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InFamous 2 Brings Lightning-Spewing Tornadoes To The Big Easy
There are a lot of things you need to know about Sucker Punch’s upcoming Playstation 3 action sequel InFamous 2, but none are as important as this: You can use your powers to hurl city-demolishing, lightning-spewing tornadoes at people. The effect was so amazing the first time I saw it – the game’s star Cole…
By Brian Crecente Published June 18, 2010 -
The Paid Bodies Of E3 2010
Certain bodies were needed to work E3 2010. These bodies had to strut, pose, wear armor, professionally wrestle, mock-rap badly (on behalf of another media outlet, I believe) or just sit and look unpleasantly pregnant. Good job, everyone! *The guy in image no. 10 was probably just a regular show attendee, but the shell he…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 18, 2010 -
How To Trade-Up To The New Xbox 360 For $90
The new, smaller, sexier Xbox 360 is in stores now, and if you know where to go it can be yours for as little as $90. As a member of the Kotaku team not present at Microsoft’s 2010 E3 press conference, I do not get the new Xbox 360 for free, so as soon as…
By Mike Fahey Published June 18, 2010 -
PixelJunk Shooter 2 Plays With Light And Acid
Building on elements of the first game, Q-Games brings corrosive acid and creative lighting tricks to bear in PixelJunk Shooter 2. Shooter 2, the first true sequel in Q-Games’ PixelJunk series, picks up where the first game left off, plunging the player into the belly of the beast, which is incidentally the name of the…
By Mike Fahey Published June 18, 2010 -
Wait, Naughty Bear Has Multiplayer?
Not only does 505 Games’ upcoming killer bear game have multiplayer, it has game modes that actually promote strategic thinking and cooperation. Who knew? Naughty Bear is a game about one bear killing other bears, so naturally that extends to the multiplayer modes of the title as well. Developer Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M) didn’t…
By Mike Fahey Published June 18, 2010 -
Mario Sports Mix Puts The Bob-omb in Volleyball
With all of the buzz surrounding the Xbox 360’s controller-free motion gaming of Kinect and the Playstation 3’s motion-sensing Move, it might be easy to forget that Nintendo has been doing motion gaming for quite some time. They’re still doing it, of course, and quite well. There were at E3 a whole new crop of…
By Brian Crecente Published June 18, 2010 -
Kinect Adventures Is Surprisingly Fun
While my favorite Kinect game of the show was most certainly Dance Central, the game that had me jumping up and down on an imaginary river raft was my number two choice. Kinect Adventures has gamers playing along side a friend, or competing with one, to work their way through a series of “adventures” set…
By Brian Crecente Published June 18, 2010 -
Nintendo Testing Healthiness Of 3DS, Advising Young Children To Avoid 3D
Some people got “Nintendo thumb.” Others complained of “Wii elbow.” Should we next worry about “3DS Headache”? The novel glasses-free 3D display of the Nintendo 3DS has “no health issues,” Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told Kotaku this week, though he added a caveat regarding the youngest of Nintendo consumers. “We are working with…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 18, 2010 -
Talk Amongst Yourselves
There are some things that are just nice to know exist. Like certain sequels. And like your comments about video games. Let us celebrate them and make more comments about games right here. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ
By Stephen Totilo Published June 18, 2010 -
Joy Ride May Highlight a Major Kinect Problem
The last time I saw Joy Ride was at last year’s E3 showing when the Xbox 360 title was a fun little free game due out for Xbox Live to help usher in the online service’s avatars. The mysteriously-absent game suddenly reappeared at this year’s E3, now designed to help usher in the Xbox 360’s…
By Brian Crecente Published June 18, 2010 -
Want To See What 3DS Games Look Like In 3D?
Sadly, there are no official videos of the Nintendo 3DS in its full three-dimensional glory. Instead, we’ll have to watch fake ones! The game may be fake, but the 3D effect is real, so grab a pair of glasses and pretend it’s actually Mario Kart. Actually, don’t. Freddie Kart Super Circuit looks way better. Thank…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
A Black & Red PSP For The God Of War Fans Out There
Buried inside Sony’s press packs for this year’s E3 is this black & red PSP-3000, which will form part of a bundle to coincide with the release of God of War: Ghost of Sparta. I think it would be better as a bundle to coincide with the A-Team. Or old Air Jordans.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
Is Child of Eden Everything You Want From A Rez Sequel? [Update]
Fans of the video game Rez from Tetsuya Mizuguchi—people of discriminating taste—should be ecstatic to learn that a sequel, in spiritual form, is coming. Child of Eden is what Rez would be if controlled by the human body. Child of Eden, published by Ubisoft and crafted by Q Entertainment, the development home of Mizuguchi, shares…
By Michael McWhertor Published June 18, 2010 -
E3 Recap: Day Three
Day three of E3 saw the flood of big news slow to a trickle, giving us all time to sit down and spend some quality times with the games on the showroom floor. Some of these impressions were posted today, others are to come in the days ahead, so stay tuned over the weekend for…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
Burger King Returns To The 360, This Time For Kinect
Burker King’s cheap 360 games a few years back were a surprise success. Now that Kinect is due in stores for the holiday season, the food giant wants to take a second bite of the Xbox market. While exact details on the style or number of games aren’t being disclosed until later in the year,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010 -
Gran Turismo 5’s Most Beautiful Screenshots Yet
Yes, the actual game never looks this good. That’s how it’s always been with Gran Turismo, and it’s how it will be with Gran Turismo 5. Just think of these as great pictures and we’ll get along just fine. These shots highlight the game’s Italian and Spanish tracks, the Top Gear test track from the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2010