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The LEGO Universe Ends on January 31
Despite a strong brand name, positive early buzz, and the implementation of a new free-to-play model back in August, the massively multiplayer LEGO Universe will be closing its doors on January 31, 2012, the day imagination died. While the game attracted plenty of players, LEGO Universe‘s problem laid in turning its big numbers into big…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2011 -
The Craziest Battlefield 3 Strategies We’ve Seen So Far
In warfare there are the tried and true methods of combat, the time-tested techniques that are proven to bring success over your adversaries. Then, there are the methods seen in these videos. Collected here for your enjoyment—err, tactical appraisal—are some of the most insane, unique, and funny ways to dispatch opponents in Battlefield 3. Hopefully,…
By Matthew Buzzi Published November 4, 2011 -
New Multiplayer Trailer for Assassin’s Creed Revelations Explains How We’ll All Take Each Other Out
Last year, the multiplayer for Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood proved to be a surprising and promising addition to the historical adventure series. A new video for Assassin’s Creed Revelation reveals the new abilities, modes and locations coming to this year’s sequel. You can contact Evan Narcisse, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 4, 2011 -
Rainbow 6: Patriots‘ Tough Choices Brought to Life in this Proof-of-Concept Video
We’ve been telling you about the hard choices being put on the players of Rainbow 6: Patriots since June, now see for yourself in Ubisoft’s proof-of-concept video. Happy birthday to you. While the footage differs slightly from what was leaked to Kotaku earlier this year, it certainly demonstrates the ideas we’ve been discussing since yesterday’s…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2011 -
Our First Look at Battlefield 3’s Intense Back to Karkand Maps
This December Battlefield 3 returns to Karkand with the Back to Karkand map pack. This trailer we see the first ingame shots from Strike at Karkand, Sharqi Peninsula, Gulf of Oman, and Wake Island, from the upcoming expansion pack Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand. This expansion pack also features new weapons, vehicles, persistence, and the…
By Brian Crecente Published November 4, 2011 -
Nintendo’s Delivery of Super Mario 3D Land Didn’t Embarrass Me. Nope. Not at All.
Earlier this week, Nintendo FedExed me a copy of their next Zelda game. FedEx wasn’t good enough for their next Mario game. No, to deliver Super Mario 3D Land they went the extra ridiculous mile. This was shot today at Kotaku’s New York City offices. You can contact Stephen Totilo, the author of this post,…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 4, 2011 -
Leaked Copy of Modern Warfare 3 Sells for $1,725 on eBay
There’s only four days until you’re officially allowed to buy Activision’s latest blockbuster FPS. That’s 96 hours. Yes, K-Mart screwed the pooch and let some units slip out into the wild, where they’ve been spotted on eBay. But, you’d be playing such a copy at your own risk, at least if you don’t want severe…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 4, 2011 -
The History of Battlefield in 45 minutes
Lest we forget, Battlefield 3 is the latest iteration of a more than decade-long stories series, a franchise that did much to change the way we played shooters. This excellent video from GamerSpawn takes us from that first Battlefield, Battlefield 1942, in 2002, to this month’s release of Battlefield 3 Sit back and enjoy this…
By Brian Crecente Published November 4, 2011 -
Kinect for Windows Coming Soon to Change the Way We Do Everything
The sinister phase two of Microsoft’s Kinect plan picks up steam as the company makes Kinect for Windows impeding arrival official. Are you ready to do everything six to eight feet from a computer screen? With hundreds of financial, educational, and commercial companies signed up to see what Kinect can do for them, next year…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2011 -
MinecraftEdu Distributes the Building Blocks of Games-Based Education to Classrooms Everywhere
Joel Levin at the Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School used popular indie block building game Minecraft as a learning tool for his second grade computer class. Now he’s a part of the newly-launched MinecraftEdu, a program dedicated to spreading Minecraft-based learning to classrooms around the world. Earlier this year Kotaku took a field trip to…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2011 -
Gears of War 3 Creator Explains Why They’re Charging To Unlock Content that’s Already on the Disc
The $10 worth of new content that went on sale digitally for Gears of War 3 this week is mostly already included on the Gears of War 3 disc that gamers bought for $60. It’s fair to charge extra for content that is already on the game disc you bought, one of the game’s lead…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 4, 2011 -
Here’s How the Devil May Cry HD Collection Re-Introduces Dante’s Original Look
It’s inadvertently been a Devil May Cry week here at Kotaku. First we get the new screens of the DmC re-boot, then a spotlight on the series’ other half-demon bad-ass Vergil in an Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 video. Now comes a new trailer with snippets from the collection’s three games, all re-done in up-rezzed…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 4, 2011 -
What Video Games Could Learn From Comic Book Continuity
Batman has his own stories but now and then runs into Superman. In Today’s Speak Up on Kotaku commenter Aikage imagines a video game universe filled with countless games linked by a single continuity. What an Oddworld idea. Video games need to take a cue from comic books. It’d be great if instead of endless…
By Mike Fahey Published November 4, 2011 -
This is the Pretty Facebook Game from People Who Made Age of Empires and Halo Wars
Once. Twice. Three times. The folks at Zynga kept telling me the same thing, because they want me to know it. And they want you to know it: The next big game from Zynga, the one that follows FarmVille, FrontierVille, and CityVille has been created by people who used to work at Ensemble Studios. They…
By Stephen Totilo Published November 4, 2011 -
Vergil and Nova Get the Spotlight in a New Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Video
The Assist Me guys continue their in-depth looks at the new fighters coming to the Ultimate update to Capcom’s crossover, with the spotlight turning to the Devil May Cry series’s doppelganger half-demon Vergil and Nova, Marvel’s cosmic champion. You might think that Vergil would play just like Dante and that the Human Rocket is just…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 4, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Good morning, everyone! Good afternoon and night, too, depending on where you’re reading from! The week has nearly come to a close, and I hope there are days of gaming and rest ahead of you. I won’t be opening up any new games this weekend, because I have plenty to get through already. I bet…
By Matthew Buzzi Published November 4, 2011 -
Talking Companion Cubes, Zombie Rushes and An Australian Eating Raw Steak and Beating Up Hippies
Valve Presents: The Sacrifice And Other Steam-Powered Stories goes on sale later this month. The 208-page hardcover book will cost you $25 Presented below is a short excerpt from the book which collects Left 4 Dead: the Sacrifice, Team Fortress 2: War!, Mac, Loose Canon, Bidwell’s Big Plan, Meet the Director and associated materials; and…
By Brian Crecente Published November 4, 2011 -
Russian Dancing Men: Too Unforgiving to be Fun
Rhythm games are difficult to do well on a smart device without simply porting over the note-highway interface of Guitar Hero or Rock Band whose ship everyone has agreed sailed about three years ago. Russian Dancing Men (iTunes, universal app) delivers rhythm gameplay aided not necessarily by fast-twitch reflexes, but by truly listening carefully. The…
By Owen Good Published November 4, 2011 -
Playstation Network Cuts Down on Game Sharing Starting This Month
Later this month Sony will begin limiting the number of PS3s and PSPs that can share a game purchased through the Playstation Network, the UK and U.S. Playstation blogs said this morning. This appears to impact all regions. Starting with game content purchased after Nov. 18 a new policy will apply that limits the number…
By Brian Crecente Published November 4, 2011 -
Hungry? This Maid Has Omurice!
Rice | TOKYO, JAPAN: An Akihabara maid shows off omurice and drinks at a PSP game event. (Photo: 4Gamer) Borderlands Fan Passes Away, Honoured as Borderlands 2 Character Michael John Mamaril sadly passed away last month at the age of just 22. Being a big Borderlands fan, Michael’s friend Carlo thought a nice way to…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 4, 2011