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Sony Unveils The Assembly, A Mysterious Virtual Reality Adventure
Sony just revealed a new game for the PS4 and its nifty virtual headset Project Morpheus. It’s called The Assembly, and it looks pretty scary. Writing in a post on the PlayStation blog, The Assembly developer Patrick O’Luanaigh described it as “a mysterious VR adventure game that we have designed for VR from day one.”…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 11, 2014 -
Your Mother 3 Non-Update Of E3 2014 (Sorry!)
Kotaku to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime on Tuesday: You guys did make a joke about Star Fox in the [Nintendo digital event] and then Miyamoto showed up with a Star Fox game… Fils-Aime: Don’t go there! Kotaku: So… Fils-Aime: Don’t go there! Kotaku: You did make a joke about it. [laughs] Fils-Aime: Where…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 11, 2014 -
Pleasant E3 Surprise: A Game Called White Night
You might think you know what you’ll see in a big E3 booth like Microsoft’s: some Forza, some Fable, some shooters, some indies, but there still always some surprises. Case in point: White Night. Black-and-white, Hitchcock-esque, and very cool. Where did this thing come from??? We don’t have a lot of detail on the game…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 11, 2014 -
Ubisoft Cut Plans For Female Assassins In Unity (UPDATE)
The next big Assassin’s Creed game and the first to appear exclusively on next-generation consoles won’t let people play as female assassins in a new cooperative multiplayer mode, Ubisoft said this week at E3. Speaking in an interview with Polygon, Unity creative director Alex Amancio said that while they originally planned to include female assassins,…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 11, 2014 -
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Rockmandash Reviews: Bokurano: Ours [Anime] • The Moment I Fell Out Of Love With Zombies • Game Of The Week—Control Robots With This One Weird Trick • Rockmandash Rambles: Where Did Variety In Games Go? TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide To TAY Follow them here.
By András Neltz Published June 11, 2014 -
The New Titanfall Toy Will Come With Different Guns
Threezero’s new Titanfall Titan will come with different weapons depending on where you buy it. The retail version will come with a XOTBR-16 Chaingun: And figures bought from the Threezero site will come with the Chaingun and ARC Canon: The set will be available for preorder June 16 at 9:00 a.m. Hong Kong time. You…
By John Struan Published June 11, 2014 -
An Elegant Keyboard Solution For Couch-Based PC Gaming
I would play PC games in the living room all day long if I could just find a comfortable, no-compromise solution for mouse and keyboard placement. Perhaps Roccat’s Sova will do the trick. When I do attempt PC gaming in the living room, I either use a gamepad or a tray table set up next…
By Mike Fahey Published June 11, 2014 -
Someone Turned Starcraft II Into Diablo II
StarCraft II‘s Galaxy Editor is really powerful. We’ve seen FPS mini-games, hockey with Protoss zealots, but things go wild when someone starts to remake Diablo II using it—in HD, no less. Here’s egodbout‘s mod, showing off Diablo II‘s good old Rogue Encampment with a new look. You might ask why the hell would someone do…
By Gergo Vas Published June 11, 2014 -
A Handy List Of Nintendo’s Big E3 Event Moments
47 minutes in length and packed with games, Nintendo’s special E3 direct was intense, to say the least. And then there were all the announcements that came after As we did for the four other big E3 events, let’s take a look, in (a mostly) chronological order, at all the new stuff we’ve seen from…
By András Neltz Published June 11, 2014 -
The classic N64 shooter GoldenEye 007 lives again for a few minutes, thanks to a modder, William Kjellgren, who remade one of the most known maps of the game, the Facility, using the Far Cry 3 engine. The original N64 music already gave me chills. FarCry3 – James Bond 64 Goldeneye – Facility [YouTube] To…
By Gergo Vas Published June 11, 2014 -
Surprisingly, Realistic Mortal Kombat Wouldn’t Be That Brutal
Or at least, some fatalities in Mortal Kombat wouldn’t be brutal, because physics. Sub Zero has to face the harsh reality in the latest clip from Pete Holmes Realistic Mortal Kombat [YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]
By Gergo Vas Published June 11, 2014 -
Hey, remember that other Kickstarted space sim? Elite: Dangerous? Since its successful campaign at the end of 2012, the game has been through four alpha phases, and is now in beta, looking as good as ever. You can check out its progress for yourself in the new E3 trailer above.
By András Neltz Published June 11, 2014 -
Developer Announces DLC For 11-Year-Old Game
Running With Scissors’ Postal 2, the insane first-person shooter where you rampage through the small town of Paradise in Arizona, was released on April 14, 2003. It’s old. You can get it for a few bucks at GOG, it’s that old. And yet, over eleven years after it first came out, Postal 2 is getting…
By András Neltz Published June 11, 2014 -
Why Hideki Kamiya Hates the Bayonetta 2 Wii U Box
Okay, let’s be clear. The guy is happy with the character design. And the character’s pose. And the outfit. But there are a couple things that are ticking Bayonetta creator Hideki Kamiya off. “I hate the logo of WiiU ver.,” tweeted the outspoken game creator in English. “Junk.” In Japanese, Kamiya was slightly more salty,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 11, 2014 -
Video Games Can Be This Beautiful
Earlier today I mentioned that the the sky in Destiny is gorgeous. It’s even prettier in motion, as you can see in this new video from Digital Foundry, lifted from footage of the Destiny alpha running on PS4. Man. Those clouds.
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 11, 2014 -
Bad Parkour Is The Best Parkour
YouTube and video games will show you that the human body is at its most mobile when it’s sliding under stuff and vaulting over other stuff. Which is all well and good, but it’s not like we can all just jump out of our chairs and start running across walls. Some of us just have…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2014 -
New Zelda Wii U Screens Are Just, Ungh, Gorgeous
I know, we’ve already seen the demo in motion, but that didn’t afford us the luxury of gazing at HD stillness like these screens do. If Nintendo is on the level, and this is what the actual game can provide, then I am so far onto the hype train that I’m wearing one of those…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2014