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Early Bastion Prototype Looked Very Different
You can see many of the ideas behind what would become indie gem Bastion in its original 2009 prototype, which developer Supergiant Games is showing off at its booth during this weekend’s PAX East. But it sure looks different. Before there were Gasfellas and Windbags, there were random bits of placeholder art from Dungeons &…
By Jason Schreier Published April 7, 2012 -
Aliens: Colonial Marines Multiplayer is Adrenaline-Pumpingly Good
If there’s one thing you can say to me to make a first-person shooter experience sound more exciting, it’s that it’s not a modern military shooter. In the case of Aliens: Colonial Marines—releasing this Fall for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U and PC—that involves having different classes of aliens with acid-burning blood fighting against a…
By Tina Amini Published April 7, 2012 -
The Agonizing Death of the Greatest Perfect Game Never Pitched
T.J. Brida usually shows up 15 minutes ahead of his shift. This day, he was thinking he’d be late. He pulled on his work shirt, ran out the front door, got in his car and lit a cigarette, cursing and smacking the steering wheel all the way. T.J. Brida had just thrown 13 1/3 innings…
By Owen Good Published April 7, 2012 -
Far Cry 3‘s Multiplayer Mode Fails To Impress
Far Cry 3 is a game I’m very much looking forward to. But a few 10-minute multiplayer bursts from publisher Ubisoft’s upcoming open-world first-person shooter didn’t inspire the same feelings. I sat down at PAX East to play a round of Domination mode in Far Cry 3‘s multiplayer session with 15 other fellow journalists and…
By Tina Amini Published April 7, 2012 -
Save Your (Past) Self and Assemble a Super Time Force—Up to 500 Strong(?!)
This is Super Time Force by Capybara Games, and while retro-graphics platformers and rewind-time mechanics are not new concepts, what the studio is doing here with both looks new and cool as all hell to me. As the Capy representative explains to Stephen Totilo, when your character dies in the game, you’ll be given the…
By Owen Good Published April 7, 2012 -
The Original Plan For BioShock Infinite‘s Boys of Silence Sounded Awesome
The Boys of Silence are BioShock Infinite bad guys. The original plan was for them to make you pay for all your noise. The Boys were going to wait to attack the player, BioShock Infinite ‘s art director Nate Wells explained today during a panel about the game’s bad guys at the PAX East convention.…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 7, 2012 -
A Tour of “Rock City” with Rock Band Blitz
Rock Band Blitz is Harmonix’s next effort to revive rhythm games, a creation that uses a standard console controller rather than specialized music peripherals. At PAX East 2012, the team showed off video of the game in action and explained a little more of its genesis. Its first builds were too easy and, therefore, too…
By Owen Good Published April 7, 2012 -
Crimson Dragon is Basically Panzer Dragoon Minus a Letter or So
Shown off at PAX East 2012, this is Crimson Dragon and if it reminds you of a Kinect-based Panzer Dragoon, there’s good reason. Not only is Land Ho, which handled the PS2 version of that game, working on this one, Panzer Dragoon‘s creator, Yukio Futatsugi also is involved. If it’s not clear in the video,…
By Owen Good Published April 7, 2012 -
Elaborate Transformers Cosplayer Stomps Around PAX East
Walking around the PAX East show floor, you’re bound to see some crazy cosplay inventions. From simple hats to elaborate costumes, these gamer and anime fans run the gamut. This Transformers cosplayer posed around the convention center as the lovable Bumble Bee. The real question, though, is whether he can actually transform himself into a…
By Tina Amini Published April 7, 2012 -
Raise Your Hand If You Prefer FemShep
They got 1200 Mass Effect fans into one room at PAX East this weekend. They—some folks from the game’s development studio BioWare—asked people to raise their hands if their favorite game was the first Mass Effect. Some raised their hands. Mass Effect 2? Most people raised their hands. Mass Effect 3? Few hands went up.…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 7, 2012 -
A Free Republic
There’s nothing cheaper than free, right? This weekend, there’s a free trial of Star Wars: The Old Republic. And we’re already seeing discounts on the upcoming Prototype 2 if you preorder online. Those deals, plus more than 50 others in both retail and digital sales, await in this week’s edition of The Moneysaver. Software •…
By Owen Good Published April 7, 2012 -
Dark Souls Hits PC in August, has “New Bosses”
There are reports circulating that the latest issue of German mag PC Action contains not only confirmation that hardcore death simulator Dark Souls is headed to the PC, but that it features “new bosses”. Everything else, though, remains the same. It’s apparently slated for an August release, and will be called the Dark Souls: Prepare…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2012 -
Hawken’s Amazing PAX Trailer Continues My Love Affair With This Game
PAX has given us a new trailer for upcoming multiplayer shooter Hawken. Thanks, PAX. Giant mechs shooting the shit out of each other is always a lovely way to start the weekend. [via Pixel Enemy]
By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2012 -
When I Hit That Dip, Get Your Camera
Hi there, Kotaku. The week is over, and so we come to the Friday night open thread. I hope you had a good week! If you’re at PAX East, I trust you’re having a blast. Here, gathered from the internet, are some things you might want to read before you get to gabbing. “What books…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 6, 2012 -
John Romero Offers Details on His New MMO-Like PC Shooter
It’s been a while since man/myth/legend/Doom co-creator John Romero put out a shooter. Almost ten years, in fact. Speaking with Eurogamer, Romero revealed some details on a new shooter he’ll be working on soon. Romero says he’s “already kind of designed the thing,” though the game isn’t in production yet. He described the game as…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 6, 2012 -
The Cosplay of PAX East: Day One
It’s not the first industry expo of the year, but it is the first with cosplayers. Inside we’ve got shots of Tingle, Heavy, Salarian and Snake, and much more. And this isn’t the end of it. We’ll be giving you galleries of cosplayers at the end of each day of the Penny Arcade Expo East,…
By Owen Good Published April 6, 2012 -
So… Why Is Headless Nathan Drake Taking On That Helicopter?
You might be looking at that image and thinking, “Why the heck doesn’t Nathan Drake have a head? What is he thinking, going up against a helicopter with no head?” And that would be a fair question to ask! In fact, this is an image from today’s Naughty Dog panel at PAX East, in which…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 6, 2012 -
Here’s Minecraft‘s Cool Xbox 360 Split-Screen in Action
Back in March, I found a new reason to get excited about the Xbox 360 version of Mincraft. Namely, split-screen local multiplayer for up to four players. I think it’ll be really fun to have friends over and play Minecraft together. Today at PAX East, Stephen Totilo got another look at the game and shot…
By Kirk Hamilton Published April 6, 2012
