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Prototype 2 Will, At The Very Least, Have Nice Corpse Throwing Physics
Prototype 2 isn’t due out until sometime in 2012, so early video of Radical Entertainment’s game can easily be forgiven for being light on substance. If you’re looking forward to next year’s Prototype sequel or simply enjoy video game trailers featuring harpsichord, give this one—”Heller Throws Down”—some eyeball time.
By Michael McWhertor Published March 14, 2011 -
Land-A Panda Is A Cannon-Based Cure For The Common Sad Panda
Any zoologist will tell you that panda breeding is a delicate operation. It requires setting the right mood, making sure the two pandas are a good match, and shooting one of them out of multiple cannons until he lands next to his mate. Big Pixel Studios may have just cost me a job at the…
By Mike Fahey Published March 14, 2011 -
El Shaddai, If Nothing Else, Is One Gorgeous Video Game
The makers of El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron don’t clutter their game with health bars and point-counters.* They don’t put anything in the way of the beautiful game they’re creating, one of the head-turners at PAX East in Boston this past weekend. I hadn’t followed the game closely. Its name is alphabet soup, its…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 14, 2011 -
The Infamous 2 Beta Needs Mission Designers Badly
PlayStation 3 owners can get their hands on this summer’s Infamous 2 early with the game’s newly announced beta. Developer Sucker Punch is desperately seeking beta testers, passionate people who can bang away at the game’s user generated mission design component Interested parties (based in the U.S.) can sign up for Infamous 2’s “limited release…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 14, 2011 -
45 Minutes With Star Wars: The Old Republic, My First MMO In Four Years
I haven’t played a massively multiplayer online game since the single Saturday afternoon I spent four years ago raising a World of Warcraft Tauren Druid to level 12. I expected to break my MMO fast some time this year, either by trying WoW again or by giving in to the appeal of one of these…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 14, 2011 -
Kinect’s Most Dangerous Hack Is ‘The Evil Genius Simulator’
It may not be the most useful of creative Kinect hacks, but for underlining a point about your plans to conquer the world with a pair of Tesla coils, Bright Arcs’ Evil Genius Simulator can’t be beat. The concept is simple in this hack on display at Maker Faire UK: throw your hands in the…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 14, 2011 -
Portal 2‘s Newest Character Is Hilarious (And Possibly Malevolent)
At some unspecified moment in Portal 2, we’re going to hear from Cave Johnson, the man who founded Portal research lab Aperture Science. Why we’re hearing him is a mystery still unexplained. Portal 2 takes place some time after Portal 1, but is Johnson alive? A recording that’s been played back? Cave Johnson is voiced…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 14, 2011 -
Kinect Aids in $4 Million Research Into Mental Disorders
The University of Minnesota has saved more than $100,000 in research funds by using the Xbox 360 Kinect to aid in research on the diagnoses of mental disorders in children, according to a Minnesota Daily and AP report The Institute of Child Development, the University of Minnesota Medical School and the College of Science and…
By Brian Crecente Published March 14, 2011 -
The Xbox Live Arcade Lineup As Vintage Movie Posters
During PAX East this weekend Microsoft hypoed up their attractive upcoming Xbox Live Arcade lineup with a series of limited edition postcards transforming each title into a classic action movie poster. Can you tell which movies the posters came from? Limited to a print run of 700-or-so, chances of getting your hands on these sexy…
By Mike Fahey Published March 14, 2011 -
The Creators Of RuneScape Take-On Massively Multiplayer Transformers [Update]
Autobots wage their battles to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons online next year, as Hasbro grants the power to create a massively multiplayer online game based on the robots in disguise to Jagex, the folks behind popular free-to-play MMO RuneScape. Now there’s nothing wrong with RuneScape. Cambridge, England, based Jagex Game Studios has…
By Mike Fahey Published March 14, 2011 -
Earthquake Relief, 99 Cents At a Time
It was like a freight train hit the building. Wil McLellan was in the boardroom of New Zealand game developers Stickmen Studios when he felt the room start to vibrate. Then it whipped to the side. “People were thrown from chairs and the rooms without windows went pitch dark as the power went out,” McLellan…
By Brian Crecente Published March 14, 2011 -
How Can Good Triumph Over Evil When Evil Is So Awesome?
It’s more than just blue lasers versus red lasers in our Monday installment of Speak-Up on Kotaku, when commenter KingKellogg the Waffle Haggler ponders the eternal question: Why is being evil more exciting than being good? Boredom the Path to evil!! When playing choice games where you aren’t allowed to kill random civilians I tend…
By Mike Fahey Published March 14, 2011 -
The Joker And Harley Quinn Run Wild In The Batman: Arkham City Comic Series
Comic artist Carlos D’Anda expertly captures the insane intensity of Gotham City’s most diabolical duo in this exclusive peek at the cover art for Batman: Arkham City issue three. Written by video game scribe and Harley Quinn creator Paul Dini, the Arkham City comic book series deals with the establishment of the new Arkham compound…
By Mike Fahey Published March 14, 2011 -
Plants Vs. Zombies Vs. DSiWare In This Week’s Nintendo Download
Spring is right around the corner, a time when the sun is shining, the flowers blooming, and the undead hordes are hungry for your brains. What perfect timing for the DSiWare version of Plants Vs. Zombies. It’s a rather light week for the Nintendo Download, both literally and figuratively. WiiWare only scores one new release…
By Mike Fahey Published March 14, 2011 -
Bethesda Confirms Prey 2
Prey 2 is set for a 2012 release on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, Bethesda confirmed today. Developed by Human Head Studios, the game will give gamers “the opportunity to explore a new facet of the Prey universe, one that offers fast-paced action in an open, alien world.”
By Brian Crecente Published March 14, 2011 -
Notorious Illegal Immigration iPhone Game Tweaks Critics With Legal Immigration Mode
If turning the plight of illegal immigrants risking their lives to sneak into the U.S. into a goofy iPhone racing game didn’t amuse critics of Smuggle Truck: Operation Immigration, maybe the game’s legal immigration mode will. That special mode makes you wait 19 years to win. Let’s not judge Smuggle Truck in the abstract. Let’s…
By Stephen Totilo Published March 14, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome back to Kotaku’s main place for you to talk about video games. Have at it. Thanks to lilmp89 for today’s pic. Submit your image to #TAYpics. Hey folks, we need more March TAYpics! Share the wealth. (Read this thread for directions on how to do a TAYpic.)
By Stephen Totilo Published March 14, 2011