Reviews & Features
Stargate Worlds: First Look
| 14 June 2008
We summarize all the info that's been released so far about Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment's upcoming game, Stargate Worlds. Can they MacGyver up an MMO worth your time?
Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach - Replay
| 29 May 2008
So, when it was suggested that someone write and article about Turbine’s Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach the question wasn’t if I was going to give it a try but what class to choose. If any of ...
Il-2 Sturmovik: 1946
| 16 May 2008
The Older Gamers now have an active WWII flight squadron, "The Old Goats," and are seeking new pilots!! No experience nescessary, just a fondness for sheep, fleecy boots and a strong stomach.
Project Reality
| 12 May 2008
Movement, ten o'clock. You're not sure if you saw something or not. Pull out your map and check to see if there are any friendly squads in your area – nope, you're on point. Slip your binoculars out and ...
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures - First Impressions
| 10 May 2008
Over the years the story of Conan has been told and expanded in magazines, comic books, movies, and most recently, an epic MMO. In a matter of days Funcom will open the doors on a world of swords, sorcery ...
The Witcher
| 6 May 2008 |
Many PC gamers are eagerly awaiting the release of Funcom’s wild and wooly Age of Conan MMO without realizing that CD Projekt Red, a small development house in Poland, has recently released an ...
No More Heroes
| 4 May 2008 |
No More Heroes is a game that probably needed the services of a Minister for Common Sense. There's a really good game lurking in there somewhere, but it seems to have gotten lost amongst some kinky ...
What is EVE Online?
| 5 April 2008 |
1 Server, 10's of thousands of players on at any given time. Your own creation of enjoyment is within your grasp!
Rocketmen: Axis of Evil
| 3 April 2008 |
Take Smash TV, mix in some Flash Gordon and add RPG elements and you've got Rocketmen: Axis of Evil.
Turok
| 31 March 2008 |
Truthfully, what self-admitting gamer wouldn't look forward to what seemed to promise a lovely meshing of Gears of War and Jurassic Park? However, looks can be horribly deceiving and we sadly must add ...
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» GameSpot Headlines
Nintendo releases Wii U 3.0.1 update
21 May 2013 |Minor update for hardware promises improvements to system stability.
EA teases new Star Wars Battlefront game
21 May 2013 |CFO Blake Jorgensen says the opportunity to make a new Battlefront game is "very exciting"; NBA Live 14 confirmed for next-gen; EA will publish current-gen games through 2017.
Sony’s Panopticon revealed as Freedom Wars
21 May 2013 |Japan Studio describes the upcoming RPG as a rescue multiplayer action game.
Sony points users to PS4 video on ‘slow news day’
21 May 2013 |PlayStation maker directs Twitter followers to watch PlayStation 4 teaser video hours before Microsoft will reveal its next-gen platform.
IDC: Next-gen consoles won’t match current-gen sales
21 May 2013 |Research manager at International Data Corp. says consoles as a product category have peaked.
Dragon’s Prophet open beta kicks off May 30
21 May 2013 |Sony Online Entertainment's free-to-play MMO entering public trial period later this month.
EA’s Origin service suffering ‘unexpected downtime’
21 May 2013 |EA says it is working on restoring the service as soon as possible.
Wii U Basic falls to $240 at Target
21 May 2013 |U.S. retailer cuts price on basic model of Nintendo's latest console by 20 percent; no other retailers follow suit.
Xbox 720 components shipping now - Report
21 May 2013 |Supplier sources say parts are now being shipped for manufacture; assembly to take place at controversial Foxconn factories.
Resident Evil dev was making Medal of Honor for PS Vita - Report
21 May 2013 |Concept art from Slant Six Games developer shows unannounced portable entry in first-person shooter series.
» IGN Headlines
» 1UP Headlines
Listen to the Final 1UP Podcast Ever
7 April 2013 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> As you know, 1UP.com has breathed its last. Such are the vicissitudes of business. Happily, Jose Otero ...
Review: Bending Genres in Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
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Review: Shambling Mirror of Fate Signals Time to Jam a Stake in Castlevania’s Heart
8 March 2013 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate brings the series back to Nintendo's portable systems, ...
An Unflattering Boll Cut
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The Trials and Tribulations of Gears of War: Judgment
6 March 2013 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> <body> As the next generation of home consoles slowly emerge into the limelight and enter the ...
The Cinematic Nature of Parasite Eve
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A Plea for the Gaming Industry to Respect Gamers
1 March 2013 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Although the economy might not be in the thick of a recession as it once was, that doesn't mean things ...
Moving Forward and Looking to Indies, Not Better Graphics
28 February 2013 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Excited as I was to finally see a next-generation console, much of the PlayStation 4 software we saw ...
Urban Trial Freestyle Review: Where Flash Trumps Substance
27 February 2013 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> There is no getting around the similarities between Urban Trial Freestyle and the Trials series. The ...
The Orwellian Superheroes of Watch Dogs and inFamous: Second Son
23 February 2013 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> <body> Always the eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, working or ...
» GameDaily Headlines
Mass Effect 2: The Engineer
26 April 2013 |Unleash combat drones and hack your enemies with Mass Effect 2's nerdy Engineer class.
MW2 MP Broken?
26 April 2013 |Xbox 360 version plagued by cheaters and 18 person deathmatches. What's Infinity Ward doing about this? Based on our experiences this week...nothing.
NES Stress Test
26 April 2013 |Can Super Mario Bros. withstand subzero temperatures? GoNintendo hopes to find out.
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Trailer
26 April 2013 |Ubisoft releases a teaser to its much-anticipated Tom Clancy game.
Blur Beta Key Giveaway
26 April 2013 |Enter to win a chance to play Bizarre Creations' latest speedster three months early.
GDC 2010 Coverage
26 April 2013 |Check out the latest videos from this week's feature packed show in San Francisco.
Red Dead Redemption Trailer
26 April 2013 |New video details life in the Wild West.
Gears of War 3
26 April 2013 |Epic Games confirms the inevitable. Better ready the chainsaw.
Left 4 Dead 2: Realism Versus Here to Stay
26 April 2013 |Thousands of frag happy gamers vote to make experimental Mutation an official part of the L4D2 multiplayer scene.
NBA Jam Facebook Contest
26 April 2013 |Immortalize your latest one-liner in arcade basketball history.
» Gamasutra Headlines
GDC Europe adds Assassin’s Creed III, Daglow, Epic level design talks
22 May 2013 |GDC Europe 2013 has added an Assassin's Creed III design keynote, luminary Don Daglow on the 'treasures and traps' of next-gen, and Epic's James Brown on empowering the player in storytelling. ...
Watch the next Xbox unveiled live
22 May 2013 |Gamasutra will be providing breaking news and expert analysis of Microsoft's next generation Xbox. And you can watch today's event unravel in real-time here in this livestream. ...
Blog: Why the Wii U won’t be ‘Dreamcasted’
22 May 2013 |Need one good reason the Wii U won't be put out to pasture before its time? How about three? Joost Rietveld argues that Nintendo's console is on firmer footing than many suggest. ...
The original PlanetSide is going free-to-play
21 May 2013 |Sony Online Entertainment CEO John Smedley has confirmed that the original PlanetSide, first released in 2003, will soon switch over to the free-to-play model. ...
How marketing and press affect an iPad game’s sales
21 May 2013 |The debate continues: what effect does press and marketing have on an indie game's sales? Fingle developer Adriaan de Jongh adds some data with this in-depth report on its performance. ...
Marmalade SDK now supports Google Play game services
21 May 2013 |The Marmalade cross-platform development tools now support the newly-unveiled Google Play game services for Android games. ...
Molyneux’s Godus releasing in Japan, Korea via DeNA
21 May 2013 |The mobile version of Godus, the upcoming god game from Peter Molyneux's 22cans studio, will be published and distributed by Japanese mobile games giant DeNA. ...
Unity’s mobile licenses are now free
21 May 2013 |Unity Technologies, the company behind the popular Unity game development engine, today announced that it has made its basic mobile tools completely free to independent developers. ...
Practical ways to deal with problematic player behavior
21 May 2013 |Bad player behavior can ruin games -- but controlling it is a tremendous challenge. This in-depth article explores three avenues to shape it: engineering, education, and enforcement of the rules. ...
Neverwinter beta exploit leads to server rollback
21 May 2013 |Following a devastating currency exploit affecting Neverwinter's in-game economy over the weekend, the MMO's developers elected to roll back its servers. ...
» GamesIndustry.Biz Headlines
Nintendo’s Wii U cut to $239 at Target
22 May 2013 |Target joins Asda in discounting the flagging Wii U
Unity makes mobile dev tools free for indies
21 May 2013 |Basic tool-set now completely free to small mobile devs - no license, no revenue share
The Office writer joins Angry Birds film
21 May 2013 |Jon Vitti signs up for 2016 app spin-off
Radian Games: Fair doesn’t work with free-to-play
21 May 2013 |Bombcats' struggle exposes flaws in the freemium model
GungHo: Japanese developers need to go back to basics
21 May 2013 |President Kazuki Morishita on the simple secret of success
New Xbox supply chain ramps up for Q3
21 May 2013 |Parts manufacturers say components already shipping
How I Stopped Worrying and Learned To Love The Microconsole
21 May 2013 |Will Luton laughed at the Android microconsoles. Now he's loved-up
Rhode Island finds "interest" in 38 Studios’ assets
21 May 2013 |The state prepares to sell off Kingdoms of Amalur
DeNA to release Molyneux’s GODUS
21 May 2013 |The successful Kickstarter-backed game's mobile versions will be distributed worldwide; Molyneux also tells us he fears consoles are "becoming a hobby"
Next-gen consoles ready to thrive, says Riccitiello
21 May 2013 |Former CEO of Electronic Arts sees a bright future for consoles, provided Sony and Microsoft get four key things right
» GamePolitics Headlines
Research: Childhood Media Consumption Not a Predictor for Adult Criminality
22 May 2013 | A recent study by Texas A&M International University chair and associate professor, psychology Dr. Christopher J. Ferguson shows that childhood media consumption is not ...
Sony Bringing Public Restroom Management Game to PS Vita
22 May 2013 |Sony has released a trailer for a new PS Vita game that lets you be a men's room attendant called "Men's Room Mayhem." In the game - coming to the PS Vita "soon" - players direct patrons to stalls and ...
PSA: Microsoft’s Xbox Press Conference Today
22 May 2013 | As you are probably aware today is the day that Microsoft will reveal more about its next-generation console. Besides catching the press conference live stream on Spike TV ...
Katie Couric Admits Her Video Game Violence Episode Was One-Sided
21 May 2013 | In a "Friday Follow-Up" segment that aired on her show, Katie Couric admitted that her recent show on video game violence that featured a "who's who" ...
Poll Results: Female Presenters at Microsoft’s Xbox Event
21 May 2013 | Last week we asked you "Will there be any female presenters at the unveiling of Microsoft’s new console?" The majority of you indicated that you think that ...
Super Podcast Action Committee - Episode 52
21 May 2013 |In Episode 52, hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight talk about female presenters at Microsoft's Xbox reveal event this week, EA's continued abuse of the Wii U community, The new S.H.I.E.L.D TV series, Wreck-It Ralph, ...
Old Meets New: Video Game Sans Video
21 May 2013 | Michael Newman and his Los Angeles-based interactive development and product design company Pomp Productions has created an interesting game called Video Game Sans Video. ...
Precursor CEO Calls Questionable ‘Terms and Conditions’ Document a Mistake
21 May 2013 | Speaking to Develop, Precursor Games CEO and founder Paul Caporicci told the publication that the statements in the terms and conditions document related to its crowdfunding ...
Researchers: Games With Human Opponents Make Players More Aggressive
21 May 2013 | Researchers at the University of Connecticut and Wake Forest University claim that when players fight against human-looking opponents, those players become more aggressive. ...
EA: No FIFA 14 on Wii U Because Last Game Didn’t Perform Well
21 May 2013 | In an update to a story on Friday over at Eurogamer about Madden NFL 25 not coming to the Wii U and a decision about the fate of FIFA 14 on the platform, an unnamed rep from ...
» Joystiq Headlines
Xbox logo undergoes subtle change on site ahead of next-gen reveal
22 May 2013 | We've pulled together the very best minds at Joystiq Tech to analyse the all-important changes between the old Xbox logo (left), originally on the Xbox.com site, and a new logo (right) that's appeared today. After hours of heated ...
Next-gen Microsoft: What the new Xbox can do for indies
22 May 2013 | The Xbox 360 accrued an arguably bad reputation in terms of indie games publishing over the past few years. Many vocal observers - players, mostly - saw Xbox Live Arcade as a closed, unsupportive platform that asked developers for ...
EA tweet points to NBA Live at Xbox reveal
22 May 2013 | EA Sports' official NBA Live social media accounts sprang to life as recently as May 17 after being on hiatus since late September 2012. A recent tweet from the NBA Live team's Twitter account indicates that the game may be part ...
PSA: Batgirl grapples onto Injustice: Gods Among Us, costume packs in tow
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Xbox Reveal liveblog on Joystiq
22 May 2013 | The next Xbox is about to be unveiled in Microsoft's Redmond campus, and Joystiq will be there to scrutinize and document the whole presentation. It starts at 1PM EDT (10AM PDT, 6PM GMT), so get your glib reactionary .gifs ready ...
Unity mobile tools go free for indies and small studios
22 May 2013 | Unity Technologies, creators of the multi-platform Unity engine and its tools, is making its mobile tools free to indies and small studios starting today, taking tools that cost around $800 and making them free. Unity currently ...
Wii U Basic going for $240 at Target
21 May 2013 | Target is currently offering the 8GB Wii U Basic at $239.99, one of the lowest prices if not the lowest price we've seen from a major North American retailer. Put your calculators away: that's 20 percent off the normal price of ...
Countdown to the Xbox reveal: T-minus 4 hours
21 May 2013 | In four hours time, Microsoft gives birth to a new generation of Xbox. We'll be there inside the tent, ready to cover the screams, the pain, the joy, the relief - the whole messy ordeal. We'll have our liveblog and a live stream ...
Xbox launching interactive TV show ‘The Music Room’ in EU
21 May 2013 | <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="298" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rUx81Ze05RQ?rel=0&wmode=opaque" width="530"></iframe> The Music Room is a new auditory-arts focused ...
‘Panopticon’ is Freedom Wars, a Vita multiplayer action game due in 2014
21 May 2013 |<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="298" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MG2PeeQZGXw?wmode=opaque" width="530"></iframe> Sony's Japan Studio followed up last week's mysterious ...
» Kotaku Headlines
While You Were Sleeping
23 August 2011 |Sleeping can be fun — necessary even. But what if stuff happens when you’re sleeping — game stuff? What are you supposed to to do then? Thankfully we have a solution — While You Were Sleeping, a quick round ...
Talk Amongst Yourselves
23 August 2011 |This is where Kotaku readers go to talk about the stuff we’re not already posting about. Think of it as the official unofficial Kotaku community forum. (more…)
Finally! Video Game Clothing That’s Stylish And Perfect For Daily Wear
23 August 2011 |Deus Ex: Human Revolution is already getting great reviews, though it doesn’t release until tomorrow. And now a Deus Ex clothing line has been announced for what promises to be a blockbuster game. (more…)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s Review Scores Are Perfectly Natural
23 August 2011 |In the year 2000, Ion Storm unleashed the perfect marriage of futuristic shooter and skill-based role-playing in Deus Ex, a game so unique that even its own sequel couldn’t replicate its success. Can any follow-up possibly do ...
The Gaming Tragedies That Didn’t Kill Us (But Nearly Broke Us)
23 August 2011 | My proudest moments as a tap dancer are displayed in my parents’ house in the form of sparkly, obnoxious trophies. (more…)
On The 8th Day Atlus Gave Us A Good Reason To Buy Devil Survivor Again
23 August 2011 | With only one more day before the 3DS remaster of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor comes out, Atlus gives fans one more day to consider replaying one of the best role-playing games of 2009. (more…)
The Rare Angry Birds Theme Guitar Remix Spotted In The Wild
23 August 2011 | When musicians decide to take video game music and make it better, the results are almost always fantastic. (more…)
Death Of PC Gaming Scheduled To Be Disproven On August 26
23 August 2011 | We’ve heard it said time and time again, PC gaming is not dead, but sometime just saying something isn’t enough. This Friday, PC peripheral maker Razer plans to prove it. (more…)
Aliens: Colonial Marines Shows Why It’s Smart To Wait 25 Years To Make A Movie Game
23 August 2011 |While we’ve known for a while now that Gearbox’s upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines makes extensive use of original concept art from the movie it’s based on, 1986′s Aliens, it’s still a surprise to see ...
The Trailer For Dark Souls Comes With Fair Warning
23 August 2011 | The new trailer for Dark Souls comes with a simple warning: Prepare to die. (more…)
» Next Generation Headlines
The limits of videogame interaction
17 September 2012 | Nuanced and subtle game design is meaningless if the player can't respond in kind, says Clint Hocking. A few ...
World Of Warplanes: free-to-play dogfights from the creator of World Of Tanks
17 September 2012 | Developer Wargaming on taking its free-to-play fight to the skies. World Of Tanks was a freak success. Not even ...
Introducing Free-To-Play Week
17 September 2012 | A thorough investigation of the industry's fastest-growing business model kicks off today. Throughout this ...
Joe Danger 2: The Movie review
17 September 2012 | Hello Games' sequel layers on the polish without losing the original's scrappy small-team charm. At ...
Sleeping Dogs tops UK chart again
17 September 2012 |read more
Time Extend: Super Metroid
16 September 2012 | "The last metroid is in captivity. The galaxy is at peace." Thankfully, that's just about the only thing Super Metroid ...
The Making Of: Spacewar!
15 September 2012 | The first ever videogame ran on a $120,000 piece of hardware - we go back to the summer of 1962. It's a ...
Hide&Seek;Weekender offers drop-in gaming to London public
15 September 2012 |read more
Tokyo Jungle review
15 September 2012 | Bold and strange, Crispy's underdog adventure daringly attempts to upset the natural order of things. Novelty ...
Gamestation stores to be rebranded under Game name
14 September 2012 | 122 Gamestation outlets to be unified with parent company, rebranded stores to combine "best of both brands". ...
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Steve Jackson Shows Off the Texas Brick Railroad (Video)
21 May 2013 |Imagine game designer Steve Jackson and a bunch of friends building Lego trains and tracks and scenery, including buildings and other props. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? The group calls itself the Texas Brick Railroad. A lot of ...
Nintendo Hijacks Ad Revenue From Fan-Created YouTube Playthroughs
18 May 2013 |mcleland writes "The BBC reports that Nintendo is now using the content ID match feature in YouTube to identify screencap videos of people playing their games. They then take over the advertising that appears with the video, and ...
Used Game To Survive? EA Plans To Drop Online Pass
17 May 2013 |Krazy Kanuck writes "Introduced in 2010, Online Pass was marketed as a way to 'preserve' online content or DLC as titles were sold in the used game market. Many saw this as a way to cut out the second hand game market. EA has now ...
NeuroGaming Conference Profiles the Rise of Brain-Computer Interfaces
15 May 2013 |kkleiner writes "The first NeuroGaming Conference and Expo took place at the beginning of May to showcase the convergent technologies that are paving the way toward gaming with your mind. Tech news has been dominated with stories ...
Google Play Games Leaks Ahead of I/O
12 May 2013 |Android Police reports on an information leak out of Google in the lead-up to their I/O conference, which starts on May 15th. A new version of Google Play Services contains information about "Google Play Games," the company's ...
Vulnerability Found In Skyrim, Fallout, Other Bethesda Games
12 May 2013 |An anonymous reader writes "The author of this article goes over a format string vulnerability he found in The Elder Scrolls series starting with Morrowind and going all the way up to Skyrim. It's not something that will likely be ...
World of Warcraft Loses 1.3 Million Players in First Quarter of 2013
10 May 2013 |hypnosec writes "World of Warcarft, the gaming industry's most popular franchise and one of Blizzard's cash cows, is bleeding subscribers with 1.3 million defecting from the game in the first quarter of 2013 alone. Blizzard ...
Ouya Game Console Retail Launch Delayed Until June 25
9 May 2013 |PC Mag is one of several outlets reporting that the Kickstarter-funded Ouya Android game console has been delayed by a few weeks; the new target date for launch is June 25. Says the article "The delay does not affect early backers, ...
Integer Overflow Bug Leads To Diablo III Gold Duping
9 May 2013 |Nerval's Lobster writes "Online economies come with their own issues. Case in point is the Auction House for Diablo III, a massively multiplayer game in which players can pay for items in either in-game gold or real-world dollars. ...
Oculus Rift Guillotine Simulation
7 May 2013 |An anonymous reader tipped us to news of an interesting hack for the Oculus Rift: a simulation of being beheaded by a Guillotine. Thrown together in a couple of days at the Exile Code Jam, the simulation lets you... "look around to ...
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Guild Wars 2: Division Overview
| 22 August 2012
An Introduction to Guild Wars 2 and the TOG GW2 Crew.
Get to know your guildmate interview #4: Serah De Vere
| 29 December 2012
Ral Partha interviews TOG member and Guild Wars 2 fan "Serah De Vere", in the latest installment of "Get to know your guildmates with Ral Partha"!
Get to know your guildmate interview #3: Pumpkin
| 19 December 2012
Ral Partha interviews TOG member and Guild Wars 2 fan Pumpkin, in the latest installment of "Get to know your guildmates with Ral Partha"!
TF2 Unveils a new Co-Op Mode - Mann vs Machine
| 26 August 2012
The game that keeps on giving unveils new co-op mode. Red and Blue join forces to fight off a marauding mob of malevolent machines. TOG TF2 has 2 MvsM servers up and running for your machinations. See the ...
Health, You and the Launch of Guild Wars 2
| 23 August 2012
Specs gives a humorous but serious run down on how to stay healthy in the first weekend of Guild Wars 2.