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The New 3DS Castlevania Brings Back Metroidvania In Lovely 3D
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate is likely to be a better game for being on Nintendo’s 3DS. It is, for the most part, a game that gets two important things right. It’s mostly a side-scroller, which means it’s the rare 3DS game to use the system’s glasses-free 3D to add visual depth through…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 6, 2012 -
Darksiders II‘s Death Carries A Heavy Weight On His Shoulders (And It’s Not Just Dead Bodies)
Developer Vigil Games’ next Darksiders title retains the hack and slash formula from its predecessor, but it ventures into a new territory with its storyline. And even after just barely catching a glimpse of it, I already want to know more. My demo on the E3 showfloor starts at the beginning of the game. Death,…
By Tina Amini Published June 6, 2012 -
Nintendo Proves There’s Nothing as Bananas as Holding…Bananas
Today, Nintendo created an internet meme. No, scratch that. Nintendo created several. My favorite? Nintendo president Satoru Iwata…holding bananas. At Nintendo’s press conference, a prerecorded clip showed the company boss holding…bananas in an effort to drop Donkey Kong hints. The internet, of course, was delighted, and happily produced meme photos and GIFs to appeal to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 6, 2012 -
Dishonored’s Gameplay Stabs Anything That Moves
Most of what we’ve seen of Bethesda’s Dishonored thus far has been in the form of trailers. If you’d prefer to see someone actually playing the game, check out the clip above. Just…you might want to mute. The commentary grates almost instantly. Hardly ideal, I know, but “hardly ideal” should be the motto of E3.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 6, 2012 -
I Saw Square Enix’s Jaw-Dropping Luminous Studio Engine Running. It’s for Real
Unreal 4 better watch its back. Square Enix pulled off what may be E3’s biggest surprise tonight when they unveiled an incredible real-time demo of their new Luminous Studio engine. I shot video of the reel as it was first shown and you can see that the after-hours crowd took in the whole four-minute-plus demo…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 6, 2012 -
Next-Gen Engine Shows What Future Final Fantasy Games Could Look Like
Using a Final Fantasy motif as a showcase, Square Enix has revealed at E3 its Luminous Engine, which it describes as being for “next generation quality games”. The next generation of consoles may not be at this show, but their graphics certainly are. Everything you see in this video – dubbed Agni’s Philosophy – and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012 -
It’s Time for Pictures of People Looking Like Idiots Playing the Wii U
Lifestyle photography. The art of making models look like they’re actually using a product, and are either enjoying it or at least doing it properly. Some call it a lost art. I call it one impossible to master. But bless companies for trying, because were it not for that, then we wouldn’t have comic relief…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012 -
ZombiU Sprinkles Dead Island With A Liberal Dose of Dark Souls. In Other Words, It’s Rad
Well, color me surprised. When Ubisoft debuted ZombiU as a Wii U-exclusive (Update: maybe not exclusive forever) zombie game at their press conference yesterday, I wasn’t sold. The trailer was exceptionally slick, of course, but who can even tell when it comes to zombie games anymore, you know? As it turns out, ZombiU doesn’t just…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 5, 2012 -
New Dead or Alive 5 Trailer Jiggles Out with a Virtua Surprise
Fighter Dead or Alive 5 gets a new trailer—one that’s covered in cherry blossoms and drapped in kimonos. It features lots of kicking and lots of punching. There’s also a Virtua surprise at the end (well, it’s not that big of a surprise). Dead or Alive 5 is out later this September.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2012 -
Your Wii Data and Games Will Tranfer to the Wii U… Somehow
Ata developers’ roundtable after E3 today, two of Nintendo’s top designers confirmed that “everything you’ve bought” will transfer from Wii to Wii U along with save files. But they did not reveal how. Stay tuned!
By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2012 -
There’s Some F-Zero Hiding in the Wii U’s Nintendo Land
There is some sort of Z-Fero style racing game, Nintendo producer Katsuya Eguchi showed today during an after-hours E3 showcase of the Wii U’s launch game. It’s not clear how fleshed-out the racing game is. We were shown a brief clip of a Mii character finding a signature F-Zero ship in the game’s Nintendo-item-filled hub…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 5, 2012 -
E3 Kicks Off in Style With These Beautiful Images
The first proper day of E3 was today, as it was the day the LA Convention Centre threw open its doors and greeted tens of thousands of industry and media types, all rushing to get their hands on some of the latest games. Here’s some wonderful pictures summing up the day’s events, from Nintendo’s big…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012 -
To Show Off Epic Mickey 2, Warren Spector Brought His Rare Disney Collectibles to E3
It’s impossible to miss the huge amount of Disney love that Warren Spector brings to bear on the Epic Mickey games. The celebrated game designer has been talking about how much he cherishes the world Walt Disney engineered ever since the run-up to the first Epic Mickey game. But this year he did more than…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 5, 2012 -
We’re Live at Nintendo’s Wii U Hardware Conference
Nintendo is talking about Wii U and we are here to listen. Kotaku editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo and I are sitting in the audience at Nintendo’s Hardware Showcase, where they’re about to announce… well, we don’t really know. Nintendo’s Katsuya Eguchi will be here, and that’s about everything we’ve heard so far. Keep refreshing this post…
By Jason Schreier Published June 5, 2012 -
Super-Face-Punching Gameplay Footage From Injustice, the DC Comics Fighting Game
Mortal Kombat developers NetherRealm Studios are currently working on a DC Comics fighting game called Injustice Here’s a ton of new gameplay footage, featuring superhero fisticuffs, impromptu building demolitions and an exploding cake.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012 -
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Producer Wants To Make Music Games For Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger
The producer of the Final Fantasy music game wants to make a Dragon Quest music game. And a Saga music game. And maybe even a Chrono Trigger music game. Theathrythm Final Fantasy, a Square Enix-helmed 3DS game that blends the button-tapping rhythm of Elite Beat Agents with the gorgeous soundtracks of Final Fantasy, has earned…
By Jason Schreier Published June 5, 2012
