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Shadows of the Damned Dev Diary Has The Best Dub Job Ever
Normally, I’m not one for watching “developer diary” videos, but when it comes to a game like Shadows of the Damned and developers like Shinji Mikami and Goichi “Suda 51” Suda, consider me interested. Plus, when a developer is dubbed this spectacularly, it makes watching worthwhile. This four-minute-long look at June’s Shadows of the Damned…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 29, 2011 -
Poster of the Dead
BRAAAAIINS | Activision’s movie poster send-up for their upcoming Call of the Dead zombie expansion pack to Call of Duty: Black Ops. (Photo: Brian Crecente) Just How World of Warcraft Is Order & Chaos Online? Gameloft has finally turned its uncanny game mimicking powers to World of Warcraft and the result is a surprisingly enjoyable…
By Brian Crecente Published April 29, 2011 -
The Week in Gaming Apps
This week our gaming apps had the rhythm of PaRappa the Rapper‘s creator, the controversy of illegal immigration, and the dubious honor of being the iPhone’s first true World of Warcraft clone. This week’s gaming apps were all iOS-centric, but we’ve constantly got our eye out for important games on other mobile platforms. Considering my…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2011 -
Don’t Download That Fallout: New Vegas Update Just Yet, Says Bethesda
A title update to the Xbox 360 version of Fallout: New Vegas, to prepare the game for the upcoming Honest Hearts DLC should not be accepted until a replacement update goes live later this evening, Bethesda Softworks said. The update currently being served freezes gamesave data, making it unplayable. That’s kind of a bitch, especially…
By Owen Good Published April 29, 2011 -
Captain America Weighs in on Wikileaks
Given that he used to be frozen in ice for a few decades, we should not be surprised that Captain America has been a little slow in addressing the Wikileaks scandal. That silence was cracked in this week’s Secret Avengers issue no. 12.1 (recommended on Kotaku earlier this week). Spoiler: Captain America is not down…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 29, 2011 -
It’s Time to Join the Super Hero Squad
While details are still being hammered out for Gazillion Entertainment’s more mature Marvel MMO, its family-friendly, free-to-play Marvel Super Hero Squad Online is now open for business. Head over to HeroUp.com to get started.
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2011 -
They Make Video Games For Nerds, And They’re Damn Proud Of It
Fredrik Wester can actually name a computer game that was too hardcore, too out there, for his company to publish. That’s a surprise, considering how (putting it kindly) obscure (?)… specific (?) … for-nerds (!) the games that Wester’s Paradox Interactive puts out there. Naval combat simulator set in the Arctic Circle? Too hardcore for…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 29, 2011 -
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
I shall get my Motorstorm Apocalypse on this weekend, giving the natural disaster racing game a little more attention. Just for fun, mind you, not necessarily for work. But what else is on the gaming menu? Recent releases like Mortal Kombat and Portal 2 will get a little more time, as I’ve barely scratched the…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 29, 2011 -
Building a Better Elise in the New SSX
We’ve all seen the screenshots of the sleeker, more realistic look EA is giving blonde bombshell Elise Riggs in the new SSX game. Now let’s take a look at how she was created, from concept art to modeling her sleeker, more realistic panty line. When I posted the screenshots of Elise’s new SSX look, several…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2011 -
Free Portal 2 Content Brings New Test Chambers and Challenge Modes This Summer
Portal 2 will be getting new test chambers, leaderboards and challange mode for single and multiplayer challenge mode this summer, Valve confirmed today. Portal DLC #1 will be free for the PC, Mac, Xbox 360 and PS3. More details to come, we’re told.
By Brian Crecente Published April 29, 2011 -
Did Ubisoft Just Leak the Next Assassin’s Creed Game?
A message appearing briefly on the Assassin’s Creed Facebook page lead NeoGAF users to a Flash file urging fans to “Spread the Word” to reveal an exclusive look at the next Assassin’s Creed game, and lurking within the Flash file was this logo. What is Assassin’s Creed: Revelations? The Facebook message appeared for only a…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2011 -
Dark Horse Digital Comics Debuts with Dungeon Siege III
The comic book publisher behind Hellboy and The Umbrella Academy have launched a digital Dungeon Siege III comic book series, and you can read the first issue right now courtesy of the newly-opened Dark Horse Digital. So they’re a little late to the party. What matters is they made it. Dark Horse Comics launched its…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2011 -
The Sith Wear the Best Outfits in The Old Republic
The Jedi use their mystical powers for good. The Sith? The Sith use their mystical powers for sexy. Check out what the well-dressed Sith Warrior will be wearing in BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic If Star Wars has taught me anything, it’s that the bad guys always look way cooler than the good guys.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2011 -
Developer reveals gameplay, character creation for D&D Daggerdale
Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale is a hack-and-slash action game coming out for Xbox, Playstation and PC in late May. This visit to the Forgotten Realms is the first time console players have been able to play a D&D videogame in several years. Atari Producer Michael Fahrny answered a few of our questions about designing a…
By Ed Grabianowski Published April 29, 2011 -
Life Keeps Reminding Me Of Video Games
Recently I watched the entirety of the television series Twin Peaks and kept thinking about Silent Hill We have a foggy, forested community of people with hidden dark streaks and secret lives; a town that lies at the supernatural junction of nature and Hell. Key scenes take place in diners or hospitals, and it’s the…
Leigh Alexander Published April 29, 2011 -
Need for Speed The Run Brings The Story Back To Street Racing
Yesterday we posted the leaked trailer for the next installment of Need for Speed, The Run. Today EA makes it official and tells us what’s so special about this round of illicit, high stakes racing. As McWhertor surmised yesterday, The Run is indeed the next installment of the Need for Speed series from EA’s Black…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2011 -
Why Do Video Games Hide Their True Endings?
In today’s slightly spoilery episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter 黒人 laments the games that require a player complete countless complicated steps in order to see their “true” endings. I have a bit of a distaste for “real endings” in games. This doesn’t apply to all games with multiple endings where one of them is…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2011 -
Marvel Pinball Celebrates 50 Years of the Fantastic Four
The family that stays together for 50 years plays pinball together as well. Zen Studios adds to its highly successful Marvel Pinball series with a Fantastic Four table featuring Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Thing, and…wait, where’s Spider-Man? I guess a product celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Fantastic Four needs to stick with the original…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2011 -
The Murderous Math of The Darkness II‘s “Quad Wielding”
Balancing the Xbox 360 controller lightly between pinkies and thumbs, I twiddle four trigger fingers in occasionally rhythmic bursts. Each squeeze dispenses death in different, surprisingly creative ways. Bad guys die by gun blast, slashing tentacle, severing cab door, skewering light pole. My thumbs, perched atop the controllers tiny joysticks, swivel in smooth movements, directing…
By Brian Crecente Published April 29, 2011