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Shoot Ninjas, Pirates, Viruses, and Gorillas in Our Newest Xbox Live Indie Favorites
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 a vibrating controller. Our…
By Max Abrams Published August 2, 2011 -
Here’s What You Get—And What You Don’t—With EA Sports’ New Premium Subscription
What is EA Sports’ Season Ticket? It’s a $25 VIP pass, good for a year, getting you past the velvet rope to your favorite sports game on a weekend when everyone else is still playing last year’s edition. It offers a 20 percent discount on paid downloadable content. But the parameters of Season Ticket in…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2011 -
EA Sports’ ‘Season Ticket’ Subscription Gets Diehard Fans In the Game Early
EA Sports will offer an annual subscription for hardcore sports gamers, which includes a three-day, pre-release full-play preview of five of the label’s most popular titles, and a 20 percent discount on their paid downloadable content catalog. EA Sports’ “Season Ticket” begins Aug. 27 with Madden NFL 12, and it will cost $25. Covering Madden,…
By Owen Good Published August 2, 2011 -
Just Dance 3 Let’s you Bust Custom Moves Via Facebook
Ubisoft is upping the Kinect dancing game ante with Just Dance 3‘s “Just Create” mode. “Just Create” lets you record your own dance moves using Kinect then challenge your friends to recreate them. You can use your custom moves to serve your friends in person or online through Facebook. Videos of people playing Just Dance,…
By Sam Winstrom Published August 1, 2011 -
How Unusual Was The 3DS Price Cut?
Many people in the gaming community were taken aback by Nintendo’s announcement last night that the 3DS would be dropping price from $250 to $170 only five months after its initial launch in America and after fewer than 900,000 units have sold in the U.S. But that cut wasn’t completely without precedent. Nintendo’s cut seemed…
By Max Abrams Published July 28, 2011 -
The New York Yankees of First-Person Shooters Welcomes the Negative Feedback
I couldn’t get Robert Bowling to use the words Battlefield 3 in a sentence. He’s an Infinity Ward guy, which means he’s a Call of Duty and Modern Warfare guy. And I guess that means that, in public, he’s not going to try to talk about Battlefield 3, the latest taste-test challenge to the mighty…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 28, 2011 -
Assassin’s Creed Gets an 8-bit Makeover
Assassin’s Creed makes a surprisingly good looking retro game. Majami Hiroz reinvisioned the modern classic Assassin’s Creed in 8-bit style graphics. It looks more like a 3DS 3D classic than an actual retro game, but that makes it all the more beautiful. 8-bit Assassin’s Creed [Welcome to the 80’s via Youtube]
By Sam Winstrom Published July 27, 2011 -
7 Bad Dating Tips I Learned from My Xbox 360
Lonely? Unlucky in love? I used to be like you until I learned the secrets of love from my Xbox 360. Now I’m passing these pointers of passion, all delivered in actual Xbox 360 dating-advice video games, on to you. Catch her off guard with your opening line. A man walks into a bar and…
By Sam Winstrom Published July 27, 2011 -
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Gameplay Footage Sneaks Out of Comic-Con [Update]
Hey hey, it’s brand new footage from the upcoming Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. This is nothing but raw gameplay, with dragons and villagers and beautiful landscapes. Best part, though? Where the wolf gets kicked in the face UPDATE – Looks like most of it is older footage re-edited into a new trailer. Sorry! [via YouTube]
By Luke Plunkett Published July 25, 2011 -
Poor Americans are Gamers, Too
In case you didn’t know, there are poor gamers. Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation has published a report on what it means to be poor in America today. According to the report, households living in poverty have many modern amenities including air conditioning, cable TV and video game consoles. The report is meant to…
By Sam Winstrom Published July 22, 2011 -
What Battlefield 3 Needs
For the past few weeks I have found myself returning to my favourite multiplayer game of last year, Battlefield: Bad Company 2. It’s a punchy rascal of a game, but it also hints at plenty of things that could be better in the future, and reminds us of lots of things that have been better…
By Sam Winstrom Published July 19, 2011 -
Our Newest Xbox Live Indie Favorites are Full of Rainbows and Death
Every two weeks, we weigh in on our favorite selections on Xbox Live’s indie channel. These are not Microsoft-approved games. They’re created by everyone from the average Joe to upstart game companies, and reviewed by users like you. We list the stand-outs here and in the Kotaku’s Favorites channel in Xbox Live’s Games Marketplace. New…
By Sam Winstrom Published July 19, 2011 -
Why Sony and Microsoft Teaming Up on Their Next Console Makes a Lot of Sense
Microsoft has trouble making hardware. Sony has trouble running online services. What if the next Xbox and the next PlayStation are one and the same? A few months ago, while reporting about the then unannounced Wii U console for Nintendo, we stumbled on an interesting ancillary rumor: Microsoft and Sony were in active discussions regarding…
By Joel Johnson Published July 15, 2011 -
Spoiler Alert: Let’s Talk About the Ending of Shadows of the Damned
It’s finally time. Welcome to the last Kotaku Game Club discussion of Shadows of the Damned. Today we’re talking about Act 5, the game’s ending and our final thoughts. It should go without saying, but since we’re talking about the ending here, we’ll be extra careful: Do not read this post or the comments below…
By Mike Epstein Published July 14, 2011 -
Come Talk About the End of Shadows of the Damned Tomorrow!
We’re talking about Shadows of the Damned for the last time tomorrow. Come to Kotaku at 4pm eastern to discuss the game’s ending. Also, I want to know to what game you guys think we should talk about next!
By Mike Epstein Published July 13, 2011 -
The Rollicking Pulp Magazine Covers of Trenched
The loading screens for Double Fine’s triple-fine Xbox Live Arcade mech game Trenched are spot-on parodies of early 20th-century pulp magazine covers. Unfortunately (or fortunately), they go by too quickly to be properly enjoyed. Double Fine kindly provided all but one cover—that one had a spoiler—so that you can chuckle at their overt manliness at…
By Joshua Rivera Published July 12, 2011 -
The Relationship Experts of the Today Show Don’t Think Men in Their 30s Should Play Video Games
Dudes who play video games in their thirties and beyond? What’s up with that?! That’s the question posed to the leathery co-hosts of the fourth hour of Today, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, who explain that, well, that’s just weird! Gifford, Kotb and advertising exec/dude advice giver Donny Deutsch—author of The Big Idea: How…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 11, 2011 -
Video Games Improve Marijuana Performance 43%
There aren’t many things that marijuana users say weed can’t make better. Take this guy I used to know. His name was Mike. Every once in a while we’d hang out with a few other guys and play ridiculous amounts of Halo 2. Occasionally Mike would light up during our fragfests. I could never beat…
By Joshua Rivera Published July 8, 2011 -
We’re Talking About Act 4 of Shadows of the Damned. Right Now.
It’s that time again, folks. Welcome back to the Kotaku Game Club. Today we’re going to discuss Act 4 of Shadows of the Damned So today’s chapter has a theme just staring us in the face. Between the storybook shmup levels and “The Big Boner”, there have been a lot of mini-games in the past…
By Mike Epstein Published July 7, 2011