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Vagrant Story Brings A Riot To The PlayStation Store This Week
This week, PlayStation 3 owners in North America will be able to enjoy one of the greatest role-playing games of the PlayStation generation: Vagrant Story coming to the PlayStation Store as a “PSone Classic.” For those of you who haven’t played this SquareSoft great, Vagrant Story is a fantastic mix of dungeon crawling, puzzle-solving, rhythmic…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 28, 2011 -
Killing Tasty Animals The Windows Phone 7 Way
After the initial lineup of Xbox Live-ready games for the Windows Phone 7 platform debuted, new releases have slowed to a crawl, and crawling is just want you’ll need to do to score a kill in Deer Hunter 3D. Like many Windows Phone 7 games, Deer Hunter 3D is a port of an older iPhone…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2011 -
Metroid Prime’s Coolest Concepts From The Cutting Room Floor
What could Metroid mainstays Mother Brain, Crocomire and Kraid have looked like in the beloved Metroid Prime video games? See for yourself in some recently excavated art work from the artists behind Nintendo’s first-person Metroid adventures. My personal favorite may be the Galactic Federation super suit seen above, a concept sketch from artist Sammy Hall…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 28, 2011 -
Ping-Pong For Perverts, Another Secretly Smart Video Game Innovation
It’s an odd scene to be a part of. I was sitting on a couch in the penthouse of a Manhattan hotel, a guy who works for video game publisher Sega at my side. A bunch of other men stand near us. Everyone is watching the TV, which runs a video game that is mostly,…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 28, 2011 -
Serious Sam 3 Gives You 16 Player Co-op This Summer
Make the next Serious Sam game official. Developer Croteam is bringing the next entry, Serious Sam 3: BFE, to PC and consoles this summer, a “glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters,” they say. That’s when “men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom,” according to…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 28, 2011 -
Rift Combats Massive Player Influx With Massive Server Additions
Response to Trion World’s MMO Rift has been overwhelming, with the 17 servers allocated to North America for last week’s head start blossoming into 39 to combat long login queues. The game launches tomorrow, with more servers on the way. My Dwarven warrior Oprah might be exaggerating a little, but not much. Since the Friday…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2011 -
Another Glimpse At The Most Ambitious Kinect Game
Call it Project Milo. Call it Milo & Kate. Call it, last we heard, canceled. You can also call Lionhead Studios’ attempt to use the Xbox 360 Kinect sensor array to let players interact with a virtual boy a more ambitious effort than anything else we’ve seen using Microsoft’s popular new tech. But we’ve seen…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 28, 2011 -
European Customs Seize PlayStation 3 Shipments
Tens of thousands of PS3s were seized by customs officers last week in the Netherlands as part of an ongoing contentious court battle between LG and Sony, the Guardian reports A ruling by the civil court of justice in the Hague surrounding patents related to the playback of Blu-Ray discs means that all new PS3s…
By Brian Crecente Published February 28, 2011 -
The Bleak Despair Of Abject Poverty In Video Game Form
You’ve lost your job, your house, and your savings are completely gone. Can you survive for a month on $1,000? That’s the challenge put forth in the game Spent. Are you up to it? For many of us, poverty is something that happens to other people. We have comfortable jobs, reliable transportation, good health insurance,…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2011 -
Our First Look At The Bloody Ninja Gaiden III In Action
See what it’s like to be stabbed repeatedly by Ninja Gaiden star Ryu Hayabusa in this, the first teaser video for Team Ninja’s next project, Ninja Gaiden III. The third Ninja Gaiden game, according to its creators “will take fans on an epic journey as they discover a side of their hero that has never…
By Michael McWhertor Published February 28, 2011 -
Steam Plans To Take Over Your Television
Not content to dominate digital downloads on the Mac and PC, Valve is heading to GDC 2011 with plans for a “big picture” mode, a controller-friendly version of Steam perfect for playing on your big-screen television. Steam is big, but Valve wants it bigger. With the digital download platform’s dominance on the PC growing every…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2011 -
Suspect Compares British Shooting Spree To Grand Theft Auto
Qhuram Awan was either an unwilling hostage or a willing accomplice during Raoul Moat’s 2010 crime spree that left one dead and two seriously wounded. Speaking to Newcastle Crown Court, Awan recalls the event was “like a video game.” “It’s all getting too much now. It’s like a cross between GTA and Jason Bourne.” Those…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2011 -
Yes, Really, The New Dragon Age Facebook Game Is Worth Playing
There are so many games on Facebook, and so few worth playing. But there’s a new one based on the acclaimed Dragon Age universe. And it’s made by a team led by EA2D’s Mark Spenner and Soren Johnson, a guy who made a mighty fine version of Civilization (and is pretty good at solving the…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 28, 2011 -
Flashback Designer Creates Survival Horror Babysitting Adventure
Paul Cuisset, the man behind the rotoscoped classic Flashback, takes a turn at survival horror with Amy, a tale of post-global warming horror that charges you with protecting one very special little girl. Developed by Cuisset’s VectorCell studio and published by Lexis Numérique for the PlayStation Network, Amy tells the tale of a near-future Earth…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2011 -
Now That We’ve Mastered Modern Warfare, Bring On The Swords
In today’s installment of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Nameloi craves a game that realistically depicts getting brained with a morningstar. We’ve got modern combat covered, why not medieval combat? She’s even made her own box art. How about a First Person Combat game set in the middle ages? replace assault rifles, bazookas and grenades for…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2011 -
The Bit.Trip Saga Reaches Its Final Destination
After five wonderfully retro-tastic installments, the Bit.Trip series comes to a close with the release of Bit.Trip Flux in this week’s edition of the Nintendo Download. CommanderVideo’s final WiiWare adventure is a return to form, in this case, paddle-form. After spending the previous five games steadily evolving, the Commander is back in the ball-bouncing form…
By Mike Fahey Published February 28, 2011 -
How FarmVille’s Makers Missed the Boat On The Next Great Era of Gaming
Before there were virtual farmers in FarmVille and virtual shop owners in CityVille, there was Ultima Online. Considered to be one of the first successful massively multiplayer online computer games, Ultima Online changed the way many developers and players thought about gaming. While it was created to be a place where people could adventure; fighting…
By Brian Crecente Published February 28, 2011 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Welcome to Kotaku’s official forum, where you are invited to talk about video games. Thank you, Hisilarn, for today’s image. End-of-month notice!We need new art for March. Submit a nomination for your favorite public-domain paintings over at #TAYpics. I’ll choose something that’s 16×9 or at least close to it, so please only suggest landscape images.…
By Stephen Totilo Published February 28, 2011 -
Bring Your Daughter To Work Day
Last time I let a baby try and write a witty opening to a night note. The Nintendo 3DS Is Stylish, Grown-Up And Flawed. Following up the most successful game handheld in history is no easy task. That’s exactly what Nintendo is doing starting today. The future begins now. This Killzone “Movie” Is Short, Sweet…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 28, 2011 -
So, What Was The Most Popular 3DS Launch Game?
Japanese publishing giant (and sales trackers) Enterbrain have published some preliminary sales figures for the launch of the Nintendo 3DS over the weekend, outlining how many of the handhelds were sold, and what the most popular game was. While there were early reports that 400,000 units had been sold, Enterbrain’s figures (which may change slightly…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 28, 2011