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Batman Can’t Be Decapitated in Injustice, Because There Are Limits
You wouldn’t know it from reading many popular DC Comics, but there are limits to how violent the adventures of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman can be. At least in video games, and probably movies too. That puts Ed Boon and his team of Mortal Kombat makers in the kind of conundrum classic to video…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 1, 2012 -
Watch The New Tomb Raider Trailer Broken Down, While It Breaks Lara Down
We got a look at Lara last night from publisher Square Enix’s upcoming Tomb Raider, in which she gets quite the beating. Now, thanks to Foxy Foxy, you can rewatch the special parts, broken down into looping seconds of her struggle for survival. It’s just too bad they’re so small. Tomb Raider “Crossroads” trailer [Foxy…
By Tina Amini Published June 1, 2012 -
I Climbed The Real-Life Version Of Skyrim‘s 7,000 Steps
Okay, so it was closer to 1,000 steps. Still, lots of steps. This is St. John’s Fortress, located in Kotor, Montenegro. It’s basically a greener version of the Throat of the World, an exhaustingly enormous landmark from Bethesda’s popular role-playing game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. See the resemblance? (I reached out to Bethesda this…
By Jason Schreier Published June 1, 2012 -
SOE’s E3 Line-Up Includes That Interesting Piece of EverQuest II Technology
Publishers are rolling out their E3 line-ups just as the big convention rears its massive head. We’ve even had some somewhat-surprising, but really-not-that-surprising reveals come of these announcements, too. Today SOE announced their stock of games to be shown on the showfloor, including the expected suspects like PlanetSide 2, updates to released titles, and several…
By Tina Amini Published June 1, 2012 -
Who Needs E3 When They’ve Got a Week’s Worth of Amazing Gaming Apps
Big name console title announcements and new hardware debuts are nice and all, but those are fleeting and unpredictable. Kotaku‘s Gaming Apps of the Day, on the other hand, are timeless. Oh yeah, there’ll be no gaming apps next week due to E3 2012. Oh don’t be upset, I’m sure we’ll see plenty of exciting…
By Mike Fahey Published June 1, 2012 -
Metal Gear Rising Demo Ships With Zone of the Enders This Fall
Konami will include a demo of the wonderfully titled Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance with Zone of the Enders HD this fall, it said today. The demo will show off several of the upcoming action game’s new combat mechanics.
By Jason Schreier Published June 1, 2012 -
Baird and Cole Train Will Be Back In Gears of War: Judgment
Game Informer Magazine has revealed that the new Gears of War game teased earlier this week will be called Gears of War: Judgment, and will feature franchise characters Baird and Cole, possibly in more central roles. From Game Informer: The new installment in Epic’s million-dollar franchise is Gears of War: Judgment. The July cover of…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 1, 2012 -
Looks Like The Hitman Series is Getting an HD Makeover
The Italian retail site 16Games has listed a PS3 HD collection for the Hitman series. The Hitman Triple Pack will reportedly include Silent Assassin, Contracts and Blood Money While the existence of the game is unconfirmed, an HD version of the games certainly makes sense. They hold up remarkably well as it is, particularly Blood…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 1, 2012 -
Ask a Game Developer Anything: DLC, Bad Video Game Writing, And More
Hey Kotaku readers it’s almost E3 time! I’m super busy preparing for E3 right now and it’s madness over at the studio. But hey, I always have time to answer your questions about game development. In case you haven’t been following this series, I’m the CEO and Creative Director at 5TH Cell; we’re the people…
Jeremiah Slaczka, Creative Director, 5TH Cell Published June 1, 2012 -
Resistance: Burning Skies Review Update: It’s a “No”
We’ve updated our Resistance: Burning Skies review now that we’ve been able to play the game’s online multiplayer against regular gamers. We’ve switched the ‘Should You Play This Game’ verdict from “Not Yet” to “No”. Full explanation/review here.
By Stephen Totilo Published June 1, 2012 -
Former Call of Duty Dev Plans to Bring the Human Element to Survival Stories
Robert Bowling, the former public face of Call of Duty, left his role earlier this spring to become president of Robotoki Studios. And now, he’s revealing Robotoki’s first game. The July issue of Game Informer reports that the new game is called Human Element, and that the human element of survival stories is indeed what…
By Kate Cox Published June 1, 2012 -
Assassin’s Creed III Box Obtained. Now I Just Need the Disc.
Shouldn’t there have been a disc in here? I thought this game was already a couple of years in development. It’s E3 season, folks….this kind of stuff just so happens to show up in the mail (from Ubisoft, naturally.)
By Stephen Totilo Published June 1, 2012 -
There’s a PC Version of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron After All
Earlier this year High Moon Studio’s game director Matt Tieger told me his team couldn’t handle making a PC version of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, and PC gamers were a little upset. High Moon still can’t handle creating a PC version, but High Moon Studios and developer Mercenary Games working together are getting the job…
By Mike Fahey Published June 1, 2012 -
Report: Microsoft’s ‘Smart Glass’ Will Let You Send Movies and Music from your iPhone to your Xbox
According to an Examiner report, a recent Microsoft presentation has indicated that the company will be releasing an application called “Smart Glass.” That report is backed up by Engadget, who say they saw a similar presentation. “Smart Glass” will allow AirPlay-style content sharing between mobile devices and Xbox 360s, including allowing tablets and phones to…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 1, 2012 -
Square Enix Confirms Fake-Seeming Final Fantasy XV Trailer is Indeed Fake
See, yesterday there was this trailer. A leaked trailer. And not just any leaked trailer… it was a leaked trailer for Final Fantasy XV “What??” you may say, knocking over your Cloud Strife action figure in excitement, “There’s a new numbered Final Fantasy game coming out??” Well, no. The footage in the video was from…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 1, 2012 -
Xbox 360 Users: Sign Up For Skyrim‘s Dawnguard Beta Now
Players of the Xbox 360 version of Skyrim can now sign up for the beta for Dawnguard, the terrific-looking, demonic first expansion for Skyrim To do so, they’ll want to visit the Dawnguard site, where they can register. Bethesda will pick players for the beta in “about a week,” after which they will get an…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 1, 2012 -
RPGs Need To Quit Making Such Bad First Impressions
Thirty minutes. That’s all I need. Thirty minutes to decide whether or not a role-playing game is worth playing. It’s that first half-hour that comprises an RPG’s most important moments. It’s when we meet our hero. It’s when we find out what he or she wants. It’s when we’re introduced to the game’s world and…
By Jason Schreier Published June 1, 2012 -
This Crysis 3 Screenshot Is Sticky Like An Arrow To The Chest
My, there certainly is a lot going on in this Crysis 3 shot. We’ve got those CELL dudes from Crysis 2 back, haplessly wandering around as usual, waiting to get killed. But now, our nanosuit-wearing protagonist (Still Alcatraz? You know, I weirdly love Crysis 2 and I can’t remember what happened to the dude in…
By Kirk Hamilton Published June 1, 2012