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If Haruki Murakami’s New Book Were Sold Like a Video Game
It’s easy to buy a book. It’s easy to be someone who buys books. Go to the store, pay some cash, walk out with the book. Or go online, punch in your credit card info and the book comes to your door. Or maybe you just turn on your Kindle and the book is yours…
By Kirk Hamilton Published October 26, 2011 -
Gaming Pumpkins, Lets See Em
It’s Almost Here –Halloween is coming. We have the year’s first game marketing pumpkin to prove it. Which dev wants to prove they can out class The Darkness II pumpkin? Should You Buy Battlefield 3? Yes Battlefield 3 was one of my most anticipated games of this fall. It is the latest iteration in a…
By Brian Crecente Published October 26, 2011 -
Guess Who’s Making an Arcade FightStick for Soulcalibur V?
If you’ve got a big-name fighting game on the way, Mad Catz has your high-quality Arcade Fightstick. Check out the sexy see-through number the stick maker has put together for next year’s Soulcalibur V It’s the same Tournament Edition controller we’ve reviewed on three separate occasions here at Kotaku, only this time the smoky transparent…
By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2011 -
A Cowboy in Gotham, a Spaceman and the All-New X-Men Highlight This Week’s Best New Comics
Every week, there are lots of new comics out in comics shops around the world. There are also fresh new and old ones sold legit on digital devices, every Wednesday. I don’t recommend you buy all of them. Just some of them. My recommendations for this week: Comics You Should Consider Buying (from comics shops)…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 26, 2011 -
Battlefield 3’s Many Vehicles Seen on A Big-Ass, Triple-Screen Display
We’ve got this massive three-screen Nvidia set-up sitting in the offices at Gawker. It’s only visiting, so we’re making the most of it. Today that means a lot of W-I-D-E-S-C-R-E-E-N Battlefield 3 gaming. Here’s a quick montage of what some of the vehicles look like when played super-sized. Oh, also a knife kill spread across…
By Brian Crecente Published October 26, 2011 -
Ultima Creator Transforms Into a Robot to Work From Home
With his new wife living and working in New York and his company and home base in Austin, Texas, how does legendary game developer Richard Garriott split his time between the two? He doesn’t, that’s what his robot is for. Garriott’s $15,000 robot patrols the halls of his Austin-based Portalarium development studio when the big…
By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2011 -
My Favorite 3DS Game Involves Dancing and Dressing Up a Little Girl in Cute Outfits
I don’t particularly want to admit that Natsume’s Gabrielle’s Ghostly Groove 3D is my favorite game on the 3DS, but when I play a game every chance I can get for two weeks straight I feel I should mention it. Be gentle. What can I say, I’m a sucker for handheld rhythm games. Blame Elite…
By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2011 -
PixelJunk SideScroller is the 26th-Century 1980’s Arcade Game You’ve Been Waiting For
PixelJunk SideScroller is a 1980’s style arcade game made for the 26th-century. It’s a side scrolling-shoot-em-up that exceeds in everything it attempts to pull off. Between the style, the smooth controls and the soundtrack, PixelJunk SideScroller is everything I could have asked for in a downloadable game. Hell, it’s everything I could ask for in…
By Chris Carolan Published October 26, 2011 -
Here’s Your Chance to Get Your Avatar Skin in The Official Minecon Trailer for Minecraft
Minecraft‘s coming out for real soon (November 18th, to be exact) and Notch and the folks at Mojang will be having a grand party in Las Vegas to celebrate. As happens at such things, videos of all sorts will be rolling out amongst the merriment and H.A.T. Films will be producing the official trailer for…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 26, 2011 -
There’s a Little Extra Classic Sonic Lurking in Sonic Generations
In case the classic Sonic the Hedgehog gameplay isn’t classic enough for you in Sonic Generations, Sega’s tucked an old school surprise in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of next week’s hedgehog revival. Completing levels in Sonic Generations earns players points in the game’s Skill Shop. One of the items up for sale…
By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2011 -
Should You Buy Infamous: Festival of Blood? Yes.
One of the PS3’s best franchises gets an infusion if fresh blood this week with the Infamous: Festival of Blood DLC. The standalone add-on changes things up considerably for Cole McGrath, turning the lightning-throwing hero into a bloodsucking vampire. This individual offering doesn’t tie back into the main game, so is the Festival of Blood…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 26, 2011 -
In Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor You Are Half of the Controller
As Brian Ashcraft reported during the Tokyo Game Show in September, Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor foregoes the pricey, complicated controller of the original game in favor of a slightly less convoluted control scheme that uses Microsoft’s Kinect and a real gamepad. You are the controller! That’s what Microsoft told us during E3 2010, when their…
By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2011 -
The Longer You Wait, The More Expensive These Indie Games Will Be
No matter how many previews, gut check and reviews you load up with, buying any game comes down to taking a risk with your hard-earned money. Mainstream games can tell you that they’re chock full of content by citing hours of playtime, DLC plans or multiplayer features. But indie games, either because of their smaller…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 26, 2011 -
Infamous Has a Little Halloween Fun With Call of Duty (Modern Gorefare!)
The creators of the enjoyable open-world Infamous games nto their super-hero cities. They’ve done it before, and, hey, we like when developers make jokes So cheers to the Infamous development studio Sucker Punch for taking a gentle jab at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in this week’s downloadable PlayStation 3 vampire adventure, Infamous: Festival of…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 26, 2011 -
World of Warcraft Guilds Can Now Switch Servers and Sides
Have you or someone you know spent years cultivating an Alliance-side guild in World of Warcraft, only to realize late in the game that Blizzard only loves the Horde? Now’s your chance to feel the company’s approving warmth as new services debut that allow guild leaders to change realm and faction. Starting yesterday, guild leaders…
By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2011 -
Battlefield 3’s Many Deaths By Blow Torch
There is no more ignoble a death then one delivered at the hot end of a Battlefield 3 “repair tool.” It’s not just that it’s a silly way to die. Death by repair tool takes some patience by the would-be killer and a deep sense of disregard by the intended victim. I mean, how do…
By Brian Crecente Published October 26, 2011 -
GTA III‘s Fake News Turns 10, Still Funny and a Bit Demented
A decade ago, Rockstar Games was trying to be funny. Starting in February of 2001, all the way to the 18th of October, just before the most important game release in their company’s history, they were trying to make people laugh about Grand Theft Auto III. They did it with a fake online newspaper chronicling…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 26, 2011 -
Let’s Get Excited About Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Multiplayer
The backstabbing multiplayer of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood returns next month in Revelations, bigger, bloodier, and more customizable than ever. Live producer Andreane Meunier explains what’s changed, what to expect, and makes me want to mispronounce the word “beta”. While I’m sure there are people eagerly awaiting the return of Assassin’s Creed multiplayer, I don’t count…
By Mike Fahey Published October 26, 2011
