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The 3D Castlevania You Always Wanted is in Minecraft
Konami came close to a satisfying 3D Castlevania experience with Lord of Shadows, it was missing a certain something. Something that Nick “Nario” Hagman found in Minecraft by recreating the entire original game, block-by-block. Nick spent more than 100 hours over the course of 37 days putting Dracula’s castle together in Minecraft, painstakingly placing every…
By Mike Fahey Published April 10, 2012 -
Anti-Gay Star Wars Complainers Now Complaining About Spambots
Who is waging the public opinion battle between anti-gay “family values” groups and the video game creators who dared to allow same-sex romance in their massive new Star Wars game? The anti-gay crowd says the Star Wars defenders are getting help from spam-bots. (Would they be spam-droids?) Anti-gay controversy over The Old Republic began in…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 10, 2012 -
The New Devil May Cry Seems a Lot Like The Old Devil May Cry
Check out these new screenshots from DmC: Devil May Cry, the new action game developed by Ninja Theory and shown off at Capcom’s Captivate conference in Rome earlier this month. It looks bloody and action-packed, much like every other game in the gory, surreal series. Although this time protagonist Dante is apparently a terrorist. And…
By Jason Schreier Published April 10, 2012 -
Crow Could Be the Greatest iPhone Game I’ve Played
As the credits rolled I place my iPhone on the table, leaned back in my chair and attempted to work out in my head how to present Sunside Games’ Crow. I was having an incredibly difficult time of it, and now I realize why: Crow is much more than my Gaming App of the Day.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 10, 2012 -
The Ever-Impressive New Steel Battalion Has Four-Player Co-op
I’ve yet to see a trailer for Capcom’s Kinect-and-controller Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor that didn’t impress me. I’ve even seen people play this game and it doesn’t look dopey (it seems that you don’t use the Kinect all that much.) Today we’ve got two clips of the game’s four-player, online co-op. It looks as good…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 10, 2012 -
Resident Evil Chronicles HD Makes On-Rails Zombie Killing Look Good
Heading to the PlayStation Network this June, Resident Evil Chronicles HD takes Wii rail shooters Umbrella Chronicles and Darkside Chronicles, bundles them together, and makes them look like this. I never got a chance to play these two Resident Evil side stories, so I’m quite looking forward to a chance to get my PlayStation Move…
By Mike Fahey Published April 10, 2012 -
Uh-Oh. Lost Planet 3‘s Developer Made Some Pretty Bad Games.
News of Lost Planet 3‘s announcement leaked earlier today, but here are the official screenshots, revealed by publisher Capcom at the Captivate event in Rome earlier this month. Development studio Spark Unlimited (best known for the poorly-received Turning Point: Fall of Liberty) is helming the title, a prequel to the first Lost Planet game. Which…
By Jason Schreier Published April 10, 2012 -
Dragon’s Dogma Looks Stressful, Includes Fat Rats
Bundled with the Resident Evil 6 demo this May is Dragon’s Dogma, a game as brown and green as Skyrim and, Capcom execs surely hope, just as interesting for fantasy game fans. Well, we can confirm from one of two new gameplay trailers released to day that the game includes large rats. Check that box…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 10, 2012 -
Street Fighter x Tekken Vita Version Features New Characters, Cross-Console Play with PS3
We’ve got new trailers for the PS Vita edition of Street Fighter x Tekken. Capcom promises 55 characters in the Vita version: the 43 available in the console game as well as six more from each side. Blanka, Cody, Dudly, Elena, Guy, and Sakura round out the Street Fighter crew, and Alisa, Bryan, Christie, Jack,…
By Kate Cox Published April 10, 2012 -
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By Mike Fahey Published April 10, 2012 -
You’ll Get An Achievement For Killing Your Friends In Max Payne 3
Rockstar today released the full list of achievements for upcoming third-person shooter Max Payne 3, which will be out May 15. You’ll get trophies for pulling off headshots, ingesting painkillers, collecting Golden Guns, dangling from chains, and killing your friends, among other gory acts. Check out the full list on Rockstar’s website The Achievements and…
By Jason Schreier Published April 10, 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! Indigo Prophecy‘s the game getting a macabre tribute…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 10, 2012 -
New Resident Evil 6 Trailer Leads Today’s Avalanche of Capcom Gaming News
Want a new Resident Evil 6 trailer? You got it. Want a new, earlier RE6 release date? You got that too. (October 2!) Want a new Lost Planet? Well, you’re getting it anyway. Today’s the day an avalanche of news, trailers and screenshots hit the web, including here at Kotaku. And this avalanche started rumbling…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 10, 2012 -
New Devil May Cry Trailer Shows the Revamped Dante in Action, Calls Him a Terrorist
A trailer for Capcom’s latest installment of the Devil May Cry series has leaked online. It shows off Dante’s controversial new look, as well as an old man in a suit ranting about terrorists. Despite the new look, the game doesn’t seem to be a departure from anything that made the older Devil May Cry…
By Nick Vannucci Published April 10, 2012 -
Persona 4‘s English Voices Baffled By Anime Casting
Sentai Filmworks surprised fans at Anime Boston this weekend by announcing that the original English voice cast for Persona 4 would be reprising their roles for the North American release of the anime based on the PlayStation 2 role-playing game. Even more surprised were the voice actors themselves. Perhaps Sentai officials got caught up in…
By Mike Fahey Published April 10, 2012 -
The Norway Killer Who Used Call of Duty to Train Won’t Be Able to Use Insanity as a Defense
Anders Behring Breivik—the man who confessed to killing 77 people last year in the worst mass murder Norway has ever seen—has been found to be legally sane by court-appointed psychiatrists, according to the Associated Press. The new finding—by psychiatrists Terje Toerrissen and Agnar Aspaas—negates a previous assessment by other mental health professionals, which had declared…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 10, 2012 -
Zen Studios Brings Its Free Pinball Platform to the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita
With FarSight Studio’s The Pinball Arcade hitting the PlayStation 3 and Vita today, Zen Studios wants to make sure everyone knows they’ve got their own pinball platform heading to Sony systems this spring, and it’s (technically) free. As they did with Pinball FX 2 on the Xbox 360 some two years ago, Zen Studios is…
By Mike Fahey Published April 10, 2012