I’ll take the blame for this. We have only 10 finalists this week because my ‘Shop Contest idea was so narrowly drawn, and invited many entries that didn’t take a lot of effort other than just slapping text on something. I think I may have outkicked my mental coverage in trying to design a contest where the design values behind Batman: Arkham City‘s Game of the Year edition took over the world….
Specified: Kotaku
If Cole McGrath, the hero of inFamous, isn’t in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale I’d really like to see what Sony-exclusive character pushes him out. So it’s not a shocker when Cole’s mo-cap actor says that he was back in a suit filming sequences recently.
In a couple of Tweets yesterday, spied by VividGamer, Eric Ladin says “Feels good to be back in the mo-cap suit!…
Thursday, the day before The Avengers was released in U.S. cinemas, an Ubisoft contractor registered the domain “avengersbattleforearth.com,” reports the domain registry watchdog Fusible.
There is, of course, no retail adaptation of the superhero film. Those who want to play an Avengers video game must wait until Zen Studios The Avengers table set arrives for Pinball FX2 and Marvel Pinball….
Though there has yet to be an announcement from developer Obsidian Entertainment or publisher THQ, the upcoming role-playing game set in the South Park continuity appears to have a name, according to an early listing on the Xbox Live Marketplace. It’s “The Stick of Truth.”
You can see its provisional cover art at the link on Xbox Live….
If you ever complained about homework increasing as the days got longer and the weather warmer, well, the tables have been turned. Ben Bertoli is up late doing a lot of it himself as the school year ends.
Bertoli, affectionately known here as the commenter GiantBoyDetective, revealed ClassRealm—described as a “sixth-grade MMO”—to the general public through Kotaku a couple of months ago….
Because of the size and position of the Australian ratings classification for video games (CTC here is a placeholder), Ubisoft had to mirror the image of the Far Cry 3 box art, in order for us to see that poor bastard buried up to his nostrils by that psychopath, posing like a dual-wielding Le Penseur….
A marketing survey conducted by Sony suggests it’s pondering content changes to PlayStation Plus, potentially including free, full-size Blu Ray games on the day they release, and a free Call of Duty: Elite subscription, reports IGN.
PlayStation Plus, the premium content service Sony launched in 2010, currently offers annual subscriptions for $49.99, or three-month subscriptions for $17.99….
There couldn’t have been a better time for this panel. Tuesday brought the eyebrow-arching news that Lt. Col. Oliver North was a special guest celebrity consultant of the next Call of Duty. And Friday, former Kotaku editor-in-chief Brian Crecente was on a panel with a Navy captain at the Smithsonian American Art Museum….
Cinco de Mayo? You mean, another excuse to drinko? Ok, bad joke. I may have started the festivities without you.
In celebration of today’s revolutionary accomplishments, we drink. We drink while wearing sombreros and eating guacamole. I’m still waiting to try Kirk’s apparently unmatched recipe. Although, it’s hard to go wrong when there’s avocado involved….
What’s happened in the business of video games this past week …
QUOTE | “Games like Call of Duty need new console hardware.”—RW Baird analyst Colin Sebastian on one of the reasons that Call of Duty: Black Ops II may not set any new sales records for Activision this holiday….
