Final Fantasy Versus XIII sometimes feels like it's been in development forever. So let's pretend that it has. And that "forever" is really "since 1997". Artist Saku Hatakka has done the above image, which takes the look of the oft-delayed Square game and takes it back in time to the Final Fantasy VII engine. "It was a lot of fun trying to figure out how Squaresoft used to do prerendered backgrounds and adding low poly realtime 3D characters on … [Read more...]
If it wasn't obvious at its launch in November, then this past week should have made it clear: The Wii U is functionally irrelevant to sports video games, and there is no reason for any sports fan to buy the console. The only question now is how much that will really matter to the fate of the machine. Several intemperate, since-deleted tweets from an EA Sports software architect on Friday, slamming the Wii U as "crap," and Nintendo as a … [Read more...]
So, Call of Duty just teased this thing, which means we can look forward to a lot more about Ghosts at the next Xbox's big shindig on Tuesday. … [Read more...]
The console port of last year's Resident Evil: Revelations leads the list of this week's new titles, accompanied by the Wii U version of LEGO Batman 2, a downloadable sequel to Call of Juarez, and an adaptation of the latest Fast and Furious movie. Tuesday • Sniper Elite V2 (Wii U) • Resident Evil: Revelations (360, PS3, Wii U, PC) • Fast & Furious: Showdown (360, PS3, Wii U, PC, 3DS) • Worms Collection (360, PS3) • LEGO Batman 2: DC … [Read more...]
Deathstroke is a playable character in Batman: Arkham Origins, according to this preorder offer (of course) from Amazon. Click this link and then on the Arkham Origins box in lower right to see it. [via TheSlanted] … [Read more...]
Crime is a constant feature of video games writing. Somewhere, someone is doing something illicit with them—sometimes comically stupid, but also potentially tragic. Games and consoles are currency, objects of dispute, sometimes even weapons themselves. Kotaku's Police Blotter is here to round up the latest in games crime. Faces of Resisting Arrest WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—A guy whose head looks like someone chose the randomize feature in MLB 13 … [Read more...]