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Assassin's Creed IV has you playing as a pirate assassin

After some leaks earlier this week, Ubisoft has finally announced that Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is officially a thing. As you can tell by the art, the assassin protagonist this time around is a pirate who is just overl...   more

Assassin's Creed IV has you playing as a pirate assassin photo

Review: Star Wars Pinball

It's been a couple years since Zen Studios first took on the Marvel license and subsequently released expertly crafted tables centered around the biggest characters and story arcs in the comic book giant's vast library. Each ...   more

Review: Star Wars Pinball photo

Conan O'Brien is pervy for LAURA Croft

I agree with Conan on this one. I don't care how it's supposed to be pronounced; everyone has always spoken her name aloud as "Laura." Conan O'Brien is on top of the new Tomb Raider this week. Naturally, he makes all the obv...   more

Conan O'Brien is pervy for LAURA Croft photo

Developer on why Aliens' E3 demo was better than game

That Aliens: Colonial Marines E3 demo sure was neat, but you know what wasn't neat? The actual game. According to an anonymous source that spoke with Kotaku, this was always going to be the case since the demo ran on hardware...   more

Developer on why Aliens' E3 demo was better than game photo

Review: Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider has struggled to find its place in the world over the past few years. Games like Prince of Persia and Uncharted surpassed its sense of exploration and adventure, while the sex appeal that contributed to Lara's ear...   more

Review: Tomb Raider photo

Anonymous whistle blower claims Gearbox stole from SEGA

[Update: Just to make it clear, I have been able to corroborate the basic information presented by "Danielson," not his more editorialized opinions. I can't back his claims of "embezzlement" -- likely more an emotional respon...   more

Anonymous whistle blower claims Gearbox stole from SEGA photo

Essential tips for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Platinum Games' newest action hit, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance has finally dropped, and gamers everywhere are struggling to acclimate to the parry system. I've seen people try to play the game like Devil May Cry or God of ...   more

Essential tips for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance photo

Developer: Gearbox lied to SEGA, 2K over Colonial Marines

It's fair to say the Aliens: Colonial Marines story has been a fascinating one. From the years of hype, to the negative reviews, to the later confusion over who actually developed the game, there's a lot of mystery and contro...   more

Developer: Gearbox lied to SEGA, 2K over Colonial Marines photo

Review: Crysis 3

Crysis 2 was seen as something of a black sheep by fans of the original Crysis. I personally loved it, but others were turned off by its comparatively linear environments and plain New York backdrop. For many, the o...   more

Review: Crysis 3 photo

Review: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Four years following the events of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the world is still recovering from the fall of the War Economy, a program created to ensure a constant level of conflict on the globe for the purpos...   more

Review: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance photo

Bungie says 'nobody plays shooters the way they used to'

A lot of news on Bungie's new shooter Destiny has come out this morning, and while it looks like an interesting game, there hasn't been a PC version announced by the Halo developer. Something said by the studio...   more

Bungie says 'nobody plays shooters the way they used to' photo

The first real details on Bungie's Destiny revealed

Finally, after years of speculation Bungie and Activision have revealed the first bits and pieces of what exactly Destiny (yes, that's the official name) is all about. It's a first-person shooter. It's an open-world sandbox....   more

The first real details on Bungie's Destiny revealed photo


The first real details on Bungie's Destiny revealed photo
The first real details on Bungie's Destiny revealed photo
The first real details on Bungie's Destiny revealed photo
The first real details on Bungie's Destiny revealed photo
The first real details on Bungie's Destiny revealed photo
The first real details on Bungie's Destiny revealed photo



Teenage Pokemon: Console Class Battle Royale

[Teenage Pokemon is a cartoon show about Pokemon in their middle stage of evolution -- not a girl, not yet a women. New episodes every week.] When I was growing up, social classism wasn't really an issue in "gamer cultu...   more

Teenage Pokemon: Console Class Battle Royale photo

TimeGate exec: Aliens was developed 'horizontally'

After the last couple days of dispute between anonymous Gearbox and TimeGate employees on Reddit, we have a quote that settles the capacity that the two companies worked under on Aliens: Colonial Marines. "Whereas in a tradit...   more

TimeGate exec: Aliens was developed 'horizontally'  photo

So ... who the hell DID make Aliens: Colonial Marines?

Aliens: Colonial Marines has turned out to be more than just a bad game. It's a confusing story of allegations, outsourcing, and potential deception on a considerable level. The biggest mystery to come out of this debacle is ...   more

So ... who the hell DID make Aliens: Colonial Marines? photo

Review: Aliens: Colonial Marines

Aliens: Colonial Marines has been one of my most anticipated games every year for over half a decade. My love of anything distinctly related to Xenomorphs, as well as my general high regard for the majority of Aliens games re...   more

Review: Aliens: Colonial Marines photo




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