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Peter Molyneux Will Provide Expert Analysis During E3 on Spike TV (And So Will We!)
Peter Molyneux is a creator of great video games, a recipient of the Order of the British Empire and, in the first week of June, he’ll be the world’s greatest E3 pundit, to boot. The former head of Lionhead Studios and lead creator of such hits as Fable and Populous recently left Microsoft to become…
By Stephen Totilo Published May 16, 2012 -
Ballistic SE Explodes an Orgy of Kaleidoscopic Chaos onto Your Eyeballs
Gorgeous explosions. Fast, frantic action. Clever, customizable design. These elements drive Ballistic SE into the category of games that reconfigures what you can expect out of a mobile gaming experience. This twin-stick shooter starts off with a familiar old-school formula that sets players adrift in a sea of swarming enemies. But Ballistic adds on an…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 -
Crying At Your Mailbox Is Only Appropriate When Lamenting The Absence Of Diablo III
Nothing can elicit as much pain from your mailbox than not receiving the expected package of Diablo III Bills? Foreclosure notices? Rejection letters? Divorce papers? The cat grandma shipped you, forgetting about the luxuries of air and food? Nothing compares.
By Tina Amini Published May 16, 2012 -
Max Payne‘s Bullet Time Adds a Gritty Noir Edge to Eating E-Z Cheese
What, you thought bullet time was just for shooting? That the voice of Max Payne’s wife only haunts him during times of duress? Look, just because Rockstar didn’t include it in the game doesn’t mean the film noir tropes of the game don’t extend into our pilled-up heroes everyday life. It’s what drives him to…
By Mike Fahey Published May 16, 2012 -
Chalk Warfare Will Make Your Childhood Feel Incomplete
Where the hell was this when I was a kid? Why did no one tell me about this hardcore spin-off of chalk gameplay? Back in my day all we did was doodle and play hopscotch. But in all seriousness, the special effects are phenomenal. The creator, whose work we’ve featured before, got some great detail…
By Tina Amini Published May 16, 2012 -
Lionhead Possibly Making a Hybrid MMO/Offline Game for the Next Xbox
Now that iconic game designer Peter Molyneux has left the studio he founded, many have wondered what might be next for Lionhead. According to several job listings, it might just be an MMO. One LinkedIn listing outed on Twitter reports several openings for database and server programmers, along with a multiplayer designer. Now Lionhead’s not…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 -
Halo 4 Will Have Weekly Multiplayer Episodes
Upcoming first-person shooter Halo 4 will have a whole bunch of multiplayer options, including a weekly episodic mode called “Spartan Ops,” publisher Microsoft said today. Spartan Ops is a series of episodes that will be released weekly and tell the story of the UNSC Infinity spaceship and its crew, Microsoft says. You’ll get weekly cinematics…
By Jason Schreier Published May 16, 2012 -
Gorgeous New Crysis 3 Screens Show Off Destroyed New York
Check out these beautiful new pictures and concept art for Crysis 3, the upcoming sandbox shooter that will be released next year for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. There are aliens, a composite bow, and a whole bunch of rubble. It all looks pretty. Really pretty. Really really really pretty. (We saw a few…
By Jason Schreier Published May 16, 2012 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, known affectionately as Talk Amongst Yourselves. This is the place where we gather on a daily basis to discuss all things video game and existential. Want to talk about new games, old games, games that aren’t even out yet? Knock yourselves out! One thing you’ve got to hand to Kirby…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 -
How I’ve Been Playing Diablo III, You Know, Aside From Sporadically
While Diablo III‘s error codes are being raved over by the gaming press, they’ve also managed to add an exciting element of chance to the review process. Since Diablo III‘s servers weren’t ready for play until 3AM Pacific (ready being a relative term) yesterday morning, a launch day review was pretty much out of the…
By Mike Fahey Published May 16, 2012 -
The Next Tales Game Will Feature A More Modern Setting
Tales games are generally known for high fantasy, but the next one will take a new route, according to a report. Speaking to Japanese magazine Famitsu (as reported by Andriasang), Tales producer Hideo Baba said the next Tales game, which still hasn’t officially been announced yet, will have a modern feel. He also revealed the…
By Jason Schreier Published May 16, 2012 -
Max Payne 2 Firing Blanks on Xbox Live
Now that Max Payne 3‘s out, maybe you figured you’d catch up with Max Payne’s drug-addled life by playing through the character’s previous games. A great thought! But reports are coming in that users aren’t able to fully download and play the Xbox Live version of Max Payne 2 after purchasing it. The problem for…
By Evan Narcisse Published May 16, 2012 -
Saints Row 4 for Current Generation Consoles Shows Up on Linkedin
With THQ recently dropping its delightful yet unprofitable kids’ games in favor of working on games that actually make money, it’s only a matter of time before the developer’s best-selling franchise gets a third sequel. Time and the work of Saints Row 4 lead prop and weapon artist David Payne. According to a Linkedin profile…
By Mike Fahey Published May 16, 2012 -
The “Best” of the Worst Diablo III Anger
The rigamarole is always the same: Big game is released, problems ensue. But for Diablo III, the launch was bigger—twelve years in the making. And the problems? They seem bigger, too. And when that happens, people get angry As previously detailed, Diablo III’s “always-online” feature was problematic to say the least, and players have been…
By Brian Ashcraft Published May 16, 2012 -
A History of Gender in…LEGO Minifigs
There was a bit of an uproar earlier in the year when LEGO introduced a line of modified products targeted exclusively at girls. To provide a little context for that uproar, social media marketer and LEGO fanatic David Pickett has written a great feature breaking down the history, and statistics, of just how many LEGO…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2012 -
Journey, Now Available for Cats
While this is on one hand the very worst the internet is capable of conjuring, namely putting human clothes on cats, I don’t care. This is Journey cosplay. For cats. Since the guys in Journey aren’t really humans – humans have arms! – that’s how I’m convincing myself this is OK. No idea how they…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2012 -
Don’t Travel Through Hell, Play With Jesus Instead
Looking mildly like Zynga’s first foray into religious Facebook scamming, Journey of Jesus is Lightside Games’ attempt to get us all putting down our other social games and start playing one where we can learn about Jesus instead. As a game, it’s horrific. It turns an educational yarn about the Bible into a grinding Facebook…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2012 -
You’ll Never Guess What This Incredible Iron Man Suit is Made From
May is International Iron Man Cosplay Appreciation Month. Which means we get to see suits that actually light up and move, sure, but also things of a slightly quainter nature. Like this suit. Made by Englishman Mark Pearson, it looks like it fell straight out of a movie, but is actually made of cardboard Pearson…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2012 -
The Amazing, Official Art of Diablo III
To celebrate the release of what will probably be the biggest PC game of the year (sorry Crusader Kings II, I still love you), here’s a big collection of concept and promotional art from Diablo III You’ll find character art, environment art, images that appeared on things like magazine covers, and even some amazing class…
By Luke Plunkett Published May 16, 2012