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  How Deus Ex 3’s Cyber Renaissance Averted A Puffy Pants Disaster

  How did the combination of Deus Ex’s brand of cyberpunk, the Greek myth of Icarus and baroque fashions almost turn Deus Ex: Human Revolution into a futuristic Renaissance fair? With very good intentions by the new Deus Ex team. Eidos Montreal art director Jonathan Jacques-Belletete offered an in-depth, behind the scenes look at the art…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 12, 2010
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  Play A Video Game Fearfully Inside This Rolling Spherical Cage

  I am not the man featured in this video of a first-person shooter played from inside an American Gladiators-style cage. No, I went before this guy and almost fell on my face. Then I filmed him, fearing for his knees. The cage here is from Virtual 360 Ventures. It’s called the Virtusphere and it’s on…

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 12, 2010
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  A Listen To Dante’s Inferno Lite

  Ever wonder what video game composers have to work with when creating those big sounds for big games? Here’s a short look at what the music and audio team at Visceral Games used when figuring out the timing and temp of their amazing in-game sound for Dante’s Inferno.

  By Brian Crecente Published March 12, 2010
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  Motion-Controlled Teabagging: Why SOCOM Fans Shouldn’t Fear Move

  Zipper Interactive has a lot to prove with SOCOM 4. It will most likely be the first solidly hardcore game featuring the ability to play it either with a standard controller or the Playstation’s motion-sensing Move controller. But that doesn’t mean the experience has been in anyway dumbed down to accommodate Move. Ed Byrne, creative…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 12, 2010
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  Backbreaker Delayed; Now Going Head-to-Head With UFC

  Major retailers and multiple sites have all listed Backbreaker with a release date of May 25, one week later than originally planned. If so, the real news here is the football newcomer is going straight up against UFC Undisputed 2010. That is, to say the least, not an ideal time for a new sports title…

  By Owen Good Published March 12, 2010
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  Gene Simmons Claims ‘I’m the Voice of Guitar Hero 6‘

  KISS frontman Gene Simmons confirming Guitar Hero 6 is about as newsworthy as Simmons confirming tomorrow will be called “Saturday.” But he has, technically, and also vows to a British TV program (sigh … programme) that he’s the game’s voice. And that’s really all there is to it, emphasized by the fact they replay his…

  By Owen Good Published March 12, 2010
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  The Next Wii Will Innovate, Nintendo Would Be “Embarrassed” If It Was Sony, Microsoft

  In the wake of this week’s unveiling of Sony’s take on motion-controlled video gaming, and Microsoft’s push for their motion-controlled gaming well under way, Kotaku sat down with Nintendo of America’s president Reggie Fils-Aime to ask if these high-def entries into a market Nintendo so dominates is concerning. Do the coming of Xbox 360’s Project…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 12, 2010
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  Make Rico Pull Off the Best Just Cause 2 Stunt: UPDATED

  Instructions: 1) Download the Just Cause 2 demo here; 2) play, play, play; 3) submit your video of Rico’s best stunt. We’ll pick the top 5, post them here, then you’ll vote for the most creative ass-whooping. Winner gets a PS3! UPDATED Prepare yourself for some extreme chaos creation in this non-stop adrenalin-fueled demo of…

  By Gawkercreative Published March 12, 2010
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  Kneel Before The Hardcore Gamer’s IQ Test

  It’s Friday afternoon, and you’ve got a bit of time before work lets out? Here, take this. It should keep you nice and occupied until Monday. As seen on DeviantArt

  By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2010
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  Mass Effect 2 DLC Adds 90 Minutes, More Earth Teases

  The first paid downloadable content for Mass Effect 2 is a heist mission. And it’s a tease. [Content spoilers in this post.] In San Francisco, where thousands of game creators are swarming the 2010 Game Developers’ Conference, BioWare’s Casey Hudson was showing his Mass Effect 2’s first paid expansion, Kasumi’s Stolen Memory. It features a…

  By Stephen Totilo Published March 12, 2010
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  Gran Turismo 5 Looks Even Better In The Dark

  And new trailer included in copies of God of War III gives us a teasing glance of night driving, a new addition to the generally sun-dappled world of Gran Turismo. From what little we can see of it, Gran Turismo 5’s night driving looks to be every bit as appealing as its day driving. While…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2010
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  It Wasn’t God of War That Dante’s Inferno Borrowed From

  During their Scoring Hell talk at the Game Developers Conference, the folks behind the sounds and music of Dante’s Inferno boiled down their game to its essence: Donkey Kong upside down.

  By Brian Crecente Published March 12, 2010
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  Civilization Creator Explains Why Everything Game Devs Know Is Wrong

  Firaxis Games co-founder and Civilization creator Sid Meier expanded the minds of GDC attendees by talking about the psychology of game design and breaking some bad news to us. Everything we know, Meier argues, is wrong. Meier’s keynote at this year’s Game Developers Conference, titled “The Psychology of Game Design (Everything You Know Is Wrong),”…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 12, 2010
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  Final Fantasy Fans Are Far Too Sensitive About The Xbox 360

  At the big Final Fantasy XIII launch at the HMV store in London, fans show their disapproval of the prospect of winning a free Xbox 360 bundle. Really guys? Gary from The Koalition was on hand at the big London Final Fantasy launch, where hardcore Final Fantasy fans nearly booed presenter Alex Zane off the…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2010
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  Every Epic Space Saga Needs A Prison Planet

  It you thought Mos Eisley was a wretched hive of scum and villainy, wait until you get a load of Belsavis, the Republic prison planet that houses some of the most fearsome criminals in the Star Wars: The Old Republic galaxy. The use of Belsavis as a prison planet actually pre-dates the Republic. The good…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2010
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  A Musical Journey Through Dante’s Hell

  As I mentioned in my review of Dante’s Hell, I loved the scoring and sound of Visceral’s take on hell. So I had to get up early today to check out the Game Developers Talk by the team behind the music titled Scoring Hell. The scoring of Dante’s Inferno was influenced by many different composers…

  By Brian Crecente Published March 12, 2010
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  What Are You Playing This Weekend?

  Since much of Kotaku will be spending part of its weekend rubbing elbows with game developers, hopefully securing hot inebriated scoops from those developers, there won’t be much time to play games this weekend. We might squeeze something in. I am looking forward to playing a little Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes HD this…

  By Michael McWhertor Published March 12, 2010
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  Thinking, Not Always Joking, About What Video Games Can Be

  Our guy in Tokyo has descended upon San Francisco’s Game Developers Conference. We asked him for a report. This is what we got. I don’t have internet access in my hotel room. This is the year 2010, the year that Arthur C. Clarke imagined we, the human race, would be first making contact with aliens…

  Tim Rogers Published March 12, 2010
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  These Fable III Screens From GDC Are All Mine

  This batch of Fable III screenshots from the Game Developers Conference are indeed all mine, at least in the ‘underground area where ore is extracted from the earth’ definition of the word. It’s pretty much a given these days that any fantasy role-playing game worth its salt much have a mining area in it. Hell,…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2010
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  Time To Put Your Money Where Your iPad Is

  Apple is now taking preorders for its “revolutionary” new shiny thing everyone must own. Will you succumb to the large, vibrant screen of the iPad, or are you made of sterner stuff? Right now you can visit Apple’s online store and place your money down on the iPad, known in some circles as the iPod…

  By Mike Fahey Published March 12, 2010