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The Newest Dreamcast/Neo-Geo Game Mashes Metroid with a Commodore 64 Classic
It’s been out of production for years but garage coders and hardcore fans of the Dreamcast have been keeping it alive with fresh content and inventive hacks. The latest example of the former comes from German studio NG:DEV.TEAM in the form of Gunlord. The side-scrolling shooter appears to show the influence of the old-school Commodore…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2011 -
Which of the Console Companies will an Apple “Smart Television” Kill?
There’s going to be another round of consoles. There’s another Xbox coming, another PlayStation. Anything could happen in the next couple of years before they’re released. For instance, Apple could start selling “smart televisions”. There have been “Apple TV” rumors for years, even before there was the current bolt-on AppleTV. (Here’s one of today’s.) But…
By Joel Johnson Published October 24, 2011 -
Everything We Know and Think about Batman: Arkham City
We’ve reviewed Batman: Arkham City. We’ve offered tips so you can start playing it the right way. We’ve cobbled together instructions for how to grab the many downloadable additions to the game (how good are you at leaping through hoops?). We’ve explained that Catwoman stuff. Here, in one handy place, is our Batman: Arkham City…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 24, 2011 -
Uncharted 3 Video Shows the Best Way to Punch Your Way to Victory in Multiplayer
The video of Harrison Ford playing Uncharted 3 last week was clearly meant to communicate some kind of blessing from Indiana Jones to Nathan Drake. And Indy’s a professor who taught lessons with his fists. This video features Naughty Dog’s Robert Cogburn talking about how you can do the same in the studio’s hotly anticipated…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2011 -
The Solo StarCraft II Player Thanks You For a Shorter Heart of the Swarm Campaign, Jerks
During BlizzCon 2011 this weekend I got to ask Starcraft II senior designer Jonny Ebbert what was in store for the solo player in the upcoming expansions and why Heart of the Swarm‘s campaign is nine missions shorter that Wings of Liberty‘s. You whiny bastards. Not you folks personally — well, not all of you…
By Mike Fahey Published October 24, 2011 -
Quick Thoughts About My Battlefield 3 Review
Editor’s Note: We ended last week at Kotaku without any review copies of Battlefield 3. So did a lot of other outlets. Console and PC copies arrived in our laps today, a day before release, but a select few outlets, including our pals at Joystiq, got a PC copy last week and reviewed it today.…
Arthur Gies, Joystiq Published October 24, 2011 -
GE Brings Good Things to Life in Minecraft with Recreation of Edison Memorial Tower
Say what you want about their loophole-happy tax practices, but General Electric’s a company that understands invention. And the making of things. So, it’s kind of a natural fit that the company’s GE Show would do an episode featuring the world’s most successful alpha release. You’ll see Minecraft used to recreate the Edison Memorial Tower,…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2011 -
Zombies Do Not Understand Pumpkin Carving, But Damn Can They Dance
It’s Pumpkins Vs. Zombies as PopCap’s zombie temp worker tries his hand at gourd gutting and cutting. Then a rave breaks out. It’s great to see the folks at PopCap having a great time preparing for Halloween this year, and any video that starts with the undead and ends with dancing is an instant classic.…
By Mike Fahey Published October 24, 2011 -
Should You Buy Pokémon Rumble Blast? No.
Pokémon Rumble Blast is the first Pokémon game for the Nintendo 3DS, but it’s not a real Pokémon game any more than the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon or Pokémon Ranger games are. This is no role-playing game involving turn-based battles and gym trainers. You’re controlling Pokémon directly in this one, collecting some 600 of them in…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 24, 2011 -
The New Gameplay Trailer for Inversion Makes Things Topsy-Turvy
I’m the kind of guy who’ll always give games that muck with the core precepts of spacetime at least a gander. Rewinding and freezing time, opening up wormholes and otherwise bending the forces of the universe spices up otherwise ordinary gameplay. That’s the thinking behind Namco Bandai’s upcoming shooter Inversion, which lets you reverse gravity…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2011 -
A Cube of Cubes, or a Perplexing Way to Play 16 GameCube Games
Blessed with a surplus of ancient Commodore 1702 monitors and a handful of GameCubes, Personal Computer Museum curator Syd Bolton stacked them all together to form a pleasantly confusing cube of cubes. After debuting his cube of cubes at a recent Game Night held at his Ontario, Canada museum, Bolton took a little time out…
By Mike Fahey Published October 24, 2011 -
Cheapest Price Ever for Kinect and Two Games
• Xbox 360 Kinect Sensor with Kinect Adventures and Child of Eden (download code) is $107.24, free shipping from Buy.com. Next best is $120 from Amazon. The previous best Kinect deal was a $114 net value ($139 w/ $25 bonus credit) from Amazon, but that was for the original bundle without Child of Eden. [Dealzon]
By Owen Good Published October 24, 2011 -
Get Your First Look at Minecraft on the Xbox 360 In Vegas Next Month
Minecraft for the Xbox 360 will be playable at MineCon in Las Vegas next month, the game’s developers tell Kotaku. MineCon runs on Nov. 18 and Nov. 19. The fan event will also mark the official launch of the computer version of Minecraft. That’s right, it will finally be finished.
By Brian Crecente Published October 24, 2011 -
FIFA Street’s Most Interesting Mode Brings Horde Mode to the Pitch
When EA Sports previously did Street versions of established sports, the interpretations usually focused on creating a cartoony cousin to the experience players already knew. So, NBA Street got four-point gamebreakers, NFL Street had its wall-running and previous iterations of FIFA Street featured outrageous juggles and beat tricks. The 2012 edition of FIFA Street‘s being…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2011 -
A More Official Look at the Sights and Sounds of BlizzCon 2011
After spending the entire weekend trying to get good shots and video on a dimply lit show floor with a mobile phone, Blizzard walks in, drops a load of professionally shot official BlizzCon 2011 photos and a small video on my desk, and then disappears in a puff of smoke. Jerks. Oh look, they’ve even…
By Mike Fahey Published October 24, 2011 -
Should You Buy Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception? Yes
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is the follow-up to inarguably the best game released in 2009. That predecessor managed to lock in more than 200 game of the year awards, including ours. How do you think Uncharted 3 will fair in the long shadow of Among Thieves? Here’s our gut check on Uncharted 3, due out…
By Brian Crecente Published October 24, 2011 -
FIFA on PlayStation Vita Uses Touch Panel Control Makes Ball Handling Literal
It’s no surprise that EA’s making its PlayStation Vita debut with a portable version of the FIFA franchise. Association football’s the world’s most popular sport and recent years have seen EA make strong strides in its rivalry with Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer series. They’re looking to take that resurgence to Sony’s new handheld and will…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2011 -
Why Not Just Do Away With Boss Fights Altogether?
Some people love boss fights; others dread them. Commenter TheBlackHole25 is in the latter camp, and he’ll explain why in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku Does anyone else here really dislike boss fights? I don’t know why this is the case, but I always enter boss fights with a feeling of dread. And the dread…
By Mike Fahey Published October 24, 2011 -
Pinball Teeters on the Brink of Obsolescence and a Resurgence
Pinball played right is an act of violence. Violence against that steel ball trying to slip past your paddles. Violence against gravity urging that escape along. Violence against the glass top that contains everything happening within and violence against the wooden casket packed with hundreds of moving parts, lights and noise. You don’t play a…
By Brian Crecente Published October 24, 2011 -
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3’s Changes, Through the Eyes of a Pro
So, we know that Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3‘s going to have more, well, everything. More backgrounds, more modes, more new characters. But, part of how Capcom’s been positioning this update has been to talk about the tweaks and changes that will make UMvC3 a better more ultimate game than its predecessor. This video by…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 24, 2011