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Mean Marvel Characters Transformed Into Cute Video Game Characters

Marvel’s Super Hero Squad Online is an upcoming MMO for kids, featuring cutesy versions of Marvel characters. At New York Comic-Con, the people behind the game wanted to surprise us, but showing us some of Marvel’s nastiest. Any and every Marvel character can be in this game, one of the game’s developers told an audience…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010

Capcom’s Fight Club Goes Down South

Capcom has completed testing its Fight Club events in the western and northern U.S. and is ready to bring Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 to where the real fighters live – Atlanta, Georgia. After getting a taste of what Chicago had to offer last month, Capcom takes the Fight Club show down south to my own…

By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010

There Is A Game Inside The Game Of Fable III, And Other Details

Lagging in my awareness of Fable III, I’ve missed a few details. I caught up yesterday and learned new things about Fable III. For those coming to this even later than I am, let me toss in some basics. Fable III. It’s a big Xbox 360 medieval adventure that mixes the feel of Arthurian legend…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010

It’s Time To Shoot The Bad Guys And Take Their Hats

If Red Dead Redemption had been released on the Super Nintendo, and hadn’t looked like Sunset Riders, it might have looked like this instead. This is Sombreros, a top-down shooter where you shoot Mexicans and collect their hats. It’s even got a “dead-eye” aiming system! You can download it here, if you feel like you…

By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2010

Jumping Not Mandatory In Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2

First we told you the new Bionic Commando side-scroller adds jumping. Then we praised the jumping. Today, we add: But you don’t have to jump. While showing Kotaku a build of 2011’s Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 last week, a Capcom spokesperson let me know that you don’t need to jump in the new game. You…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010

THQ Explores Mind-Body Medicine And Spirituality With Deepak Chopra

Renowned champion of new age spirituality and alternative medicine Dr. Deepak Chopra will soon be reaching a whole new audience, as THQ signs a multi-year licensing agreement to create games based on his teachings. Deepak Chopra is one of the biggest name in spiritual medicine. He’s authored more than 55 books on alternative medicine and…

By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010

You Deserve 200 Points For Looking In The Right Direction

Which actions in video games deserve points? Walking? Looking? Kicking a man off a ledge? Early 2011 first-person shooter Bulletstorm answers these questions. I tried a demo of the game at a showcase for upcoming EA games last week at a nightclub in New York. My findings: You get points for shooting bad guys. You…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010

EA Dismisses Fears That Action-Packed Dead Space 2 Won’t Be Scary

The first Dead Space was quiet, too quiet. That, fans have said, is why they like it. That, fans have said, is why they worry a little about the louder, forthcoming sequel. Dead Space 2, we’ve reported before, will make players feel more heroic and powerful than they did in the original 2008 EA space…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010

Portrait Of An Old Warrior

Can we now have one where he’s in an 18th-century officer’s outfit, giant hunting dog at his feet? By Randy Liu, via Rampaged Reality

By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2010

She’s A Bad Mamma Jamma

It’s day 10 in the McGuire household, Kevin Butler is getting into the peanut butter, and not even vuvuzelas can stop the family’s matron from being one bad mamma jamma in Tiger Woods 11. Reader No Computers In Texas points us towards this latest feat of Kevin Butlery, as Sony’s VP of family showdowns adds…

By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010

Alan Wake: The Writer Visual Guide

The trailer for The Writer The trailer for The Signal, the first add-on episode for Alan Wake. A look at gameplay in Alan Wake. The mysteries and mind games of Alan Wake.

By Brian Crecente Published October 12, 2010

Sweeping World Of Warcraft Class Changes Detailed

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm preparation patch 4.0.1 is bringing significant changes to the way many of the game’s classes function. From the end of Soul Shards to making Death Knights viable tanks, Blizzard outlines some of Cataclysm’s biggest shake-ups. Cataclysm isn’t just transforming the face of Azeroth geographically. Many of the class mechanics players have…

By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010

Quake Arena Arcade Classified In Australia

Way back in 2007, Quake Arena was revealed for Xbox Live Arcade. Fast forward to 2010, and the game isn’t out yet. But it might be soonish After making a t-shirt and a gameplay appearance in 2009, Quake Arena Arcade has recently appeared in the Australian Classification Database, which has rated the game ages 15-and-up.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 12, 2010

This Is a New Breed of Warrior, for a New Breed of Warfare

Want to know how it feels to be a living, breathing instrument of war? Play Medal of Honor—which is in stores now. You’ll step into the boots of a Tier 1 Operator and take the fight to the enemy. Operating under the National Command Authority, a relatively unknown entity of handpicked warriors is called on…

By Gawkercreative Published October 12, 2010

Dial C For DC Universe Online Character Creation

Future Lex Luthor’s ridiculous plan to seed humanity with super powers to avert a coming apocalypse culminates in this character creation trailer for DC Universe Online. Superman and Wonder Woman would have never allowed future Lex Luthor to seed the Earth’s atmosphere with tiny robots that give normal human beings super powers. Luckily for the…

By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010

The Original Secret Pokémon Returns

Pokémon and Nintendo celebrate the 10th anniversary of Pokémon Gold and Silver by releasing the original secret Pokémon into the wild for a limited time. Here’s what you need to do to score Mew. Game Freak programmer Shigeki Morimoto secretly programmed Mew into the Red and Blue versions of Pokémon prior to the release of…

By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2010

How Would you Like This Left 4 Dead 2 Themed Zune HD?

This slick lime green 32GB Zune HD was smuggled to us from the good folks at Valve way back in the spring. The back of the Zune even has the Left 4 Dead 2 logo laser etched into it. How would you like to win this bad boy? This time around, to save my and…

By Brian Crecente Published October 12, 2010

The Argument For Marvel Vs. Capcom 3’s Super-Simple Controls

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 has an optional control scheme that might horrify hardcore fighting fans. But please, the company recently pleaded, give “simple” mode a chance. For those of you (me!) who struggle to throw fireballs in fighting games and who fear they will never master the combos needed to perform the most dramatic finishing…

By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Would you kindly talk about video games in the comments section of this post? Thanks to reader Yankton for today’s image. Submit yours to #TAYpics

By Stephen Totilo Published October 12, 2010

When You’re 7 And Have Pocket Change…

To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Tonight I Review So Mini-Bash’s hobby is going to fancy car dealerships. Over the weekend, I took him to an Aston Martin dealership because he wanted to look at a Vantage and a Rapide. When he entered the dealership, he walked up to the receptionist and he asked for an…

By Brian Ashcraft Published October 12, 2010