Uncategorized

APB Developer Realtime Worlds Hit With Major Layoffs

The studio behind ambitious cops and crooks online game APB and the original Crackdown may be on the verge of closure, according to sources claiming to have knowledge of the situation. But developer Realtime Worlds says it’s “fully committed” to the massively-multiplayer game. Realtime Worlds confirmed “expected redundancies” across multiple department at the studios today,…

DanceDanceRevolution PS3 Will Move You

Dance Central for Kinect might be getting all the attention, but Konami’s DanceDanceRevolution for the PlayStation 3 has a few tricks up its sleeve that could bring the original dance game back into the spotlight, starting with PlayStation Move support. While Dance Central utilizes the strengths of Kinect, DanceDanceRevolution for the PlayStation 3 uses the…

Is This Where Missile Command Goes To Die?

There is nothing more tragic in the world of arcades than a disused classic cabinet sitting in some forgotten place as a glorified table. While prowling the back roads and country towns of New York state earlier this week I discovered a hidden treasure in a home built along the Mahopac lake in the 40s.…

The Lord Of The Rings: War In The North Travels To Germany

The GamesCom trailer for Warner Bros.’ The Lord of the Rings: War in the North fulfills the unwritten rule that every Lord of the Rings video game trailer end with a troll busting through a door. While many Lord of the Rings games have featured completely troll-less trailers, it isn’t a true Rings game until…

My First 30 Minutes With Fallout: New Vegas

The start of Fallout: New Vegas is a good surprise, so stop reading if you don’t want even a hint. Not that the first scene of Fallout: New Vegas makes sense (or hasn’t been alluded to before). The confusion it elicits is intentional. The game begins, as I recently experienced first hand, in first-person perspective,…

ddr gallery

Your First Look at Deus Ex Gameplay

You’ve seen plenty of cinematic trailers, you’ve seen interviews and heard about the aesthetic design of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, but they’ve never show you the game in action… until now. The two-and-a-half minute video mashes gameplay with what I’d bet are cinematic pieces, but there’s still a better sense of what the actual gameplay…

Any QuakeCon Photo Gallery Must Include Crazy Computers

You cannot walk through QuakeCon out here in Dallas without spotting a large computer. People drag them in wagons or saunter through the halls of the host hotel with their arms in a personal-computer embrace. Let’s start with this beast: This was the largest rig I saw in the Bring Your Own Computer section of…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Let us discuss video games right here. Thanks to reader Bawb – The One for the submission. Achievement unlocked Roth! Submit your TAY pic to #TAYpics Want to know more about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ

Check Out Crysis 2, Medal of Honor and Dragon Age 2 At Gamescom

Electronics Arts is bringing quite a line-up of games to Germany’s Gamescom next week, packing their booth with the likes of Crysis 2, Darkspore, Dragon Age 2 and Medal of Honor. The booth will also have Darkspore, FIFA 11, FIFA Manager 11, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Rock Band 3, The Sims 3 on console…

Look What I Made! (My Wife Helped)

To: Everyone From: Luke I know there’s been GamesCom to organise, and QuakeCon to cover, and I know I’m at home doing neither, but boy have I been busy nonetheless. Probably has something to do with this little lady, who is now one week old. Phew. What a week. These little humans are hard work!…

The First Rule Of Smash Bros. Is, You Do Not Talk About Smash Bros.

By Robotpencil

The Next Tony Hawk Game Is For Kids

Recently in New York it was Gabe who showed me the next Tony Hawk video game, Tony Hawk Shred. Gabe did a great job, especially for someone who would be happy to be paid in toys. Gabe is seven. The next Tony Hawk game is for kids, kids like Gabe. It is called Tony Hawk…

Zombies Return To Call Of Duty?

The listing for Call of Duty: Black Ops’ “Hardened Edition” looks to have inadvertently revealed the return of a previous Call of Duty game’s beloved zombie mode. Best Buy’s product page for the fancy edition of the game says that alongside Black Ops itself, a theme and a medal, buyers will also receive “Four Zombie…

Go On, See How Many Games You Can Identify [Update]

You may think you know a lot of video games. You may even think you could name hundreds of them from a single screenshot. Time to put that knowledge to the test! Dom2D’s Geek Mind challenge presents you with a seemingly never-ending cascade of screenshots and game art, challenging you to type the name of…

Braid Becomes, Of Course, Interpretive Dance

Some of the more crass video games, those for the unwashed masses, are turned into cartoons, or motion pictures. Something with ambitions as lofty as Braid, though, was never going to settle for such a low-brow adaptation. It’s not much surprise, then, to see the indie platformer reborn here as…interpretive dance, brought to the stage…

How 3D On The 3DS Actually Works

Not sure how 3D on the 3DS works? Let Hoagie from Day of the Tentacle explain. While some of you may already know the technical background behind the 3DS’ glasses-free technology, this video is still worth watching, because it gives you a few great examples of “cross-eye” 3D (including game footage), instances where you can…

Fable III Screens Do Combat, Level Up

These new Fable III screenshots all came labelled “combat_and_leveling_up”. Which should give you a fair idea of what they’re trying to show off.

Which Do You Prefer First-Person Perspective Or Third-Person?

It’s Friday. No, wait. It’s not! Oh, crap. Still, let’s do Tell Us Dammit. Here’s how it works: We ask a question, you answer it. Simple and no strings attached! This isn’t some marketing survey or whatever. It’s an emotional investment in you. Yes, we’re interested in knowing you, Kotaku reader person. You probably know…

A Bright Idea For Doom 3 That Comes A Little Too Late

John Carmack’s thoughts today on Doom 3. The programmer says id Software was legitimately “dinged” for making the 2004 game too dark, wishing he’d added more lighting options to the tech, adding “the artists hiss at us if we turn on lights.”