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First Look at a New Zone of the Enders Project
Tonight at an event for Zone of the Enders, game designer Hideo Kojima and his studios Kojima Productions announced that they were working on a new Z.O.E. project that currently has the working title of “Enders Project”. Details are scant, but the first concept images for the game were shown. Enders Project [@iceblockwill via @markmacd]
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2012 -
The Man Wanted To Talk Diablo III. He Wanted To Talk Murder.
Earlier this week in Poland, a 30 year-old computer company employee arrived at work wanting to do two things: talk about Diablo III and his plan to kill people. His talk and behavior freaked his co-workers out. Frightened, one of the man’s colleagues escaped through the window. At the same time, another individual contacted the…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2012 -
Sony Interested in Interrupting Your Gaming with Commercials
Are commercial breaks something gamers in the future will have to deal with? According to a newly surfaced patent, they might. The patent, discovered by webforum NeoGAF, was filed back in July 2011 under the moniker “Advertisement Scheme for use with interactive content.” This scheme will warn players that their game is about to be…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 25, 2012 -
If Art Was An Adventure Game
You’d either click everywhere on a painting until something worked, or you’d be greeted with messages like these, done by artist Joe Alterio Jeez, rip those messages out of bright and cheery games and they’re pretty blunt. And depressing. “You can’t go any further” just makes me want to curl up in bed and not…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2012 -
Nobody Loves Rayman Quite Like This Guy
Yeah, he’s been in some decent platformers, but I never thought much of Rayman as a character. He’s just too 90s. So it’s a little surprising seeing him paid tribute in one of the biggest and best pieces of gaming graffiti I’ve ever seen. The piece, by estaphette, can be found in Saint-Étienne in France.…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2012 -
Hey Look, It’s a New Trailer For That New Panzer Dragoon Game
Look, it doesn’t carry the official name, but we all know upcoming Kinect title Crimson Dragon is basically a new Panzer Dragoon game. Especially after watching this clip. It also looks like it’s going to need a bigger-than-average seizure warning at the beginning, because there’s points here where I don’t know what the hell is…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2012 -
ArmA III Gets Prettier Every Time I See it
DayZ might be the talk of the PC gaming town at the moment, but for all its qualities at the end of the day it’s still just a mod. It’s using the engine and effects from ArmA II, which play a big part in helping the game achieve its brooding atmosphere. Thing is, ArmA II…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2012 -
Game Glitch Causes Mass Nightmares
I love Mount & Blade. Sure, it’s a little rough around the edges, and its ugly as sin, but that’s just part of the charm. What other game lets you engage in 200-man battles with muskets and/or swords? Not enough, that’s how many. Correction: I did love Mount & Blade. Now, having seen this texture…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 25, 2012 -
The Creator of The Wire Says Buffy Was The Better Show
Hello, Kotaku. Here again, an open thread with a focus: Last night was the Cos, tonight, it’s Buffy vs. Omar! David Simon, the man who created The Wire (aka The Official Best TV Show Ever Made), now has a blog. On that blog, he writes things. The other day, he wrote this: To be clear:…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 24, 2012 -
Joust Creators Weigh In on Cloning Controversy
J.S. Joust developers Die Gute Fabrik have posted a statement about the recent cloning controversey that in which they’ve recently been embroiled. That statement can be read in full over at the Die Gute Fabrik blog, where they make clear both that they have never given anyone permission to clone one of their games, nor…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 24, 2012 -
There’s More Cussin’ in Teen Novels than Video Games, Swears Researcher
You might not expect a study coming out of Brigham Young University’s School of Family Life to have anything good to say about video games. And maybe this doesn’t. But it says something a lot worse about books, and I’ll take that as a win in this culture war. Sarah Coyne, a social sciences researcher…
By Owen Good Published May 24, 2012 -
What the Holy Hell is Zack Wearing in Dead or Alive 5?
I always figured Zack’s ridiculous clothing in Dead or Alive was due to the influence of series creator Tomonobu Itagaki. Turns out he might have been the only thing holding the rest of the team back. In Dead or Alive 5, Zack is a clown with a flower afro. Lei Fang’s in here too, but…
By Mike Fahey Published May 24, 2012 -
Freakin’ Amazing StarCraft Statue Now Looms Outside Blizzard Office
Blizzard’s company HQ has an enormous Warcraft statue out front. It’s incredible. Making it officially a “thing”, Blizzard’s offices in Versailles, France now have one too. Only it’s from StarCraft An enormous Queen of Blades now guards the front courtyard. She was designed by renowned Hollywood effects man Steve Wang, who even got to sign…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
Here is the Worst Sports Theme of All Time, Video Game or Otherwise
It is 2006. You are 2K Sports, the newly created challenger to EA Sports. You’ve been cleaved from Sega, bought up by Take-Two, given an exclusive license to make Major League Baseball games. You’re young and ready, lean and hungry, ready to establish a new order. The title card announcing games under the new 2K…
By Owen Good Published May 24, 2012 -
Here Now, A Guy Playing a 4-Story Pipe Organ With Kinect
I’ve seen plenty of people playing a theremin, but never someone playing an organ with Microsoft’s Kinect motion-controller Yet that’s just what Chris Vik does, reprogramming a Kinect to control a 4-story pipe organ. Yow! Conductors already control an orchestra with only their hands, but this takes things to a new level. (Via Kinect Hacks,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 24, 2012 -
Growing the Jazz Audience ‘Can’t Be Done.’ Maybe That’s Okay?
Look, I’m under no illusions about jazz music’s unpopularity. I grew up playing jazz, went to school to study jazz, made a living as a jazz musician for a while out of school. Jazz is beautiful, jazz is the best. And people, by and large, don’t care about it at all. Here at Kotaku Melodic,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 24, 2012 -
“Hacker” May Have Asked for Microsoft’s Help Breaking Into Call of Duty Creator’s Emails
According to a report from Robert Schwartz, the lawyer currently representing Call of Duty creators Jason West and Vince Zampella in their big case against Activision, the notorious “Project Icebreaker” sounds even crazier than we first thought. Schwartz tells Game Informer that Thomas Fenady, the Activision IT expert approached to hack into Infinity Ward’s email…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 24, 2012 -
This Amazing Trials Evolution Level is a Musical Marvel
Even though I’m on the record saying that Trials Evolution‘s soundtrack is so bad it’s like they were kidding, the game itself is a blast, and some of the user-generated levels are truly spectacular. Like this one, from YouTuber TheJonDeezie, who has made this video of “Desert of Music,” a very challenging track laid out…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 24, 2012 -
Max Payne 3‘s Astonishing Soundtrack Flattens The Competition
Hot damn, am I enjoying Max Payne 3. Though… well, “enjoying” might be the wrong word for it, you know? It has me in a vice-grip, and every time I play I find myself locked in a tense, curse-shouting battle with the deadly enemies inside of my Xbox 360. The game is relentless, always pushing…
By Kirk Hamilton Published May 24, 2012