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Rage‘s Dead City Is Surprisingly Lively
Just because there’s an apocalyptic event doesn’t mean the world’s great cities crumble into dust. They just get a few new residents, as demonstrated in Rage’s Dead City gameplay trailer. Rolling deserts and dust bowls are good enough for smaller games, but id’s Rage is no small game. Sooner or later you’ve got to give…
By Mike Fahey Published April 18, 2011 -
Sonic Generations Is Like A Dream Sonic Game, Except It’s Real
Sega’s next Sonic game, Sonic Generations, will let you play as classic, sidescrolling Genesis Sonic or as modern, control-him-from-behind-in-3D Sonic. You’ll control either Sonic in levels inspired by three eras of Sonic games, from the originals, to the Dreamcast era, to modern times. No special powers. No playable friends. Sonic Team is doing development. On…
By Stephen Totilo Published April 18, 2011 -
Which crappy scifi vehicle is right for you?
Let’s face it. If sweet science fictional rides like Airwolf or KITT actually existed, laymen like us wouldn’t get first dibs. No, we’d probably get saddled with whatever comically impractical vehicles the Tony Starks of the world don’t scoop up. Assuming that the most outlandish transports are someday available to consumers, here’s a (not actually)…
By Cyriaque Lamar Published April 18, 2011 -
First Look At Uncharted 3‘s All-New Multiplayer Mode, Now With Buddies, Splitscreen and High Fives
Soon, you’ll be able to high five your PlayStation Network and Facebook buddies while standing over the corpse of Nathan Drake—and you’ll be rewarded for doing so in Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception’s all-new online multiplayer component. PlayStation 3 owners will be able to get their hands on the game’s multiplayer as early as June. Uncharted…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 18, 2011 -
Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Screen Shots
By Michael McWhertor Published April 18, 2011 -
Could Prey 2 Be Red Dead Redemption in Space?
Prey 2, as we expected, will be a very different sort of game then the original. Gone is the conflicted Native American hero. Gone too is the linear gameplay of the original. Instead Prey 2 will drop you into the shoes of US Air Marshall Killian Samuels as he becomes an off-world bounty hunter in…
By Brian Crecente Published April 18, 2011 -
Mega Man X Marks The Nintendo Download
In a Nintendo Download populated by baby simulations, demos, and piano tutors, only one ancient robot has the power to make this week’s downloadable Nintendo games not completely suck. That robot is Mega Man X, making his Virtual Console debut in the form of the original Super Nintendo game. Dr. Light has been dead for…
By Mike Fahey Published April 18, 2011 -
New Skyrim Shots Feature Orcs, Cat-People, And The Dreaded Giant Spider
Giant spiders are a staple of fantasy role-playing games, be they pen-and-paper or console-and-controller. Bethesda shows off perhaps the most terrifying giant spider of them all in this latest batch of screens for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Kotaku didn’t make it to Bethesda’s recent BFG event, where Skyrim was on display for all to…
By Mike Fahey Published April 18, 2011 -
That’s A Nice Suit. Like Something A Professor Would Wear.
TREASURE REPORT | TOKYO, JAPAN: Waterboys’ actor Hiroshi Tamaki appears at a press conference for DS game, Treasure Report. (Photo by Game Watch Impress) These Ladies Go Beyond A Fatal Attraction This week’s cosplay round-up is dominated by the ladies, with not one Felicias but two, some Final Fantasy favourites and a pair of Zelda…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 18, 2011 -
Are These Silent Hill Movie Images Scary?
You’ve see the Silent Hill: Revelation 3D set photos. And if you haven’t here they are. How will the set look in the film? Probably something like this latest batch of movie stills. The images don’t look as unsettling (or beautiful) as the set pics, but they’ve got fire! And fire is scary. It’s warm,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 18, 2011 -
BulleTrain‘s Open Letter To EA Still Leaves Many Missing The Memo
About a year and a half ago, Pandemic Studios – you may remember them for Full Spectrum Warrior, Mercenaries and Star Wars: Battlefront – was shuttered by Electronic Arts, which bought the studio in 2007. Four developers who were pink-slipped formed Downsized Games, and BulleTrain, released late last year for iOS devices and updated recently,…
By Owen Good Published April 18, 2011 -
Another Game Canceled Due To Japan’s Earthquake
Disaster Report 4, a disaster survival game, was canceled shortly after the Tohoku Earthquake out of respect for victims. The upcoming Momotaro Dentetsu game is joining Disaster Report 4 in the canned bin. Momotaro Dentetsu is a series of dice-based video game board games which take players to different areas of Japan. The reason for…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 18, 2011 -
Baraka Sure Is Ugly
But is he uglier than he was in the original, viral Mortal Kombat clip? For the Mortal Kombat: Legacy web series, the character’s make-up is getting reworked. He looks more troll and monstery and not nearly as unsettling as he did in the original clip. In that re-imagining, Baraka was an expert martial artist who…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 18, 2011 -
These Ladies Go Beyond A Fatal Attraction
This week’s cosplay round-up is dominated by the ladies, with not one Felicias but two, some Final Fantasy favourites and a pair of Zelda cosplayers. They’re far from the only standouts in seven days of people dressing up like fictitious video game characters, though, as Team Fortress 2, Final Fantasy XIII and, amazingly, Command &…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2011 -
Even Team Fortress 2 Has Gone Portal Crazy
Team Fortress 2’s recent “hatless” update may not have had any hats, but this week there is a new, single accessory: a pin you can stick on your players. A Portal pin. You know, in case anyone hanging around Steam hadn’t seen too much about that game already. Anyone pre-ordering Portal 2 through Valve’s own…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2011 -
Resident Evil Reborn As Social Networking Game
This June, Resident Evil: Outbreak Survive will hit Japan’s Gree social networking service. Set in Raccoon City, the game has players work together with friends, sharing healing items and putting together teams of rescued allies to complete missions.
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 18, 2011 -
Imagining What Sony’s Next Controller (And Its Box) Will Look Like
My dork tendencies run a little…stranger than most. While I enjoy looking at things like mock-ups of new control pads, for example, I prefer looking at a mock-up of the packaging for said controller. Russian/American designer Ted Meltok figured he’d take a swing at Sony’s next (well, probably next) control pad, the Dualshock 4. Smartly…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2011