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More Motion Controls, Way More Fun Spotted In This New Super Mario 3D Land Video
I still like my disco music better, but here’s the latest true trailer from Nintendo showing off Super Mario 3D Land The video shows off a lot of cool things, like the gyroscopically controlled binoculars in the game and, well, tons of fun Mario gameplay. You can also apparently download this video on your 3DS…
By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2011 -
Wisconsin Steals Video Game Cosplay World Record From England
Oh you Londoners thought you were so hot, with your 376 video game cosplayers in one place. Well you just got served by Wisconsin, as the Guinness Book of World Records recognizes an even larger gathering in the state known for its cheese. The folks at Wisconsin costume company Buyseasons Inc. managed to gather together…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2011 -
The Bats Vs. Jokerz War Pits Neighbor Against Neighbor
The battle between the vigilante Bats and the villainous Jokerz gets the DC Entertainment animation treatment in this short but sweet trailer for Gotham City Impostors Say what you will about its comics and live-action movies; DC is at the top of their game when it comes to animation. Every single animated feature that’s come…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2011 -
How To Get Rage To Run On Your PC, An id Software Guide
The computer version of Rage hasn’t exactly been trouble free for some folks trying to play id Software’s latest creation. I haven’t run into any over issues, but I’ve got a high-end tower that I just ran through a massive driver update. That’s not the norm. Here’s publisher Bethesda’s latest take on the solutions PC…
By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2011 -
Now There’s the Nintendo Download We Know and Love
After last week’s double team of Zelda and Mario, I wasn’t sure if I could take the excitement of another big Nintendo Download. Turns out I had nothing to worry about. Four, count ’em, four new titles hit Nintendo’s various downloadable game delivery platforms this week. If you count the demo version of Sabarasa’s Horizon…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2011 -
Mini Motor Racing Bringing Cloud Saves to iDevices
Another racing game, another iOS feature implementation. This time, it’s Mini Motor Racing, the upcoming Micro Machines-meets-motocross title from Binary Mill, that’s going to go live with the iCloud feature rolling out for the bleeding edge of Apple’s portables. (You might remember Binary Mill as the devs who teamed up with Penny Arcade for the…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 6, 2011 -
We Watched them Play Max Payne 3 , and We Were Very Impressed
Rockstar Games will end an a 10-month stretch of no major new video games next March. Not with the release of the next Grand Theft Auto or Red Dead Redemption, but with the shooter I saw at their New York office this past week, the unexpectedly beautiful and expectedly violent Max Payne 3 Suddenly, I’m…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 6, 2011 -
Super Mario 3D Land In 75 Images Set to Disco
Nintendo just dropped 75 new tiny 3DS screens on us for the upcoming, very-fun-to-play, Super Mario 3D Land. So we turned them into a video and added… disco! Why not? OK, all reasonable answers. But I did it anyway. 😀 Super Mario 3D Land hits stores Nov. 13. I had a chance to play through…
By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2011 -
Square Enix, Tear Down This Final Fantasy XIV and Give Us Final Fantasy XV
In today’s final and fantastic episode of Speak up on Kotaku, commenter Paradox Me has an absolutely brilliant idea for Square Enix: Trash the failed MMO and recycle its assets for a new single player Final Fantasy game. Why is Final Fantasy XIV so goddamn pretty and why can’t we get this style in a…
By Mike Fahey Published October 6, 2011 -
Do You Live In the Biggest Video Gaming City In the U.S.?
Huntington, New Yorkers spend more than four times the average amount of video games, according to a recent study by credit card spending tracker Bundle. The study looked at spending at GameStop, EB Games and Steam from July 2010 to June 2011 for the top 100 cities in the U.S. by population. Bundle based their…
By Brian Crecente Published October 6, 2011 -
A Grand X-Men Finale, 1950’s Avengers, Sonic and More of This Week’s Comics Worth Buying
There are new comics to buy each week, and, as always, I have some suggestions… Comics You Should Consider Buying (from comics shops) Action Comics #2 Grant Morrison continues his tale of the re-booted Superman, back when Superman was young and an anti-authority super-hero activist. Morrison’s first issue was superb. Animal Man #2 One of…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 6, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
The world lost a great innovator and man yesterday with the death of Steve Jobs. At age 56, it is a death that most definitely came too soon. The loss will echo across multiple industries, but his legacy lives on, and Apple will make it through. This makes me think though: what other losses have…
By Matthew Buzzi Published October 6, 2011 -
Even Turtles Like To Do Touristy Things
Half-Shell | NEW YORK: In 2007, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles visited the Empire State Building. (Photo: Marion Curtis | AP Photo/Warner Bros.) There Are No Music Games. There Are Only Rhythm Ones. PaRappa the Rapper designer Masaya Matsuura has been called the father of music games. Thing is, he doesn’t believe there are music…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2011 -
Getting Shafted was Never This Much Fun
In, Mechanic Panic, you’re an elevator maintenance guy on his worst and, inevitably, last day of the job. You will die. The question it poses is how will you choose to spend it? Saving your own skin? Or trying to save others? Maybe that gives a little too much narrative credit to the game, an…
By Owen Good Published October 6, 2011 -
They Want to Make Sequels a Thing of the Past
Imagine the lovechild that would emerge from the coupling of, say, Epic’s Gears of War and Zynga’s Adventure World. You’d get all the gritty action and polished mechanics of a AAA game buoyed by a constant stream of updates and content. Daddy’s eyes and mommy’s brains, so to speak. And sequels? With a back-end where…
By Evan Narcisse Published October 6, 2011 -
Mario Kart 7 Screens Pull Up. Throw Turtle Shells.
This December, Mario Kart 7, which is actually the ninth Mario Kart, pulls off the line. Mario Kart 7 features a new first-person mode, hang gliders, and new weapons. It also features Mario. He’s not new, but that’s okay. We love him. You can contact Brian Ashcraft, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2011 -
There Are No Music Games. There Are Only Rhythm Ones.
PaRappa the Rapper designer Masaya Matsuura has been called the father of music games. Thing is, he doesn’t believe there are music games. “Strictly speaking I do not believe that ‘Music Games’ as a genre really exists yet,” Matsuura recently told Kotaku. “We just have ‘Rhythm Games.'” This isn’t the first time Matsuura has said…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2011 -
Wait, There’s a Halo Movie Planned for 2012?
Here’s an odd thing. The French press kit for the Halo novel Cryptum mentions a Halo movie. Involving Steven Spielberg. With vague words that it’s due in 2012. That’s…not far away. You can see it at the foot of this press handout, also mentioning the involvement of Spielberg’s Dreamworks studios. It’s not the first time…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 6, 2011