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Big and Bald. Yep, These Are New God of War: Ascension Images.
The latest God of War is PS Vita PS3 bound. Dubbed God of War: Ascension, the game is slated for release in March 2013. Eds. Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated this game was a PS Vita. Apologies!
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2012 -
Gears of War: Judgment‘s Class-Based Multiplayer Makes Horde Mode Even Better
I’ve just finished playing Overrun, the new multiplayer mode in Epic and People Can Fly’s Gears of War: Judgment. As a fan of both Gears of War 3‘s enhanced horde mode and vicious Beast Mode, Overrun gives me exactly what I’ve been hoping for: Namely, a versus mode that lets players alternate between playing as…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 5, 2012 -
These Game Images Are Beyond Stunning
Quantic Dream, the studio behind Heavy Rain, is back with another photorealistic, eye-popping game. It’s called Beyond, and it stars Ellen Page. Beyond looks more action oriented than Heavy Rain. But like Heavy Rain, it sports some jaw-dropping visuals.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 5, 2012 -
Kotaku’s Winners & Losers of E3 2012, Day One
There were a ton of things shown off today at E3, not technically the first day of the show (that’s tomorrow!), but counted as such by virtue of the big press conferences that go down. Some of it was good. Some of it was awful. Let’s recap and see which was which. Monday is often…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 5, 2012 -
Sports Champions 2, You’re a Lovely Relic
Sports Champions 2 was set up in the corner of a recent Sony showcase, and, honestly, I felt bad for it. No piece of game code needs sympathy and there’s nothing ostensibly wrong with Sports Champions 2 to merit such pity. It’s just that it feels like a byproduct of a bygone era already, as…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2012 -
The Best Things I Can Say About LittleBigPlanet Karting
The best thing I can tell you about Little Big Planet Karting, if you liked Little Big Planet: As with Media Molecule’s beloved collect-and-create side-scrolling platformer, LBPK is designed to have players collect items while they race-items that can be used in the create mode to make more and more extravagant racing levels of their…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2012 -
Star Wars 1313 Looks Absolutely Amazing
I don’t know how it plays. I haven’t played it! But the new Star Wars game, 1313, looks incredible. This clip we’ve got here shows the PC version of the game, and while it looks cinematic, it’s said to be entirely in-engine. Most of it being, clearly, gameplay footage. No further info on release dates…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Big Daddy Will Bring Little Sister to PlayStation All-Stars, Too
This is Big Daddy, recently outed as a character in PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale, and how he’ll perform inside the free-for-all. GameTrailers TV had the first clip of gameplay featuring Big Daddy, shortly after the end of Sony’s E3 keynote. Little Sister will join up with Big Daddy in some of his super attacks,…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2012 -
Why Does PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale‘s YouTube Page Have A Tag For Super Smash Bros.?
Some might say that Sony’s upcoming brawl game, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, is something of a Super Smash Bros. clone. Maybe Sony agrees. PlayStation® All-Stars Battle Royale E3 Trailer [YouTube]
By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012 -
Harry Potter’s Author Helping Sony With an Interactive PlayStation…Book…Thing
It’s either the cutest or the most ridiculous thing we’ll see at this year’s E3, but it’s a thing: Sony has developed an interactive book. It’s called Wonderbook (trailer above), and it works by being read in front of a PlayStation Eye camera, which can turn the pages into interactive animations on a TV screen.…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Far Cry 3 Brings the Crazy with Four Player Co-Op
Far Cry 3 will offer four-player co-operative multiplayer when it releases, Ubisoft said at Sony’s E3 keynote address. A live gameplay demonstration then followed. “We were working on two games,” Ubisoft Montreal’s Dan Hay told the audience. The multiplayer suite will include a map editor, Hay added. The PlayStation 3 version will include free exclusive…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2012 -
Assassin’s Creed Confirmed for Vita, Stars a Lady Assassin
Sony and Ubisoft have confirmed earlier reports that Assassin’s Creed will be coming to the PlayStation with an all-new title, starring a female assassin and set roughly in the same time period as Assassin’s Creed III Called Assassin’s Creed: Liberation, it’ll ship on October 30, and will also come in a bundle brinigng the first…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Final Fantasy VII, Tomb Raider, Other PS1 Games Coming To Vita This Summer
Sony will bring its PS1 Classics service to Vita this summer, it said today at its press conference. Announced games so far include Tomb Raider, Arc the Lad, JetMoto, Final Fantasy VII. Presumably the lineup will be a lot more robust when it’s actually out, like the actual PS1 Classics that are currently available on…
By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012 -
New Black Ops Game Coming to Vita
Call of Duty was one of the first games announced for the Vita, but we’ve seen or heard almost nothing since. That changed today, when Sony revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified will be out on the handheld this holiday season.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
New LittleBigPlanet 2 DLC Gives You Cross-Controller PS3/Vita Play
You’ll be able to use your PlayStation Vita to control LittleBigPlanet 2 on the PlayStation 3 if you buy Sony’s new downloadable content, the publisher said today at its E3 press briefing. The DLC pack will also include a new story and other new content.
By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012 -
Kick Ass on PS3 and the Vita with PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5BLgycbUogSony’s ensemble fighting title, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will be available on the PlayStation Vita and will be cross compatible with the PlayStation 3, Sony said at its E3 keynote. Fat Princess, Sly Cooper, Kratos, Sweet Tooth and many other characters from PlayStation-exclusive titles were shown in a live demonstration on stage. Here’s another image…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2012 -
The Next Game From Heavy Rain’s Creators Stars Ellen Page
David Cage and his Quantic Dream studio have taken the stage at Sony’s E3 press conference to unveil a brand new game called Beyond Which is exactly what we were expecting them to do. The game is about a girl called Jodie, who will actually be played by actress Ellen Page (Juno, Inception). That means…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012
