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TF2’s Meet the Pyro is Coming. In 2012.
Team Fortress 2 is a pretty great game, but the best thing about it are Valve’s marketing shorts, which introduce each character with the kind of animated quality you’d expect from a Pixar flick. So far we’ve met, well, everybody. Everybody except the mysterious Pyro. But we’ll meet him/her soon enough, with Valve promising today…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 2, 2012 -
Here’s 25 Awesome Coffee Table Books About Video Games
Miguel Concepcion recently posted a healthy reminder that gamers CAN be bibliophiles—especially where books about video games are concerned. Behold, the 25 Best Video Game Coffee Table Books These books look awesome. Among them: 1001 Video Games You Need To Play Before You Die. Enough said. Dawn: The Worlds Of Final Fantasy, an art showcase…
By Pierre Bienaimé Published February 2, 2012 -
Get to Know the Bloody Basics of Shank 2’s Co-Op Survival Mode
The sequel to Klei Entertainment’s cartoony stab-em-up brings me something that I desperately wanted from the first Shank: a frantic 2D twist to the waves-of-enemies gameplay popularized by Gears of War‘s Horde Mode. The nuts-and-bolts of Shank 2‘s Survival Mode get laid out in the clip above, which looks a lot simpler than it actually…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 2, 2012 -
Helghast or Sith?
Helghast or Sith? | “Apocalypse Vader,” is one of 24 custom Darth Vader helmets going up for auction on Feb. 7 by HalloweenCostumes.com, (along with “Skevader,” by artist Ryan Renders, featured here in December). Proceeds will benefit two Minnesota charities. Here Are 3 In-Game Screens from The Last of Us Game Informer Magazine has posted…
By Owen Good Published February 2, 2012 -
Get Up Close and Personal With a Max Payne 3 Hand Cannon on His New Website
You’ll have many armaments at your disposal in Rockstar Games’ upcoming noir shooter and it sure looks like the 608 Bull’s the one designed to make you feel like Dirty Harry. Witness its thug-stopping power below. That .357—and the leader of the Comando Sombra gang you’ll be shooting it at—get the spotlight at the newly…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 2, 2012 -
I Wonder If the Artist Realizes Lacrosse Does Have a Video Game
Wishful thinking is a common theme with conceptual EA Sports game covers; usually the artist is honoring a favorite player or another star he wishes would be anointed for cover recognition. Entirely imaginary titles, as conceived here by an artist and posted on Behance, are a little less common. No NCAA Lacrosse title by EA…
By Owen Good Published February 2, 2012 -
Madden Bowl XVIII Kicks Off Free Xbox Live Gold Weekend Tonight
Four teams of all-star competitors, including three Heisman Trophy winners (in their video game personae, above) and two Pro Football Hall of Famers, clash tonight in the Madden Bowl, the annual pre-Super Bowl throwdown EA Sports has staged for nearly 20 years. You can watch the action on ESPN3, which means if you have an…
By Owen Good Published February 2, 2012 -
Here Are 3 In-Game Screens from The Last of Us
Game Informer Magazine has posted three screens from their new cover story on The Last of Us, the upcoming PS3-exclusive zombie-adventure game from Naughty Dog, the studio behind the Uncharted series. Looks pretty good, though the real question is how the game plays—the Game Informer post describes combat as revolving around both melee and ranged,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 2, 2012 -
The uDraw is Completely Dead to THQ
Blaming the poor sales of the uDraw tablet on a dismal third quarter of 2012, THQ has officially halted production on the device and has plans to eliminate existing stock through retail channels. Hey, isn’t Valentine’s Day coming up?
By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2012 -
Trials Evolution‘s Crazy-Deep Customization Features Pinball, Helicopters and… First-Person Shooting?
This trailer for Trials Evolution twists the Darwinian motto into “Survival of the fastest,” and truly it does seem that the spring-bound sequel will be a more sophisticated beast. Local and online multiplayer, diverse settings, and a track editor scarily reminiscent of the possibilities unleashed by Little Big Planet… well, that all sounds pretty cool.
By Pierre Bienaimé Published February 2, 2012 -
THQ’s 2014 Lineup is Alive and Well (On Paper, At Least)
Further distancing the company from rumors that its 2014 lineup had been canned, today’s third quarter 2012 financial results from THQ list inSANE, Warhammer 40K: Dark Millennium Online, and several more unannounced core titles that should be showing up over the next couple of years. Warhammer 40k fans in particular should be pleased that the…
By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2012 -
Resident Evil: Revelations Claws Its Way To Impressive Review Scores
While it might not be quite as terrifying as the Circle Pad Pro add-on it helped inspire for the Nintendo 3DS, Resident Evil: Revelations seems to have scared some impressive numbers out of the assembled game reviewers. The eight games in the main Resident Evil series and the first to appear exclusively on a handheld,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2012 -
Plants vs. Zombies’ Best Music Meets Shredding Finger-Style Guitar
I adore the music to PopCap’s Plants vs. Zombies. I bought the soundtrack from composer Laura Shigihara, and I still listen to it pretty regularly. My favorite track from the whole game is the tune “Watery Graves,” which plays during the backyard pool missions (runners-up include “Loonboon” and the Oingo-Boingoish ““Ultimate Battle.”) So you can…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 2, 2012 -
Ryan Adams: Singer, Songwriter, Skyrim Fan
Indie alt-rocker Ryan Adams is many things: Reformed troublemaker, husband to Mandy Moore, provocative interviewee, and damned good songwriter He is also, it would appear, a fan of Skyrim, based on this tweet about the glory of Denver’s skyline. Go ahead, Ryan.
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 2, 2012 -
Come Share Your Portal 2 Co-Op Stories at Kotaku Game Club
Hello everyone, welcome to the Kotaku Game Club. Today will be our last meeting discussing Portal 2. After covering many aspects of the single-player experience in our last few meetings, today we’ll be talking about the co-op missions, which offer a whole new set of surprises and challenges. Since Portal 2’s co-op contains some story…
By Mike Epstein Published February 2, 2012 -
Nightcrawler, the Green Goblin and Ulik (?!) Show Up in The PlayStation Vita Version of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Don’t get all excited: the teleporting X-Man, Spider-Man archenemy and Asgardian troll aren’t playable characters. Their likenesses show up on ability card in the UMvC3‘s Heroes and Heralds Mode, which will be also playable on the game’s PlayStation Vita version. Screens and video of handheld UMvC3—including the Gold Herald skins exclusive to Sony’s handheld—make it…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 2, 2012 -
The Video Game Industry’s Lobbyists Spent $1,000,000 Pushing for SOPA and Other Issues Last Fall
Remember last month when many people were mad about the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act? Remember the war between politicians who said these bills would repel online piracy and opponents who said it might break the internet and/or kill free speech online? Gamers’ biggest target for their ire about those bills…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 2, 2012 -
The Nintendo Download is Itching for a Sword Fight
Only three actual games made it into the Nintendo Download this week, but when one of them is Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword of the 3DS you don’t really need much else. A sword fighting game that’s all about timing and strategy, Sakura Samurai tells the tale of a young boy on a quest…
By Mike Fahey Published February 2, 2012