Bjorn Hurri is an artist who has been working on video games for years now, having lent his skills in some way or another to projects like Dead Space 2, Viking: Battle for Asgard and the last three entries in the Total War series. He’s at his best working with people, as most of his…
Sony has said all along that the PlayStation Vita would only begin its global launch in 2011. It never said there’d be a worldwide launch in 2011. So somebody misses out. Guess who! VG247 reports that a 2012 European launch for Sony’s new handheld is a “certainty”. We’re contacting Sony for comment, but if true,…
How much do you love Assassin’s Creed’s Ezio Auditore da Firenze? Enough to spend $600 on a statue of the smooth-talking killer? That’s what Sideshow is asking for a 16.7 inch coldcast resin statue, which is limited to 200 pieces worldwide. While there’s great detail on it, and resin statues look great up close, for…
First rumoured earlier in the month, Sony has now confirmed that a bundle deal featuring the first two Uncharted games will go on sale next month. Speaking with CVG, Sony say that alongside the two blockbuster games the pack will also include a dynamic Uncharted theme and an Uncharted avatar for your PS3. It’ll be…
Kronus, also going by iwilding, is just starting out on a career in graphic design. He may be onto something. Sharpening up his skills, Kronus has put together these minimalist posters for classic video games. I know, the whole minimalist poster thing is old hat by now, but I dig these, so up they go.…
Proun, a super-fast and stylish racer (?) Kotaku first showed you last year is now out on PC. It’s available as a free download or, if you feel like supporting the developer, Joost van Dongen, you can pick up a “pay what you want” copy that includes a bonus track. I’ve been playing it all…
It’s a messy, sad tale, so we’ll give you the brief version: In 2001 there was an awesome game called Operation Flashpoint. After release, its developers and publisher split up, leaving the series in creative limbo. Codemasters, the company publishing the game, retained the rights to it, and has gone on to release several new…
Chiptune connoisseur and tech guru Andy Baio released an album last year called Kind of Bloop, an 8-bit tribute to Miles Davis’ jazz masterpiece Kind of Blue. Yet despite receiving permission to cover the songs, Baio still found himself in court. What gives? While Baio got the blessing of Davis’ publisher to cover the songs,…
The first Crysis was tailored directly towards the glorious PC master race. So the fact the sequel pared back the hardware demands in favour of something that would run on a console did not go down well. The game’s reception reflects this, and has perhaps led to a reassessment of the decision, Crytek boss Cevat…
In 1991, before the company realised it was a good idea to pay closer attention to the shit it was licensing its name and characters for, Nintendo gave its blessing for the release of a CD called White Knuckle Scorin While the name and the cover art give faint hope that this might be a…
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has inked a deal with Sony to create Pottermore, a strange hybrid between a website, a game, an online store and an encyclopaedia (Potterpedia?). While there’s been recent speculation that the partnership between the two would result in an MMO, that’s clearly not the case, Pottermore instead serving as a…
They Don’t Make Games Like This Any More, But They Really Should | This is a pixel art concept called Iso action rpg mock up. (Image by wuhu) The End of the World Never Looked (Or Sounded) So Beautiful In the opening moments of 1999’s Homeworld, you get to see the end of the world.…
Just so you know, your PlayStation 3 has been updated to v3.66, which improves “system stability during use of PS3 format software and network services”. Exciting! [Sony]
The recent Anime North convention in Toronto, Canada, had its fair share of cosplayers. Nothing new there. So Yung Lee decided to go along, take his camera, and let people kick his ass. In character. While some of the characters on show here are obviously from anime, there are enough game cameos – like Zelda’s…
Fancy Swiss watchmaker Romain Jerome has teamed up with Taito to create these Space Invaders watches that go a little above and beyond your average video game merchandising deal. Only 156 are going to be made, with two versions available of 78 watches each, one in black & white, the other in colour. You probably…
PC game Heroes of Newerth has suffered a “a catastrophic hardware failure”, perhaps the worst we’ve ever seen for an online title, resulting in the game being completely unplayable. Here’s how it happened. Developers S2 Games have posted a full report on the circumstances leading up to the failure, and it sounds like everything that…
The Killzone series may be mired in darkness and a convoluted storyline, but one thing that always keeps me coming back to the games is their industrial design. It has such amazing weapons, vehicles and technology. They look like they’re from the future, sure, but they also look like they work, get dirty and break…
Few games before, or since, have been able to capture the simple, hectic majesty of arcade combat than 1993 classic Cannon Fodder. While that series languishes in (relative) obscurity, however, a new indie game is keeping its spirits alive. And then some. Running with Rifles is an upcoming game where you control a single soldier,…
I played Duke Nukem Forever by myself. Couldn’t stand it. Maybe I should have had some beers and played it with a friend instead. Seems like a lot more fun! For reference, this is from Machinama’s Two Best Friends Play series. Also for reference, this is NSFW [via Gabdar]
This cute little clip for the upcoming Planet of the Apes reboot shows a chimp kicking ass and taking names at what looks like Far Cry 2 At least, it’s cute until he breaks out, kills all those people then knocks the Statue of Liberty over. Then he can go to hell.
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