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WWE Great Shawn Michaels Shows Us Some Hunting Games, Justifies His Love of Hunting
In the middle of New York City, in the back of one crazy truck, pro wrestling icon Shawn Michaels promised me he could show me the newest Cabela’s hunting video games in one take. He did and even fielded my questions about why he hunts with grace, all in a single video you can see…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 15, 2011 -
Sony’s Sexiest PS3 Consoles Look Even Better In the Flesh
As you’ve seen already with the coloured Vitas, Sony has a range of fancy gear on show at the back wall of its Tokyo Game Show booth. Like the newly-announced FFXIII-2 PlayStation 3 console, its sibling, the Ni No Kuni PS3 and the entire range of DualShock 3s. If you didn’t love the Ni No…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2011 -
How Three Genesis-Era Sonic Levels Look in Generations
Remember the Green Hill, Chemical Plant, and Sky Sanctuary zones from the Genesis-era Sonic the Hedgehog games? This is what they look like with a Sonic Generations makeover. Do you like what you see? I’m definitely digging the new life Sega is bringing to these iconic levels from the good old days. Seeing those familiar…
By Mike Fahey Published September 15, 2011 -
Gears of Wars 3 Decimates the Game Reviewing Hordes
Go ahead. Look the grizzled, battle-scarred Marcus Michael Fenix in the face and tell him his third game sucks. You can’t do it, but don’t feel bad. Even the most battle-hardened video game critics are humbled by his majesty. Marcus and his meaty Gears compatriots have been kicking Locust ass up and down the planet…
By Mike Fahey Published September 15, 2011 -
Here, Look at WipeOut 2048 for Five Minutes!
Frantic, futuristic racing. That’s right, WipeOut 2048 is one of the launch titles coming to the PlayStation Vita. It’s shaping up nicely. Here, game designer Graeme Ankers walks us through, providing a look at what you can expect. Be sure to check out Kotaku‘s hands on impressions of the game. You can contact Brian Ashcraft,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2011 -
Japan’s Deadliest Developer Tells The Next Generation To Grow A Pair
I got the chance to sit down with Dead or Alive creator and former Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki yesterday, ostensibly to talk about his studio’s upcoming action game Devil’s Third. Since that game made a late pullout from the Tokyo Game Show, however, there wasn’t much to talk about. So instead we talked about…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 15, 2011 -
It’s a Sin Only Europe Gets This Persona 2 Collector’s Edition
Are you seeing red, North American Persona fans? That’s because this European collector’s edition of the PSP redux of Persona 2: Innocent Sin comes with so much more than the skimpy mini-soundtrack we’re getting over here. Ghostlight, the company handling Innocent Sin’s European release, is pulling out several of the stops to please fans of…
By Mike Fahey Published September 15, 2011 -
These AR Games Are the PS Vita’s Holy Shit Moment
AR is the Nintendo 3DS’s holy shit moment. Ditto for the PS Vita. Sony is offering a new spin on AR with markerless AR play. It’s impressive to see in action, and certainly something to show the friends if you want to wow them with your new hardware. Here, Sony shows off upcoming PS Vita…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2011 -
The Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD Remake is Filled With Gorgeous Bugs
Can you spot the bugs in this trailer for the HD remake of Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath for the PlayStation 3? That’s right, they’re hanging out in the ammo slots for Stranger’s critter-launching crossbow, one of the greatest first-person shooter weapons of all time. It shoots insects, chipmunks, small fuzzy ball creatures, and more, and it’s…
By Mike Fahey Published September 15, 2011 -
How Do You Clean Your Horribly Filthy Gaming Equipment?
In today’s disgustingly dirty edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Dracosummoner wonders what everyone does to keep their controllers and portable game devices from cultivating new forms of bacterial life. I was wondering, Kotaku, do you guys have any special tips or tricks for keeping your controllers and handhelds clean? I typically use a…
By Mike Fahey Published September 15, 2011 -
Ignoring iPhone, 3DS and Vita Hype, Valve Doesn’t Want to Make Portable Games
Nintendo is catching a lot of heat these days for refusing to make games for the iPhone, but one of the other elite video game companies, the forward-thinking makers of Portal, Counter-Strike and Team Fortress 2, Valve Software isn’t just shunning iPhone. Valve shows no interest in making portable games at all. Not for iPhone.…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 15, 2011 -
Dead Island Devs Push Back DLC, Refocus Energy on Bug Squashing
Dead Island‘s expansion packs, both announced and not, may be hitting later than planned as developers refocus their energy on fixing the game, Deep Silver tells Kotaku “Right now the Dead Island development team’s priority is working on fixes and updates across all platforms so that we can take care of all of the fans…
By Brian Crecente Published September 15, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
What a week: Nintendo 3DS conference, Sony Conference, the TGS. There’s lots of news and I’m sure you guys have lots to say about it. Or you don’t… In that case, just speak whatever comes to mind because it’s talk amongst yourselves time. Cheers to Cleesox for today’s image. Want to have your TAYpic featured…
By Nick Partyka Published September 15, 2011 -
Tokyo Game Explosion Day 1: Final Fantasy XIII-2, Gold Vitas and… Good 3DS News!
We’ve got a guy who speaks Japanese and one who speaks Australian tearing through Tokyo Game Show, eyeballing Hideo Kojima, playing the prettiest PlayStation 3 game they’ve ever seen, and soaking in all the news from Tokyo Game Show 2011. Here is all the top news from the last 24 hours of TGS… PS Vita…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 15, 2011 -
Holding Out Against a Hero
You see the icon, you read the name, you boot it up, you think Tiny Heroes is about deploying a diminutive unit to plunder the gold from the dungeon laying out there before it. Wrong. In this game, you are a goblin, and your job is to marshal your resources to keep the Tiny Heroes…
By Owen Good Published September 15, 2011 -
This Isn’t Your Father’s Panzer Dragoon
Project Draco is the latest title from the designer behind Panzer Dragoon The game is a sci-fi yarn in which humans colonized an unnamed planet inhabited by dragons. The humans are able to befriend the dragons and control them. Enter Project Draco The game is a Kinect rail shooter, but promises 180 degrees of freedom.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2011 -
Dead Island Nears 2M
Buggy, but fun hack-and-slash zombie role-playing game Dead Island shipped more than a million copies to stores in the first few days of release and expects to send out 2 million globally by the end of week, the publishers say. Of course, these aren’t sold to gamers numbers, but it is still pretty impressive.
By Brian Crecente Published September 15, 2011 -
Do You Know Whose Voice Haunts This Game?
Haunt is the latest title from Masaya Matsuura, the designer best known for Parappa the Rapper Haunt is an Xbox Live title for Kinect. It’s set in a haunted house with players fending off ghosts and shining a flashlight down creepy hallways. It’s not scary, and it’s kid friendly. For gamers, Haunt has a special…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 15, 2011
