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Brothers In Arms: Furious Four Is No More. It’s Now An Entirely New Game.
You won’t be seeing Brothers In Arms: Furious Four anymore, developer Gearbox announced at their PAX Prime panel today. They haven’t canceled the game, though. They’ve just changed it so much that it’s now an entirely new game. When it was announced at E3 2011, Brothers in Arms: Furious Four immediately drew comparisons to the…
By Tina Amini Published September 2, 2012 -
Aliens: Colonial Marines Will Indeed Have Female Characters, Gearbox Says
You’ll be able to play and customize lady marines in Aliens: Colonial Marines, developer Gearbox assured fans during a panel at PAX Prime today. You can hop in the clunky metal shoes of Jennifer Redding during co-op play and even customize an array of female avatars for competitive multiplayer. Gearbox didn’t want to announce anything…
By Tina Amini Published September 2, 2012 -
These Are The Four Playable Co-Op Characters in Aliens: Colonial Marines
There will be four characters players can choose from in Aliens: Colonial Marines‘ cooperative play. In addition to the known hero character Cpl. Christopher Winters, Gearbox revealed three new characters during their panel at PAX Prime today, shown in the above concept art. The three are Pvt. Demarcus Short, Pvt. Jennifer Redding Quintaro and Pvt…
By Tina Amini Published September 2, 2012 -
The Games I Played, Loved and Didn’t Love Last Week
So, unless you were at PAX, or stuck at work, what did everybody play over the weekend? Me, my time was split between the following: TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON – Finished up the singleplayer on this last week. Thought it was a lot better than the first game, much tighter pacing. It sags in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2012 -
You’ll Wish It Was Winter Already After You See This Snowspeeder Sled In Action
Why no one built this until now, 32 years after The Empire Strikes Back, I don’t know. But this enterprising builder, “fortyozjuicebox,” assembled a compact, cardboard version of a Snowspeeder and, at the :40 mark of that video above, races it downhill at a sledding derby. The video, however, doesn’t show the level of detail that…
By Owen Good Published September 2, 2012 -
Valve Almost Let You Kill Cave Johnson
At PAX Prime in Seattle, Double Fine’s Tim Schafer and Valve’s Erik Wolpaw gave a panel called “Plot vs. Play” in which they discussed the ongoing debate about gameplay and story. The panel was co-hosted by Kotaku‘s own Jason Schreier. The whole thing was as much fun as you’d imagine. At one point Wolpaw, who…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 2, 2012 -
It’s Looking Like a Digital-Only Disappearance for NBA Live
The rumor went around shortly after everyone got back from E3. I took a phone call from a person within the industry who knew I’d been down to EA Sports’ Tiburon studio to see NBA Live. They asked if I thought it was going to be a digital-only release. “What? No. That’s … dumb,” I…
By Owen Good Published September 2, 2012 -
Portal 2‘s Writers Originally Planned for Chell to Marry a Turret
Even for a game known for some really bent comic themes and recurring gags, this concept is way the hell out there, but Portal 2 was originally going to see Chell, the protagonist, get married to a turret. Erik Wolpaw, one of the writers, revealed the idea at a panel at PAX yesterday. Wolpaw said…
By Owen Good Published September 2, 2012 -
‘Grifball’ is Officially Added to Halo 4‘s Multiplayer
“Grifball,” the insane, deadly multiplayer sport Rooster Teeth created for Halo, will be featured as one of the main multiplayer modes in Halo 4, 343 Industries said yesterday at PAX 2012. GrifballHub.com supplies that video of its PAX demo. In the mod, opposing teams hustle a “grifball” back and forth on the map attempting to…
By Owen Good Published September 2, 2012 -
GaymerCon is Fully Funded—and Then Some—for a 2013 Meeting
GaymerCon, an effort to convene the “first gaming and geek lifestyle convention with a focus on LGBT culture,” drew backing and support from the likes of Xbox Live, Penny Arcade, and even the Sniper from Team Fortress 2, beat its funding target by a mile after its Kickstarter closed on Friday. Organizers set $25,000 as…
By Owen Good Published September 2, 2012 -
Notch Is Showing Off Bethesda’s Legal Threats
At PAX Prime in Seattle, Markus “Notch” Persson and his studio Mojang have built a neat “Minecraft Museum” where they’re displaying memorabilia and art from their hit PC game. But they’ve also got something a bit feistier on display. In a humorous bit of nose-thumbing, Persson and co. have framed and put on display what…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 2, 2012 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Art Restoration
A couple weeks back, some old lady in Spain attempted to “restore” a peeling fresco and ended up turning Jesus into, quite ironically, a caveman. As the Kotaku ‘Shop Contest is the highway to hell upon which all good intentions are paved, we’re gonna take it upon ourselves to fix some classics this week. This…
By Owen Good Published September 2, 2012 -
Relax, They’re Not Really Turning Final Fantasy Type-0 Into a Dating Sim
At Final Fantasy‘s 25th Anniversary event yesterday in Japan, Square Enix thought it’d pull a fast one on the audience, putting Final Fantasy Type-0 director Hajime Tabata up to revealing the concept for something called “Tokimeki Final Fantasy: Suzaku Magic Institution Peristylium: Oh no! I’m in Love With the Crystal’s Divine Guardian.” Aka a dating…
By Owen Good Published September 2, 2012 -
Black Mesa Mod Out In Two Weeks (Sort Of)
Infamous Half-Life remake Black Mesa, which has been in development for eight years, will be playable and ready for public download for the first time on September 14. While the mod isn’t quite finished, the team has decided to share what’s been done thus far. Weird that after holding out on us for so long…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2012 -
The Cosplay Of PAX: Day Two
Saturday is usually when all of the best PAX cosplay comes out, and this year didn’t disappoint. We had steampunk Mario, the entire cast of Phoenix Wright, and a certain hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne. Check out all the best cosplay below (and the best stuff from yesterday here), and if you’ve…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 1, 2012 -
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Assassin’s Cross-Breed: The Winners
Mixed messages in Madden‘s marketing copy gave rise to last week’s ‘Shop Contest challenge, which asked everyone to mash up Assassin’s Creed with another video game. We’ve got the weekly winners inside, plus overall No. 1 Johnny Stanley inside! [Correction] An earlier edition of this story misattributed the winning entry. Johnny Stanley is this week’s…
By Owen Good Published September 1, 2012 -
Watch 11 Minutes Of Stunning In-Game Footage From Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes
This is the unreal footage from Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes that director Hideo Kojima showed off at an event today in Seattle. Ground Zeroes is a prologue to Metal Gear Solid 5, Kojima said at the event. As you can see, it looks pretty damn good. Enjoy the video. [Update] Here is another video,…
By Jason Schreier Published September 1, 2012 -
Do You Want a Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!! Coffee Table Book? Of Course You Do.
Lots of Kickstarter video game projects come over the transom here every day, a lot of them wishful thinking. So it’s rare to see one that is both a great idea and eminently attainable, but that’s my gut feeling about a coffee table book celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! If you want…
By Owen Good Published September 1, 2012 -
Watch Mass Effect‘s Geth Dance to Dance Central 3
If you’re at PAX Prime this weekend be sure to head over to Harmonix’s booth, where cosplayers dancing on stage is hilarious. You can also pick up some fancy slap watch bracelets that make me feel like I’m I’m elementary school again. Clarification: This is the character Legion, not a generic Geth.
By Tina Amini Published September 1, 2012 -
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Is A Prologue To Metal Gear Solid 5
The next Metal Gear Solid game is considered a prologue to Metal Gear Solid 5, director Hideo Kojima said today at a PAX presentation. He also showed off some stunning gameplay footage from the upcoming open-world game. Snake is back: and he actually looks younger than he did in Metal Gear Solid 4. The original…
By Jason Schreier Published September 1, 2012