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Hawken’s Live Action Trailer Stars Some Very Serious Men
Does upcoming multiplayer shooter Hawken need a story? It’s multiplayer-only, so maybe not. I know I liked it better when I could pretend it was just based on some obscure, bleak manga where the only things that mattered were money and staying alive. This rather expensive-looking trailer – directed by Jerry O’Flaherty, the art director…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
The Weirdest Thing About Nintendo’s E3 Are These Swollen Glands
Unless a giant, naked and mechanical Miyamoto crashes down the aisles during Nintendo’s E3 presentation, blaring a cover of Tori Amos’ cover of Raining Blood, this is likely to be the strangest thing we’ll see from the company at this year’s E3. And it wasn’t even shown at E3. It was shown before E3, during…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Nintendo Shows Off Wii U Online Community, New Control Pads
Earlier today, Nintendo got the jump on its E3 rivals by holding a little pre-recorded conference to discuss some of the features of its upcoming console, the Wii U. There was no talk of games, no talk of a release date and no talk of a price. What Nintendo was talking about mostly were two…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2012 -
Now You Can Piss All Over Guitar Hero
Sega, you now have some competition in the urinal game market. Guitar Pee is an installation you can currently find in some men’s toilets in São Paulo, Brazil. If you stick with it until around 0:35 in, you’ll see the most amazing thing to come out of a men’s bathroom since…ew, OK, forget that last…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2012 -
Uncharted, BioShock Stars Punch Their Way Into Sony’s PlayStation Fighter
I’m loathe to wander down this path again, after the horror that was Nintendo’s marketing push for the last Smash Bros., but these characters are probably important enough to warrant the update: Nathan Drake and BioShock’s Big Daddy will be making an appearance in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale While their reveal was surely meant to…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2012 -
Microsoft Wants to Stream Console Games to Phones, Turning Handhelds Into “Xbox Live Companions”
Kotaku has learned from a reliable source that, either at E3 or in the very near future, Microsoft plans to unveil a new feature known as Xbox Live Companion. Not to be confused with its social and marketplace app Xbox Companion, Xbox Live Companion is a system where developers of Xbox 360 console games can…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2012 -
Amalur’s Developers Saved, Now an Epic Studio
Baltimore-based Big Huge Games, the subsidiary of 38 Studios responsible for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, was caught up in the company’s complete meltdown and suddenly shuttered at the end of May. However, for the Big Huge employees, the sordid tale may have a happy ending. They found themselves in need of work at exactly the…
By Kate Cox Published June 3, 2012 -
The Wii U Hardcore Controller Looks Familiar
Today, Nintendo revealed a brand new game controller for the Wii U. It’s aimed right at the hardcore. And boy, talk about déjà vu. Dubbed the Wii U Pro Controller, it looks very much like the Xbox 360 controller—not just in color, but also, in shape. There are shoulder buttons and what look to be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2012 -
With Wii U, Nintendo Finally Admits the Internet Exists
Annoying friend codes. Lacking multiplayer functionality. If there’s any area where Nintendo’s really lagged behind Sony, Microsoft and even smaller indie game-makers, it’s been in capitalizing on the connectivity that the web offers game designers and game players. But with the Wii U, it finally looks like they’ve gotten a big clue. Arguably the biggest…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 3, 2012 -
Enter the Miiverse. It’s a World Nintendo’s Invented.
The Miiverse is a “Mii universe” that is the system’s redesigned networking and designed Mii Plaza. Miiverse the new network service where Miis from around the world can meet. The redesigned Wii Plaza shows Mii clustered around various Wii U titles. This shows what games players are enjoying and what’s popular. Nintendo also showed Miis…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2012 -
Nintendo’s Wii U Has a Proper Online Community
Here’s a pleasant surprise: the Wii U looks like it’s going to have a proper online community built into the console. In a video shown during a pre-E3 conference, a user on the console jumps onto the controller and consults a GameFAQs-like service, while at the same his friend is monitoring Tweet-like messages on his…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2012 -
The Wii U GamePad Is Different. Here’s How.
Today in a pre-recorded statement from Nintendo’s Kyoto headquarters, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata introduced Nintendo’s new home console the Wii U and how the Wii U GamePad, the controller’s official name, is different. First, Iwata revealed that Wii U GamePad’s name harkens back to the Nintendo Entertainment System’s controller, the NES gamepad. Regarding the changes,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2012 -
Nintendo Unveils Hardcore Wii U Controller
The point of the Wii U is that it has a fancy, touch-screen controller. That may not be suitable for all titles, though. Especially ones being ported from other consoles. For that, much like the Wii, the Wii U will have a Pro Controller, one that you could say resembles the pads of one of…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2012 -
Battlefield 3 Premium Trailer Attacks a Little Early
Heading into battle a little early ahead of its official announcement, here’s a trailer for Battlefield 3 Premium, EA’s bundled service for the online shooter. In some ways BF3P is EA’s answer to Call of Duty Elite. In other ways, it’s a glorified season pass. Read more about it here UPDATE – The original video…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 3, 2012 -
MLB 2K12 is Finally Getting Patched
Nearly three months after its release, Major League Baseball 2K12 got its first and possibly only title update yesterday, a development that leaves a few more tea leaves pointing to the end of the title. The game went without a patch from its release March 6, despite a few conspicuous bugs that aroused gamer complaint—most…
By Owen Good Published June 3, 2012 -
I Found E3, I Found Massive Banners, And I Found the Tekken Tag Tournament Pick-Up Truck
The Los Angeles Convention Center is coated in E3 banners. They’re everywhere! Inside. Outside. There’s even a Tekken Tag Tournament 2 pick-up truck driving around. En route to picking up my E3 press badge, I shot this documentary for all of you. It’s in three parts (the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 pick-up truck is in…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 3, 2012 -
The Least Useless Crap I Got at E3
I travel light when I travel to E3 and I travel light when I return home. People are under the impression that it’s one ginormous swagfest for anyone fortunate enough to attend, and I do see a fair amount of those ridiculous bags you see at cons, the ones that stretch armpit to calf, stuffed…
By Owen Good Published June 3, 2012 -
GameStop Selling PSN Downloadables in Australia and Europe
In a statement given yesterday, GameStop said it and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe had reached an agreement for stores in Europe and Australia to sell vouchers for downloadable content and games games over the PlayStation Network. The deal means customers will be able to purchase DLC with any form of payment—whether cash or trade-in credit…
By Owen Good Published June 3, 2012 -
SimCity Dated for February 2013
SimCity is slated for a release in February 2013, according to an email touting Electronic Arts’ lineup at E3, reports Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Meantime, Maxis is promising that E3 will showcase SimCity‘s multiplayer for the first time. [RPS]
By Owen Good Published June 3, 2012 -
Excuuuuse Me, Princess, Would You Like to Fulfill Link’s Freaky Fantasy?
OK, let’s get something straight first. Many of you know I live in the Eugene, Ore. area. Longtime readers remember I got bored and trolled the Craigslist personals in this 2009 post. But I swear to crap I am not the weirdo who posted this. On May 27, some lonely heart in the Eugene area…
By Owen Good Published June 3, 2012