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DUST 514 Gets a Vita App, Beta Date, and No One Cares About PlayStation Home
Fans eager to touch start fighting free battles for their EVE Online masters get their chance during the June 29 DUST 514 premiere weekend event. The beta details drop along with new info on the DUST 514: Neocom Vita application and some PlayStation Home crap. Perspective players can get their beta on by registering at…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2012 -
The New Need for Speed Looks Like Burnout Paradise (With Cops)
Burnout developers Criterion are back with another Need for Speed game, a reboot of sorts of the Most Wanted series. Set in an open world, and looking a lot like Burnout Paradise (which is a very good thing!), it’ll be out October 30. Oh, and aside from the big versions, the game will also be…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Nintendo Has So Much Stuff To Show, It Needs Three Conferences
Nintendo will host a special event to show off software for the 3DS, it said today. The briefing will run from 6-7 PT on Wednesday night and Nintendo will live stream the whole thing. (We’ll also be there, covering everything.) For those keeping count, that’s event number three for the big N: there was the…
By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012 -
The Real Time for Physics is Now, Says Madden
It’s true. A real-time physics engine will debut in Madden NFL 13. The wait is over, the disappointment is over and along with it, the era of animation-based gameplay in one of the most visual of sports video games. In Los Angeles moments ago, EA Sports formally announced the “Infinity Engine,” which will drive the…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2012 -
EA Gets the UFC License, Will Make Games For Years, Dana White Looks Uncomfortable
Electronic Arts and UFC president Dana White have just revealed, rather awkwardly, that the publisher has picked up the license for UFC from previous holders THQ, and will be making several games over several years. I say awkwardly because, in 2010, White had this to say about EA. “Their earnings reports just came out and…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Old Republic Gets a Little Bigger, a Little Newer
An upcoming expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic will add a host of new features to the MMO, like a new “Nightmare” difficulty level, new companion characters, new PvP warzones, new playable species, more high-level content and a new planet. It’ll also go free-to-play in July up to level 15. Make of that what…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
EA Confirms Battlefield 3 Premium
While the trailer (above) spilled the beans a little early, EA has today confirmed its Battlefield 3 Premium service, allowing users to pay for stuff like new dog tags, DLC bundles and upcoming expansions that include stuff like motorbikes. It’ll cost you $50.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Dead Space 3 Will Have Co-Op, Be Out February 2013
EA just showed off Dead Space 3, which, as expected, will have a cooperative multiplayer mode In a new trailer that EA just showed at its E3 press briefing, we can see presumable protagonist Isaac Clarke teaming up with fellow hero Earthgov Sergeant John Carver to shoot aliens on a frozen planet called Tau Volantis.…
By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2012 -
We’re Liveblogging EA’s Press Conference from E3 Right Here
E3’s Monday presstravaganza continues with the EA press conference. Here now, we’ve got our own Kate Cox, Chris Person and Owen Good livetweeting the Electronic Arts press conference. Refresh the page to get the most up-to-date updates, and of course, follow Kate Cox, Owen Good and Chris Person as well. [View the story "Kotaku @…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 4, 2012 -
Internet Explorer Coming to Xbox 360
It wasn’t headline news, but buried in the middle of Microsoft’s Xbox SmartGlass reveal was the long-awaited news that, finally, an internet browser would be appearing on the Xbox 360. The Wii and PS3 have had the feature for years, but for the longest time Microsoft seemed unwilling to cross that line. Well, they have…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
This Dream-Like Flying Game Will Be a Wii U Launch Title
Indie developers have slammed Nintendo during the Wii console cycle saying that it hasn’t been worth the trouble to bring their games to the undernourished, practically forgotten WiiWare service. But it’s just been announced today that Broken Rules’ Chasing Aurora—a lovely 2D flying game last seen at the beginning of May—will be a launch title…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2012 -
The South Park Guys Take On the Superconnected Future
South Park‘s Trey Parker and Matt Stone appeared at Microsoft’s E3 press conference today to show off their new South Park game, The Stick of Truth. Riffing on the interconnected, multi-screen theme of Microsoft’s presentation, Parker asked the house, “How many times have you been watching an episode of South Park and thought, ‘I’d like…
By Kate Cox Published June 4, 2012 -
Here’s Usher Nailing (And Whiffing) Some High Notes at Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference
Press conference musical performances are always a bit mortifying for all involved. The stage sucks, the audience isn’t there for music, and no one’s been drinking. (Well, almost no one. These are journalists, after all.) Usher’s performance for Dance Central 3 at the Microsoft E3 press conference was no different. As Mike Fahey pointed out,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 4, 2012 -
Catch Devil May Cry’s E3 Trailer
A PlayStation-branded trailer for Capcom and Ninja Theory’s upcoming Devil May Cry reboot has been released. Long-time fans can say what they want, but as someone who hasn’t given a damn about a Devil May Cry game for a very long time, the fact I’m even remotely interested in this at least shows Ninja Theory…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Five Minutes of Impressive Halo 4 Gameplay Footage
Forget shaky-cam beta stuff, here’s five minutes of direct-feed, singleplayer gameplay footage of Halo 4, direct from Microsoft’s E3 press conference earlier today. I don’t know whether it’s the improved visuals or the new developer (or both!), but for the first time in a long time this looks almost as though it’s a truly new…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Iron Man 3 Started Filming at Epic Games Today. Huh?
Production began today on Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man 3 at, of all places, Epic Games, the North Carolina studio that makes Gears of War, according to local TV station WRAL. (Marvel tweeted a photo from the set, presumably from the North Carolina/Epic shoot.) “Scenes were being shot inside and outside the Epic Games studios,…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2012
