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Kirby Wii is Exactly the Sort of Game I Want to Play on a Nintendo Console
Vibrant, colorful, and full of joy, Kirby Wii is exactly the sort of game experience I crave when I power on Nintendo’s soon-to-be last generation system. An alien ship has crash landed in the realm of Pop Star, and Kirby must travel the lands gathering pieces of the broken craft to help stranded aliens get…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2011 -
The PlayStation TV: A 3DTV That Shows Different Images to Two Players
Whoa! A PlayStation TV. It’s a $500 24-inch 3D TV that Sony’s promising delivers “best in class” entertainment for way more people than are able to currently afford 3D. It looks like a giant PSP, sorta. Update: Hands on. It’s, well, nice. Set up in the fake, entirely-too-clean dorm room Sony had on hand, the…
By Matt buchanan Published June 7, 2011 -
LIVE At Nintendo’s E3 2011 Mystery Developer Q&A
As Nintendo is wont to do at E3, the company is holding a post-press conference question and answer session with Nintendo brass and developers. While these Q&A panels typically reveal all-new details, this one is shrouded in even more mystery. Nintendo will surely talk about the new Wii U, new Wii U games and who’s…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 7, 2011 -
Fable: The Journey Is Part On-Rail Shooter, Part Black & White, Part Fable
Fable: The Journey is an odd amalgam: a mix of on-the-rails shooter, of hand-waving magic, of Fable storytelling. It is, Peter Molyneux tells me, a departure from the numbered Fable games. “One, two, three was all about the bloodline and you played a hero and you had the destiny of a bloodline,” Molyneux said. “In…
By Brian Crecente Published June 7, 2011 -
Even the Giant Flesh-Hungry Spiders Look Pretty in Neverwinter
The Forgotten Realms depicted in this new trailer and screenshots for Cryptic Studios’ online co-op role-playing game Neverwinter could have been torn from the scribble pad I kept next to my character sheet back in my Dungeons & Dragons days. This is pretty much how I imagined my adventures back then, so many years ago.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2011 -
Kid Icarus: Uprising Looks at the Size of that Squadron
It’s been a long time since the world’s seen a brand new Kid Icarus game, but this year, Kid Icarus: Uprising is going to change that. Developed by Project Sora, Kid Icarus: Uprising is sorry to keep you waiting.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2011 -
Wii U Discs Will Be 25GB In Size
In a wide-ranging interview with Kotaku regarding the new Wii U console, one of Nintendo’s chief game designers, Katsuya Eguchi, confirmed that the system’s proprietary disc format will hold 25 Gigabytes of data. That squares with our own reporting from before E3 and puts Nintendo in a good place to run games that fill up…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 7, 2011 -
Nintendo Looking into Games that Support Two Wii U Controllers
Nintendo’s Wii U controller is such an extraordinary device that we’ve been hearing some skepticism from readers that the company would expect gamers to have more than one of them. After all, the thing looks expensive. It’s got a screen, and a mic, and a camera, and lots of buttons. Is Nintendo going to expect…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 7, 2011 -
Hulk Hogan Runs into Yoda at E3
Hulk Hogan passed Yoda in the halls of E3 today. No punches thrown. No force choke applied. Hulk was here to promote his Kinect game, Hulk Hogan’s Main Event. We’ll be showing Hulk’s encounter with another short, but less green person, in the near future. That person just might be me.
By Stephen Totilo Published June 7, 2011 -
8 Minutes of Our Hands-On Video Shows What It’s Like to Play Wii U
Stephen Totilo takes you on a whirlwind tour of Nintendo’s latest play for the living room, the touchscreen-and-motion-control Wii U. (But you’d watch 8 minutes of Totilo just to take a swim in those dreamy blue eyes, wouldn’t you?)
By Joel Johnson Published June 7, 2011 -
Everything We Know About Nintendo’s Brand New Console, Wii U
This morning, Nintendo unveiled the video game industry’s first new major home console since 2006. Yes, it’s been that long! That console is called the Wii U, and here’s everything we know about the machine so far. We’ve seen the Wii U in the flesh, played its games, seen its trailers and poked at its…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011 -
At Least One Good Thing Came Out of the PlayStation Network Attack, An Uncharted Thing
This November’s Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, will have LAN support. And you can thank the folks who hacked the PlayStation Network for that. This is the deal: The developers at Uncharted studio Naughty Dog were making a game that would include a three-person co-op mode and a 10-person multiplayer mode that they’re very proud of.…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 7, 2011 -
Dark Souls Is Hard. Dark Souls Screens Are Easy (on the Eyes).
Dark Souls, the upcoming title from Demon’s Souls developer From Software is going to be a hard game. That bittersweet pill is made easier to swallow by the game’s beautiful look. Dark Souls will be out this fall.
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2011 -
Tomb Raider’s E3 Screens Are Beating This Poor Woman to Death
You know what’s so appealing about this new Tomb Raider? The vulnerability. So many games turn you into a superhero that it’s refreshing to see one where breaking bones and bleeding look as dangerous as it should be. Brian’s had a play of the game, and walked away very, very impressed
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2011 -
OnLive Brings Streaming PC Games to Your Tablet PC This Year
Cloud gaming service OnLive is going portable later this year, when the OnLive Player App brings PC gameplay to your iPad and Android tablet PCs. You can already download an iPad app that lets you watch other players enjoying the OnLive streaming service; now you’ll be able to join in. The OnLive Player App will…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2011
