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Dance Central 2 Will Take Two to Get Down
Though the game only recognized one player’s moves, whenever someone broke out Dance Central at a party, invariably someone else joined the fun. Multiplayer, therefore, was priority No. 1 for Dance Central 2, and is the most notable feature of a game that still gets the best of the Kinect. A second player may drop…
By Owen Good Published June 8, 2011 -
Power A’s Tiny Controllers for Tiny Hands
Mike got to use Power A’s slightly shrinkified controllers back in January—the PS3 and Xbox models are fine, but it’s the 20 percent smaller, totally rubberized Wii remote that’s a surprise dynamo. And it lasts longer than before, with AA batteries replacing last year’s AAA.
By Matt buchanan Published June 8, 2011 -
Mass Effect 3 Voice Control Makes You a Devil, Enables Pause-Free Combat
The Kinect integration in next year’s Mass Effect 3 just might be a great idea. Pardon the skepticism, but after two Mass Effect games that did just fine without any connection to Microsoft’s hands-free sensor, it is a surprise. We found out on Monday, officially, that Mass Effect 3 includes optional Kinect support. (That had…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 8, 2011 -
Rise of Nightmare Recreates a Drunk’s Bloody Wander Through a Zombie Cavalcade
There is something wonderful about air chainsawing zombies. And air cleavering them. And air sheering them. I stand in a darkened room facing a big screen, feet apart, my hands are held in front of me as if I’m holding a chainsaw. On the TV I am. More specifically, two disembodied virtual arms and hands…
By Brian Crecente Published June 8, 2011 -
Graffiti Artist Takes A Stab At The Gears of War 3 Logo
LA-based graffiti artist OG Slick worked with Epic Games and Microsoft to create a cool alternative version the “Crimson Omen” logo from Gears of War as a limited edition tee for Hot Topic. The design got its debut last night in coaster form at Epic’s GoW3 Party last night. If you’re interested in the shirt,…
By Mike Epstein Published June 8, 2011 -
Nintendo is Such a Close-Knit Company Its Employees are Adopting Each Other
When some people think Nintendo, the first word that comes to mind is family. That’s likely the case for Nintendo employees Ross and Sandra Titus, who recently adopted their first child, 29-year-old Nintendo executive Jillian. The woman now known as Jillian Titus didn’t feel as if she had much of a family when she first…
By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2011 -
New Soulcalibur V Screen Shots
By Michael McWhertor Published June 8, 2011 -
Tekken Hybrid is Sexy PlayStation 3 Exclusive Combo
Take the gorgeous computer animated Tekken: Blood Vengeance movie and bundle it together with the HD remake of Tekken Tag Tournament and you get Tekken Hybrid, a Blu-ray movie you’ll want to watch with a game you might want to poke at. Tekken Tag Tournament HD is nice enough, I suppose, but the real meat…
By Mike Fahey Published June 8, 2011 -
These Are the Wii U Games of Your Dreams
There weren’t many games shown off as part of Nintendo’s Wii U reveal. Not many games actually running on the Wii U, anyway FIlling that void, reader Kyle and his mates put together this gallery of dream Wii U projects, some likely, some possible, maybe (at least in terms of application), and others sadly simply…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2011 -
Can You Spot the HD Metal Gear Solid Games?
Konami is bringing Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker to the PS3 and Xbox 360 as the Metal Gear Solid HD Edition Kotaku‘s already posted some of these “HD” screens. Here are some more! But can you tell which MGS2 screens are…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2011 -
Terrifying TriMount Connects All Your Game Console Sensors, Might Just Kill You
For anyone who owns all three of this generation’s gaming consoles, it can be a bitch setting up their respective sensor peripherals. Not anymore, as the dreamGEAR TriMount combines all three. Only it looks like a very angry Wall-E. This behemoth rigs the Xbox 360 Kinect, Playstation Eye, and Wii Sensor Bar together to form…
By Kwame Opam Published June 8, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
It’s been a busy week for games. We’ve seen a deluge of information from E3 and the launch of some stellar new releases (I’m looking at you, inFamous 2). So get talking—you’ve got plenty to talk about. On another note, things are looking a bit samey around here. Why? Because nobody wants to make a…
By Drew Cohen Published June 8, 2011 -
Who Knew the New Final Fantasy Trailer Was This Sexy?
Not me! One Japanese blog did, pointing how just how erotic Serah Farron is in the trailer Final Fantasy XIII-2. The result is a catalogue of cleavage and panty glimpses. The eroticism isn’t heavy handed or gratuitous, but it’s there. チラシの裏でゲーム鈍報:『ファイナルファンタジー13-2』セラがさらにエロくなって登場！パンチラもあり！ [チラシの裏でゲーム鈍報]
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2011 -
Let’s Look at Resident Evil: Revelations Screens. Together!
You’ve read Kotaku‘s Resident Evil: Revelations impressions (“frightening, delightful”). Now look at these screenshots. Hopefully you’ll find them frightening, and maybe even…delightful? Resident Evil: Revelations is slated for the Nintendo 3DS sometime next year.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2011 -
This Vita Game Will Have You Walking On the Walls
Team Siren, a division of Sony Japan’s internal studio, is working on a Vita game called Gravity. You may not have heard about it earlier in the week amidst all the other big Sony news, and that’s a damn shame. Why? Because it looks fantastic, that’s why. With a cel-shaded visual style and motion controls,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2011 -
“Human Tetris” Squeezed Out for Kinect
Game show Hole in the Wall, a Western take on a “human Tetris” game, is coming to Kinect. The game will be released on Xbox Live Arcade sometime this year. It will have single player or multiplayer modes (up to four players). There are unlockables like helmets and silver spandex. Hole in the Wall started…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2011 -
Rhythm Heaven Looks as Good On Wii as it Did On DS
Brilliant DS music game Rhythm Heaven is coming to the Wii, and you can see how toe-tappingly distracting it’s going to be in this E3 trailer for the title. Looks so simple, but man, it’s going to get its hooks in you.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2011
