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Valve’s Plan To Get More Mac Games On Steam Just Sane Enough To Work
The creator of Half-Life, Team Fortress and Portal has a plan to increase the number of Mac games that are available through its digital distribution service, Steam. Valve plans on giving away* “some” of its Mac-specific game code to developers. *The only real catch here is that Valve will be helping out those game creators…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 30, 2010 -
Madden NFL Doritos Impressions: Saltier. Cheesier. Orange-ier.
Madden NFL 11 strives to make your football video game experience “simpler, quicker, deeper.” Not sure what dedicated Dorito support can add to this – maybe “more stoned?” – but two flavors “inspired” by the game have hit store shelves. As the clear market leader with an exclusive license, Frito-Lay is dogged by knee-jerk consumer…
By Owen Good Published July 30, 2010 -
Project: MyWorld Is The Vision Crackdown And APB Were Built Upon
How did developer Realtime Worlds go from creating violent free-roaming shooters like APB and Crackdown to working on the massive social gaming undertaking Project: MyWorld? They don’t. It was the other way around. Realtime Worlds’ debut of the ambitious Project: MyWorld on Wednesday took a lot of people by surprise. Known for violent shooting games…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2010 -
Resistance Maker Insomniac Games Bring Its New ‘PS3 Project’ To PAX
We haven’t had a year without an Insomniac Games-developed release since 2001, but this year is looking to be both Resistance and Ratchet & Clank-free. At least we have an Insomniac Games announcement to look forward to very soon. The developer says it will be announcing its next game “sometime between now and the Penny-Arcade…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 30, 2010 -
How To Add West And Wesker To Lost Planet 2
Previously unlockable only by having older game saves on your console’s hard drive, a generous Capcom has divulged the secret to unlocking Dead Rising’s Frank West and Resident Evil’s Albert Wesker to Lost Planet 2, game save-free. Perhaps Lost Planet 2 didn’t live up to sales expectations because it required game saves from Resident Evil…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2010 -
Japan Sure Loves That Nintendo DS, Keeps Buying It
While the PSP may sit atop this week’s list of bestselling hardware in Japan, it’s still the Nintendo DS that Japanese gamers love more than anything else. Cheaper versions of the Nintendo DSi LL, DSi and DS Lite walk away with the biggest share of the pie this week, sales likely spurred by the latest…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 30, 2010 -
There’s A Battlefield 3 Beta Invite In Your Medal Of Honor Limited Edition
EA sweetens the deal for players picking up the limited edition of the modern-day Medal of Honor reboot on October 12, with a beta invite for DICE’s highly anticipated Battlefield 3 in every package. We’ve heard nary a peep regarding Battlefield 3 since EA COO John Pleasants mentioned it back in June of 2009. All…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2010 -
Sony Claims ModNation Racers Patch May Halve Load Times
In late May, ModNations Racers producer Dan Sochan told Kotaku a patch was in the works that would shorten the game’s lengthy load times. Today, IGN reports that such a patch will be out next week. First on the list of tweaks coming via the patch, the outlet reports, is: Slashed Load Times Yes, there…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2010 -
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
While much of this weekend will be occupied playing StarCraft II multiplayer—and likely spent very sad at the beatings I’ll be receiving—I’ll also spend some time slaying monsters cooperatively in Castlevania: Harmony of Despair. I’ve already logged an hour or two with the Xbox Live Arcade version of Castlevania HD, but not enough to learn…
By Michael McWhertor Published July 30, 2010 -
Do You Think You Could Kill Lynch?
Don’t worry, I highly doubt the murderous psychopath Lynch was directing the question towards you in the latest ultra-violent trailer for the upcoming Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. At least I hope he isn’t, because that would mean he then refers to you as a “little shit,” and no one calls Kotaku readers little…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2010 -
To-Do In NYC: See Lil Poison Documentary
Short notice, but Lil Poison, a documentary about a kid who became the world’s youngest pro gamer plays at 6pm ET today in New York City at the New York International Latino Film Festival. Details on the movie and the screening, which is in the Chelsea neighborhood, are on the festival’s official site I haven’t…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2010 -
Hot And Cold Running Game Controllers
When you play with thermoelectrics, you’re bound to get burned, or possibly chilled. Researchers from the at the Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that certain something that’s been missing from every video game that’s ever featured lava and ice levels: ThermoGame, a video game interaction system that delivers sensations of hot and cold to the…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2010 -
Metroid: Other M To Include Two Hour Movie Version Of Game
Once you finish playing next month’s Metroid: Other M on the Wii, you can watch it. A “theater mode” will stitch the game’s cut-scenes and some pre-recorded gameplay into a Samus epic. This news comes from an interview with Other M creators in Famitsu, as translated by 1Up.com: The storytelling aspect of Other M continues…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2010 -
Three Hundred Dollars’ Worth Of Left 4 Dead 2 Tank
After teasing the first statue in their Left 4 Dead 2 line on Wednesday, Gaming Heads sends us detailed pictures of their grotesque Tank statue, along with a $300 price tag, and that’s the cheap version. The blurry picture released earlier this week did not do Gaming Heads’ rendition of Left 4 Dead 2’s Tank…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2010 -
Forget Limbo, LittleBigPlanet 2 Might Be Able To Do Shadow Complex (And More)
Earlier today I showed you that the first LittleBigPlanet was customized by a gamer to play like Xbox downloadable darling Limbo. Last week, however, I watched its sequel play like Xbox downloadable darling Shadow Complex. LBP2 is wonderfully flexible. Like its predecessor, LittleBigPlanet 2 is a highly customizable action game that is most impressive in…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2010 -
All Three Dragon’s Lair Games At Once, All For Wii
Were Dragon’s Lair, Space Ace, and Dragon’s Lair II: TIme Warp too hard for you? Then you’ll want Destineer’s Dragon’s Lair Trilogy for the Wii, featuring a beginner moves guide and Watch Mode, so you don’t even have to play. Dragon’s Lair property owner Digital Leisure continues to try and milk as much money from…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2010 -
The Ways Alan Wake Is Unrealistic
Shadow-possessed people are not the only unrealistic elements of celebrated Xbox 360 game Alan Wake. Over at Magical Wasteland, Matthew Burns interviewed writer Tom Bissell for a fun chat that turned into a breakdown of what Alan Wake the game gets wrong about the life of a writer. New York literary agents do not talk…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 30, 2010 -
The Old Republic Visits Nar Shaddaa, A Good Place To Be Bad
The Star Wars universe has its fair share of wretched hives of scum and villainy, but Nar Shaddaa, the crowning jewel of the underworld, is a rather lovely hive of scum and villainy. Ah, The Smuggler’s Moon; doesn’t it sound so romantic? Orbiting the Hutt home world, the sprawling upper cityscape of Nar Shaddaa is…
By Mike Fahey Published July 30, 2010 -
Lay Down Your Guns
Writer Fraser Allison thinks a few games could be improved if they contained a little less shooting. We’re reprinting the case here. Read on and see if you agree. I love violent games. I love shooting. I heart punching. I make “brrrm!” noises when I move tanks around, and cackle gleefully when I make those…
Fraser Allison Published July 30, 2010