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Behold the Retron 2, A Machine that Is Both an NES and a SNES
There is a machine called the Retron 3, released last year by the gaming hardware folks at Hyperkin. That thing was a combo Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. What comes after the Retron 3? The Retron 2. A little weird, right? But I guess some people only wanted the NES-SNES combo. Also…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 7, 2012 -
I’ve Carefully Avoided Dancing Since Junior High. Dance Central 3 Broke My Streak.
There are some things in the world that are always true: The sun rises in the east. Water is wet. Kate Cox does not dance, and you cannot make her. Not even with alcohol involved. My E3 schedule for Wednesday had “Microsoft / Kinect” on it. I arrived for my appointment and confirmed I’d be…
By Kate Cox Published June 7, 2012 -
Lego City Undercover Is Basically Grand Theft Auto With Cops. And Legos.
You can run around a very blocky open world in Lego City Undercover, an upcoming Wii U game with some cool new features. Don’t expect any blood or prostitutes here, but City Undercover really does feel a lot like a brickified Grand Theft Auto: you walk and drive around an open city, following missions and…
By Jason Schreier Published June 7, 2012 -
Assassin’s Creed III Brings a Crafty, Fresh Take on King-Of-The-Hill
At E3, I had a chance to play a couple rounds of multiplayer in Assassin’s Creed III. The general setup is about the same as in the last couple Assassin’s Creed games—the core of the game is to remain incognito while hunting your opponents down. There are many copies of your character model, so it’s…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 7, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves and the Pikmens
The final official full day of E3 2012 is upon us, and you folks certainly have a lot to talk about in Kotaku‘s official forum, Talk Amongst Yourselves. Once again Pan_1da7 is on the cutting edge of TAYpic manipulation technology, infesting our Primavera with tiny plant creatures. I think I’ve been to that restaurant. Want…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2012 -
Transformers Trail-Holy Crap That’s Metroplex
The music choice is…regrettable, but everything else in this trailer for the upcoming Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is almost perfect. Dear Michael Bay, This is what a Transformers movie should have looked liked. Regards, Kotaku. Mike got his hands on the game yesterday, so expect impressions and thoughts on it later today!
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2012 -
Square Enix Is Releasing A Brand New, Original, Old-School Final Fantasy Game
It’s called Final Fantasy Dimensions, and it will be out for iOS and Android this summer. Looks like Final Fantasy IV or Final Fantasy V, no? It’s not: it’s a nostalgia-themed original game with touchscreen controls and some seriously classic gameplay. It was also released in Japan two years ago under the name Final Fantasy…
By Jason Schreier Published June 7, 2012 -
And Now I’m a Frog. A Singing Demonic Frog
Earlier this week Sony Online Entertainment revealed its new SOEmote technology, which enables EverQuest 2 players to map their facial expressions and mouth movements to their in-game character. This creeped many people the fuck out. I just had to try it. So I met up with the company’s resident frog and king of all things…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2012 -
Do Not Show Your Children This Trailer for Skylanders Giants
It might be well-animated and feature the voice of someone I am relatively sure is Bobcat Goldthwait, but the only thing this trailer for Skylanders Giants is really good for is making your children annoying and your wallet ache. I mean look at that. Not only are there a ton of new toys to purchase,…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2012 -
Watch the Moga Change an Android Phone Into a Portable Gaming System
Last week in advance of its E3 2012 debut, Power A’s MOGA mobile gaming system is a complete controller solution for mobile phone gamers and game developers. After a brief demonstration at Power A’s booth earlier today, I’m convinced they’ve got a better way to play mobile games on their hands, or in ours. For…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2012 -
Borderlands 2‘s Horse Cannon Kicks Like a Mule, and I Want You to Have the One I Used [Update]
The Borderlands 2 hands-on demo at E3 involves a bunch of 25-level characters from each of the game’s four classes, partly to give players a chance to spec out higher-level characters and see what that’s all about, and also to give them a taste of combat midway through the campaign. But the gang at Gearbox…
By Owen Good Published June 7, 2012 -
Madden‘s Developers Built a Working Canadian Football Game—but Don’t Look For It Anytime Soon
Canadian football—with 12 men to a side, longer and wider fields, and the single point for touchbacks—is feasible within technology available to Madden NFL‘s developers. Back in April, I was told that some developers once built a working CFL game internally, with uniforms and helmets skinned using NCAA Football‘s TeamBuilder tools. I told this to…
By Owen Good Published June 7, 2012 -
Will You Let Peter Molyneux Peek in Your Brain and Sell You a $77,000 Chisel?
Game designer Peter Molyneux is a man with ideas—big ideas. And with his new startup, 22Cans, that isn’t stopping. “Human beings can read emotion in faces down to a level of fidelity we can’t even dream of in games at the moment,” Molyneux recently told New Scientist. That, Molyneux thinks, he can change. And change…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2012 -
Dear Mr. Bradbury, Thank You for the Christmas Wishes
When I was young, I spent my money on video games and baseball cards like so many kids. But perhaps, unlike other kids, I spent it on something else: stamps. From Sandra Day O’Connor to Colin Powell, I wrote an array of people I respected and looked up to. I’d ask them questions. Depending on…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2012 -
Don’t Freak Out, But Nintendo Will be Reading (and Censoring, and Delaying) Your Wii U Comments
One of the more pleasant surprises from Nintendo’s E3 showings this week has been the fact that the Wii U will have a proper online community. If you think that means you’ll be able to write “TITS” and draw rude things all over the place, though, you’re wrong. You’re also probably 12, and should be…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2012 -
Luigi’s Mansion’s 3DS Trailer Scares…OK, Nobody
I still can’t believe they’re making another Luigi’s Mansion game. I mean, I see this trailer, and some part of me acknowledges it, but other parts just laugh and say “right, Luke, and next thing you know they’ll make another Pikmin game…”
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2012 -
Left 4 Dead Prequel in Development
According to a report on CVG, Overkill Entertainment – developers of multiplayer shooter Payday: The Heist – are currently working on a new Left 4 Dead title While some kind of crossover title was announced between the pair last month, this report is a little more specific, claiming that the new game is a Left…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2012
