Xbox

Top 10 Xbox 360 Games In Japan (That Were Never Released There)

Multi-national releases are a difficult process. Not only are there linguistic and cultural barriers to overcome, but very often content or simple monetary reasons can keep a game from entering one country or another. Even so, some games are desired despite their limited availability no matter where you are.


April 16, 2012
Uncategorized

Dead Space’s Isaac Clarke Comes To Life In This Amazing Action Figure

Forget NECA’s official Dead Space figures, which make Isaac look like was born disfigured. Remember the Dead Space hero as he should be remembered, with this intricately-detailed, custom-made action figure.


December 30, 2011
In Real Life

2011: The Year In Pleasant Surprises

2011 saw its share of disappointments, but it was also a year that contained a good number of nice surprises. Some were games we just didn’t see coming — they snuck up on us and grabbed us with their excellence. Others were games that we thought were going to be terrible or at best so-so, but which would up being terrific.


November 30, 2011
News

EA Wants To Make A Dead Space First-Person-Shooter (And More!)

With 2008 survival horror third-person shooter Dead Space, EA created a hit title. Dead Space went on to spawn a sequel, a rail-shooter spin-off and a puzzle game, animated films, comic books, and a novel. But according to one insider, EA is just getting started.


September 9, 2011
In Real Life

The Art Of BioShock 2, Dead Space 2, Dragon Age, Silent Hill And…

You may know artist Jason Chan as the chap who helped design us a lovely t-shirt. Or who drew rad pictures of kids fighting zombies.


Xbox

Science Determines The Xbox 360′s Scariest Video Game

Lots of video games claim to be scary. Amnesia, Dead Space, you name it, if it’s dark and things jump out of closets at you, it’s “scary”. Don’t let video game developers tell you what’s scary. Let science.


September 6, 2011
In Real Life

Dead Space? It’s For Kids!

Dead Space’s Isaac is normally running around in the dark scared out of his mind. Here, he’s just a kid. Kickin’ it on the playground. Maybe with an imaginary friend. Note I said imaginary friend, which is good times. Not imaginary dead girlfriend. Which is bad times.


August 30, 2011
In Real Life

Skyrim Fits On One Disc!

Kotaku AU

Post Dead Space 2 and L.A. Noire, which featured two and three DVDs respectively, I had started to wonder if we’d finally hit that phase of the 360s lifespan that I always assumed we’d hit — the disc swapping era. With that in mind, I’d sort of just expected that Skyrim, which looks set to feature a huge amount of content, would be a multi-disc game — but it isn’t!


May 24, 2011
News

The New Dead Space 2 Map Pack Is Free

Kotaku AU

Dead Space 2 is probably the best example of a game that didn’t necessarily need multiplayer, yet had it regardless. That being said, we can only applaud the decision of EA/Visceral Games to release a new Map Pack, featuring two new maps for free.


May 5, 2011
In Real Life

Build Your Own Dead Space Laser (That Can Actually Burn Stuff)

If you bought the fancy edition of Dead Space 2, you would have got yourself a little replica plasma cutter, one of the game’s more memorable weapons. As is, it’s useless, but this guy will show you how to turn it into a laser gun. That can set stuff on fire.