Zombie Labs, the worlds’ top scientists are working around the clock to familiarize themselves with the undead inside and out. And inside-out. Ew. In this exceptionally gory advertisement for Black Ops’ Rezurrection DLC, due out on August 23 for the Xbox 360, we’re given a sneak peek at what happens when…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2011 -
Pixelated Helicopters, Cats, and Deities Rule The Newest Xbox Live Indie Game Rundown
Every couple of weeks, we recommend some of the best games on the Xbox Live Indie channel. These are the games on the fringe of the Xbox 360 platform, made by average Joes and indie dreamers. They’re peer-reviewed, not Microsoft-approved and thankfully they’re not all about posing your Xbox Avatar or giving dating advice. Our…
By Max Abrams Published August 18, 2011 -
You Picked FemShep’s Look, Now Pick Her Hair Color
When fans picked the blonde version of female Commander Shepard to appear in the ads and videos for Mass Effect 3, they weren’t voting for a hair color; they were voting for a hair style. Now we’re voting for the hair color. I wasn’t a particularly big fan of the blonde Shepard recently voted in…
By Mike Fahey Published August 17, 2011 -
Forza Motorsport 4 Shows Off Classic German Track
The people over at Turn 10 Studios give us another sneak peak into how and why Forza Motorsport 4‘s tracks are chosen and created. In this video, they show off the historic Hockenheim track in Germany. The location seems appropriate considering our continuing coverage of Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Check out the high-tech gadgets Turn…
By Max Abrams Published August 16, 2011 -
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Is Your Crazy EA Game of Next February
Mega-publisher EA tends to publish interesting, unsafe bets in February. In 2009, they released Dante’s Inferno; in 2010, Bulletstorm. Today the company said Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, a promising single-player action RPG of unusual pedigree, will hit Feb 7, 2012.
By Stephen Totilo Published August 16, 2011 -
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Mutiplayer Maps Look Real Pretty
Just because we love you at Kotaku, we’re giving you videos of two classic multiplayer maps, Beaver Creek and Damnation, for free! Enjoy the nostalgia of blasting your friends with a plasma rifle.
By Max Abrams Published August 16, 2011 -
Mass Effect 3 Screens Show BroShep Killing Alien Types, Being BroShep
You’d think after all the hullabaloo about FemShep, the female version of Mass Effect 3‘s “Shepherd” main character, that BioWare would release some screenshots showing the new fan-picked blonde model shooting some aliens in the mandibles. But nope! It’s hunky ol’ BroShep instead.
By Joel Johnson Published August 16, 2011 -
Brown Badasses Are Back: A Boatload of Gears of War 3 Campaign Screens
I recently got myself in a bit of hot water by mentioning I wasn’t all that excited for Gears of War 3. I didn’t mean it as an insult. It’s just that there are a million interesting new games coming out this year that hold the promise of new experiences, while Gears is going to…
By Joel Johnson Published August 16, 2011 -
360 Cases Now a Matte Finish Going Forward, Microsoft Clarifies
Earlier it was reported that a matte finish was coming to the Xbox 360 250GB hard drive configuration, and that is indeed true, but some construed that to mean the glossy case still would be in production. It ain’t. Matte 250GB slims will arrive on shelves in the coming weeks, writes the Xbox community manager…
By Owen Good Published August 14, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallDon’t Blame Grand Theft Auto for the London Riots
So, a London cop says something about Grand Theft Auto and suddenly a British newspaper sees fit to blame the series for the riots that have plagued the English city all week long. Idiots. They’re blaming the wrong Rockstar game! If the unnamed London police officer who made the statement, or anyone at the London…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 10, 2011