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The World Ends With You Is Actually A Pretty Good Port
Look, nothing justifies what Square Enix did. Setting up a weekly countdown that everyone giddily expects will be a sequel to beloved DS game The World Ends With You only to reveal that it’s actually a $20 iOS port? Indefensible. But I bought the iPad port of The World Ends With You today, and after…
By Jason Schreier Published August 27, 2012 -
The History Of Tyria Is Written Into Every Square Inch Of Guild Wars 2
I jumped into Guild Wars 2 on Saturday afternoon, re-creating for myself the Human thief I’d been missing since the first beta weekend back in May. But then I remembered my earlier promise to myself: I needed to step outside of my comfort zone. That’s where the Asura engineer came from. Engineers aren’t too far…
By Kate Cox Published August 27, 2012 -
In the Guitar Hero That Never Got Made, People Can’t Even Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll
Quick question: does anyone remember the plot of Guitar Hero III? Does anyone remember if it had one? You might remember that Slash, Axl Rose and Bret Michaels showed up in the threequel, which was the first game in the franchise after it moved to Activision. But that’s about all that was memorable about Guitar…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 27, 2012 -
Source: Gaming Accessory-Maker Says Nintendo Will Launch the Wii U on November 18 [UPDATE 4]
The official release date for the Wii U may have just leaked today during a presentation by gaming accessory-maker PDP at a GameStop managers’ conference in Texas. A rep for PDP was showing the company’s fall line-up at the conference and wrapped their presentation by saying the peripherals would be available just ahead of the…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 27, 2012 -
Sometimes Fan-Made Trailers Are Even Better Than The Official Ones
Well, at the very least, this fan-made The Secret World trailer is impressive in and of itself. But this isn’t the first time we’ve seen a fan take content from a game and create a fantastically appropriate trailer, sometimes to greater success than the game’s own developers. I’m on the fence about whether or not…
By Tina Amini Published August 27, 2012 -
Somebody Has Already Hit Level 80 In Guild Wars 2
According to a report at MMO Culture, a French gamer named Surfeuze has already hit the Guild Wars 2 level cap of 80. (See the lower-left of the screenshot above.) Yep: Someone has maxed out a character before the game has even been officially released. Surfeuze pulled off this feat largely through crafting, using guild-provided…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 27, 2012 -
We Certainly Didn’t Expect To Get A Super Nintendo Cartridge In The Mail Last Week
That Super Nintendo box isn’t real. Neither is the cartridge. I can see how you might be confused: when we got this package in the mail last week, it looked more than authentic enough to trigger some emotional reactions from those of us at Team Kotaku who spent our formative years with Nintendo’s 16-bit gaming…
By Jason Schreier Published August 27, 2012 -
In a Shocking Twist, This Game Stars Normal-Looking People. Some Of Them Are Even Old.
“This needs to be a subtle art style to go with a subtle game,” Chris Hecker told me during our latest conversation about one of the contenders for World’s Most Interesting Video Game. All Hecker and I were ostensibly doing was talking about the first look he was giving me at the characters in Spy…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 27, 2012 -
An iPhone Game That Splits Your Fingers as Well as Your Brain
After nearly five years with an iPhone in my pocket, I bought an Android phone last week. A HTC One XL. It’s a glorious phone, and I had been looking forward to providing a little more Android coverage on GAOTD, but seeing as I’ve gotten side-tracked playing old Lucasarts adventure games on the thing, I…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2012 -
17 Things About Resident Evil 6 That You Should Know
It’s not that scary. Its first campaign might be its worst. But after making a bad impression when I played it back in May, Resident Evil 6 is now a game I’m looking forward to a lot. What changed? Oh, I played it for about seven hours this weekend. I think it should be obvious…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 27, 2012 -
15 Minutes of Lost Planet 3 Footage Introduce New Enemies and Cover Combat
Capcom’s trying out a few different things in Lost Planet 3, which is a prequel to the previous two games in their outer-space action series. The chunk of gameplay above comes from a live demo done at Gamescom 2012 and shows off some of the new Akrid creatures you’ll be battling, as well as the…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 27, 2012 -
My Computer Sucks, Your Character Name is Stupid, and Other Lessons Learned From the Guild Wars 2 Head Start [Update]
Guild Wars 2 went live this weekend for the kajillionty people that managed to wrangle their way into the early start. I am among these people, and I’ve learned some important things about the game, its players, and my own technological shortcomings over the past 48 hours. Update — I have fixed my computer, as…
By Mike Fahey Published August 27, 2012 -
This Looper 8-Bit Game Trailer Shouldn’t Exist But I’m Glad It Does
As far as I know, there’s no video game tethered to Rian Johnson’s upcoming sci-fi thriller. That’s a shame, as Looper sports exactly the kind of fictional universe I’d like to expanded on in playable form. So, good for me then, that filmmaker Deepak Chetty did the next best thing by making a retro-styled trailer…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 27, 2012 -
Born from a Dead Island Mod, This Game Looks Hellish
It all started with a weapon mod. Techland programmer Marcin Zygadlo created a Dead Island mod that started turning heads in the studio. “It was a proof that chopping monsters frozen by magic spells using two-handed swords is brutally fun and addictive,” Techland dev Marcin Kruczkiewicz blogs. The mod made such an impression that Techland…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 27, 2012 -
Anime Super Fan Carries Swag All The Way to Greece
Chinese gamer and Saint Seiya superfan, Le Shui (not his real name), recently finished one of his life’s goals, to travel like the Saints in Saint Seiya to the Sanctuary of Saints in Greece. However unlike normal fans who traverse to the ancient temple in Greece, Le Shui bought with him a piece of swag…
By Eric Jou Published August 27, 2012 -
Guy Returns Stolen Spacebars to Internet Cafe
Over the last few a days a story about a Chinese man returning stolen spacebar keys to an internet cafe has captured the attention China’s online gaming message boards. The story is exactly what it sounds like: a Chinese man stole spacebar keys from his local internet cafe seven years ago and out of the…
By Eric Jou Published August 27, 2012 -
Epic has uploaded a .pdf including technical details and new screenshots for its upcoming Unreal Engine 4.
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2012 -
A Fantasy Game Where Your Actual Voice is Your Only Friend
While Kinect developers struggle to wrangle a decent non-dancing game experience out of Microsoft’s peripheral, indie PC studio Indomitus Games are working on a PC game where you need a microphone. Because your voice will be the only way you can get stuff done. In Verbis Virtus is an upcoming fantasy title where you play…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2012
