-
Rune Factory Images To ‘Tide’ Fans Over Until September Release
Natsume has big news connected to the screenshots of Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny which they released on their facebook today. The game hits Sept. 27 for both the Wii and the PS3. Screenshots for both versions of the game are now available. Tides of Destiny marks the debut of the series on the PS3.…
By Jen Schiller Published August 24, 2011 -
I’m on the Right, Predicting Nintendo will Never make an iPhone Game
Watch me, Stephen Totilo, chatting with Times Techland‘s Evan Narcisse about the future fate of Nintendo. This is a half-hour chat done in video splitscreen, so you can watch me do my best to be a talking head. (I was sporting my telemarketer look; Evan was doing the Lobot.) I couldn’t get the embed to…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 24, 2011 -
GameStop Policy: Open Your Games, Steal Your Codes, Sell Game Like New
GameStop tells Gamespy.com that they have been removing the codes for free copies of the OnLive PC version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution from the new PC copies of the game they sell at their stores and selling the game, without the free bonus, as new. The free Onlive copies were part of a deal…
By Jen Schiller Published August 24, 2011 -
Summer Break Means More Games For More Kids Nowadays
My 13-year-old sister visited recently and the first thing she did was ask for the wireless password. So what? She’s a forward thinking kid keeping up with the times. According to a new study, however, she’s part of a larger trend. A recent study by Harris Interactive polled a total of 2,950 adults in America…
By Jen Schiller Published August 24, 2011 -
Practice is the Brainy Gaming Event New York Deserves
Those of us who live in New York City are guilty, daily, of thinking that our city is terrific and deserves terrific things. But we in New York City don’t have any awesome big gaming expos nor any whip-smart game design gatherings to make the rest of the world envious, at least not until we…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 24, 2011 -
These Video Game Idols Put The Old In Old School
We’re all getting older, but hopefully most of us will age more gracefully than these beloved video game characters. The drawings come courtesy of Adam Ellis and his website “Books of Adam.” These pictures of Link, Zelda, Peach, Daisy and Samus in their twilight days are classy, if not a little disturbing. Didn’t we just…
By Max Abrams Published August 24, 2011 -
Dishonored is a Somethingpunk Shooter for Everyone. That Could Be the Problem.
I’ve been afraid to write about Dishonored. For weeks after I saw a guided demo in a room with other game journalists, I’ve looked at my notes and thought, Everything I have to say is negative. I don’t want to be negative. It’s too soon to be negative. So this is me staying positive. Dishonored…
By Joel Johnson Published August 24, 2011 -
Go to Gravity School With Inversion 101
All right class, what is the first rule of shooters? Stay behind those low walls? Namco Bandai explains why that strategy may not work anymore. Inversion is an upcoming third person shooter where the player wields the power of gravity. If an enemy is hiding behind a wall, just shoot some low gravity their way…
By Max Abrams Published August 24, 2011 -
Play Skyrim, Rage at PAX
PAX Prime 2011 kicks off on Friday and with it comes a chance for every day gamers to check out oodles of new games, games like Skyrim and Rage Bethesda tells us that their booth (1314) will include playable Rage, Skyrim as well as hourly Prey 2 presentations. Bathesda will also be putting on a…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2011 -
Bungie Aerospace Launches with Steam Punk Pirates
Bungie Aerospace is a Bungie label created to help small independent developers get their mobile and social games out there. The first Bungie Aerospace title is Crimson: Steam Pirates from developer Harebrained Schemes. The game is a free iPad title, available for download starting September 1. The turn-based “steam pirate” strategy game will be playable…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2011 -
Kinect Star Wars Won’t Be Home for Christmas
What might have been the perfect Christmas gift for the Star Wars gamer will have to find another special occasion to be gifted on, as Microsoft confirms that Star Wars Kinect and the Star Wars themed Xbox 360 have been pushed back indefinitely. It started off bad and got a little better, but Star Wars…
By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2011 -
Hey Ben Affleck, This Movie Sounds Stupid!
Ben Affleck is in negotiations to star in thriller Line of Sight, which will be produced by legendary action flick producer Joel Silver. Okay, so far, so good. The movie follows an elite group of commandos transporting cargo and dealing with a global threat. That’s kind of vanilla, but maybe they’ll make it work. Here’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2011 -
Twenty Different Faces For Each of Skyrim‘s Races
Not only are the faces in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim the most gorgeous the series has ever seen, they’re also the most customizable. Check out 20 variations of each of the game’s 10 races and see for yourself. Since the dawn of The Elder Scrolls, creating a character has been an exercise in crafting…
By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2011 -
Walking Through The End of Prey 2’s Amazing Trailer
Prey 2 game director Chris Rhinehart walks us through all of the many things we see in that amazing Prey 2 trailer from earlier this year. The commentary comes in three parts. Below are parts one and two, in case you missed them.
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2011 -
The Stark Lines, and High Contrast of Dishonored
First-person action game Dishonored oozes style, but I’m still not clear on whether I should be excited about this game. These new screen shots, released today, give some more glimpses of the Arkane Studios game that has you taking on the role of a supernatural assassin. That’s right… a supernatural assassin. Sounds great and terrible…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Wednesday! You lovely day of the week, marking exactly the half-way mark to the weekend. In case you’re not in Seattle right now, soaking in the beginning of PAX, you should know that Kotaku’s TAY forums are the next best thing to actually being there! Thanks to RealmRPGer for today’s TAYpic! Want to see your…
By Jen Schiller Published August 24, 2011 -
This is Why Some People Call El Shaddai a Visual Masterpiece
In a little over five minutes, I can show you why people who play the strangely-named video game El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron rave about its graphics. I knew this game was going be a visual feast. I knew it was our video game Fantasia (and an odd, interactive quasi-religious text). But until I…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 24, 2011 -
Got the Time?
Carded | LEIPZIG, GERMANY: A cosplayer attended a book fair in central Germany earlier this year. (Photo: Jens Meyer | AP) Maybe Yakuza Friends Are a Bad Idea? Last night, one of the biggest celebrities in Japan, Shinsuke Shimada, abruptly stated he was leaving the entertainment industry. Shimada, a comedian and talk show host, is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2011 -
So, Who’s Gonna Make Resistance 4?
Insomniac Games made Resistance: Fall of Man, Resistance 2, and Resistance 3. What about Resistance 4? In an interview with website Gaming Union, Insomniac Games creative director Marcus Smith said, “We’ve done Resistance 3 and we’re really into it and proud of it, but we’re not currently slated to do a Resistance 4. So it…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2011